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This is the story of a family
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living the American dream.
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There's a lot of happy memories.
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Growing up, I was definitely spoiled.
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Their perfect lives captured on camera.
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They had the perfect family.
They were living the dream.
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But when this dream was destroyed...
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For a brief shining moment
they had Camelot
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and then it was gone.
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Money becomes the root...
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...of all evil.
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Things had been dark before,
but they went really dark.
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Christmas 2004 --
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ringgold, Georgia.
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8-year-old Caleb Kohnle
has been good this year.
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And Santa's been more than generous.
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Christmas is really big.
We always get a real tree.
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When'd wake up,
the whole living room
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would be full of
just all kinds of presents.
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A robot.
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4-year-old sister ally has also done well.
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Dad, Jim Kohnle,
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revels in the joy of his children.
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Jim was a very devoted dad.
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He loved spoiling his children.
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My dad was an amazing person.
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He was always fun.
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I mean, honestly, he had one of
the best hearts out of anybody.
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Honey?
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Capturing the Christmas chaos
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from behind the camera is mom,
Teresa Kohnle.
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My mom liked to make memories of stuff --
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pictures and videos,
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things to look back on in the future.
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She was a really good mom.
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Jim runs a thriving
chiropractic business,
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the Alpha wellness center
in nearby Dalton.
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Jim always had happy customers.
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He made sure you were on
the table until you were better.
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Wife Teresa works alongside him
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as a massage therapist.
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Teresa, she was very good.
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She was booked as much as Jim was.
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The couple met when
Teresa worked at Jim's
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previous practice.
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After a whirlwind romance
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they tied the knot in 1996.
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He wanted someone
that was going to share his life
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and that he could raise children with.
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He found that in Teresa.
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He knew that Teresa was his soulmate
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and that they would be together
for all eternity.
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Eight years and two kids later,
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the Kohnles are living the American dream.
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Jim loves the great outdoors
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and at every opportunity
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encourages his family to go out with him.
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Going to the lake was something
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that I looked forward to every year.
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We would take a whole week.
We'd rent a pontoon.
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We'd go out in a boat,
we'd go out jet skiing.
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One year, we rented a lake house.
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It was just always fun.
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They were real big about
spending time together.
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Physical activity
and being physically fit was
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extremely important to Jim.
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Know what?
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Life is sweet for the Kohnle family.
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They live in a sprawling
ranch house complete
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with a huge pool out back.
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My dad would always come
and get me out of bed,
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we'd get ready so most of the time
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we go swimming before school.
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There was a lot of happy memories.
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September 2005 --
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the family is celebrating
ally's 5th birthday party.
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From behind the camera,
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mom Teresa encourages
everyone to sing along.
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But for ally, the party can't start
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until dad Jim joins the fun.
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Happy birthday to you
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cha, cha, cha!
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Jim loved being a father.
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He said, "every day I just --
I think I just love them more."
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Ally was the Princess of the family.
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She had all kinds of dresses
and her room was pink
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and a heavy Princess bed.
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Jim wanted ally
to be really girly girly.
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Ally thrives on
being the center of attention.
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She'll be comin' round
the mountain when she comes
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I remember Jim commenting once that,
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"she just sings all the time.
She sings all these songs."
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He loved indulging her.
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Can I hold that for you?
-Need help?
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No.
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Yeah, you're getting there.
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Both Jim and Teresa
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made sacrifices for their lifestyle.
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Often working long hours
away from the kids.
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Mom!
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When the office was first starting up,
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it took a lot of time.
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A lot of times, through the week
me and my sister,
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we wouldn't see my parents
until late at night.
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We was both in after school programs
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and then we would go from there
to a babysitter.
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But Jim and Teresa
always find time for their kids'
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special occasions.
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In this home video,
of her mayflower school play,
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mom Teresa tries to
spot daughter ally on stage.
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Jim and Teresa loved
going to anything that Caleb
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and ally were in, every school function,
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every parent teacher meeting.
