328. Finding Venus Stewart - The Xbox Murder

Now, Venus grew up in this quaint little country area with her dad, Larry, and her mother, Terese.

She was born on August 4th, 1977 as Venus Rose McComb, and her mom worshiped her like the tiny little goddess that she imagined her to be-

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... which was how she even got the name Venus to begin with.

Venus' parents said growing up she was always sweet, kind, and trusting type, but as she grew up, that naivety kind of became one of her faults.

Terese, her mother, clearly remembered Venus coming home one day crushing over this boy that she had just met, and she later told her parents that the reason she found him so interesting, because he was in the mafia.

Now, it turns out he was just working at the local McDonald's, and he wanted to seem a little cooler.

Hey, the local McDonald's probably feels like the mafia sometimes.

But apparently-

Love McDonald's

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this might have been a pretty formative experience for Venus because after high school, she chose a field of study that would require her to be more vigilant, sharp-witted, and guarded than ever.

She actually went on to study criminal justice, hoping to one day become a police officer.

Okay.

However, once she realized she would probably have to carry a gun and she absolutely hated guns-

[laughs]

... she decided to find another path.

[laughs]

And in the meantime, life offered her up a pretty charming distraction, okay? One by the name of Doug Stewart.

Now she's graduated, she's figuring out what to do with her life, and she meets Doug.

Venus' friend from work thought it would be good to set her brother up with Venus.

She knew Venus liked a guy in uniform, and her brother Doug was a Marine.

So on their first date, they went out to a movie, and on their third date four days later, they got married.

Oh.

Now, Venus' parents didn't seem thrilled about this-