It was an accident, but one that only came about because of her abusive husbands viciousness and willingness to wave a gun around their bedroom. Linda Couch Linda Couch, then 30, shot her 35-year-old husband, Walter Couch, in the back of the head the night of Oct. 13, 1984, at their home in Cincinnatis Price Hill neighborhood, pictured here in an April 2019 Street View image. Tonya Couch was arrested today by the Los Angeles Police Department on a felony charge after being sent back to the United States from Mexico and was being held on no bail at Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles, police said, as they wait for Texas authorities to take her home. ", What Happened After Ethan Couch Admitted Guilt. Lindas in-laws eventually went to the Price Hill home and confronted her about Walters disappearance. She then buried her dead husband in the three-foot-deep trench. She is slated for her next parole hearing on March 30,. What seems distinctly less likely is Lindas assertion that his killing was purely accidental, for a number of reasons which the then prosecutor and now Hamilton County judge Patrick Dinkelacker pointed out during the trial back in 1985. My Dad and grandmother did see the bruises. I shot him. And I said It doesnt matter, I said, He could still be alive. And unfortunately, her escape route or her plan she didnt think of the consequences of what it would do to her. Linda Couch was a battered woman. This station is part of Cox Media Group Television. Even though she feels safe where she is in Ghana, she still looks over her shoulder. She says they struggled and she kicked him in the groin before grabbing hold of the gun. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Linda Lee Couch, 67, is serving a life sentence in the Ohio Reformatory for Women for the aggravated murder of Walter Douglas Couch. [CDATA[// >
