When Maria Muñoz died unexpectedly, her ex-husband told police he believed she had overdosed on prescription pills. The young mum-of-two had been “pretty depressed lately”, Joel Pellot was seen explaining on body cam footage.
In the early hours of September 22, 2020, officers arrived at Maria’s Texas home where they were confronted by a shocking scene. Dressed in blue surgical scrubs, Pellot was performing CPR on his 31-year-old estranged wife, who was declared dead shortly after.
The pair had met in Puerto Rico when she was
