A man is found dead in his apartment. Beaten, stabbed, strangled. The killer left DNA everywhere. The motive was not money, not jealousy, not revenge. The killer was angry that his uncle had given him herpes.

In this case, a 28-year-old man discovered he had contracted a sexually transmitted infection. He blamed his uncle, who he believed was the source. He armed himself with a knife and a blunt object. He went to his uncle's apartment. He attacked him in the living room, chased him to the bedroom, and continued the assault until the victim stopped moving. He then cleaned the scene, changed his clothes, and drove to a friend's house to establish an alibi. The DNA under the victim's fingernails matched the nephew. The nephew's phone placed him at the scene during the time of death. His alibi collapsed when the friend admitted they had not seen each other for weeks. The nephew was convicted of first-degree murder. He will spend the rest of his life in prison. The herpes infection that triggered the killing was never confirmed to have come from the uncle.

Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the nephew killed his uncle over a disease that might not have been his fault.

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