Alexander Stevens // 279

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Dark West Productions

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🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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In January of 2017, the body of a 24-year-old man was found naked at the bottom of a cliff in a state park in Maryland. Although his girlfriend claims he died from the injuries he sustained in the fall, an autopsy revealed his throat had been slit multiple times. As baffling details emerged, she became investigator’s number one suspect. This is the story of Alexander Stevens. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CAUSE SOURCES 1. Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4886536/Girlfriend-charged-death-man-Maryland-forest.html#comments 2. Alex's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175274461/alexander-arthur-stevens 3. The Daily Item: https://www.dailyitem.com/news/state/filling-in-the-blanks-alexander-stevens-parents-he-worked-to-rectify-bad-or-wrong-situations/article_29a63692-d06a-54a1-aa5c-92406e149c82.html 4. Megan Shaffer vs. the State of Maryland: https://www.courts.state.md.us/sites/default/files/unreported-opinions/0993s18.pdf5. 6. Jay's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218484988/jay-arthur-stevens 7. Cumberland Times-News: https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/filling-in-the-blanks---alexander-stevens-parents-he-worked-to-rectify-bad-or/article_501db8ca-6377-11e7-b7d6-1fe3195e6790.html 8. The Daily Times: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23820440/man-found-dead-was-former-coast-guard/ 9. The Tribune-Democrat: https://www.tribdem.com/news/megan-shaffer-found-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder-in-death-of-alexander-stevens/article_b0d2c9f4-2bd5-11e8-9dda-57708696be62.html 10. Cumberland Times-News: https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/911-transcripts-include-call-from-megan-shaffer/article_312dc20e-e12e-11e7-8a7e-b70402f5ffbd.html 11. Cumberland Times-News: https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/concert-celebrates-janet-alex-stevens/article_12948bc8-7793-11e9-a30e-3fe64a6ef26c.html 12. The Bottom Line: https://thebottomlinenews.com/fsu-student-arrested-for-alleged-second-degree-murder/ 13. Megan's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/megan.shaffer.543/about 14. Alex's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alex.stevens.92123 15. The Garrett County Republican: https://www.wvnews.com/garrettrepublican/news/megan-shaffer-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-second-degree-murder/article_487d0751-30db-5b9a-a536-5d9d723f204d.html 16. The Tribune-Democrat: https://www.tribdem.com/megan-shaffer-trial-begins-with-new-details-in-the-death/article_c66f27a4-3cd2-528d-b5c1-de4a0410e317.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on Truecrime fans? I'm your host Teez. And I'm your host Daphne. And you're listening to Going West.
0:20.7	Hello everybody happy Valentine's Day for listening on the day of... Yes, happy V-Day.
0:26.0	I think you so much to Brandon for recommending this case. This case is freaking nuts.
0:32.1	Yeah, I mean the details of this case are just... they're really conflicting and there's
0:37.2	probably a lot of different opinions on this case. It's so bizarre. So thanks again Brandon for
0:45.1	putting this on our radar and we're gonna get right into this one. All right guys this is episode
0:50.0	279 of Going West. So let's get into it.
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2:32.5	In January of 2017, the body of a 24 year old man was found naked at the bottom of a cliff
2:40.0	in a state park in Maryland. Although his girlfriend claims he died from the injuries he sustained
2:47.6	in the fall and autopsy revealed his throat had been slit multiple times.
2:55.3	As baffling details emerged, she became investigators number one suspect.
3:01.7	This is the story of Alexander Stevens.
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