Ep 144: Home Invasion or Murder From The Inside? (Sandra Melgar)

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

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🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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It’s a case that has been covered and picked apart for years, yet there are still many questions that linger. In December 2012, Houston police responded to a brutal murder scene - Jim Melgar was found dead in his bedroom, while his wife of 32 years, Sandra Melgar, was tied up in a bathroom closet. Sandra told investigators she had suffered a seizure and didn’t know who killed her husband and locked her up. Investigators didn’t believe her, and she was charged and later convicted of his murder. Is Sandra a cold-blooded killer, or is an innocent person in prison? Sponsors in this episode: Care/Of - Court Junkies can get 50% off your first Care/of Order. Go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code junkie50. Madison Reed - Get 10% off plus free shipping on your first Color Kit when you go to Madison-Reed.com and use code COURT. Rothys - Check out all the amazing shoes, bags and masks available right now at Rothys.com/COURT. Talkspace - Get $100 off your first month and show your support for the show by using the code COURT at talkspace.com. Jordan Harbinger Show - Search for The Jordan Harbinger Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. This episode was researched and written by Matt Keyser, with additions by Jillian Jalali. Matt is one of the hosts and producers of KHOU’s long form podcast about the case, Season 2 of Missing Pieces. Follow Matt on Twitter @bymattkeyser. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie.

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0:00.0	The sound of barking dogs startled 53-year-old Sandra Melgar awake.
0:07.8	She struggled to make sense of her surroundings as she lay on the floor of her bathroom closet.
0:13.8	Her muscles ached.
0:15.8	Her head throbbed.
0:18.0	Her underwear was soiled.
0:21.0	She tried to move but noticed her hands were bound behind her back.
0:25.7	Her feet were also tied together.
0:28.8	She tried to roll over and get to the door, but her bindings were too tight and two
0:34.2	previous hip replacements hampered her movement.
0:38.6	Even if she were able, there was a chair propped against the door from the outside.
0:45.5	Not far away in a bedroom closet, Sandra's husband of 32 years, Jim Melgar, lay dead
0:54.4	with 31 knife wounds across his hands and chest.
0:59.7	Blood stained the white walls, carpet, Jim's clothes, and a briefcase that lay nearby.
1:07.5	There was a blood smear on a safe next to Jim's body.
1:11.5	His feet were bound by a gray telephone cord.
1:16.0	A loaded gun was up on a closet shelf that police would later determine hadn't been
1:21.2	touched.
1:23.0	Pressure drawers in the bedroom were ransacked with clothes, books, and pill bottles strewn
1:28.8	across the floor.
1:31.1	The contents of Sandra's purse and wallet had been thrown across the top of a white
1:35.6	comforter that was stained with speckles of blood.
1:40.2	A white stool sitting in front of the bed was also stained with a blood pattern that
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