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00:00on my way here I felt nervous one of the things that makes me not want to speak out
00:11is judgment and that comes from me being young and dumb I have a daughter that's the age that
00:22I was when I met Michael and I think about her and other young girls that just want to be loved
00:27and don't notice the signs you think it's love and it's not and sometimes it's hard to recognize that
00:41the hardest part about reliving my story is just thinking about her thinking about Stephanie I
00:48feel like you'll never know a person no matter how long you with them and to know that I was
00:54just laying and sleeping next to just an evil man and I look back and it just blows my mind
01:03who was the man that I was sleeping next to at night like I did not know him at all I wouldn't
01:09even thought that he would be capable of any of these things I feel like Michael was just pure evil
01:15he hit it for a long time
01:17so
01:20so
01:26I don't know.
01:56When I look at him, I just feel, I feel angry.
02:18I feel like he's evil.
02:22I feel like he's a coward.
02:26I don't want to look at him.
02:31I have a lot of, I don't like the word hate, but there's a lot of hatred for him.
02:40And it just makes me upset looking at this person that's just so evil and that manipulated
02:51me so bad and took advantage of me, who I was, my heart.
02:59I do not like this man.
03:04I have four sisters.
03:29I'm the oldest out of five.
03:31I felt like my mother didn't love me.
03:34My father was never there.
03:37It was a lot of chaos growing up in my mother's home.
03:43So, I mean, that played a big part in my life.
03:47And still today, it does.
03:49At the time I met Michael, I was 17 and he was six years older than me.
03:56The day that I met Michael, I was walking to the bus stop because I was on my way to work.
04:02And me and him get to talking and chatting.
04:05He was charming, nice, funny.
04:09And we just connected.
04:12He told me a lot about his childhood.
04:14I told him a lot about my childhood.
04:17I just felt like, you know, we just kind of, in a way, trauma bonded where we were just connected
04:23with just our past.
04:27That love that I was yearning for, I got it from him.
04:33I was happy with Michael.
04:34So, we did plan on having a family and just being together.
04:38You know, get married, have kids, just be with that one person.
04:41And it was kind of just like us against the world.
04:50Looking back on it now, he knew how to manipulate me.
04:54And he knew how to just play on my mental and my heart.
04:59And that's what he took advantage of.
05:01But back then, I just felt like, oh, my God, this man loves me to death.
05:07And then, that's what made me so blind to everything.
05:18When I found out I was pregnant, we were both excited.
05:22I felt in that moment, man, I'm about to have somebody that's got to love me unconditionally,
05:28no matter what.
05:28So, it was a good, happy time for us.
05:32The day my daughter was born was a little hectic because my mom was there.
05:37And Michael always had an issue with my mother because of the things that I would tell him
05:43about my childhood.
05:44So, it was happy that everybody was there.
05:47But he also had an attitude.
05:48I want you to leave right now.
05:52And an argument started between them.
05:55Michael was screaming at her.
05:57Leave!
05:58I want you to leave!
06:01I want you to leave!
06:01Jasper to get that far was just shocking to me.
06:05So, I was really upset about that.
06:08Oh.
06:13Michael probably didn't want me to have those outside relationships, to have that outside influence.
