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it was a cold Halloween morning in 2019 when Colby trickle called 911 my my wife
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shut trickle met deputies outside his home in Hayes Kansas did he seem upset I mean there were tears coming down and
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was hard to understand was choked up Kristen trickle was still alive when First Responders arrived but they said
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she couldn't be saved after you did your autopsy how did you rule on Kristen trickle's death homicide or suicide
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suicide suicide y the victim's family in this right out of the gate was just adamant that this was not a suicide when
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Kristen's Aunt Dy and Uncle Brandt rice heard Kristen took her own life they couldn't believe it what did you tell
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investigators initially we just don't think she would do this 100% I said there's no way of all the people I know
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in this world the last person that I would ever think would take their own life would be Kristen because of the joy
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she she has they said Kristen's family and her two dogs meant the world to her the thought of her hurting herself in
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any way or anyone or anyone is so foreign she would never take her life and not tie up loose
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ends with her family make sure her dogs had somewhere to go detective JB Burkholder had also been called to the
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scene to him this didn't seem like suicide having a female with a gunshot wound especially to the Head uh was uh
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was unusual for us why why is that more unusual for women you think for women they're a little bit more concerned
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about looks even after death and so they think about that Burk holder pointed out
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some other things that seemed unusual when I got there I remember alarm going [Music]
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off I think I actually silenced it she had set an alarm to get up to get ready for work and had plans for that day a
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lot of times individuals who are thinking about suicide they're not setting alarms it doesn't matter when
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they get up there was candy set out in the kitchen area she and Colby had planned
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for Halloween to go on as it normally would with trick-or-treating and he said nothing troubled him more than the
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weapon found at the scene the gun was a full-size 357 revolver a large caliber weapon approximately 11
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to 12 in it can be hard to handle and so being able to place that gun under your
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chin and discharge that firearm just didn't seem very likely for a smaller female and what was described as a dark
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bedroom this wasn't an open and shut suicide case there was questions