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2:00

as her husband tends to the fireplace in the

2:02

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2:04

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2:07

she is so nervous. Her

2:09

only son Rob is bringing home his

2:11

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2:15

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2:17

and Kathy is excited

2:19

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2:21

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2:25

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2:27

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2:29

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2:31

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2:40

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2:42

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2:44

at her reflection in the microwave glass, smoothing

2:47

out her hair. Just then, the

2:50

doorbell rings. Kathy flies

2:52

towards the front door to greet her son.

2:55

She hugs him close, feeling the chill on

2:58

his cheek as they exchange greetings. Rob

3:01

smiles as he takes off his coat. Mom,

3:03

this is Colleen. Kathy

3:06

smiles as a pretty, petite blonde

3:08

with short wavy hair extends

3:11

her hand towards her. It's

3:14

so nice to meet you, Kathy, Colleen says.

3:17

Colleen is beautiful. She

3:19

has a round lily face with

3:22

big doe eyes. She

3:24

immediately takes off her coat and asks Kathy

3:26

what she can do to help. Later

3:29

that evening, after dinner, drinks, and many laughs

3:31

getting to know each other, the

3:34

family gathers to open some presents. Kathy

3:37

picks up a little box from under the

3:39

tree and passes it to Colleen. Her

3:42

eyes light up in shock. You

3:44

didn't have to get me anything, she

3:46

says modestly as she carefully wedges

3:48

her fingers under the wrapping paper.

3:51

Kathy watches as Colleen pulls out the

3:53

present, a little box

3:57

of ammunition. Colleen

3:59

laughs and smiles. smiles. She knows that

4:01

Rob must have told his mother

4:03

how much she loves target practice.

4:07

Colleen is an excellent marksman.

4:10

She holds the box of bullets to her

4:12

chest like a diamond necklace and says thank

4:14

you, again. Kathy

4:16

smiles. She never imagined

4:19

buying bullets for her potential daughter-in-law,

4:21

but then again, she never

4:23

imagined that life would take the turn

4:26

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most money he ever had in his

6:02

life, while Colleen continued growing

6:04

her career as a manager at the

6:06

call center. They both agreed

6:08

that they could use a fun night out, a

6:11

big break after a hectic year. But

6:14

Colleen had some rules. She

6:17

was very frugal and budget conscious

6:19

after all. Colleen

6:21

made budgets for everything and a night

6:23

out at the bar was

6:25

no exception. She decided that

6:27

she would be able to spend a hundred dollars

6:30

of fun, fund money celebrating

6:32

the new year. As

6:34

Colleen and Rob got dressed up to

6:36

meet their friends at their favorite local

6:39

bar, Colleen suggested

6:41

that they make a resolutions list. The

6:44

couple had been bickering a lot lately. The

6:47

fights had been getting worse and worse, but

6:49

deep down they still loved each other and

6:52

they were determined to get through these

6:55

things. They

6:57

just happened sometimes. Colleen

7:00

was as controlling as Rob was

7:03

aloof, and even though

7:05

she was right, he was becoming a little sick of

7:07

her money management. These

7:09

fights usually started out about cash, how

7:11

much Colleen would allow Rob to spend.

7:14

She controlled everything, even allotting

7:17

his weekly lunch money and

7:19

how much he was allowed to spend on his haircuts.

7:22

He could only declaw Tiger so much,

7:24

he could only demasculate a man so

7:26

much before the inevitable

7:29

happens. She

7:31

was obsessed with saving and

7:33

had a rigid plan for their

7:35

future. So as Colleen

7:37

put on her makeup and Rob buttoned

7:40

up his favorite shirt, they decided that

7:42

their new year's resolution would be simple.

7:45

No more fighting, easier said

7:47

than done. And more

7:49

savings added Colleen, and

7:52

less alcohol. Wait a minute, that's

7:54

three things. Rob rolled

7:56

his eyes and then hugged his wife. Colleen

7:59

grinned. and bitterly, but

8:02

she was also very serious. Walking

8:05

into the bar, Colleen and Rob hung

8:08

off of one another like a

8:10

loving, newlywed couple. Their

8:12

friends were all waiting, drinks in hand, and

8:15

ordered more as Rob and Colleen joined the

8:17

group. Colleen

8:19

sided up with some girlfriends and Rob

8:21

hugged his buddies and immediately pushed through

8:23

the crowd to get the bartender's attention.

