Murder of Sheila Bellush

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Sheila Bellush was a 35-year-old mother of six who was murdered on November 7, 1997, by a hired gunman named Jose Del Toro, on the orders of her ex-husband, Allen Blackthorne. Blackthorne, who had stalked Bellush since their divorce in 1987, allegedly wanted custody of their two children. Blackthorne had reportedly been abusive to his prior two wives before allegedly doing the same to Sheila. Suspecting that Blackthorne would kill her one day, Sheila told her sister, "Promise me . . . that if I'm not here, you will find Ann Rule and have her write my story." Rule did in fact write extensively about the case in Every Breath You Take.

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