Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 1, Episode 12 - Not the Only One - full transcript

Narrator: IRAQI WAR VETERAN

JOE WOOD BELIEVED THAT HIS

LONG-DISTANCE LOVE,

SHAUNA KEITH, WAS THE PERFECT

WOMAN.

SHE TOTALLY BLEW MY MIND.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS AN INCREDIBLE

PERSON.

I WAS TOTALLY SWEPT OFF MY FEET.

Narrator: BUT ONCE THEY WERE

MARRIED, JOE BEGAN TO SUSPECT



THAT HIS BEAUTIFUL NEW BRIDE HAD

A SHOCKINGLY UGLY SIDE.

SHAUNA WAS VERY GOOD AT

MAKING YOU BELIEVE.

I'M THINKING I'VE GOT

MULTIPLE CASES OF BIGAMY.

YOU GET HIT BY A BRICK WALL.

THAT'S ABOUT HOW IT FELT.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

Narrator: WHEN IT COMES TO

LOVE AND MARRIAGE, THINGS AREN'T

ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM.

IN JUNE OF 2004, ARMY SPECIALIST



JOE WOOD WAS ON LEAVE FOR A

MONTH IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA,

TRYING TO FIND SOME PEACE OF

MIND.

I JUST GOT BACK FROM IRAQ,

AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF BY MYSELF

FOR A WHILE, AND I WAS STILL

KIND OF JITTERY AFTER BEING

OVERSEAS.

Narrator: LOOKING TO GET OUT

OF THE HOUSE, JOE ENDED UP AT

THE LOCAL MALL, AND THERE HE MET

A CHARMING YOUNG WOMAN NAMED

SHAUNA.

I WAS IN UNIFORM, ME AND A

COUPLE FRIENDS.

WE WERE EATING AT THE FOOD

COURT, AND, YOU KNOW, SHE

INTRODUCED HERSELF.

SHE WAS REAL FORWARD.

SHE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT

HERSELF.

Narrator: 24-YEAR-OLD

SHAUNA KEITH WAS A YOUNG

DIVORCEE WHO SAID SHE WORKED AS

A MANAGER FOR A WELL-KNOWN

CLOTHING RETAILER.

SHE WAS IN TOWN ON BUSINESS FROM

OREGON AND MADE QUITE AN

IMPRESSION ON JOE.

SHE TOLD ME ABOUT HER

ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

SHE EVEN WENT TO COLLEGE, AND

SHE GOT A DEGREE IN FASHION

DESIGN AND ALSO BUSINESS, WHICH

KIND OF BLEW ME AWAY AT HER AGE.

IT WAS LIKE I WAS TOTALLY SWEPT

OFF MY FEET.

Narrator: BUT JOE WAS

DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT

SHAUNA WOULDN'T BE IN TOWN

VERY LONG.

SHAUNA WAS IN TOWN FOR A

SEMINAR FOR, LIKE, A WEEK OR SO.

SO WE SWAPPED E-MAIL AND DID THE

PHONE NUMBER.

Narrator: A MONTH LATER, BACK

ON BASE IN COLORADO, JOE LOGGED

ONTO HIS E-MAIL ACCOUNT AND SAW

SHAUNA'S NAME.

ONE DAY, I HAPPENED TO GET

ONLINE, AND THERE SHE WAS.

I WAS KIND OF EXCITED, LIKE,

"COOL," YOU KNOW.

Narrator: THROUGH PHONE CALLS

AND E-MAIL, THEIR LONG-DISTANCE

RELATIONSHIP BEGAN TO TAKE OFF.

WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT MORE

PERSONAL THINGS.

WE STARTED DOING THE PHONE CALLS

AT NIGHT.

AND AFTER A TIME, WE JUST

STARTED GETTING CLOSER.

HE CAME BACK TALKING ABOUT

SHAUNA, THIS NEW GIRL, AND SHE

WAS THIS BIG, YOU KNOW, SUCCESS,

AND HE WAS HAVING A LOT OF FUN

WITH HER, SO I WAS HAPPY

FOR HIM.

Narrator: A LITTLE OVER A

YEAR AFTER THEY FIRST MET,

SHAUNA FINALLY VISITED JOE IN

COLORADO SPRINGS,

AND JUST TWO MONTHS LATER, ON

SEPTEMBER 12, 2005, THEY WERE

MARRIED IN A COLORADO

COURTHOUSE.

