When Sheila Davalloo met Nelson Sessler while working for a pharmaceutical company in Stamford, CT, it was the beginning of a dangerous obsession that left one woman dead and another person clinging to life. Not content to surrender Sessler to another lover, Davalloo committed one of the most brutal and disturbing love triangle murders in Connecticut history, driven by jealousy to bludgeon and stab her romantic rival to death.
After killing Anna Lisa Raymundo - Sessler's new girlfriend - Davalloo had him all to herself. But she decided to commit murder for a second time to guarantee nothing stood in the way of their romance. After stabbing a man multiple times, nearly ending his life, Davalloo's many lies were discovered, and her deadly deeds were brought to light for the entire world to see.
Fascinating And Disturbing Facts About Sheila Davalloo And Her Deadly Love Triangle,
She Murdered Her Romantic Rival
On November 8, 2002, 33-year-old Sheila Davalloo, visited the Stamford, CT, condo of her former co-worker Anna Lisa Raymundo and stabbed the 32-year-old to death. Davalloo and Raymundo had worked together at Purdue Pharma alongside Nelson Sessler, a 33-year-old research scientist who had been romantically involved with both women.
However, Sessler had ended his relationship with Davalloo in order to pursue a more serious relationship Raymundo. Davalloo, who was obsessed with Sessler, couldn’t bear being rejected by the object of her affections in favor of another woman, so she murdered Raymundo in hopes of rekindling her romance with him.
Sessler Had No Idea She Was Married
After stabbing her husband, Davalloo was arrested and charged with attempted murder. Investigators questioned Sessler to find out why he’d spoken to Davalloo on the day she tried to kill her husband. When Sessler was questioned, he was shocked to learn the woman he had an on-and-off relationship with for years was actually married.
According to Sessler, despite regularly visiting her home, he had no idea Davalloo was married, mainly because she went to extraordinary lengths to hide Christos’s existence from him.
After Her Stabbing Her Husband, She Arranged A Date With Her Lover
While Davalloo stabbed her husband a third time in the hospital parking lot, a passerby witnessed the attack, and Christos was rushed inside the medical center where he underwent emergency surgery. Incredibly, Christo survived the vicious attack perpetrated by his wife, and while Davalloo tried to flee the scene, she was apprehended by police. At the police station, Davalloo was questioned about the stabbing and officers checked her cell phone logs to find evidence to support or dispute her version of events. They quickly learned that when Davalloo told her husband she'd tried to call 911, she'd actually spoken to Sessler.
According to Sessler, Davalloo asked him if he wanted to come over to her home that evening for dinner. However, Davalloo said she had called her lover not to invite him over that evening for a date, but to cancel plans because Christos had been injured.
She Tried To Prevent Her Husband From Getting Medical Attention And Stabbed Him Again In The Hospital Parking Lot
After she stabbed her husband twice in the chest, Davalloo tried to convince him she had injured him by accident. While Christos wasn’t sure exactly what had occurred, he knew he needed medical attention, so he asked his wife to call 911. Initially, Davalloo refused to get him help. Then, she pretended to call 911 but told Christos the line was busy, and said she was unable to get through to anyone.
Christos, who knew he desperately needed medical help, was finally able to convince her to drive him to a nearby hospital. However, when they arrived at the Westchester County Hospital, instead of taking Christos straight to the emergency room for treatment, Davalloo stopped her car in an isolated part of the parking lot and stabbed her husband once more in the chest.
She Stabbed Her Husband While Playing A Game In Which He Was Blindfolded And Handcuffed
Sessler wasn't the only man in Davalloo's life. In fact, she was married to a man named Paul Christos for two years before the killing. Davalloo wasn’t immediately a suspect in Raymundo's killing, allowing her to remain free. After Raymundo's death, Sessler and Davalloo began their secret affair. But Davalloo decided one more obstacle stood in the way of their happiness: Christos. She decided she had to kill Christo in order to be with Sessler.
On March 23, 2003, Raymundo convinced her husband to play a game with her that required him to be both blindfolded and handcuffed. According to Christos, the game was supposed to be an innocent exercise Davalloo had learned at work, not something sexual in nature. However, shortly after Christos was restrained and unable to see, his wife stabbed him twice in the chest, leaving him confused and in agonizing pain.
She Represented Herself During Her Murder Trial
In 2004, Davalloo was convicted of the attempted murder of Christos, and she was sentenced to 25 years in a New York prison for the crime. Eight years later in 2012, she stood trial for the 2002 murder of Anna Lisa Raymundo, waiving her right to an attorney and instead choosing to represent herself.
At one point during the two-and-half-week trial in Stamford, CT, Davalloo questioned her now-ex husband, who divorced her after her arrest. She became emotional and near tears when she asked him about the time he visited her in prison after she was given 25 years for his attempted murder.
She Called The Police After Committing The Murder
After entering Raymundo’s apartment, Davalloo repeatedly hit the woman in the before stabbing her nine times in her chest, neck, and face. After killing her, Davalloo cleaned herself up, washing the blood from her hands in Raymundo’s bathroom sink, and fled the scene of the brutal murder. Then, the she went to a nearby restaurant and used a payphone to call 911.
Instead of confessing to the murder, however, Davalloo told the operator Raymundo - who she claimed was her neighbor - was being assaulted by a man. Davalloo refused to provide the 911 operator with her name, although she did provide Raymundo’s address. When officers went to Raymundo’s condo, they discovered the 32-year-old’s brutally beaten and stabbed body.
Trying To Murder Her Husband Made Her A Suspect In Raymundo's Killing
When police questioned Sessler about his relationship with Davalloo, Sessler started to wonder if she had been involved in the killing of Raymundo. Sessler told the authorities about the love triangle and Raymundo’s murder, and Davalloo quickly became a suspect in the 32-year-old woman’s unsolved killing.
While they found a lot of circumstantial evidence to connect Davalloo with the brutal crime, law enforcement officials were convinced she was Raymundo’s killer they found her DNA at the crime scene. After Raymundo was killed, crime scene investigators found blood on the bathroom sink - presumably left by the murderer when they washed their hands after beating and stabbing the young woman to death - but they were unable to link the sample to anyone until Davalloo became a suspect in the killing. Her DNA matched with the blood and she was arrested for Raymundo's murder.
She’d Had An Affair With Her Second Husband When She Was Married To Her First Husband
Davalloo could have just left Christos in order to pursue a relationship with Sessler, but prosecutors argued she didn’t want to get divorced for a second time. When Davalloo met Christos while attending New York Medical College, she was actually already married to another man. Consequently, she had an extramarital affair with Christos until her first husband learned she was being unfaithful and filed for divorce.
According to Davalloo, her family was extremely opposed to divorce, and she knew they would be upset with her if she had yet another failed marriage. Therefore, Davalloo concluded the only way she could end her relationship with Christos without displeasing her parents was by murdering her husband.
She Made Her Husband Stay At A Hotel So Her Boyfriend Could Visit, Telling Him She Had A Mentally Handicapped Brother In Town
One of the reasons Sessler didn't know Davalloo was married was because she regularly convinced her husband to move out of the house for entire weekends so Sessler could visit and stay the night in their home. Amazingly, Davalloo made Christos believe she had a brother with mental health issues who would have been upset to learn his sister was married, so Davalloo had to keep Christos a secret when her brother spent the weekend at their house.
Davalloo not only persuaded Christos to stay at hotel for a couple days on a regular basis, she also convinced him to take all of his personal effects with him when he left, making the apartment free from any trace of her husband. By going to such extraordinary lengths to erase any sign of Christos, Davalloo was able to successfully convince him she was a single woman who lived in the apartment by herself.