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True Crime with Kendall Rae

Seizure or Murder: Is Sandra Melgar Guilty?

True Crime with Kendall Rae

Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In 2012, Sandra Melgar was spending the night before her wedding anniversary with her husband, Jaime, when their dogs started barking somewhere in the house. Sandra says she had a seizure and doesn’t remember much else after that, but she was found the following day barricaded in her closet, bound on the floor. Her husband was found stabbed and beaten to death nearby.

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0:00.0

New Year, new me. Nah. I'm fine just the way I am. Doing the things I love. Like enjoying

0:07.7

a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My only resolution is

0:14.8

to enjoy more of what I love. Like switching up my usual with oat, soy, almond or coconut.

0:22.0

All delicious non-dairy alternatives available at Starbucks. For no extra charge. While stocks

0:27.9

last subject to availability.

0:57.9

So today I'm going to be telling you about a couple out of Houston, Texas. Sandra Melgar

1:03.3

or Sandy. And then Jaime Melgar, also known as Jim. So Jim was born on August 10th, 1960

1:10.0

in Guatemala. And when he was around three years old. His family left Guatemala and came to America.

1:16.3

Jim was someone who was really smart, very smart actually. Really well liked. Was considered

1:21.7

to be really funny and charming. And someone that people like to be around. And when he was in

1:27.3

high school, he met Sandra. And the two of them started dating. They ended up getting married.

1:32.2

They were high school sweethearts. And they ended up performing a really amazing life together.

1:36.6

They had a daughter named Liz. They were really supportive of each other. They were really,

1:40.0

really close and connected to each other. Definitely knew what was going on in each other's lives.

1:44.7

Everyone who knew them said that they were like super loving towards each other.

1:47.8

There are some couple really loving. Bob and Patsy Blurrow were friends with the Melgar's.

1:52.7

Oh my god. She made the best angry at you.

1:55.8

One struggle that Sandy was dealing with, however, was chronic pain and illness.

2:00.0

She had gone through several different hip surgeries, which takes a huge toll on your body.

2:04.3

She also had hypothyroidism, lupus, and epilepsy. So she was constantly dealing with

2:09.5

health struggles. And it really held her back in a lot of ways. At one point, she ended up

2:13.3

becoming paralyzed on one side of her body. And so she had to go through a ton of treatment and

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