Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 13 - No Bigger Gamble - full transcript

AS A MARINE,

CORY WYNNE ALWAYS VALUED DUTY,
HONOR, AND FAMILY.

I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A SHORT
RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY.

I WANTED AN ACTUAL RELATIONSHIP.

SO WHEN HE FELL FOR
VIBRANT BOBBI ANN FINLEY,

HE WAS READY TO LOVE HER
FOREVER.

SHE WAS SOMEBODY
NEW AND INTERESTING,

AND I'VE NEVER MET ANYBODY
LIKE THIS PERSON BEFORE.

BUT BOBBI HAD MORE IN HER SIGHTS

THAN A FAITHFUL PROTECTOR,

AND CORY WAS ABOUT TO BECOME
HER NUMBER-ONE TARGET.



WE WERE HEARING ABOUT MORE
VICTIMS COMING FORWARD.

NEW VICTIMS.

NO. I NEVER DREAMED THAT I WOULD
UNCOVER WHAT I UNCOVERED

OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

I THINK THAT WE MADE
REALLY PRIME TARGETS,

AS FAR AS FOR SOMEBODY TO CALL.

WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE
AND MARRIAGE,

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
AS THEY SEEM.

SMALL-TOWN BOY CORY WYNNE

HAD ALWAYS LONGED
FOR A BIG ADVENTURE.

I REALLY HADN'T EVEN
LEFT TEXAS VERY MUCH

WHEN I WAS A KID
OR EVEN A TEENAGER.

I THINK WE WENT
TO OKLAHOMA ONCE,

BUT IT'S JUST
THE NEXT STATE OVER.



SO AFTER
HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION,

CORY JOINED THE MARINES

AND BOUGHT A ONE-WAY TICKET
OUT OF TOWN.

BY 2004, THE 21-YEAR-OLD

WAS POSTED AT TWENTYNINE PALMS,
CALIFORNIA,

A SMALL MILITARY BASE IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE MOJAVE DESERT.

HE WAS WORKING IN THE ARMORY
AND QUICKLY MOVING UP THE RANKS.

BUT WHILE CORY'S CAREER
WAS ON THE MOVE,

HIS LOVE LIFE HAD STALLED.

YOU'RE JUST MOVING AROUND AGAIN

IN THE MILITARY
EVERY COUPLE YEARS,

SO YOU GET LONELY,

AND, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY IDEA

STARTS TO LOOK
MORE AND MORE APPETIZING.

SO THAT SUMMER,

WHEN HE CAUGHT THE EYE
OF 28-YEAR-OLD BOBBI ANN FINLEY

AT A LATE-NIGHT DINER, HE KNEW
IT WAS TIME TO TAKE A CHANCE.

SHE ACTUALLY SEES ME SITTING BY
MYSELF, JUST WATCHING EVERYBODY,

AND THEN SHE SAID,
"YOU CAN COME SIT WITH US."

SO, I STARTED TALKING TO
EVERYBODY THAT WAS AT THE TABLE,

AND I STARTED TALKING TO BOBBI
QUITE A BIT MORE.

BEFORE THE NIGHT WAS OVER,

CORY HAD PLANS TO MEET BOBBI
THE NEXT DAY

AT A NEARBY AIRPORT,

WHERE SHE WAS HANDING OUT FLYERS
FOR A LOCAL BUSINESS.

WE WENT OUT
TO THE AIRPORT THAT DAY,

AND WE WERE JUST HANGING OUT.

SHE SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF FUN.

SHE HAD A REALLY OUTGOING
PERSONALITY.

SHE'D TELL THESE STORIES,
YOU KNOW,

THAT JUST, YOU KNOW,
IT'S LIKE, "WOW."

IT WAS LIKE, "THOSE ARE WILD,
INTERESTING STORIES," YOU KNOW?

IT SEEMED
THE ATTRACTION WAS MUTUAL.

WITHIN A WEEK,
THE TWO WERE INSEPARABLE,

SPENDING ALL THEIR FREE TIME
TOGETHER,

AND BEFORE LONG, BOBBI
TOLD CORY A SHOCKING SECRET.

SHE CONFESSES TO ME
THAT SHE'S PREGNANT.