8:26

He waved his arm and hollered. Then

8:30

he ordered around warm apple

8:32

pie shots. I

8:34

had never heard of them either, but

8:37

they sound delicious during

8:40

the holidays. Vodka,

8:42

apple cider, cinnamon, whipped

8:45

cream on top. God damn. Sounds

8:47

pretty good. Apologies if you're

8:49

an alcoholic. Anyway, Rob,

8:51

Colleen, and their pals did

8:54

four rounds in fifteen minutes.

8:57

As you do on New Year's Eve. The

9:00

bar was loud and the music

9:02

was blasting as Colleen gave Rob

9:04

a kiss before sauntering off

9:06

to the bathroom. She

9:09

was tipsy already from the shots and

9:11

could feel the booze running warm in

9:13

her body. She was happy.

9:16

This was a beautiful relationship. So

9:18

what if they fought sometimes? People

9:21

fight. It happens. They

9:23

were making progress. Rob

9:25

was going to keep to

9:28

the resolutions. Colleen pushed open

9:30

the bathroom door and she looked at herself in the mirror.

9:33

Feeling nice and buzzed and feeling

9:35

good, you know. She pursed

9:38

her lips at her reflection

9:40

and wiped the excess mascara from under her

9:42

eyes and she told herself in the mirror,

9:45

yes, this is going

9:47

to be an excellent year. Back

9:50

at the bar, Rob had the cash Colleen

9:52

had allotted for their night out and he

9:54

was throwing down. By

9:57

the time Colleen returned from the bathroom, Rob had spent a day

9:59

in the bathroom. spent almost all their cash

10:01

buying drinks for all of his

10:03

friends. Well, Colleen

10:06

was furious. She

10:08

pulled Rob aside and started lecturing

10:10

him through grilled teeth. What

10:13

about their savings goals? The

10:16

New Year's resolution? They

10:18

only had $100 to spend. What the

10:20

hell was he doing? Their

10:22

friends pretended not to notice, as

10:25

Colleen chewed Rob out. She

10:28

laughed and told her to relax. There

10:31

was a house party they could go to not far

10:33

away, and they'd be able to stick

10:35

to their budget. Colleen reluctantly

10:37

agreed and they left the bar.

10:41

When Rob and Colleen arrived at their

10:43

friend's house party, Rob

10:45

greeted everyone as his jovial self,

10:48

slapping high fives and hugs with everyone in

10:50

the room. Colleen

10:52

stood behind him with a scowl

10:54

on her face. Everyone

10:57

at the party noticed how foul she

10:59

was as she sulked towards

11:02

the kitchen to pour herself another drink.

11:06

Rob and Colleen go their separate ways at

11:08

the party, mingling with their friends and consuming

11:11

even more and more alcohol. After

11:14

a while, Colleen notices Rob isn't

11:17

inside. She bolts from

11:19

the conversation she's in and storms

11:21

around every room looking for him. He

11:24

is nowhere, and she

11:26

swings open the back door of the

11:28

patio and catches Rob with

11:30

his nose down snorting a line

11:32

of white powder. Well,

11:36

rage overcomes

11:38

her. You

11:42

know how a 5'4",

11:44

120 pound woman can become really

11:46

scary fellas? All

11:49

of a sudden, just somehow something comes over

11:51

her and it's like

11:53

freaking Satan incarnate. Yeah,

11:56

yeah, yeah. Rage. Rage

11:59

overcarves. calms her. And

12:02

Colleen charges at Rob and begins

12:04

screaming, swearing, and throwing her fists.

12:07

Where the hell did he get drugs?

12:10

Did he spend their money on that?

12:14

She is irate. Colleen

12:16

screams like a banshee, and

12:19

Rob finally has had

12:21

it. Maybe

12:23

it's the cocaine. It's probably

12:25

the cocaine, but he just

12:28

snaps. He's been bossed

12:30

around by his wife for far too

12:33

long, and he loses it.

