Linda Couch said during the argument about school, her husband grabbed the recently-purchased gun after she refused to quit. ]]> I was raped by all his friends and Walt just watched and laughed.". Just moments later, Brian Jennings' wife, Shaunna Jennings, who was driving home from her son Evan Jennings' graduation party, arrived on the hellish scene. Stars Linda Lee Couch Joe Ackerman Patrick Dinkelacker See production, box office & company info Watch on Netflix with subscription Add to Watchlist 4 User reviews Photos Add photo Linda Couch is serving a life sentence for murdering her husband, Walter, and her story is shown on Crime+Investigation's I Am A Killer. Sustained physical, emotional, sexual, financial and verbal abuse can lead to severe depression, confusion, fear and learned helplessness. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. A few days later came her first "Maggoty Ann." After Walter was buried, prosecutors said Linda continued living her life in a normal fashion. In a release advocating against her parole, current Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said she repeatedly lied to Walters close family about his whereabouts and told the children their father had abandoned them. Linda Couch said she believed she would die that night. Linda's in-laws eventually went to the Price Hill home and confronted her about Walters disappearance. I shot him. And I said It doesnt matter, I said, He could still be alive. It was ridiculous.". As always you can unsubscribe at any time. On Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph T. Deters announced his opposition to the possible parole of Linda Couch. Couch has long denied asking her children to help dig. She said: "He said they wanted a part of me. Brian Jennings, who was killed in the car crash caused by Ethan Couch, is pictured here with his sisters. Serving Time 45m Documentary Crime From a women's reformatory in Ohio, Linda Lee Couch talks about the murder of her husband, Walter, in 1984, a killing precipitated by years of abuse. CINCINNATI (SCRIPPS) - In March 1985, Linda Lee Couch was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her husband, Walter Douglas Couch. The teen bride said their early married life was bliss, but things changed as soon as she fell pregnant with the couple's first child Roxanne. We thought it was a big family fight because there were people running around, except people were running around hollering and screaming, he told WCPO. Then one night, Linda, a mother-of-three, told how she was woken up by all of Walter's friends in her bedroom. While still on probation, Ethan Couch, now 18, was being sought after missing a mandated probation check-in with Texas authorities in early December. But the judge and jury did not agree and she has been in jail for his murder ever since. A woman who claims her husband laughed as she was raped by his friends has told how she 'accidentally' shot him in the head - before getting her children to help bury his body in the garden. Linda Couch's tells her story in documentary I Am A Killer, She was only 16 when she met her husband and claimed he beat her and allowed his friends to rape her, Linda was smitten with Walter when she first met him, Linda says she was repeatedly raped by Walter's friends, Linda had a place at college but Walter didn't want to her to go, After Linda shot Walter, she buried him in their back garden and her child heard the couple's children helped, Linda and Walter's daughter, Roxanne, was also beaten by her father, Linda has been refused parole seven times. He went back outside in search of his wife and daughter and was horrified at the chaotic scene unfolding in front of his house. Even if it was, the court wouldnt have heard about it; her abuse didnt form part of her, admittedly, quite flimsy defence. Then all the loans all came due and the bank kept insisting that my father come in. But her daughter doesnt believe Couch has changed at all. Couch has long denied asking her children to help dig. Her father was no saint, Wagner said, detailing a childhood marred by daily beatings from her father, shouting, arguing and watching her mother be physically abused. What happened to the Hatton Garden burglars? Shes never admitted to what shes done.. Linda was convicted of aggravated murder and given the maximum sentence of life in prison. The shaken up driver 24-year-old Breanna Mitchell was on her way home from a catering job. To protect her daughter, she killed her husband. Couch persuaded her three young children, a neighbor and her father-in-law to help dig a hole in the yard, telling them it was for drainage issues and to plant grass seed, Deters recounts. In deposition tapes obtained by ABC News, Teague testified, "I was very, very hesitant. Ethan Couch was sentenced to 10 years of probation and rehab time for the crash. She alleged that her husband was controlling during their 14-year marriage. All the cases settled without the defendants admitting fault. And I hope they deny her.. Linda Couch, then 30, shot her 35-year-old husband, Walter Couch, in the back of the head the night of Oct. 13, 1984, at their home in Cincinnatis Price Hill neighborhood, pictured here in an April 2019 Street View image. If I had to choose the way I wanted to spend my last night to see Brian, you know, that's how I would have set it up," Kevin McConnell told ABC News' "20/20.". I got used to it, I just had to deal with it. Weeks before the shooting,Linda forged the deed to the house and transferred it into her name. He grew up in Houston and spent most of his adult life in Austin. Did she feel trapped? Andy Nadel, a 30-year veteran of the prosecutors office, says Couchs case stands out as gruesome and chilling for turning Walters loved ones into unwitting participants. Follow 920. The couple argued about it and Linda claims Walter stormed out of the bedroom and went to grab a newly bought gun. It's almost like watching a movie. 920 followers. Linda was convicted of aggravated murder and given the maximum sentence of life in prison. The court case was pending when Walter Couch was slain. Kevin McConnell, Pastor Brian Jennings's best friend, then drove upon the wreck. Even though she feels safe where she is in Ghana, she still looks over her shoulder. A highly-intoxicated Couch sped down the narrow two-lane country road, reportedly travelling at nearly 70 miles per hour and even playing chicken with oncoming cars, according to Tarrant County Assistant Criminal District Attorney Richard Alpert. Provocation? And even her daughter Roxanne. However, when she was accepted onto a college course, Linda saw it as her means of escape - only, Walter wasn't too happy about it. [CDATA[// >