Exactly! An abuser needs little/no provocation to escalate to murder. It's all about control with them. IIRC, witnesses said that Brian was pissed about the incident in the Merry Piglets restaurant where she went back in and apologized for his behavior. That could have been what set him off.
Complete picture??? Yeah they did. His defense already tried the SODDI defense, and the jury didn't buy it! It was a solid verdict with a mountain of evidence against him. The van down the block is a red herring distraction. The Peterson's weren't robbed, it wasn't Laci walking the dog, and he's...
It wasn't taking responsibility, It was blaming herself, which is what DV victims tend to do. Brian was the instigator of the incident by grabbing her phone away. I hope that they win their suit.
The point is that Moab PD failed to recognize the signs of domestic abuse and they were in the frontline position to do so. Had they recognized them, Gabby may have gotten the help that she needed and gotten out of the relationship and still been alive today. They failed her.
If they had recognized her as the true victim instead of him, they could have provided her resources on domestic abuse and maybe just maybe she wouldn't have tried to complete the trip with him. I don't forsee that he would have done anything any differently.
In Gabby's case, maybe it could have been Moab PD to spot the marks on her face, the report from the passerby, the fact that Brian was gaslighting her and started the incident by taking her phone away, and not treating him as the victim. The toxic part of their relationship was hidden from her...
Ken called me back to tell me that Coffee Creek is an evaluation facility. He might end up in the State Penitentiary at Salem or possibly a facility in Eastern Oregon. Should be a max facility? Oh, and for the gun charges, he got another 21/2 years added on to his sentence, so he should be...
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