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Just like sister ally,
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Caleb also loves being onstage.
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I was dressed up as the fourth
president James Madison
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and we had to dress up like them
and go up front
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and speak about their life.
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I mean, I just picked him 'cause
George Washington was "tooken."
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All: I pledge allegiance to the flag
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of the United States of America.
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Jim talked about,
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"Nance, you won't believe, you know,
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"Caleb is gone and done this
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and, you know,
he's doing well in school."
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In this clip,
Teresa proudly films Caleb
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at a school assembly.
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Yay.
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Caleb has grown into
a bright, confident young kid.
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Jim and Teresa couldn't be happier.
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Jim called me telling me that he was happy,
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he was fulfilled.
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He had a wife and a home and kids.
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There was a little catch in his throat.
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He was living his dream.
He was living his dream.
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The Kohnles are a successful, healthy,
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and happy family
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who seem to have it all.
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It's Christmas 2005
and it's been a good year
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for successful chiropractor
Jim Kohnle and his wife Teresa.
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Teresa's put the camera
down to join in with the fun.
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Once again,
they've been more than generous
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with their kids, Caleb and ally.
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Growing up, I was definitely spoiled.
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All I'd have to do is really look at it,
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and my dad and my mom
would find some way to get it.
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Jim's version of love was showering you
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with material things.
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That was important to Jim.
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But this Christmas something has changed.
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Dad Jim, normally in
the heart of the action,
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he sat on the couch out of frame.
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He just spent a lot more time
in the bed sleeping.
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He wasn't as active as he always was.
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Hey, dad.
-Hey, Caleb.
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Wanna try beating my score?
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Why don't you play and I'll watch?
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He was normally in the bed
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when I left for school and still
in the bed when I came home.
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Caleb, I'm really
not in the mood right now.
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Give me a break will you?
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Go ask your sister.
Go find her.
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Jim figures it's just fatigue
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from the busy holiday season.
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We started going to the park
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every weekend and every other weekend
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or less than that.
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Instead of him coming
and getting me up for school
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in the morning and then
it's gone for a swim,
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it would be my mom.
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When Jim visits the doctor,
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the news isn't good.
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He's diagnosed with lyme disease
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a debilitating illness spread by tick bites.
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The disease is difficult to treat.
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Jim's flu-like symptoms worsen.
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He had gotten really,
really sick with it.
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As time went on and as he got
sicker and conditions got worse,
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it was wrecking Jim's life.
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Jim finds it difficult to work.
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The family business begins to suffer.
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He wasn't coming in as much.
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He went down to four days a week.
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And sometimes he wouldn't
be there that four days
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and he couldn't find somebody
to fill in, so he would close.
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Teresa was holding the family together
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with her massage therapy.
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Just when Jim and Teresa need it the most,
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they get some good news.
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Teresa discovers she's pregnant.
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The couple are delighted.
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It's the perfect distraction
from their troubles.
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But five months into the pregnancy
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Teresa falls sick.
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She is diagnosed with placenta previa
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and doctors are forced to conduct
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an emergency c-section.
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It doesn't go well.
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Teresa loses the baby.
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My mom was really sick
and almost had passed away, too.
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They had to cut her open
and just the physical effects
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of it are really hurt her.
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She was in the hospital
for quite a few weeks.
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That probably also had a lot to
do with the shortage of money
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because now they both
couldn't work as much.
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They were just devastated.
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It was like, you know,
just when you think
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things can't get any worse, they do.
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With Teresa off work
recovering from surgery,
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and Jim still unwell
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the couple's finances collapse.
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Money was harder to come by.
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I remember one day we went
to a grocery store with my dad
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and the guy that owned it pulled
my dad over to the side
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and he said, Jim, we've, you know,
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I had another check bounce the other day.
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The pool parties
are now a thing of the past.
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Jim sees his family's financial situation
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as a personal failure.
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He said, "Nance, I can't
even provide a candy bar
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for my kids."
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They had repossessed my dad's Jeep
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and then they had also
repossessed my mom's truck.