SHE SAYS SHE'S PREGNANT,
YOU KNOW, FROM A RAPE.

AND I STARTED TO FEEL REALLY
BAD, YOU KNOW, FOR HER SITUATION.

BUT TO EASE CORY'S MIND,

BOBBI TOLD HIM
THAT SHE HAD A PLAN.

SHE HAD ALSO TOLD ME THAT
HER GRANDFATHER WAS A BIG NAME

IN A CLOTHING ORGANIZATION,

AND THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF MONEY

THAT WAS GONNA BE COMING
INTO HER POSSESSION,

AT LEAST WELL OVER $100,000.

CORY KNEW BOBBI
NEEDED THE MONEY,

BUT THERE WAS A CATCH
IN HER GRANDFATHER'S WILL.

SHE COULDN'T GET IT
UNLESS SHE HAD GOTTEN MARRIED

BEFORE HER 29th BIRTHDAY.

AND BOBBI'S 29th
BIRTHDAY WAS ONLY ONE WEEK AWAY.

BOBBI ACTUALLY PROPOSED TO ME.

SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT HERSELF,

BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE BABY
WITH THIS MONEY,

AND THAT WHOLE FAMILY IDEA

IS REALLY WHAT MOTIVATED ME
TOWARDS MARRYING HER SO QUICKLY.

A FEW DAYS LATER,
ON AUGUST 18, 2004,

CORY AND BOBBI WERE MARRIED
IN JOSHUA TREE, CALIFORNIA,

BY A RETIRED MILITARY CHAPLAIN.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS VERY INFORMAL.

SHE SAID SHE WAS A COUNTRY GIRL,
TOO, HERSELF,

SO SHE WASN'T LOOKING
FOR THE BIG WEDDING DRESS

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE GOT MARRIED IN BLUE JEANS.

I GET A CALL,
AND IT WAS A DONE DEAL,

AND I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT
HE WENT THROUGH IT SO QUICKLY

JUST REALLY SURPRISED ME.

HE'S NOT IMPULSIVE LIKE THAT
NORMALLY.

BUT THE BATTLEFIELDS OF LOVE
ARE SCATTERED WITH UNLUCKY SOLDIERS,

AND CORY WYNNE
WOULD BE NO EXCEPTION.

LATE ON FEBRUARY 13, 2005,

NEARLY SIX MONTHS
INTO HIS MARRIAGE,

CORY LAY AWAKE
ON HIS FRIEND'S COUCH.

LIFE WITH BOBBI
HADN'T BEEN EASY,

BUT THIS WEEKEND
HAD BEEN LIKE NO OTHER.

AROUND 3:00 A.M.,
CORY'S PHONE RANG,

BUT IT WASN'T BOBBI ON THE LINE.

IT WAS THE BASE POLICE.

I GET A CALL FROM THE M.P.s,

AND THEY TELL ME THAT THEY WANT
TO COME TALK TO ME,

SO I SAID, "OKAY."

SO I WENT OUTSIDE,

AND, YOU KNOW, I WAVED THEM DOWN
AS THEY CAME AROUND THE CORNER.

BUT THE POLICE
WEREN'T LOOKING TO JUST TALK.

BEFORE HE KNEW IT,
CORY WAS HANDCUFFED

AND ON HIS WAY TO JAIL,
AND HE HAD NO IDEA WHY.

THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO.

I WAS CONFUSED,
AND I WAS GOING TO JAIL.

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004,

FIVE MONTHS
BEFORE CORY WYNNE'S WORLD

WOULD BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN,

THE NEWLY MARRIED SOLDIER

WAS BUSY LEARNING
HOW TO BE A HUSBAND

WITH A NEW BABY ON THE WAY.

WE GOT A JOINT CHECKING ACCOUNT.

I HAD ACTUALLY PUT HER ON THE
NAME FROM MY ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW.

THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I
THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO

AS A MARRIED COUPLE, YOU KNOW,

AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE A JOB,
SO MY INCOME WAS HER INCOME.

THE COUPLE RENTED A HOUSE

IN JOSHUA TREE, CALIFORNIA,

AND BEFORE LONG,
THE NEW MRS. WYNNE

FOUND A WAY TO OCCUPY HER TIME.

