Listen to the wording that she uses. Listen when she walks out of the house and the police respond. Read More From Heavy. This differs from the Jodi Arias case, where she killed her boyfriend but lied and deceived everyone from her parents to the police. The call makes Kelley sound legitimately distressed by the incident, something that was used by her defense team.
The prosecution argued that this proximity and the angle were not consistent with a suicide. After leaving the courtroom, following her acquittal, Kelley was surrounded by relatives and friends who all openly wept. By Tashiana Garrido. Updated Apr 17, at pm. She was arrested and initially charged with first degree murder although the charges were later reduced to manslaughter.
Sound familiar? It should, because Kelley's story is eerily similar - in some respects -- to the defense mounted in South Africa at the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee dubbed the "Blade Runner" because of the metallic artificial legs he uses to run. He became a sensation at the Summer Olympics in London. Pistorius eventually was acquitted of murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
He admitted shooting her through a bathroom door but claimed that he feared the person on the other side was a dangerous intruder. Steenkamp was shot four times and died at the scene. Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide, akin to manslaughter in the U. He received a five-year sentence but reportedly will be released in August after 10 months in prison; he will then be placed on house arrest. Prosecutors in South Africa are continuing to press murder charges against him at an appeals court.
These bottles were found inside Caryn Kelley's home. Police determined a night of drinking was involved prior to the shooting in her bedroom on July 27, Caryn Kelley says she heard an intruder and immediately grabbed her loaded.
But the person Kelley thought was an "intruder" turned out to be her boyfriend, Phillip Peatross, who had returned to her home announced. Police found this. Toxicology reports showed Phillip Peatross had a blood alcohol level of.
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