This story originally aired on Jan. 14. "I thought this was it. I thought he was going to kill me. And I stabbed him lightly in the back just to get him off me," Turner told Moriarty. "I didn't do ...

This story previously aired on Oct. 28, 2023. Melissa Turner called 911 saying she had discovered her fiancé Matthew Trussler lying unresponsive near their swimming pool in Riverview, Florida. He was ...

A former Florida cosplay model who is on trial for second-degree murder for the killing of her fiancé took the stand this week in an attempt to convince a jury that she stabbed him in the back out of ...

(Editor’s note: Video in player above is an interview done before Melissa Turner’s trial started.) TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A former cosplay model was convicted of second-degree murder on Friday in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Melissa Turner was charged with the murder of her fiancé, prosecutors said that she may have been using her experience as an ...

Was it self-defense, or was it murder? That’s the question at the heart of Oxygen True Crime’s Kill or Be Killed, which explores real and complex cases where the killer claims they had no choice but ...

On October 18, 2019, Matthew Trussler, 25, was found dead by police in the backyard of the Riverview, Florida home he shared with his girlfriend Melissa Turner, 26. Law enforcement arrived after ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The attorney for the former cosplay model Melissa Turner convicted last month of second-degree murder has filed a motion for new trial, saying mistakes were made that cost her an ...

A COSPLAY model killed her boyfriend by stabbing him in the back as she allegedly said “f***ing die” – and now she’s claiming self-defense. Melissa Turner, 29, was convicted of second-degree murder on ...