Matthew Gailie

The Crime Tree

Across the US, intimate homicides account for approximately 9% of all murders nationwide, and while we hear accounts mainly of the cases involving victims that are women, violence against men and mariticide can quite often be less talked about. Mariticide is the killing of one’s husband, boyfriend or male intimate partner, and although a few cases have dominated headlines over the past 15 years or so, this has been due to the antics of the killer, while the victims in these cases remain relatively unknown. Good examples of this are the cases of Jodi Arias, who shot and killed Travis Alexander on June the 4th 2008, and that of Shayna Huber who claimed self-defense after shooting and killing Ryan Poston in October of 2012. But there is one case that I came across that I had never heard of before, and I wanted this man's story to be heard. This is the story of Matthew Gailie. For all of our links, click here. SOURCES: Accident, Suicide, Murder: S1E8 ‘Finger on the Trigger’ May 2019 Oxygen.com The Times Leader Seattle Times Wikipedia LuzerneCounty.org Case Text: Commonwealth v. Alinsky Research Gate: article upload by Isabella Merzagora Law.justia.com : Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jessica Lynn Alinsky The Psychiatric Autopsy: Its Legal Application by Otto L. Bendheim. M.D. Find A Grave