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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they haven't charged anyone with the wife's murder, then Ryan did it. [/quote]

No, they specifically said that the details of who stabbed Christine is still under investigation, and that they’re still looking into electronic/phone records to understand why Ryan was there in the first place.

Can someone with a legal or criminal justice background explain why she would have been charged with second-degree murder instead of manslaughter? Arent self-defense type crimes usually filed as manslaughter? Like an in the moment passion thing?[/quote]

Former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney here.

If it was a clear case of her interrupting a stabbing by shooting the stabber, I doubt she would be charged at all. That would be a case of defense of others and there would be no reason for prosecutors to bring charges against her unless they were idiots.

I suspect that she is charged because she shot him without just cause. Like, she walked in after he had concluded stabbing the victim and she shot him out of rage/retaliation. That would qualify as second degree murder, especially if she shot him multiple times.

But it’s weird that they’ve charged her while saying the stabbing is still under investigation. I find this case puzzling at best.[/quote]

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