That man gave me the creeps from the moment this episode of Dr Phil began. From the start he was making her out to be a bad guy who did drugs etc. I could tell in the picture of her with their child that she wasn't on drugs and she didn't have scars on her skin (we women can see scars regardless of makeup). She was a beautiful lady who probably did fight with him- but fighting with someone is not a crime worthy of the death penalty. Now both of her kids will have holes in their hearts where their mother should be and he chose to do that to them. He doesn't love his son either to do that to him out of anger. Such a shame she ever met him. Please look out for yourselves ladies and don't continue living with someone toxic because it is never for the sake of the kids, it's at their expense.

I am glad that this crime has been resolved! I was surprised with the families reaction to being told! Dr Phil gave the explanation that the family must have already gone through the grieving process to some extent. I would understand this but all 3 family members reacting exactly the same! You would imagine being told whaah happened and actually listening to the murderer describe it would be devastating and very emotional! The families reaction was a little odd especially how close they said they were! Very sad case!

Yes Thankyou very much!!!  as I realized and caught my error only too late after I already submitted it and then did not know how to return and correct it unfortunately!!!!  Thanks anyway!!!! 

You have the right to be an Atheist.  But you might want to go back and read the title.  It was her ex boyfriend NOT her ex husband.

Just like so many other millions of senseless pointless tragedies befalling upon human life in this world since the beginning of life and time including the most horrific recent devastating 9-11-01 World Trade Center tragedy, this heartbreaking tragedy murder of Michele Warner by her husband Mark Castellanos just sickens angers and devastates me as likely to millions of others about the pointlessness and senselessness of such a SAD LIFE-ENDING TRAGEDY-MOMENT-EVENT which just painfully repeatedly reconfirms time and time again my becoming a hopeless "born-again atheist" simply due to the mass overwhelming pointlessness and senselessness of such painful devastating earthly life tragedies where no real decent-just ever-present "God" would ever allow SUCH PERPETUAL INSANE RIDICULOUSNESS NEVER-ENDING TIME AND TIME AGAIN!!!! What holy heavenly eternal "life-lessons" could EVER be learned-taught from such horrific horrible never-ending devastating life tragedies I just don't and can't comprehend WHATSOEVER --- EXCEPT THAT HUMAN LIFE IS ALL TOO OFTEN IMMORAL SICK EVIL HORRIBLE VICIOUS CRUEL and DEVASTATING!!!! This is so painful upsetting HEARTBREAKING and ANGERING ALL THE MORE SO in a real life world without ANY EVIDENCES of ANY "God(s)" ANYWHERE that it also causes-forces me to suffer PAINFUL ENDLESS GRIEF to ALSO feel QUITE SORRY for the MURDERER HIMSELF, Mark Castellanos the husband himself, who probably NEVER KNEW-DREAMED-IMAGINED or FORESAW that he would ever someday grow up to human biological adulthood and then SUDDENLY OUT OF THE BLUE in a fit of mental derangement mentally violently snap and come to murder his very own wife perhaps even without much of ANY inkling, premeditation or anticipation of such a horrible devastating life tragedy-event-moment ever occurring!!!! Why would "GOD" EVER CREATE-MAKE or ALLOW Mark Castellanos - or any OTHER MILLIONS OF MURDERERS - to ever be THAT WAY - to what JUSTIFIABLE decent just moral end and purpose !?!?

And ofcourse my heart-love-sympathy-prayers go UTMOST fully to Michele's devastated LOVING mother and family!!!!

I use to work for a local cell phone store in Stafford Texas.  This is where I knew Mark from.  He was hired by the cell phone store as the IT person. 
I always thought Mark was a nice person.  He seemed so lonely.  He would tell me stories about Michelle and Caden.  I don't know if he really loved her as a person or if he loved the fact that she was so beautiful.  He was not the best looking person.  He use to tell me about Michelle and their issues.  I use to wonder why he was telling me his business because we weren't that close. 
He use to say how he wanted to get custody of Caden and take him away from Michelle.  I just feel so confused because I sat and had conversations with a murder. 
I just wish things could have been different for Michelle and Caden. 
I also send my condolences to the family of Michelle.

Who cares about his side!  He’s a murdering piece of garbage who would say anything to cover his tracks or explain away his actions.  Even after his confession, he continued to blame his poor dead girlfriend.  If his children were truly being abused, why didn’t he protect them and take them away from her legally?   Why did he continue to live with Michelle and to fight with her to the point of snapping her neck?  What kind of cold monster would place his dead girlfriend’s body in the same car as his son and drive all the way from Huston to Odessa, with her foot sticking out of the blanket he wrapped her in?  If you don’t call THAT child abuse, then what is?

Again, his side is nothing but a pack of lies.  I always said that I didn’t believe in the death penalty, but times like these make me glad that the murder happened in Texas.

Not only do you have to fear your ex but the judge who will give custody to your ex because you claim he's abusive!  Thats what they have done to many victims of domestic violence.  I know women who have lost their children to husbands with documented history of domestic violence.  I myself had one child abuse investigator tell me "well he's not abusing you now you divorced him."  Once the abuser has the children they can abuse and control you through them.  It never ends once an abuser gets the kids.  Claim abuse?  Lose your kids to the abuser!

30 years ago while getting myself and our daughter ready for church, my husband  was sitting in a chair when  I asked if he was coming to church with us and he started saying he wasn't going and dragging me down for attending.  All of a sudden he jumped out of the chair and his hands were around my throat!  I could not yell or breathe!  As I looked down at our 2 year old daughter I could see her with her little arms in the air and turning in circles screaming as she witnessed her mother being chocked to death.  I thought to myself, NO, I can't let my daughter see her mother died like this!  With every ouch of strength I had and with him still choking me I pulled myself and him to the front door, managed to pull it open and escape to the street.  I stood there in shock with nothing on but my turqoise slip.  The neighbors came and we called police and church elders.  The police did nothing and my church elders encouraged me to make my marriage work.  Eventually I left the marriage but to my horror the courts would not believe that my husband was the kind of man who could snap and kill someone.  With the children in his custody he continued to do the same things to our children.  After the divorce I reported abuse to our children, which is documented but the department of children and families still did not believe what he was capable of in spite of the children telling them how their dad would grab then around their neck and try to choke them!  The department of children and families threatened to prosecute me if I reported abuse again.  I recently wrote to Dr Phil about this topic because it is still occurring to our son.  My children's father is not an evil man but he does have a problem with the way he can snap and go into a rage.  I fear someone is going to die if the issue is not acknowledged and he get help for his problem.  When I saw the show I knew right away he was lying!  I cried because I realized how lucky I was to have survived.

Hi Dr. Phil,

When you interviewed the family of Michelle Warner, I couldn't help but wonder why there was no mention of her father. You've said so many times that our parents can change who we become as adults. Do you know anything about her father and what role he played in her life? She chose to be in a relationship with this man for a reason.....