Just weeks before she pulled the trigger, Linda doctored the deeds, transferring it - fraudulently - into her name. The kids very rarely ever spent the night with their grandparents. Roxanne Couch, who now lives in Ghana, West Africa, has backed up some of her mothers claims of physical abuse. Linda Lee Couch Admits to Burying Her Husband in a Vegetable Patch in 'I Am a Killer' By Leila Kozma Apr. Linda was sentenced to life for aggravated murder and to date, has been refused parole seven times. Walter Couchs body was discovered buried in the yard of his Price Hill home in October 1984. She had my bury my father in the cold ground. Wagner now lives in West Africa, thousands of miles and an ocean away from her mother. Then, she claims she stumbled backwards and the gun went off, shooting Walter in the head. 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. CINCINNATI A Cincinnati woman who shot her husband in the back of the head in 1984 and buried him in a grave unwittingly dug by her children, a neighbor and the victim's own father is scheduled for a parole hearing next month. 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. Prosecutors said Linda had also replaced Walters name on the deed to the family house. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? A woman has described the moment she shot her husband and buried him in the garden after his friends raped her. Whether she actually suffered from Battered Woman Syndrome or not isnt exactly clear. document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) 'He was so different when we were just dating. McConnell scrambled out of his car and found Jennings lying in a ditch. Speaking to the documentary crew, Wagner felt relieved to have a chance to tell her side. Days later, she buried him and the rug in a backyard grave that her three children, father-in-law and a neighbor unknowingly helped dig. 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. "Once I found Hollie and, and I knew that she was gone. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Ultimately, Couch was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to life in prison. Linda Couch said she believed she would die that night. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. She said: "He said they wanted a part of me. Ethan Couch was sentenced to 10 years of probation and rehab time for the crash. Slowly but surely he was bringing me to a breakdown.". Crime + Investigation Play - What to watch in March 2023. She forged a changed in the deeds, which now had her as the sole owner of the property. An argument followed andLinda alleges Walter marched out of the bedroom and went to grab a gun he had recently bought. She told her children, father-in-law and a neighbor that she wanted to dig a drainage ditch and plant grass seed near a shed, according to prosecutors. One day, while rowing over whether Linda should accept a college course place, Walter pulled out his new gun. CINCINNATI (FOX19) - A Price Hill woman will be up for parole next month, 37 years after she was infamously convicted for murdering her husband and enlisting their children in burying his body. Couch's reckless driving set off a chain reaction that resulted in a horrific and fatal scene. Walter Couchs father, suspicious of his daughter-in-laws stories about his sons whereabouts and the hole he had helped to dig eventually went back more than a week later with a shovel. "I am gonna go down here and try to find help.". His sentence was commuted to life in prison without chance of parole 15 years later, but in 2019, he died after being diagnosed with late stage liver and . Ultimately, Couch was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to life in prison. Yes, she did, and she was looking for an escape route, Wagner told WCPO. 920 followers. And even though this was in the 1980s -- I understand that -- but she still had options.". Family members of victims who were killed in the crash -- Pastor Brian Jennings, Breanna Mitchell and Hollie and Shelby Boyles -- have all settled their suits. "She knew she had to prevent him from ever finding out what she had been doing. She told her in-laws, who were very close to their son, that he was not home for various reasons.. Days later, she buried him and the rug in a backyard grave that her three children, father-in-law and a neighbor unknowingly helped dig. https://mobile.twitter.com/Roxanne97426058. Chloe Morgan For Mailonline, My stroke at age 44 caused by the stress of always saying 'YES': She was a frantically busy mum juggling a career - now novelist JO JAKEMAN issues a stark warning, Kate's a real smart pants! Crime+Investigation's I Am A Killer is on tonight at 9pm. Not only that, but she also bought her first ever gun - the weapon which was used to kill Walter. WCPO. Hollie Boyles and her daughter Shelby Boyles were killed in the car crash caused by Ethan Couch. Copyright 2021 WXIX. I was raped by all his friends and Walt just watched and laughed.". It just didnt happen, Deters said. Self defence? Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. I shot him. And I said, It doesnt matter. I said, He could still be alive. [CDATA[// >