Sneak peek: Karrie's Choice | Forensic Files

today is February 13th 2018 uh we are currently at the Sten County Sheriff's Office conference room
present is Carrie n Ridder and also her attorney uh the time now is 10:58 a.m. at what point does your dad first
approach you with this plan um it was him and I we were home he was saying like that he was going to kill himself
but he brought up that he was that there was this other option kind of thing um where he
would he wanted to kill my mom first bite oh Carrie don't push the bib up Carrie is doing a good job the story of
my eyes is about Lloyd and Michelle and there's the door and there's my husband he was such an attentive
[Laughter] father wow I thought he was a really amazing person he's very charismatic
shows a lot of care car is too cold to be happy Michelle is truly a brilliant [Music]
person she's got a wonderful sense of humor and this great wit what's your favorite toy outside Carrie uh my baby
swing your baby swing my first impression was that they were sort of like a very perfect ideal family and
they were really good at putting up that front but over time I sort that perception sort of started to
change I was Michelle's lawyer her husband had filed for divorce Michelle was surprised that he
filed for course she was a stay-at-home mom she had done everything she thought she could do to make him and the family
happy carry was at RIT she was uh set a graduate in another year she says a dad came to her I can't afford to pay the
bills I can't afford to pay your mother there's no way out I have to kill myself
I'm sorry you guys have to go on without me or I got Plan B here which was killing my mom
Cho he made you choose i1 Center had something strange happening at a uh at a friend's house I
thought I saw the mother standing in the stairway but she's motionless and I could see through the
stairs and see that somebody was clearly at the bottom of the stairs and they looked like they needed some sort of
help [Music] did you ever think this case would go the way it did no upate we're out with a male subject
on the top floor of the Spring Street Garage is he's on the ledge do you have live video of this up
there we just don't have cases like this where where this level of pervasive evil
trickles through an entire life and then ends in such a horrific event

Could a teenager be brainwashed by one parent to help murder the other parent -- and then make it look like a suicide? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports Saturday, February 8 at 9/8c on CBS.

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Brief Summary

Carrie N. Ridder recounts her father's chilling murder plot against her mother, revealing family secrets and trauma.

Key points

The Perfect Family Illusion. The narrator reflects on the facade of a seemingly ideal family that hides deeper issues.
A Father's Despair. A father reveals his plan to his daughter, expressing hopelessness about their situation.
A Shocking Discovery. A witness sees something alarming at a friend's house, hinting at a deeper crisis.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I have to kill myself or I got Plan B.

A desperate statement from a father.

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