NETFLIX documentary 'Lover, Stalker, Killer' tells the shocking true story of Shanna 'Liz' Golyar, who stabbed Cari Farver to death in 2012.
Since the documentary dropped, Golyar's ex Raymond Strahan has spoken out about his relationship with her. Here's everything we know about him and his time with the convicted killer.
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Who is Liz Golyar's ex Raymond Strahan?
Raymond Strahan started dating Golyar in 1997, when they were introduced to each other by a mutual friend.
At the time they were both working in a plastic factory in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Although Strahan's family did not like Golyar, he hoped that they would warm to her and decided not to heed any warnings.
That said, he did notice several red flags himself including an all-consuming need for his attention.
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He said: "One thing she tended to want was attention for just about anything; good, bad, indifferent she didn't care, all that mattered was that she got my attention.
"And if she didn't get it, she'd give me this kind of s**ty look and glare right through me."
What was Raymond Strahan's relation to Cody Golyar?
In 1998, while eating lunch together Golyar revealed the surprising news that she was pregnant - claiming Strahan was the father.
Strahan was not certain the baby was his and eight months later he discovered that his heavily pregnant partner was moving in with 21-year-old Glenn Herr.
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He later found out she had been dating Herr at the same time as him for months and remained with him even after after Cody was born.
Strahan was suspicious of whether or not he was Cody's real father but refused to leave his son's life even after knowing about his former lover's affair.
Parents of missing teen Alicia Anderson believe she ‘was talking to men on Facebook’ using old phone before disappearingBaby Cody Golyar was rushed to a Battle Creek hospital in an unresponsive state on January 29, 1999, after Herr's mother discovered the infant wasn't breathing.
Despite efforts to save his young life, Cody was declared brain-dead and passed away shortly after.
A subsequent autopsy revealed the young boy had suffered a brain hemorrhage caused by vigorous shaking.
His official cause of death was listed as shaken baby syndrome (SBS).
Herr, who suffered a brain injury as a child and has learning difficulties as a result, admitted to cops that he occasionally threw the baby in the air to make him laugh.
After hours of questioning, a stressed and sleep-deprived Herr conceded he may have shaken the boy.
His family however argue that he was "badgered" into making the admission and could have mistakenly confused tossing him in the air with physically shaking him.
Herr was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
He eventually entered a guilty plea after a series of incriminating letters - that Golyar claimed came from him while he was behind bars in May 1999 - purported to show passages from Herr trying to convince Golyar to lie for him in court.
He was sentenced to eight and a half years for second-degree murder - but his family believe he was framed by Golyar, claiming the letters were forged.
Was Raymond Strahan related to Cari Farver?
Netflix documentary 'Lover, Stalker, Killer' tells the story of how Golyar brutally stabbed Cari Farver in November 2012 after they became involved in a love triangle.
She then spent three years impersonating Farver in thousands of menacing texts and emails sent to their mutual love interest, Dave Kroupa.
Farver's body was never found, but Golyar was eventually caught for the violent murder in 2016 when cell phone data revealed evidence that she was behind the woman's death.
Investigators got hold of images of her remains from a device owned by Golyar and it's believed she as stabbed to death near her home in Omaha, Nebraska, on November 13, 2012, and later disposed of.
Raymond had no relation to Cari Farver, who says he saw the danger signs a decade earlier in the gut-wrenching death of his son.
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A year after they started investigating Golyar, authorities arrested her on a first-degree murder charge on December 22, 2016.
In 2017, Golyar was given a life sentence three months after being found guilty of first-degree murder.
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