I'm Kristen Ceevy, this is murder she told.

Sarah Lee Porter was born in the city of Midland, Michigan, a sprawling grid of streets and

people in the flat Midwest, home to 42,000 residents. Between 1966, the year of her birth,

in the 1980s, her family moved to nearby town-sized Gladwin, Michigan. They lived right near

the town center, just a few blocks from the courthouse. When Sarah was 20 years old, she had her first

child, a girl named Roxanne. Two years later, when she was 22, she gave birth to another girl,

Angelica. She and their father were together for almost 10 years throughout the majority of

her 20s. She grew up with a cute asthma, and it inspired her to work as a respiratory therapist

as an adult, helping patients with breathing disorders. She often traveled to patients' homes

for treatment, maintenance, and check-ups. She was treating an elderly woman in nearby Midland,

got to know her son, Harold Knight. Harold, who went by Butch to those who knew him,

was 18 years Sarah's senior. Though she was still with the father of her children,

she fell for Butch and wanted to be with him instead.

Around 1995, when Sarah was 29 years old, she got a divorce from her first husband. Her oldest

daughter was about 10 years old, and her younger sister was 8. Roxanne later recalled that Butch

was very charming, showing her mom a lot of attention and affection. He brought her flowers and

took her to dinner. He would take her on trips and they would pack picnic lunches. It was a real

love story. Once the divorce was finalized, Butch would be with Sarah and her two daughters nearly

every weekend. They often took trips to a nearby lake house as a family. Butch won her over,

and they would often write love notes to one another. Every Valentine's Day, Butch got her

an oversized card, and she called him her everyday Valentine. He called her his honey bunny.

Six years later, on January 18th, 2001, Sarah and Butch got married. They alloped.

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