SOLVED BY STING OPERATION: The Murder of Erin Chorney
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Hello everyone, my name is Rachel and welcome back to another true crime video. So the case that I have for you guys today is a solved one and it does involve domestic violence, but I do think that this case is pretty interesting because in order to solve it, the Canadian police actually used a pretty controversial sting operation called Mr. Big. I think it's so interesting how this entire thing played out and how it worked and I'm really looking forward to what you guys all think about this case and the tactics that they used to solve it. Today, we are going to be discussing the murder of Erin Chorney.
Erin Kristen Chorney was born September 30th, 1983 to parents Darcy and Debbie Chorney in Brandon, Manitoba in Canada. She had two younger siblings, her brother Ryan and her sister Leslie.
Her parents did get a divorce when she was a young adult, but she was close with both of her parents and spent an equal amount of time with each parent. Erin was known to have a very easygoing personality with an ability to make friends with just about anyone wherever she went. She was also very active growing up, participating in sports such as racquetball, baseball, and volleyball. She also loved the outdoors. She loved nature, with two of her favorite hobbies being camping and fishing. At the same time, Erin was known to be very stubborn. She was set in her ways and she didn't want to budge. She had also struggled a lot with mental health issues, such as an eating disorder and bipolar disorder. When she was 14 years old, she did attempt to take her own life.
She spent a few days in the hospital and then voluntarily admitted herself into an inpatient treatment center for youths. she was there for three weeks before she ultimately escaped by jumping a wall growing up though, she had a lot of different aspirations she thought of being a writer, a lawyer, or a counselor she really just wanted to stand out at the end of the day and she just wanted to make a difference her parents described her as being outgoing and she was getting to the point of her rebellious stage She definitely gave her parents a run for their money. It got to a point where she just always wanted to be with friends and she went to parties every so often. At first, it was just a normal teen rebellion and it wasn't a huge issue until she started hanging out with the wrong crowd.
She started partying more and was partaking in using weed and alcohol more often. It did get to the point that she started skipping school very frequently until she dropped out of high school altogether. By age 18, she went to a drug treatment program to help deal with her substance use. That same year in 2001, Erin had met a man named Michael Bridges. At the time, Michael had actually been dating one of Erin's friends, Liz. So, the night that they met, Erin had actually met up with Liz and Michael at a bar and that's when she met Michael. That night, Liz and Michael had actually started arguing to the point that Michael had actually stormed off. So Aaron followed behind Michael and asked him what was wrong and she basically gave him somebody to vent to.
After this, Michael and Liz broke up and him and Aaron realized that they seemed to get along pretty well and they seemed to have a lot in common. So by 2002, the two started a relationship. So let's go back a bit and talk more about Michael's life. So Michael was born in 1980 to his parents, Brad and Georgeann, who did ultimately become separated. So he grew up primarily living with his mother. Now apparently Michael's dad's side of the family was pretty religious and his parents were not together when Michael was born. So Michael's dad's side of the family more or less kept their distance from Michael, I guess because they thought that he was like a bastard child so they didn't really want much to do with him.
Growing up, Michael had a best friend who he used sort of as his confidant and his other half. but when he was 13 years old, this friend did ultimately pass away from cancer, which is obviously such a difficult and tragic thing to have to go through, especially when you're that young.
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