Apr 4, 2013 · Read the revealing love story and crime plot through these intimate text messages shared between Morgan Mengel and Stephen Shappell.

Feb 5, 2013 · Text messages from June 2010 when she convinced 23-year-old Stephen Shappell to bludgeon Kevin Mengel with a shovel after she had poisoned him with a bottle of iced tea.

Feb 1, 2012 · The text messages sent at the time of the murder took up more than 50 pages and were culled from thousands of text messages that Morgan Mengel and Shappell sent back and forth to one...

Though they initially failed to find Steve, investigators uncovered incriminating text messages between him and Morgan Mengel. In these exchanges, Morgan and Steve discussed a plan to eliminate Kevin, take over the business, and raise her children together.

Feb 5, 2013 · West Goshen police arrested Shappell and Morgan Mengel several days later after discovering text messages sent between the two before, during, and after Shappell committed the crime.

Feb 5, 2013 · The break came when police discovered text conversations between Morgan Mengel and Shappell talking about the murder. This is a transcript of one conversation: Morgan: Uh, U okay? Babe!...

Feb 5, 2013 · The break came when police discovered text conversations between Morgan Mengel and Shappell talking about the murder. This is a transcript of one conversation: Morgan: Uh, U okay? Babe!...

Feb 2, 2012 · WEST CHESTER – Morgan Marie Mengel wrote more than a dozen letters to her younger lover while the two were incarcerated in Chester County Prison in 2010 and 2011, both charged with the murder...

Feb 2, 2012 · WEST CHESTER — Jurors in the murder trial of Morgan Marie Mengel on Wednesday were shown dozens of text messages sent between the defendant and the man who has acknowledg­ed bludgeonin­g her husband to death in a garage bay at the Mengel family landscapin­g business.

Feb 3, 2012 · But she used her husband’s cell phone to send text-messages to family members to convince them he was alive and well. Morgan Mengel also changed her husband’s Facebook account to make it seem...