12:36

Their fight becomes so intense that the owner

12:39

of the house comes outside to tell them

12:41

they have to go. Get

12:43

the hell out of here. I don't want you

12:45

here to leave. They've made enough

12:48

of a scene. They've

12:50

embarrassed themselves enough, and they need to go.

12:53

You don't want the cops showing up and ruining

12:55

the party and all that. So

12:58

Colleen and Rob were embarrassingly

13:00

escorted through the house. Rob

13:04

hung his head as he beeline

13:06

towards the door, stumbling out without looking

13:08

back. Colleen

13:10

followed him, her head held

13:12

high and strangely proud. Then

13:15

before exiting the party, she turned

13:18

and looked at everyone and

13:20

said, Remember, this

13:22

is not my fault. She

13:25

then slammed the door. Less

13:27

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15:40

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15:42

her upbringing as a teenager. She

15:45

developed an attitude and started fighting with other girls

15:47

in school, to the point where she

15:50

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15:52

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15:54

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16:00

Unlike her dad, Grandma wasn't so

16:02

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16:04

in that relaxed environment she thrived,

16:07

shockingly. Her grades

16:09

improved, her attitude softened, and she

16:12

graduated a success. After

16:15

high school, Colleen enrolled in the

16:17

Air Force. She loved the structure

16:19

and discipline of the Academy and

16:21

soon began training as a security

16:23

officer. She was very smart and

16:25

did well. Furthermore, she

16:27

excelled with a firearm. Colleen

16:30

was an amazing shot and

16:32

she loved guns. You

16:35

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16:39

joined the Air National Garden, graduated

16:41

in less than three years. When

16:45

she returned to Ohio to work, she was

16:47

hired at a call center and

16:49

quickly shot up the ladder to a

16:51

managerial role. Everything in

16:53

her life was going perfectly, except

16:56

in the old romance

16:58

department. That's when

17:01

Rob came into the picture. Colleen

17:03

and Rob had common friends

17:06

and the group always thought the two of them would

17:08

hit it off, despite being

17:10

opposites. Rob was laid

17:13

back and liked to have fun. He

17:15

was less focused on his career and more just

17:18

about enjoying every day as

17:20

if it were his last. Like

17:23

Colleen, he was also a serious

17:25

gun enthusiast and their

17:27

friends knew the two would

17:30

bond over target practice. So

17:33

in October of 2013, their friends

17:35

threw a backyard party with

17:37

the sole purpose of hooking the two up and

17:41

it worked. The relationship started

17:43

slow, but by Christmas

17:45

of 2013, Rob had taken

17:48

Colleen home to meet his family. Rob's

17:51

family was happy to see him so

17:53

in love and supported their

17:55

relationship. After

17:57

Christmas, Colleen and Rob started looking at

17:59

houses. together. Colleen got

18:02

a promotion at work and was riding

18:04

high. At Colleen's

18:06

request, an encouragement rob stopped working

18:08

odd jobs and decided to get

18:10

serious and begin working on

18:12

the oil rigs. He was finally

18:15

bringing in some good money, which

18:17

made Colleen super happy. They

18:20

settled in the life together, and that's

18:22

when Colleen's stranglehold began.

18:26

You see, it started

18:28

slow. The need for

18:31

total control, that is. She

18:33

started managing how much or what

18:36

kind of food they would eat

18:38

or how much alcohol Rob would

18:40

drink. But every

18:42

time she'd take away one of life's

18:44

little pleasures like wine with

18:47

dinner or extra

18:49

cheesy pizza, she'd

18:51

later reward him with a

18:53

guilty pleasure. She was

18:55

dangling carrots and slowly molding

18:58

Rob into the man she

19:00

wanted him to be. I can

19:03

change him. Rob

19:06

didn't seem to mind at first, or

19:08

maybe he didn't even seem to notice. Then

19:12

one evening out of nowhere, Colleen

19:14

decided to get down on her knees

19:16

and propose to Rob. It

19:18

was sudden, strange and kind

19:22

of domineering. But Rob

19:24

smiled and he said yes. They

19:26

started planning a wedding, and

19:28

that's when Colleen's budgeting

19:31

kicked into high gear. I'll

19:34

tell you, if you want to see a woman's true character,

19:37

propose and have her plan a wedding. People

19:40

change, and people change real

19:42

fast. One evening,

19:45

while discussing the wedding money, Colleen

19:47

dropped a bomb on Rob. If

19:51

they wanted to keep the ceremony small

19:53

and inexpensive, then Rob's family just

19:56

couldn't come. Wow.

