Important Corrections to the Documentary Transcript

The woman convicted of killing Todd Morgan was Terreionna Shavonn Paschal, not Terriana Pascal, Terryana Pascale, Terra Allen or the other variations used throughout the transcript.

The silent 911 call did not come from Todd Morgan’s phone. Investigative records stated that a 911 hang-up call was placed from Paschal’s phone at approximately the time of the shooting. Police returned the call and left a voicemail asking her to confirm that there was no emergency. The available records do not establish that Todd intentionally activated an iPhone SOS feature while he was dying.

Todd sent Paschal $50 through Cash App shortly before the shooting. The documentary speculates that the amount angered or insulted her, but prosecutors never established that as the motive. Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich said that only Paschal knew exactly what occurred in the moments leading to the murder.

The transcript also claims that the handgun recovered from Paschal’s vehicle had previously been connected to an unsolved fatal shooting in Cleveland. That allegation does not appear in the Summit County Prosecutor’s official releases or the reliable public reporting reviewed for this account and is therefore excluded as an unverified claim.

Paschal pleaded guilty to aggravated murder with a firearm specification on September 18, 2024. The following day, she was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison. She did not receive a guaranteed release date after 23 years. That is only the first point at which she may become eligible for parole consideration.

Todd Alan Morgan

Todd Alan Morgan was born on May 19, 1981, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was raised in the nearby community of Walker and graduated from high school in 1999.

As a young man, Todd enjoyed sports, travel and learning about other cultures. He spent time living in several places before deciding to pursue higher education and a professional career.

Todd enrolled at Cleveland State University, earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2005 and his MBA the following year. He later attended Kent State University and completed a doctorate in business administration in 2015.

His professional career combined academic research, teaching and private-sector experience.

Todd worked as an account representative for Unilever and as a senior marketing analyst and data modeler for Amerimark. He later held assistant-professor positions at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Western Michigan University’s Haworth College of Business.

In the fall of 2021, Todd returned to Cleveland State University as an assistant professor in the Department of Management at the Monte Ahuja College of Business.

His research focused on innovation, new-product development, entrepreneurship, competitive advantage and the ways companies combined internal resources with outside knowledge.

Todd told the university that his own CSU professors had significantly influenced the direction of his career. He hoped to provide the same type of guidance to his students.

Colleagues and students described him as knowledgeable, approachable and dedicated. Cleveland State later remembered him as a respected educator with a calm, down-to-earth teaching style.

Todd as a Father

Todd had two biological children, a son named Aaron and a younger daughter named Cecilia, commonly called CeCe. He had also been a stepfather during his earlier marriage.

His family said fatherhood was the most important part of his life. He enjoyed playing video games with his children, having dance contests, visiting parks and zoos and taking them to Michigan to spend time near the lakeshore.

Todd’s obituary described him as fiercely devoted to ensuring that his children had everything they needed.

By April 2023, Todd was living in a large home on West Streetsboro Street in Hudson, Ohio, an affluent suburb between Cleveland and Akron.

He shared parenting responsibilities with the mothers of his children. On April 19, he was expected to collect his young daughter from school.

When he failed to arrive and could not be reached, the child’s mother became concerned. She told police that forgetting his daughter was not normal behavior for him and requested a welfare check.

The Documentary’s Claims About Todd’s Private Life

The documentary devotes considerable attention to alleged alcohol problems, custody restrictions and court-ordered breath testing.

Some investigative materials reportedly contained information about Todd’s private family-court circumstances. However, those issues were not identified by prosecutors as a cause of the murder and did not form part of the charge to which Paschal pleaded guilty.

Todd’s personal imperfections do not explain why Paschal shot him.

His relatives acknowledged at sentencing that Todd had experienced struggles. They also emphasized that he had been working to improve his life and remain actively involved with his children.

The legally relevant facts are that Todd voluntarily allowed Paschal into his home, that the two had known each other only briefly and that she later shot him multiple times.

Terreionna Paschal

Terreionna Shavonn Paschal was 31 years old at the time of the murder and lived in Cleveland.

Investigative records indicated that she used dating applications and communicated online about commercial sexual arrangements. The transcript labels her an escort and presents her work as a defining part of her identity.

What matters to the homicide investigation is that she met Todd through the dating app Bumble and arranged to visit him at his Hudson residence.

Todd and Paschal had communicated for only a few days.

According to Prosecutor Kolkovich, their meeting on April 18 was the first time they had seen each other in person. Todd invited her into the house voluntarily and had no known reason to believe that she intended to harm him.

