<div>On a deserted Florida backroad, a passing moment goes unnoticed until it becomes the key to a crime no one saw coming.

When a young, pregnant woman is found in a roadside ditch, investigators are left with fragments: a truck in the dark, a web of secrets, and a timeline that refuses to stay quiet.

What follows is a slow unraveling where routine turns sinister, and the truth is revealed in a place no one thought to look.

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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger

Sources:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdN65NQFk0Q">Opening Statements
</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKPjVUi5RrA&list=PLT2snNGWwa66OsuT4z12ji-3i_oYcR8hX&index=13">LIVE: Pregnant Lover Murder Trial — FL v. Jose Soto-Escalera — Day 1</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsm9Xjesq1g&list=PLT2snNGWwa66OsuT4z12ji-3i_oYcR8hX&index=11&pp=iAQB">LIVE: Pregnant Lover Murder Trial — FL v. Jose Soto-Escalera — Day 2</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8PRJA-YjFk&list=PLT2snNGWwa66OsuT4z12ji-3i_oYcR8hX&index=8&pp=iAQB">LIVE: Pregnant Lover Murder Trial — FL v. Jose Soto-Escalera — Day 3</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT8LMtBQH_g&list=PLT2snNGWwa66OsuT4z12ji-3i_oYcR8hX&index=7&pp=iAQB">LIVE: Pregnant Lover Murder Trial — FL v. Jose Soto-Escalera — Day 4</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TthMgVg9rIQ&list=PLT2snNGWwa66OsuT4z12ji-3i_oYcR8hX&index=3&pp=iAQB0gcJCeAJAYcqIYzv">LIVE: Pregnant Lover Murder Trial — FL v. Jose Soto-Escalera — Closing Arguments</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=latdwDRxfXM&list=PLT2snNGWwa66OsuT4z12ji-3i_oYcR8hX&index=1&pp=iAQB">LIVE: Pregnant Lover Murder Trial — FL v. Jose Soto-Escalera — Verdict
</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMejBgzcMUs&list=PLT2snNGWwa66OsuT4z12ji-3i_oYcR8hX&index=5&pp=iAQB">SENTENCING: Pregnant Lover Murder Trial — FL v. Jose Soto-Escalera — Day 1 </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmJth9gdvTw">SENTENCING: Pregnant Lover Murder Trial — FL v. Jose Soto-Escalera — Day 2</a>
<a href="https://www.courttv.com/news/fl-v-jose-soto-escalera-pregnant-mistress-murder-trial/">Court TV Trial Recap</a>
<a href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/st-lucie-county/2025/09/19/st-lucie-county-murder-trial-ends-guilty-death-penalty-trial-next-fort-pierce-florida-court-cases/86242995007/">Jury finds Port St. Lucie man guilty</a>
<a href="https://www.wptv.com/news/treasure-coast/region-st-lucie-county/trial-underway-for-man-accused-of-killing-woman-and-unborn-child-in-st-lucie-county-in-2018">Trial underway for man accused of killing woman and unborn child</a>
<a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/trial-florida-man-accused-murdering-pregnant-mistress">Trial to begin for Florida man accused of murdering pregnant mistress</a>
<a href="https://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/prosecutors-to-seek-death-penalty-in-pregnant-womans-death">Prosecutors to seek death penalty in pregnant woman's death</a>
<a href="https://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/st-lucie-co-sheriff-ken-mascara-updates-homicide-case-of-pregnant-woman">Man arrested for murder of pregnant St. Lucie County woman: Sheriff</a>
<a href="https://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/body-found-on-road-in-st-lucie-county">Body found on road in St. Lucie County identified as 23-year-old Tania Esther Wise</a>
<a href="https://lawenforcementtoday.com/florida-man-killed-pregnant-lover-abortion-money-kept-baby">Florida Man Allegedly Killed Pregnant Lover After She Took Abortion Money</a>
<a href="https://lawandcrime.com/crime/married-man-killed-pregnant-lover-after-she-gave-abortion-money-to-someone-else-googled-dead-body-in-woods-the-day-before-she-was-found-police/">Married man killed his 8-month-pregnant lover after she gave away abortion money: Police</a>
<a href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/st-lucie-county/2018/09/24/tania-wise-murder-case-blackmail-abortion-ghost-gun-arrest-report/1414583002/">Tania Wise murder case: Blackmail, abortion and 'ghost gun' referenced in St. Lucie arrest </a>
<a href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/st-lucie-county/2018/09/21/tania-wise-father-unborn-child-arrested-charged-murder/1381990002/">Father of pregnant Port St. Lucie woman's child arrested in their deaths</a>
<a href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/st-lucie-county/2018/08/27/tania-wise-dead-st-lucie-friends-family/1108795002/">Pregnant woman found dead in St. Lucie 'always happy and positive,' friend says</a>
<a href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/st-lucie-county/2019/01/10/death-penalty-sought-against-jose-soto-escalera-tania-wise-homicide/2535496002/">Death penalty sought in homicide of Tania Wise and her unborn child</a>
<a href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/st-lucie-county/2018/12/21/santa-visits-florida-boy-whose-mom-killed-august/2380629002/">8-year-old St. Lucie boy whose mom died in homicide gets visit from Santa</a>
<a href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/st-lucie-county/2018/11/26/man-jailed-death-woman-unborn-child-maintains-his-innocence/2011027002/">Man jailed in death of woman, unborn child 'maintains his innocence'</a> (VIDEO OF PRESS CON)
<a href="https://people.com/crime/married-dad-killed-pregnant-mistress-refused-abortion/">Married Florida Dad Accused of Killing Pregnant Mistress After She Refused to Get Abortion</a>
<a href="https://cw34.com/news/local/pregnant-murder-victim-had-blunt-force-trauma-per-report">Pregnant murder victim had blunt force trauma, per report</a>
<a href="https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/florida-man-jose-soto-escalera-charged-murder-mistress-tania-wise-unborn-child">Florida Man Charged In Murder Of Mistress And Their Unborn Child</a>
<a href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/st-lucie-county/2018/09/26/investigators-searched-slc-landfill-tania-wise-homicide/1430039002/">St. Lucie County landfill searched in Tania Wise homicide 'to look for any evidence,'
</a><a href="https://courtcasesearch.stlucieclerk.gov/BenchmarkWebExternal/Image.aspx/PDFViewer2?cid=32972619&digest=BTO6z4Zr5K4ni4NPy1RHeQ">Arrest Report</a>
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