This week, we’re re-releasing Donielle Pt.1 & Pt. 2. Donielle’s life descends into chaos when the FBI raid her house, searching for her husband and two of their family friends. She learns the extent of her husband’s horrific crimes and grapples with a life built on his lies. If you would like to reach out to the Betrayal Team, email us at [email protected] and follow us on Instagram at @betrayalpod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: What happened when the FBI raided Danielle's home?
Something's happening, and I have no idea why there's state police in my house with a gun pointed at me. So I think at that point, they were suspecting me.
They thought I was involved. But a suspect in what? Danielle would soon find out. Chan Skipper, her husband of nearly 20 years and the father of their six children, hadn't come home that night. He said he'd been renovating one of their rental properties. The police were screaming questions at her about where Chad was, asking if she had any hiding places in the house.
And most confusing of all, the police were asking about an elderly couple who taught Sunday school at their church. Why are you asking me questions about them? And where is my husband? The police wouldn't give her any information about what was happening or why they were at her house. But it was clear that whatever it was, it was urgent. The police took her in and began a long interrogation.
I went into the interrogation room and they started asking me questions. They asked me about this couple and I was thinking, that's a weird question out of the blue. Why would you ask me specifically about these people? Yeah, we know them for sure.
We've known them for a long time. They were also asking questions about the family's finances. Questions Danielle just didn't have the answers to. I was shaking. I was just...
So confused, like, why are you asking me this? All I was worried about was his safety, like if he was still alive.
It didn't even dawn on me that it could be what it was. After hours of interrogation, the police let Danielle go. She went to a friend's house where her kids were waiting for her. She repeatedly tried to get in touch with Chad without any reply. Then, first thing the next morning, her phone rang. It was Chad's father.
He asked me, do you know where Chad is? And I said, no, do you? I said, I don't know anything. If you know anything, just tell me what's going on because I need to know what's wrong with my husband and where he is. And his dad just said, there was a rumor going around that this couple has been kidnapped. And the rumor is also that Chad did it. My brain was not registering.
It was like, wait, what? No, that's impossible. This is Chad we're talking about. That rumor's wrong. And I was thinking, there's just no way that it's actually my husband. I know my husband would never do anything like this. That's not who he is.
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Chapter 2: How did Danielle and Chad's relationship begin?
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I've seen a lot of stuff over 30 years, you know, some very despicable crime and things that are kind of tough to wrap your head around. And this ranks right up there in the pantheon of Rhode Island fraudsters.
I've always been told I'm a really good listener, right? And I maximized that while I was lying.
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Chapter 4: How did Danielle cope with Chad's confessions?
Precious moments figurines. Yes. And he was very much a Hallmark fan, so he had millions of Hallmark ornaments. Tons of DVDs. I mean, we had two huge walls full of DVDs.
They loved watching movies as a family. And after the kids went to bed, the couple would watch their favorite TV shows. Dexter and Breaking Bad. Every summer, Danielle, Chad, and their six kids would take family road trips.
Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore. We hit all the tourist places in the United States. We had a lot of really fun times as family.
On these trips, they'd stay in huge rental homes. Chad always wanted the best of the best for the family. And they were very nice, very nice rented houses.
Some of them I was like, okay, guys, don't touch anything. You know, like expensive paintings on the walls and glass decorations.
One summer, about 15 years into their marriage, the family was on one of their regular road trips. And on this trip, their rental home was in a remote area.
I woke up around 3 in the morning. I know it was the middle of the night. All the kids were asleep. And I got up to go to the bathroom or something and turned over and he was not in bed with me. I looked around the house to see if he was just up somewhere. He was not there. I went out into the garage area. The car was gone. So I started being like, where did he go?
There was no note as far as he left somewhere. He didn't leave a message on my phone.
He was just gone. It was the early 2000s, so she didn't have a smartphone to look at his location. She started to worry that something terrible happened.
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