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48 Hours

Reuschel vs. Reuschel

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.17.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

A wealthy Florida businessman is arrested after a violent confrontation with his wife – she survived. Did his daughter’s sumptuous wedding lead to a murderous rage? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.


Transcript

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0:21.0

And I will moment the emergency.

0:23.0

No, I need an ambulance for a polly to you.

0:28.0

I was called at approximately 4 o'clock in the morning on February 3rd, 2018.

0:33.0

There had been a home invasion robbery in the area of hail plantation.

0:37.0

You could summon within your house?

0:39.0

Yes.

0:47.0

I'm being advised that the wife has severe injuries.

0:52.0

And was currently being trauma alerted to our area hospital.

0:57.0

You woke up to a scary cream and told figure with the master to tie it with you.

1:04.0

What did you see? I felt something sharp.

1:09.0

Susan Rochelle almost died that night.

1:15.0

If Susan had died, the truth of what happened that night would die with her.

1:21.0

When Susan Rochelle comes out of surgery, she tells investigators that there is no intruder.

1:27.0

And that the person who inflicted all of the injuries that she is suffering from is Michael Rochelle.

1:35.0

This case is about the power of money. It's about the power of desire for control.

1:42.0

When Susan asks for divorce, Michael Rochelle snapped.

1:48.0

When he was faced with the prospect that he would have to give her half of his fortune,

1:52.0

he made a calculated and premeditated decision to kill.

1:59.0

This is the knife that was used to stab Susan.

2:02.0

The bending in this knife, you believe is a result of it hitting bone and it bent the blade.

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