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Caalaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm Red Carter. Thursday, September eleventh,
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twenty twenty five, twenty four years ago. Today America changed forever.
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We remember those we lost, we honor their memory, and
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we continue forward because that's what they would want. Today
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on Celebrity Trials, Samantha Krebs took the stand in her
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kiss and Kill murder trial and delivered an Oscar worthy
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performance of tears and lies while her handwritten murder plans
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sat in evidence box. Number one, a Utah nurse who
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killed her friend with insulin for insurance money wants out
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on bond because apparently being a medical serial killer shouldn't
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mean you have to wait in jail for trial. And
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remember the Wisconsin kayaker who faked his death to run
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off with his mistress. New details just emerged and they're
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somehow worse than we thought. His kids had a funeral
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for their life living father. All that and more on
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today's Celebrity Trials. Let's start in Kenosha, where Samantha Krebs
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spent two days on the stand trying to convince a
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jury that her detailed, handwritten murder plan was actually just
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creative writing. Day four of the trial. Tuesday, Krebs takes
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the stand in her own defense. She's wearing a conservative
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black dress, hair pulled back, tissues already in hand. The
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transformation from accused killer to victim begins. Defense attorney Michael
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Torres starts with softball questions. Tell us about your childhood,
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your relationship with Marcus, when did things change? And Crebs
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delivers tears, streaming, voice breaking. She paints a picture of
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escalating abuse that no one else saw, no one else reported,
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no one else witnessed. Marcus wasn't always violent, she testified.
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At first he was wonderful, but when he drank, he
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became a different person, a monster. She described alleged incidents
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being pushed downstairs, being choked during arguments, being threatened with knives,
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all conveniently never reported, never photographed, never witnessed. But then
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prosecutor Jennifer Walsh got her turn, and the tears dried
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up real quick. Walsh started with the notes, those damning
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handwritten notes that laid out the murder step by step,
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Miss Krebs, Is this your handwriting? Yes? Did you write
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kiss him first so he lets his guard down? Yes?
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But did you write call nine one one after ten minutes,
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so he can't be saved. It was fantasy, yes or no?
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Did you write those words yes? Walsh then introduced Kreb's
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journal entries. Remember, the defense claimed these notes were fantasy
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writing a coping mechanism, but the journal told a different story.
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Entry from one week before the murder. Soon, I'll be
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free and rich. Just need the courage to follow through.
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Entry from three days before. Practiced with the knife today,
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know exactly where to aim entry from the day before Tomorrow.
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Everything changes tomorrow, I become who I meant to be.
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That's not fantasy. That's planning, that's premeditation. That's murder in
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the first degree. Crebs tried to explain, I was writing
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about leaving him, about being free from abuse, not about killing.
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Walsh's response was devastating. Then why did Marcus Chen have
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stab wounds in his back? How do you stab someone
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in the back in self defense? Krebs claimed Chen had
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turned away after attacking her, that she struck out in fear,
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but the medical examiner had already testified the wounds showed
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Chen was trying to get away running, not attacking. Day five,
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yesterday brought more destruction of Kreb's story. Walsh introduced text
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messages between Krebs and her friend Amanda lou from the
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day of the murder. Krebs, tonight's the night, LIU the
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night for what Krebs, You'll see on the news tomorrow.
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When confronted with this text, Krebs claimed she meant she
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was going to leave Chen, that it would be dramatic
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enough to make the news. Really, a breakup makes the news.
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But the most damaging testimony came when Walsh asked about
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the insurance policy. MS. Krebs, are you the beneficiary of
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Marcus Chen's life insurance? Yes? How much? Five hundred thousand dollars?
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When did he make you the beneficiary? Six months ago?
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When did you write your first note about killing him? Silence,
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Miss Krebs. Five months ago. One month after becoming the beneficiary,
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she started planning his murder. Walsh also destroyed the abuse claims,
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no medical recordds, no police reports, no photos, no witnesses.
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Chen's friends testified he was gentle, never violent. His ex
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girlfriend said he was the kindest man she'd known. But
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here's what really sealed it for me. Walsh asked Crebs
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to demonstrate how Chen allegedly attacked her Krebs stood up,
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showed some half hearted pushing motions, And where were the
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defensive wounds on your arms from this attack? I there
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weren't any Where were the bruises from being pushed? They
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didn't bruise. Where were the marks from being choked? They
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faded everything conveniently left no evidence. Krebs cried through redirect
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her attorney tried to rehabilitate her, talking about battered woman syndrome,
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about hidden abuse, about fear. But the jury saw the notes,
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saw the journal, saw the insurance policy, saw the text
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saying tonight's the night. During closing arguments yesterday afternoon, Walsh
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was brilliant. The defendant wants you to believe she's a victim.
