Monday, July 11, 2016

"Fake 9/11 First Responder Killed Her Husband for His Real VA Check"

TDB:
When Robert McClancy was found poisoned by his own PTSD meds, his wife and her boyfriend—who pretended for years to be 9/11 first responders and Purple Heart recipients—got his veteran’s benefits. This is how they were caught.

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While working as a firefighter in 2001, Chuck was suspected of setting numerous fires, only to allegedly report them and lead the battle against them himself.

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Chuck used arson to gain access to McClancy’s home and woo Martha in the couple’s early days, McGavic says.

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“[Chuck] moved his body around a couple different places. Sometimes he would put a bottle of pills in one hand, and nothing in the other hand. He would put a revolver in one hand and nothing in the other hand,” McGavic said. “I think he enjoys documenting stuff like that, and going back and going over it. He’s a sicko. He’s a creep.”

But Chuck’s own meticulous documentation wasn’t enough to indict him or Martha. A judge ruled the camera inadmissible as evidence, as police had handled it without a warrant. (In fact, police ended up literally paying for the night’s events, after Martha won an out of court settlement claiming a sheriff’s deputy had pushed her when she tried to reenter the crime scene.)