The scariest thing that you will ever go through. my whole world crumbled. cara was the kind of teacher students just love. she was a rock star at her school. with the same man for 20 years, enjoying life together by the beach. the balcony was like our second living room, you can hear the waves on the shore. but she was all alone that night when, according to her, an intruder burst into her bedroom. i was scared to death. i didn t have any other choice. you shot him? i shot him. she said the man attacked her. he told me he was going to kill me. she d been assaulted. she defended herself. so why did others call it murder? my very first words were, she set him up. cara s account kept changing. it hit me just how different all of these stories were and how unbelievable they were. lies. it s all lies. what really made cara pull that trigger? the rug was pulled out from underneath her. she was shocked.
marks of passion, i think he said, yeah. you like marks of passion? i like passionate sex. so what did cara think about the rape crisis center s inconclusive report? they did a rape kit and they didn t find any evidence of rape. yes, they did. they did. it showed well, it showed sexual contact. uh-huh. didn t show there wasn t a rape. while cara was at the rape crisis center, the detectives received new information from the crime scene. such as, first responders believed the house lights had pretty much all been on when whatever happened happened. remember, cara said it was dark in the house, but once we gathered a little bit more evidence from the detectives working the crime scene, then we did get definitely more pointed in our question and more direct. and then something odd
Could be a stranger. you were in the middle of a big fight. he wouldn t have come a breakup fight. he wouldn t have come back. he s coming back around to talk to you. he wants to clear some things up. he would ve said that on the phone. so, as he s coming in the room, what did he say anything? no. just sort of coming in the room right. and you shot him. but you saw who it was. didn t see who it was, and i was so scared hang on a second. and nervous. just a moment. you were with this guy night and day, in bed, intimate, hearing all his grunts, listening to the way he walks right. for 20 years. right. and you say you didn t recognize who it was coming through the door? no. i was scared out of my mind. cara said it was only when she heard j.j. s voice that she knew who it was. what happened right after you shot him? that s when i heard him say, oh [ bleep ].
In prison for shooting her ex-husband j.j. rush. but even after hearing the charge, cara was convinced it would all go away. i thought it was ridiculous. i was waiting any day for them to realize they had no case. her attorney roger futerman said he too was surprised that cara was charged. i knew from minute one there was no motive. and there was no what do you mean there s no motive? i saw no motive in this case. come on. it s a breakup of marriage. that s when murders occur. i know. you know, the guy is taking his income away. he s walked out on her.
she reached to the bedside table, opened the drawer, took out the gun. the one her ex-husband had given her. trained her how to use. aim for the mass, he d always told her. aim for the chest. she heard the approaching footsteps from the front door to the bedroom. how many steps? like, 20. and then the shape in the bedroom doorway. the hand reaching toward the bed, reaching for her. so close. she closed her eyes. she pulled the trigger. was the shot fired a warning, just, stay out of my bedroom? i was aiming for whoever it was. that s what i was taught. you don t fire a warning shot. cara called 911. you shot him? i shot him. with a gun? my gun. okay. cara gripped the gun for dear life, terrified the man would come back.