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But victims don't write instruction manuals for murder. Victims don't
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time nine one one calls to insure death, victims don't
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stab people in the back while they're running away, and
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victims don't collect half million dollar insurance policies. The defense's
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closing was desperate. Torres argued the notes were therapeutic, writing
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that the abuse was real but hidden, that Krebs snapped
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after years of torment, But how do you explain call
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nine one one after ten minutes, so he can't be saved.
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That's not snapping, that's calculating. The jury began deliberations yesterday
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at four pm. They asked to see the notes again,
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Ask to hear the nine one one call again, Ask
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to review the insurance documents. My prediction guilty of first
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degree intentional homicide. The notes are too damning, the planning
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too obvious, the tears too convenient. Marcus Chen was thirty one.
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He was planning to leave Krebs. His friend David Park
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testified to that he was scared of her. He was
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right to be scared. Now Krebs sits in court crying
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about being a victim, while the real victim is in
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a cemetery. She wrote her own conviction in her own handwriting,
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and no amount of tears can wash that away. Now
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to Utah, where a nurse named Heather Presty has been
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charged with murdering her friend with insulin for insurance money.
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Sound familiar, it should. This is the third insulin murder
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we've covered this month. Presty, thirty eight, worked as a
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registered nurse at Ogden Regional Medical Center. Her victim, Jennifer Holloman,
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forty seven, her supposed best friend of fifteen years. Here's
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how this nightmare unfolded. June twenty twenty four, Jennifer Holloman
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goes to Presty's house for what she thought was a
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vitamin B twelve injection. Presty was always offering medical help
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to friends, free injections, IV fluids for hangovers, medical advice.
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Everyone thought she was so generous, But instead of B twelve,
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Presty injected Holliman with a massive dose of insulin. Holloman
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wasn't diabetic, had no reason to have insulin in her system.
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Within minutes, Holloman started feeling sick, dizzy, confused, classic signs
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of severe hypoglycemia. Presty played concerned friend, drove her to
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the hospital where Presty worked. At the er, Presty told
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staff Holloman was diabetic and must have taken too much insulin.
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The staff, trusting their colleague, treated for insulin overdose, but
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Holloman kept insisting she wasn't diabetic. The staff found this concerning.
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Blood tests, confirmed insulin levels through the roof, no history
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of diabetes, no prescription for insulin. Something was very wrong.
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Holloman survived barely spent three days in the ICU, permanent
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neurological damage from the hypoglycemia. She'll never be the same.
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When investigators started digging, they found something interesting. Press D
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was the beneficiary of a ten thousand dollars life insurance
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policy on Hollyman. Ten thousand dollars. She tried to murder
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her best friend for ten thousand dollars. But wait, it
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gets worse. Investigators checked the hospital's insulin inventory, multiple vials
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missing from the ICU where prest worked. She'd been stealing
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insulin for months. They also found searches on her phone
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how much insulin kills a person, insulin overdose death time,
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can insulin be traced in autopsy? Then they found something
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truly terrifying. Prestd had life insurance policies on three other friends,
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small amounts five thousand dollars to fifteen thousand dollars, but
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she was beneficiary on all of them. One of those friends,
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Michael Torres, died in January twenty twenty four from what
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was ruled natural causes. He was fifty two, seemed healthy,
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suddenly died from orgon failure. Guess who was with him
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when he got sick? Guess who drove him to the hospital.
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Guess who collected seven five hundred dollars when he died.
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They're exhuming his body now testing for insulin. This week,
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Presty's attorney filed for bond, claimed she's not a flight risk,
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not a danger to the community, just a nurse who
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allegedly murdered people with stolen insulin for insurance money. Prosecutor
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Rachel Martinez opposed bond vigorously. The defendant is a medical
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professional who used her training and access to murder for money.
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Every friend, every patient, every person who trusts her is
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in danger. The judge hasn't ruled yet, but here's what
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terrifies me. Presty worked as a nurse for twelve years,
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had access to countless patients. How many mysterious deaths were
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actually insolin murders. The hospital is reviewing every death during
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her shifts, every patient who crashed unexpectedly, every code blue
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that didn't make sense. Jennifer Holloman gave a victim impact
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statement via video from her hospital bed. She was my
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best friend. I trusted her with my life. She tried
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to take it for money, not even a lot of money.
