Amanda Weldon and Tonch Weldon, Unholy Trinity

Amy Gephart

In season 2, episode 7, Unholy Trinity is the love story of Amanda Weldon and Tonch Weldon. This does not end well for Amy Gephart. as they end up dead at the hands of Tonch Weldon, in the state of Iowa .

The show is described as: A seemingly average farming couple's kinky behavior behind closed

doors leads them into a deadly love triangle. Weldon and  Amanda  were  married  in  October  of  1996,and  had  two children,  ages  ten  and  twelve at  the  time  of  these  events.    They  had  an  open marriage,allowing them to have other sexual partners and sometimes shared apartner  together  in  a  threesome.    In  February  of  2009,  they  approached Amy Gephart in a bar and initiated a sexual encounter, and soon Amy moved in with the couple and began sleeping in the marital bed.  Amy and Amanda grew closer in  the  following months and  began  excluding Weldon from  the  relationship sexually and emotionally.On June  7,  2009,Weldon  was in  an  outbuilding  on  his  property drinking and confiding in two friends about his marital problems.Amy and Amanda took the  children to church  and  returned  around  three  in  the  afternoon.    Upon returning,  Amy  went  to  the  house  while  Amanda  came to  the  outbuilding to confront Weldon.  The friends left while Amanda informed Weldon that she,Amy, and the children would move out of the house and into Amy’s camper.  Weldon became upset and begged her not to leave; then he left Amanda and the children in the outbuilding and went into the house

When Amanda approached the house a few moments later, she found the doors locked.    She went to  the  living  room window  and  saw  Weldon  and  Amy arguing inside.    When  Weldon  saw  Amanda at  the  window,  he left the  room.Amy then let Amanda in through the window.  Weldon re-entered the living room with a shotgun and,after a brief struggle,shot Amy through the chest, killing her instantly.  As Amanda attempted to help Amy, she heard another shot and turned to  find  Weldon  had  shot  himself,  removing a  portion  of his  own  jaw.    Weldon attempted  to  shoot himself twice  more before  Amanda successfully wrested the gun away from him and called for help.

Tonch Weldon is convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole. Tonch Weldon is not  eligible for release.

His appeal includes:

Weldon and  Amanda  were  married  in  October  of  1996,and  had  two children,  ages  ten  and  twelve at  the  time  of  these  events.    They  had  an  open marriage,allowing them to have other sexual partners and sometimes shared apartner  together  in  a  threesome.    In  February  of  2009,  they  approached Amy Gephart in a bar and initiated a sexual encounter, and soon Amy moved in with the couple and began sleeping in the marital bed.  Amy and Amanda grew closer in  the  followingmonthsand  began  excluding Weldonfrom  the  relationship sexually and emotionally.OnJune  7,  2009,Weldon  was in  an  outbuilding  on  his  property drinking and confiding intwo friends about his marital problems.Amy and Amanda tookthe  childrentochurch  and  returned  around  three  in  the  afternoon.    Upon returning,  Amy  went  to  the  house  while  Amanda  cameto  the  outbuilding to confront Weldon.  The friends left while Amanda informed Weldon that she,Amy, and the childrenwould move out of the house and into Amy’s camper.  Weldon became upset and begged her not to leave;thenhe left Amanda and the children in the outbuilding andwentinto the house

You can write to Tonch Weldon at:

Tonch Weldon 6772734

Iowa State Penitentiary

P.O. Box 316
Fort Madison, IA 52627

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