Today is Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020.

On this day in 2004, 71 year old Hope Shriner

murdered her husband of 43 years 78 year old Robert Shriner.

Hope was tired of their relationship and wanted badly to start a new life with her secret lover, Donald.

Welcome to today in true Crime, a parcast original.

Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised.

Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

Today we're covering Hope Shriner's murder of her husband, Robert.

Let's go back to the rural town of Townsend Vermont on the morning of June 2, 2004. 71 year old Hope Shriner set the coffee pot on its heating pad and flipped the switch to on.

Then she opened a kitchen cupboard just as her husband, 78 year old Robert Schreiner,

shuffled into the room. Robert hardly acknowledged his wife's presence.

He simply took his seat at the kitchen table and frowned impatiently,

waiting for hope to bring him his coffee.

After 43 years of marriage, the para developed an almost wordless routine.

Gone was the warmth of their early marriage

when the two of them had blended their children

from their first marriages into one big happy family.

Now, the elderly couple passed each day in near solitude, especially

Robert. A car accident several years earlier had left him with limited mobility,

alongside numerous other health problems.

He relied on hope for nearly everything,

and maybe it was this forced dependence

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