An Army reservist - who murdered his woman and told cops it was termination - utilized her beingness security wealth to bargain a life-sized enactment doll worthy $2,000.
Colby Trickle, of Hays, Kansas, was convicted past twelvemonth of his woman Kristen Trickle and was sentenced successful November to beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole.
Prosecutors accidental that Trickle 'feloniously and intentionally with premeditation' changeable his woman successful the caput with a revolver earlier lying to investigators that she did it herself.
The incidental happened connected Halloween greeting successful 2019, with CBS recently uncovering that Trickle cashed successful connected security policies totaling much than $120,000.
Investigators accidental helium past spent $2,000 connected a life-size enactment doll conscionable 2 days aft helium received the payout.
Colby Trickle, of Hays, Kansas, was convicted past twelvemonth of his woman Kristen Trickle, pictured here
Prosecutors accidental that Trickle, seen here, 'feloniously and intentionally with premeditation' changeable his woman successful the caput with a revolver earlier lying to investigators that she did it herself
Detective Joshua 'JB' Burkholder told 48 Hours: 'There's a mourning process that I deliberation everyone needs to spell through, should spell done erstwhile a loved 1 dies.
'To person him ordering this benignant of doll conscionable months aft his wife's decease was concerning.'
Kristen's aunt Delynn Rice told the outlet: 'I was conscionable appalled that helium would usage Kristen's beingness security wealth for a enactment doll.
'It conscionable was similar helium bought a replacement of her with her money.'
According to 48 Hours, Trickle went connected to walk each of the $120,000 security wealth successful astir 8 months.
As good arsenic the enactment doll, helium besides spent thousands connected video games, paying disconnected debts, and buying euphony instrumentality with the anticipation of becoming a performer.
Trickle went 2 years without being arrested aft a coroner ruled the decease arsenic a suicide. Despite that ruling, investigators continued to physique a case.
Sergeant Brandon Hauptman was the responding officer, and told CBS that erstwhile helium responded to the country determination were definite aspects that were unusual.
The incidental happened connected Halloween greeting successful 2019, with CBS precocious uncovering that Trickle cashed successful connected security policies totaling much than $120,000
Trickle went 2 years without being arrested aft a coroner ruled the decease arsenic a suicide
As good arsenic the enactment doll, helium besides spent thousands connected video games, paying disconnected debts, and buying euphony instrumentality with the anticipation of becoming a performer
He said that Kristen was lone wearing underwear and though it does happen, it was antithetic for a pistillate to implicit a termination that injuries the face.
Hauptman besides said that the weapon recovered astatine the country was excessively ample for her to person fired.
Another happening helium mentioned was her telephone alarm that kept connected ringing astatine the country astatine that morning.
Detective Joshua 'JB' Burkholder added: 'She had acceptable an alarm to get up, to get acceptable for work, and had plans for that day.
'A batch of times, individuals who are reasoning astir termination and bash perpetrate termination they don't person immoderate plans for the day. They're not mounting alarms. It doesn't substance erstwhile they get up.'
After Trickle was interviewed with investigators without a lawyer helium shared stories of subject helium did and tours of the Middle East and Central America.
The responding serviceman said that the weapon recovered astatine the country was excessively ample for Kristen to person fired
After investigators approached the military, they were told helium had ne'er been deployed overseas our retired of the country.
His lies and the inconsistencies successful the country made investigators much suspicious of Trickle's relationship of however his woman had died.
In July 2021, 21 months aft his woman died helium was charged with execution successful the archetypal grade and interfering with instrumentality enforcement.
During his proceedings past September, his parent Tina Kreutzer took the basal arsenic a defence witnesser aft prosecutors told jurors astir the enactment doll.
She testified that Trickle was having nightmares and occupation sleeping pursuing the decease of his woman and the doll was for warmth and comfortableness and not for sex.
Hays Post besides reported that investigators had uncovered that Colby had googled however to cod security wealth and was engaged successful an online matter astatine the time.
While helium was being sentenced, the outlet reported that helium apologized for being a atrocious hubby and lad but continued to assertion helium ne'er changeable his wife.
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