Ex-Navy Man Who ‘Brutally Murdered' Wife in San Diego in 2014 Sentenced

Murder Files Unsealed · Jul 31, 2026 · 25m · transcript

This episode details the criminal investigation and eventual conviction of Matthew Sullivan for the second-degree murder of his wife, Elizabeth Sullivan. Although Matthew initially claimed Elizabeth had voluntarily abandoned her family in 2014, her remains were discovered in the San Diego Bay two years later on the very day he was moving out of state. Forensic evidence revealed she had been stabbed to death, with investigators concluding her body had been preserved in a freezer to hide the crime. Prosecutors successfully argued that the murder was sparked by marital strife and Elizabeth's…