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When the bank threatens to foreclose
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on the family home,
Jim starts to fall apart.
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He was... thoroughly...
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Depressed.
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Just had to watch his practice go down
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and not be able to do things
with his family.
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For a brief shining moment he had Camelot.
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And then it was gone.
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His family notice a change
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in his once mild mannered
and fun personality.
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What I always considered
the essence of Jim was leaving.
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It's only taken a few months for this
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once happy and loving family
to reach breaking point.
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Things had been dark before
but they went really dark.
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Just two years ago,
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at daughter ally's 2005 birthday party,
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everything was going wonderfully
for Jim and Teresa Kohnle.
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But now, with both Jim
and Teresa still unable to work
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the couple's money problems are desperate.
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They wouldn't have had any food at all
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if it had been not for the owner
of this little grocery store
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just letting him run a line of credit
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and never sending him a bill.
271
00:17:22,909 --> 00:17:28,613
Jim and Teresa are now
at each other's throats.
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Jim's conversations with me
became less about
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his little family,
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which was very strange to me
275
00:17:38,091 --> 00:17:43,594
because Jim was always about
Teresa, Caleb, and ally.
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They were starting
to fight and almost every fight
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my parents had involved money.
279
00:17:51,337 --> 00:17:52,770
We needed that money.
280
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I came home from school
one day and my parents
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00:17:55,141 --> 00:17:56,941
were fighting it.
282
00:17:56,943 --> 00:18:01,679
And it ended up with them
chucking big tubs of popcorn.
283
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And the dog was eating them
and when I was mad
284
00:18:06,086 --> 00:18:08,086
cause all my popcorn was going away
285
00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:10,221
and I loved it.
286
00:18:10,223 --> 00:18:11,322
Somehow I always managed
287
00:18:11,324 --> 00:18:14,258
to get myself
right in the middle of it.
288
00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:16,160
The couple's blazing arguments
289
00:18:16,162 --> 00:18:19,263
disturb the children day and night.
290
00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:20,965
There was one time I woke up
291
00:18:20,967 --> 00:18:24,435
in the middle of the night.
292
00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:27,205
I don't even know
what they were arguing about.
293
00:18:28,475 --> 00:18:33,044
I just didn't want them
to fight anymore.
294
00:18:33,046 --> 00:18:34,679
To keep the family afloat,
295
00:18:34,681 --> 00:18:38,382
Teresa plans to go back to work.
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00:18:38,384 --> 00:18:41,552
First, she needs a car.
297
00:18:41,554 --> 00:18:44,555
Due to my parents' money
situation they had repossessed
298
00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:46,390
both the vehicles
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00:18:46,392 --> 00:18:49,994
and we had currently had a rental car.
300
00:18:49,996 --> 00:18:52,096
They can't afford
to keep their rental car,
301
00:18:52,098 --> 00:18:55,166
so Teresa calls her mom
in Knoxville, Tennessee
302
00:18:55,168 --> 00:18:58,069
to ask for help.
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00:18:58,071 --> 00:19:00,104
Hey, mom.
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00:19:00,106 --> 00:19:03,674
My grandparents had offered
to give my mom a car.
305
00:19:03,676 --> 00:19:06,811
306
00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:08,246
June 29, 2007 --
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00:19:08,248 --> 00:19:12,583
8 A.M. at the Kohnle home.
308
00:19:12,585 --> 00:19:14,852
309
00:19:14,854 --> 00:19:17,922
That day we was going to Knoxville
310
00:19:17,924 --> 00:19:21,025
to my grandparents to get the car.
311
00:19:21,027 --> 00:19:22,093
Teresa's friend has agreed
312
00:19:22,095 --> 00:19:23,427
to drive the two-hour journey
313
00:19:23,429 --> 00:19:27,398
to Knoxville, Tennessee
in Teresa's rental vehicle.
