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[MsJamieDornan]

11 hours ago, TVbitch said:

I forget which show did this case more extensively recently (maybe a 2-hour 20/20?), but in that one Ashley came off as way more unstable and paranoid, accusing Doug of things that there was no evidence he had done. I think all that stuff really came back to bite her, not to mention she did not make a good witness on the stand, with no real tears

I remember seeing it also, and Ashley was completely crazy (IMO).

[badgerwoman]

12 hours ago, MsJamieDornan said:

I remember seeing it also, and Ashley was completely crazy (IMO).

that can all  be the editing.  But both Ashley and Doug clearly had issues of their own.

[chick binewski]

14 hours ago, MsJamieDornan said:

I remember seeing it also, and Ashley was completely crazy (IMO).

Hard to believe since that therapist who served as Ashley's Dateline spokesperson and had her patient move in with her seemed super qualified. /s

I think a couple who meet cute by showing off their guns at a Ben Carson party are likely to have some issues. Doug didn't sound like someone I'd be interested in knowing but I did not buy Ashley's theatrics. At all.

 

[Mondrianyone]

I love how Ashley had two lawyers and a shrink on speed dial so speedy that they showed up practically before the cops did. Would it be wrong to think that smelled of premeditation?

[JudyObscure]

14 hours ago, chick binewski said:

I think a couple who meet cute by showing off their guns at a Ben Carson party are likely to have some issues.

Well said.  I feel sorry for the jury.  A man who would punch a Golden Retriever, a woman who faked sobbing on the witness stand, a house with guns everywhere. Somebody was going to end up dead.

[iMonrey]

4 hours ago, JudyObscure said:

a woman who faked sobbing on the witness stand,

I'm not sure how much to read into so-called "fake sobbing." A person can get emotional and choked up, and find it difficult to speak, without literally shedding tears. That doesn't necessarily mean he or she is faking that emotion. And those prosecutors were so damn proud of themselves for turning up the lights and yelling "no tears! No tears!" like it was their real "gotcha" moment.

I keep circling back to motive because nobody on the police or prosecution side ever offered any potential one. If there had been some sort of life insurance policy up for grabs, or if she stood to gain financially in some other way, then I'd be more inclined to suspect premeditation on her part. 

[Mondrianyone]

40 minutes ago, iMonrey said:

I keep circling back to motive because nobody on the police or prosecution side ever offered any potential one.

I assumed custody of the child was the motive. The police officer testified that she said she'd do anything to make sure she kept the little girl (ending by calling him an asshole). I had the general feeling she was used to getting no less than whatever she wanted.

[iMonrey]

On 11/18/2024 at 11:31 AM, Mondrianyone said:

I assumed custody of the child was the motive. The police officer testified that she said she'd do anything to make sure she kept the little girl (ending by calling him an asshole). I had the general feeling she was used to getting no less than whatever she wanted.

But the cop in question never put that in his report, they made a point of that. And yeah we've seen murders over child custody before but why would she have resorted to murder unless she truly feared for the child's safety? Maybe she's just crazy but by his own admission the guy had a violent streak.

[ButterQueen]

I didn’t believe Ashley’s story one bit.