There was therefore no evidence of a conventional break-in when she first arrived.

She entered as an invited visitor.

The Online Contact

Investigators reconstructed the beginning of the relationship through dating-app data, phone records and information recovered from online accounts.

The two matched in mid-April 2023 and exchanged messages before arranging an in-person meeting.

Investigative files reported that Paschal searched for Todd’s profile and photographs of his home on April 18, the day she traveled to Hudson.

The purpose of every search was never explained in court because Paschal resolved the case through a guilty plea rather than a trial.

Looking at a person’s profile or property before meeting does not, by itself, establish a murder plan. When combined with the later shooting, attempted financial transaction and removal of Todd’s phone, however, the searches became part of the evidence considered by investigators.

The Night of April 18

Paschal drove to Hudson in a silver Ford sport utility vehicle.

The vehicle arrived at Todd’s house late on April 18 or shortly after midnight on April 19. Neighborhood cameras later helped police confirm the vehicle’s presence.

Todd allowed her inside.

Evidence recovered from the bedroom, including DNA, confirmed that Paschal had spent time in the house. Investigators also found alcoholic beverages and other items indicating that the two had remained together for several hours.

There is no surviving witness account explaining what they discussed or how the atmosphere inside the home changed.

Paschal never provided a complete public explanation during the plea and sentencing proceedings.

The $50 Cash App Payment

At approximately 7:04 a.m. on April 19, Todd used Cash App to send Paschal $50.

The payment provided investigators with a precise digital connection between them shortly before the gunfire.

The documentary treats the amount as an obvious insult and suggests it provoked the shooting.

That is speculation.

The $50 could have represented full payment, partial payment, transportation money, a previous agreement or something unrelated to the eventual confrontation. The public record does not establish which explanation is correct.

Paschal’s silence about the final interaction left investigators and Todd’s family without a confirmed motive.

The 911 Hang-Up Call

At approximately 7:21 a.m., Hudson emergency dispatch received a 911 hang-up call from Paschal’s phone.

The dispatcher did not receive a coherent report of an emergency.

Police called the number back and left a message stating that the phone had contacted 911 and asking the owner to return the call if assistance was needed.

The transcript says Todd intentionally pressed the side button on his own iPhone five times as a final effort to summon help.

The records contradict that presentation because the emergency call was associated with Paschal’s device.

It remains possible that the call was activated during the physical confrontation, that Paschal triggered it accidentally or that Todd briefly obtained access to her phone.

No public evidence identifies the person who physically operated the device.

The Shooting

Neighbors heard multiple gunshots shortly after the Cash App payment and around the time of the 911 call.

Todd was shot seven times. The wounds involved his head and torso.

The exact order of the shots was never explained publicly.

The medical findings established that the attack was intentional and lethal. Paschal’s later guilty plea confirmed that she was the shooter.

The evidence suggested that Todd attempted to move or escape during the attack.

Blood was distributed through part of the lower level, and bloody footwear impressions showed that someone stepped through it before leaving the home.

The documentary states that eight shots were fired and seven struck Todd. Public reporting confirms seven gunshot wounds but does not consistently establish the total number of rounds fired. The more cautious conclusion is that Paschal shot him repeatedly and that seven bullets struck his body.

What the Neighbors Observed

Neighbors heard the gunfire and looked toward Todd’s property.

Security footage from nearby homes recorded a silver vehicle in the driveway and captured a woman moving between the residence and the vehicle.

The files described her carrying an object or box and leaving bloody footprints outside the rear entrance.

Witnesses did not see the shooting itself.

Their observations nevertheless established that someone associated with the silver SUV was at the house during the relevant period and left immediately after the gunfire.

The vehicle and the person’s general appearance later helped investigators focus on Paschal.

The Damaged Rear Door

Evidence indicated that the rear doorway had been damaged from the interior side of the residence.

The broken frame initially created the appearance that someone had forced a route through the door while leaving.

Because Todd had allowed Paschal into the house, the damage was not evidence that she had broken in before the murder.

It was more consistent with someone attempting to exit rapidly after the shooting or struggling with the door during the confrontation.

The transcript confidently says that Paschal fought her way out. That is a plausible reconstruction, but the complete sequence was never established through testimony at a trial.

Paschal Leaves With Todd’s Phone

After the shooting, Todd’s mobile phone disappeared from the house.

