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The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Episode 315 - It's Happening - The Murder of Matthew Restelli

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.56.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

A ten-hour drive through the night to American Fork, Utah. A message that sounded like forgiveness. An unlocked door waiting at the end of it.

Matthew Restelli believed he was going to bring his family home. Instead, he stepped into something already set in motion. Inside that home, nothing was as it seemed. Not the messages. Not the welcome. Not even the danger.

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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger

Editing:
Aiden Wolf

Sources:
UT v Kevin Ellis Law & Crime Trials Playlist
Two more people arrested in connection to murder of man in American Fork
Utah County man arrested for killing brother-in-law, but claims it was self-defense
New info on American Fork murder reveals calculated plot involving multiple suspects
Victim's wife, mother-in-law, brother-in-law arrested in Utah County murder investigation
Her brother allegedly killed her husband. Utah police say she and her mother helped plan it.
Matthew Restelli Obituary (1982 - 2024) - Legacy Remembers
Judge severs cases of mother, son accused of murder
Suspect in murder plot searched Donna Adelson’s case before arrest
Woman charged in son-in-law’s murder describes killer as ‘so gentle’
Judge: Texts, search history show evidence of conspiracy to kill
Wife pleads guilty in Utah murder plot involving brother and mother
Utah man convicted of killing brother-in-law, acquitted of conspiring
Kathryn Restelli testifies she conspired with mother, brother to kill her husband
Wife sentenced for luring husband to Utah to kill him
Convicted woman testifies that brother conspired to kill her husband
KSL.com
Wife tried to make her husband's murder look like self-defense, but she made 1 crucial mistake
Utah mother admits to luring estranged husband to his death in fake self-defense plot 
Appalling behavior of glamorous Utah wife
Kathryn Restelli Sentencing
Kathryn Restelli Plea Agreement
Sister of Accused Killer Believes There Were Marriage Issues Prior to Shooting
Judge Calls Out Killer Wife 
Killer Wife Bawls Before Sentencing 
Brother of Murdered Husband Courtroom Statement 
Detective Reads Messages Between Accused Killer, Sister
State Believes Brother-In-Law Guilty
Tracy Grist found guilty

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