OUR WEDDING DAY WAS VERY, AS

YOU WOULD SAY, NERVE-RACKING.

WHEN THE JUDGE ASKED ME TO

REPEAT AFTER HIM, I COULDN'T

EVEN DO IT.

I WAS JUST TONGUE-TIED.

HE LAUGHED AT ME AND SAID,

"IT'S COMMON."

HE SHOWED UP MARRIED, AND

MY JAW HIT THE FLOOR.

I SHOOK HIS HAND AND SAID,

"CONGRATULATIONS."

Narrator: JUST A WEEK AFTER

THEY TIED THE KNOT, SHAUNA

HEADED BACK TO OREGON TO COLLECT

HER THINGS.

SHAUNA SAID SHE HAD TO GO

BACK TO OREGON TO FINALIZE SOME

PAPERWORK WITH THE COMPANY SHE

WORKED FOR, BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE

WAS TRANSFERRING TO COLORADO.

Narrator: BUT AS SOON AS

SHAUNA ARRIVED BACK IN OREGON,

SHE CALLED JOE WITH SOME BAD

NEWS.

HER COMPANY WAS HOLDING UP HER

TRANSFER, AND SHE NEEDED TO STAY

IN OREGON LONGER THAN EXPECTED.

AS THE WEEKS DRAGGED ON, JOE'S

FRUSTRATION GREW.

AT THAT POINT, ME AND HER GOT

IN A FIGHT.

I TOLD HER, "YOU GOT ALL THESE

GREAT CREDENTIALS.

YOU CAN FIND ANOTHER JOB JUST

LIKE THAT."

I WAS VERY UPSET WITH THE

SITUATION, AND I TOLD HER, "YOU

EITHER NEED TO COME DOWN HERE OR

WE'RE DONE."

Narrator: IT WAS THE FIRST OF

SEVERAL HEATED PHONE CALLS.

BUT THEN, A MONTH LATER, SHAUNA

SUDDENLY APPEARED.

I WAS TAKING MY TRASH OUT

FROM THE BARRACKS, AND SHE CAME

IN A CAB.

IT JUST SHOCKED ME.

SHE HAD THIS LITTLE BITTY BAG

WITH HER, AND I WAS LIKE,

"WHERE'S YOUR STUFF?"

SHE SAID, "I LET IT GO.

I DON'T CARE.

WE CAN GET NEW STUFF.

I MAKE ENOUGH MONEY.

EVERYTHING IS DONE.

EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF."

"OKAY. COOL."

Narrator: AND WHEN THEY WERE

FINALLY ALONE, JOE AND SHAUNA

DISCUSSED SOME VERY UNEXPECTED

NEWS.

SHE SAID SHE WAS PREGNANT,

WHICH REALLY SHOCKED ME.

I WAS OVERWHELMED, YOU KNOW.

I ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE MY OWN

FAMILY, AND IT WAS JUST LIKE...

BOOM... IT'S THERE.

SO, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I

JUST WANTED TO FOCUS ON GETTING

EVERYTHING SITUATED.

Narrator: BUT THEN, LESS THAN

A MONTH LATER, SOMETHING ODD

BEGAN TO HAPPEN WITH THEIR

FINANCES.

SHAUNA TOOK OVER ON OUR BANK

ACCOUNT AND TOOK CARE OF ALL THE

BILLS AND WHATNOT.

AND EVERY TIME I TRIED TO PULL

SOME MONEY OUT FOR LUNCH OR

SOMETHING, WE WERE VASTLY IN THE

NEGATIVE.

Narrator: AND WHEN HE TOOK A

CLOSER LOOK, JOE DISCOVERED THAT

ALL HIS FINANCIAL TROUBLES

SEEMED TO HAVE STARTED RIGHT

ABOUT THE TIME SHAUNA MOVED IN.

I HAD TO ASK HER WHAT'S

GOING ON.

"WHERE IS ALL OUR MONEY AT?"

SHE SAID SHE MAKES ABOUT $1,500

EVERY TWO WEEKS.

"OKAY. WHATEVER.

WHERE IS IT AT?"

Narrator: JOE WOULD SOON HAVE

ANSWERS TO HIS QUESTIONS.

AND HE'S ABOUT TO LEARN THE

TRUTH ABOUT SHAUNA'S REAL

BUSINESS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE SO

MANIPULATIVE.

SHE WAS A DANGEROUS PERSON,

AND SHE NEEDED TO BE STOPPED.

