Ninepepper
Senior member
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Opinion
Factual and Procedural Background
The beginning
Todd Roper and Melinda Trenary first met in January 2001, began a relationship roughly three months later, and subsequently moved in together in August 2001. Their relationship was not a placid one.....
The third party
...Shortly after Roper moved out of Trenary's apartment, she had begun spending time before and after work with a co-worker, Charles White....
Loverboy makes his move, so close yet so far away
...After thirty minutes of cards, Trenary leaned over to kiss White, when she heard a creaking sound from the apartment floor.
At that point, Roper rushed into the bedroom, wielding a board over his shoulder like a baseball bat. Trenary cried out in warning, but Roper struck White in the head with the board, just as White was turning around toward Roper. The blow opened a broad laceration in White's forehead that bled profusely....
Ouch
...During this second stage of the confrontation, White felt "two sharp blows" to his back. He would later learn at the hospital that Roper had stabbed him....
Gettin' outa dodge
..She managed to get the door open, and yelled at White "just go and get me some help," at which point White escaped from the apartment...
Opinion
Factual and Procedural Background
The beginning
Todd Roper and Melinda Trenary first met in January 2001, began a relationship roughly three months later, and subsequently moved in together in August 2001. Their relationship was not a placid one.....
The third party
...Shortly after Roper moved out of Trenary's apartment, she had begun spending time before and after work with a co-worker, Charles White....
Loverboy makes his move, so close yet so far away
...After thirty minutes of cards, Trenary leaned over to kiss White, when she heard a creaking sound from the apartment floor.
At that point, Roper rushed into the bedroom, wielding a board over his shoulder like a baseball bat. Trenary cried out in warning, but Roper struck White in the head with the board, just as White was turning around toward Roper. The blow opened a broad laceration in White's forehead that bled profusely....
Ouch
...During this second stage of the confrontation, White felt "two sharp blows" to his back. He would later learn at the hospital that Roper had stabbed him....
Gettin' outa dodge
..She managed to get the door open, and yelled at White "just go and get me some help," at which point White escaped from the apartment...