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She valued our friendship at ten thousand dollars. Think about that,
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fifteen years of friendship, birthday's, holidays, secret shared worth less
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than a used car. To Heather Presty. This is now
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the third insulin murder we've covered. Jesse Kurtchewsky killed her
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grandmother with insulin, the Wisconsin grandmother we covered last week. Now,
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Heather Presty, insulin is becoming the poison of choice. It's
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accessible if you work in healthcare. It's deadly if you're
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not diabetic, and it used to be hard to detect.
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But here's the thing, it's not hard to detect anymore.
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Modern forensics can find it. These killers think they're smart
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using medical methods. They're not. They're just leaving medical evidence.
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Presty faces first degree murder charges for Michael Torres, attempted
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murder for Jennifer Holloman, and theft charges for the insulin.
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If convicted, she's looking at life, but she wants out
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on bond, wants to go home, probably wants to check
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on those other insurance policies. My prediction, no bond. You
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don't let alleged medical serial killers walk free. Every person
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she knows is potentially worth more dead than alive. To
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her ten thousand dollars. That's what Jennifer Holloman's life was
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worth to her best friend, the price of a used
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Honda Civic, the cost of friendship. In twenty twenty five,
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we'll be right back with new details about the Wisconsin
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father who faked his death, including the Eastern European mistress
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and the funeral his living body didn't attend. Remember Ryan Borgwart,
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the Wisconsin Kia who faked his drowning to run off
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with an Eastern European woman. We covered his pathetic six
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month sentence last week. Well, new details just emerged from
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the investigation files, and they're somehow worse than we imagined. First,
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let's talk about the funeral his children attended for their
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living father. August twenty eighth, twenty twenty four, sixteen days
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after Borgwart faked his death, his wife Emily, and their
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three children, ages eight, ten, and thirteen, held a memorial service.
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The kids wrote letters to Daddy, drew pictures. The eight
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year old left his favorite toy at the memorial, wanting
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Daddy to have it in heaven. Borgwart was in Eastern Europe, alive,
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probably in bed with his mistress, while his children sobbed
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at his memorial. The investigation revealed Borgwart had been planning
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this for two years, two years of looking his children
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in the eyes every morning, knowing he was going to
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fake his death and abandon them. Here's what he did.
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Opened a foreign bank account and transferred three hundred seventy
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five thousand dollars, bought a second passport, purchased a one
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way ticket to Eastern Europe, increased his life insurance to
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seven hundred thousand dollars. But the cruelest detail. He coached
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his kid's little league team the week before he disappeared,
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told them he'd see them at the next game, hugged
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them goodbye, knowing it was the last time. The mistress
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has been identified as Marta Kowalski, thirty three from Poland.
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They met online in twenty twenty two. She thought he
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was divorced. He told her his wife had died of cancer,
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even lied to his mistress about being a widower. The
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investigation found their messages, I can't wait to start our
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new life soon. We'll be together forever. Just a few
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more months of pretending, pretending while his wife planned family vacations,
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while his kids made Father's Day cards, while coaching Little League.
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Here's the timeline of his fake death. Five am launches
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kayak at Green Lake. Five thirty Am abandons kayak, leaves
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phone behind. Six AM gets a hidden car he'd stash
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days earlier. Eight am Emily reports him missing. Ten AM
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he's on a bus to Chicago. Eight pm, flying to
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Eastern Europe. His family is being told he's presumed drowned.
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The search for his body costs thirty five thousand dollars.
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Divers spent weeks in dangerous conditions, volunteers took time off work.
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His community raised money for his family, all while he
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was setting up house with Marda in Warsaw. But here's
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the sick part revealed in the new documents. He was
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monitoring the search online, reading articles about his grieving family,
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watching videos of search efforts, following the GoFundMe for his
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widow and children. He knew his eight year old had
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stopped eating, knew his thirteen year old was in therapy,
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knew his wife was having panic attacks, and he stayed dead.
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Brought him back not guilt, not love for his children,
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but the FBI closing in. They traced his passport, found
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the bank transfers identified Marta, he came back to avoid
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federal charges. At his sentencing last week, he cried and
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said he made a terrible mistake. A mistake two years
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of planning isn't a mistake, it's calculated cruelty. His wife, Emily,
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filed for divorce and full custody. In her filing, she wrote,
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he held a funeral for himself while alive. He let