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- I don't know if Traci killed him or not, but just hooking up with a guy who kissed her while she was married doesn't automatically mean she killed her husband. I was in an abusive relationship with my son's dad years ago, and when I would threaten to leave him, he would do suicidal things to get me to feel sorry for him or he was just desperate, like he carved my name with razor blades into his stomach or he would threaten me with violence, the mentality that if he can't have me no one can. It isn't disputed that the husband Scott moved her several times to isolate her from imagined affairs, that kind of behavior is abusive and I can easily see him seeing the end of his marriage as also the end of life for him, even though he may have tried to do the divorce maybe it was too hard emotionally for him after that night. if she is innocent, I hope Traci will stop being in abusive relationships and focus on being a good parent and be thankful for the second chance. If she is guilty, I hope she still tries to be a good parent, and confess her sins and take the consequences and do the right thing, it is best to be truthful, but I kind of believe her that her husband killed himself, even though these usually end with the wife usually being killed when it comes down to it in domestic violence cases.
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- Traci Rhode is innocent? Please - she's a brilliant, cold-blooded murderer who deserves life in prison, and if you look past the emotional facade that she uses to dupe the public, her guilt is obvious.
First of all, she had a motive to commit murder. Her husband informed her the day prior to his death that he intended to file for a divorce and seek custody of the kids. Why would he commit suicide the morning after this action? If he loved his children enough to seek custody, then he would not turn around and kill himself the next morning. That makes no sense at all.
Traci wants us to believe that Scott's death was a suicide. OK, so why aren't his prints on the gun? This is a critical flaw in her story vs. the evidence - people who are going to commit suicide usually don't care one bit about whether or not their fingerprints would be found on the weapon. I'd argue the opposite - in many suicides, notes or indications of unhappiness are left behind, and even in cases where they're not, the police immediately check the gun for prints, which often allows them to determine if a death is most likely suicide or homicide. Yet the only prints ever found on the gun did not match Scott or Traci Rhode, or any of the EMTs, for that matter. I highly, highly doubt that Scott Rhode would have gone to the trouble to leave his prints off the gun if all he intended to do was commit suicide.
And why would Scott Rhode have committed suicide in the early morning, when Traci was conveniently out of the house on a jog? If he didn't want Traci or the kids to hear the gunshot, he simply could have WAITED until she went to work and the kids went to school, or he could have gone to a secluded area to die. That's a lot more plausible then getting up to shoot yourself at 4:45 AM and using a pillow to muffle the sound (the pillow wouldn't have done much of that, by the way). And that's another point - who wakes up at 4:45 AM to kill himself?
And another point - Traci's story is completely vague. She consistently uses the word "somewhere" to avoid precision, making it tough for investigators to spot inconsistencies. Oh, and to those of you who argue that her story has stayed the same for over five years: ever notice that it's EXACTLY the same? Most innocent people will tell a consistent story, and while the details will be the same, their wording will change. Traci recites her story verbatim, nearly every single time. It seems suspicious, almost like she rehearsed it in her head beforehand.
Ever notice that Traci would always get worked up and emotional, yet no noticeable tears were ever visible? She would speak in a high, weepy voice, and display a pained expression, but yet she did not seem to cry. It may be mean to point out, but I am suspicious of this emotion, and I think it's probably just a tactic to garner public sympathy. Just like her constant invocations of God and her supposedly strong Christian faith - isn't it amusing how some of the most evil people in this world try to name-drop God into the conversation when they're trying to hide their guilt?
