Random People Who Killed Out Of Jealousy (15 items)

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  (#2) Els Clottermans And A Very Strange Love Triangle

  In a bizarre love triangle gone wrong, Belgian woman Els Clottermans murdered her skydiving partner and love rival, Els Van Doren. Clottermans and Van Doren both met and fell in love with the young and handsome Dutchman Marcel Somers at their parachute club in Zwartberg. Though the 38-year-old Van Doren was married, both she and Clottermans began sleeping with 25-year-old Somers according to a strict schedule: Clottermans had Fridays, Van Doren had Saturdays.

  About a week before the murder in 2006, Clottermans spent the night on Somers's couch, where she overheard Van Doren and Somers in his bedroom. Spying Van Doren's parachute within reach, she tampered with the release strings. When the trio all went on a sky-diving trip together the following week, Van Doren plummeted to her death. Sentenced to thirty years in prison, Clottermans is eligible for parole after 10 years.  
• (#4) Melanie Smith Burned Her Neighbors To Death Because They Were Happy

  In 2013, Melanie Smith was convicted of five counts of murder and branded by her own adult children as "the most evil woman in Britain" after she set fire to her flat building, killing the upstairs residents. Smith had grown jealous and resentful of her upstairs neighbor Lee Anna Shiers and her happy relationship with partner Liam Timbrell, particularly because of Smith's tempestuous relationship with her own boyfriend who she often suspected of cheating.

  After hearing Shiers and Timbrell having sex one night, Smith became increasingly angry and lit the pram Shiers often left in the hallway on fire. The ensuing blaze killed not only Shiers and Timbrell, but her young son, nephew, and niece, who were all staying with her that night. Smith was sentenced to 30 years. 
• (#9) Ramon Salcido Murdered Most Of His Family

  On April 14, 1989, Ramon Salcido went on a murderous rampage. According to Salcido, the night before the murders, his wife told him that their first daughter was not his. In a delusional fit, he decided to end the lives of his three daughters, wife and three others. He then fled to Mexico to see his mother where he was apprehended and returned to the US for trial.

  Miraculously, Carmina, who was just 3-years-old at the time, survived the attack. Salcido is currently on death row. 
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  (#3) Sarah Williams And Kitt Walsh Plotted For Over A Year

  When 60-year-old businesswoman Sadie Hartley got back together with her old boyfriend Ian Johnston, she had no idea the jealous rivalry she ignited. Sarah Williams, 35, had slept with Johnston while he was single and seemingly became obsessed. The pair continued to communicate through occasional sexting once he was back together with Hartley.

  But Williams saw one roadblock, and that roadblock was Hartley. So she enlisted her longtime friend, Katrina Walsh, to plan the perfect murder. The two women spent more than a year plotting ways to kill Hartley, which Walsh documented meticulously in her diary. In January 2016, after enacting a "dry run" of the crime with a fake flower delivery, Williams entered Hartley's home, used a cattle prod to stun her, and stabbed her 41 times to death.

  Despite all of their planning, the two were apprehended not long afterward, and both were found guilty of murder and given life sentences.
• (#7) Tiana Browne Killed For Shoes

  Tiana Browne wasn't jealous of her cousin per se, but rather her cousin's sneakers, electronics, and success in school. At least that's the reason family members believe she stabbed 16-year-old Shannon Braithwaite 49 times before ripping the shoes off of her feet. 

  Her defense cited that she was raped by a classmate days before the murder and that she suffered from a psychological disorder. The jury still found Browne guilty and the judge sentenced her to 15 years to life, the maximum sentence for a juvenile.
• (#13) Brian Bates Killed His Ex-Wife For Dating

  Belinda Jo Bates was so ready to divorce her husband, Brian Bates, that when he wanted her to sign a contract stating that she would never date anyone else, she did. They divorced in 2007 after 10 years of marriage. When Brian Bates finally left their home in Florida to live in Maine, Belinda thought the states in between would rid her of her jealous husband and his psychotic contract. She began quietly dating a former high school sweetheart, Michael Kemp, and the two got engaged.

  Brian found out and returned to Florida, shot and killed his ex-wife, and then turned the gun on himself. 

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