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the mountains were absolutely amazing we would fly down the water line and it was just gorgeous you could
see glaciers it's great never saw anything like it Alaska is Big it's cold it's brutal it's
unforgiving it's also the place where bad people come to get away we have a lot of cases up here
dealing with a lot of wacka doos and uh this is one of them this case is about money it's about
power it's about greed it's about sex Kent lepin was found lying on his back uh his legs were crossed the victim
in this case was shot three [Music] times this was a very personal [Music] crime he was fun he was energetic he was
adventurous he was full of the old G whiz and he said mom I've met the most wonderful girl in the
world I have fallen in love her name is Michelle Hughes Michelle was a stripper who
worked at the Alaska bush [Music] company and that's where she basically stocked her
[Music] prey it was work and that's all it was I thought I could do it and save up enough
money just for School Kent proposed to Michelle about a month after he met her and she accepted
10 days after that she got engaged to Scott Hy several months later John Carlin theii came along she was engaged
to him and she just overwhelmed these men they were sucked in Kent leppink um ends up dead as a
result of his relationship with Michelle Michelle Hughes went on to become Michelle linan Michelle is such a
Charming woman I introduced her to most all of my friends and all of my friends were so very impressed with her as well
she became a mom moved to Washington and she became a woman with a master's degree I continued to go to school it's
very active in my daughter's school and our church married to a doctor with an 8-year-old daughter somebody
who both gave back to the community and was a volunteer and all sorts of organizations I knew that she had been
in Alaska I I didn't know there was any trouble in her past there's no doubt in my mind that
John Carlin III and Michelle acted together to kill Kent leping there's no DNA there's no hard evidence there's
nothing that irrefutably links Michelle or John to the murder of Kent Leen I did
not kill Kent lein I can look it right Mr leping I did not kill your son this is the strangest case I've ever worked
on I haven't even heard of a case this weird since we aired this story the whole nature of this case has changed
and so has the outcome with some stunning new developments but when it All Began
Michelle Lenahan found herself the focus of a complex murder investigation I just
feel like there's nothing I can do to make people believe me or make people like me
it hurts me that it hurts me that the family would think that I did it Michelle is a chameleon she's going to
portray to other people what she thinks is in her best interest the evidence is going to show that she is a conniving
witch yeah well a witch I might be but CU I goath clearly I'm [Music] not

"48 Hours" Presents: Is Mechele Linehan a conniving ex-stripper who should be in jail for murder, or was she unfairly targeted by police because of a past life? Susan Spencer reports during a two-hour "48 Hours" airing Saturday, Dec. 26 at 9/8c on CBS.

Brief Summary

The episode details Kent Leppink's murder linked to Michelle Hughes and the complexities of the investigation.

Key points

The Mysterious Death of Kent Leppink. Kent Leppink was found dead under suspicious circumstances linked to his relationship with Michelle Hughes.
Michelle's Transformation. Michelle Hughes, once a stripper, became a mother and a community volunteer after Kent's death.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I did not kill your son.

Michelle's denial of involvement in the murder.

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