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Stephanie had um applied for restraining order after Dale Bruner had hit their son she had applied for a restraining
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order and everything is taped he yells a lot at the kids you could hear Stephanie
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and you could hear the fear in her voice I can't go back to him he's not going to
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trust me it was incredibly powerful um to hear that because you don't hear that in murder cases the the victim
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oftentimes does not have their voice and to actually have Stephanie get up and talk about what their relationship was
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through this tape was was an incredibly powerful piece of information and I know
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when we talked with the jury they found that very powerful as soon as he finds out from social services that I've
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entered the system I'm going to run with my kids I mean I don't know what he's going to do that's the one line that I
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could never well cross he loves me he wants to control me he wants me to be there he will hold me down to be there
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and do everything against it a lot of these things were a long time ago um the physical stuff dragging me down the hall
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that stuff was a long time ago um he's kind of redirected some of his frustration to the children and I've
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certainly learned not to press issues you know people who are in normal healthy relationships have trouble
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understanding why somebody would go back to somebody who hit them why somebody would still have compassion for somebody
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who has hurt them so badly Time After Time After Time and it's it's tough in domestic violence um relationships to
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understand that but ultimately this is classic domestic violence I can't go back to him he has threatened my life
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years ago but you know with a hand on my throat didn't squeeze it screaming in my
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face I will kill you if you leave I've never forgotten so I'm here asking for help