Cought in the Crossfire

Darren Mack was a good father. He lived a happy life with his beautiful wife, Charla Mack, and kids. Darren was a very wealthy man his family owned the biggest pawn shop in the city. When they died the business went to him. Darren was also a very handsome man and he didn't like to lose. His wife Charla was a very sexual person and they loved to be involved in swinging. They used to go to swinger conventions.

In 1997 a very special thing happened, their daughter Erica was born and Charla was no longer interested in swinging. That is when every thing changed!! Their marrage was going down the drain. They decided to get a devorice and there were money problems and Darren was orderd to give Charla 10,000 dollers a month until the divorce was settled. The judge was Judge Chuck Weller and Darren was very up set about the decision. He knew that Charla would take all his money and every thing he owned. As the marriage started to fall apart more, 48 hr mystery holds documents of a abusive realtionship. Charla claimed she was the victim, but Darren says he kept a diary of all the threats and encounters. Darren's friend, Micheal, also thought he was in danger. He says "I even at one point called my friend and got his bullet proof vest and started to wear that whenever he was forced to meet Charla alone."

On June 12,2006, no one knew that there was going to be a serious crime commited.The day started off normal when Charla droped off baby Erica. Darren loured Charla in to the garage while Darren's friends watched the baby upstairs. In the garage was Darren and charla and thats when every thing starts to hit the fan . They started to argue and one thing lead to another. Darren left Charla Mack dead in the garage with multiple stab wounds. After that Darren drove straight to the parking garage across to Judge Wellers office. At 10:41 Darren shots the judge, got back in his car and drove out of the garage at 11:05. Soon after that police were looking for Darren. At that time police went searching Darrens house to find Charla dead. The search for Darren went on for a while. On one day they got lucky! Darren turned himself in. He was hiding at luxury hotel in Puerto Vallarta. While Darren is awating trial his daughter is going to be given to the grandparents.

For the murder of Charla Mack, Darren was proven guility and will serve up to 36 yrs. He will be 83 yrs old befor he is eligable for parol.

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