On the surface, Timothy Stephenson had an enviable life. He was married to a doctor, and they lived in a $2 million home with their twin daughters in a quiet suburb east of San Francisco.
But Stephenson harbored a secret: About two decades earlier, he had shot and
killed a man he met at a bar in Kansas City.
The crime remained unsolved until 2021, when Stephenson’s dark past finally
caught up with him. By then, his personal life was unraveling. His husband had filed for divorce the year before and the couple were locked in a legal battle over custody of their children.
Authorities arrested him on murder charges that December and extradited him to
Missouri. And this month, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 16…
