Mother Stabbed To Death By Ex-Husband After Donating Her Kidney

Murder Files Unsealed · Sep 7, 2026 · 36m · transcript

This episode highlights the grave dangers of domestic violence through two harrowing accounts of women attacked by former partners. The first segment focuses on Renee Pagel, a selfless mother and kidney donor who was brutally murdered in her bed while recovering from surgery. Though her estranged husband, Michael Pagel, was the primary person of interest due to a contentious divorce, the case initially remained unpunished due to a lack of physical evidence. The second story follows Evamir D. Clerk, a survivor who was shot in the head by her obsessive ex-boyfriend after ending their abusive…