Former cosplay model Melissa Turner goes on trial for murder | Forensic Files

hi I'm two Thorne Rose I'm a cam model I'm an artist I love Fitness Melissa Turner was a cosplay model who also
produced her own adult films she lived in Riverview Florida with her boyfriend Matthew Trussler a cosplay model is
basically where you dress up as like your favorite characters I would do Elvira Misty from Pokemon I
really loved the makeup and the props and the costuming her life changed dramatically on October 18 2019 when she
called police telling them she found her boyfriend covered in blood laying on the
pool deck in their backyard I was the prosecutor who went to the crime scene that day
I thought it was bizarre there was the insinuation that he had done this to himself and he had a stab one in the
back he couldn't have done that to himself right these flowers back I tried giving him CPR I'm sorry I just thought
that there was a lot of acting happening where she's dialing 9-1-1 and make herself cry
I don't know what happened it was exceptional acting fantastic actress she wanted to be in
movies Melissa says she was scared and confused what began as a night of drinking Ended as a homicide
investigation the kitchen's a bloody mess why is the kitchen a bloody mess a initially told investigators she
didn't remember much but later on she said she did remember an argument with her boyfriend that turned physical a
neighbor's security camera recorded audio at around four o'clock in the morning that gave investigators a better
picture of what happened that night how would you describe the tone of the voices that you heard so the little bit
of male voice that was tough to distinguish but the female voice was very very loud sounded very angry what
could you hear what kind of phrases so I heard get up I heard so and then there was an
explicit die you heard so die and then I heard um you know it sounded like a female
voice was crying saying what what did I do Melissa says that during her argument
with Matthew he attempted to strangle her that's when she says she stabbed him in the back
I thought this was it I thought he was gonna kill me and then I stabbed him lightly in the back just
to get him off of me a few hours after Melissa called police she was arrested and charged with second-degree murder
and two years after Matthew Trussler was found dead on his patio his fiancee Melissa Turner went on trial for murder
it'll be a world of weight off my shoulders for this child to just be over during Melissa's trial the jury heard
nothing about her cosplay modeling and acting out fantasies online the judge had ruled that that information wasn't
relevant to the case but prosecutor chinwe Fawcett saw it differently I did think that the jury should have known
that she was an actress and she was able to make herself into this victim type person and then Cry On Demand
shot you said 4 33 a.m so effing die right no I have no recollection of that I explained my side and why I did what I
did you're crying right now is that is that what's happening are you crying right now do you know what tears look
like are you crying because you can just cry on cue I'm crying because because my life is on the line right now

When Melissa Turner was charged with the murder of her fiancé, prosecutors said that she may have been using her experience as an actress to deceive the jury. Were her tears real or fake?

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Brief Summary

Melissa Turner faces trial for the murder of her boyfriend Matthew Trussler after a violent altercation escalates during a night of drinking.

Key points

A Night of Homicide Investigation. What began as a night of drinking ended in a homicide investigation.
The Argument Recorded. A neighbor's security camera captured audio of a heated argument between Melissa and Matthew.
Trial for Murder. Two years after Matthew's death, Melissa went on trial for murder.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I don't know what happened, it was exceptional acting.

The prosecutor's take on Melissa's 911 call.

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