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Christina

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
855 total appearances

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True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

If I think the rules or laws are unfair, I will try to have them changed in an orderly manner rather than disobey them. As you can see, the adorable little signature that Gunnar had was just precious. But you can also see that Sonny just wanted to control his family and give this appearance of a perfect family, when in reality, he was controlling, manipulative, and abusive behind closed doors.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Now, when it comes to these family rules, I don't necessarily think that any of them are bad. Like, I don't think that this was anything that shouldn't be expected of people in general, but I do think the fact that they were printed out and signed by Gunnar is just another way of him being like, look, you disrespected the rules that you agreed to, so now the punishment that you get

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Now, when it comes to these family rules, I don't necessarily think that any of them are bad. Like, I don't think that this was anything that shouldn't be expected of people in general, but I do think the fact that they were printed out and signed by Gunnar is just another way of him being like, look, you disrespected the rules that you agreed to, so now the punishment that you get

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Now, when it comes to these family rules, I don't necessarily think that any of them are bad. Like, I don't think that this was anything that shouldn't be expected of people in general, but I do think the fact that they were printed out and signed by Gunnar is just another way of him being like, look, you disrespected the rules that you agreed to, so now the punishment that you get

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

is because of your own actions, etc. As with so many situations of control, manipulation, and emotional and verbal abuse, things only grew out of control and they grew into physical abuse. Christina says that this started through things that would seem innocent enough but were actually just Sonny's excuse to physically harm Gunnar.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

is because of your own actions, etc. As with so many situations of control, manipulation, and emotional and verbal abuse, things only grew out of control and they grew into physical abuse. Christina says that this started through things that would seem innocent enough but were actually just Sonny's excuse to physically harm Gunnar.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

is because of your own actions, etc. As with so many situations of control, manipulation, and emotional and verbal abuse, things only grew out of control and they grew into physical abuse. Christina says that this started through things that would seem innocent enough but were actually just Sonny's excuse to physically harm Gunnar.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Who, by the way, it seemed that Gunner was the main target for the abuse outside of Christina. We don't know that for sure. Elise could have been abused as well. But because she wasn't necessarily involved in what happened at the end, we don't really know much about what happened with her. But we know what Christina has told us, essentially.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Who, by the way, it seemed that Gunner was the main target for the abuse outside of Christina. We don't know that for sure. Elise could have been abused as well. But because she wasn't necessarily involved in what happened at the end, we don't really know much about what happened with her. But we know what Christina has told us, essentially.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Who, by the way, it seemed that Gunner was the main target for the abuse outside of Christina. We don't know that for sure. Elise could have been abused as well. But because she wasn't necessarily involved in what happened at the end, we don't really know much about what happened with her. But we know what Christina has told us, essentially.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Anyways, for example, there were times, allegedly, that Sonny would say, "'Let's wrestle,' to Gunner." Which, again, seems innocent enough. some rough play between a father and his son. But he was a trained military professional, so he would use all sorts of military pinches and holds on Gunner.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Anyways, for example, there were times, allegedly, that Sonny would say, "'Let's wrestle,' to Gunner." Which, again, seems innocent enough. some rough play between a father and his son. But he was a trained military professional, so he would use all sorts of military pinches and holds on Gunner.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Anyways, for example, there were times, allegedly, that Sonny would say, "'Let's wrestle,' to Gunner." Which, again, seems innocent enough. some rough play between a father and his son. But he was a trained military professional, so he would use all sorts of military pinches and holds on Gunner.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Then to Christina, he would do moves where he would hold her neck and restrict her breathing to threaten her, but he never left bruises on either of them. He always knew how to intimidate and physically harm both Christina and Gunnar in a way that they couldn't tell anyone because it didn't leave marks. Again, this is all alleged by Christina's retelling.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Then to Christina, he would do moves where he would hold her neck and restrict her breathing to threaten her, but he never left bruises on either of them. He always knew how to intimidate and physically harm both Christina and Gunnar in a way that they couldn't tell anyone because it didn't leave marks. Again, this is all alleged by Christina's retelling.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Then to Christina, he would do moves where he would hold her neck and restrict her breathing to threaten her, but he never left bruises on either of them. He always knew how to intimidate and physically harm both Christina and Gunnar in a way that they couldn't tell anyone because it didn't leave marks. Again, this is all alleged by Christina's retelling.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Christina went on to say that if she ever threatened to tell, he would say things like, "'It's my word against yours, and I'm a military officer.'" So who's going to believe you? These are just a few small examples of physical abuse at the hands of Sunny that Christina has reported, but there is so much more to that.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Christina went on to say that if she ever threatened to tell, he would say things like, "'It's my word against yours, and I'm a military officer.'" So who's going to believe you? These are just a few small examples of physical abuse at the hands of Sunny that Christina has reported, but there is so much more to that.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

Christina went on to say that if she ever threatened to tell, he would say things like, "'It's my word against yours, and I'm a military officer.'" So who's going to believe you? These are just a few small examples of physical abuse at the hands of Sunny that Christina has reported, but there is so much more to that.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
SOLVED: She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER

This was years and years and years of control and manipulation tactics, threats, violence, and physical beatings to keep Christina in line. When she was later asked about why she didn't leave, she said that she knew he would kill her if she tried to leave and if she ever did run off with the kids, he would hunt her down or would have someone else hunt her down.