Phone records later showed the device moving away from Hudson along the same general route as Paschal’s phone and vehicle.

Investigators concluded that she had taken it with her.

Todd’s phone was later discarded near a highway in Macedonia, a community southeast of Cleveland and north of Hudson.

Removing the phone deprived Todd’s family and investigators of immediate access to his final communications.

It also supported the allegation that Paschal was trying to remove or conceal evidence after the shooting.

The Attempted $1,000 Transaction

Shortly after the gunfire, an attempt was made to transfer $1,000 from Todd’s financial account.

The transaction did not succeed because additional verification was required.

The timing made the attempted transfer highly suspicious. It followed the $50 payment, the gunfire and the emergency call.

Paschal had access to Todd and, investigators believed, possession of his phone.

The original indictment included aggravated robbery, reflecting the prosecution’s allegation that the homicide occurred in connection with an attempt to take property or money.

Because the case ended in a negotiated plea to aggravated murder, a jury never decided every detail of the alleged robbery.

Paschal’s precise intention regarding the $1,000 was not explored in public testimony.

The Long Delay Before Todd Is Found

The shooting occurred shortly after 7:00 a.m.

Todd remained inside the house for almost 12 hours.

No immediate police response was sent to the residence because the emergency call came from Paschal’s phone, provided no spoken address and was treated as a hang-up requiring a callback.

Todd’s family and colleagues did not yet know that anything had happened.

The alarm was raised only after he failed to pick up his daughter from school and continued ignoring telephone calls.

At approximately 6:55 p.m., Hudson police officers arrived at the West Streetsboro Street home for the welfare check.

The Welfare Check

Officers approached the residence and received no answer.

The house appeared secure from the front, and Todd’s black vehicle remained in the driveway.

While looking through a window, an officer saw a man lying motionless inside with a large quantity of blood around him.

The officers moved to another entrance and entered the home.

Todd was found on the floor wearing a dark bathrobe. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

Emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at approximately 7:20 p.m.

The Summit County Medical Examiner classified the death as a homicide.

The Crime Scene

The house contained clear signs of a violent confrontation.

Investigators recovered cartridge casings, alcoholic-drink containers, bloody footwear impressions and biological evidence establishing that Paschal had been present.

Valuable property remained inside.

Todd’s car and its keys were not taken. Computers and other items of value were also left behind.

The scene did not resemble a burglary committed by an unknown person searching the house for property.

Todd’s licensed firearms were recovered, but forensic testing did not connect them to the casings from the murder.

The weapon used to kill him had left the house with Paschal.

Investigative reporting described the scene as chaotic, with shell casings, wine bottles, bloody impressions and evidence of Paschal’s presence in the bedroom.

Bloody Footwear Impressions

The person leaving the house had stepped through Todd’s blood.

Investigators documented a clear impression on or near the rear deck.

The tread pattern appeared consistent with a popular athletic-shoe design. Police later reviewed Paschal’s photographs and social-media posts for images of shoes consistent with the impression.

The transcript specifically identifies the footwear as Nike Air Force 1 sneakers.

Public reporting confirms that a bloody shoe impression helped connect Paschal to the crime, although the detailed laboratory comparison was not presented publicly at trial because of her plea.

The footwear evidence was therefore one part of the case rather than an independent identification of the killer.

Cigars and Biological Evidence

Detectives recovered two partially smoked mild cigars from the house.

DNA testing connected the cigars to Paschal.

Investigators then reviewed her online photographs and found an image showing a similar cigar near her.

Additional DNA evidence from items inside the residence supported the conclusion that Paschal had been in Todd’s bedroom.

That evidence was important because she initially attempted to distance herself from Todd and the house.

The DNA did not by itself prove she fired the gun. Together with phone location, dating-app records, financial transactions, witnesses and ballistics, it formed a strong cumulative case.

The Digital Route From Hudson

Records from Paschal’s phone placed her at Todd’s home when the shooting occurred.

Afterward, the phone traveled away from Hudson at highway speed.

Todd’s missing phone moved in the same general direction before disappearing from the network.

Investigators used cellular records, mobile-app information and location data to reconstruct the route.

This evidence connected the online meeting to the house, the shooting and the removal of Todd’s device.

The Summit County Prosecutor later summarized the case by stating that phone records, mobile applications, DNA and ballistics all placed Paschal at Todd’s residence at the time of the murder.

The Silver Ford SUV

Witness accounts and neighborhood cameras identified a silver Ford SUV at Todd’s house.

