from close families, and they were both interested in growing a family. the budding relationship appeared so simple at first. but how well did they really know each other? they couldn t know it yet, but the couple was in for rockier times ahead. we continue with the mystery on horseshoe drive. that s it. there s your horse. there he is. in the heart of an illinois farm belt, a new relationship was growing very fast. it seemed stephen and jennifer began dating one day and became a committed couple the next. making it a happy threesome, stephen s daughter from a previous relationship, alex. stephen often captured family moments with photos and family videos. his family says he thought jennifer would make the perfect wife and mother. he felt like she wants to cook with us, she loves alex. she treats alex like she s her mother.
watkins family. ruined the skin nard family. i don t think they planned it out as good as they should. despite the accusations of family conspiracy, neither jennifer or anyone else in the family was charged with the shooting. no one agreed to speak with the family. as for steven s parents, raising alex in illinois. they battle for jennifer for visitation with sydney and in 2010 judge awarded them. despite the ruling, jennifer took sidney to florida and later to massachusetts. she was arrested in 2016 and charged with unlawful visitation interference. pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial in illinois. in a related matter, judge determined sidney was a neglected child. now with paternal aunt and uncle while jennifer has visitation rights. jennifer is appealing if
went in large measure to her intent. demonstrated deep content and hatred she had for the father of her great grand baby to offer money to kill him. the trial lasted less than four days. the state made its case that shirley killed steven to eliminate a family problem. prosecution had no physical evidence to prove she was the shoot err. no dna. no fingerprints. no gunshot residue. no blood spatter. no photos of the scrapes on shirley s hands. all they had were descriptions of the hand and statements from first responders that shirley told them she had shot steven. now it was time for the defense to make its case to the jury. mostly young and female from small town rural illinois. lawyers for shirley emphasized the fact there was no physical evidence linking her to the weapon. and they argued that her
there he is. in the heart of an illinois farm belt, a new relationship was growing very fast. it seemed stephen and jennifer began dating one day and became a committed couple the next. making it a happy threesome, stephen s daughter from a previous relationship, alex. stephen often captured family moments with photos and family video. his family says he thought jennifer would make the perfect wife and mother. he felt like she wants to cook with us, she loves alex. she treats alex like she s her mother. the woman to complete his life. yes. the family he was looking for. yes. if stephen was happy, his mother had her doubts about the girl from that tight-knit family. i didn t feel like she really wanted to be part of our family, and that was from the very beginning i felt that way. stephen s dad took a more positive view. i just thought it was going to be a good fit for him.
that s it. there s your horse. there he is. in the heart of the illinois farm belt, a new relationship was growing very fast. it seemed steven and jen fer began dating one day and became a committed couple the next. and making it a happy threesome, steven s daughter from a previous relationship, alex. steven often cap tered family moments with photos and video. his family says he thought jennifer would make the perfect wife and mother. he felt like he wants to cook with us. she loves alex. she treats alex like she s, you know, her mother. the woman to complete his life. yes. the family he was looking for. yes. but if steven was happy, his mother had her doubts about the girl from that tight-knit family. i didn t feel like she really wanted to be part of our family. and that was from the very beginning i felt that way.