BOBBI WAS GETTING FURNITURE

THAT WAS A LITTLE NICER
THAN I EXPECTED,

OR SPENDING QUITE A BIT
ON GROCERIES.

HE CALLED ME
AND HE SAYS THAT BOBBI

WAS BUYING THIS FOR THE BABY
AND THIS FOR THE BABY

AND I SAID, "WELL,
THAT'S PART OF NESTING.

"WOMEN ARE GONNA DO THAT.

YOU JUST GOT TO KEEP IT
UNDER CONTROL."

AND I DON'T THINK
EVEN AT THAT POINT,

CORY HAD ANY IDEA
HOW MUCH MONEY SHE WAS SPENDING.

BUT ONLY TWO MONTHS LATER,

IN OCTOBER OF 2004, CORY HAD
CONCERNS OF A DIFFERENT KIND.

BOBBI TOLD HIM THAT THE DOCTOR
HAD DIAGNOSED HER WITH TOXEMIA,

A SERIOUS CONDITION
FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS.

SHE SAID THE DOCTOR SAID THAT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS SHE SHOULD AVOID IS STRESS,

MAYBE THAT IT WOULD BE BEST
IF SHE COULD FIND A WAY

TO LIVE AWAY FROM THE BASE,
YOU KNOW,

AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL MILITARY
LIFESTYLE FOR A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S WHEN WE ACTUALLY TALKED
TO MY DAD AND MY STEPMOM

AND ASKED THEM IF BOBBI
COULD COME STAY WITH THEM

FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

WITH BOBBI AT
HER IN-LAWS' HOUSE IN TEXAS,

CORY MOVED BACK
INTO THE BARRACKS TO SAVE MONEY,

BUT WORRIES ABOUT THE BABY

DIDN'T SEEM TO SLOW DOWN
BOBBI'S SPENDING HABIT.

BEFORE LONG, BOUNCED CHECKS
BEGAN TO ARRIVE.

WHEN SOME OF THE CHECKS
STARTED GETTING BACK TO MY COMMAND,

MY COMMAND, YOU KNOW,
ACTUALLY TAKES ME IN

TO QUESTION ME ABOUT IT.

MY C.O. AND MY STAFF SERGEANT
AT THE TIME TOLD ME,

"YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED
TO WORK IN THE ARMORY ANYMORE

WITH THESE DEBTS
THAT ARE LOOMING."

AND SO THEY REMOVED ME
FROM THE ARMORY.

CORY WAS DEVASTATED.

HIS ONCE-SOLID CAREER
WAS ON SHAKY GROUND,

BUT HE HAD MADE A PROMISE
THAT HE INTENDED TO KEEP.

I'D MADE A COMMITMENT TO HER
AND TO HAVING A FAMILY,

AND I KNOW I'M SO FAR INVOLVED
IN THIS RELATIONSHIP

THAT I'M GONNA HAVE TO STICK
THROUGH IT AT ANY COST.

WHEN CORY ASKED BOBBI
ABOUT USING THE INHERITANCE

TO PAY OFF HER DEBTS,

SHE TOLD HIM THERE WAS A PROBLEM
WITH THE WILL

AND THE MONEY WOULD BE DELAYED.

BUT IN EARLY DECEMBER,

CORY'S CREDIT ISSUES
SUDDENLY TOOK A BACKSEAT

WHEN HE RECEIVED
A SURPRISING CALL.

THE DOCTOR IN TEXAS WAS ACTUALLY
GOING TO INDUCE HER LABOR.

THEY WANTED TO GET ME EMERGENCY
LEAVE FROM THE MILITARY,

SO I FLEW BACK TO TEXAS, AND SHE
HAS THE BABY THROUGH C-SECTION.

WE WERE ALL GOING
TO THE HOSPITAL,

AND THE BABY WAS PREMATURE.

AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THE BABY
WAS GONNA MAKE IT.

AND SO WE ALL SAT THERE AND
WAITED AND WORRIED AND WAITED.

THEY SAID HE WAS GONNA HAVE TO
BE THERE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH.

HE HAD BREATHING TUBES
AND JAUNDICE.

