California police receive a call from an attorney who tells them of a death but won't share details.Season 32, Episode 4Originally aired: March 12, 2023Watch full episodes of Snapped for FREE on the Oxygen app: https://oxygentv.app.link/WatchSnappedPodSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chapter 1: What happened on January 6, 2013?
She alleged that the discussion escalated into a physical confrontation.
He says he began to sexually assault her and that he put a gun to her head.
Colleen claimed that a struggle ensued, but she managed to get the gun from Jim's hands.
She shot and killed him in self-defense. She was acquitted. At trial, the defense really was able to make Jim Batten out to be a sexual predator. And Colleen was motivated because of this terrible, terrible things that he'd done.
According to court records, while Colleen opted not to press charges against Jim Batten at the time, her daughter always maintained that he was guilty of molestation. In the end, Colleen Batten was acquitted of Jim's murder. Armed with this new information, El Dorado County investigators head back to the interview room to confront Colleen about Jim's death.
Do you have a second husband? Yeah. Okay. I do. How did he die? He... What did he die of? He was a child molester. And he ended up... dying.
And when it comes to details, once again, Colleen's memory fails her. Detectives continue to hold Colleen in the interview room as they keep digging.
The investigators were also making contact with family members and seeing if they can get more information.
Investigators learned that Bob and Colleen's marriage had been on the rocks for some time, largely because Colleen was convinced that Bob was having an affair with a woman in Mongolia.
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Chapter 2: Who was Colleen Harris?
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