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not all the moment the emergency no way and I needed em that's her bleeding you i was called at approximately four
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o'clock in the morning on February 3rd 2018 there had been a home invasion robbery in the area of Hale Plantation
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you said someone was in your house yes I'm being advised that the wife has severe injuries and was currently being
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trauma alerted to our area hospital you will first cream and tall think it was suzan Rochelle almost died that night
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Susan had died the truth of what happened that night would die with her when Susan Rachelle comes out of surgery
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she tells investigators that there is no truth and that the person who inflicted
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all of the injuries that she is suffering from is Michael Rachelle this case is about the power of money it's
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about the power of desire for control when Susan asked for divorce Michael Rachelle snapped when he was
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faced with the prospect that he would have to give her half of his fortune he made a calculated and premeditated
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decision to kill this is the knife that was used to stab Susan that bending in this knife you believe is a result of
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the hitting bone and had bent the blade that's correct [Music] members of the jury we're just going to
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lay here until you die sue we're just going to lay here until you die those are the words of that defendant Michael
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Rachelle spoken to his wife of 10 years Susan Rachelle I got close to her right here and her
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hand comes out and she was there anything in her head yeah a knife [Music] there's no way on God's green earth that
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my father would stab anyone was Mike's daughter Caroline a source of conflict in the marriage absolutely didn't you
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tell Michael Rochelle that you hated Caroline those words came out yeah and in fact you called her a [ __ ] is that
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right yes [Music] never in 1 million years what I think that my wedding would be the catalyst of
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all of this who do you believe brought the knife into that incident Susan Rochelle who do you believe was
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the attacker in the February 2nd incident Susan Rochelle and who was the victim my
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father [Music] you you