20:00

There just wasn't enough money. Rob

20:03

fought it, but Colleen… she

20:06

insisted. So Rob called

20:08

his mother, Kathy, to let

20:10

her know that she and his stepfather

20:14

couldn't come to the wedding. Kathy

20:17

was beside herself. She cried.

20:20

Rob crumbled and he finally put

20:22

his foot down. Colleen

20:25

realized that this was a little, you

20:27

know, too far. She

20:29

relinquished and said they would find the money

20:32

somewhere else. I mean, if

20:35

that wasn't a red flag, then, you know,

20:38

I mean, you should not be in a relationship if

20:40

you don't see that big old waving red one.

20:44

Their wedding was outside in a state park

20:46

in front of a waterfall. Colleen

20:48

was dressed in a princess gown,

20:51

her curly hair bobbing around her face.

20:55

We had a purple sash, which Rob

20:57

mirrored with the color of his

20:59

tie. It was a

21:02

gorgeous spring day as the two said

21:04

their vows in front

21:06

of their flowing waterfall in a small group

21:08

of friends and family. As

21:10

the sun beamed down and they

21:12

said I do, two

21:14

butterflies landed on Colleen's

21:16

dress. Everyone

21:18

noticed and took it as a sign of good

21:20

luck. I guess they

21:23

haven't heard the rumor that white butterflies

21:25

carry the souls of deceased children and

21:28

no, I didn't make that up, but that's

21:30

neither here nor there. After

21:32

the wedding, Colleen and Rob bought

21:34

a house together. Rob

21:37

got promoted at the oil rigs and though

21:39

he was now a breadwinner of

21:41

the house, Colleen still managed all the

21:44

money and she gave Rob an

21:46

allowance like he was a little boy. She

21:49

became the sole source of tension

21:51

between them. As

21:53

Colleen obsessively made spreadsheets about their

21:55

savings goals and limited how much

21:58

cash Rob could take out out, did

22:00

dinner with his friends, Rob

22:03

became more and more resentful of

22:06

his controlling and domineering wife.

22:09

In November of 2014, they

22:12

were out with friends at a bar and got

22:14

into a huge argument about money. As

22:16

they left the bar, Rob got

22:18

into the driver's seat and started yelling

22:21

at Colleen. He'd had

22:23

enough of being controlled and was sick

22:25

and tired of her constant

22:27

monitoring of his money. Fueled

22:30

by alcohol and annoyed, Rob

22:34

drove erratically while Colleen

22:36

screamed back. Then,

22:38

she picked up her cell phone and

22:40

dialed 911, dropping the phone

22:43

on the floor before she could say anything to

22:45

the dispatcher. When Rob yelled,

22:48

get the fuck out of my car, the

22:50

phone hung up. The next

22:53

911 call placed by Colleen would

22:55

be on New Year's Eve, 2014. At

23:00

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23:02

say, I'm really drunk,

23:05

my husband hit me and I shot

23:07

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23:10

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23:13

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23:15

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25:04

fight all the way to the front door.

25:07

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25:10

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25:12

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25:15

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25:18

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25:20

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25:22

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25:24

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25:27

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25:29

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25:32

all that money. Colleen

25:34

goes on and on,

25:38

her face becoming redder and more angry

25:40

with every breath. Rob

25:43

storms off into the kitchen to get away

25:45

from her, but she follows him. He

25:48

leans on the counter and covers his

25:50

ears like a frustrated child. Enough,

25:54

he screams. I'm leaving. He

25:57

pushes past Colleen, grabbing his wallet and

25:59

keys. from the counter, where

26:01

he dropped them. What do you

26:03

mean you're leaving? Colleen cries. She's

26:07

desperate and drunk, swaying under the influence

26:09

of all the booze inside

26:11

of her. Rob says nothing,

26:13

then he stops at the door. As

26:16

drunk as he is, he knows this

26:19

is it. He is

26:21

done, and he tells her

26:24

out loud. I'm

26:26

done, Colleen. That

26:29

is when the rage comes. It

26:33

boils up inside of Colleen.