314
00:19:30,637 --> 00:19:32,803
315
00:19:32,805 --> 00:19:36,974
90 minutes later, a deputy driving past
316
00:19:36,976 --> 00:19:40,511
the Kohnle house sees something alarming.
317
00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:46,817
318
00:19:46,819 --> 00:19:49,120
Request immediate assistance.
319
00:19:49,122 --> 00:19:51,789
The Kohnle house is on fire.
320
00:19:57,697 --> 00:19:59,130
321
00:19:59,132 --> 00:20:02,767
Fire trucks arrive on the scene
within minutes.
322
00:20:02,769 --> 00:20:06,537
323
00:20:35,702 --> 00:20:41,639
324
00:20:41,641 --> 00:20:43,975
When they enter the master bedroom,
325
00:20:43,977 --> 00:20:47,878
firefighters make a gruesome discovery.
326
00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:07,898
A body is pulled out of the wreckage.
327
00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:10,668
328
00:21:16,943 --> 00:21:21,779
Never dreamed that the outcome
would be what it was.
329
00:21:21,781 --> 00:21:23,914
That never entered my mind.
330
00:21:23,916 --> 00:21:29,720
331
00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:33,991
The body is identified
as that of Jim Kohnle.
332
00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:37,628
333
00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:41,666
That morning things were
going pretty good.
334
00:21:41,668 --> 00:21:45,469
We were just having a good time.
335
00:21:47,874 --> 00:21:51,776
336
00:21:51,778 --> 00:21:54,312
My god. Pull over.
337
00:21:54,314 --> 00:21:56,580
What?
-Pull over.
338
00:21:56,582 --> 00:21:57,782
Hold on a sec.
339
00:21:57,784 --> 00:22:03,020
340
00:22:03,022 --> 00:22:05,623
And my mom just fell to
the ground crying.
341
00:22:05,625 --> 00:22:10,227
God.
342
00:22:10,229 --> 00:22:14,332
My mom cried for a pretty good
while on the ground.
343
00:22:14,334 --> 00:22:17,134
And then come up there
and told me that she loved me
344
00:22:17,136 --> 00:22:21,505
and that our dad had died.
345
00:22:21,507 --> 00:22:26,210
I realized that my dad was gone
346
00:22:26,212 --> 00:22:29,146
and that our house was gone
and that we had lost everything.
347
00:22:29,148 --> 00:22:32,750
348
00:22:32,752 --> 00:22:34,585
Back at the Kohnle house,
349
00:22:34,587 --> 00:22:36,020
the fire marshal is investigating
350
00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:38,189
the cause of the fire.
351
00:22:38,191 --> 00:22:42,526
352
00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:44,862
He confirms it started
in a small office area
353
00:22:44,864 --> 00:22:48,532
off the master bedroom
sometime before 9 A.M.
354
00:22:48,534 --> 00:22:50,968
355
00:22:50,970 --> 00:22:53,104
Also finds evidence of accelerant
356
00:22:53,106 --> 00:22:57,074
near the source of the fire
357
00:22:57,076 --> 00:23:00,244
indicating this was no accident.
358
00:23:00,246 --> 00:23:03,948
359
00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:07,651
The fire was intentionally started.
360
00:23:07,653 --> 00:23:11,489
The Kohnle home is now a crime scene.
361
00:23:11,491 --> 00:23:17,061
Police fear Jim Kohnle was murdered.
362
00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:19,964
363
00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:33,711
364
00:23:33,713 --> 00:23:36,714
Jim Kohnle has been
killed in a house fire
365
00:23:36,716 --> 00:23:39,550
and police suspect the dad of two
366
00:23:39,552 --> 00:23:43,654
was murdered.
367
00:23:43,656 --> 00:23:45,289
Detectives need to find out
368
00:23:45,291 --> 00:23:50,127
what happened in the Kohnle
home before the fire occurred.
369
00:23:50,129 --> 00:23:52,329
370
00:23:52,331 --> 00:23:55,199
On July 5, 2007 --
371
00:23:55,201 --> 00:23:57,268
they ask his wife Teresa Kohnle
372
00:23:57,270 --> 00:23:59,470
to talk them through that morning.
