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Dec 1, 2016 · Lee, 27, a former Marine who confessed to the murder of his allegedly pregnant lover Erin Corwin, 19, by strangling her and then throwing her body down a 140-foot desert mine shaft, was...
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Jun 26, 2022 · On June 28, 2014, 19-year-old Erin Corwin was strangled to death and then dumped in a mine shaft by her lover Christopher Lee at Joshua Tree National Park. Erin Corwin thought Christopher Lee was about to propose — instead, he brutally murdered her.
Mar 2, 2021 · The 19-year-old Twentynine Palms Marine Corps wife had vanished on June 28, 2014, after telling her husband, Jonathan, that she was going on a hike, only to be found dead nearly two months later. But as it soon came to light, it was her neighbor, the man she had been having an affair with, that killed her.
- Corwin and Lee Were Allegedly Having An Affair at The Time of Her Murder.
- Lee Said He Killed Corwin Because She Allegedly Molested His Daughter.
- Corwin Was Allegedly Expecting A Marriage Proposal from Lee.
- Lee Allegedly searched Online For Ways to Get Rid of A Corpse.
Authorities alleged Corwin — who was reported missing in June 2014—and neighbor Lee were having an extramarital affair. Police believed Lee killed his lover out of fear his wife would learn of the relationship. Lee initially denied the affair to authorities. While admitting he and Corwin had kissed once, he allegedly told police they never had sex....
During his surprising confession on Oct. 27, 2016, Lee claimed he was motivated to kill Corwin because he suspected his lover was molesting his daughter — a claim prosecutors described as a "ruse," according to KESQ. "I made the decision to kill her," Lee testified in court. "I was controlled by the anger. The hate I felt that day, it was something...
According to court documents, Corwin and Lee planned to go hunting about two hours from their homes on June 28, 2014 — the day she was murdered. The trip, investigators alleged, was a way for the couple to celebrate Corwin's pregnancy. But Lee allegedly told police he had gone hunting in Joshua Tree National Park that day by himself and had no info...
Under questioning, Lee allegedly admitted to investigators he had searched online for "how to dispose of a human body," arrest records revealed. Corwin's body was foundseven weeks after she vanished, at the bottom of a 125-foot gold-mine shaft. Authorities discovered gun casings and pieces of rebar inside the mine shaft and later found those same i...
Nov 1, 2016 · Christopher Lee testified in San Bernardino County Superior Court he strangled Erin Corwin during a fit of anger but he's since calmed down and wants to come clean.
Nov 2, 2016 · SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- A former Marine shocked the courtroom during his own murder trial, admitting to strangling the wife of another Marine and pushing her head-first down an abandoned mine...
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Nov 29, 2016 · A former Marine on Tuesday was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2014 murder of a 19-year-old pregnant woman with whom he was having an affair.