HE WAS SO SMALL,
YOU COULD SET HIM OUR YOUR CHEST

AND EVEN THOUGH HIS ARMS

WERE ONLY ABOUT AS WIDE
AS MY CHEST COULD BE,

IT FELT LIKE HE WAS, YOU KNOW,
HUGGING YOU ANYWAY.

THE PROUD PARENTS
NAMED HIM CORY JR.

SEVEN DAYS LATER,

IT WAS TIME FOR CORY
TO FLY BACK TO CALIFORNIA,

BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE

WHILE THE BABY WAS
STILL IN THE HOSPITAL.

PRIORITY-WISE, IT WAS ALWAYS
GOD, FAMILY, MARINE CORPS.

THEY WOULDN'T EXTEND
MY EMERGENCY LEAVE

JUST BECAUSE HE WAS
IN THE HOSPITAL,

AND SO I DECIDED
I'M GONNA STAY ANYWAY.

WE TRIED TO TALK TO HIM.
"YOU CAN'T GO AWOL.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT AWOL IS,"

BUT HE WASN'T GONNA LEAVE
THAT BABY,

AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT
THEY WOULD DO TO HIM.

DESPITE HIS MOTHER'S WARNING,

CORY TOLD THE MARINES
THAT HE WASN'T COMING BACK.

HIS CAREER WAS NOW ON THE LINE,

AND BEFORE LONG,
HIS MARRIAGE WOULD BE, TOO.

THERE'S A WARNING GIVEN
TO MOST SERVICEMEN AS THEY JOIN

THAT THERE ARE WOMEN LIKE THIS
OUT THERE.

I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A SINGLE
THING THAT SHE EVER TOLD ME

THAT ACTUALLY MEANT
ANYTHING TO HER.

IN LATE DECEMBER OF 2004,

WHAT SHOULD'VE BEEN THE HAPPIEST
TIME IN CORY WYNNE'S LIFE

WAS JUST THE OPPOSITE.

CORY JR., A PREMIE BORN
ALMOST A MONTH EARLY,

HAD MADE A MIRACULOUS
RECOVERY.

BUT CORY HAD GONE AWOL
WITH THE MARINE CORPS,

AND IT WAS TIME TO RETURN
AND FACE HIS SUPERIORS.

AFTER HE GOT
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL,

I WENT AND TURNED MYSELF IN
TO THE MILITARY.

AND THERE WERE SEVERAL CHARGES
PRESSED AGAINST ME,

SO IT WASN'T
A VERY WARM WELCOME.

THE MARINES OFFERED
TO DROP THE CHARGES

IF CORY TOOK A CUT
IN RANK AND PAY,

BUT CONVINCED
HE HAD DONE THE RIGHT THING,

CORY OPTED
FOR A COURT-MARTIAL INSTEAD.

AS THE MARINES
PREPARED FOR THE TRIAL,

CORY GOT READY TO BRING
HIS FAMILY BACK TO CALIFORNIA.

I HAD GOT BASE HOUSING,

AND BOBBI MOVED BACK
WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO,

BUT I TOLD BOBBI
THAT THIS TIME AROUND,

WHEN WE'RE GONNA
SET UP THE HOUSE,

WE'RE GONNA DO IT
THE CHEAPEST WAY POSSIBLE.

CORY HOPED IT WAS A
FRESH START FOR THE NEW FAMILY,

BUT THE STABILITY AT HOME
DIDN'T LAST LONG.

BOBBI SEEMED TO LAY AROUND A LOT
DURING THE DAY.

THE HOUSE WOULDN'T STAY CLEAN.

WHEN I'D GET HOME,
I'D TAKE CARE OF THE BABY,

AND I'D CLEAN THE HOUSE.

ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 11,

THE SITUATION
REACHED A BREAKING POINT.

I FOUND OUT
THAT THERE'S MORE BOUNCED CHECKS

THAT BOBBI'S WRITTEN,

AND I WASN'T GONNA LET HER
JUST TALK ME DOWN THIS TIME.

WE NEED TO FIX THIS,
SO WE GET INTO ANOTHER ARGUMENT.

