Storybook Romance | EP 1 | Stacey's Story
Betrayal Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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4.6 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Stacey Rutherford, a single mom, found her storybook romance in 2015 when she met medical student Justin Rutherford. They shared a deep connection, fell in love, and became a picture-perfect American family. Over time, the couple added two more children to their family. Justin progressed into a family doctor, and they settled in Pennsylvania, where he started his career. However, in August of 2021, Stacey came home to find her wonderful life crashing down. The Rutherford family would never be the same.Â
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:07.6 | Stacey, would you please read this document? |
| 0:11.3 | Okay. |
| 0:12.6 | This is a court document, affidavit of probable cause from Berks County, Pennsylvania. |
| 0:19.1 | Honor about Thursday, January 5th, 2023, a detective received information that the defendant |
| 0:25.1 | Justin Rutherford was requesting to have someone murder a juvenile male. |
| 0:29.3 | Detectives in Reading, Pennsylvania, learned that a Justin Rutherford had concocted a scheme |
| 0:34.3 | to take the life of a teenager who was set to testify against him in a criminal |
| 0:39.5 | case. Rutherford told his hitman to use gloves and to wear layers of clothing so no DNA would be |
| 0:47.5 | found. Rutherford said he could be buried in the forest somewhere, or he could be burned in a barrel. |
| 0:56.0 | This would be a good way to get rid of any evidence. |
| 0:59.0 | Stacey, do you know Justin Rutherford, the man who was planning the murder? |
| 1:04.6 | I do. |
| 1:05.9 | And who is he? |
| 1:07.7 | My husband. |
| 1:27.5 | No. My husband. I'm Andrea Gunning, and this is season three of betrayal. |
| 1:31.5 | Episode 1. Storybook romance. |
| 1:38.8 | A listener note, some names have been changed to protect privacy. |
| 1:44.0 | I'm so grateful to be back for another season of betrayal. |
| 1:48.9 | When we started this project with Jennifer Fasen's story back in 2019, |
| 1:51.3 | we really didn't know where it would go. |
| 1:54.4 | Thanks to you, we're back for season three. |
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