Narrator: IN NOVEMBER 2005,

ONLY TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS

WEDDING, JOE WOOD DISCOVERED

THAT HE WAS IN SERIOUS FINANCIAL

TROUBLE.

HE COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF

HIS PREGNANT WIFE, SHAUNA, HAD A

HAND IN THE MESS.

I ASKED HER, "WHY ARE WE SO

NEGATIVE?"

AND THEN SHE WOULD SAY THAT IT

HAD TO BE IDENTITY THEFT,

BECAUSE THERE WAS MONEY IN THE

ACCOUNT.

HE STARTED FALLING BEHIND

ON BILLS.

THINGS AREN'T GETTING PAID.

JOE WAS REALLY GOOD ABOUT PAYING

ON TIME.

BUT ONCE HE GAVE ALL THE REINS

TO HER, EVERYTHING JUST FELL

APART.

Narrator: LUCKILY, SHAUNA

SEEMED TO HAVE A PLAN TO FIX THE

PROBLEM, AND JOE HAD GOOD REASON

TO BELIEVE IN HER RESOLVE.

SHE HAD A GOOD BUSINESS

DEGREE, AND SHE WORKED FOR A

VERY REPUTABLE COMPANY.

WHO WOULDN'T TRUST HER?

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

AS HER HUSBAND, I DIDN'T SEE ANY

ISSUE NOT TO.

Narrator: WITH HIS WIFE ON

THE CASE, JOE ASSUMED THAT

THINGS WOULD GET BETTER.

BUT, INSTEAD, JUST BEFORE

CHRISTMAS, HE GOT A CALL THAT

HIS FINANCES HAD GONE FROM BAD

TO WORSE.

SO, AT THAT POINT, I ACTUALLY

TOOK SHAUNA TO THE BANK, BECAUSE

I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS

GOING ON.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S

GETTING THROWN OUT THE WINDOW,

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S

GOING AND SHE'S NOT GIVING ME

ANY ANSWERS.

Narrator: FROM THE MOMENT

THEY ARRIVED AT THE BANK, JOE

COULD TELL THAT SOMETHING WITH

SHAUNA WASN'T QUITE RIGHT.

SHAUNA STARTED MAKING ALL

KINDS OF EXCUSES THAT WE NEED

TO LEAVE.

Narrator: THEN, SHAUNA'S

BEHAVIOR GOT EVEN MORE BIZARRE.

WE WERE SITTING DOWN WITH THE

MANAGER.

THE MANAGER MADE SOME PHONE

CALLS, BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS

PULLED FROM AN ATM MACHINE.

AT THAT POINT, I WAS LIKE,

"GREAT, THEY GOT CAMERAS.

I WANT TO KNOW WHO IT IS."

AND SHAUNA STARTS FLIPPING OUT.

SHE STARTS YELLING AT THE BANK

MANAGER, STARTED YELLING AT ME

AND MAKING ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES.

Narrator: NOTHING JOE DID

COULD CALM SHAUNA DOWN.

SHE WAS JUST VERY BELLIGERENT

AND VERY VIOLENT.

I LITERALLY HAD TO DRAG HER OUT

OF THE BANK.

WE WERE LEAVING, AND I STARTED

SAYING, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE THIS?"

Narrator: AS SOON AS THEY

WERE HOME, IN BETWEEN TEARS,

SHAUNA BLAMED HER BEHAVIOR ON

HORMONES AND THE STRESS OF HER

PREGNANCY.

JOE WANTED TO BELIEVE HIS WIFE,

BUT THE SITUATION WAS TAKING

ITS TOLL.

JOE WASN'T HIS REGULAR SELF.

HIS ATTITUDE CHANGED.

HE WAS MORE DEPRESSED AND

STRESSED OUT.

AND BEING HIS FRIEND, I WAS ABLE

TO SEE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

Narrator: THEN, OVER

CHRISTMAS, AN ISSUE WITH

SHAUNA'S PREGNANCY ADDED TO

THEIR TROUBLES.

AND SHE CAME OUT OF THE

BATHROOM AND SHE HAD, LIKE,

FLUID ON HER LEG AND SAID WE HAD

A PROBLEM, SO WE ACTUALLY CALLED

AN AMBULANCE.

Narrator: AT THE HOSPITAL,

DOCTORS EXAMINED SHAUNA BUT

COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.

