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Son Murders His Own Mom by Brutally Slashing Her Throat to Get Early Inheritance
The episode details the investigation and ultimate conviction of Lente Lazar for the brutal murder of his mother, Athena Valentini, in her Grover Beach home. Authorities discovered the victim, a prison nurse, with fatal throat wounds after she failed to report for work. While Lazar initially claimed he was thousands of miles away in Indiana, investigators utilized cell tower data, license plate readers, and surveillance footage to track his cross-country journey to the crime scene. During a high-stakes interrogation, Lazar offered a bizarre defense involving a secret trip to buy marijuana…
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