Something to Fix (Emmett Corrigan)
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I just remember thinking, like, there's no way this is my one answer. I said, I just needed something to fix, not break my entire life and break my family and leave these kids fatherless.
I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.
I'm Anastasia Nicolazzi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of Investigation Discovery's True Conviction.
And this is Anatomy of Murph.
We've often said that our primary goal on this podcast is to advocate for not just the victims of violent crimes, but for the survivors as well.
That could mean the children of a murdered parent, the wife of a murdered husband, and even the many friends and extended family members of the people lost to homicide. We believe that their stories and their perspective on loss and justice are a crucial part of their healing process. and can maybe even provide strength to others going through similar experiences.
Today's story is as much about its survivors as it is about the victim. It's about a mother and her then five children whose lives were forever changed by a deadly incident of gun violence. But for Ashley Boyson, the survivor's journey has also been about reconciliation, not only with the homicide, but also with the betrayal that led directly to that tragedy.
Back in the early 2000s, Ashley was a bright-eyed undergraduate at Utah State University. She was working in the school gym when she met upperclassman Emmett Corrigan, a popular Boise native bound for law school.
It was sparks right away with Emmett and I. We both just connected on so many levels and similarities, and we were kind of inseparable.
It was clear from the beginning that Emmett was ambitious and eager to get on with his big plans for the future. In fact, he and Ashley had only been dating for two months before he popped the question.
I wasn't surprised at all. Like six weeks in, we just started talking about our future and it wasn't like an option to not have a future together.
It was a huge storybook wedding. The newlyweds beaming with youth and optimism for a long, happy life with each other.
After a spring break honeymoon on the Oregon coast, Ashley went back to Utah State, a married woman. Their twins arrived during Emmett's first year of law school. The young couple was deeply in love, but as you can probably imagine, juggling books and babies is no easy task.
I remember during law school just almost feeling this, we gotta make this work. I mean, he was busy most of the time, and I was in the depths of motherhood, but I never saw it as a burden. I was just like, this is what we're doing, and we're just gonna get through this, and then life together will start, really. It was kind of a, we have to push through this school time, and then it's all gonna be amazing.
Eventually, the couple moved to Emmett's hometown of Boise, where he would begin his career as a lawyer and Ashley would begin building the home and the life of their dreams.
And he always wanted to have friends over and parties and cook food for everybody. And he'd even invite like everyone from our church over and we'd have this huge pig roast. He just was a connector and never wanted anyone to feel alone. He was an only child. and just always wanted to be surrounded by people. And he just loved people, and people loved him.
But according to Ashley, she had some reservations about putting down roots in Boise, a place where she knew Emmett had a long and sometimes troubled history.
When he said, I've got a job in Boise, let's move to Boise, I had some doubts. And I'll tell you the main reason why is he grew up here and knew a lot of people and also during his high school years made a lot of really bad choices. And I was like, I don't know if I want to move to the place where you had rough patches in your life. I kind of want to get a fresh start somewhere else. But this literally was the only option and we ended up moving here.
And by 2011, the couple had five children, a comfortable house, a couple of cars in the driveway, and from the outside, it appeared they had everything anyone would have ever hoped for.
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