Michelle Rivera was a young Filipino woman from Bukidnon who became pen pals in the late 1980s with a middle-aged professor named Dr. Jonathan Nyce from North Carolina, USA. More than a decade later, they were living the American dream with their three kids in a million-dollar home in New Jersey. But their marriage was not exactly as it seemed.
This episode’s companion photos: instagram.com/p/CTcRl6mh4EQ
Episode researched and co-written by Kayla De Leon
References:
- https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/michelle-nyce/
- https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-unpublished/2009/a1516-05-opn.html
- https://www.communitynews.org/princetoninfo/business/fastlane/a-tabloid-take-on-the-nyce-murder/article_4b0813c4-7c12-59a8-8442-105837cf5211.html
- https://www.deseret.com/2004/1/22/19807812/police-say-man-killed-wife-staged-accident
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196170907/michelle-rivera-nyce
- https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10995020
- https://www.phillyvoice.com/jonathan-nyce-killed-wife-michelle-indicted-selling-fake-cancer-drugs-dogs-hopewell-collegeville/
- https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
- https://nypost.com/2004/01/21/deadly-jealousy-n-j-doctor-saw-wife-as-cheat-pal/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/nyregion/sex-lies-and-videotape-and-murder.html
- https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2005/9/23/mail-order-bride-murderer-sentenced
- https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/psycho-for-love-jonathan-nyce-was-convicted-of-killing-his-wife-michelle-and-making-it-look-like-a-car-accident/
Background music: “This House” and “Echoes of Time v2” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Photo above via findagrave.com