SHE TELLS ME THAT SHE WANTS ME
OUT OF THE HOUSE,

AND SHE CALLS MY STAFF SERGEANT,
AND HE TELLS ME,

"JUST GO STAY AT A FRIEND'S
HOUSE FOR THE WEEKEND.

WE'LL FIGURE OUT SOME KIND
OF ARRANGEMENT COME MONDAY."

SO CORY GOT A RIDE
TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE.

BUT LATER THAT NIGHT,
AROUND 2:00 A.M.,

HE RECEIVED AN URGENT CALL.

SOME OF MY FRIENDS SEEN
MY CAR WAS OUT AT A BAR,

AND THEY WERE ASKING ME,
"WHY IS YOUR CAR

THE ONLY ONE
IN THE PARKING LOT?"

AND I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW."

AND MY IMMEDIATE CONCERN
WAS WHERE'S CORY,

SO I GET A RIDE OUT
TO GO PICK THE CAR UP,

AND I COME BACK TO THE HOUSE.

CORY'S FEARS WERE
CONFIRMED WHEN HE PULLED UP

AND SAW A STRANGE WHITE VAN
IN HIS DRIVEWAY.

I GO UP TO THE DOOR,
AND BOTH LOCKS WERE LOCKED...

THE DEAD BOLT AND THE HANDLE.

SO, BY THE TIME I GOT BOTH LOCKS
UNDONE TO WALK INTO THE HOUSE,

BOBBI'S JUMPING UP OFF THE COUCH
WITH ANOTHER GUY.

I DIDN'T MAKE IT
PAST THE DOORWAY

BECAUSE SHE'S RUNNING
TOWARDS ME,

AND I JUST SAID, YOU KNOW,
"THE HECK WITH IT," AND I LEFT.

CORY WAS REELING,

SO HE WENT BACK TO HIS FRIEND'S
HOUSE TO COOL OFF.

BUT A DAY LATER,
AROUND 5:00 A.M.,

HIS PHONE RANG AGAIN, AND THIS
TIME, IT WAS THE BASE POLICE.

I GET A CALL
FROM THE M.P.s, AND THEY TELL ME

THAT THEY WANT TO COME TO TALK
TO ME, SO I WENT OUTSIDE,

AND I WAVED THEM DOWN
AS THEY CAME AROUND THE CORNER.

BUT THEIR RESPONSE
WASN'T EXACTLY WHAT CORY EXPECTED.

THEY TELL ME,
"GET ON YOUR FACE."

SO I GOT DOWN ON THE GROUND.

AN M.P. COME PUT A KNEE
ON THE BACK OF MY NECK

AND THREW HANDCUFFS ON ME.

THEY TOOK ME INTO THE M.P.
STATION, AND I SAID,

"I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HAS REALLY GONE ON."

AT THE STATION,
OFFICERS THREW CORY INTO A CELL

AND FINALLY EXPLAINED
WHY HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED.

BOBBI HAD ACCUSED ME
OF HITTING HER.

SHE HAD TOLD THE POLICE,
APPARENTLY, THAT I HAD HIT HER,

BUT I HAVE NEVER, EVER LAID
MY HANDS ON A WOMAN.

IT JUST WOULDN'T HAPPEN.

I WAS RELEASED
TO MY STAFF SERGEANT THAT DAY,

BUT I HAD TO STAY WITH HIM
UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING

UNTIL MY COMMAND
COULD SORT OUT THE CHARGES.

SO, I CALLED MY MOTHER,

AND I TOLD HER
WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

THAT'S WHEN I STARTED GOING,
"THAT'S EXTREMELY STRANGE."

MY FATHER WAS A POLICE OFFICER.

MY EX-HUSBAND
WAS A POLICE OFFICER.

SO, YEAH,
I MADE SOME PHONE CALLS.

I SIGNED ON
TO A CRIME SEARCH ONLINE,

AND I FOUND OUT

THAT THERE WAS MORE
THAN ONE NAME ATTACHED TO HER.

SHE HAD CAME ACROSS
SEVERAL WARRANTS

WITH DIFFERENT LAST NAMES,

DIFFERENT
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.

IT WAS ALL REAL SUSPICIOUS,

SO I TOOK IT TO THE M.P. STATION
THAT NEXT TUESDAY.