There are many, many things wrong with Traci's story, but I will give her credit - she's a great actress, and the fact that she got off so easily attests to that fact. A sad chapter in American justice... - Reply to this comment
- "I hope that Traci Rhode reads this. I could tell from the start of the show that she was innocent. I feel that the misogynistic approach of the shameful, misdirected prosecutor and his "expert" and the waffling police officers were the downfall. Her husband was clearly unstable and threatening for quite a while. He was lashing out, going to the lawyer, threatening to take the kids. The usual way a man will lash out at a woman, threaten to take the kids away from her. It breaks my heart to know she has had to endure this process and this accusation. Traci, if you read this, there are women out here on your side. You say, and mean, all the things that are TRUE. You state that you are innocent, that you tried to make it work with your husband and you even told him the truth about how your friend made you feel; attended to. You did all the right things and this is the shame our of publicly-paid misogynistic prosecutors. (I don't think a female prosecutor would've gone after you like that.) I wish you the very very best. My unsolicited advice: Don't appeal if you risk jail. Be there for your kids no matter what society says or thinks. Your freedom, as you now know, is precious, and sometime the "system" is skewed. Enjoy your children and try to find peace within yourself. I'll never forget this story, and I'm so sorry it has happened to you. ~Susie "
Please explain to me how the prosecutor's approach was misogynistic? - Reply to this comment
- An update on Traci Rhode who murdered her husband while he was sleeping. In February of 2009, she asked the Thirteenth Court of Appeals to dismiss the appeal of her murder conviction and they have complied with her wish. This murderess has decided to accept probation as the "punishment" for her 1st degree murder conviction.
No update on the life insurance policy scheduled to give $600,000 to her kids but gives this psychopath control over the money. - Reply to this comment
- I hope that Traci Rhode reads this. I could tell from the start of the show that she was innocent. I feel that the misogynistic approach of the shameful, misdirected prosecutor and his "expert" and the waffling police officers were the downfall. Her husband was clearly unstable and threatening for quite a while. He was lashing out, going to the lawyer, threatening to take the kids. The usual way a man will lash out at a woman, threaten to take the kids away from her. It breaks my heart to know she has had to endure this process and this accusation. Traci, if you read this, there are women out here on your side. You say, and mean, all the things that are TRUE. You state that you are innocent, that you tried to make it work with your husband and you even told him the truth about how your friend made you feel; attended to. You did all the right things and this is the shame our of publicly-paid misogynistic prosecutors. (I don't think a female prosecutor would've gone after you like that.) I wish you the very very best. My unsolicited advice: Don't appeal if you risk jail. Be there for your kids no matter what society says or thinks. Your freedom, as you now know, is precious, and sometime the "system" is skewed. Enjoy your children and try to find peace within yourself. I'll never forget this story, and I'm so sorry it has happened to you. ~Susie
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- I can't seem to load the last page of this story. When I googled their names, it said Traci was found guilty but only spent 2 days in jail and got probation for the rest, which caused Texas to change the law that someone convicted of murder cannot be given just probation.
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- curious975, why does iowanurse have it right? Does that mean Scott''s former employer, AND Scott and Traci''s friends have it wrong. They both went on camera to tell a totally different story. Why would they side with Traci? Their friends were just that THEIR friends, not just her''s.
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- edgewater19 They noted that he was right handed in the story. As for her washing her hands, so what? She wasn''t hiding it, she did it in front of the officer. I am married to a police officer. I asked him what are the odds that her story hasn''t changed in 4 years IF she were indeed guilty. He said he has never had a suspect maintain a story that was guilty, not one single time in 16 years. That is very telling. As for her boyfriend I don''t know. But a boyfriend does not make her a murderer.
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- I find it interesting that Traci thinks that everyone will fall for her story about how innocent her rendezvous with her boy friend was at the Red Roof. Whether they planned to have *** at the hotel is irrelevant. She consciously knew what she was doing was wrong. Why else would she not simply choose to meet with her boy friend in the kitchen of her own home? There would not have been any police watching her there. That in itself sounds of paranoia. Did she choose not to meet at her own home because she was trying to hide her boy friend from the kids? Maybe she was trying to hide him from other members of her family. She was not 24 hours from all of her family when she met her boy friend at the hotel. She had family members from out of town staying with her at the time. This is an example of a flat out lie.
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- curious975 - I agree with you. I thought the same thing in regards to Traci flipping this story around. Her description of Scott is more accurately applied to herself. She%u2019s a control freak.
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