Til Murder Do Us Part

Deborah Smarella, known as Debbie, was born in 1963 and grew up mostly in Kittery, Maine, moving around the state with her mother and stepfather. details of the account remain covered until revealed He was sitting on a motorcycle and asked her to go for a ride; by the end of that autumn she was pregnant. They married in a civil ceremony on 11 January 1982, when she was four months pregnant. Three days later, according to Debbie, he told her that he owned her now, that the marriage licence was his title to her, and he threw her across the room like a rag doll. Within a week he was kicking, punching and shoving her, and the violence continued for the rest of the marriage.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now His father, Ken Brown, gave him a job delivering home heating oil for Agway Fuel and let the family live in a house his parents owned. details of the account remain covered until revealed In 1990 he worked for the Kittery highway department and in April that year transferred to the sewer department, maintaining trucks and cleaning sewer lines.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Neighbours saw a friendly couple who fished and rode motorcycles together; Debbie's relatives knew nothing of the abuse. She left him at least once for a shelter in Sanford, Maine, and he apologised and talked her into returning. this part of the story is covered for now In the autumn of 1998 Debbie announced that they were separating and told family members he had abused her for almost twenty years. details of the account remain covered until revealed

Debbie took the children to her brother Donald Wood Jr.'s mobile home at Lower Middle Road in Lebanon, Maine, and filed for a protective order and a divorce. She began working as a maid and dating Christopher Brouillard, a thirty-year-old mud-racing friend of her brother. In February 1999 she visited Colonial Homes about buying a mobile home. 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 They drove to New Hampshire, rented a car, and spent the afternoon and evening watching the trailer. On 28 March Debbie and Chris took the children to the Holiday Inn pool in Portsmouth, where Debbie saw a stocky man staring at them through a sliding glass door and then a car with New Hampshire plates. That night the motion lights behind the trailer kept coming on, but Chris told her it was an animal.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Donald Wood Jr., a mechanic, went out to help. Half an hour later she returned and asked for Chris, saying Donald needed him; Chris went out. She came back a third time asking for Donald's girlfriend Linda and her Chevrolet Blazer. By then Debbie was awake and suspicious. She drove out, saw the rental car beside the driveway, raced back honking and screaming that he was here. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed Whitney, twelve years old, watched two armed figures take her mother and called 911 at 12.57 a.m. Police found Donald Wood Jr. and Christopher Brouillard partially buried in the woods about fifty feet behind the trailer. Both had head trauma and multiple stab wounds. 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 this part of the story is covered for now Debbie was sexually assaulted more than once during the night and told that everything was her fault. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

At about 6 a.m. police searching motels around Albany found the car and a SWAT team raided the rooms. Debbie was found alive. this part of the story is covered for now He knew the address because it was on the restraining order. details of the account remain covered until revealed

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 this part of the story is covered for now Donald Wood Jr. and Christopher Brouillard were buried after joint funerals attended by 150 people, with a procession of four-wheel-drive trucks.

details of the account remain covered until revealed Debbie said she was angry that he had taken the easy way out, but relieved that she no longer had to look over her shoulder. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it