Who was Anjelica ‘AJ’ Hadsell?
ANGELICA ‘AJ’ Hadsell went missing from her mother’s Norfolk home at 18 while on Spring Break in 2015. Her stepfather, Wesley Hadsell, received charges for her murder after a medical examiner determined she died from homicidal violence and acute heroin poisoning. Who was Angelica ‘AJ’ Hadsell? AJ Hadsell, born in 1996, was a freshman double-majoring […]
ANGELICA ‘AJ’ Hadsell went missing from her mother’s Norfolk home at 18 while on Spring Break in 2015.
Her stepfather, Wesley Hadsell, received charges for her murder after a medical examiner determined she died from homicidal violence and acute heroin poisoning.
Who was Angelica ‘AJ’ Hadsell?
AJ Hadsell, born in 1996, was a freshman double-majoring in information technology and computer programming at Longwood University in Virginia.
She played club softball and field hockey while at college.
Her mother reportedly testified in court that she was “always happy,” adding that she never had a drug problem – which hair samples from the medical examiner confirmed.
In the case against her stepfather, Wesley Hadsell, the defense claimed AJ had committed suicide by overdosing on her prescription headache medication because she was depressed over a recent break-up.
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The theory did not explain how she ended up in a ditch 40 miles away from her home, why she had distinct bruising patterns – ones consistent with being held down – or why she had heroin in her system.
Who is Wesley Hadsell?
When AJ Hadsell went missing on March 2, 2015, her stepfather Wesley Hadsell was kicked out of her mother’s – his wife’s – house for doing drugs.
During his murder trial, prosecutors claimed he had abducted her while she was folding laundry to assault her sexually.
They added she was likely murdered the next day.
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His drug dealer testified to having sold him $800 worth of both cocaine and heroin the day after AJ went missing, 13NewsNow reported.
By the time AJ’s body was found, damage from animals and insects made it impossible to determine whether or not she had been sexually assaulted.
The medical examiner found AJ had been injected with more than three times the lethal dose of heroin.
In February of 2022, Wesley Hadsell was found guilty of first-degree murder and concealing a body in the case of AJ’s death.
He was sentenced to life plus fifteen years in prison.
The case will be featured on Dateline NBC on Friday, June 3, 2022.
How can I watch the AJ Hadsell episode of Dateline NBC?
The case will unfold on Dateline NBC on June 3, 2022, in an episode called “The Jacket.”
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Andrea Canning will report from Norfolk, Virginia, where she interviewed several people related to the case.
The episode will be available to watch on NBC at 10pm ET and stream on Peacock the next day.
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