AND THEY HAD ANOTHER PIECE OF

INFORMATION TO SHARE.

THE DOCTOR SAID THAT THE BABY

WAS GONNA BE BORN MID-JUNE.

AT THAT POINT, I WAS SITTING

THERE DOING THE MATH, AND I

LOOKED AT SHAUNA.

I SAID, "THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

THAT CAN'T BE."

Narrator: BASED ON THE DATES

THE DOCTORS PROVIDED, JOE HAD A

HUNCH HE AND SHAUNA WEREN'T EVEN

IN THE SAME TOWN WHEN THE BABY

WAS LIKELY CONCEIVED.

SHE SAID, "IT'S JUST AN

ESTIMATED DATE.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE.

IT COULD BE EARLIER.

IT'S JUST A GUESS."

SO THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER THING

TO ADD TO THE FIRE.

Narrator: THEN, ONLY A FEW

DAYS LATER, JOE'S TRUSTING

NATURE WAS TESTED AGAIN.

MY COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR GOT

A PHONE CALL FROM SEAPORT AUTO

SAYING SHAUNA WROTE A HOT CHECK

FOR $1,500 AND WANTED TO KNOW

WHERE THEIR CAR WAS.

SO MY BOSS CAME UP TO ME, GOING,

"WHAT'S GOING ON?"

AND I SAID, "I HAVE NO IDEA."

SO I GOT THE PHONE NUMBER TO THE

GENTLEMAN THAT CALLED, AND HE

EXPLAINED TO ME THAT HE HAD

TALKED TO HER MOM A LITTLE BIT.

AND I WAS LIKE, "REALLY?"

I SAID, "IS THERE A CHANCE I CAN

GET HER NUMBER?"

Narrator: JOE HAD NEVER MET

SHAUNA'S MOTHER AND WAS

SURPRISED TO SEE HER LISTED AS A

REFERENCE AT THE DEALERSHIP.

HE WASTED NO TIME GIVING HER

A CALL.

HELLO?

I CALLED HER MOM AND, YOU

KNOW, I WAS LIKE, "I'M SHAUNA'S

HUSBAND."

AND ALL SHE COULD SAY WAS,

"I'M SORRY."

Narrator: AND WHAT JOE WAS

ABOUT TO HEAR NEXT WOULD UNRAVEL

HIS NEW MARRIAGE COMPLETELY.

SHAUNA'S MOM CONFIRMED MY

WORST FEARS.

I DON'T THINK I COULD BE ABLE

TO DEAL WITH THAT.

IF IT WERE ME, I'D KILL HER.

Narrator: IN JANUARY 2006,

JOE WOOD PICKED UP THE PHONE TO

SPEAK TO HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW FOR

THE VERY FIRST TIME.

AT THAT POINT, I WAS JUST

FURIOUS, BUT I WAS TRYING TO

KEEP MY COMPOSURE WITH

EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.

Narrator: AND WHEN SHAUNA'S

MOTHER ANSWERED THE CALL, SHE

SEEMED A FAR CRY FROM THE WOMAN

SHAUNA HAD DESCRIBED.

SHAUNA DIDN'T REALLY EXPLAIN

TOO MUCH ABOUT HER MOM AND HER

FAMILY LIFE.

ALL SHE SAID WAS THAT HER MOM

WAS VERY DISGRUNTLED, VERY

AGITATED.

SHE DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO BE

INVOLVED.

BUT SHAUNA'S MOM WAS A VERY NICE

PERSON.

SHE WAS VERY HELPFUL IN WHAT WAS

GOING ON.

I WAS A LITTLE SHOCKED WHEN I

FIRST HEARD FROM HIM.

I JUST ASKED HIM ABOUT HOW THEY

MET, WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED.

THEN, HE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME

WHAT THINGS HAD BEEN HAPPENING.

Narrator: ONE BY ONE, THE WEB

OF LIES SHAUNA HAD TOLD JOE OVER

THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF WAS

TORN APART.

SHAUNA'S MOM DID CONFIRM MY

WORST FEARS.

SHE HAD NO DEGREE.

SHE TOTALLY LIED ABOUT WHO

SHE WAS.

SHE TOTALLY LIED ABOUT HER

BACKGROUND.

SHE LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING.

Narrator: FAR FROM BEING THE

ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG WOMAN JOE

THOUGHT HE HAD MARRIED, IT

SEEMED THAT SHAUNA HAD MADE HER

WAY THROUGH THE WORLD BY

EXPLOITING VULNERABLE YOUNG MEN.

