In January 2000, a delivery driver in Mesa, Arizona witnessed something horrifying: a woman in a luxury Jaguar dumping what turned out to be a dismembered human torso into a grocery store dumpster. This chilling discovery led police to Valerie Pape, a 47-year-old French beauty salon owner living in upscale Scottsdale.

But this case was far from simple. What started as a shocking murder investigation soon entangled an Arizona state senator, revealed a pattern of domestic violence, and connected to another unsolved murder from the year before. Valerie admitted to shooting her estranged husband Ira Pomerantz—but she refused to reveal who helped her dismember his body, even when offered a plea deal.

Who was Valerie protecting? Why would prosecutors let an accomplice go free? And was there really a connection to her friend's unsolved murder in Payson?

This case has everything: wealth, politics, international intrigue, and mysteries that remain unsolved over two decades later.

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