A Colorado woman and a stranger she met on a bus allegedly conspired to kill her partner in a chilling crime reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train. Ashley White, 29, was arrested and charged in the 2020 murder of Cody DeLisa after prosecutors say she and a man she called “Scott” coldly executed him in his own home.
The case bears eerie similarities to Hitchcock’s classic thriller, in which two strangers agree to “swap murders” to avoid suspicion. According to prosecutors, White was furious with DeLisa for mocking her job prospects when she met the stranger on a Denver bus after a failed interview.
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“Scott asked if she was in a relationship with a man and whether he raped her,” prosecutors said in a statement. “White responded that he had, and Scott then said they must kill him.” The two then went to DeLisa’s home, where Scott posed as White’s brother from Texas. Shortly after, DeLisa was shot twice in the head. His body was discovered the next day during a welfare check.
White and the stranger fled with DeLisa’s wallet, leaving behind a scene that baffled investigators—until a break in the case came three years later. A woman linked to Michael Stratton, a man now suspected of being “Scott,” contacted authorities, saying Stratton had confessed to the murder in a story that matched White’s account. However, Stratton has not been charged in DeLisa’s death after being deemed unfit for trial. He remains in custody, facing charges in an unrelated murder.
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“This was a tragic and senseless murder, and Ashley White bears significant culpability for it,” said District Attorney Brian Mason. “Her callous actions led to the victim’s death, and now she will pay a significant price.”
While the case mirrors Hitchcock’s tale of strangers plotting the “perfect crime,” there was one key difference: in Strangers on a Train, the killers planned to swap victims to avoid being tied to the murders. In White’s case, prosecutors say she actively participated in DeLisa’s killing alongside a stranger she had just met—a horrifying twist on a fictional nightmare turned real.
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