Posted: Apr 28, 2021 4:59 PM ET | Last Updated: April 29
Retired military couple describes ‘painful betrayal’
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7:45Kevin and Annalise Schamuhn describe what it was like when high-ranking military officers chose to support a convicted sexual offender who had assaulted Annalise, and explain why they are speaking out now.7:45
A retired former major with Canada s special forces says he felt betrayed after senior military leaders gave positive character references to a soldier found guilty of sexually assaulting his wife while offering no support to his family.
Kevin Schamuhn s regiment and a deputy commander in his chain of command, Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe, submitted letters to a judge in 2017 prior to a sentencing hearing for Maj. Jonathan Hamilton.
i remember thinking, nobody knows that i m going to die today. she is in disguise and maybe in danger. he said to me, i will come after you. the only survivor of a killer o s stalking a mall. the victims? moms and their kids. please help us find this monster who did this to my darling daughter. reporter: three murders. are they related? her attacker, a jekyll and hyde. meek one moment, murderous the next. he is such a control freak. reporter: so bold that he strikes in broad daylight and his signature is eerie. handcuffs. he handcuffed my wrists. reporter: zip ties. and zip-tied my ankles together. reporter: swimming goggles. just hysterical. reporter: how many more moms might be in danger? it haunts me every day. reporter: tonight a new twist in the case. terror at the mall. she was a true lady. she definitely had that air about her. reporter: lovely, wise. she led a sophisticated life as a diplomat s life, then left it all. a leap of fa