Never Saw That Coming

Robert Schriner was born in 1925 and raised in the Bronx, where he attended Bronx High School of Science. He served in the Second World War as a bombardier with the US Army Air Corps, was honourably discharged in 1945, and used the GI Bill to study landscape architecture at Syracuse University. He ran his own firm, Schriner and Schmidt, in Port Washington, New York. this part of the story is covered for now Between them they had nine children: three sons from his first marriage, five children from hers whom he adopted, and a son, Scott. The family lived for years in Claverac, New York.

In January 1993 the couple retired, sold the landscape business and moved to Townshend, Vermont. details of the account remain covered until revealed Robert's health was poor. He had been badly hurt in a car accident in the 1980s, had glaucoma, had lost a lung to cancer and suffered from chronic pneumonia.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now The two began an affair in 2004 that lasted about two and a half months, meeting at motels every few weeks. details of the account remain covered until revealed

On the morning of 2 June 2004 Robert took an extremely large dose of Ambien, equivalent to about seven 10mg pills, although he had stopped taking the drug in April. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it First responders found him dead with dried blood around his head and concluded he had been dead for two or three hours. The medical examiner found he had been beaten about the head with a blunt, wedge-shaped object with three prongs, that his skull was fractured in two places and that gravel from the driveway was pressed into his head. His hands showed defensive injuries.

this part of the story is covered for now Her friend Diana Wickland, driving her away from the house, heard her say she had snapped, that she had put sleeping pills in his coffee and that she had used a bag because there was so much blood. details of the account remain covered until revealed A neighbour was told, 'don't worry, I did it'. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Robert's blood was found on the door knob, on the storm door, in the basement and near her vehicle.

this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed Her defence argued that the timeline cleared her: she had played tennis at River Tennis and Fitness in South Londonderry until 11.15am, collected a repaired lamp in Manchester Center, and had a time-stamped bank receipt from Charter One Bank in Jamaica at 12.21pm before reaching home at about 12.30. The prosecution pointed to the hour unaccounted for between 11.15 and 12.21. No murder weapon was found; a three-pronged rake her daughter removed the day before the funeral proved too weak, and a fireplace poker was negative. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it In 2014, aged 81, she was granted a medical furlough and moved to a nursing home in Vermont; the episode says she appears to be still alive.