BASE POLICE
RAN A BACKGROUND CHECK

AND SOON DISCOVERED THAT BOBBI
WAS WANTED FOR CHECK FRAUD.

THEY ALSO REALIZED THAT
HER DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE CLAIM

AGAINST CORY WAS FAKE, TOO.

SHE HAD APPARENTLY
HAD SLAPPED HERSELF,

BECAUSE THE THUMBPRINT
TURNED OUT ON THE WRONG SIDE.

BOBBI'S LIES HAD BACKFIRED.

POLICE IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED HER
FOR THE CHECK-FRAUD CHARGES,

BUT CORY'S BIGGEST CONCERN
WAS FOR THE BABY.

SINCE HE WASN'T
LEGALLY THE FATHER,

LITTLE CORY JR.
WAS PLACED IN FOSTER CARE.

I SAID, "I'LL HANDLE THIS
ON-BASE FOSTER-CARE PROGRAM

"FOR THE TIME BEING

"UNTIL YOU CAN SORT OUT
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO,

BUT I REALLY WANT TO GET
CUSTODY OF HIM."

EVERYTHING HAD
HAPPENED SO QUICKLY,

CORY REALIZED HE HAD NO IDEA
WHO BOBBI ANN FINLEY WAS.

AT THIS POINT,
I KNOW THERE'S NO WAY BACK.

BUT HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

SOMEONE ELSE WAS ALSO DIGGING
INTO BOBBI'S PAST,

AND CORY WOULD SOON FIND OUT

THAT HIS ORDEAL WAS
JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

I WAS JUST OUT THERE
TO HELP MY SON,

BUT THESE GUYS JUST HAPPENED
TO BE PART OF THE PUZZLE.

BOBBI'S STORY IS UNLIKE
ANYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN.

NOTHING THAT SHE EVER SAID
WAS TRUE.

IN FEBRUARY OF 2005,

CORY WYNNE WAS ON THE BRINK
OF LOSING IT ALL.

HIS WIFE WAS BEHIND BARS,
HIS MARRIAGE WAS OVER,

AND HE WAS ABOUT TO LOSE CUSTODY
OF THE BABY

HE HAD VOWED TO LOVE AND RAISE.

THEY PUT CORY INTO THIS
ON-BASE FOSTER-CARE PROGRAM

SO THAT THEY COULD DECIDE
WHAT THE NEXT STEP WAS,

AND I WENT TO COURT
TO TRY TO GET CUSTODY.

BY THE END OF MARCH,

BOBBI HAD POSTED BAIL AND WAS
LIVING AROUND TWENTYNINE PALMS.

BUT WITH ALL
THAT HAD TRANSPIRED,

THE COURT DECLARED THAT THE BABY
COULD NOT RETURN HOME.

LEGALLY, THERE WAS NOTHING MORE
CORY WYNNE COULD DO ABOUT IT.

THAT'S REALLY THE HARDEST PART
OF THE WHOLE ORDEAL,

WAS I TRIED TO FIGHT
TO KEEP HIM.

I FOUGHT TO GET HIM
INTO THIS WORLD,

AND I FOUGHT TO KEEP HIM
WITH ME.

SO, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE,

I PRETTY WELL CRAWLED
INTO A BOTTLE AND STAYED THERE.

OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS,

CORY'S COURT-MARTIAL
WAS DROPPED,

AND HE LEFT THE MILITARY
TO MOVE BACK TO TEXAS.

HE HADN'T SPOKEN TO BOBBI
SINCE HER ARREST,

EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE
STILL LEGALLY MARRIED,

AND HE HAD NO IDEA
WHERE SHE WAS.

BUT IN APRIL OF 2008,

CORY PICKED UP THE PHONE

TO RECEIVE UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
ABOUT HIS ESTRANGED WIFE.

I CALLED CORY AND TOLD HIM

THAT MY SON HAD BEEN SCAMMED
BY BOBBI IN 2004,

AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT HE MARRIED HER SOON AFTER

WHILE SHE WAS CARRYING THE CHILD
SHE'S NOW ALLEGING IS MY SON'S,

AND HE SAID, "WELL, SHE SAID
THAT SHE HAD BEEN RAPED."

AND I SAID, "RAPED?"

