April 26th 2024.
Colby Trickle was a husband who claimed that his wife Kristen Trickle had tragically taken her own life. However, as the investigation unfolded, it became clear that this was not the whole story. In fact, Colby had cashed in on his wife's life insurance policies and used the money for some disturbing purchases.
It all started on Halloween morning in 2019, when Colby made a frantic call to 911 reporting that his 26-year-old wife had shot herself in their home in Hays, Kansas. The responding officer found the scene to be suspicious, but the coroner ultimately ruled Kristen's death as a suicide and Colby was released from custody.
As an Army reservist, Colby received a significant sum of money from Kristen's life insurance policies - over $120,000 to be exact. And what did he do with this money? Shockingly, just two days after receiving the payouts, he purchased a life-sized sex doll. This purchase did not go unnoticed by investigators who continued to work on the case.
Detective Joshua Burkholder, who worked on the case, expressed his concern about Colby's actions. He believed that there should be a period of mourning after the loss of a loved one, and the fact that Colby was already buying a sex doll just months after Kristen's death was alarming.
Kristen's family was also appalled by Colby's behavior. Her aunt, Delynn Rice, was shocked that he would use her niece's life insurance money for such a purchase. She saw it as him trying to replace Kristen with the doll, using her own money to do so. Her uncle, Brant Rice, echoed this sentiment, saying he was disgusted by Colby's actions and that they had electric blankets for warmth, not sex dolls.
Even the police officers who responded to the scene on the day of Kristen's death found things to be suspicious. Sergeant Brandon Hauptman noted that Kristen was only wearing underwear and that it was not typical for a woman to take her own life with a facial injury. The gun at the scene also seemed too large for her to handle.
After a thorough investigation, Colby was finally arrested on July 14, 2021. Two years later, in November 2023, he was convicted of his wife's murder and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 50 years. As more details about Colby's spending of the life insurance money came to light, a new documentary, Kristen Trickle: Autopsy of the Mind, will air this Saturday on CBS. It will delve deeper into the disturbing truth behind Kristen's death and Colby's actions.
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