How chilling Ring doorbell footage of wife confronting abusive husband’s mistress helped SOLVE her murder
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THIS is the chilling moment that helped solve a wife's murder after an abusive husband's murder plot to save a costly divorce. Maria Munoz, 31, was killed by her doctor husband Joel Pellot in Texas, after he flew into destructive rage before fatally injecting her with a toxic drug.
![[The Ring doorbell footage showing Maria confronting her husband's cheating, which became a crucial piece of evidence]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/fateful-vid-watch-chilling-ring-960760716.jpg?strip=all&w=888)
The Ring doorbell video shows Maria angrily confronting her adulterous husband outside of his lover' Janet Arredondo's house on September 19 2020. The haunting clip became one of the key pieces of evidence that allowed police to rule out suicide, which is what Joel claimed after he murdered her.
![[Maria had met Joel when she was a young nurse in Puerto Rico, and he was an ambitious medical student 11 years her senior]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/fateful-vid-watch-chilling-ring-960760726.jpg?strip=all&w=497)
Maria gave him an ultimatum, either her or Janet, which led to Joel smashing their car windscreen and screaming at Maria. Janet, called the police, who in turn phoned Maria as she travelled home with her husband, according to CBS' true-crime show 48 Hours.
![[Maria was murdered by a high dose of Propofol]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dark-journal-entries-wife-mom-866683298.jpg?strip=all&w=927)
Joel reportedly said: "Hey, I'm f***ing talking to you right now. "Hang up the f***ing phone.". Maria told Joel that she wanted a divorce, but his furious tone when he said: "We can do this with minimal lawyer intervention. It's too much money" soon changed.
![[Maria had written detailed journals of her tumultuous marriage to Joel]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dark-journal-entries-wife-mom-866682385.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Within a matter of hours, Joel emailed her saying: "I am so sad, I am hurting inside. "I want to sit down with you to talk, w/o arguing. A heart to heart.". The following Tuesday, Joel phoned the police to report that Maria was not breathing and may have taken some prescription pills.
