In August 2018, Milton Sawyer Jr. was once murdered all through a home invasion. His spouse was injured however left alive. However, there may be more to this story. Who killed Milton Sawyer?

As said by means of 13 News Now, in the early morning hours of August 2, 2018, in the idyllic the city of Elizabeth City, N.C. a terrifying home invasion resulted in murder. Milton Sawyer (55) and his, spouse Angel Sawyer (45), have been in their bed room looking at TV when a person broke in with the intent of robbing them.

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The intruder attacked the couple, leaving Milton Sawyer useless and Angel Sawyer badly injured. "The person took money, jewelry, and other valuables from the home," in step with 13 News Now. Unfortunately, there was a lot more to this story than was once presented to authorities. Milton Sawyer's death wasn't just a house invasion long past fallacious. So, who killed him? Dateline tells the tale.

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Who killed Milton Sawyer?

Almost three weeks after Milton Sawyer was once killed, 13 News Now reported that police arrested Angel Sawyer at the side of 38-year-old Isaac Melcher. Who was once Isaac Melcher and how was once he involved within the murder of Milton Sawyer?

In September 2021, Melcher used to be a witness for the prosecution in Angel Sawyer's trial. It used to be there he revealed the main points of his affair with Angel, in addition to their plan to murder her husband. According to The Daily Advance, Melcher testified in opposition to Angel for three hours, all through which era he mapped out the night Milton used to be murdered.

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But first, how did Angel Sawyer know Melcher? In an episode of Oxygen's Snapped, we learn that Melcher was a physical therapist helping Angel, who used to be getting better from a horrible car coincidence. It wasn't lengthy prior to the two were having an affair. She often told Melcher that Milton was very controlling and would by no means let her go away.

Melcher offered to kill Milton for Angel. The two basically communicated by the use of encrypted Facebook messages because, according to Angel, Milton was verbally abusive and would ceaselessly take her phone. On Aug. 2, Melcher "received a notice on Facebook that a new device, such as a phone or iPad, had been used to access the secret messaging service," by means of The Daily Advance. Concerned that it may well be Milton, Melcher decided to go to the couple's home.

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Not handiest had Angel already told Melcher where a key was hidden, but he had snuck into the couple's home numerous times before that night. Wearing a hockey masks and dark clothes, he entered the couple's home and snuck up to their bed room door. Apparently, Angel had no concept Melcher made up our minds to hold out the murder that evening, although they had already discussed killing Milton. She went for a snack and was surprised to look Melcher status in the hallway out of doors their bedroom.

Melcher strangled Milton and hit Angel within the head with a gun he had introduced. The room used to be destroyed to make it glance as though they were robbed. Eventually a state clinical examiner would testify that "Milton Sawyer’s cause of death was asphyxia due to trauma to his neck."

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So, what took place to Angel Sawyer and Isaac Melcher?

Where are Angel Sawyer and Isaac Melcher now?

Once once more, The Daily Advance brings us all of the information. Angel Sawyer was "convicted of murdering her husband by a Pasquotank County jury on Sept. 20 and sentenced by [Superior Court Judge Waylon] Sermons to life in prison without the possibility of parole." A few months later, Isaac Melcher's trial would also lead to a conviction.

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In November 2021, Isaac D. Melcher was once given a "minimum prison term of 240 months, or 20 years, and a maximum of 300 months, or 25 years, following his guilty plea, court documents show." Melcher plead responsible to second-degree murder as a part of an settlement with prosecutors that concerned being a witness in opposition to Angel Sawyer in her trial.

For extra details in this story, song into Dateline on Friday, Oct. 21 at Nine p.m. ET on NBC.

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