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when a beautiful young woman in ohio met
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a handsome young doctor it was love at
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first sight
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during candlelight dinners the two spoke
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of marriage with a ceremony on a distant
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beach at sunset
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but those plans were delayed when the
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prospective bride fell ill
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when medical science couldn't find the
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cause of the problem
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forensic science and a hidden camera did
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at 33 years old michelle baker was ready
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to settle down get married and start a
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family
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her dreams were soon realized when a
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girlfriend introduced her to a
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soft-spoken new doctor in town dr
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maynard munsing ii
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i was the happiest woman in the world at
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that point i mean he was he was every
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woman's dream he was very successful
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very good looking
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michelle worked as a firefighter and a
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paramedic and the two shared an interest
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in emergency medicine
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munsing was also 33 years old both were
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divorced and there was an immediate
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attraction
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within a month dr munson moved into
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michelle's small home in huber heights
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ohio
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the couple spent weekends caring for
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maynard's two children from a previous
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marriage
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and soon michelle had some happy news of
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her own
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she was going to have a baby
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he said we're getting married in key
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west barefoot on the beach at sunset
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i was
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blown away
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so the two flew off to florida
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but on their first night there maynard
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changed his mind asking michelle if they
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could postpone the wedding so his family
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could attend
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i felt devastated i also felt like if
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that is the way
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that he wanted things to be then i had
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to respect his wishes
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later that night the couple went to the
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hard rock cafe
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but after they left the restaurant
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michelle had severe cramps and some
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light bleeding
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fortunately with a fiance who was a
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doctor
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maynard reassured her
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he told her there was nothing to worry
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about
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he just had me lay down he said that it
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was fine the next day it stopped
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after returning home from vacation
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michelle saw her physician dr john shy
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just to make sure everything was okay
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i'm trying to allay her concern because
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i don't think it's a big issue michelle
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i think was primarily concerned because
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of her age and this being her first
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pregnancy she was frightened her
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concerns were that she had a history of
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endometriosis and she thought that might
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be a problem but i reassured her that
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the chance of a problem was remote
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maynard purchased this 320 thousand
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dollar brick house for the couple to
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raise their new child
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it was all very much a whirlwind as far
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as everything went the baby the the
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romance the
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the
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just the unbelievable
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situation all the way around
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but michelle's pregnancy was a difficult
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one
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with increasing cramps and occasionally
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bleeding
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when neither michelle's doctor or her
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fiance could determine the cause of her
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illness she did a little research of her
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own and made her diagnosis
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it was a condition so rare medical
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experts could hardly believe it
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although michelle baker and dr maynard
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munsing were expecting a child and had
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plans to marry
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maynard revealed some news which
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threatened those plans
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he admitted he still had lingering
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feelings for a former girlfriend tammy
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irwin despite their stormy past you've
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told all these people such horrible
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things about her and what kind of person
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she is and i said and and you still have
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feelings for her
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over the fourth of july weekend in 2000
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michelle planned to stay home while
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maynard left for a fishing trip with a
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friend about an hour's drive away
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we spent the morning together had a
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a good morning really good morning
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and
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he
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packed some clothes and he left
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that was prisoner of love here on all
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request hour q92 let's go to the request
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lines from humor heights hello what can
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i play for you yeah i was wondering if
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you could play but later that night
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while listening to a local radio station
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michelle heard a familiar voice calling
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in to request the song
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the caller
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sounded very much like maynard and i was
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i just stopped right there i just
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stopped dead in my tracks
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and i listened
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and the dj asked him he said well who is
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this and he said
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maynard do you want to dedicate this to
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anyone
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now suspecting she had been lied to
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michelle asked a neighbor to drive her
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to the home of maynard's former
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girlfriend tammy irwin
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michelle's fears were confirmed
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when she saw him outside with tammy
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fishing trip huh what it looks like it's
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exactly what it looks like a
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confrontation ensued
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she never knew that maynard was living
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with me he had told her that he was
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living with a friend of his
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and all the while he was with me
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michelle immediately threw maynard out
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of her home
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i was devastated i just couldn't believe
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that someone could be
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that deceiving and
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and appear to be something that they're
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obviously not
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but a few days later maynard called
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inviting michelle to a picnic so the two
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could talk
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he apologized for his lapse in judgment
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and asked michelle if they could get
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back together
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he turned to me
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and he said that he was very sorry about
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all of this
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seemed very sincere in what he was
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saying but the picnic was interrupted
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when michelle got very sick
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i was so ill there at the park that i
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couldn't even leave i would leave the
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restroom and then
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five minutes later i have to be right
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back in the restroom
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not only was by vomiting and by diarrhea
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but i also
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about 40 minutes into this
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started bleeding
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and bleeding pretty bad
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michelle immediately went to her doctor
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he could find nothing seriously wrong
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an ultrasound of the fetus was normal
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and once again
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michelle assumed her symptoms were
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stress related
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with their relationship back on track
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the couple once again spoke of marriage
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he was affectionate and you know he
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rubbed my back watched tv with me and it
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seemed very normal
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but it happened again
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michelle started cramping bleeding and
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vomiting
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i thought that this was due to anxiety
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and stress and probably
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just internal pressure that
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developed when she saw her boyfriend
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but it was michelle's twin sister
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melinda who noticed an interesting
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coincidence
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she had said that
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don't you find it odd that every time
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you're with him
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after he leaves you're sick
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and i was just horrified by what she was
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implying
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michelle recalled
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that maynard was the one who brought the
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drinks from the bar to their table in
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florida shortly before she fell ill the
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first time
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and he also prepared her drink at the
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picnic before the second bleeding
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incident
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but what was he doing to her drinks
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to find out
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she set a trap
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and was clever enough to videotape it
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michelle baker was becoming increasingly
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suspicious of her fiance's behavior
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maynard told michelle he was taking his
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children to florida for a short vacation
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michelle suspected he was lying
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to find out
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michelle drove to the home of maynard's
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ex-girlfriend
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and there
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saw maynard's car
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through an open window
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michelle overheard maynard and tammy
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irwin discussing michelle's pregnancy
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tammy asked maynard what he intended to
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do
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about the baby and maynard's response to
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her was
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she need not worry about that that as
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far as he knew that it could have
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already been taken care of
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my heart
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dropped
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and it was at that point that
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did i realize that something
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might be going on
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michelle immediately told police about
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her suspicion that maynard was trying to
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abort their child
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well after listening the story i thought
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it was quite fantastic it's not
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the typical uh
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case that comes across my desk
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i was certainly skeptical at first
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and thought you know i can't imagine
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that someone would even do this it's
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beyond my dreams something i haven't run
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into in 25 years of experience
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police wanted michelle to take a lie
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detector test but department rules
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prohibit the test to be done on pregnant
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women
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we told her basically that because of
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his professional position that we were
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going to need all types of physical
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evidence
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that
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would show that he's responsible for
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this
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but without proof
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there was little police could do
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so michelle conducted her own
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investigation
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inside a silk plant michelle and her
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girlfriend hid a small video camera in
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her kitchen with a clear view of the
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kitchen countertop area
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i was scared
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i was afraid that he would see it
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she then
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invited maynard to dinner
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as soon as he arrived michelle said she
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was going outside to put the steaks on
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the grill and asked maynard to prepare
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her a drink
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the video tape
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clearly revealed maynard pouring an
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unknown substance into michelle soft
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drink when he handed michelle the drink
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she excused herself to go to the
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bathroom where she had hidden a plastic
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container
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as i poured that drink into that
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container
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there was
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a white sludge
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in the bottom of my cup an enormous
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amount
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i mean not not just a little bit
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but
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a very large amount
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and then i rinsed my cup out i poured my
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new coke
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into that glass
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hid the other stuff
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i walked back out and sat down at the
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table
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and ate dinner with him
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i was sickened but i knew that this was
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the only way
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that i could prove this this was the
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only way
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that i could keep him away from my baby
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getting through dinner was difficult
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michelle wanted to get the drink to the
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police station quickly and throughout
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dinner her telephone rang incessantly
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it was tammy erwin asking to speak with
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maynard
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when maynard finally left the telephone
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rang once more
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it was maynard
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with some upsetting news
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he said to me do you want to know why
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tammy's so
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upset
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and i said yeah why don't you tell me
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why tammy's so upset
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he said because she's my wife
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he'd married her that week
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the police immediately sent michelle's
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soft drink to the forensics lab
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my first reaction is you've got to be
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kidding me we have no idea what we're
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looking for here it's not a typical
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forensic case
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so where are we going to even start
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there's literally hundreds of drugs that
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this could be
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on a hunch
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police called a local pharmacist asking
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for a list of medications that can cause
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harm to a fetus if taken by a pregnant
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woman
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the most commonly prescribed drug
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fitting that description was a stomach
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ulcer drug
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cytotec
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the contents of michelle's soft drink
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were placed in the gas chromatograph
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mass spectrometer
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the chromatograph separates the various
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elements the mass spectrometer analyzes
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them
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by comparing the known cytotec that we
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received from the pharmaceutical company
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we compared that to the
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substance that was found in the
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coca-cola and found a match therefore
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the
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coca-cola contained cytotec
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it's also a drug that is used in a very
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limited capacity to induce labor the
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actual effects of that particular drug
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are to actually start contractions
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but police had a problem
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there was no proof it was cytotec that
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maynard was putting into the soft drink
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a clever defense attorney could claim
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that michelle laced her own drink with
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the drug in order to frame him
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so police
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set a trap of their own
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even though michelle baker had caught
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her fiance on videotape placing
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something in her drink
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authorities were concerned about whether
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this evidence would stand up in court
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we didn't believe just having a tape by
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the complainant and a sample by the
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complainant would have as much validity
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as a tape by ourselves
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obtained by ourselves and the sample
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obtained by ourselves
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so a few days later
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police set up their own surveillance
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camera in michelle's kitchen
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they placed it in a figurine of a
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firefighter saving a child
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the camera focused on michelle's kitchen
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counter
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once again michelle invited maynard over
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for dinner
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myself and detective sergeant may
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were waiting in the garage and viewing
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what was going on in the kitchen
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like clockwork
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almost identical to the previous tape
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once michelle baker exited the residence
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to put stakes on the grill
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dr munson removed a vial from his pocket
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placed it in her drink
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the two detectives rushed into the
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kitchen
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and arrested him
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at that time i pointed up to the camera
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and said right up there you're on camera
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and that's when he viewed a camera to
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look at it
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i said i told you that you didn't have
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to have anything to do with this baby
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and instead you tried to to kill the
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baby and kill me
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i mean this guy
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had it all you know in a matter of
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six minutes
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he uh you know destroyed his career
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and of course michelle's life
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dr munson cryptically explained why he
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had done it
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he basically poisoned drink in an
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attempt to
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remove the problem
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in question as to whether or not the
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problem
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was meant the baby he advised yes
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lab tests confirmed that this drink was
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spiked with site attack 2.
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a search of munsing's car trunk revealed
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even more side attack
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dr maynard munsing was charged with the
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attempted murder of the baby
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i think that's just despicable
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i'm ashamed to say that he's a physician
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i think that he misused his
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authority and his ability to obtain a
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substance
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and then he
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poisoned his ex
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fiance
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despite ingesting side attacks several
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times earlier michelle's fetus appeared
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normal
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i was at the doctor's office every week
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had high resolution ultrasounds every
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month they were very very
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cautious as to what they were looking
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for
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meanwhile monsing was released on bond
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to await trial
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i
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need my family my family meets me
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especially my children i need to see
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them to hold them and to love them they
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they should be
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the truth will come out soon
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shortly before the trial
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28 weeks into her pregnancy
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michelle gave birth to a stillborn baby
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girl
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whom she named
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michaela
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she was already gone
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it was a bad day
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but my parents got there they
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they were there when she was delivered
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um
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my whole family was there
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um
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my friends
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and um
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they all held her and we passed her
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around
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and
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we all told her how much that we loved
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her
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since the coroner found no trace of side
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attack in the placenta he ruled the
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cause of the baby's death as
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undetermined
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he did make oral statements as well as
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written statements admitting to
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what he was trying to do in this case
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and that he was trying to get rid of the
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baby
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that it was something he his wife didn't
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want him to have to deal with
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michelle firmly believes
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that maynard was responsible
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i know in in my heart
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what he did
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my justice is
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knowing that he is eventually
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going to
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be judged for that
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because of the strain a trial would have
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placed on michelle and her family
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prosecutors made a deal with dr munson
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and his wife tammy with michelle's
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approval
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munsing's wife tammy pleaded guilty to
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the charge of filling the prescription
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for the side attack she was put on
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probation
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dr munsen pleaded guilty to
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contaminating a substance for human
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consumption and attempted felonious
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assault
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he was sentenced to five years in prison
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he was also stripped of his medical
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license and will never be permitted to
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practice medicine in the united states
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again
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i have a lot of anger and a lot of hurt
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and
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a lot of questions
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and
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you know and
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it doesn't matter how much counseling i
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go to they can't answer any of those
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questions you know and it's uh
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it's
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it's difficult
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michelle keeps michaela's ashes in a
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beautiful acrylic statue surrounded by
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angels
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fortunately
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it was michelle's suspicions good police
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work and new forensic technology that
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identified the drug quickly
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it could have been a very very long
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procedure in identifying this drug
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because we literally had no idea
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where to start or what we were looking
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for it could have taken us several
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months to determine what we had
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a delay of several months
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may have prevented police from capturing
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the crime a second time on videotape
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