373
00:24:46,519 --> 00:24:49,253
She tells detectives
a friend offered to drive her
374
00:24:49,255 --> 00:24:53,290
and the kids to Knoxville in a rental car.
375
00:24:53,292 --> 00:24:56,760
Detectives then ask
what time they left the house.
376
00:25:02,401 --> 00:25:06,504
That's 30 minutes
before the fire was reported.
377
00:25:06,506 --> 00:25:07,938
378
00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:11,141
Investigators need to determine
what happened after Teresa
379
00:25:11,143 --> 00:25:16,413
and the kids left the house at 8:30.
380
00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:18,516
They canvassed the neighborhood
and learned Jim
381
00:25:18,518 --> 00:25:22,720
was a well-respected
member of the community.
382
00:25:22,722 --> 00:25:26,824
He had no obvious enemies.
383
00:25:26,826 --> 00:25:29,493
The police inquiries
prompt a witness to come forward
384
00:25:29,495 --> 00:25:31,662
with a possible lead.
385
00:25:31,664 --> 00:25:34,598
386
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,334
He thinks he saw
Teresa's rental car,
387
00:25:37,336 --> 00:25:41,772
a silver p.T. Cruiser, leave the house
388
00:25:41,774 --> 00:25:45,175
just after 9:00 A.M.
389
00:25:45,177 --> 00:25:47,878
That's 30 minutes later
390
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,715
from the time Teresa gave.
391
00:25:51,717 --> 00:25:54,385
Investigators need to retrace
Teresa's movements
392
00:25:54,387 --> 00:25:57,221
on the morning of the fire.
393
00:25:57,223 --> 00:26:02,259
And confirm which of
the two accounts is accurate.
394
00:26:02,261 --> 00:26:06,630
395
00:26:06,632 --> 00:26:08,766
She told officers they had
stopped at a nearby
396
00:26:08,768 --> 00:26:12,169
chick-fil-a restaurant
after leaving the house.
397
00:26:12,171 --> 00:26:15,139
398
00:26:15,141 --> 00:26:17,141
Police comb through camera footage
399
00:26:17,143 --> 00:26:20,811
searching for Teresa silver p.T. Cruiser.
400
00:26:20,813 --> 00:26:25,149
401
00:26:25,151 --> 00:26:29,620
Then a vehicle matching
Teresa's pulls into frame
402
00:26:29,622 --> 00:26:31,589
and up to the window.
403
00:26:31,591 --> 00:26:37,695
404
00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:42,866
The blonde driver clearly isn't
Teresa but police identify her
405
00:26:42,868 --> 00:26:47,905
as the friend who drove Teresa
and the kids that morning.
406
00:26:47,907 --> 00:26:53,410
The timestamp reads 9:26 A.M.
407
00:26:53,412 --> 00:26:55,879
The chick-fil-a is usually
a seven-minute drive
408
00:26:55,881 --> 00:26:58,816
from the Kohnle house
409
00:26:58,818 --> 00:27:03,954
suggesting that Teresa
left later than 8:30.
410
00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:05,489
411
00:27:05,491 --> 00:27:07,057
Detectives questioned
the friend captured
412
00:27:07,059 --> 00:27:09,326
on the chick-fil-a
surveillance cameras
413
00:27:09,328 --> 00:27:14,565
about the discrepancy in Teresa's timeline.
414
00:27:14,567 --> 00:27:17,167
She, too, confirms
they left the house later
415
00:27:17,169 --> 00:27:19,436
than when Teresa had said.
416
00:27:19,438 --> 00:27:23,073
417
00:27:23,075 --> 00:27:26,543
She tells them she never saw Jim that day,
418
00:27:26,545 --> 00:27:29,580
but has no further information.
419
00:27:29,582 --> 00:27:34,351
420
00:27:34,353 --> 00:27:35,919
Back at the crime scene,
421
00:27:35,921 --> 00:27:40,924
investigators discover something new.
