The Problem With Erik: Privilege, Blackmail, and Murder for Hire in Austin
A spoiled heir to an auto-dealership empire responded to a blackmail attempt by ordering two murders. Four years and a jury trial later, what motivated his ruinous decision remains a mystery.
via Texas Monthly: https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/erik-maund-blackmail-murder-for-hire-austin-car-dealer/
But on March 1, 2020, as the world was rattled by reports of a highly contagious virus turning up in nation after nation, Erik received a text that demanded his attention. It came from a stranger who knew about a night Erik had spent with an escort in Nashville a few weeks earlier and wanted money to keep quiet.