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Morning Cup of Murder

Victim or Aggressor? - March 7 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

March 7th: Cara Ryan Kills (2015) The argument between guilt and acting in self defense can be a tricky one. On March 7th 2015 a woman shot a man who, depending on what side you believe, might have been either the victim or the aggressor. https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/teacher-found-not-guilty-in-fatal-shooting-of-husband-a-former-st/2311184/, https://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/civil/former-pinellas-teacher-acquitted-of-ex-husbands-murder-faces-wrongful/2317640/, https://www.fox13news.com/news/sexting-rape-and-murder-at-center-of-cara-ryan-murder-trial, https://www.magzter.com/stories/Womens-Interest/Chat/Sex-Jealously-And-Murder, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4165936/Cara-Ryan-not-guilty-murdering-husband-John-Rush.html, https://www.southfloridacriminalattorneysblog.com/verdict-decided-south-florida-homicide-former-cop-ex-wife/, https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/how-mock-trials-altered-cara-ryan-s-defense-942427715900, https://vimbuzz.com/where-is-cara-ryan-now/, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.0

The argument between guilt and acting in self-defense can be a tricky one.

0:20.7

On March 7, 2015, a woman shot a man who,

0:24.3

depending on what side you believe, might have either been the victim or the aggressor.

0:30.6

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning

0:36.0

cup of murder.

0:43.1

John J.J. Rush and Kara Ryan fell in love and married in 1996.

0:49.9

Unfortunately, after nine years of marriage, the retired police sergeant turned investigator with the medical examiner's office and teacher at the local Florida high school,

0:54.7

decided to end their union and filed for divorce.

0:58.4

Their split, however, didn't last very long,

1:01.1

and by 2007, the pair rekindled their flame

1:04.7

and began an almost decades-long on-again-off-again relationship.

1:09.5

Everything, however, came to an end in February of 2015,

1:13.4

when JJ, now 45, called things off for a final time and moved out. Despite his resolve to

1:21.2

end their relationship for good, JJ still felt the need to go to Kara's Indian Rock Beach

1:25.8

apartment to fix things up and check on her to make sure everything was okay.

1:30.3

A decision that would turn out to be a deadly one.

1:34.0

On March 7, 2015, just about a month or so after breaking things off,

1:38.6

John Rush went over to Kara's apartment after she texted him.

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