Investigators connected the vehicle to Paschal.

Police later located it near an apartment associated with one of her relatives. The rear license plate had reportedly been removed.

The removal of the plate was consistent with an attempt to make the vehicle more difficult to identify, although cameras and witness accounts had already documented its appearance.

Investigators searched the SUV and recovered a 9 mm handgun.

Ballistic testing connected the gun to the cartridge casings from Todd’s house.

That comparison supplied the direct forensic link between Paschal’s vehicle and the murder weapon.

The Murder Weapon

The recovered handgun fired the rounds used to kill Todd.

The match meant Paschal had not merely been present in the house and left after someone else committed the murder.

The weapon associated with her vehicle produced the same ballistic markings as the casings recovered from the crime scene.

Ballistics became one of the four central categories of evidence identified in the official prosecution summary, along with phone records, mobile-app records and DNA.

The transcript’s additional assertion that the firearm had been used in an earlier unsolved homicide has not been confirmed through the official sources reviewed here.

Regardless of its earlier history, its role in Todd Morgan’s murder was established.

Paschal’s Online Searches

After the killing, Paschal repeatedly searched for news about Todd’s death.

Investigative files showed that she checked local news websites for updates and researched how police could trace telephones and computer records.

She also searched for Todd’s profile and information connected to his residence.

The documentary claims she searched her own name 41 times in connection with the case.

Public investigative reporting confirms that she repeatedly searched her name and followed coverage of the murder, although the exact number is less important than the pattern.

A person may read news about a case for many reasons. In this context, the searches occurred alongside evidence that Paschal had been at the scene, possessed Todd’s phone and left with the murder weapon.

They were interpreted as evidence that she was monitoring whether police had identified her.

Discarding or Replacing Her Phone

Investigators determined that Paschal attempted to distance herself from the telephone used on the morning of the murder.

She acquired or began using another device and apparently believed that changing or erasing a phone would prevent police from reconstructing her activity.

However, digital evidence existed outside the physical handset.

Telephone providers, mobile applications, financial services and cloud accounts preserved records of the devices’ locations and activity.

The homicide therefore demonstrates the difference between deleting visible information from a phone and eliminating information retained by outside systems.

Identification of Paschal

The investigation did not depend on a single clue.

The silver SUV and neighborhood footage established the vehicle at Todd’s home.

Witnesses heard gunshots and saw a woman moving between the house and the SUV.

The 911 hang-up came from Paschal’s phone.

Cellular information placed that phone at the residence.

Todd’s Cash App account documented the $50 payment and the attempted $1,000 transaction.

DNA connected Paschal to items inside the house.

Todd’s phone traveled with her and was discarded along her route.

The bloody footwear impression was consistent with shoes connected to her.

The handgun recovered from her SUV matched the casings at the scene.

Each category of evidence reinforced the others.

The Arrest and Indictment

A Summit County grand jury returned a secret indictment against Paschal on May 25, 2023.

The Prosecutor’s Office publicly announced the indictment the following day.

Paschal was charged with aggravated murder carrying a firearm specification and several related offenses, including aggravated robbery and tampering with evidence.

Hudson Police Chief Perry Tabak described the homicide as an isolated incident and credited detectives with identifying and apprehending the person responsible.

Paschal was arrested and held while the criminal case proceeded through the Summit County Court of Common Pleas.

A $2 million bond was imposed during the early proceedings.

Why Prosecutors Charged Aggravated Murder

Ordinary murder and aggravated murder are separate offenses under Ohio law.

The indictment alleged that Todd was killed while Paschal was committing or attempting to commit aggravated robbery.

The attempted $1,000 transaction, Todd’s missing phone and Paschal’s removal of property supported the robbery-related theory.

The firearm specification reflected her use of a gun during the offense.

Had the case gone to trial, prosecutors would have been required to prove each element beyond a reasonable doubt.

The plea eliminated the need for a jury to decide whether every count in the original indictment had been proven.

The Case Moves Toward Trial

Paschal initially entered the normal pretrial process.

The case involved large volumes of digital records, crime-scene evidence, DNA reports and firearms testing.

Trial dates were scheduled and later continued while both sides reviewed the evidence and prepared.

A jury trial was ultimately set to begin on September 18, 2024, before Summit County Common Pleas Judge Alison Breaux.

On the morning the trial was expected to begin, Paschal changed her position and accepted a plea agreement.

Paschal Pleads Guilty

On September 18, 2024, Paschal pleaded guilty to aggravated murder with a firearm specification.

