They seemed like picture-perfect high school sweethearts, but their toxic relationship ended in murder
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A high school cheerleader and football player s tumultuous relationship: Part 1
Emma Walker s friends say her then-boyfriend Riley Gaul became aggressive in the way he spoke to her.Courtesy Walker Family
At Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, a Friday night in autumn means a football stadium bathed in lights and two teams battling it out on the gridiron in front of a sea of red and black everyone decked out in support of the home team, the Bobcats. (On Fridays) everybody s excited at school to see how well we do. It s what our school revolves around, said Seth Armstrong, a recent Central High graduate who played for the team. It s exciting.