The Case of Ezra Mccandless

On March 22, 2018, Ezra McCandless stabbed Alexander Woodworth of Eau Claire, Wisconsin 16 times. McCandless stabbed Woodworth to death, then she carved the word “boy” into her forearm and slashed her clothing making it appear as if Woodworth attacked her. Don Sipple, a Wisconsin dairy farmer, was sitting down to dinner when McCandless showed up at his door on the night of March 22, 2018, bruised and battered. Sipple called the local police after helping McCandless, who was cold, muddy, and had no shoes on, into his home. McCandless claimed she was a victim of an assault perpetrated by her boyfriend Alexander Woodworth.

This story is full of twists and turns and to understand how and why Woodworth ended up being stabbed by McCandless 16 times on March 22, 2018, we have to start at the beginning with another key player in the story named Jason Mengal.

Jason Mengal, met McCandless in 2017, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at a popular coffee shop, Racy D’Lenes Coffee Lounge, where everyone would go daily. According to testimony by Mengal, he and McCandless started dating, then moved in together and started a sexual relationship quickly after their initial meeting. In November of 2017, McCandless and Woodworth, who worked at Racy D’Lenes Coffee Lounge, started to have a sexual affair, while McCandless was still dating and living with Mengal. Once Mengal found out about the affair he broke up with McCandless, who has been, stated by witnesses, to be doing everything that she could to win Mengal back. In February 2018, Mengal initiated a rape…