26:37

She turns on her heels

26:39

and spins around towards

26:42

the bedroom. She grabs

26:44

her gun and thunders

26:46

back into the hallway. She

26:49

doesn't even think before she does it. She

26:52

just raises it and

26:54

shoots twice. It

26:57

just bullseyes right

26:59

into her husband's face. She

27:02

watches as his eyes flicker

27:05

and the heavy

27:07

thud of his body slams on the

27:09

ground. She walks up to

27:11

him, looks down, and

27:14

steps over his body. She

27:16

turns around and points the gun

27:18

down, firing eight more times into

27:20

his chest. Her

27:23

hands are trembling. The

27:26

adrenaline tightens her arms and she

27:29

drops the gun. It

27:32

was as though she left her body

27:34

and came back. What

27:36

had she done? Moments

27:38

pass as her alcohol-infused brain

27:41

begins to calculate the

27:43

situation. Then she

27:46

reaches for her phone. Colleen

27:48

calls 911 and claims that Rob

27:51

had hit her. She plays the

27:54

victim. A distraught drunk

27:56

woman afraid for her life and her

27:59

safety. "'This never

28:02

happens,' says the Believe

28:05

Women movement. And here

28:07

we are. The abusive

28:09

husband has been put

28:11

to an end." But

28:13

Rob had never hurt Colleen

28:15

before. He

28:18

had no history of violence, and his friends

28:20

and family all swore that he

28:22

would never hit a woman. Colleen

28:25

was taken down to the police station

28:27

and right away began rambling off facts

28:30

about domestic violence victims. Battered

28:32

women. I wonder where she

28:34

got those facts. She

28:37

sat in her striped jumpsuit slamming

28:39

her feet on the ground screaming

28:42

about battered women. About

28:44

being a battered woman. But

28:47

the females on the staff were skeptical.

28:52

You could say that perhaps they didn't hashtag

28:54

Believe Women. Believe

28:56

Women don't necessarily go around

28:59

claiming they're battered after all. Sometimes

29:02

they don't even know they're

29:04

battered. Usually, in

29:06

fact. And Colleen was

29:08

trying to convince everyone that she was, in

29:11

fact, battered. Despite no

29:14

evidence whatsoever. The

29:16

shell casings on the ground in her

29:18

house determined that she had shot Rob

29:20

in the face. Then

29:23

when he was down, shot him eight

29:25

more times. When

29:28

it came time for her very public

29:30

trial, Colleen wept on

29:32

the stand. She

29:34

put on the performance of a lifetime.

29:38

The kind of performance that should be on lifetime.

29:41

It was that bad. Maybe

29:43

the Homework Channel. Anyway, she was

29:46

trying to save herself, so who can blame her? And

29:49

it worked. Juries are

29:51

stupid. There

29:53

were two of them hung. Yeah,

29:56

hung juries. She was

29:58

finally offered a plea deal. served

30:00

seven years for manslaughter.

30:04

Rob's family was obviously not satisfied,

30:06

but they agreed. It

30:09

was better than nothing, and another trial

30:11

could have seen her walk away without

30:14

serving a single day,

30:16

because juries are

30:19

nice to women, comparatively.

30:22

Colleen McKernan did her

30:24

seven years and is now free.

30:27

She's out and living her best life right

30:30

now, probably freely

30:33

listening to true crime podcasts like this

30:35

one. Hi, Colleen. Rob,

30:39

however, is dead. His

30:43

family suffers every single day

30:46

knowing that. He will

30:48

never come back. He's

30:50

gone. Rob's mother, Kathy, has

30:53

a pain she has to live

30:55

with forever, and

30:59

it's not just the fact that she lost

31:01

her only child. No, the

31:04

reality, the objective one, is

31:07

much worse than that. You see,

31:10

the bullets that were used to

31:12

murder her son Rob were

31:15

the ones that she purchased for Colleen on

31:19

that Christmas. The

31:21

irony of real

31:23

life can sometimes be devastating.

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