On September 22, 2023, 29‑year‑old Ashli Ehrhardt was found dead in her Kansas City home. Her husband, John Wonder, has been charged with first‑degree murder and armed criminal action after reportedly strangling and stabbing her, then writing his own name in blood across her leg.
That morning, Wonder dropped off their two young children at a relative’s home but left them on the porch without going in. A welfare check was requested when neither parent showed up at work. It was then that Ashli’s body was discovered in the laundry room, nude from the waist down, with a butcher’s knife and cleaver nearby.
In the hours that followed, Wonder allegedly sent a series of chilling messages: “For the record: it’s way easier and much more satisfying than you can imagine,” and later, “I keep thinking about how she never screamed. Just took it like a champ.” He even discussed fleeing “far, far away” .John Wonder was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
