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I'm Andrea Gunning, host of the podcast Betrayal.

Police Lieutenant Joel Kern used his badge to fool everyone.

Most of all, his wife, Caroline.

He texted, I've ruined our lives.

You're going to want to divorce me.

How far would he go to cover up what he'd done?

The fact that you lied is absolutely horrific.

And quite frankly, I question how many other women are out there

that may bring forward allegations in the future.

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I've seen a lot of stuff over 30 years, you know, some very despicable crime and things

that are kind of tough to wrap your head around.

And this ranks right up there in the pantheon of Rhode Island fraudsters.

I've always been told I'm a really good listener, right?

And I maximized that while I was lying.

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