422
00:27:40,926 --> 00:27:43,127
Evidence that contradicts Teresa's statement
423
00:27:43,129 --> 00:27:44,762
from her police interview
424
00:27:44,764 --> 00:27:47,464
that she and Jim had a wonderful marriage.
425
00:27:47,466 --> 00:27:50,200
426
00:27:50,202 --> 00:27:53,203
They recovered papers showing the couple
427
00:27:53,205 --> 00:27:56,240
was planning to divorce.
428
00:27:56,242 --> 00:27:59,009
And something surprising.
429
00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:02,446
430
00:28:02,448 --> 00:28:05,249
When the police came
to investigate and look
431
00:28:05,251 --> 00:28:08,118
at the house, there were several bags
432
00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:10,621
of children's clothing out in the garage.
433
00:28:10,623 --> 00:28:16,660
434
00:28:16,662 --> 00:28:19,797
The police were saying
that Teresa had done
435
00:28:19,799 --> 00:28:23,534
that to save those clothes
from the fire.
436
00:28:23,536 --> 00:28:25,936
437
00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:27,404
The clean clothes removed
438
00:28:27,406 --> 00:28:29,940
from the house prior to the fire
439
00:28:29,942 --> 00:28:31,508
and the discrepancies
440
00:28:31,510 --> 00:28:34,278
in Teresa's statements
are suspicious.
441
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,814
442
00:28:36,816 --> 00:28:38,082
On July 9th,
443
00:28:38,084 --> 00:28:41,018
detectives make the bold
decision to bring in Teresa
444
00:28:41,020 --> 00:28:45,122
and her kids, Caleb and ally,
for questioning.
445
00:28:45,124 --> 00:28:48,759
446
00:28:48,761 --> 00:28:52,029
They need to gently coax
any useful information
447
00:28:52,031 --> 00:28:56,867
out of the young kids.
448
00:28:56,869 --> 00:29:01,338
They speak to 5-year-old
daughter ally first.
449
00:30:05,471 --> 00:30:09,640
The detective asks ally
about the clothes she's wearing.
450
00:30:27,893 --> 00:30:30,260
Ally has just confirmed that mom Teresa
451
00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:33,497
removed the basket
of clean clothes from the house.
452
00:30:33,499 --> 00:30:36,600
453
00:30:36,602 --> 00:30:38,402
It suggests to detectives
454
00:30:38,404 --> 00:30:43,140
that Teresa removed them
before the fire started.
455
00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:58,488
Next, police question 11-year-old Caleb.
456
00:30:58,490 --> 00:31:03,527
They hope he can corroborate ally's story.
457
00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:22,446
The children's stories differ.
458
00:31:22,448 --> 00:31:25,282
459
00:31:25,284 --> 00:31:30,287
So police decide to offer Teresa
a lie detector test.
460
00:31:30,289 --> 00:31:33,156
461
00:31:33,158 --> 00:31:35,792
And she agrees.
462
00:31:43,769 --> 00:31:46,136
Georgia state law allows polygraphs
463
00:31:46,138 --> 00:31:50,340
to be admitted as evidence.
464
00:32:17,403 --> 00:32:21,171
The results show Teresa's lying.
465
00:32:50,936 --> 00:32:54,371
It's not the story police are expecting.
466
00:33:46,125 --> 00:33:50,527
Police think Teresa is still lying.
467
00:34:13,018 --> 00:34:15,986
Investigators don't believe
Jim was planning on dying.
468
00:34:15,988 --> 00:34:19,389
469
00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:21,858
The burns on the soles of his feet suggest
470
00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:25,262
he tried to stamp out the fire.
471
00:34:25,264 --> 00:34:27,798
472
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:33,470
Police believe
Teresa planned the whole thing.
473
00:35:10,876 --> 00:35:13,810
474
00:35:20,586 --> 00:35:27,257
475
00:35:27,259 --> 00:35:31,261
On July 9th, 10 days
after Jim Kohnle's murder,
476
00:35:31,263 --> 00:35:35,532
his wife Teresa Kohnle is arrested.
