Nose Job Murder: Shayna Hubers

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On October 12th, 2012, 28-year-old Ryan Poston, a successful attorney from Kentucky was found dead, shot 6 times in his condo. He’d been shot to death by his girlfriend Shayna Hubers. According to Shayna, she wasn’t some sort of cold-blooded killer. She said she shot him out of self-defense. It was either kill or be killed.

After a bizarre police interrogation, Shayna was arrested and charged with Ryan’s murder. At trial, it came down to whether you believed the prosecution’s star forensic expert, or the defense’s expert.

It became a story known as the “Nose Job Murder”. A Jodi Arias Copycat. A murder that would be forever talked about.

Shayna & Ryan met in 2011. PHOTO SOURCE: Twitter
Ryan was a successful attorney at the time of his death. PHOTO SOURCE: Wikipedia
Ryan came from a close-knit family in Kentucky. PHOTO SOURCE: CBS News
Shayna claimed she shot Ryan in self-defense. PHOTO SOURCE: CBS News
Ryan had a date with 2012 Miss Ohio Andrey Bolte the night he was killed. PHOTO SOURCE: Daily Mail
PHOTO SOURCE: The River City News
Ryan Poston's family. PHOTO SOURCE: Cincinnati Enquirer