By entering the guilty plea, she formally admitted legal responsibility for intentionally killing Todd Morgan with a gun.

The remaining charges were resolved through the agreement.

The plea spared Todd’s family from sitting through a trial involving crime-scene photographs, autopsy evidence and detailed testimony about the final moments of his life.

It also meant the public never heard a full prosecution narrative or a defence explanation of the confrontation.

The Summit County Prosecutor’s Office stated that Paschal shot Todd inside his Hudson home and that investigators had connected her to the murder through phone records, mobile applications, DNA and ballistics.

The Sentencing Hearing

Paschal returned to court on September 19, 2024.

Todd’s relatives and the mother of his daughter delivered victim-impact statements.

His mother, Sandy Morgan, emphasized that Paschal had taken a father from two children and said that only Todd, Paschal and God knew the full truth about what happened inside the house.

Todd’s family asked Paschal to explain why she had killed someone she barely knew.

She did not provide that explanation.

Paschal gave a brief apology, telling the family that she was sorry and hoped they might someday forgive her.

The Sentence

Judge Alison Breaux sentenced Paschal to life imprisonment with eligibility to seek parole after 23 years.

The sentence consisted of a life term for aggravated murder and a mandatory period associated with the firearm specification.

Paschal was also placed on Ohio’s violent-offender registry.

Eligibility after 23 years does not mean that parole must be granted.

A parole authority will consider her conduct, rehabilitation, the nature of the offense, public safety and the objections of Todd’s surviving family.

She may remain incarcerated for the rest of her life.

What the Guilty Plea Established

The plea conclusively established that Paschal murdered Todd.

It eliminated theories that an unknown intruder entered the house or that Todd was accidentally shot with one of his own weapons.

It also established that Paschal used a firearm during the killing.

The plea did not establish a complete motive.

It did not explain why the interaction became violent, why she fired repeatedly or whether the attempted transfer of $1,000 was planned before the shooting.

It did not reveal whether the 911 call from her telephone was accidental or whether Todd activated it during the struggle.

Those factual questions remain unanswered because Paschal did not give a detailed account in open court.

The Unproven $50 Motive

The documentary builds its central explanation around the $50 Cash App payment.

Under that theory, Paschal expected a larger payment, viewed $50 as an insult and shot Todd during the resulting dispute.

The timing makes a financial argument plausible.

A transfer of $50 occurred shortly before the gunfire, and someone attempted to transfer $1,000 after it.

However, plausible is not the same as proven.

Paschal may have demanded additional payment. She may have intended to rob Todd from the beginning. A personal argument may have occurred. Todd may have tried to prevent her from taking his phone or accessing his money.

No surviving witness and no public confession identifies which sequence occurred.

The most accurate conclusion is that financial activity formed part of the incident, but the immediate trigger for the murder remains unknown.

Claims About Escort Work

The documentary describes Paschal’s commercial sexual activity in detail and uses it to create a sharp contrast between her and Todd.

Investigative records did contain online communications associated with paid meetings.

That information helped explain how the two met and why a payment was made.

It did not make Todd responsible for being murdered, nor does Paschal’s background substitute for evidence concerning her actions.

The case was solved through direct digital and forensic links, not through assumptions about either person’s lifestyle.

Todd’s Reputation After His Death

Cleveland State University publicly mourned Todd as a kind colleague and skilled educator.

The university highlighted his work on innovation, entrepreneurship and business strategy and noted that he had returned to teach at the institution where he had earned two degrees.

Students remembered him as approachable and engaging.

His obituary focused especially on his relationship with his children, describing the time he spent with them as the greatest joy in his life.

Todd was not presented by his family as a perfect person.

He had experienced failed relationships and personal struggles.

Those facts were only parts of a larger life that included fatherhood, research, teaching, friendship and efforts at personal growth.

The Effect on Todd’s Children

Todd’s son and daughter lost their father when they were still children.

His daughter’s missed school pickup initiated the welfare check that led police to discover his body.

What initially appeared to be an unusual failure to keep a parenting commitment became the first outward sign that Todd had been killed many hours earlier.

At sentencing, the children’s family members emphasized that Paschal had taken away years of birthdays, school events, graduations and ordinary time with their father.

The murder affected not only Todd’s immediate relatives but also the students and colleagues who had expected him to return to Cleveland State.

Why the Case Was Solved Quickly

Todd’s murder occurred inside a private residence with no eyewitness to the actual shooting.

