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In January of 2017, the body of a 24-year-old man was found naked at the bottom of a cliff in a state park in Maryland. Although his girlfriend claims he died from the injuries he sustained in the fall, an autopsy revealed his throat had been slit multiple times. As baffling details emerged, she became investigator\u2019s number one suspect. This is the story of Alexander Stevens.\nBONUS EPISODES\npatreon.com/goingwestpodcast\nCAUSE SOURCES\n1. Daily Mail:\xa0https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4886536/Girlfriend-charged-death-man-Maryland-forest.html#comments\n2. Alex's Find A Grave:\xa0https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175274461/alexander-arthur-stevens\n3. The Daily Item:\xa0https://www.dailyitem.com/news/state/filling-in-the-blanks-alexander-stevens-parents-he-worked-to-rectify-bad-or-wrong-situations/article_29a63692-d06a-54a1-aa5c-92406e149c82.html\n4. Megan Shaffer vs. the State of Maryland:\xa0https://www.courts.state.md.us/sites/default/files/unreported-opinions/0993s18.pdf5.\n6. Jay's Find A Grave:\xa0https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218484988/jay-arthur-stevens\n7. Cumberland Times-News:\xa0https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/filling-in-the-blanks---alexander-stevens-parents-he-worked-to-rectify-bad-or/article_501db8ca-6377-11e7-b7d6-1fe3195e6790.html\n8. The Daily Times:\xa0https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23820440/man-found-dead-was-former-coast-guard/\n9. The Tribune-Democrat:\xa0https://www.tribdem.com/news/megan-shaffer-found-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder-in-death-of-alexander-stevens/article_b0d2c9f4-2bd5-11e8-9dda-57708696be62.html\n10. Cumberland Times-News:\xa0https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/911-transcripts-include-call-from-megan-shaffer/article_312dc20e-e12e-11e7-8a7e-b70402f5ffbd.html\n11. Cumberland Times-News:\xa0https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/concert-celebrates-janet-alex-stevens/article_12948bc8-7793-11e9-a30e-3fe64a6ef26c.html\n12. The Bottom Line:\xa0https://thebottomlinenews.com/fsu-student-arrested-for-alleged-second-degree-murder/\n13. Megan's Facebook:\xa0https://www.facebook.com/megan.shaffer.543/about\n14. Alex's Facebook:\xa0https://www.facebook.com/alex.stevens.92123\n15. The Garrett County Republican:\xa0https://www.wvnews.com/garrettrepublican/news/megan-shaffer-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-second-degree-murder/article_487d0751-30db-5b9a-a536-5d9d723f204d.html\n16. The Tribune-Democrat:\xa0https://www.tribdem.com/megan-shaffer-trial-begins-with-new-details-in-the-death/article_c66f27a4-3cd2-528d-b5c1-de4a0410e317.html\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices