172: The Murder of Ryan Poston

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Southern Fried True crime covers cases that
are not suitable for young listeners, and

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there may also be some explicit language
used. Listener discretion is advised. On

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Friday, October twelfth, twenty twelve, pageant Queen Audrey Bolt, also known

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as Miss Ohio, was having a
hell of a day. She had started

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chatting with a new guys she had
met on Facebook. His name was Ryan

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Poston, and he seemed promising.
He was a lawyer, a handsome lawyer.

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He was starting a law firm,
had his own place, and was

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super smart. Sure, Ryan may
have been thirty years old to Audrey's twenty

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three, but it could be nice
to date an older, established man,

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someone who knows what they're looking for
in life. Plus, Ryan was funny.

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They had started chatting with each other
after Ryan left a witty comment on

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Audrey's Facebook posts on that October day. They had plans to grab drinks at

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a local dive bar that night,
maybe they would shoot some pool. Audrey

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was excited and she knew Ryan wouldn't
forget their date. But ten thirty pm

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came and went, and Ryan never
showed up, no text, no call,

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nothing. He had ghosted her.
And when Audrey was subpoenaed. Months

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later she found out why. Welcome
to episode one seventy two, The Murder

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of Ryan Poston. Ryan Christopher Poston
was born on December thirtieth, nineteen eighty

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two, and Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, to his mother Lisa and his father

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j Ryan three sisters and was the
only son in his immediate family. Ryan's

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parents described him as a caring son
and a protective older brother. The entire

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post And family was very close.
Ryan's father said his son often was loving

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and affectionate. On the way out
the door. Ryan always kissed his parents

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and said I love you. Around
nineteen eighty three, when Ryan was a

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year old, his parents divorced,
shortly after Ryan's mother began seeing a different

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man named Peter Carter. Ryan's parents
and stepfather co parented Ryan very successfully,

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and as a result, Ryan loved
both of his fathers dearly. When he

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was an adult, he changed his
middle name from Christopher to Carter to honor

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his stepfather, Peter Carter, becoming
Ryan Carter Postan. Ryan spent his childhood

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in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, where
the wealthy post And family had a small

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fortune, a strong reputation, and
many connections. The Fort Mitchell community recognized

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the postings as a positive force.
From kindergarten to eighth grade, Ryan went

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to the Blessed Sacrament School, a
private Catholic school in Fort Mitchell. When

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Ryan entered the ninth grade, he
moved out of the United States with his

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family. His stepfather, Peter,
was a marketing executive for Procter and Gamble,

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a giant corporation for American hygiene products. Peter's career took Ryan's family overseas

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to Asia and Europe. During his
early high school years, Ryan went to

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the International School of Manila in the
Philippines, and around two thousand and one,

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Ryan graduated from the Geneva International School
in Switzerland. Traveling the world and

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attending top tier private schools was probably
an adventure for Ryan, especially since he

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was known for his impressive intellect and
love of learning. His father told the

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Cincinnati Enquirer that Ryan's true passion was
knowledge. Jokingly, his father said that

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Ryan's favorite book was the Dictionary.
That's how much he loved learning. After

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high school, Ryan returned to the
United States for college. In two thousand

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and five, he graduated from Indiana
University with three bachelor's degrees, the first

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in political science, the second in
history, and the third in geography.

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To a hard working, knowledge seeking
guy like Ryan, earning three degrees was

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a joy, not a chore.
Right after finishing his undergrad education, Ryan

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went straight into law school. His
desire to become a lawyer wasn't a surprise.

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He came from a long line of
attorneys. Ryan's grandfather practiced law for

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over fifty years. He provided legal
counsel for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company,

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and he was vice president of a
committee famous for weeding out Kentucky's political

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corruption in the nineteen sixties. Ryan's
uncle was also a practicing attorney in his

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hometown of Fort Mitchell. Both Ryan's
grandfather and uncle attended the Salmon P.

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Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky
University, and following in his family's footsteps,

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Ryan attended Chase Law two. In
the fall of two thousand and five,

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things were coming up roses for Ryan. His mother and stepfather let him

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stay in their condominium. Not only
was his parents condo free, but it

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was a short two minute drive from
the NKU campus where Ryan attended law school.

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And law school went pretty well for
Ryan too. His roommate and friend

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Matthew Herron, told The Kentucky Inquirer
he was just one of those people who

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was good at everything. Law school
wasn't hard for him. He just got

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it. It was something he really
didn't have to work at. It came

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natural to him. After three years
of law school, Ryan graduated with his

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Juris Doctor in two thousand and eight. He passed the Kentucky bar around two

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thousand and ten, and in April
of two eleven he passed the Ohio bar.

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But simply joining his family's legacy of
lawyers was not enough for Ryan.

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In two thousand and twelve, thirty
year old Ryan set his sights on starting

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his very own law firm in Cincinnati, Ohio. For reference, Cincinnati is

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located smack dab on the Ohio Kentucky
border. Ryan's Cincinnati office building would have

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been about ten miles from his condo
in Highland Heights, Kentucky. In addition

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to being a smart, successful lawyer, Ryan was also kind hearted. Kenneth

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Jayhawy, Ryan's legal mentor and friend, said he had a strong feeling of

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wanting to help people who couldn't otherwise
have access to the legal system and who

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might be steamrolled by the legal system
without someone there to help them. Ryan's

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new law firm focused on helping his
clients with personal injury cases like car crashes,

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and during his client's most stressful times, Ryan treated them like they were

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family. Ryan's clients told his father
that he made them feel heard like they

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were the only person on earth.
Anytime, day or night, Ryan would

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always answer his client's phone calls.
Often Ryan worked late into the night to

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research every last detail of his cases. Everyone knew that Ryan Carter Poston went

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above and beyond to represent his clients
well. Kenneth Jayhawley told the Kentucky Inquirer

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he was going from zero to one
hundred, probably faster and better than any

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young lawyer could have or than could
be imagined. He was that good at

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what he was going to be doing. He was excited about his future,

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and his future was very bright.
Some of Ryan's friends even expected him to

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run for Congress soon. They said, when Ryan talked, people listened no

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matter what he had to say.
Ryan seemed to know everything about everything.

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Despite Ryan's extreme devotion to his profession, he maintained an identity outside of work.

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He loved drinking Woodford reserved bourbon,
playing chess, and discussing philosophy.

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It seemed like Ryan truly had everything. A great career, a range of

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personal interests, and a loving family. And if that wasn't enough, Ryan

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was also a handsome devil. His
friends and family described him as extraordinarily attractive.