477
00:35:35,534 --> 00:35:39,903
She immediately hires an attorney.
478
00:35:39,905 --> 00:35:43,607
She was charged with malice,
murder, and arson
479
00:35:43,609 --> 00:35:46,910
that you intend to kill someone
480
00:35:46,912 --> 00:35:48,011
but the police know
481
00:35:48,013 --> 00:35:50,347
their evidence is circumstantial.
482
00:35:50,349 --> 00:35:55,318
They need more
for a conviction at trial.
483
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:56,987
Aside from clearing her name
484
00:35:56,989 --> 00:36:00,390
Teresa's focus is on Caleb and ally.
485
00:36:00,392 --> 00:36:03,493
486
00:36:07,533 --> 00:36:10,333
While she protests her innocence...
487
00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:16,973
...police build the case against her.
488
00:36:16,975 --> 00:36:23,947
489
00:36:23,949 --> 00:36:27,884
On July 11th, two days
after Teresa's arrest,
490
00:36:27,886 --> 00:36:32,088
police execute a search warrant
on the Kohnle house.
491
00:36:32,090 --> 00:36:33,757
They discover their home
492
00:36:33,759 --> 00:36:37,928
was just 30 days away from foreclosure.
493
00:36:37,930 --> 00:36:40,797
And there's more.
494
00:36:40,799 --> 00:36:45,035
Police discovered Jim had
a $500,000 insurance policy
495
00:36:45,037 --> 00:36:47,337
on his life.
496
00:36:47,339 --> 00:36:50,440
Teresa had much to gain financially
497
00:36:50,442 --> 00:36:54,344
from her husband's death.
498
00:36:54,346 --> 00:36:56,613
With the evidence
mounting against Teresa,
499
00:36:56,615 --> 00:36:59,649
police decide to speak
with Caleb and ally again
500
00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:01,484
about the morning of the fire.
501
00:37:01,486 --> 00:37:05,055
502
00:37:05,057 --> 00:37:08,725
The children are interviewed
by social services.
503
00:37:08,727 --> 00:37:11,561
And recorded behind closed doors.
504
00:37:11,563 --> 00:37:15,765
505
00:38:01,179 --> 00:38:04,481
Ally has just claimed
the house was on fire
506
00:38:04,483 --> 00:38:06,950
before they left for Knoxville.
507
00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:28,438
Investigators want to see
if brother Caleb
508
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,274
will corroborate ally's story.
509
00:39:05,277 --> 00:39:07,110
We got in the driveway
and we got in the car,
510
00:39:07,112 --> 00:39:08,645
and we pulled out.
511
00:39:08,647 --> 00:39:12,549
There was black smoke.
512
00:39:12,551 --> 00:39:14,150
I asked my mom about it.
513
00:39:14,152 --> 00:39:15,985
And she had said that
she had marked some boxes
514
00:39:15,987 --> 00:39:19,422
in the field that morning.
515
00:39:19,424 --> 00:39:23,426
Her own children
had made statements that
516
00:39:23,428 --> 00:39:26,363
the house is on fire.
517
00:39:26,365 --> 00:39:29,499
Both children have
just implicated their own mom
518
00:39:29,501 --> 00:39:33,403
Teresa in the murder of their dad Jim.
519
00:39:33,405 --> 00:39:35,572
520
00:39:35,574 --> 00:39:38,308
The children's statements
are the evidence police
521
00:39:38,310 --> 00:39:43,079
need to take to Teresa Kohnle to trial.
522
00:39:43,081 --> 00:39:46,850
With the evidence piling up
against Teresa and the chance
523
00:39:46,852 --> 00:39:50,186
her children will be called
as witnesses for the state,
524
00:39:50,188 --> 00:39:56,025
her attorneys advise her
to enter a plea deal.
