Stephen Shappell tells victim’s family he doesn’t deserve to be forgiven  By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times He believed her when she said the only obstacle to their lifelong happiness was her husband. And even after Stephen Shappell sat behind bars because he carried out Morgan M. Mengel’s murderous plot, he was buoyed … Continue reading Ex-lover gets 40- to 80-year term in shovel murder