Hey good morning sassals welcome back to sword and scale daily your daily pod covering all things true crime five days a week it's Tuesday

July 9th I'm Ryan Williams.

As I sit here researching and writing these stories

to bring to you, one question continues popping

into my head, and that is, why do we we kill why do humans kill one another is it is it

because we're inherently evil is it just a primal instinct that drives us to harm others. I don't know what it is, but it's something

that always passes through my head as I'm researching and really seeing the

depravity of humanity.

But alas here we are and we got some fascinating ones for you today.

So let's dive into it.

An Arizona man is accused of killing his wife after leading police on a wild goose chase last week.

In Tennessee, a man attempted to kill his wife and set her on fire only to turn around and turn himself in.

And in Southern California, an Orange County judge is accused of killing his wife

in the summer of 2023.

All of this committed you right now, here. in the summer of 2023.

All of this coming at you right now, here,

on Sword and Scale Daily.

On the afternoon of June 30th,

50-year-old Daniel Petaddechowski called the Flagstaff Police Department to report his wife 45-year-old Kelly as missing.

He told police that Kelly went to Lake Mary in Southeast Flagstaff for a jog and a quick swim, but when she never returned, he became concerned.

And fairly quickly, police would descend on Lake Mary looking for Kelly, but there was no sight of her or her vehicle there.

Though her car would later be discovered at the Campbell Mesa Trailhead.

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