Despite that limitation, Paschal left evidence across several independent systems.

She brought a phone that contacted 911.

Her vehicle appeared on neighborhood cameras.

Todd paid her through a traceable financial application.

Her DNA remained on items inside the house.

She took Todd’s phone, allowing investigators to compare the movements of both devices.

Her footwear carried blood outside.

The murder weapon remained in the vehicle connected to her.

Her internet searches documented her efforts to follow the investigation.

Deleting a phone or removing a license plate could not erase information already recorded by banks, communication providers, cameras and forensic evidence.

Remaining Questions

Why did Paschal bring a loaded handgun to Todd’s home?

Did she intend to rob him before she arrived?

What did Todd understand the $50 payment to represent?

Who initiated the attempted $1,000 transfer?

What exactly caused the confrontation to become violent?

Did Todd try to stop Paschal from taking his phone or accessing his accounts?

Who activated the 911 call from Paschal’s device?

Why did she leave the house and then apparently return briefly to the vehicle?

What object was she carrying in the neighborhood footage?

Why did she fire seven rounds into a man she had met in person only hours earlier?

Why did she refuse to provide a full explanation even after pleading guilty?

The evidence proves who killed Todd. It does not answer every question about why.

Current Legal Status

Terreionna Shavonn Paschal stands convicted of aggravated murder with a firearm specification.

She is serving a sentence of 23 years to life.

Her first possible parole consideration will occur only after she serves the minimum term, and release is not guaranteed.

The Summit County Prosecutor’s Office placed her on Ohio’s violent-offender registry as a consequence of the conviction.

The case is legally resolved.

No other person has been charged with participating in Todd Morgan’s murder.

Conclusion

Todd Morgan spent years developing a career in business education.

He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Cleveland State University, completed a doctorate at Kent State and taught at universities in Massachusetts, Michigan and Ohio.

He returned to Cleveland State in 2021 hoping to influence students in the same way his own professors had influenced him.

Outside the classroom, Todd was the father of two children.

On April 18, 2023, he invited Terreionna Paschal to his Hudson home after communicating with her through Bumble for only a few days.

It was their first in-person meeting.

They remained inside the house through the night.

At approximately 7:04 the following morning, Todd sent Paschal $50 through Cash App.

Minutes later, Paschal shot him seven times.

At approximately the same time, a 911 hang-up call was placed from her phone. A dispatcher returned the call but received no response.

Paschal left Todd bleeding inside the house.

She took his telephone, attempted to access additional money and drove away in a silver SUV with the murder weapon.

Neighborhood witnesses heard the shots and cameras recorded a woman moving between the house and the vehicle.

Todd was not found until almost 12 hours later, after he failed to collect his daughter from school.

The welfare check revealed the bloody crime scene, cartridge casings, footwear impressions and evidence that Paschal had spent the night inside.

Investigators reconstructed the encounter using dating-app records, Cash App activity, cellular locations, neighborhood cameras and DNA.

Todd’s phone traveled away from the house with Paschal’s device and was discarded near the highway.

The handgun recovered from her SUV matched the casings left beside Todd’s body.

Her DNA connected her to items inside the home, and her internet history showed that she closely monitored news coverage and researched police tracking methods after the crime.

A grand jury indicted Paschal in May 2023.

As her trial was about to begin in September 2024, she pleaded guilty to aggravated murder with a firearm specification.

She apologized to Todd’s family but did not explain the killing.

Judge Alison Breaux sentenced her to 23 years to life in prison.

The documentary presents the $50 payment as the obvious motive.

The official record does not.

The payment was part of the timeline, and the attempted $1,000 transfer suggests that money played a role. But only Paschal knows whether robbery was planned in advance, whether an argument began over payment or whether another confrontation led to the shooting.

Todd’s family received a conviction but not a complete explanation.

What is certain is that Paschal entered the home as an invited visitor, killed a man she had known for only a few days, removed his phone and tried to conceal her connection to the scene.

What she could not remove was the information already recorded around her.

Her phone contacted emergency services.

The dating app documented the meeting.

Cash App recorded the transactions.

Cell towers preserved the route.

Cameras captured the vehicle.

DNA established her presence.

Bloody impressions marked her departure.

Ballistics identified the gun.

Together, those independent records produced a timeline that Paschal could not credibly escape.

The murder of Todd Morgan was not solved by one dramatic clue.

It was solved because nearly every action before and after the shooting left a record somewhere—and all of those records eventually pointed to the same person.