Random People Who Killed Out Of Jealousy (15 items)

• (#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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  (#12) Sibling Rivalry Drove Elizaveta Dubrovina Insane

  22-year-old Russian Elizaveta Dubrovina was taken into police custody in 2016 for allegedly murdering her 17-year-old sister, Stefania. Elizaveta was reportedly jealous of her younger sister. The two were partying in a photographer's apartment in St. Petersburg when he left to buy alcohol.

  During his absence, Elizaveta allegedly gouged out her sister's eyes, cut off her ears, and stabbed her 189 times.
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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.
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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.  
• (#6) Daniel Willyam Was Obsessed With His Roommate

  In the summer of 2009, 20-year-old Samantha "Shelley" Nance seemed to have everything going for her. She'd left her small hometown of Italy, TX, to attend the Art Institute of Dallas and she was dating her first boyfriend, Nathan Shuck. Despite the brevity and innocence of their relationship (the couple had held hands once), it was enough to send Shuck's roommate, Daniel Willyam, into a jealous spiral. Willyam, a former Navy pastry chef who was eight years older than Shuck, was obsessed with his roommate and became envious of the new woman in his life.

  So envious, in fact, he went to Nance's apartment when he knew she'd be home alone and stabbed her 42 times in her bed. Willyam was sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole after serving 30 years.
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  (#10) Eric McLean Wanted To Take His Own Life, But Took Someone Else's Instead

  In 2007, Knoxville, TN, got a huge dose of scandal from the McLean family. Husband and family man Eric McLean discovered that his wife, Erin, a 30-year-old who worked as a student teacher, was having an affair with 18-year-old student Sean Powell. 

  On the night in question, Powell was parked in a car outside of the McLean residence. After McLean threatened Powell with a phone call to the police, the teen still wouldn't leave. So Eric threatened him with a gun. At this point he claims Powell tauntingly grabbed the barrel of the gun and it "accidentally" went off, "accidentally" killing his wife's lover. The only person who could corroborate this version of events was the deceased Powell. McLean was convicted of reckless homicide, with a potential sentence of two to four years in prison. However, his attorney negotiated for probation and no prison time.

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