SHE WOULD MEET SOMEBODY.

GENERALLY, THEY WOULD HAVE VERY

DISTANT FAMILY TIES.

SO THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE

FOR HER TO COMPETE WITH.

AFTER THAT, GENERALLY, THE

FINANCIAL THINGS WOULD START TO

GET A LITTLE STRAINED.

MONEY WOULD GO RATHER QUICKLY.

I WAS HURT, AS WELL AS BEING

ANGRY.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET HIT BY A

BRICK WALL AND YOU JUST KIND OF

STUTTER AND YOU'RE LOOKING

AROUND FOR A MINUTE, THAT'S

ABOUT HOW IT FELT.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

Narrator: JOE BEGAN TO

QUESTION EVERYTHING THAT SHAUNA

HAD TOLD HIM, AND ONE THING IN

PARTICULAR STOOD OUT...

SHAUNA'S PREGNANCY.

I'D KNOWN IT WASN'T MY KID

AFTER THE DOCTOR, AND I WAS TO

THE POINT WHERE IT WAS VERY

SERIOUS.

SHE WAS A DANGEROUS PERSON, AND

SHE NEEDED TO BE STOPPED.

I FELT REALLY SORRY FOR HIM,

YOU KNOW, HAVING COME BACK FROM

IRAQ AND WANTED A FAMILY AND

WANTED TO BASICALLY LEAD THE

PERFECT LIFE.

Narrator: IN JANUARY OF 2006,

ONLY FOUR MONTHS AFTER THEY WERE

MARRIED, JOE FILED FOR AN

ANNULMENT FROM SHAUNA AND

MOVED OUT.

BUT HE COULDN'T SEVER HIS TIES

COMPLETELY.

SHAUNA REMAINED IN THEIR

MILITARY HOUSING, AND HER

EXPENSES WERE STILL HIS BURDEN.

I HAD TO PAY SHAUNA ALMOST

$600 A MONTH AS A SPOUSAL THING,

BECAUSE WE HAD A THING CALLED

B.A.H.

IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A BASIC

HOUSING ALLOWANCE.

Narrator: THEN, SIX MONTHS

LATER, SHAUNA SUDDENLY

DISAPPEARED, BUT SHE DIDN'T

LEAVE EMPTY-HANDED.

WE GET TO WORK ONE DAY, AND

HE SAID THAT SHE TOOK OFF, AND

SHE TOOK OFF WITH HIS TRUCK.

SO SHE WASN'T TO BE FOUND.

THE MONEY WAS GONE, HIS TRUCK

WAS GONE.

Narrator: AND THAT WASN'T

ALL.

JOE HAD RECEIVED SOME DISTURBING

NEWS IN THE MAIL.

I HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM

HOUSING SAYING THAT OUR HOUSE

WAS DESTROYED.

WHEN JOE WENT IN TO

INVESTIGATE, HE COULDN'T BELIEVE

WHAT HE SAW.

THE BLINDS WERE TRASHED.

THE BASEMENT WAS FULL OF DOG

FECES.

THERE WAS OLD FOOD LEFT OUT ON

THE STOVE.

I BASICALLY HAD TO REPLACE THE

CARPET, THE BLINDS, AND I HAD TO

PAY THEM TO COME IN AND REPAINT

THE PLACE.

Narrator: SHAUNA HAD LEFT

MORE THAN JUST A MESS IN HER

WAKE.

JOE BELIEVES SHE RUINED HIS

MILITARY CAREER.

MY SUPERVISOR WAS IN THE

PROCESS OF GETTING ME

OUT-PROCESSED FROM THE MILITARY

BECAUSE OF HER, BECAUSE HE SAID

THAT MY JOB WAS UNSATISFACTORY

DUE TO HER.

JOE WANTED TO BE THAT

HARD-CHARGING MILITARY GUY.

HE WANTED TO RETIRE AS MILITARY.

BUT IT TOOK A LOT FOR JOE TO GET

THROUGH THAT, AND IT RUINED HIS

CAREER.

Narrator: IN THE SUMMER OF

2006, SHAUNA GAVE BIRTH TO A

BABY BOY WHO ENDED UP IN HER

MOTHER'S CARE.

