began a residency in psychiatry. but soon found it hit too close to home. her own husband, she came to realize, was mentally ill. he was depressed. he would stay in the bed for three or four days. and then he became very hostile towards me. what form did that take? verbal abuse, emotional abuse. again, if he were mad, he would not talk for a week to punish me. connie switched her focused radiology and she encouraged dwight to she seek mental health treatment. i wanted to help him. i mean, who doesn t want out their spouse? dwight refused. she says she endured eight years of escalating hostility and verbal abuse. before telling dwight she wanted a divorce. and he laid on the floor for three days crying. and said that it was his mental
physically. but at the same time, carefully. if you punch someone in the eye, that kind of thing, it s obvious that you re being abused. but hitting you with their forearm, physically holding me down, pushing me into walls those things don t leave bruises. but they are very violent. and he did all of those to you? he did. and sometimes it did leave a mark. like the time she says dwight broke her sternum. he hit me with his the ball of his hand in my chest. and you didn t call the police? i didn t. because? at that time, i did not have a plan of exit. i was sleeping with a knife under my pillow, because i thought he was so out of control. by early 2009, connie said dwight was directing his anger and threats at their child. particularly murder suicide of himself of the child, so that i would suffer the rest of my life knowing that my child is dead because i didn t do
relief, the bad guys win. but maybe connie and rick are the best living proof that somebody can blossom from even the darkest of situations. a friend of mine told me that he really likes you. i said, no he doesn t! he is my friend! then i started paying attention. i was like, oh, i think he does. [laughs] turned out, at my age, why was important to me is not only is she beautiful, but she s intelligent. somehow, out of fear, danger, and the need for protection grew love. connie and rick married in december, 2013. you did your job. you protected her. she still here. i m happy about that. if you like the universe shows you a little happiness here? because i do! [laughs] well, we are. we have a very good family. i m proud of it. i ve been married twice. this is the only husband i ve
in early june, 2018, when rick saw the news about the shootings of steven pitt and the two paralegals at elizabeth feldman s offer him, he came to a conclusion. i was certain who it was. it s dwight jones. this first thought was, he had to find connie. i immediately started to text her to call me, start calling her phone, i m getting no response. record about the murder and therapist karen kolbe s office and he became more concerned. after a tense hour, connie called back. she was okay. rex next call was to phoenix police. i explained who i thought was responsible, what his vehicle description was, where it was at, and had the three crimes teams were linked. it was just the tip the cost needed. they have to find dwight jones before he struck again. coming up this was a homicide investigation going into overdrive, wasn t it? it was. closing in on a killer. we knew he was our suspect