Before Paniagua began dating Hatcher, he was in a nearly three-year relationship with 31-year-old Brenda Delgado. They met in August 2012 and three months later were living together. Despite one brief breakup, things were going great. Paniagua even gave Delgado a promise ring. She assumed they were well on their way to marriage until, in February 2015, Paniagua broke things off. Delgado was confused and devastated, but they maintained a friendship of sorts.

Soon after, Paniagua began running into Delgado everywhere. He would see her on the running trails he frequented and once bumped into her at a Panera Bread as he was leaving with a date.

What Paniagua didn't know was Delgado had his "email and iCloud passwords and a key to his apartment," per Texas Monthly. She also downloaded a find-my-phone app to track him, but hadn't done anything to actually interfere with Paniagua's life until he began dating Hatcher.

In June 2015, he emailed Delgado to share the "good news." He had officially moved on and was ecstatic. Paniagua and Hatcher were all over each other's social media and even discussed starting a wedding fund. Delgado was monitoring all of this, obsessively talking about them to whoever would listen.

One of those people was 23-year-old Crystal Cortes, who was struggling personally and financially. When Delgado offered her $500 to kill Hatcher, she said yes. The two then approached a man named Kristopher Love, who agreed to help.

Per Texas Monthly, on Sept. 2, "someone walked up to her [Hatcher] in the parking garage of Gables Park 17 [her apartment] and fired a bullet into the back of her head." When authorities arrived to the scene, they took note of the fact that her Coach purse was missing and assumed this was a robbery gone wrong. Delgado later called Cortes and Love to confirm the deed was done. The three met up and Delgado walked away with Hatcher's Coach purse. However, her freedom would be short-lived.