Veterinarian Had an Affair with a Married Lady. When She Reduce Ties, He Turned Obsessed and Murdered Her Husband

An Oregon veterinarian accused of stalking and killing the husband of a girl with whom he’d had an affair has been discovered responsible of his homicide.

On Jan. 22, Steven N. Milner was convicted of seven counts together with second-degree homicide, stalking and violating a courtroom’s stalking protecting order in reference to the 2023 loss of life of Kenneth Fandrich, based on a press launch from the Washington County District Legal professional’s Workplace.

Prosecutors mentioned Milner, a licensed veterinarian with a apply in Oregon Metropolis, Ore., had an affair with Fandrich’s spouse, who was additionally Milner’s longtime worker. In time, Fandrich realized of the affair and his spouse minimize ties with Milner. After this, Milner turned “obsessed” with Fandrich and his spouse and started stalking each of them for years, prosecutors mentioned.

A spokesperson for the Washington County District Legal professional’s Workplace confirmed to PEOPLE that Milner is 58 years outdated and Fandrich was 57 on the time of his loss of life.

In March 2022, Fandrich was granted a stalking protecting order (SPO) in opposition to Milner after discovering “quite a few GPS monitoring units” on the couple’s automobiles and surveillance video displaying Milner sneaking onto their property, based on the district legal professional’s workplace.

Nevertheless, the order didn’t cease Milner’s conduct. Prosecutors mentioned Milner put in one other GPS monitoring system on Fandrich’s automobiles and adopted him to his dwelling in Oregon Metropolis and to his job at Intel in Hillsboro, Ore., greater than a dozen instances.

Utilizing a faux identification, Milner even purchased two automobiles on Craigslist and used these automobiles to look at Fandrich from the car parking zone as he got here and went from work, based on the district legal professional’s workplace. 

Then on Jan. 27, 2023, Milner, carrying a disguise, watched Fandrich park his automotive and stroll into the constructing, earlier than spray portray close by safety cameras, based on prosecutors. Milner left after which returned to the scene, ready for Fandrich in a minivan parked subsequent to the sufferer’s automotive.

As soon as Frandrich acquired off work and acquired to his automotive, prosecutors mentioned Milner ambushed him from behind and put him in a chokehold, killing him.

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“After killing the sufferer, the defendant staged the sufferer’s physique and belongings again in his automotive in an try to make it seem that the sufferer died of pure causes,” the discharge states.

In line with prosecutors, Fandrich was later discovered lifeless in his automotive, however an post-mortem revealed accidents to his neck and backbone.

Milner testified throughout his trial that he acted in self-defense after he was attacked by Fandrich. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 18.