The Death of Todd Stermer

48 Hours

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True Crime, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 22 November 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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A woman accused of setting her house on fire and then intentionally running over her husband as he escaped the flames speaks out for the first time. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

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0:17.4	This was all horse pasture over here.
0:20.7	And this was all our yard.
0:24.3	At one time, we owned 120 acres here.
0:28.2	It was our dream home Todd designed every inch of that house himself.
0:34.5	Did you love Todd?
0:35.8	Oh.
0:37.4	I don't even think I ever didn't love Todd.
0:41.4	I think I fell in love with him so quickly.
0:44.2	And I know that he loved me.
0:46.9	-♪
0:53.2	Firefighters found him unresponsive
0:55.2	outside the home on County Road 215.
0:57.9	He died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries.
1:00.8	-♪
1:04.7	Then to head it occurred to you that you
1:07.4	would be a suspect in your husband's death.
1:10.6	It didn't even occur to me that it could even be ruled arson.
1:16.2	All I'm thinking was how did this happen?
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