life was complicated. kelli had a husband named mike bordeaux. they got married in 2010 before she joined the service but later separated. after some time apart, the couple decided to give it b another shot. so when the army sent kelli to north carolina, she asked mike to come with her. why did kelli want to save the marriage? i think she didn t want to see it as a failure. she said, i m going to give it three months where i devote i am going to make this work. but kelli couldn t make it work. despite her efforts, the marriage was on the rocks. she bought him a one-way plane ticket to florida and he left. and did she actually use the word divorce? i remember in the text messages very clear, like, listen, mike, i have done everything i can for the last mi three months to make it work. i can t do this anymore, like this is it. during her initial separation from mike, kelli started seeing someone else, a guy from her se hometown of st. cloud, florida, named justin
reporter: what was it about being an army medic? that s an intense job. it was something that would push her to her limits. i want to make a career out of that, i want to do it in 20 years, i really want this to be something. reporter: so she would have possibly made a life out of the military? oh, yeah. that was the plan. reporter: kelli s professional life was on track, but her personal life was complicated. kelli had a husband named mike bordeaux. they got married in 2010 before she joined the service but later separated. after some time apart, the couple decided to give it another shot. so when the army sent kelli to north carolina, kelli asked mike to come with her. reporter: why did kelli want to save the marriage? i don t think she wanted to see it as a failure. she said i have three months where i m going to make this work. reporter: but kelli couldn t make it work. despite her efforts, the marriage was on the rocks.