The Husband Who Thought He’d Gotten Away with Murdering His Wife

Murder Files Unsealed · Sep 11, 2026 · 43m · transcript

This episode details the criminal investigation and subsequent conviction of James Prokopovich for the murder of his wife, Victoria, who vanished in 2013. Although the defense argued that Victoria likely died by suicide due to her history of mental illness, investigators uncovered a web of perjury and a secret affair that undermined his claims. Key evidence included surveillance footage that disproved his account of searching for her and a brief, later recanted, confession. Despite a guilty verdict for first-degree intentional homicide, the victim's remains were never located, leaving her…