Right Or Wrong?

Was Susan Wright Pushed To The Edge When She Killed Her Husband?

(CBS)  But Susan’s sister, Cindy, says she saw Susan’s bruises: “I’ve seen bruises all over her arms and legs. I’ve seen her on two different occasions with a black eye.”

Susan’s friend, Jamie Darr-Hall, also remembers that black eye: “I think she was being abused quite often.”

Susan, however, never reported any abuse to police while Jeff was alive. She even had a second child with him, and says the abuse got worse after their daughter, Kaily, was born.

“She described herself as the wrapping on the package, that it was her job to make things look beautiful on the outside so that no one would wonder what it’s like on the inside,” says Cindy.

But inside the Wright house, Susan says there was nothing but emotional and physical pain, until Jan. 13, 2003, the last day of Jeff Wright’s life.

Susan says Jeff had come back from a boxing lesson, and he had been using drugs. He started to spar with Bradley, who didn’t want to fight back. She says he started hitting Bradley and stormed off when his son started crying.

Susan says she comforted Bradley and put him and Kaily, 1, to bed. Then, she says she confronted Jeff for the first time about his problems with drugs and violence.

“I couldn’t go on and I was afraid of him. I knew if I left him, he would kill me. But I had to ask him to get help. And that was my big mistake,” says Susan. “I wasn’t supposed to give him ultimatums. I wasn’t supposed to tell him what to do.”

She says Jeff exploded, pushed her down on the bed and raped her. A moment later, he was back, this time holding a knife over her head. “I didn’t want to die,” she says.

Even though Jeff was almost a foot taller than Susan and 100 pounds heavier, Susan says she overpowered him by kneeing him in the groin. She then grabbed the knife, and started repeatedly stabbing him - 193 times.

“I was terrified because he was gonna kill me,” says Susan. “I knew the second that I stopped he was gonna get the knife back and then I was gonna be the one that would be dead.”

After the attack, Susan says she went into a state of shock that lasted a week. Believe it or not, she says she thought Jeff was still alive.

“I was terrified. I was panicked,” recalls Susan. “I thought that as soon as he woke up that he was gonna be mad and I had to get him out of the house.”

She buried Jeff’s body in a shallow hole on the patio next to the bedroom. It was a hole that Jeff had dug as part of a home improvement project.

“I was so scared. I thought if I put him there and put some dirt on him that he would have a hard time getting out to come after me,” says Susan. “I sat on the sofa waiting for him to get up and I watched all night, waiting for him to come back.”

That week, Susan cut away the bloody carpet, dragged the blood-soaked mattress to the backyard, painted the blood spattered walls and bought more dirt to pile on top of her husband’s body.

But she says she wasn’t trying to cover up a crime: “The house always had to be perfect and everything had to be in order and straight and neat. And it wasn’t.”

Susan told her friend Jamie that she and Jeff had a terrible fight, and he had stormed off. Her friend advised her to call the police, file a report and change the locks. Two days after she killed her husband, Susan went to the police to get an order of protection against him.

[pamelann1]

What? Were you her cell mate in prison? I can tell you for a fact that her childhood was no picnic. In the end she murdered my friend Jeff and she will not see the light of day for at least 12 years. That''s half of her sentence. You know they don''t let out a murderess because of prison crowding. She is one of the most violent woman in history. 193 times.
I wish all of us could get online and talk together without a posting board. I respect your opinions but not one of you has accepted any of my personal insite. We all have things to learn or face in our life. I''ve been doing this a day or so and I''m wore out.

[cvalentini-2009]

awsome01, I''m glad to finally see someone on here that knows Susan.

[asome01]

That woman is a victim of violence at some point in her life. She sleeps in the fetal position! Ive seen it first hand and have worked with her for almost 4 years.

[cvalentini-2009]

Like I said earlier Pamela, you don''t know what went on behind closed doors and you even admitted that.

[cvalentini-2009]

BetsyRoss you need a reality check!

[pamelann1]

Susan Wright made up being abused. Ron Sr & Ron Jr, were both called to the stand. The defense lawyer could have tried to tear them apart and chose NOT to because both Jeff''s father & brother are exemplory people and are in good standing in their communities. Ron Sr''s comment about "We love our women" was a poor choice of words but I know him and he just meant the men in the family love their wives. The man is nearly 80 yrs old by now. This just about killed him. He is keeping Jeff''s memory alive for all of us in his actions & words. He raised his children right! Wright.

