Florida man nearly gets away with murder after wife, girlfriend meet in ...

Florida man nearly gets away with murder after wife, girlfriend meet in ...
Florida man nearly gets away with murder after wife, girlfriend meet in ...

A jealousy-filled Florida man nearly got away with murdering his former fiancee's new lover - until the killer's estranged wife tipped off cops to his deadly plot after the two woman ran into each other while visiting him at a hospital, a shocking new report said. 

Patrick De La Cerda, 25, was gunned down on the doorstep of his Deltona home in February 2018 after dating Jessica Devnani, who broke up with Gregory Bender in 2017 following a nearly decade-long relationship while he was still married to Daymara Sanchez. 

Bender, 53, was convicted of the murder in May, but a new episode of 48 Hours: The Ring: The Murder of Patrick De La Cerda, lays out how the chance encounter in late 2017 between the two women while Bender was in the ICU unit of a Florida hospital helped crack the case.  

'I was like, "what is she doing here?" and she's like, "What are you doing here?" And I told her I'm like his fiancée and I showed her the ring. And then she showed me her ring. She's like, "I'm his wife!"' Devnani recalled of seeing Sanchez.  

'My heart just dropped. I couldn't believe it. I was in shock.' 

In 2018, Gregory Bender, pictured, then a 50-year-old hedge fund manager fatally shot 25-year-old Patrick De La Cerda romantic rival

In 2018, Gregory Bender, pictured, then a 50-year-old hedge fund manager fatally shot 25-year-old Patrick De La Cerda romantic rival

Pictured, Jessica Devnani and Patrick De La Cerda, who were engaged after she broke off a prior engagement with Bender after learning he was already married to another woman

Pictured, Jessica Devnani and Patrick De La Cerda, who were engaged after she broke off a prior engagement with Bender after learning he was already married to another woman

Pictured: Bender and Devnani, an Orlando-based woman two decades Bender's junior who he had met online back in 2009

Pictured: Bender and Devnani, an Orlando-based woman two decades Bender's junior who he had met online back in 2009

Pictured: De La Cerda's body after Bender shot him to death ambush-style in front of his front door

Pictured: De La Cerda's body after Bender shot him to death ambush-style in front of his front door

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Devnani began dating Bender - who was two decades older than her - in 2009 and the two eventually became engaged despite his volatile jealousy that often escalated to verbal threats.

'I never feared what he could do to me, but I feared what he could do to other men,' Devnani said.

'It felt like we'd known each other all our lives ... he became my best friend.' 

However, she dumped Bender after giving him an ultimatum to divorce his wife following the chance encounter at the hospital. 

It was not clear why Bender was hospitalized but he told Devnani that his

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