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The Stalking and Murder of Ryan Poston
Ryan Poston had a date with beauty queen Miss Ohio but he never showed up because he had been murdered by his obsessed ex-girlfriend
Ryan Poston, a good-looking 28-year-old lawyer from Cincinnati met 19-year-old Stacey Hubers, a college student, on Facebook. He was immediately attracted to her provocative Facebook pictures and by the spring of 2011, the couple met and started dating.
Trouble in the relationship started soon after because Shayna had a difficult personality. She was highly sensitive to rejection and was very possessive of Ryan. The relationship became tumultuous to the point that the two would end up breaking up and then getting back together in a non-stop cycle that lasted for 18 months.
During the couple’s break-up periods, Shayna would stalk Ryan. She would show up unexpectedly at his residence demanding to see him and then refuse to leave. She would relentlessly send text messages to him. At one point, she sent 100 text messages for every one message from Ryan. It was normal for her to send him 75 texts within an hour.
Ryan was a softie and didn’t want to hurt Shayna’s feelings so he would get back together with her. However, he was not serious about the relationship and didn’t think it would go…