A YEAR LATER, JOE CONTINUED TO

SORT THROUGH HIS FINANCIAL MESS

AND WAS ABOUT TO GET ONE LAST

SURPRISE.

SHE'S JUST A STREET

CON ARTIST.

I MEAN, THE LIST JUST GOES

FARTHER AND FARTHER.

Narrator: SHAUNA HAD TAKEN

HER SCHEMING TO A WHOLE NEW

LEVEL.

WELL, I'M THINKING I'VE GOT

MULTIPLE CASES OF BIGAMY.

Narrator: IN THE SUMMER OF

2007, 18 MONTHS AFTER HE FILED

FOR AN ANNULMENT FROM SHAUNA,

JOE WOOD WAS STILL DIGGING OUT

OF THE FINANCIAL MESS WROUGHT BY

HIS EX-WIFE.

SHE WAS VERY GOOD AT LYING.

SHE JUST TOTALLY ROLLED ME OVER

AND TOOK ME FOR EVERYTHING THAT

I HAD.

Narrator: BUT THAT SUMMER,

ANOTHER WOMAN WALKED INTO JOE'S

LIFE, AND THIS TIME IT WAS

SOMEONE HE COULD TRUST.

I HAD KNOWN AMBER SINCE WE

WERE KIDS, AND WE JUST HAPPENED

TO LINK BACK UP.

AND WE WENT TO A MOVIE AND

LAUGHED AND HAD A GOOD TIME.

Narrator: BY THE END OF 2008,

JOE AND AMBER WERE MARRIED.

BUT NO SOONER HAD HE PICKED UP

THE PIECES THAN A SHOCKING CALL

ABOUT SHAUNA CAME IN.

GENTLEMAN CALLED ME AND

BASICALLY ASKED ME IF I WAS

MARRIED TO SHAUNA KEITH.

HE HAD FOUND SOME DOCUMENTATION

OF MINE, AND HE WAS MARRIED TO

HER.

HE WAS A SERVICE MEMBER, AND

HE'S BASICALLY GOING THROUGH

WHAT I JUST DID.

WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS HAD

OCCURRED AFTER HIM OR THAT

SHAUNA HAD DONE THAT TO ANYONE

ELSE, SO HE WAS VERY, VERY

SHOCKED TO FIND OUT.

Narrator: ONLY A FEW MONTHS

AFTER LEAVING JOE, SHAUNA HAD

APPARENTLY FOUND A NEW VICTIM.

AND THAT WASN'T ALL.

I GOOGLED HER NAME, AND 20

STORIES CAME UP CALLING HER A

BIGAMIST AND THAT THERE WAS

SEVERAL MEN INVOLVED AFTER JOE

THAT SHE WAS MARRIED TO, ALL AT

THE SAME TIME.

Narrator: IT SEEMS THE STORY

OF SHAUNA KEITH WAS FAR BIGGER

THAN THE MESS SHE'D MADE OF

JOE'S LIFE.

AND IN WALTON COUNTY, GEORGIA,

DETECTIVE JIM MAYES WAS TRYING

TO TRACK HER DOWN.

THE VICTIM IN THIS CASE HAD

CONTACTED THE WALTON COUNTY

SHERIFF'S OFFICE REGARDING SOME

FRAUDULENT MATERIALS THAT SHE

FOUND IN HER HOUSE.

SHE SAID HER BROTHER HAD MARRIED

AN INDIVIDUAL, AND THIS

INDIVIDUAL WHO WOUND UP BEING

SHAUNA KEITH HAD MADE A COPY OF

THE VICTIM'S DRIVER'S LICENSE.

AND SHE HAD SUPERIMPOSED HER

PICTURE OVER THE DRIVER'S

LICENSE.

AND WHEN I RAN SHAUNA'S NAME, I

FOUND MULTIPLE HITS UNDER

VARIOUS NAMES, SOCIAL SECURITY

NUMBERS, AND DATES OF BIRTH.

Narrator: AS THE

INVESTIGATION ENSUED,

DETECTIVE MAYES DISCOVERED THAT

SHAUNA HAD LEFT A TRAIL OF

ALIASES AND BROKEN HEARTS ACROSS

THE COUNTRY.

SHAUNA WAS MARRIED TO AN ARMY

SERGEANT AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY.

WHILE MARRIED TO THIS

INDIVIDUAL, SHE MET AND MARRIED

ANOTHER ARMY PERSONNEL IN

FORT RILEY, KANSAS.

