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a new 48 Hours investigation looks into the death of a Kansas woman after she was found dying from a gunshot wound in
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2019 the corner initially ruled Kristen trickle's death of suicide but the local
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prosecutor said the evidence didn't add up 48 Hours correspondent Aon morard has
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the story in the early morning hours of Halloween 2019 kobby trickle called 911 my wife
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shut trickle said he woke up to his ears ringing and saw his wife Kristen bleeding next to him in bed Sergeant
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Brandon halman quickly responded he met us on the porch exactly where's the house it's right here it's this one with
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red and white hey Police Department inside the house halman found Kobe's wife Kristen clinging to life I kind of
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focused in on her jaw moving I could see the movement of her jaw got a sh C Krist
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trickle couldn't be saved 3 days later after an autopsy the coroner ruled Kristen's death of suicide but
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prosecutor Aaron Cunningham questioned if Kristen could have fired the large caliber revolver that killed her you
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have a replica or a very similar type of gun can you show it to me sure how large oh it's pretty hefty as
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you can tell it's a hand I'm a little surprised yeah it's a awkward to maneuver not something you'd easily turn
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on yourself he thinks Kobe trickle killed his wife I do not believe he did it Kobe trickle's attorney Cassie
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Ziggler points out that Kobe didn't hesitate to call 911 when he called 911 she was still showing signs of life to
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try to resolve the issue authorities tried something new and ordered a very different type of autopsy an autopsy of
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Kristen's mind so basically this is a psychological autopsy trying to figure out the State of Mind of a person who
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died that's difficult to do isn't it yeah and had this ever been done in the state of Kansas before never in a
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criminal case no you can watch Aaron Mor's report on 48 hours tomorrow night at 109 Central
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