the scariest thing that you will ever go through. my whole world crumbled. cara was the kind of teacher students just love. she was a rock star at her school. with the same man for 20 years, enjoying life together by the beach. the balcony was like our second living room, you can hear the waves on the shore. but she was all alone that night when, according to her, an intruder burst into her bedroom. i was scared to death. i didn t have any other choice. you shot him? i shot him. she said the man attacked her. he told me he was going to kill me. she d been assaulted. she defended herself. so why did others call it murder? my very first words were, she set him up. cara s account kept changing. it hit me just how different all of these stories were and how unbelievable they were. lies. it s all lies. what really made cara pull that trigger? the rug was pulled out from underneath her. she was shocked. and she was angry? yes. a jury would
department, he collected a pension as well as his salary at the medical examiner s office. but he never saw any of the money. both checks went directly into a bank account controlled only by cara. all he did was deposit his checks. he couldn t tell you how much they even were. he was very controlled. he couldn t go out to lunch without bringing home a receipt. if he wanted to help his daughter meghan, he had to ask cara. like, i once needed help with a deposit for my phone and he had to call and have a conversation over $100, just to help me out. and so he was like, yeah, cara said okay. and it s like, okay, thanks. meghan s mom, and j.j. s first wife, sherry tribby, said it was always like that with cara. once when meghan was in elementary school, i didn t have the money to buy her shoes. so, i asked john so help me and he was reluctant, reluctant at first and then he finally helped me but when he did, he said, don t tell cara. but cara said, she had her
think we should get back together. and that was it. we got back together. they never remarried, but once back together, they called each other husband and wife, they wore wedding rings, they shared bank accounts. wasn t perfect, of course. what life is? after 17 years on the force, a serious car accident left j.j. in too much pain to work on patrol. so he retired and became an investigator for the medical examiner s office. but things change. their relationship was not like the old days anymore. and then finally, j.j. told cara he was moving out for good. it was the day after valentine s day 2015. that was a surprise. he had just turned 45. and he woke up one day and he said, i need some space. i need to find myself. and i thought, what the this came out of the blue? out of the blue. i thought, what the heck is going on? did you think he
he couldn t go out to lunch without bringing home a receipt. if he wanted to help his daughter meghan, he had to ask cara. like, i once needed help with a deposit for my phone and he had to call and have a conversation over $100, just to help me out. and so he was like, yeah, cara said okay. and it s like, okay, thanks. meghan s mom, and j.j. s first wife, sherry tribby, said it was always like that with cara. once when meghan was in elementary school, i didn t have the money to buy her shoes. so, i asked john so help me and he was reluctant, reluctant at first and then he finally helped me but when he did, he said, don t tell cara. but cara said, she had her reasons. he couldn t have his own bank account. he couldn t have credit cards. he couldn t have an account with me off of it. that, she said, was because of his gambling addiction.
the home fires burning. they were an apart for long, about a year after the divorce, they had a chance encounter on the beach. i had just broken up somebody, and i said, you know, if i m going to find a nice man, he s going to be on the beach with the dog. i look over, there s his dog, and his daughter. i thought, god, that s not funny. j.j. must have been happy to see her, two days later she was surprised to find him in the driveway. i said, what do you doing here? i think we should get back together. that was it. we got back together. they never remarried, but once back together, they called each other husband and wife, they wore wedding rings, they shared bank accounts. wasn t perfect, of course. what life is? after 17 years on the force, a serious car accident left j.j. in too much pain to work on patrol. so he retired and became an