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A mom vanished after she and her ex-fiancé were on ‘The People’s Court.’ Now he’s accused of murder.

An Orlando man has been arrested in the disappearance of his ex-fiancée, who vanished in 2011 hours after the pair appeared in a pretaped episode of “The People’s Court,” police said.

Dale Smith Jr., 55, was arrested Wednesday at his business on a charge of second-degree murder, police said.

Michelle Parker’s body has not been found, but police said “all evidence leads to Dale Smith Jr. as the person responsible for Michelle’s murder.”

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A mom vanished after she and her ex-fiancé were on ‘The People’s Court.’ Now he’s accused of murder.

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