Psychology Professor Accused of Murder

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Norma Patricia Esparza has been accused of murdering her alleged rapist two decades ago.  She claims that her ex-boyfriend made her do it. Her words?  She was "dragged, pressured, bullied, [and] intimidated" into doing it.

She never reported the rape nor did she go to police after the murder. She actually claims in her words "I didn't know that he had been dead." 

She then says she was forced to marry the man who bullied her into the beating, which resulted in murder.

Esparza was living in Geneva, Switzerland, and came back to the U.S. for a conference last year and that is where police arrested her. Oops.  Perhaps she got a little too confident?

When I watch Esparza talk, I hear reminiscent behaviors of Jodi Arias--the soft meek mouse voice trying to portray how harmless she is. That always a huge tip off something is amiss!   But when you listen to her words, she couldn't back pedal any more obviously into a hole.

I do not believe Esparza was a victim in the murder at all.  This will be an interesting case to watch go to trial.