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Blaine Alexander

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1700 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Susan never wavered on her innocence, telling the jury what she told us.

She didn't poison Jake, and she definitely didn't shoot him.

My husband committed suicide that day.

But would this sway the jury?

It had been more than five years since Will Embert arrived at his father's house on that June morning.

Five years since Susan Embert told him Jake was dead.

Being in that courtroom, that brought you again into the same room with Susan.

For really the first time, almost since it happened.

That couldn't have been easy.

And now Susan's fate was in the hands of 12 jurors.

They deliberated for less than an hour.

Guilty of murder and aggravated assault.

I mean, are there words to describe that moment for you?

Susan Embert was sentenced to life in prison with 10 years tacked on for the poisoning charge.

I mean, typically, that's where the story ends.

While Jake's family finally tried to move on, Susan's daughter Krista could not.