The Murder of Kendra Hatcher

True Crime Creepers

Cloud10

True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 959 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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In this episode, special guest Kelsey from A Trial By Podcast tells Kristin all about the murder of Kendra Hatcher, a 35-year-old pediatric dentist living in Dallas, Texas, who was shot and killed in the parking garage of her upscale apartment complex on September 2, 2015. The murder was orchestrated by Brenda Delgado, the ex-girlfriend of Kendra’s boyfriend, Ricky Paniagua, who had grown jealous of their relationship. Brenda recruited Crystal Cortes to drive getaway and hired Kristopher Love to carry out the shooting, promising payment in exchange. Delgado provided Cortes with information about Kendra’s whereabouts and used her connections to obtain the murder weapon. The plot unraveled quickly as investigators tracked down Cortes, who confessed and implicated both Love and Delgado. Love was later convicted and sentenced to death, while Delgado, who had fled to Mexico, was extradited and received a life sentence. The case shocked the community not only for its calculated nature, but also because of the seemingly senseless motive: jealousy. A Trial by Podcast | Linktree Acorns Early Head to ⁠acorns.com/creepers⁠ or download the Acorns app to get started. Support the Podcast: Visit Patreon.com/truecrimecreepers to get full length bonus episodes and additional bonus content every month Instagram: @creeperspod Join our Facebook discussion group: True Crime Creepers Podcast Discussion Group For full sources, see atrialbypodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Women in Crime is a true crime podcast hosted by real criminologists.
0:04.5	Each episode will bring you a new female-focused case deconstructed by experts.
0:09.5	You'll hear the stories of these women paired with the science that tells us where it all began.
0:14.0	Listen and learn why on women in crime.
0:16.5	Listen to women in crime now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:21.8	Life can be overwhelming and busy, but it doesn't have to stay that way.
0:25.8	Once a week, join me, Erin Poy, on the Simple Purposeful Living podcast, where we'll make simple
0:30.6	tweaks to uncomplicate the hard parts of life so you can spend more time doing what you love.
0:35.9	You don't have to overhaul your life to love it,
0:38.2	so tune into the Simple Purposeful Living podcast wherever you get your podcast.
0:48.2	Welcome to another episode of True Crime Creepers, where we talk about all the real-life creeps,
0:53.0	from serial killers to con artists.
0:55.7	I'm Kristen, the true crime fanatic, who loves to tell these stories.
1:00.2	And I'm Kelsey, another true crime fanatic who also loves to tell these stories on A Trial by Podcast.
1:06.7	Music So if you guys listen to last, you'll know that we had Kelsey on from a trial by podcast as our guest co-host.
1:26.7	And this week, we're switching rolls and she's going to tell me
1:30.3	the story. And I cannot wait to hear what you have for me today. I love being on the other side of
1:36.3	the mic. I know. That was like my first time, really, for the most part. It was, I was like,
1:43.1	oh, I'm interrupting too much. I'm interrupting too much.
1:45.7	So I want you to not feel like that. That's what I want. I want you to interrupt as much as possible.
1:52.2	That's what I tell all of my like co-hosts and my like usual co-hosts, but I've been having some guest co-hosts lately.
1:57.8	And I'm like, do not, do not not hold back like I can edit stuff out like
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