The private investigator told Debra Newell how to make herself a difficult target. When he tried to reach Debra, John menaced him with texts and emails. He thought, “I’m done.” If Debra wanted to be with John, she wouldn’t see Shad or his daughters anymore. “I realized,” she would say, “that he’s not going to be that easy to leave.”Want the next chapter of Dirty John early? About Dirty John This series is based on multiple interviews with Debra Newell, Jacquelyn Newell, Terra Newell, Arlane Hart, Shad Vickers, Tonia Sells Bales, Karen Douvillier, Donna Meehan Stewart, investigators, attorneys and other sources.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 05, 2017 07:41 UTC