![]() Angelina Fernandes recalls seeing her mother in distress, her mother's fiancé, Andrew Wagner, on the floor, and blood everywhere. She said, "He was waving a gun around, so I stabbed him." And to a neighbor she said, "He hit me, so I hit him." And McLaughlin said Stephanie had fits of rage and that she was the aggressor. McLaughlin says that Stephanie told different stories about what exactly happened that night. In his opening statement, prosecutor Terry McLaughlin said Stephanie Fernandes stabbed her fiancé, Andrew Wagner, in the neck, cutting an artery and killing him. Surrounded by supporters, they were hoping that by the end of this trial, Fernandes would be behind bars. They declined "48 Hours"' request for an interview. His mother Melissa, his father Tom, and his sister Jillian Cristaldi. In June 2022, eight years after Andrew Wagner was killed, the murder trial of Stephanie Fernandes finally began.Īndrew Wagner's family was there. Stephanie had spent those years in home custody, wearing an ankle bracelet. The trial had been delayed by procedural arguments, and then the COVID pandemic. Young witness found herself at the scene of a crime 20 photos Maura Tansley: It set up the nature of the relationship between these two people and I think raised questions about what happened … that night that Mr. Maura Tansley was one of Fernandes' attorneys. Stephanie Fernandes (holds a pen to demonstrate): Like this. Peter Van Sant: How are you holding the knife? Using a pen, she demonstrated to "48 Hours" how she held the knife. Fernandes grabbed a knife from the kitchen and says Wagner tried to headbutt her as she held the knife in her right hand. Stephanie Fernandes says the night Andrew Wagner died, he pinned her to her a couch and tried to choke her. He just charged at me, went to headbutt me, as he always would do. Stephanie Fernandes: It just was so quick. What unfolded would soon end one life and destroy another. Stephanie says she grabbed a knife to scare him. An autopsy report would later reveal that Wagner died from a stab wound to the neck. This time, only one of them would survive. On May 7, 2014, Andrew Wagner and Stephanie Fernandes got into another altercation. Stephanie Fernandes: I was in fear of my life. Then, she says, he pulled out a gun and tried to pin her against the couch. Peter Van Sant (hands photo to Stephanie): You seem happy in that picture. ![]() But Fernandes admits she antagonized him, teasing and tormenting him with texts. Stephanie Fernandes said Andrew Wagner would become jealous, and threatened to kill her if she did not listen to him. Peter Van Sant: You and Andy had bought a condo together. A short time later, Andy became a corrections officer. In spite of their volatile relationship, in 2012, Stephanie and Andy were engaged. So … I think she was just stuck in a situation that she didn't know how to get out of. … You just wanna end the day, and when you wake up the next day, it's just another day doing the same thing. And you just walk around every day like … you're in shock. … Your brain is like scrambled eggs, and you can't think for yourself. … you know, you're broken down completely. It's very hard to leave a domestic violence situation. And just - I would die if I left him.ĭanielle Lord: I can't explain it. He would get to me way quicker than the cops would. It would mean nothin' with a restraining order. ![]() Stephanie Fernandes: I was told that bullets can go through paper. Peter Van Sant: Why didn't you ever call the police and report this violence? A lot of men would say that we were intimidating, especially together. And her hair was just beautiful.ĭanielle Lord worked with Stephanie in a Massachusetts night club.ĭanielle Lord: We both were very intimidating. … she just had these piercing eyes, first, that you notice. In those early times, Angelina says her mom never said how she met Andy Wagner and never revealed what she did for a living that kept her away at night.ĭanielle Lord: She was beautiful. "She wanted to have, like, that picture perfect All-American dream family with a nice house and kids," said Angelina, pictured with her mother and Wagner.Īngelina Fernandes: She loved him. She remembers good times at the beach, family gatherings and vacations.Īngelina Fernandes: We would actually go to Cape Cod every summer to his parent's Cape house, which was fun. Angelina was just 6 years old when Andrew Wagner came into her life.
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