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Standing at six foot three with brown
hair and blue eyes and a slim

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build. Ryan looked great in his
daily suit and tie, and he knew

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it. He was confident in his
appearance and gained the attention of many beautiful

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women. One of those women was
Shana Huber's Sna was a nineteen year old

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grad school student in Kentucky. By
random chance, one of her relatives was

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Facebook friends with both her and Ryan. Through Facebook's suggested Friend's feature, Ryan

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noticed Sana's profile. She immediately caught
his eye. Just like Ryan, she

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had brown hair, blue eyes,
and was gorgeous. On March twentieth,

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two thousand eleven, Ryan sent Sena
a Facebook friend request. After chatting through

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Facebook messages for just under a month, Ryan and Shanna decided to take the

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plunge and meet in person, so
on April eighth, Ryan went to Shana's

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birthday party at a Lexington, Kentucky
bar right away. The chemistry between Ryan

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and Shana was electric soon after they
were dating, but it was a somewhat

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long distance relationship. Shana lived in
Lexington, almost ninety miles from Ryan's condo

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in Highland Heights. The two saw
each other only occasionally, but they texted

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constantly. Shana and Ryan appeared to
be a happy couple for about eight months,

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but starting in November twenty eleven,
they had troubled waters. From this

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point on, friends described them as
frequently on again, off again. They

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broke up at least three times and
five months. Each breakup was short lived

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and they would quickly make up,
but over time, friends and family could

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see that this relationship was dressing Ryan
out. By Shana's own admission, she

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was much more interested in Ryan than
he was in her, and it showed.

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Ryan's colleagues reported that Shana would constantly
come to Ryan's office, even when

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the two were on a break.
Sometimes Shana would show up at Ryan's office

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under the pretense of bringing him lunch, but other times Shana was just trying

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to find Ryan when he hadn't responded
to her text messages. If Shana couldn't

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find Ryan at the office, she
would wander aimlessly around the building. Shana

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would also go to Ryan's condo and
let herself in, regardless of their current

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relationship status. Her unannounced visits happened
so often that Ryan threatened to padlock his

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door. Keep in mind, visiting
Ryan was not a quick trip for Shana.

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She had to drive ninety minutes from
Lexington to Highland Heights for Shana to

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visit Ryan. This often uninvited,
and when they weren't even a couple,

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it was weird. And there's more. When Shana couldn't get to Ryan herself,

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she contacted his neighbor. She asked
them if Ryan was at home or

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going to the bar with other woman. And Shana texted Ryan way too much.

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The Cincinnati Inquirer reported that for every
one text Ryan sent Shana, she

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responded with approximately one hundred texts.
What seemed like a promising relationship at the

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start was quickly turning sour, and
Ryan's family saw that Ryan's dad, Jay,

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would regularly go to Ryan's condo to
clean and do his laundry. According

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to Jay, Ryan was a slob
who never cared what his place looked like.

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Since Ryan was so busy with his
law practice, Jay helped his son

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by picking up after him about three
times a week. On numerous occasions,

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whether Shana and Ryan were together or
not, Shana would be at Ryan's place

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while his dad was cleaning. She
wouldn't interact with Ryan, but she wouldn't

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leave when Ryan asked her to.
Jay told the Cincinnati Inquirer the relationship was

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as though she was a ghost.
I would look at her and think,

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why are you here. Many of
Ryan's friends and family believe Shana was stalking

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Ryan. Jaya explained that had Ryan
been his daughter, he would have gotten

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a restraining order against Shana, but
he felt that Ryan could take care of

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himself, As he told the Inquirer, he was my big, strapping son.

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I figured let him work this out. But Ryan couldn't seem to work

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this out. His family explained that
he was notoriously bad at handling conflict.

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Ryan just wanted everyone to be happy. Ending his relationship with Shana was challenging

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because it broke his heart to see
her so upset. After months and months

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of Ryan and Shana's increasingly toxic relationship, he was finally ready to break things

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off. But Shana wouldn't let him. Ryan's friends told CBS His Forty eight

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Hours that Shana was determined to settle
down with Ryan. She wouldn't take no

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for an answer no matter what Ryan
said. Shana continued showing up everywhere in

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his life, relentlessly badgering him with
text messages, popping up at his office,

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and using her key to get into
his condo. Ryan mimicked his father's

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previous sentiments when he sent a text
to a friend saying, this is getting

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to be restraining order level crazy.
But under Kentucky law, Ryan didn't qualify

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for a restraining order. He and
Shana would have had to live together or

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be married. I'm going to pause
now for a short commercial break. Finally,

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in April twenty twelve, a year
after their first date, Ryan was

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able to severtise with Shana. Neither
one of them was happy. Shana was

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angry that Ryan had said negative things
about her to their friends. Ryan felt

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smothered since Shana wouldn't leave him alone. At one point, Ryan texted Shana,

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I no longer have the patience to
deal with you, and that was

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that it was over until it wasn't. In July two thousand and twelve.

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Barely three months later, Ryan and
Shana rekindled their relationship, but this time

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their honeymoon period was even shorter than
usual. Less than a month after they

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got back together, Ryan tried to
escape Shannah's grasp once again. One night

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in August, Ryan showed up at
his dad, Jay's house around twelve thirty

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am. He needed a place to
stay because Shana once again refused to leave

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his condo. Jay, of course
agreed. Throughout the night, Jay repeatedly

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heard Ryan's phone notifications going off.
Shana was texting him NonStop. Although Shana

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struggled to let Ryan go, she
wasn't feeling great about their relationship either.

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After all, Ryan had been giving
her the runaround for months, hot then

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cold, cold, then hot,
over and over again. One time,

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Ryan physically threw Shana out of his
condo without her purse, so she had

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to knock on a neighbor's door to
call someone. Around this time, Shana

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sent a message to a friend of
hers that was a dentist. It said,

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he's been begging me to ask you
if you could do his veneers,

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but please f them up and make
him ugly so he'll never get another girl,

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I hate him. But that next
month, September twenty twelve, Ryan

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and Shana were on good terms again, ordering dinner together as couples do,

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but unsurprisingly, their relationships started to
go south. Just days later, Ryan

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confided in his offices receptionist Laurie about
his troubles with Shana. Ryan asked her,

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how do you break up with someone
who doesn't want to break up with

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you. Laurie told him to break
up with Shana for good, even if

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it meant calling the police. And
Laurie wasn't the only one who gave Ryan

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this advice. Both his dad Jay
and his stepdad Peter separately approached Ryan about

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leaving Shana. They knew that,
despite being a fierce attorney, Ryan had

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a bad habit of avoiding confrontation in
his personal life. They gave him their

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best advice. I tell her it's
over as nicely as possible. Be direct,

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but a gentleman. And that's what
Ryan wanted to do, or so

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he said, Because contrary to what
Ryan kept telling everyone else, he continued

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to engage with Shana. On October
second, Ryan took Shana on a date

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to the shooting range. Ryan was
an avid target shooter and his condo.

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He had multiple guns along with various
bullets. Since he was a messy guy,

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the weapons and bullets were often strewn
about his condo. Ryan also kept

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a loaded gun on his person at
all times. On the day of the

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shooting range date, Shana was feeling
unsure of her stormy relationship with Ryan.

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She texted a friend, writing,
when I go to the shooting range with

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him tonight, I want to turn
around, shoot and kill him and play

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like it's an accident. The friend
replied, be careful, no accidents,

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and Shana responded, I'll try not
to. She had a similar conversation with

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another friend. Later, the friends
would clarify that this seemed like friendly banter,

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that she was just joking and Ryan
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Around this time, he met up
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the get together, Ryan told the
friend he intended to break up with Shana

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face to face soon. He told
the friend that previously he had tried to

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end the relationship with subtle hints,
but that had not worked. But then,

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on Thursday, October eleventh, Ryan
invited Shana to watch the vice presidential

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debate with his family. If you're
getting whiplash from Ryan's mixed signals, you're

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not alone. Shana's obsessive behavior is
inexcusable, but Ryan couldn't seem to disentangle

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himself from her either. Even if
Shana and Ryan were not officially together as

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boyfriend and girlfriend, Inviting your ex
to a family gathering is not how you

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gain closure. On the evening of
October eleventh, everything started off smoothly.

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Shana, Ryan and Ryan's family ate
dinner. They watched the political debate,

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and Ryan shared some fantastic news with
everyone. For months, he had been

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embroiled in an ongoing civil lawsuit with
his former law partner. That day they

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had finally settled. The entire ordeal
had left Ryan extremely stressed, so this

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was a massive weight off his shoulders. His stepdad later said he was the

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happiest I had seen him in months, and his life was really on a

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roll right then. But as usual, Ryan and Shana ended the night with

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a fight. The two fought so
loudly that neighbors said they often heard them

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fight through the walls, and this
fight was huge. By the end of

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it, Shana seemed to understand that
her relationship with Ryan was over, but

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when the dust settled, it was
too late for Shana to drive over an

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hour to get home. She stayed
the night on Ryan's couch. That night,

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she called her mother, Sharon,
complaining that she didn't feel good.

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Based on Shana's apparent symptoms, Sharon
thought Shanah was having a stroke. Worried

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out of her mind, Sharon drove
from Lexington to Ryan's condo and Highland Heights

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in the middle of the night.
When she arrived, Sharon tried to convince

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Shana to go to the emergency room, but Shana wouldn't budge her symptoms had

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mysteriously vanished. Instead, Shana and
Sharon napped on Ryan's couch until mid morning

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that day, Friday, October twelfth, Sharon helped Shanah get her belongings out

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of Ryan's condo. Meanwhile, Shana
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She wrote, Ryan, I'm so
sorry. I was emotional. Ryan

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had locked himself in the bedroom to
avoid his now ex girlfriend, but Shana

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picked a lock with a bobby pin. It's not clear what happened when Shana

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opened the bedroom door. Shana claimed
she des grabbed her purse and keys from

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the bedroom. Afterward, Shana and
her mom went to a suburban Cincinnati mall

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called Kinwood Town Center. When they
finished, Shana told her mom she would

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leave Ryan's and spend the night with
a friend. So Sharon bought Shana gas,

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gave her some aspirin, and instructed
her to call the emergency room if

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she felt sick again. Then Sharon
left, she had a designa Ohio to

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visit some family. At this time, it was early evening, and despite

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what she told her mother, Shana
didn't leave Ryan's condo. Meanwhile, at

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five forty pm, Ryan chatted with
two other lawyers as he prepared to go

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home and enjoy his weekend. All
three attorneys had known each other for years.

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They said Ryan was his usual joyful
self. During their chit chat,

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nothing seemed off. Ryan told them
he had plans with friends later and headed

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out. Twenty minutes later, at
six pm, Ryan spoke to his uncle

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on the phone. Ryan's uncle said
he sounded happy and upbeat. His uncle

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said Ryan was so relieved that his
lawsuit with his former partner was settled.

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Several hours passed, then, at
eight fifty three pm, Shana called nine

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one one. She told the emergency
despatcher, ma'am, I have killed my

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boyfriend in self defense. That statement
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six years. She was undoubtedly telling
the truth about one thing. Twenty one

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year old Shana Michelle Hubers had killed
thirty year old Ryan Carter, posting I'm

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was born on April eighth, nineteen
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to her mother's Sharon and father Robert. Shana spent her childhood in Lexington,

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Kentucky, where her mother was an
elementary school teacher. From a young age,

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it was clear that Shana had a
brilliant mind. Her childhood friends told

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CBS's forty eight Hours that she seemed
like a genius. Shana was in her

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school's Gifted and Talented program and won
many awards for academic leadership. She also

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developed a strong interest in fine arts. By her teen years, Shana considered

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herself a talented actress and musician,
and in two thousand and eight, seventeen

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year old Shana was accepted into a
prestigious course at the Kentucky Center Governor's School

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for her soprano singing voice. A
year later, in two thousand and nine,

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Shana graduated from Paul Lawrence Dunbar High
School. Following high school, Shana

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went to the University of Kentucky,
where her spotless academic record continued. She

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received numerous scholarships for her vocal ability. In May two thousand twelve, after

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only three years, she graduated cum
laude with a degree in psychology. As

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a student, Sena was immaculate as
a person. Sena was messy. She

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talked about herself a lot, and
she was known to take it really hard

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when her relationships didn't work out.
Still, Sena seemed relatively normal. She

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had friends, a supportive family,
and a clear career path. In August

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two thousand and twelve, Sena began
working on her graduate degree in school counseling

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at Eastern Kentucky University. She was
in her first semester of graduate school when

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she called nine one one on the
night of Friday October twelfth, two thousand

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twelve. When the despatcher asked why
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Sena said, he beat me and
tried to carry me out of the house,

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and I came back in to get
my things. He was right in

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front of me, and he reached
down and grabbed the gun, and I

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grabbed it out of his hands and
pulled the trigger. Senah told the despatcher

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that she had shot him twice,
once in the face and once in the

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head. Then she shot him four
additional times quote, just to kill him

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because he was twitching and I knew
he was going to die anyway, and

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he was making funny noises. According
to court documents, Sena said she wanted

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to make sure Ryan was dead because
she knew he was going to die or

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have a completely deformed face. On
this same phone call, Sena told the

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emergency worker that she had waited fifteen
minutes before calling help. Instead of phoning

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nine one one, Sena had called
her mom, who told Sena to hang

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up and call nine one one.
The despatcher instructed Sheena to meet the officers

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at her front door with her hands
held in front of her. About seven

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minutes later, the police arrived.
They instructed Sena to lie on the ground,

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then they took her into custody.
At the police station, the authorities

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pit Sena in a room under video
surveillance. Within minutes, she requested to

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speak to an attorney. However,
without any prompting from the police, she

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began to talk at length about killing
Ryan. For almost three hours, Shana

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would speak to anyone and everyone who
came into the room about Ryan's alleged abuse

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and her self defense. The videos
show her trying to speak to one officer

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who clearly wasn't questioning her. When
she tried to talk to him, he

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brusquely explained, I'm just supposed to
sit with you to get her to stop.

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During this recorded interview, Shana claimed
that Ryan was evil, physically abusive

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to her, and addicted to prescription
pills. That night, Shana said Ryan

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was so whacked out on drugs that
his blue eyes turned black. According to

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Shana, right before she shot Ryan, he was throwing her around the room

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like a rag doll, against furniture, onto the floor, and into the

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television. After Ryan allegedly threw Shana
around, he sat at the dining table

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and screamed insult sat her, saying
he hated her and calling her derogatory names.

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Shana told the authorities quote, he
said, you're just a hillbilly from

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Kentucky, and I am. I
guess the hillbilly came out in me and

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I took up for myself. Then, she said, Ryan reached across the

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table in a threatening manner. She
said she couldn't tell if Ryan was trying

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to get to her or the gun
sitting on the table, so in self

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defense, she grabbed the gun first
and shot him six times. Ran let

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out a loud noise like an animal
that freaked Shana out. She claimed she

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couldn't find her phone. Once she
found it, she called her mom and

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then nine one one. Shana told
one police officer, I don't want to

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go to prison. I don't think
I deserved to. I didn't go over

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there intending to shoot Ryan. I
went over there with the best of intentions.

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I love you, let's work this
relationship out. And he was screaming

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and hitting me. He resorted to
violence, and most notably, Shane told

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the questioning officer that Ryan had wanted
Rhinoplasti for a while. By shooting him

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in the face, Shana said she
gave him, quote the nose job he

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always wanted. According to police Chief
Bill Burkenhower. Each time Shana told the

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story, it evolved in her favor. Chief Berkenhauer told the Kentucky Inquirer she

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made numerous statements. She said the
gun was in his hand. At one

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time, she said the gun was
in the cabinet. Her final story was

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that she picked it up off the
table When she spoke with a nine one

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one operator. Shana said that Ryan
went down after she shot his head twice.

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When she talked with the officers minutes
later, she said Ryan was still

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coming towards her even after shooting him
in the head twice. Chief Berkenhauer was

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also thrown by one startling detail of
Shana's story. She released the safety on

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the gun before she shot Ryan.
To Birkenhauer, that seemed like premeditation,

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not self defense. Investigator's suspicions increased, and Shana was not helping the situation.

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At one point, she pretended to
cry in front of a detective.

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She gasped for air and contorted her
face, but the exact second that he

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left the room, Shana's face returned
to normal. Her emotional theatrics were not

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lost on the police officers watching the
live video feed of Shana's holding room.

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They were referred to her questioning as
the Shana Huber's show because Shana's words felt

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so performative. While alone in the
room, Shana did pirouettes, sang,

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snapped her fingers, and chanted,
I did it, Yep, it was

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me. I killed him. Back
at the crime scene, local authorities found

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Ryan's body on the dining room floor. His shirt was torn. They collected

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the murder weapon, which was Ryan's
own thirty eight caliber handgun. According to

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Chief Barkenhauer, many elements of the
crime scene did not match Shana's version of

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events. Shana said moments before she
shot Ryan, he had thrown her in

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to the TV and a bookshelf,
But the TV and Ryan's condo was fine.

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In fact, it was dusty.
Nothing had touched this TV in a

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long time. The bookshelf Ran had
allegedly thrown Shana into was also undamaged.

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All of the knickknacks on it were
perfectly in place. Photographs taken at the

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station showed that Shana had light bruising
on her shin, but almost no visible

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bruising anywhere else, and all of
the items on the dining room table were

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completely undisturbed. This was strange since
Shana said a mad scramble for Ryan's handgun

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happened at this exact table. Items
like prescription pill bottles and bullets which tip

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over easily were still sitting upright.
Investigators believed that, based on their seating

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arrangement, Ryan's arms should have knocked
the pill bottles and standing bullets over when

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he reached for the gun. The
detectives found there was no sign of a

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struggle in Ryan's condo, with the
position of Ryan's body, the oval dining

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room table, and the door.
The police officers also noted that Sena shot

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Ryan with the unlock door directly behind
her. If Ryan had been verbally and

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physically attacking her, there was nothing
obstructing her ability to leave, and on

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the gun was a trace of Ryan's
blood, which meant at least one shot

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happened very close to Ryan's body,
closer than shooting him across the dining room

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table. The authorities speculated that Sena
probably moved towards Ryan for the final kill

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shots. Based on the autopsy,
experts determined that it was likely that Sena

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shot Ryan three times while he was
sitting, then she shot him three more

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times. After he fell to the
floor, she shot him once in his

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forehead, once in the back of
his head, once in the back,

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once under his arm, and twice
in the chest. Two of the shots

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caused major damage to Ryan's aorda.
Ultimately, he died of blood loss.

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Ryan was probably alive for all six
gunshot wounds. When interviewing Ryan's condo neighbors,

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the police spoke to Vernon and Doris
West. The older couple lived in

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the condo directly below Ryan's for about
a year and a half, during which

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they didn't hear much noise from his
condo. But on the night of the

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murder at eight forty five p m. Minutes before Ryan was shot, Doris

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said she heard a woman crying on
Ryan's back deck. Then Doris heard the

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00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:29.519
chair on the deck scooting back.
Seconds later she heard two gunshots, and

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a few seconds after that she heard
four more gunshots. At some point during

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the gunshots, Doris also heard a
thump, as if some one had fallen.