525
00:39:56,027 --> 00:40:00,363
I laid out
this mountain of circumstantial
526
00:40:00,365 --> 00:40:02,599
evidence against her.
527
00:40:02,601 --> 00:40:05,635
I felt that she was at high risk
528
00:40:05,637 --> 00:40:11,541
of being found guilty of everything.
529
00:40:11,543 --> 00:40:17,180
The plea deal gives her
the possibility of freedom.
530
00:40:17,182 --> 00:40:22,986
Teresa accepts
a plea deal for felony murder.
531
00:40:22,988 --> 00:40:25,522
One of the reasons that Teresa took
532
00:40:25,524 --> 00:40:29,192
the guilty plea was to not have the children
533
00:40:29,194 --> 00:40:30,527
go through that
534
00:40:30,529 --> 00:40:33,830
and because if Caleb
did take the stand and say that
535
00:40:33,832 --> 00:40:37,000
that would be so hard on him.
536
00:40:37,002 --> 00:40:41,771
And that she didn't want to do that.
537
00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:43,339
Teresa admits to participating
538
00:40:43,341 --> 00:40:45,442
in setting the fire,
539
00:40:45,444 --> 00:40:49,379
but that she never intended
to harm her husband.
540
00:40:49,381 --> 00:40:53,049
What she pled to was the felony murder,
541
00:40:53,051 --> 00:40:56,986
a death that happens
in the commission of a felony,
542
00:40:56,988 --> 00:40:59,522
the felony being arson.
543
00:40:59,524 --> 00:41:04,761
And she could maintain
that she did not intend
544
00:41:04,763 --> 00:41:09,599
to kill her husband.
545
00:41:09,601 --> 00:41:13,269
Teresa is sentenced to life in prison
546
00:41:13,271 --> 00:41:16,039
for felony murder
and first degree arson
547
00:41:16,041 --> 00:41:20,210
with the possibility of parole
after 30 years.
548
00:41:20,212 --> 00:41:25,381
549
00:41:25,383 --> 00:41:27,617
Police find no evidence that Teresa's friend
550
00:41:27,619 --> 00:41:29,786
was involved with the crime.
551
00:41:29,788 --> 00:41:35,158
Her name is cleared.
552
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:38,294
I think justice was done.
553
00:41:38,296 --> 00:41:40,730
If Caleb could see the smoke
coming out the roof
554
00:41:40,732 --> 00:41:44,033
as they were pulling out,
then Teresa could, too.
555
00:41:44,035 --> 00:41:46,669
At that point, she could have stopped it.
556
00:41:46,671 --> 00:41:49,339
And she didn't.
557
00:41:49,341 --> 00:41:53,276
I believe that she wanted
all the insurance money
558
00:41:53,278 --> 00:41:56,246
so that she could live happily ever after.
559
00:41:56,248 --> 00:41:58,781
He helped people physically
560
00:41:58,783 --> 00:42:04,153
and mentally and she took that away.
561
00:42:04,155 --> 00:42:09,425
Jim's family still
struggle with their loss.
562
00:42:09,427 --> 00:42:10,860
563
00:42:10,862 --> 00:42:13,963
The lesson I've learned from this is that
564
00:42:13,965 --> 00:42:17,333
you never know what tomorrow
is going to bring.
565
00:42:17,335 --> 00:42:21,804
Love your family. Let them
know that you love them.
566
00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:25,642
Cherish the people in your life
and let them know.
567
00:42:25,644 --> 00:42:28,645
568
00:42:28,647 --> 00:42:30,880
As far as how my dad
should be remembered,
569
00:42:30,882 --> 00:42:32,582
I think he should be remembered
570
00:42:32,584 --> 00:42:35,318
as the loving caring person that he was.
571
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,354
Gi Joe, amazing!
572
00:42:40,592 --> 00:42:42,025
Dude.
573
00:42:42,027 --> 00:42:45,161
He was always kind, smiling, and loving
574
00:42:45,163 --> 00:42:47,363
and he truly cared about people.
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