SHE HAD BEEN MARRIED FIVE TIMES

IN A 2-YEAR PERIOD, AND ALL OF

THEM MILITARY PERSONNEL.

SHAUNA HAD HER OWN LITTLE

WORLD.

HER LIE WITH EACH PERSON, A

DIFFERENT LIE.

AND WHEN THEY'D START

QUESTIONING IT, AND THINGS

WEREN'T GOING HER WAY, WHAT

SHE'D DO IS SHE'D PACK UP AND

RUN, TAKE THEIR IDENTITY WITH

THEM, AND GO TO THE NEXT GUY.

Narrator: BUT ON

JANUARY 5, 2008, SHAUNA'S NUMBER

WAS FINALLY UP.

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THE STOLEN VEHICLE SHE HAD BEEN

DRIVING WAS SPOTTED IN FRONT OF

AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN

SOUTH CAROLINA.

SHE WAS LIVING IN AN

APARTMENT WITH ANOTHER MARINE.

THEY WENT TO THE APARTMENT WHERE

SHE WAS.

THEY CHECKED HER NAME, AND THEY

FOUND THAT SHE WAS WANTED IN

GEORGIA ON MY WARRANT.

Narrator: LESS THAN A WEEK

LATER, SHAUNA WAS EXTRADITED TO

GEORGIA WHERE SHE FACED 12

COUNTS OF BIGAMY AND FRAUD.

FIRST QUESTION... ARE YOU

STILL MARRIED?

NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, TO

ANYONE.

SHAUNA DENIED ALL THE CHARGES

AGAINST HER.

SHE DENIED EVEN KNOWING THE

INDIVIDUALS THAT I NAMED TO HER

THAT SHE WAS STILL MARRIED TO.

SHAUNA WAS IN A TOTAL STATE OF

DENIAL.

WERE Y'ALL LEGALLY MARRIED?

NO. WE WERE NEVER MARRIED.

WHEN I GOT THE CALL THAT SHE

HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND THAT SHE

WAS BEING CHARGED IN GEORGIA, IT

WAS ALMOST A RELIEF, BECAUSE AT

LEAST I KNEW WHERE SHE WAS AND

SHE COULDN'T HURT ANYBODY ELSE.

Narrator: FIVE MONTHS LATER,

IN JUNE OF 2008, SHAUNA KEITH

PLED GUILTY TO ALL 12 COUNTS.

SHE'S NOW SERVING 15 YEARS

BEHIND BARS.

I DON'T SEE ANY REMORSE.

IF IT'S THERE, I'VE NEVER

SEEN IT.

THIS PERSON THAT CREATED A HAVOC

FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS IS WHERE

SHE NEEDS TO BE.

HONESTLY, I THINK SHE'S A

MONSTER.

SHE IS A MONSTER, AND SHE NEEDS

TO STAY BEHIND BARS.

Narrator: IT'S BEEN OVER FOUR

YEARS SINCE JOE WOOD LAST SPOKE

TO SHAUNA KEITH, BUT TODAY HE

AND AMBER ARE STILL DEALING WITH

THE FALLOUT.

WHAT SHAUNA DID TO JOE IS

STILL AROUND, MAINLY IN OUR

FINANCES ANYTIME WE WANT TO DO

ANYTHING OR BUY ANYTHING.

SO, YES, IT HAUNTS US ON A

REGULAR BASIS... THE FACT THAT

WE CAN'T GO OUT AND BUY A HOUSE

FOR OUR FAMILY, THINGS LIKE

THAT.

HER TRIAL AND SENTENCING WAS

KIND OF FULFILLING.

MADE ME FEEL BETTER, BUT, AGAIN,

IT DOESN'T REPLACE THE DAMAGE

THAT SHE'S DONE.

ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE TO SUFFER

FOR HER SELFISHNESS, AND THERE'S

OTHER FAMILIES THAT ARE

SUFFERING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE

OF HER.

Narrator: IN SPITE OF THE

PAST, JOE HAS FOUND SOLACE IN

HIS NEW FAMILY AND HAS HIGH

HOPES FOR A FUTURE WHEN HIS

EX-WIFE NO LONGER HARMS HIM.

I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER.

AMELIA IS MY WORLD.

I GOT A VERY CARING WIFE.

SHE TAKES GOOD CARE OF ME.

SHE SLAPS ME AROUND WHEN I

NEED IT.

[ LAUGHS ]

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT I

GOT.