Jonathan Schmitz, the Michigan man who went on an episode of Jenny Jones in 1995 to find out who his secret crush was, only to find out it was a male friend named Scott Amedure, who he murdered three days later, will be released from prison soon.

Schmitz, who gunned Amedure down, told cops the humiliation had driven him to do it.

Schmitz only went down for second-degree murder in spite of ample evidence the shooting was premeditated. Keep reading for this and more hot links of the day ...

Jonathan Schmitz (Image via mug shot)

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