[pamelann1]

Susan Wright made up being abused. Ron Sr & Ron Jr, were both called to the stand. The defense lawyer could have tried to tear them apart and chose NOT to because both Jeff''s father & brother are exemplory people and are in good standing in their communities. Ron Sr''s comment about "We love our women" was a poor choice of words but I know him and he just meant the men in the family love their wives. The man is nearly 80 yrs old by now. This just about killed him. He is keeping Jeff''s memory alive for all of us in his actions & words. He raised his children right! Wright.

[myrtis21]

to Pam and Val. Quit the arguing. This woman was terribly abused and I can see how it drove her over the edge. What makes me mad is to read Ron Wright''s comment "We love our women." Really. Why didn''t the defense ever call Ron Wright to the stand and ask him if he had ever abused his wife and children. Something went wrong for Jeff to be so abusive. I hope and pray that Susan will get a second trial and a much stronger defense, that the judge will set her free, and that she will get her children back.

[betsyross4]

CVALENTI-I WATCHED 48HRS.YOU SEEM LIKE A MURDER GROUPIE.

[betsyross4]

JEFF FANS? HOW LUDICRIS...SHE KNOWS THINGS THAT 99% OF US DO NOT KNOW. LEAVE THE KIDS OUT OF IT PLEASE. SHE IS NOT A FAN BUT SHE''S APPEARS TO BE SAD AND ANGRY. DON''T ANTAGONIZE ONE ANOTHER, THIS IS TO SHARE NOT TEAR OTHER PEOPLE DOWN.

[cvalentini-2009]

To all of you Jeff fans, I guess this couldv''e been another O.J. Simpson case, Laci Peterson, etc. Maybe you would be satisfied then.

[cvalentini-2009]

I know what I do from what was brought forth with the case. Seems like your the one that didn''t know everyting.

[pamelann1]

I am best friends with that family and you do not know what they have been through. Bradley & Kailey are loved so much. The venom in which you write your "comments" is repugnant. Don''t talk about things you know nothing about. Shame on you. Those children have been at their permanant residence since Susan was denied bail. 5 years now.

[cvalentini-2009]

Sorry hun, I know who my Lord and Savior is. I''ll be with him when it''s my time.

[pamelann1]

Go straight to hell.

[cvalentini-2009]

So the story sounds even more bogus to me, he caught an assault charge for slamming his fist and cracking a table. It doesn''t matter how good looking he was, still doesn''t make it right what he did to her. As far as the Jury, they were caught up on the ties, I don''t recall any of them saying that they didn''t believe that he beat her. It''s a *** shame that His brother got those children. God Bless Them.

[pamelann1]

That''s exactly what happend. Jeff did not put his fist through anything. Jeff slammed his fist and cracked the glass. It seems to me that people would be interested in knowing more about Jeff. Lastly, 48hrs showed Jeff at his heaviest weight and bad angled pictures. He was a very good looking, good hearted man. If you choose not to believe me that''s fine but like BetsyRoss4 said "the jury didn''t believe her" Susan would have been acquitted if her defense lawyer could''ve proved that he wasn''t tied to the bed. And as a footnote, Her lawyer quit immediately after the trial. Since then she has had a public defender and has lost all her appeals. The children could finally be formally adopted by their Aunt & Uncle.

[cvalentini-2009]

Pamelann1,let me guess, Jeff told you that''s all that happened with the assault charge that he caught. Right? Of course.

[cvalentini-2009]

BestyRoss4, are you serious, lets start with the assault charge that he caught from his ex-girlfriend. That proves that he''s hit a woman before. What about the bruises that Susan''s sister, friends, etc. saw on her? What about the friend that would stay over in the next room so Jeff wouldn''t beat her that night? What about the bruises that she still had a week later when she went to the police. He must have given her a hell of a beating that time, Right? What about the person that lives in their house right now that said there was alot of sheet rock repair done to the walls. He must of through her into the walls quite a few times. What about when her sister got Susan, her kids, and Susan''s stuff and brought them to her house. Why do you think she did that? Did you even watch the show or read the story? Or are you another friend of Jeff''s?

[cvalentini-2009]

Pamelann1, so he got an assault charge for putting his fist through a table, thats very hard to believe. I come from a family of police officers.