kicked out of that family circle. stephen was hurt and discouraged. i don t know if he thought that was just a stage that she would go through while she was pregnant, a hormonal thing. somehow he could make things better and get them back on track. it didn t get better. instead, the relationship flew off the rails after the baby was born in june 2007, a girl named sydney. it was like jennifer wanted her family and her to be part of sydney s life, but didn t want anybody else to be part of it. stephen said, i barely even get to see sydney. when i get home, jennifer goes down to her mom s house with grandma shirley and auld of them. he said she even bathes sydney down there and everything, brings her home at 9:30, 10:00 and time to go to bed and gets up the next morning and starts the routine over again. stephen told his parents jennifer thought the arrangement made for the perfect marriage, but stephen
pick up his baby daughter sydney for a court-ordered visit when she was shot to death. stephen s wife jennifer told police he barged into her home, knocked over her grandmother and was heading for her and the baby when her grandmother shot him. but had it really gone down that way? why would an elderly religious woman shoot the father of her great granddaughter. as investigators focused on grandma shirley, they began to look more closely at jennifer. for one thing, they learned she had been married before. jennifer s uncle ed skinner says that relationship was a sign of things to come. that didn t last long. she just had to have her way all the time. there was never his way, so he didn t stick around. he divorced her? yes, sir. did you blame him? no, sir, not at all. state police say when they talked to jennifer s first husband, he described an us-against-them mentality in jennifer s insular family. they did everything together. you were either a part of their family or y
relationship grew ice cold. now it was stephen himself who was also feeling rejected, kicked out of that family circle. stephen was hurt and discouraged. i don t know if he thought that was just a stage that she would go through while she was pregnant, a hormonal thing. somehow he could make things better and get them back on track. it didn t get better. instead the relationship flu off the rails after the baby was born in june 2007, a girl named sydney. it was like jennifer wanted her family and her to be part of sydney s life, but didn t want anybody else to be part of it. stephen said, i barely even get to see sydney. when i get home, jennifer goes down to her mom s house with grandma shirley and auld of them. he said she even bathes sydney down there and everything, brings her home at 9:30, 10:00 and time to go to bed and gets up the next morning and starts the routine over again. stephen told his parents
stephen s wife jennifer told police he barged into her home, knocked over her grandmother and was heading for her and the baby when her grandmother shot him. but had it really gone down that way? why would an elderly religious woman shoot the father of her great granddaughter. as investigators focused on grandma shirley, they began to look more closely at jennifer. for one thing, they learned she had been married before. jennifer s uncle ed skinner says that relationship was a sign of things to come. that didn t last long. she just had to have her way all the time. there was never his way, so he didn t stick around. he divorced her? yes, sir. did you blame him? no, sir, not at all. state police say when they talked to jennifer s first husband, he described an us-against-them mentality in jennifer s insular family. they did everything together. you were either a part of their
for a court-ordered visit when she was shot to death. stephen s wife jennifer told police he barged into her home, knocked over her grandmother and was heading for her and the baby when her grandmother shot him. but had it really gone down that way? why would an elderly religious woman shoot the father of her great granddaughter. as investigators focused on grandma shirley, they began to look more closely at jennifer. for one thing, they learned she had been married before. jennifer s uncle ed skinner says that relationship was a sign of things to come. that didn t last long. she just had to have her way all the time. there was never his way, so he didn t stick around. he divorced her? yes, sir. did you blame him? no, sir, not at all. state police say when they talked to jennifer s first husband, he described an us-against-them mentality in jennifer s insular family. they did everything together. you were either a part of their family or you weren t. stephen watkins was