Six months into their marriage, Dalia Dippolito returned home from the gym to find police tape surrounding her townhouse and officers waiting with devastating news—her husband, Michael, had been murdered.
This case dives into Mikes past and the lead up to the crime scene on August 5th, 2009 leaving you "five thousand percent sure" with what truly happened this summer day.
This is the unbelievable true story of Michael and Dalia Dippolito.
SOURCES
- New Times — "Michael Dippolito Is No Saint" (2010) https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/dalia-dippolito-may-have-tried-to-kill-him-but-michael-dippolito-is-no-saint-6343534/
- New Times — Michael's police interview (2009) https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/michael-dippolito-police-interview-im-not-a-drug-dealer-i-never-was-6456301/
- CBS Miami — trial testimony (2011) https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/boynton-man-back-on-stand-in-murder-for-hire-trial/
- ABC 20/20 — case overview (2015) https://abcnews.com/US/hidden-cameras-reality-tv-inside-strange-case-wifes/story?id=35538983
- ABC 20/20 — first sentencing (2011) https://abcnews.com/2020/newlywed-dalia-dippolito-20-years-murder-sting/story?id=13866581
- ABC — mistrial (2016) https://abcnews.com/US/judge-declares-mistrial-dalia-dippolitos-murder-hire-retrial/story?id=44190614
- NBC/AP — final sentencing (2017) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-escort-dalia-dippolito-gets-16-years-trying-have-husband-n785621
- WFLX — appeal denied (2019) https://www.wflx.com/2019/03/13/court-denies-dalia-dippolitos-latest-appeal-overturn-her-conviction/
- WPTV — Shihadeh found dead (2021) https://www.wptv.com/news/state/dalia-dippolitos-former-lover-found-dead-police-say
- Court — conviction overturned (2014) https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/fourth-district-court-of-appeal/2014/4d11-2628.html
- Court — conviction upheld (2019) https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/fourth-district-court-of-appeal/2019/17-2486-0.html
- Court — federal petition (2023) https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-flsd-9_23-cv-81027
- AP wire report and Boynton Beach PD arrest affidavit (August 2009)
- @crime-cracked https://youtu.be/wUGPnwzSnuM?is=Nq9fDMxJsa23aUkH
