31-year-old woman traveled over 1,000 miles for a “woman-to-woman talk” with her ex-boyfriend’s new partner before fatally stabbing her dozens of times; sentenced
Florida – In a deeply disturbing case in Florida that caught nationwide attention, a 31-year-old New York woman, identified as S. Thompson, will spend the rest of her life behind bars after a jury found her guilty of brutally murdering her ex‑boyfriend’s new partner in a crime prosecutors said was fueled by jealousy and premeditation. Thompson was convicted in October for the 2022 murder of 23‑year-old K. Hodgson, and on Monday a judge handed down a life‑in‑prison sentence.
Prosecutors presented evidence that Thompson traveled more than a thousand miles from New York to Florida under the guise of seeking a “woman-to-woman talk” and stabbed Hodgson dozens of times with a knife at her apartment on July 13, 2022. The severity and brutality of the attack confirmed the planned and deliberate nature of the crime. Thompson was formally charged in 2022, shortly after Hodgson was found dead, stabbed dozens of times in what authorities described as an intensely personal and rage-filled attack. Evidence presented at trial, including airline records, phone location data, and surveillance footage, painted a picture of a calculated journey from New York to Florida with one purpose: to confront and eliminate the woman Thompson believed had replaced her.
Prosecutors argued from the outset that what took place was not a moment of passion but a carefully orchestrated plan. Days before the killing, Thompson scoured her ex-boyfriend’s phone for signs of the new relationship. She followed Hodgson’s Instagram, searching her username repeatedly. When Hodgson eventually blocked her, cutting off all contact, Thompson’s fixation only deepened. She booked a flight to Florida, landed early on July 13, 2022, used a false identity to hail a ride-share, and arrived at Hodgson’s home disguised wearing gloves, a hat, and a mask. Inside the apartment, Thompson claimed, the conversation turned into a confrontation. She testified that Hodgson became violent first, striking her and slashing her with broken glass. Two months pregnant at the time, Thompson said she panicked, blacked out, and awoke to find Hodgson lying dead in a pool of blood, with the murder weapon still in her hand.
But autopsy evidence revealed a chilling reality: Hodgson had been stabbed dozens of times. Prosecutors argued that the sheer number and nature of the wounds told the real story: this was not a defensive act. It was targeted, unrelenting, and intentional. After the killing, Thompson made no attempt to call for help. Instead, she changed into the victim’s clothes, tried to mop away blood, disposed of evidence, and quietly boarded a flight back to New York. She was arrested weeks later on August 3, and extradited to Florida to face the murder charge.
During the sentencing hearing, family members of Hodgson addressed the court, their grief raw and unfiltered. Dressed in matching T-shirts bearing her name and image, they described her as vibrant, selfless, and loved by everyone she met—a woman with dreams, style, and a generous heart. Her cousin, speaking through tears and fury, demanded answers from Thompson, asking what gave her the right to take a life so brutally. She accused Thompson of staring them down in court for three years with no sign of regret, not even a flicker of remorse. According to the family, Thompson’s silence was chilling, her gaze unrepentant. They said she envied everything about Hodgson: her beauty, her energy, and her presence. And that envy, they believed, pushed her to disfigure her, to erase her.
In delivering the life sentence, the judge did not mince words. He described the murder as heinous and calculated, pointing to the travel across state lines, the disguise, and the violent overkill as evidence of cold intent. What began as a supposed conversation between two women over a shared romantic past ended in unthinkable violence — one woman lost her life, and another now faces the rest of hers in a prison cell. Now, justice has been delivered. But for those who knew and loved Hodgson, the loss is permanent — a silence left in place of a young woman whose life was violently stolen in the name of obsession.
