Dateline

As usual last night, I followed my normal routine of watching one of my favorite shows, Dateline. Being a Criminal Justice major, I am intrigued by crime, as terrible as that sounds, so mysteries are my favorite things to watch. Last night's show was beyond peculiar, and interesting to say the least.

It was about Michael Lane.

The British motivational speaker and "spiritual healer" told police he wanted to help 44-year-old Ginger Candela achieve a deeper state of medication. Then he hit her with a frying pan and killed her, say Las Vegas police. He had only known Candela for around a week before he killed her. She was interested in him romantically, while he didn't feel the same way about her. Lane told investigators that he and Candela were in her bedroom when he compressed her carotid arteries to help her achieve a deeper state of meditation.


He said that while she was passed out, he just got the urge to kill her, that he had no reason why and to this day doesn't understand why. He also said that people always tell him he doesn't look like the type to do something like this, and he said he didn't think he was the type to commit such an act either. He hit her in the head with a frying pan, then strangled her with a cord. She was dead for 2 days before he went to Home Depot where he was caught on camera three separate occasions buying bleach, an ax, and a trash can, all with Candela's credit card.


He then dismembered her body and put it in the trash can with the bleach. He said he saw on CSI and NCIS where bleach was used to remove skin. He stayed in Candela's house for 2 weeks after she was dead and before she was reported missing. Her daughter's didn't report her missing sooner because they thought they were receiving text messages from her, when it was actually Lane messaging them. Lane stole Candela's checks and was writing checks to himself, even misspelling Candela's first name. Lane was also involved in a sex website where he invited a transvestite over to Candela's house while she was dead in the trash can. The transvestite wanted to leave, but Lane didn't want her to, so he ran over her. He was also charged with running over the woman. 


I think this was seriously one of the creepiest stories I have ever heard, and I've heard a lot. Lane had no obvious motive, and doesn't seem like the type that would do something like this, but it takes all kinds. I can't wait to see what next Friday's episode brings! You should tune in!