she used him as a pawn to held her actions. he so you think morgan was in charge of this operation. i hundred passes than believe that. she had a way with men, she just, it she has a way with men. and i think the same way she had my brother under her spell, she had this kid as well. and the da says it was morgan herself who had been sending those fake test messages to kevin s family after the murder. not steve. cell phone tracking records proved it. she s texting kevin s family and sharing him that he s okay, he wants to be left alone. she is the most evil woman i ve dealt with. morgan mangle went on trial in late trend in january 2012 a year and a half after kevin had been murdered. but it addition to steve chappelle waiting in the wings to testify, the da had something else, something extremely rare in a murder trial. a play by play of the crime, courtesy of text messages between morgan and steve as it
it was the perfect picture. kevin loved being a dad. but he and morgan had two more children. but his relationship with his own father was rocky. had been since his parents divorce. we are both stubborn and both pigheaded. so, he didn t call me, i didn t call him. and we got into a little bit of a battle. and years went by? years went by. but by june, 2010, kevin and his dad had patched things up. growing closer than ever. they made plans for the whole family to celebrate father s day together. he was so excited. he said to me, that, i can t wait to come down for father s day. i said, i can t wait to have you. i said, i love you. this is so wonderful. he just seemed to be at peace. i had not ever seen him like that. then it was the morning of
i don t know what they re thinking. hello, welcome to dateline. kevin and morgan mingle had their share of ups and downs. but do it all the seem to make it work. then one of them disappeared. it would take a families relentless pursuit of the truth to jump-start the investigation. then, a stunning confrontation in a parking lot would put police on the trail of a killer and reveal a diabolical recipe for murder. harris hoda kotb with toxic . how much do we reveal to the ones we love? do we keep our betrayals hidden behind closed doors? or do we hide in plain sight, masking our deeds with words? text message says, i m fine, just clearing my head. that was kevin mengel for a time, clearing his head he told his family and friends. facebook status, once to be left alone. maybe he just had enough and needed a vacation for himself. but there was a trail of electronic messages that seemed
summer, 2010. and a violent summer rainstorm had barreled through the towns on the outskirts of philadelphia, bringing down trees and power lines. almost a week had gone by since kevin mengel left his wife and kids. people gathered at my mom s house. everybody sat there waiting. kevin s parents and siblings had not spoken with him, heard his voice that is. the only communication he was making was on facebook and through text messages. i think i may have said in there, call me are one of the family members. and he said, i am speaking to a family member. i am speaking to my wife, and that should be enough for everybody. but it was not enough. because now a bizarre and horrifying thought had begun to take root and grow. the mengel family suspected that all those messages were not coming from kevin at all. i left another message for him saying, can you just tell me the name of the street that we grew up on? just tell me that, and i will leave you alone? the police and michelin
downstairs in the interviewer who. as detectives try to find out where he was. do you think steve hurt kevin? i don t know but by his reaction today. he takes your truck without your permission and in my terms please the scene? although morgan had previously denied the affair with steve, she was now telling the detectives they were having a relationship. a result, she said, of an old fulfilling marriage. it was just a bad marriage. okay tell. us really bad marriage. the yelling, the screaming, the i can t ever do anything right. so tell us about your fair. how did streaky treat you? talk to me like i was a human being with feelings. paid attention to me. and she repeated yet again how kevin had walked out on her one week earlier. he was leaving, he wanted a fresh start. and did you respond to?