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00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:43.119
Vernon heard the same. They both
reported there was no screaming, thumping,

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00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:46.839
or loud noises before the gun fire. If Ryan had been throwing shena

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00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:52.519
around, neither Doris nor Vernon had
heard it. The night before the murder,

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Doris heard a female crying on Ryan's
back porch. She heard a male

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00:33:55.839 --> 00:34:00.720
voice say it's okay, It's okay. Based on the evidence, this was

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00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:07.200
probably Ryan consoling Shana after their breakup. Things weren't looking good for Shana,

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00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:13.199
but investigators were still missing something motive. Why had Shana shot Ryan? If

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00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:16.199
it wasn't in self defense, which
was looking less and less likely, then

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00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:22.760
why after eighteen months of the same
emotional roller coaster of a relationship, what

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00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:27.760
had pushed Shana from obsession to murder? The answer was simple. On the

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00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:30.599
night that Shana killed Ryan, he
had planned a date with none other than

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00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:37.400
twenty three year old Audrey Bolt,
otherwise known as Miss Ohio USA two twelve.

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00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:42.400
Born in Batavia, Ohio, Audrey
won her very first beauty pageant and

425
00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:46.239
was crowned Miss Batavia in two thousand
and twelve. Then she won Miss Ohio

426
00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:52.320
USA two thousand and twelve, receiving
over fifty thousand dollars in scholarship awards.

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00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:57.880
In the spring of two twelve,
about six months before Ryan's murder, Audrey

428
00:34:57.920 --> 00:35:00.800
was named second runner up for the
Miss us A title not bad for a

429
00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:06.000
young woman so new to the pageant
circuit. Similar to Shana and Ryan,

430
00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:10.400
Audrey had also met Ryan on Facebook
on January twenty seventh, two twelve.

431
00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:15.800
They became Facebook friends, but it
wasn't until October twenty twelve that Audrey and

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00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:21.920
Ryan began interacting. According to Audrey, at all started when Ryan left a

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00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:25.880
funny and interesting comment on one of
her posts she was asking for movie reviews.

434
00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:31.400
This turned into Audrey and Ryan chatting
through Facebook messages. Her first impression

435
00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:36.880
of Ryan was that he was witty
and clever. She liked that their conversations

436
00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:40.519
were light hearted with lots of fun
banter. After a few Facebook messages,

437
00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:46.320
Ryan and Audrey exchanged phone numbers and
began texting. On October twelfth, twenty

438
00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:51.079
twelve, Audrey and Ryan planned to
go to a low key dive bar to

439
00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:54.679
grab drinks and play pool. They
originally planned to meet at nine pm,

440
00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:59.800
but Audrey pushed back the time to
ten thirty due to a family funeral.

441
00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:04.239
In their text conversation, Ryan asked
Audrey if he should change out of his

442
00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:07.920
suit and tie, and she said
yes. A few media outlets speculated that

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00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:13.000
Ryan's need to change clothes might have
been the only reason he returned to his

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00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:16.760
condo that evening. He never showed
up to the date with Audrey. When

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00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:22.719
investigators asked if Shana knew about Ryan's
interest in Audrey Bolt, she said no,

446
00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:27.519
she had never heard of Audrey,
but this was a lie. Shana

447
00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:30.440
had a bad habit of hacking into
Ryan's Facebook account to see what he was

448
00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:36.000
up to, and two days after
Ryan and Audrey had become Facebook friends,

449
00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:40.039
on January twenty ninth, two thousand
twelve, Shana searched for Audrey's name on

450
00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:46.119
Facebook. Shana searched Audrey's name again
in June two thousand twelve, and on

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00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:51.880
October tenth, two thousand twelve,
two days before killing Ryan, Sena saved

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00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:57.800
a photo of Audrey to her phone. Investigators believed that Ryan told Sena about

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00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:01.480
his date with Audrey, which was
what motived her to kill Ryan that night.

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The police arrested Shana for murder the
next day, Saturday, October thirteenth,

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twenty twelve, Ryan's father, Jay, received a voicemail while riding his

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00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:16.599
bike. It said, mister Poston, we have a body here which we

457
00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:22.199
think may be a member of your
family. Three minutes later, Ryan's mother

458
00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:27.880
called Jay. At that moment,
Jay knew his son was dead. He

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00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:31.880
told the Cincinnati Enquirer, literally,
in the blink of an eye, everything

460
00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:37.079
that you have known in your life
is forever gone, just destroyed. Weeks

461
00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:43.000
after Shana shot Ryan, Jay went
to Ryan's condo. He lay down in

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00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:47.079
Ryan's blood and screamed. Then he
scrubbed his son's blood off the walls and

463
00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:53.760
floor. Jay kept Ryan's dog,
a Maltese Yorkie mix named Oliver. He

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00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:59.320
told the Cincinnati Enquirer, I see
the spirit of Ryan and this little dog.

465
00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:04.440
When describing how Ryan's death impacted his
life, Jay said he struggled to

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00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:07.880
be happy. Part of that is
guilt, He explained. If you start

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00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:12.800
getting better, if you are happy, you were doing a disservice to your

468
00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:16.719
child. I do know that's not
true, but it's still there eating at

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00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:22.239
you. Bryan's family was aware that
Ryan had been trying to remove Shana from

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00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:27.239
his life, but was scared of
hurting her feelings, and one statement,

471
00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:30.599
the family said he was trying to
move on with his life. Tragically,

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00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:36.800
his life was taken from him.
In another statement, they said, our

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only solace is an unwavering confidence.
In our legal system and our strong belief

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that justice shall be served. After
Sena was arrested, she was held at

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the Campbell County Detention Center in Newport. Her bond was set at a steep

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00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:55.920
two million. She couldn't make Bell, so Shena remained in jail until her

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twenty fifteen, Shana's trial began.
From the beginning, Shana maintained that

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00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:30.599
she fatally shot Ryan. The only
question for the jury to determine was why.

508
00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:36.559
In the three years before Shanah's trial, this case received extensive media coverage

509
00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:42.000
a beautiful young woman had killed her
beautiful ex boyfriend. In response to the

510
00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:47.000
increased media attention, the presiding judge
only allowed one TV camera inside the courtroom.

511
00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:52.119
All live coverage, including social media
posts, was banned. Still,

512
00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:59.360
reporters from national news outlets including ABC, CBS, and NBC took notes in

513
00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:04.719
the courtroom during the trial. The
prosecution argued that Shanah did not kill Ryan

514
00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:08.800
in self defense, but in cold
blood. According to the state, Shana

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00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:14.039
went into a jealous rage after discovering
that Ryan had planned a date with a

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00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:17.760
new woman just a day after their
latest break up. As evidence, the

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00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:23.719
prosecution relied heavily on Shanah's own words. They played Shana's nine one one phone

518
00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:29.400
call, where her original story was
vastly different from what she would tell the

519
00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:35.320
authorities later. Then they showed Shanah's
recorded police interview, which was, as

520
00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:39.320
you know, incredibly damning. On
one occasion, when the officers walked out

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00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:43.800
of the room, Shana said to
herself, I'm so good at acting.

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00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:49.199
And they brought three of Shanah's fellow
inmates to the stand, Holly Nivens,

523
00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:52.559
Donna Dooley, and Cecily Miller.
Since Shana had been in jail for so

524
00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:58.320
long, she had gotten quite comfortable
discussing her crime with these women. At

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00:42:58.360 --> 00:43:02.480
first, Shanah told Hall that Ryan
had abused her physically and sexually, but

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00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:07.800
after some time, Shana revealed to
Holly that she, not Ryan, was

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00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:14.840
the aggressor. Shana would regularly throw
stuff around Ryan's condo to try and convince

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00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:19.760
his neighbors they were fighting. She
gave herself bruises on her arms and showed

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00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:23.760
them to people, claiming that Ryan
assaulted her. One time, Shana drew

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00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:28.320
a diagram of Ryan's dining room on
the back of a napkin. So she

531
00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:32.519
could better explain to Holly how she
had killed Ryan. Shana also explained to

532
00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:37.239
Holly her plan to get diagnosed with
a mental disorder so she could convince the

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00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:43.320
court she was crazy. In the
same vein, Shana told Cecily that she

534
00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:45.920
was going to plead insanity, but
she was too smart because she had the

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00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:51.840
IQ of Einstein, so she was
going to plead bettered wife's syndrome. Previously,

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00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:55.760
Shana underwent a psychological evaluation to make
sure she was fit to stand trial.

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00:43:57.440 --> 00:44:00.639
She scored an IQ of one twenty
five, which is in the ninety

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00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:04.840
fifth percentile. This might have been
what Shena was referring to when she told

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00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:08.559
Cecily she had the IQ of Einstein
and if you're wondering, I'll save you

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00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:14.760
the Google. Einstein's i Q was
over one sixty during that psycho vow.

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00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:21.440
The psychologist also diagnosed Shena with symptoms
of being a narcissist. The psychologist remarked

542
00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:28.159
that Sena didn't understand that others didn't
find her accomplishments and achievements as interesting as

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00:44:28.199 --> 00:44:35.880
she did. Shena's additional diagnoses included
PTSD personality disorder, and bipolar disorder.

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00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:40.719
At the trial, the psychologist agreed
that these ailments did not excuse Shena from

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00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:45.079
murder. And last, but not
least, Donna told the court exactly how

546
00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:50.599
the murder played out. She testified
that Sena told me they were sitting at

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00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:53.000
the kitchen table. He was sitting
at the table and he had his gun

548
00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:55.840
on the table. She told me. She picked up the gun and said,

549
00:44:57.320 --> 00:45:00.320
what would you do fi, and
he smirked, and she shot him.

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00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:05.920
All three women explained that Senah killed
Ryan because he was breaking up with

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00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:08.639
her and going on a date with
a new woman, and all three women

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00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:15.000
said that Sna expressed no remorse for
her actions. Instead, Sena was known

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00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:19.119
to laugh when describing the murder,
and when Sena was on the phone in

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00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:23.119
the jail, she would pretend to
cry while simultaneously smiling and winking at her

555
00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:29.840
fellow inmates. Keep in mind,
sometimes testimony from a defendant's fellow inmate is

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00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:35.239
questionable. Usually they have received some
sort of deal, like getting a lighter

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00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:38.880
sentence in exchange for throwing someone under
the bus. They might be motivated to

558
00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:44.079
lie so they can get out of
prison faster. But Donna, Holly,

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00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:50.360
and Cecily received nothing in return for
their testimony against Sena Hubers. In preparation

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00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:55.199
for the trial, relevant officials reviewed
over fifty thousand text messages and twenty thousand

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00:45:55.199 --> 00:46:00.800
Facebook messages between Ryan and Sana the
prosecution and used them to show that Shana

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00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:06.280
was angry with Ryan. Near the
time of the murder. Shana texted a

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00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:10.480
friend quote, my love for him
has turned into hate. She texted another

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00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:15.320
person, he's such a loser.
Another message said, he says he's only

565
00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:19.840
with me because he feels so awful
when he breaks up with me. And

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of course, don't forget the text
exchange we've already covered when she threatened to

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00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:30.639
kill him accidentally at a shooting range
in a tragic case of irony. Shana's

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00:46:30.639 --> 00:46:36.199
text messages also revealed that she was
seeing multiple other men without Ryan's knowledge.

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00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:39.079
She wrote to a friend quote,
it's going to be hard one day to

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00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:45.239
choose between him and Ryan. One
means the future and one means being with

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00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:50.039
someone I love who doesn't love me
as much. She also texted the friend,

572
00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:53.199
I'm in love with this other guy. A month before she killed Ryan,

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00:46:53.599 --> 00:46:58.800
she texted a friend about getting an
STD and wrote who knows who I

574
00:46:58.840 --> 00:47:02.199
got it from, right. Sena, who became murderous at the news that

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Ryan was seeing other people, was
seeing other people herself. Its almost Shakespearian.

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00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:13.800
In response, Sheena's defense team maintained
that she acted in self defense.

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They admitted that Senna's behavior towards Ryan
was obsessive, but claimed that did not

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make her a murderer. Most of
their arguments were predicated on smearing Ryan's reputation.