06:17and I felt in a moment that was his way of trying to protect me
06:23from the things that I've told him that went on in my childhood
06:26but looking back I noticed every time we were around my family members
06:35it just triggered him where any little thing would just make him explode
06:47this is a picture of me and my daughter
07:02when I look at this picture
07:06I just see the innocent me
07:10the I want to be happy me
07:14the naive version of me
07:20I look so happy in this picture
07:25having my daughter was kind of the best thing that ever happened to me
07:30I was just happy to have somebody that I can just love unconditionally
07:36and I just always knew from the start that I was going to be just the best mother to her
07:41I should have realized that it's not going to be that happy family that I wanted
07:47just I mean when I look at that picture I just feel like this is just a little girl
07:53that just just didn't know no better
07:57so when we moved in
08:10we did a lot of decorating together
08:12shopping for furniture
08:13we were happy
08:14we spent a lot of time with each other
08:17and I was happy doing that
08:20I guess the problem came in at when I wanted to do something different
08:26I remember one day
08:30I wanted to go to my aunt's house
08:33Michael didn't want me to go
08:34it was this big back and forth argument between me and him
08:40he got so upset we were both yelling
08:43and all of a sudden he just got the punch in the walls
08:46and as he's punching the walls
08:50all I could see is blood running down from his hands
08:53and it scared me
08:55because I've never seen no one do something like that
09:00he was just in a rage
09:04that was the first incident of me seeing him get enraged like that
09:10but I didn't have the fear of he was about to turn around and hit me
09:14I felt like he loved me too much
09:16to actually hurt me
09:18come here
09:21I was concerned about him
09:24was he okay
09:25in that moment
09:27I thought that I would just stay with him to make things better
09:30if that was triggering him
09:32let's just eliminate that problem
09:34I was trying to calm him down
09:39and kind of deescalate the situation
09:41and then he eventually calmed down
09:44looking back
09:46Michael was definitely manipulating me and controlling me
09:50he took advantage of my kind heart for sure
09:54because after the argument
09:56it's like now I know that that pissed him off
09:59so okay we're not going to do that again
10:02I never kind of fought to have it my way
10:06I felt like he was doing it to scare me
10:11but looking back on it now
10:14it's like
10:15if you love me why do you want to be scared of you
10:18at one point Michael told me that he needed to go away on weekends
10:29to work with his family
10:31he said that he worked with his cousin
10:33I didn't question
10:36what he was doing
10:37I just know he was bringing in a lot of money
10:40and he was taking care of us
10:41one day he called me upset
10:44and he was saying that some lady stole something from him
10:49and I asked him what was going on
10:51what did she steal
10:53and he got quiet for a second
10:55and then he told me it was drugs
10:56what?
10:58and I'm like that's what you was
11:02that's what you're doing
11:03that's what you go on the weekends for
11:04you know
11:05I told him like that's a dangerous life
11:07and then the woman walked in
11:11to wherever he was at
11:13and all I can hear is her screaming
11:17you can hear like he's hitting her
11:22like you can hear her scuffling and everything
11:23and she was screaming
11:25she was saying help
11:27she was crying
11:28and I'm just on the other end
11:31just in shock
11:33I'm like what is going on?
11:36hearing her scream for help
11:37and her crying
11:39it's just
11:41I don't know
11:45it was just shocking to me
11:46I do wonder
11:52those weekend trips
11:53was he robbing and raping
11:57was he killing people
12:00that we don't even know if he got caught
12:02like all that went through my head
12:03because I really didn't know this man
12:06at all when I thought that I did
12:08I thought I knew him so well
12:22I was hysterical
12:29I was upset
12:29I had a black eye
12:30when he looked at me
12:33he seen my face
12:34he was instantly upset
12:38he was mad
12:39he told me to stay in the car
12:45he got out the car
12:47and then all you heard
12:48was gunshots
12:49everything happened so quick
12:53so fast
12:53I was so scared
12:56I've never been around a gun before
12:57especially shots
12:59and I didn't even see the gun
13:01so he must have had the gun on him
13:02because I've never seen a gun
13:03in our home
13:04on him
13:05around him
13:06I'm not even sure
13:06where that came from
13:07he shot up their house
13:13he got back in the car
13:16I didn't know what to say
13:19he was really calm and quiet
13:23I really didn't even ask no questions
13:26I was still in my mind
13:28about everything that happened
13:29I'm shocked
13:32I'm nervous
13:33I'm scared
13:33because I'm like
13:35what if somebody got hurt
13:37polices came from everywhere
13:46all over the place
13:48they were screaming for him to get down
13:50and I was terrified
13:52I went into a great panic attack
13:54I couldn't even breathe
13:55and it was just the scariest thing
13:58to have like all these police out
14:00all these guns out
14:01they took Michael away
14:06they put him in handcuffs
14:07put him in the car
14:08and the whole time
14:10I'm worried about him
14:11and that was my problem
14:14the whole time
14:15worrying about him
14:16and not myself
14:17but I still
14:19stood by him
14:22I was just determined
14:24to just making it work
14:25at the time
14:27I didn't recognize
14:28that he was putting me
14:30and our child in danger
14:31one day we went to go visit my mom
14:45like I said before
14:48Michael just always had an issue
14:49with my mother
14:50when we were over there
14:52visiting
14:52he just seemed like he hated her
14:56and that's what led to them
14:59having an argument
15:00and they were going back and forth
15:02at that time
15:03I'm like
15:04it's time for us to go
15:04as we were walking out the door
15:07Michael said
15:08that he couldn't wait
15:09to see her in her casket
15:11and at that time
15:14I'm like
15:15what?
15:16he told her that
15:16he didn't like her
15:17and he can't wait
15:18to see her in her black dress
15:19and her casket
15:20and I was really shocked
15:23because
15:24it was
15:25to me I'm like
15:26where did that come from?
15:28like
15:29cause the argument
15:30wasn't that deep
15:31where you would wish death
15:32on someone
15:33because ultimately
15:34that's what he was doing
15:35he was wishing death
15:38upon her
15:39my mom
15:41never liked him
15:42from day one
15:42always said
15:43it was just something
15:44about him
15:44that she didn't like
15:46so it's almost like
15:48everyone's seen
15:49what I didn't see
15:50one day
16:02Micah and I
16:03was having an argument
16:04and as usual
16:05any little thing
16:08is starting to
16:08ram him up
16:09and
16:11it's a back and forth
16:12thing between him and I
16:13and out of nowhere
16:16he brings up
16:17that he got abused
16:18by a family member
16:19and it just caught me
16:22off guard
16:22because
16:23we wasn't talking
16:24about that at all
16:25and I knew exactly
16:28what he was doing
16:28when
16:29he brung that up
16:31out of nowhere
16:31he was
16:32trying to get me
16:33to feel sorry for him
16:34trying to make the argument
16:36be done with
16:37by me sympathizing
16:38with him
16:39and I think
16:40in that moment
16:41I was getting to the point
16:43where I'm just getting
16:43tired of it
16:44so
16:45I kind of
16:47gave him a
16:49you know
16:49I don't care
16:51and then he looked at me
16:52and he was like
16:54you don't care
16:54you want to know
16:56how I feel to get raped
16:57he grabbed me
17:00and then
17:03he pushed me down
17:05and he started to
17:06grab at my pants
17:08to pull them down
17:09and I was kicking
17:11and I'm like
17:12are you serious
17:12because in my head
17:14I'm like
17:14what is going on
17:15I was scared
17:16like that was the first time
17:17I felt like
17:18like scared of him
17:20and
17:22I was crying
17:24I didn't know
17:25what was going to happen
17:26and then all of a sudden
17:28he just let me go
17:29and when he let me go
17:36I went into the room
17:37and I got to crying
17:38so that was the first time
17:43that
17:44I felt scared
17:46to go to sleep
17:47it was just that fear
17:49of not knowing
17:50who was the man
17:52that I was sleeping
17:53next to at night
17:54I feel like
17:57you'll never know a person
18:01no matter how long
18:01you're with them
18:02you never know a person
18:03and to know that
18:04I was just laying
18:05and sleeping next
18:06to just an evil man
18:08and I look back
18:10and
18:10it just blows my mind
18:12he's capable of doing
18:16any and everything
18:17so
18:17it's hard right
18:24yeah I gotta take a break though
18:26okay
18:35cause I don't want to cry
18:39about this
18:40you know
18:40but just
18:41thinking about it
18:42just
18:43I just think about
18:51just the young me
18:56and just seeing her
19:00and wishing she knew better
19:03so
19:11yeah
19:11it's heartbreaking
19:17you know
19:21I'm gonna get a big break
19:26okay
19:31it's hard for me
20:00like I said before
20:08I haven't allowed myself
20:09to really feel
20:10any feelings
20:11about
20:11this situation
20:12so I have a lot
20:14of built up
20:15emotions
20:17I haven't really
20:19grieved this situation
20:20so when I
20:21talking about it now
20:22this is something
20:22I don't talk about
20:23and me just processing
20:27everything
20:27it's putting me
20:29back in those moments
20:31and it's hard for me
20:35cause I have
20:36disattached from it
20:37for so long
20:38due to
20:40the Michael situation
20:42and my upbringing
20:42has caused me to be
20:43really guarded
20:44and hold my emotions
20:46in a lot
20:46so it's uncomfortable
20:50because now
20:50I'm being very vulnerable
20:52in this moment
20:53and that's different
20:55for me
20:56I was starting to feel like
21:06it just wasn't gonna work
21:08no matter how much
21:09I've been trying to make it work
21:11just one thing
21:12got to the other
21:13I felt like
21:15I wasn't happy anymore
21:16I know I want it better
21:18for myself
21:19for my daughter
21:21that night
21:23that he could have
21:24raped me
21:24I felt scared of him
21:25and I've never
21:27felt scared of him
21:28and the fighting
21:30was just
21:31getting worse
21:31and worse
21:32and it's just like
21:33I never wanted to
21:34live my life that way
21:35Michael
21:36so
21:38one day
21:39I just finally
21:40got fed up
21:41and didn't want
21:42this life with him anymore
21:44and I told him
21:45that I was gonna leave
21:46and he just went crazy
21:49he just got to
21:52breaking up things
21:53in the house
21:53throwing things around
21:55he tore up
21:55the whole apartment
21:56it was chaos
21:58when he was doing that
22:00I was in that corner
22:02just looking at him
22:03I really
22:03didn't have anything
22:05I felt like
22:06if I said anything
22:06it was gonna escalate it more
22:08it was just
22:11stuff everywhere
22:11glass everywhere
22:12and I just sat there
22:14because
22:14I just couldn't say anything
22:17I ended up calling the police
22:19they came
22:22they escort him out
22:23I think he thought
22:26he'll be back
22:27he's completely different
22:30from the man that I met
22:32the man that I met
22:34was nice
22:35kind hearted
22:36gentle
22:37loving
22:38him today
22:40I feel like he's
22:42a coward
22:43he's a monster
22:45he was just being
23:04really nice and sweet
23:05kind of like how
23:06he used to be
23:06he began to
23:10tell me like
23:11we should get back
23:12together
23:12give him another chance
23:14and I told him
23:15like I'm done
23:16and he kept on asking
23:18so I kind of
23:19said it in
23:20a real
23:21stern tone
23:22like I'm done
23:23I don't want to be
23:24with you anymore
23:25and he looked up
23:30at me
23:31I mean the coldest
23:33look I've ever seen
23:34and he said
23:35I'm going to make sure
23:36we're done
23:37and then
23:41hold on
23:45okay
23:51so he said
23:54I'm going to make
23:55sure we're done
23:56and he grabbed me
23:58and he began
24:00to choke me
24:01and I could just
24:02remember my feet
24:03kicking
24:03I'm not really
24:05thinking about anything
24:06I just remember
24:07my feet kicking
24:08and kicking
24:08and kicking
24:09and then
24:10he threw me
24:12on the floor
24:12he grabbed me
24:15by my neck
24:15and he was
24:16like trying to
24:18like twist it hard
24:19like to break my neck
24:20and when I looked up
24:21at him
24:21it was like
24:22nobody was there
24:24it felt like
24:28time was moving
24:28so slow
24:29like I felt like
24:30sorry
24:33I can't even
24:34put into words
24:35those feelings
24:36I felt like
24:41that this was it
24:43for me
24:44and I was going to
24:44just be in this house
24:45dead and nobody
24:46would know
24:46and all I can hear
24:48is my daughter
24:49screaming and crying
24:50in the background
24:50I just hear her
24:51crying and screaming
24:52and screaming
24:53I believe
24:55her crying
24:56snapped him
24:57out of whatever evil
24:58that was happening
24:59in that moment
24:59and all of a sudden
25:04he let me go
25:05if my daughter
25:08if my daughter
25:08wasn't there
25:09I do feel like
25:10he would have
25:11killed me
25:12to this day
25:14I felt like
25:15she saved my life
25:16I received a phone call
25:28from a private number
25:29and I picked up the phone
25:33I recognized the voice
25:35and it was Michael
25:36and he just was like
25:38I'm gonna kill you bitch
25:39when he said
25:41those words
25:42I'll kill you bitch
25:43I believed him
25:43he just tried to
25:45there was no doubt
25:47or question
25:48that if he had
25:49another opportunity
25:50he would have
25:50and I hung up
25:52after that
25:54I called the police again
25:55to report that he called me
25:56and threatened me
25:57but later on
25:58the phone rang
25:59and it popped up
26:00on the call ID
26:01Columbus dispatch
26:02I thought that
26:04they were calling
26:04to tell me
26:05that they captured
26:06Michael
26:06to just inform me
26:08yes
26:08when I picked up
26:09the phone
26:10the guy on the other end
26:12asked me
26:13what was my thoughts
26:14about Michael
26:16being warning
26:16for first degree murder
26:17he was so nonchalant
26:21that he probably thought
26:22I knew about it already
26:23it's like my heart
26:25dropped in my stomach
26:26I'm like
26:27what?
26:29and
26:29he said
26:31yeah
26:31he strangled
26:32and I kept a 19 year old girl
26:33it's a nationwide manhunt
26:34for him
26:34I have to go
26:35all I could think about is
26:37that he's crazy
26:39and he's about to kill me next
26:41and then that was
26:43when the real fear
26:45really set in
26:46because
26:46I knew that he really
26:48wanted to kill me
26:48so yes
26:51I felt like he was
26:52coming for me
26:52that night
26:55I prayed
26:57the hardest
26:58I ever prayed
26:58in my whole life
26:59this is a picture of Stephanie
27:19when this picture was flashing on the news
27:26I felt like she resembled me
27:29a little bit
27:29I kind of seen
27:31that innocent
27:33me in her
27:34it's just
27:39it's sad
27:41it's so sad
27:42and
27:45it just seemed
27:46unreal
27:48like
27:48I couldn't believe that
27:49this was my life
27:52and I was involved
27:53in something like this
27:54and I hated that
27:56she had to
27:57meet this monster
28:00that took her away
28:03from her family
28:03it's horrible
28:06I definitely felt
28:27alone
28:27and by myself
28:29throughout that
28:30whole situation
28:31because
28:33it was
28:34kind of like
28:35this man
28:36he can do
28:37what he want to do
28:38there's no stopping him
28:40when my uncle
28:43was you know
28:44walking around
28:45with knives
28:45to try to
28:46you know
28:47feel safe
28:48in their own home
28:50I just hated
28:52to see that
28:52I kind of felt
28:54like a burden
28:55a little bit
28:55like I'm bringing
28:56all of this
28:56into their lives
28:57disturbing their lives
28:59in a way
28:59but I also
29:01was scared
29:01about what
29:02he's capable
29:03of doing
29:03and would he
29:04come back
29:05I remember me
29:07crying
29:08and feeling like
29:09I'm so young
29:11like this is my life
29:12like this is my life
29:13you know
29:15I'm supposed to hide
29:16the rest of my life
29:17it just got to the point
29:20where it's just like
29:21this is the time
29:23for me to choose me
29:24and for me
29:27to choose me
29:28and feel safe
29:29and be able
29:30to live my life
29:31he needs to be
29:33off these streets
29:34and that's when
29:39I called the U.S. Marshal
29:40and I told him
29:41that I can help them
29:43find him
29:43so
29:45throughout our relationship
29:47he was a mama's boy
29:49and he
29:51would communicate
29:52to her
29:52everything
29:53and I knew
29:55she knew
29:55where he was
29:56I told her
30:06to tell Michael
30:07that I missed him
30:09and wanted to talk to him
30:09and he called
30:10five minutes later
30:11when he called
30:14I asked him
30:17I said Michael
30:18is this true
30:18he didn't really say anything
30:21I said Michael
30:22why would you do this
30:24and then he said
30:28that I couldn't kill nobody
30:32that I love
30:33so innocent person died
30:34because of you
30:34something that today
30:41it still bothers me
30:44the only thing that really
30:48really bothers me
30:48and I only
30:52I get really emotional
30:53at this part
30:54because
30:54when I hear myself
30:57saying this
30:57automatically think
31:02about her
31:02right
31:04because I feel like
31:06he didn't know her
31:08my logic mind
31:09knows it's not my fault
31:10I know that
31:11but also
31:13the other part of me
31:13felt like
31:14he didn't know her
31:16and I can't really
31:19even ever
31:20just say that part
31:21without
31:22having some emotion
31:23to it
31:24I really detach
31:26from a lot of it
31:27but that part
31:27always, always get me
31:29because I just
31:30think about her
31:30and just
31:31how innocent
31:32she was
31:35she didn't even know
31:37that she was just
31:38probably in that danger
31:42that he's taking it
31:44out on her
31:45and I
31:47know now
31:48that he said that
31:49to really ruin
31:52my life
31:52honestly
31:53I feel like
31:58he knew
31:59his life was over
31:59and he wanted to
32:01ruin my life
32:03with it
32:03and for a long time
32:05it used to
32:06just really
32:07eat me up
32:07so so bad
32:08where I felt like
32:11that she died
32:15because of me
32:15this is
32:28Stephanie Duchesne
32:30she was found
32:32strangled
32:32in a vacant apartment
32:33on Morrill Avenue
32:34police have charged
32:3626 year old
32:37Michael Horton
32:37with Stephanie's murder
32:38and there's a warrant
32:39out for him
32:40in Minnesota
32:41where he's charged
32:42with choking
32:42an ex-girlfriend
32:44for the longest
32:45I felt that guilt
32:47that it wasn't
32:49about her at all
32:50it was because of me
32:53everything is about me
32:54he basically
32:56strangled and choked me
32:57and then a week later
32:59he strangled and killed her
33:00I felt like
33:03she resembled me a lot
33:04and I felt a lot of guilt
33:06because
33:06I did feel like
33:08it was my fault
33:08that that happened to her
33:10but it could have been
33:11anybody
33:12so after that phone call
33:15I think it was like
33:175 a.m.
33:18the next day
33:19that the U.S. Marshal
33:20called me
33:21and told me
33:21that they
33:22captured him
33:23in Pennsylvania
33:24hiding in the closet
33:26once Michael
33:28was captured
33:29it was such a relief
33:31I can get back
33:32to my life again
33:33I thought it would be over
33:35once
33:36he went to jail
33:37but
33:39when he went to jail
33:40they submitted his DNA
33:41and that's when they
33:43that's when I found out
33:44that
33:45he had raped a woman
33:46and then he had
33:48charges for robbery
33:49and I was sitting there
33:52thinking
33:52like I did not know him
33:53at all
33:54what we had before
33:57and that person I seen
33:58that wasn't him
33:59Michael is a monster to me
34:01I don't see him
34:03being nothing else
34:04that's exactly
34:05who he is to me
34:06these are papers
34:23from the court transcript
34:24from his sentencing
34:27okay
34:28I never read it
34:29I want to read it
34:29okay
34:30this is what he stood up
34:42in court
34:43and said
34:43Stephanie didn't do
34:45anything to me
34:46I was stressed out
34:47by my baby's mother
34:49and he said several times
34:51that day
34:52that he was with Stephanie
34:53that he called her my name
34:56it's like he wanted her
35:01to be me so bad
35:02he wanted
35:02he wanted to kill me
35:03so bad
35:04he's trying to justify
35:06and
35:08I can't with this
35:18it's ridiculous to me
35:22and he said like
35:23I wouldn't kill nobody
35:25I love
35:26and it's the person
35:27died because of you
35:27it's just like
35:29reading stuff about him
35:30makes me feel like
35:31he really wanted it
35:32to be me
35:33reading through
35:35his statements
35:36just really point out
35:38the manipulator
35:41that he is
35:42and the liar
35:43that he is
35:43and he would say
35:45anything to get out
35:46of any situation
35:47there's no remorse
35:49at all from him
35:50at all
35:54so this is a photo
36:13of me and my daughter
36:14after Michael
36:15have murdered Stephanie
36:16and when I look
36:21at this picture
36:22it's
36:24you know
36:25it's still
36:27happy
36:29smiley person
36:30you know
36:31I'm gonna stop
36:35because
36:36I
36:37I don't know
36:38don't you cry
36:38baby
36:38okay
36:44the fact that I'm
36:48not an emotional
36:49person
36:49and
36:50to get all these
36:52emotions
36:53going
36:54is a lot for me
36:56because
36:56I've been through
37:00a lot in my life
37:01and
37:02have not let things
37:04tear me down
37:04so I don't deal
37:06with no emotions
37:07really
37:07I just hide them all
37:09and
37:10when I looked
37:11at this
37:12it was kind of
37:13just like
37:13the mask
37:15you always put on
37:16it's emotional
37:21now
37:24and I
37:25I get so
37:26embarrassed about
37:27the emotions
37:27a little bit
37:28because I feel so
37:29weak when I do it
37:30you know what I mean
37:31and I'm a strong
37:31person
37:32but
37:33what triggering me
37:34is just like
37:35me thinking like
37:36girl you are not
37:38happy
37:38ain't nothing
37:39happy going on
37:41in your life right now
37:41I'm smiling in this
37:44picture but
37:45it was just a mask
37:48I wasn't
37:49happy
37:50and I just think
37:53back to just
37:53all the times where
37:54I just mask my
37:57feelings
37:57my daughter
38:00to this day
38:04I will always say
38:05she saved my life
38:06I'm just really
38:07thankful
38:07I do feel like
38:12people should follow
38:13their inner things
38:13and
38:14when you're so
38:16in love
38:17you're just not
38:20seeing clearly
38:20and they seeing
38:23them doing
38:23hurtful and harmful
38:24things to other
38:25people
38:25and they feel like
38:27he's not gonna
38:27do it to me
38:28just pay attention
38:32to that
38:32because that person
38:33is actually showing
38:34you who they are
38:35today our daughter
38:40know everything
38:41about him
38:41she feels like
38:44it's wrong
38:44but my daughter
38:47talks to him
38:48today
38:49and
38:51she feels like
38:55it's wrong
38:55and horrible
38:56because then
38:56was her words
38:57but I think
38:58also a part
38:59of her
38:59like any kid
39:01just see their
39:02parents
39:02is just being
39:03mommy and daddy
39:03she has shared
39:06some conversations
39:07that they have
39:07had where
39:08he wanted her
39:09to come see him
39:10it scares me
39:13because I know
39:14the manipulator
39:16he is
39:17so
39:18just them
39:19conversating
39:19scares me
39:20because I don't
39:21know what he's
39:21filling her mind
39:22with making her
39:24believe
39:24I just don't know
39:26and that's the
39:27scary part
39:27because I want
39:27to protect her
39:28what would
39:35you say
39:35to Michael
39:36if you had
39:37the chance
39:37I would
39:40tell Michael
39:40how Betty
39:44took away
39:45so many
39:46years of
39:47my life
39:47even
39:48after the
39:49situation
39:50all the
39:50pain
39:51and all
39:52the suffering
39:53I went
39:53through
39:54I would
39:55tell him
39:56that he's
39:58a coward
39:59and I would
39:59never look
40:00at him
40:00as a man
40:00I would
40:03tell him
40:03he got
40:03what he
40:04deserved
40:04and I
40:08know how
40:08bad he
40:09wanted to
40:09break me
40:09down
40:10with this
40:10situation
40:10and you
40:13know
40:13I just
40:13I'm just
40:13a fighter
40:14I've been
40:14fighting
40:14all my
40:15life
40:15and
40:17I just
40:19won't
40:19allow
40:19this
40:20to tear
40:20me
40:20down
40:20he
40:21wanted
40:21me
40:22to
40:22suffer
40:22like
40:23him
40:24but at
40:27the end
40:27he didn't
40:28win though
40:28my life
40:38is good
40:38I have
40:39three kids
40:40I'm married
40:41I'm happy
40:42I felt
40:43like
40:44after me
40:45going
40:45through
40:45this
40:45storm
40:46God
40:47sent me
40:48the perfect
40:49man
40:49he helped
40:51raise
40:52my daughter
40:52and he
40:54has been
40:55there
40:55as her
40:56father
40:56my daughter
40:57is 18
40:58she's in
40:59college
40:59and things
41:00are going
41:01really well
41:01for me
41:02I don't
41:02look like
41:03what I've
41:03been through
41:04and I feel
41:05strong
41:06and I feel
41:07like I've
41:07got a lot
41:07of power
41:07today
41:08so life
41:10has been
41:10good
41:11every abuse
41:20that an adult
41:21can put on
41:22a child
41:23I dealt
41:23with
41:24from him
41:25him alone
41:26he's 100%
41:30a monster
41:31and a predator
41:31and a killer
41:33and a killer
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