Hum Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Iowa prosecutors tried Wednesday to debunk a woman's long-held claim that she was the victim of a home invasion when she shot a 20-year-old neighbor in 2001 and started building their case that she killed him as part of a bizarre plot to frame her ex-husband. Prosecutor Douglas Hammerand said in an opening statement that Tracey Richter committed first-degree murder in the Dec. 13, 2001, death of Dustin Wehde at her home in Early, a small town in northwest Iowa. He said Richter had Wehde write a diary saying he had been hired by her ex-husband to kill her, but then she killed Wehde hours later after they were interrupted and she worried he would tell others about what he had done. Richter, 45, appeared to fight back tears as defense attorney Scott Bandstra repeated her version of events in his opening statement: Richter was home with her three children when Wehde and another man broke in and strangled her with pantyhose before she was able to break free, secure her children in a bedroom, unlock the gun safe in her bedroom, grab two guns and shoot Wehde nine times. Bandstra said the alleged second intruder fled. At one point, the attorney even took his tie off and put it around Richter's neck to illustrate how she was allegedly choked. But one prosecution witness, an emergency responder who treated Richter, said the red mark on the front of her neck was not consistent with strangulation. The deputy who arrived first on the scene said Richter told him that two intruders, not one, had fled the house. And a friend who planned to spend the night at Richter's home that evening said she was surprised when Richter cancelled their plans hours before the shooting. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam14160 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Sometimes it is just "Whatever it takes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 Funny how many of these 'keep 'em quiet' murders happen, but then the killer gets caught anyway. I wonder how often killing someone actually keeps a secret ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still1 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 well then i should have shoot the person who sits next to me at work long ago.... she is annoying, grumbles,grimes and bitch all day long.... btw, these things never happen in IOWA :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomegainfinity Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 You can silence the victim, not the crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Poster Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 this sounds like bull ****... ok kids get in the bedroom... no mr killer not yet.... ok let me unlock the gun safe get out two guns ensure they are loaded and saftey is off... ok mr kill you can run and get me now ...actually hold on let me do some washing first... seriously though she managed to do all that before 2 people did anything bout it ? does she live in a maze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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