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According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, they
argued that he was a gun nut

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00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:35.360
whose career was falling apart. They
claimed that Ryan was enduring the pressure of

581
00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:38.559
his career, an ongoing lawsuit with
his former law partner, and had a

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00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:45.199
prescription pill problem. As a result
of this immense personal and professional stress,

583
00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:50.159
Ryan snapped and attacked Sena. Since
Ryan was a tall man at six three

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00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:52.920
and Senna was only five four,
she was forced to shoot him in self

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00:47:52.960 --> 00:47:59.440
defense. The defense used text messages
from Ryan to depict him as a troubled,

586
00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:04.199
violent man. For example, Ryan
wrote to a friend, my brain

587
00:48:04.280 --> 00:48:07.800
has a trip wire in there somewhere, and if it snaps, I worry

588
00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:12.199
what could happen? He texted someone
else, I'm starting to feel like life

589
00:48:12.239 --> 00:48:16.400
passed by me while I was making
brilliant plans for it. Other text messages

590
00:48:16.440 --> 00:48:22.400
indicated that Ryan might have had a
problem overusing prescription pills, but the court

591
00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:25.800
didn't allow most of these messages to
be submitted as evidence. Ryan sent them

592
00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:30.800
seven months before his death, so
there was reason to believe that Ryan had

593
00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:36.880
stopped abusing prescription pills. Shana's defense
explained that Shana and Ryan had not broken

594
00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:40.039
up. They were still boyfriend and
girlfriend. They pointed out that Shana still

595
00:48:40.119 --> 00:48:45.920
had toiletries at Ryan's condo. However, by Shana's own admission, her mom

596
00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:50.119
was helping her get her stuff out
of Ryan's condo on the day of the

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00:48:50.199 --> 00:48:53.480
murder, and one of the last
text messages Ryan sent to Shana read,

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00:48:53.840 --> 00:48:59.159
I think I need some time by
myself this weekend. Still, the defense

599
00:48:59.199 --> 00:49:02.679
tried to establi that Ryan and Shana
were a couple so that they could claim

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00:49:02.760 --> 00:49:07.599
that Shana lived in Ryan's condo.
You see, if Shana lived in the

601
00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:13.679
condo, she might have been protected
under Kentucky's stand your ground law. This

602
00:49:13.800 --> 00:49:17.119
law states that you can use deadly
force and self defense in your own home

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00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:22.199
even if you have the opportunity to
escape danger by exiting your home, which

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we know Shana did since she was
near the front door, you don't have

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to. Instead, you can stand
your ground and hurt someone who seeks to

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harm you. But Shana and Ryan
were not living together. In Shana's video

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recorded police interview, they asked if
they were, and she clearly said no.

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When they asked what Shana's address was, she provided a different address from

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Ryan's condo. Shana's trial lasted nine
days. Although she didn't take the stand,

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the jury heard over forty other witness
testimonies. They reviewed over one hundred

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pieces of evidence, and on April
twenty third, twenty fifteen, they left

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the court room to deliberate. Everyone
was left to wonder would Shana be allowed

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to walk free. After deliberating for
five hours, the jury convicted twenty three

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year old Shannah Hubers of murdering Ryan
Poston three years earlier. Everyone was in

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agreement Shana had not killed Ryan in
self defense. Later, a juror explained

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that the entire jury had immediately agreed
on Shanah's guilt. They spent the majority

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of their five hours deciding what sentence
to suggest for her. Even the judge

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said, I never heard a word
or saw a look from her that said

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I'm sorry. As far as Shannah's
sentence goes, the prosecution was seeking prison

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for life, which Ryan's family supported. One of his sisters testified, when

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you never get to say bye to
someone and you know they were in so

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much pain, your heart is breaking, your heart actually feels like it's crumbling

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in your chest, your heart feels
empty. I never got to say goodbye

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to my brother. I never got
to hug my brother one last time.

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He made us complete, and without
him, there is always the chair that's

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going to be empty. There is
no amount of time that will take away

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what was taken from us. Ultimately, the jury recommended that Shanaby sentenced to

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forty years in prison. She would
be eligible for parole in twenty years,

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when she would be just forty three
years old. Afterward, Ryan's family expressed

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their disappointment. Her mother said a
forty year sentence was a shallow victory.

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Ryan's stepfather said, it's very bitter
sweet. We have gotten justice. Ryan

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loved the law, and this is
what the law has given us. We'll

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take that. It's okay, And
that seemed like the end of that things

634
00:51:47.280 --> 00:51:52.519
were bitter sweet, but okay.
The legal system delivered as much justice as

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it could, and Shana went to
prison. But in January two thousand and

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sixteen months after her conviction, Shana
sought a retrial, and in a rare

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occurrence, she got it. When
looking over Shane's A Pill documents, Dina

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Denison, one of Shanah's lawyers,
realized that she recognized a juror from Shanah's

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00:52:13.199 --> 00:52:16.639
trial jurn Number four eighty three,
a fifty three year old man named David

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00:52:16.679 --> 00:52:22.079
Craig. Dinah had represented him in
November nineteen ninety two, when David had

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not paid over eight thousand dollars in
child support. He pled guilty to the

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crime, which was a low level
felony in Kentucky, and in Kentucky,

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00:52:31.440 --> 00:52:37.719
convicted felons cannot serve on juries.
Suddenly, the nation was in an uproar.

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Was Shana going to escape any more
prison time on a technicality? How

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could this happen? As it turned
out, David Craig, the one person

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who shouldn't be serving on a jury, was thrilled about jury duty. When

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he received his summons, he was
beside himself. He told the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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I was so proud I got to
serve on a jury, to serve

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my community. I think I'm the
first one of my family to ever serve

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on a jury. By his own
admission, David writes at about a third

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00:53:07.760 --> 00:53:14.079
grade level, so his longtime girlfriend
helped him fill out the acquired juror questionnaire.

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When they came to the question are
you a convicted felon, they simply

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checked the no box instead of the
yes one. According to David, he

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00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:27.199
had no idea he was a convicted
felon. He had almost forgotten about the

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00:53:27.239 --> 00:53:32.320
child support snaphew from over twenty years
before. Later, David told court officials

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that he didn't believe he was a
felon. David explained that felon's go to

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00:53:37.000 --> 00:53:42.800
prison. He was just behind on
child support payments. David told the Cincinnati

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Inquirer, I wonder, will twenty
deputies come here to arrest me? If

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00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:51.000
forgetting us wrong, then lock me
up? I guess. Lucky for David,

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they did not lock him up.
No perjury charges were pressed, so

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00:53:54.400 --> 00:54:00.599
on August twenty fifth, twenty sixteen, the Campbell's Circuit Court awarded sham Huber's

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00:54:00.719 --> 00:54:07.159
a new trial Ryan's family was devastated. A new trial meant a new opportunity

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for Shana to escape justice. Ryan's
father said that his son's murder was a

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wound that just wouldn't heal. Then
Shanah's retrial was delayed for two years.

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I'm going to pause now for a
final commercial break. Shana hired a new

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out of state lawyer who needed extra
time to research the case. Finally,

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00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:37.960
on August eighth, twenty eighteen,
now twenty seven year old Shana Michelle Huber's

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00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:43.159
second trial for the murder of Ryan
Carter Poston began. It was almost six

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years after his death. This time, Shana did testify in her own defense.

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It did not go well. She
admitted to showing possessive and controlling behaviors

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in her relationship with Ryan. She
agreed that when Ryan tried to end things,

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00:54:58.800 --> 00:55:01.559
she would flood him with tech messages
even though he did not respond.

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Sometimes she would contact him from a
different phone because she knew that he wouldn't

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respond if he recognized the number.
When Shana had the opportunity, she searched

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00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:16.000
Ryan's phone for evidence of cheating and
blocked other women through Ryan's Facebook account.

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During one breakup, Shana faked a
heart condition to gain Ryan's sympathy. The

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00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:29.480
prosecution suggested that the stroke like symptoms
Shana displayed on October eleventh were probably another

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00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:35.800
false attempt to earn Ryan's attention.
Shana's main defense strategy rested on revealing every

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00:55:35.840 --> 00:55:39.519
sort of detail of her in Ryan's
sex life. She claimed that Ryan was

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00:55:39.559 --> 00:55:45.440
frustrated that she couldn't achieve orgasm easily. In response, Ryan abused her or

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00:55:45.519 --> 00:55:51.320
threatened to abuse her. For the
most part, the prosecution presented largely the

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00:55:51.360 --> 00:55:54.639
same case, Shana killed Ryan Enna. If I can't have him, no

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00:55:54.679 --> 00:56:00.119
one can fit. However, the
prosecution did bring a new witness to the

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table. On the day of Ryan's
murder, Shana and her mother went to

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a nearby mall. One of the
shop workers testified. They said that Shannah

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came into their store visibly angry.
She was upset because her boyfriend was going

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on a date with another woman.
According to this shop worker, Shana said

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00:56:17.719 --> 00:56:22.159
she was going to kill her boyfriend. Originally, the shop worker didn't call

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00:56:22.199 --> 00:56:27.679
the police, but when the media
coverage of Shanah gained speed, including a

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00:56:27.719 --> 00:56:32.320
two part CBS forty eight Hours special, they recognized Shana. On August twenty

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00:56:32.400 --> 00:56:37.760
ninth, twenty eighteen, after three
and a half hours of deliberation, the

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jury convicted Shana of murder. This
time, they recommended that Shana receive a

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life sentence, and in October twenty
eighteen, she did. She still will

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00:56:47.519 --> 00:56:52.880
be eligible for parole in twenty thirty
two. She will be only forty one

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years old if she gets out.
Shana's mother, Sharon, still maintains that

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her daughter shot Ryan in self defense. She told CBS forty eight Hours she

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00:57:01.320 --> 00:57:05.800
has a heart of gold. She's
like her mommy, a loving spirit.

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Ryan's elementary school started a memorial scholarship
in his name. By two fifteen,

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00:57:12.360 --> 00:57:16.239
the donation based award was ever one
hundred thousand dollars. According to the Kentucky

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00:57:16.320 --> 00:57:22.559
Inquirer, it's given to a sixth
grader who demonstrates kindness, compassion, and

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00:57:22.719 --> 00:57:28.719
caring for others. North Kentucky University
also started a memorial scholarship in Ryan's name.

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On the anniversary of Ryan's death,
his family and friends gathered at his

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00:57:32.480 --> 00:57:37.719
grave site. They prayed, shared
memories, and took shots of Ryan's favorite

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00:57:37.800 --> 00:57:44.639
Woodford Reserve bourbon. There is a
reason I chose Ryan's story to tell,

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00:57:45.400 --> 00:57:50.159
not just because Shana was a female
stalker, but also her false accusations about

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00:57:50.239 --> 00:57:54.599
Ryan. Shana Hubers made a false
claim of domestic abuse. This is rare.

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00:57:55.320 --> 00:58:00.519
Only three percent of domestic violence allegations
are false, meaning ninety seven percent

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00:58:00.599 --> 00:58:05.840
of them are true. When a
woman says her partner abuses her, it

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00:58:05.920 --> 00:58:12.360
is statistically in your favor to believe
her. False allegations of domestic violence happen

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00:58:12.920 --> 00:58:16.679
more often when the woman, not
the man, is the abuser. According

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00:58:16.679 --> 00:58:22.960
to George Mason University, seventy three
percent of men who experienced female perpetrated violence

712
00:58:23.039 --> 00:58:30.679
reported that the woman threatened to make
false accusations. The female abusers use false

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00:58:30.719 --> 00:58:37.159
accusations as a tool to manipulate control
and maintain power over their victims. Any

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00:58:37.280 --> 00:58:43.880
demographic of people will have liars,
men and women. Some people want to

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00:58:43.920 --> 00:58:49.440
save their skin no matter the cost. And every time people make false claims

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00:58:49.440 --> 00:58:55.519
of abuse, they negatively impact society's
perception of actual domestic violence victims. And

717
00:58:55.679 --> 00:59:01.000
the other issue in this case is
that Ryan did not comfortable reporting Shanea's stalking.

718
00:59:01.719 --> 00:59:07.760
He wasn't perfect. It was definitely
a toxic relationship, but He also

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00:59:07.840 --> 00:59:10.960
felt he should be able to handle
it himself. Even his poor father had

720
00:59:12.000 --> 00:59:16.480
that thought. Men often don't report
stalking or abuse because of ingrained feelings of

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00:59:16.559 --> 00:59:21.760
masculinity. They think they should be
able to handle it. As men,

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00:59:22.320 --> 00:59:27.280
they are raised to believe they can
handle their own problems, especially when it

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00:59:27.280 --> 00:59:31.360
comes to relationships. It isn't manly
to ask for help. We need to

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00:59:31.400 --> 00:59:37.519
advocate more for men as a society. We need to normalize the reality that

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00:59:37.559 --> 00:59:43.800
men are also abused, They are
also stalked, and as in Ryan's case,

726
00:59:44.079 --> 00:59:47.800
it can be deadly. Ryan was
raised by two lovely, thoughtful men.

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00:59:49.599 --> 00:59:52.719
Even though they could see how toxic
the relationship was, they trusted their

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00:59:52.719 --> 00:59:59.119
son to be able to resolve it
on his own safely. Ryan was smart

729
00:59:59.559 --> 01:00:04.559
and successful. He was a lawyer. He was handsome and had no self

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01:00:04.679 --> 01:00:08.159
esteem issues. He knew Shana was
bad news and should not be in his

731
01:00:08.239 --> 01:00:13.800
life, but he was more worried
about hurting her, and he could not

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01:00:13.840 --> 01:00:22.079
see the danger he was in until
it was too late. Southern frid True

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01:00:22.119 --> 01:00:27.800
Crime is hosted and produced by me
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01:00:27.840 --> 01:00:32.119
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