In January of 2017, the body of a 24-year-old man was found naked at the bottom of a cliff in a state park in Maryland. Although his girlfriend claims he died from the injuries he sustained in the fall, an autopsy revealed his throat had been slit multiple times. As baffling details emerged, she became investigator’s number one suspect. This is the story of Alexander Stevens. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CAUSE SOURCES 1. Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4886536/Girlfriend-charged-death-man-Maryland-forest.html#comments 2. Alex's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175274461/alexander-arthur-stevens 3. The Daily Item: https://www.dailyitem.com/news/state/filling-in-the-blanks-alexander-stevens-parents-he-worked-to-rectify-bad-or-wrong-situations/article_29a63692-d06a-54a1-aa5c-92406e149c82.html 4. Megan Shaffer vs. the State of Maryland: https://www.courts.state.md.us/sites/default/files/unreported-opinions/0993s18.pdf5. 6. Jay's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218484988/jay-arthur-stevens 7. Cumberland Times-News: https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/filling-in-the-blanks---alexander-stevens-parents-he-worked-to-rectify-bad-or/article_501db8ca-6377-11e7-b7d6-1fe3195e6790.html 8. The Daily Times: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23820440/man-found-dead-was-former-coast-guard/ 9. The Tribune-Democrat: https://www.tribdem.com/news/megan-shaffer-found-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder-in-death-of-alexander-stevens/article_b0d2c9f4-2bd5-11e8-9dda-57708696be62.html 10. Cumberland Times-News: https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/911-transcripts-include-call-from-megan-shaffer/article_312dc20e-e12e-11e7-8a7e-b70402f5ffbd.html 11. Cumberland Times-News: https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/concert-celebrates-janet-alex-stevens/article_12948bc8-7793-11e9-a30e-3fe64a6ef26c.html 12. The Bottom Line: https://thebottomlinenews.com/fsu-student-arrested-for-alleged-second-degree-murder/ 13. Megan's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/megan.shaffer.543/about 14. Alex's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alex.stevens.92123 15. The Garrett County Republican: https://www.wvnews.com/garrettrepublican/news/megan-shaffer-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-second-degree-murder/article_487d0751-30db-5b9a-a536-5d9d723f204d.html 16. The Tribune-Democrat: https://www.tribdem.com/megan-shaffer-trial-begins-with-new-details-in-the-death/article_c66f27a4-3cd2-528d-b5c1-de4a0410e317.html  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices