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[Music] I don't think the grieving ever ends it evolves we've been wanting to tell Amy's
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story and just felt like we weren't ready before but now we feel like we can do it
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was so proud of her and what she's accomplished oh my goodness fire eater dancer
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photographer model therapist she wanted to fix people you might want to speak to this woman Dr Amy
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har as a licensed marriage and family therapist I see all kinds of different things you anxiety depression change of
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life stuff break UPS moves things like that Amy helped me so much I had gone to see Amy because I had dealt with a
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relationship that got very out of control and turned into a very serious stalking case jealousy can become
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dangerous even lead to violence it can lead to death I 434 yeah somebody just attacked
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my roommate Lee get a cop here I just was woken up by screaming like blood curdling scream and and then I realized
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that the screaming wasn't stopping or slowing down and I yelled up you know Amy and I heard choking right after that
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I knew we were in trouble this is for real this is really happening I knew we needed help like I'm going to have to
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make a break for it when the First Responders first got that call where did they go they came
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right here to this house Hey sir hi I can help you my roommate was attacked I know it I I heard it she's screaming she
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was thrown to the ground okay hold on okay Michael Herman was out here he's frantic he's nervous they didn't know
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what to think of this guy right right they had no idea of who he was why he was involved in all this they knew he
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was rambling on they had some doubts about him originally I think there's okay sir do me a favor do me a favor
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calm down calm down other than your roommate is there anybody else inside the house I don't know I don't know
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thanks and I'm walking them around to the back of the house and it's dark back there there's
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some light but it's pretty dark back there and when they get around to the back now they can see a body on the on
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the ground sir sir come here I remember not knowing what I was seeing you know afterward realizing it was
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Amy really really what hit me was the way that she was killed so heartbreaking that her of all people had to be taken
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in the way that she was I said I know who did it I just knew it I was the only person she was afraid
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of it's the only one she was ever afraid of [Music] [Music] take a seat take a seat oh my
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God hey we need we need to this what happened to you in the early morning darkness of February 15 2020 police body
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cameras were recording as Amy Harwick barely clinging to life outside of her Hollywood Hills Home was taken to a
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hospital if she said anything in the hospital need to know that as EMTs tried to save Amy officers from the Los
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Angeles Police Department tried to make sense of the scene Amy's roommate Michael Herman appeared to be the only
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witness he told officers an intruder had attacked Amy I swear to you that was a struggle I heard but is there any sign
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of the Intruder there wasn't there wasn't Scott masteron was the lead detective all we knew when we showed up
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was that a female was found on the ground in the back of the house we're wide open to what really went on even
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open to the possibility that this wasn't foul play at all when officers searched
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the three-story house they found Amy's purse jacket and broken necklace on the floor not exactly telltale signs of a
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crime and a discovery on Amy's Bal made them wonder if this could have been an accident or even suicide on the deck
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of the balcony we found a medium siiz syringe and it was loaded with a yellowish Brown substance yeah it's
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heroin when the officers first saw that they thought what was this some kind of drug deal or exactly or maybe she was
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using drugs and fell over they they didn't know sir do you know her history of drug use no she's sober she don't
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drink it she didn't even drink she doesn't drink she doesn't even drink she's sober and when I first saw it I
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said that's not heroin not heroin but he didn't know what it was but what did you
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think wasn't that odd very odd very strange and very strange to investigators says Masterson was that
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Michael had blood on his shirt and although he said he was a roommate he didn't have his keys to the house when
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First Responders arrived they don't know if he's part of the problem part of the
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solution so you know they're thinking was he in a fight with her that was not true Michael Herman is
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telling his story publicly for the first time about the events on the night of Valentine's Day 2020 and into the early
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hours of the next day the word nightmare isn't even a big enough word is it no no
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Amy had gone out with friends and Michael was in his downstairs bedroom I'd been mostly nodding on and off I
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remember what sounded like a plate drop and being woken up by it thinking it was Amy's cat he says he
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fell back asleep he later woke up to Amy returning home and that blood curdling scream he then heard what sounded like
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Amy being thrown to the floor and later choked the sound made you feel that there was someone up with her I knew I
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knew for a fact there was somebody up there after that I'm trying to listen you don't know for sure what's going on
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was he acting alone was there more than one person I just start rushing to look for my
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phone but Michael says he couldn't find his phone he then started yelling to scare the Intruder I remember thinking
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like this is so much worse than any horror movie I've ever seen you're realizing that to save her like you've
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got to make the decision to leave her it was such a hard decision Michael fled the house to get
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help but when he got to the front gate it was locked he climbed over a fence cutting himself on spiked rods
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frantically he ran to the next door neighbor's house that neighbor's surveillance camera shows Michael
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knocking on the door but no one answers I just TR of panic you know feeling like
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a a lot of time had already passed he then ran into someone on this Street and use their phone to call
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911 you guys need to get a a cop here quick sir the officers are on the way after spending hours at the scene
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investigators found something in the light of day that they had missed before a broken window from a French door on
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the ground floor with blood nearby and so as soon as we saw that okay this is our point of entry we have a crime here
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some somebody broke into this house and did this so this was the first piece of evidence that said to you Mike Herman
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might be telling you the truth correct correct later at the Hollywood Police Station Michael told Masterson about the
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person he believe was responsible told them she had an ex-boyfriend that she had had a restraining order against um
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that had expired I don't know his name but Robert would know his name Robert is Robert koslin one of
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Amy's closest friends we first spoke to Robert in 2020 he told us what he told police they were like do you know do you
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know who might have you know could have done this and I was like yeah Gareth Gareth pers house an old
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boyfriend whom Amy had had a troubled relationship with when they dated almost 10 years earlier I was like you need to
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go find this guy right away masteron then broke the news to Robert and Michael Amy had died at the
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hospital she was 38 years old how difficult was it to hear that Amy didn't make it it's still difficult to
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hear as investigators work to find Amy's ex-boyfriend they also tried to find Amy's parents Penny and Tom Harwick in
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Pennsylvania the Harwick remember getting ready for bed when there was a knock at the door it was the local
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police and he said Amy's been murdered it it's it's a blur right now I I don't know how to describe it
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just devastated Penny and Tom's life with Amy began when they adopted her as an 11mon
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old baby do you remember the first time you saw your little girl oh I absolutely
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remember kind of like a fairy tale it's like here's this beautiful little girl sitting there and she's going to come
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home with us and and be our daughter it was wonderful and believe it or not she had a headful of curls and her hair was
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honey colored by the time she was four it was so dark around that same time the Harwick adopted their son Chris and she
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was okay with it for a couple of weeks and then she said well when is he going back
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and I said well he's not he's your brother he's going to be here forever how would you describe your
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sister Amy was a very interesting uh character she was into heavy metal into rock music going to concerts and Amy got
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her parents in on the action too she turned Penny into metalheads her head seriously seriously she would
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always manage to get either backstage or to meet the performers that's just who she
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was After High School Amy met Tommy Decker a drummer from La at a local concert the two began dating long
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distance and then she said I want to move out there I want to move out to LA in 2001 she headed west she was 20 years
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old she needed to find out who she was she needed to do that for herself soon the couple tied the knot
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but after a three-year marriage Tommy and Amy divorced it wasn't until 2009 that Amy
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would go on to meet carth pous the man police suspected had killed her and whom they were Now searching
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for heartbreak for a local neighborhood after after a well-known therapist was killed at her Hollywood Hills
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Home people have left flowers here for Amy Harwick and her friends and family are hoping for
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justice I was very confident that you know Gareth pers house was our guy within 13 hours of Amy harwick's
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death on February 15 2020 police descended on Gareth pers House's Beachside neighborhood to arrest him
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you could tell he was playing the old what's this about why do you want to talk who uh oh yeah I know Amy sure yeah
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he basically was saying I've been at home detectives weren't buying that story or the explanation P house gave
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for what appeared to be a fresh black eye he blamed a home renovation I said I think you better get a contractor if you
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get a hold of a power tool you're going to be in real trouble P house was charged with Amy's murder on
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February 19th 2020 and detectives were learning about his troubled pass beginning not long after he and Amy
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began dating in 2009 they seemed like a pretty fun couple and kind of nice to see you know friends get together when
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we first spoke to Rudy Torres in 2020 he talked about how the couple met Amy them
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working as a model and Dancer would often run into Pur house and vents photographer at flashy La parties if you
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would meet him you would think he's Charming little goofy kind of dorky he wasn't a musician like she normally no
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no and she was trying to break the Habit her house was also a computer expert and
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an aspiring comedian here he is one more time for Gareth everybody come on I have
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bad news for the entertainers over there the best day of your career is going to
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be the days after you die but oddly says Amy's mother Penny her daughter didn't share much else about him and why do you
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think that is well maybe she was already feeling like he wasn't who she thought he
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was and Penny says her daughter never shared how volatile the 2-year relationship had become she hadd gone
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through quite a bit with Gareth there was there was a number of police reports that were made detectives learned that
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Amy had called police to report several violent incidents over the years she said that on multiple occasions Gareth
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pers house had choked suffocated and punched her with a closed Fist and she even documented her injuries with these
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photos but Amy's Father Tom says Amy didn't share just how bad things had gotten she didn't go into details do you
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think she just wanted to protect the two of you yes yes after Amy ended the relationship she took steps to protect
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herself obtaining a restraining order against pers house in 2012 but while she was trying to distance herself from him
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Rudy says P house could not let her go he always wanted to get a hold of her and I used to tell him that he should
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just leave her alone and he wouldn't take no for an answer and then he cut me off in the years after their breakup Amy
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told her parents that her home was broken into on one occasion strangely the only things taken were personal
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photos and on another her computer was wiped clean and did she think it was Gareth she did oh yes but no way of
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proving no way of proving anything of course we were worried but then we also felt like while she's done with him it's
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over and it was never [Music] over and Penny says Amy was thriving getting a degree to become a licensed
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therapist hi this is Dr Amy Harwick licensed marriage and family therapist Amy posted therapy videos on her social
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media you can seek therapy to address an issue like depression anxiety a breakup
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you can also seek therapy to be a better you but even as Amy focused on helping others she couldn't quite shake the
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Shadows from her past she lost a job as a youth counselor Penny says after prospective employer was anonymously
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sent newe photos of her Amy believed pel was behind it she was really upset about
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it and then she wasn't sure what she was going to do despite that obstacle Amy studied for a PhD in human sexuality
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earning the title doctor she took a special interest in marginalized groups sex workers and vulnerable women she
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doesn't stop she just she bounced right back I wrote a book called the new sex Bible for women no she didn't stop she
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would work with these groups of people that she felt were underrepresented and needed help what
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was Dr harwick's reputation Dr Amy Howick had an amazing reputation I had a lot of mutual friends that had seen her
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Emily sear is a model who's Grace the cover of Maxim magazine first started seeing Dr Amy Harwick in 20
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2017 in part to help her overcome anxiety she had around dating and intimacy I felt that she was relatable
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well I didn't know just exactly how relatable it was even when she opened up to Amy about an abusive ex-boyfriend who
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had stalked her Emily says Amy never told her about her own similar experience and that still is something
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that I am struggling to process knowing that I was sitting across from her and she had been through so much that was
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similar as Amy was helping Emily worked through her issues around dating Amy was
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Taking a Chance on a new man in her own life Happy Valentine's Day Dre Harry comedian and host of the prizes right on
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CBS she was obviously really beautiful she was really smart she just wanted to help people especially women we spoke to
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Carrie in 2020 he said it wasn't long after meeting Amy at a party that he decided she was the
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one and I said if this keeps going the way it's going I'm going to marry her and what happened what happened was he
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ended up taking her to Paris on New Year's Eve and proposing to her she accepted Drew and Amy shared the news on
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his show soon after I'd like to introduce you to my brand new lovely fiance Amy how you doing
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Amy but instead of spending the rest of their lives together later that year the
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couple split up how did she take the breakup she was devastated I mean she broke it off and I think that's because
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while Fame was getting in the way that's because say penny Amy feared that with the added public attention she was
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getting while on the arm of a celebrity she could be putting herself in danger you know who was watching and it made
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her [Music] worry it hit home a lot after Amy passed in the way that she did how dangerous it really is for women
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Emily Sears one of Amy harwick's therapy clients was shaken by the news of her death the reality is we're not safe
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nobody is in dealing with some domestic violence because this was a bit different because the way Gareth pers
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house acted in this case was more methodical when Deputy district attorney Victor AA took on the case he was
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particularly troubled by evidence that P house had broken into Amy's house hoping
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to catch her off guard when she arrived home and that's at the point that we decided to charge not only the murder
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charge but also the special circumstance of lying in weight these are the crime scene notes AA along with his co-counsel
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Deputy district attorney Katherine Mariano reviewed surveillance and body camera video interviews with Amy's
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family and friends and compiled a timeline of the events leading up to the murder became very clear to me that his
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obsession drove his intent to kill her they believe that pers House's obsession with Amy was ignited when he
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saw her at this award show about a month before her murder it was a chance encounter P house working the gig as a
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photographer Amy smiling for the cameras enjoying the Limelight but moments earlier off camera Witnesses say an
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angry PSE house confronted her Penny harick recalls Amy telling her she hadn't seen him in almost a
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decade he called her a and he told her she ruined his life and she just told me how afraid she was because he
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was crying and pausing a huge scene and she said Mom I went into therapist moode I just
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tried to calm him after talking to Gareth for almost an hour Amy left the event very worri
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worried was your reaction Penny when she was telling you this that's when we talked about security and she said she
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was going to get pepper spray we decided to start sharing locations so I could track where she was her close friend
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Robert klin says that sharing her phone's location was one of the few things Amy felt she could do to feel
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safe the restraining order against per house had long expired and because P house hadn't expressly threatened her
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Robert says she didn't think going to police would help still he says Amy was very concerned that's when she said look
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if something happens to me he did it she actually said that she literally said that she's thinking that he can cause me
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harm and the very next day he finds her phone on the internet and starts texting
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her Gareth sent Amy a series of texts and later left her a tear-filled voicemail I have so much I need to
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say please give me a chance to just say it please that's when prosecutors say Amy
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decided to block his number I believe up until that point he was trying to manipulate his way back into her life at
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the point that she made the decision to block him that was her choice and she had that right to do that prosecutors
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say pel started to plan to kill Amy on Valentine's Day was that just a random day
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absolutely not I think he wanted to make a statement by killing her on Valentine's
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Day on February 14 2020 Amy went out with a group of friends around 700 p.m. 2 hours later say prosecutors
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surveillance cameras from her nextdoor neighbor's property were activated you get those ring cameras that show a
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person that looks just like Gareth P house with gloves when he first comes into view he covers the camera and when
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the camera senses no more motion it shuts off and then he hops over the fence into Amy's yard soon after around
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900 p.m. they believe perz house broke through that French door and that's consistent with Michael Herman he heard
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something breaking upstairs early in the evening and I think he just got into the
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house cut himself I don't think he even realized he cut himself leaving that blood police later found nearby DNA test
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would confirm it belonged to P [Music] house and detective Masterson says where P house went next was revealed by Amy's
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unmade bed I think he climbed in her bed he was there waiting for her for quite a
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while how creepy is that crazy creepy that's where masteron believes Amy found him 4 hours later when she
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arrived home a little after 1:00 a.m. she walks into her bedroom and I think she just froze in shock and fear and the
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one thing that was on the bed was her phone so I think she actually threw her phone at him and turned and started to
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run out of the bedroom and she's screaming and they're fighting and they're wrestling how hard did Amy fight
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for her life I think she fought with everything she had yeah something that appeared to look like a bite mark on his
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bicep and Pur house also had that black eye to us it was indicative of Amy fighting for her life but she was
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obviously up against a much bigger stronger opponent prosecutors believe P house started choking Amy and that's
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when Michael Herman yelled they believe catching P house by surprise and I think
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that plan was definitely thwarted by the unbeknownst presence of Michael Herman there I just don't believe that he even
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knew that somebody was home in his Panic they believe pers house dropped that Sur
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police found on the balcony it was months before lab test revealed what it contained liquid nicotine a toxic poison
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that if injected into someone it would kill them why kill her that way I mean with that lethal dose of nicotine people
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may not know what killed her it may not be [Music] detected with his original plan
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interrupted prosecutors believe that P house carried Amy barely conscious after being Str strangled to the third story
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balcony he lifts her right over the rail and then drops her to kill her Gareth P
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house is caught on the neighbor's camera hopping back over the fence with their suspect and theory of
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the crime the prosecutors were ready for trial but they were surprised by Gareth
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pers House's defense blaming Amy for what happened that night [Music] [Music] in August 2023 more than 3 years after
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Amy harwick's death her accused killer Gareth pous went on trial I almost didn't recognize him
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right in their opening statements prosecutors Victor Avala and C Mariano told jur why and how they believe P
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house ended Amy's life in the early morning of February 15 2020 Dr Amy arwi was murdered by defendant Garth pous
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because he was obsessed with it he strangled her lifted her up over the balcony and dropped her to her de I just
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pray that Amy was unconscious when she was when she went over the the balcony Tom and Penny sat through every
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second of the trial even the most graphic moments I need to know what happened to my daughter and we wanted to
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be there for Amy yeah through the whole ordeal but the Harwick were not alone also in the courtroom a small army of
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Amy's friends including Rudy Torres this is the last thing I could ever do for her although fortified by her friends
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nothing could prepare the Harwick to hear for the first time ever Gareth P House's explanation about what happened
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the night Amy died defense attorney Evan franel claims that running into Amy in January 2020 at
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that award show had sent P house into quote a deep debilitating depression unquote and the only way out of it was
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to talk to Amy on Valentine's Day 2020 his only intention that night was to speak to her what was your reaction to
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that to put it bluntly they're making up stories cuz they have no defense and as for that nicotine filled
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syringe found at the crime scene P House's defense attorney says it wasn't for Amy he brought it intending to kill
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himself why didn't he no he was on a mission to kill her he was wearing gloves when he went there he covered up
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the cameras what's the purpose in doing all that if you're going to kill yourself there in front of her in this
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trial the defense tells the jurors they will hear from an Accident Reconstructionist who will show that Amy
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fell on her own defense attorney franel then shows the jury two images a screenshot of the Reconstruction showing
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an animated figure hanging from the balcony and an undated photo of Amy posing on top of a balcony railing
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you'll see that she had a certain Comfort level with the balcony rail beautiful young lady wasn't she she
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looked glorious what was your reaction ridiculous I couldn't take it seriously it was just so farfetch to
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me she's been strangled she's debilitated so for her to then walk climb over a 3-ft rail do all that it
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doesn't seem reasonable it seems actually unreasonable the defense's opening concludes with this damning
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admission yes gar C house was waiting in her home he broke into her her home had
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he not been there she wouldn't have died that night that is not in dispute he set
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a chain of actions into motions that led to her death but the evidence will show that he never
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intended on killing them over the the course of 10 days the prosecution presented its evidence to
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prove that Gareth pous did intend to kill Amy Harwick dozens of witnesses testify for the state including
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detective masteron now retired Robert kosin call Michael Herman and of course Amy's roommate Michael Herman the man
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who heard it all Michael described for the jury how after that incident on the red carpet Amy had been concerned about
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those French doors that pers house would later use to break into her home Amy had
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met with a handyman I remember uh they were over by the the glass doors and Amy was pointing it out and telling him we
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need to secure this prosecutors also play for the jury this tape jail conversation between pers
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house and his friends after his arrest I I guess I'm officially a bad boy now right I've always been kind
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of just a couple of weeks after he's been arrested for murder he's laughing with his friends you never hear any
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moment of concern for Amy during that call yeah so it's not great I'm not getting out of here why
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was that important I think that's one piece of evidence to show a consciousness of guilt so he knows
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what's coming because the evidence shows what he did it proves what he did when it was the defense turned to present its
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case and call its expert witness to show how Amy's fall from the balcony was an accident the defense suddenly rested
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without calling a single witness didn't that hurt the defense I am sure some jurors were wondering what happened so I
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don't think that helps during closing arguments defense attorney Robin Bernstein Lev presented a new theory of
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what happened that night that Amy may have attacked P house we don't know who initiated the physical
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confrontation it is just as likely if not likelier she preemptively attacked Gareth psh house in order to subdue him
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because she was afraid of him you see that all the time don't you a 115b lady picking a fight with a 230 lb 6'4 man
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just Preposterous on its face did that make you mad oh took all my willpower to stay in that seat to keep my mouth shut
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during the states closing arguments it's Amy Harwick who has the last word with prosecutor Marano reading from an email
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Amy wrote to herself hours after her January 2020 encounter with P house tonight I felt very scared Dereck came
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up behind me and started screaming I'm pretty nervous that I'm more on his radar now it terrifies me that he's
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obsessed with me for 9 years thinks about me every day he's focused on harming me that's the closest we've ever had to
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to a victim testifying in their murder I thought it was extremely devastating jurs had three choices
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murder in the first degree murder in the second or the Lesser charge of voluntary
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manslaughter when it came time for deliberation I think we all thought it would be rather quick day one went by
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nothing I started getting a little worried and thinking what could they be debating
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about what do you make of Gareth P House's defense see more evidence from the case at 48
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hours.com I felt nervous yeah cuz you never know as jurs met for a second day to
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decide Gareth P House's Fate The Waiting for a verdict began to weigh heavily on
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the prosecution it's incredibly nerve-racking the weight is the worst part and on Amy harwick's friends and
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family and all you hear is just like a symphony of of anxious bellies just so everybody's nervous but as Court
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was about to adjourn we were walking out of the courthouse and Rudy called down and said everybody get up here there's a
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verdict is it correct that the jury has a verdict you can have the verdict formed over to the Bay please with the
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jury and the above entitled action finding defendant GTH pers house guilty of the crime of Murder in the First
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Degree Gareth pers house guilty of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of lying in weight what did
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you feel at that moment a huge relief huge relief I I just started crying and I couldn't
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stop it was like pH finally after all this time he's going to be held accountable for what he
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did two months later P house was sentenced to life in prison without parole he didn't say a
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word Amy's friend Robert klin Justice was rendered and that's good but we shouldn't be here at all this should
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never have happened to begin with the whole in our lives remains he's impacted so many people with his actions so many
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people he devastated our [Music] family a family that has grown after the verdict Tom gathered Amy's friends the
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ones who have stood by them every step of this journey I said uh you are not our friends you're
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family you you really have become our family could you have gotten through this without them no I don't think
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[Music] so it's a testament to the amazing life and Community Amy Harwick created she
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was really happy she was really happy that she had really gotten her life together
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man we were all happy Michael Herman says he still keeps replaying that night she's gone and I'm
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still here you want a second chance I'm still trying to save her Michael Herman has a lot of Survivor guilt oh my
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goodness he did the exact right thing he made all the right decisions do you feel
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your sister got Justice I feel I feel she did Amy brother Chris we wish that she still
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could be here to to continue to help people cuz that's what she was all about we lost a friend but so many other
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people lost a Healer I think they me every day because she she helped me so much Emily sear says she's struggling
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without Amy's guidance it's just so hard to feel safe when this is the reality of
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what happened to her and what happens to so many people Amy's loved ones are hoping to
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change that reality after her death a petition was created to rewrite California domestic violence laws
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including a statute preventing restraining orders from expiring and our biggest disappointment was it lost all
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its impact when Co shut everything down prosecutor Katherine Mariano acknowledges that there are limits to
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the the legal system by the time it gets to our table we're in a position to act
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reactively rather than proactively but as a society I think we can always do better
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right after the trial Amy's parents headed home to Pennsylvania the place where they first became a family with
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their little girl and watched her grow into the woman admired and now missed by so many what's the hardest
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part just the the absence The Quiet One huge void one huge void and I miss our [Music]
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adventures Adventures remembered when they visit Amy's grave and I couldn't get a brighter
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orange I know orange was your favorite color but this is the closest I could get we're not the same people we were
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before but we keep trying to be we miss you Amy every day we think of you anything you
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wish you had been able to say to her just to tell her one more time that I love her I know she knew
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it but I wanted to be able to say [Music] it [Music] four women at the breaking point we were
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desperate in fear every day an investigative reporter comes to the rescue does he become the target this
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was a very personal attack he is 100% our hero who killed Jeff Gman 48 hours Saturday on CBS at streaming on
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