A relationship sours and disputes emerge over money and dating, raising questions in fatal Aliso Viejo explosion
by Javier Panzar, Richard Winton and Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times
May 18, 2018
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES - They met on a dating app in the summer of 2016. She was a skin care expert in her 40s who had recently filed for bankruptcy, he a widower who dabbled in acting and building model rockets.
In the year and a half or so that followed, Ildiko Krajnyak, 48, and Stephen Beal, 59, traveled extensively - vacationing in Cuba, Portugal and Canada - and decided to open a day spa together in Aliso Viejo, Calif.
Their romance soured, authorities said, over disputes about money and their dating exclusivity. In February or March, they broke up, but decided to stay business partners. Beal paid
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