I MEAN, I WAS SHOCKED.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO THINK.

KATIE TOLD CORY

THAT SHE BELIEVED THE BABY'S
FATHER WAS HER SON RODNEY.

BUT DUE TO LEGAL RED TAPE,

TRYING TO PROVE IT
SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.

MY SON WENT TO COURT,
AND BASICALLY HE WAS TOLD

THE COUNTY HAD RELEASED
THE CHILD FOR ADOPTION,

AND HIS ONLY OPTION WAS
FILE SUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY.

HE TRIED CONTACTING
NUMEROUS ATTORNEYS.

NOBODY WOULD EVEN GIVE HIM
A CALL BACK.

SO, IT PRETTY MUCH STOPPED
RIGHT THERE.

THEN THE MEDIA GOT INVOLVED,
FINALLY.

I GOT A PHONE CALL
FROM KATIE ABOUT THIS STORY,

AND WE FELT SORT OF AN URGENCY
TO GET THE STORY ON,

AND WE DISCOVERED
AFTER BOBBI LEFT RODNEY,

SHE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA,
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,

IT WASN'T MUCH TIME
AFTER SHE WAS IN CALIFORNIA

THAT SHE MET CORY.

AND IT WAS LITERALLY
THE SAME STORY ALL OVER AGAIN.

AND IT SEEMED
THAT CORY AND RODNEY WEGG

WERE FAR FROM THE ONLY VICTIMS
TO FALL FOR BOBBI'S LIES.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY SOMEBODY WOULD COME TO TOWN

AND DO THIS, AND SO I STARTED
TO INVESTIGATE HER,

AND FROM WHAT I FOUND OUT IN
MY INVESTIGATION AT THAT POINT

WAS THAT CORY
WAS AROUND HER 12th HUSBAND.

I MEAN,
I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED.

I WAS LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW
HOW I MISSED THAT,"

AND SHE STARTED TELLING ME
SOME OF THE SIMILARITIES

BETWEEN MINE
AND THESE PREVIOUS GUYS.

AND THROUGH KATIE'S RESEARCH,

IT APPEARED THAT BOBBI HAD A
FAVORITE TARGET... MILITARY MEN.

I THINK SHE TARGETS
THE MILITARY GUYS

BECAUSE SHE KNOWS
THAT THEY HAVE A STEADY INCOME

AND THEY WENT OUT TO SEA

AND THEY WOULD BE GONE
FOR MONTHS AT A TIME.

SO, BASICALLY, SHE COULD RUN UP
THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS

AND SPEND MONEY
WITHOUT THEM KNOWING ABOUT IT.

SHE DRAWS THEM IN.

SHE HAS THAT PERSONALITY
THAT CATCHES THEIR ATTENTION,

AND THEN IT JUST SWITCHES.

AND THEY'RE LEFT IN RUINS TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED

AND HOW DID THEY MISS
ALL THIS WAS GOING ON?

I THINK BOBBI KNEW THAT MILITARY
MEN WERE EASY TARGETS.

WE WERE LONELY.
A LOT OF US WERE YOUNG.

WE'RE KIND OF NAIVE,

'CAUSE MOST OF US
HAVEN'T BEEN AWAY FROM HOME.

AND ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS,

SOME OF THOSE SITUATIONS
LED TO MARRIAGE

AND EVENTUALLY CHILDREN.

TALKING TO THESE GUYS,
SHE WAS ALL OVER THEM.

SHE WANTED TO MARRY THEM
WITHIN DAYS OR WEEKS

AFTER THEY MET HER,
AND, YOU KNOW,

LOTS OF TIMES IT WAS
BECAUSE SHE WAS PREGNANT.

BOBBI HAS MULTIPLE CHILDREN.

JUST HOW MANY CHILDREN
BOBBI HAS, WE'RE NOT CERTAIN.

BUT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND
BIRTH RECORDS,

AND I BELIEVE THERE'S
AT LEAST 8 CHILDREN

THAT RANGE IN AGES FROM LIKE
15, 16 YEARS OLD TO 5 OR 6.

BUT IT WOULDN'T BE LONG

BEFORE JUSTICE CAUGHT UP
WITH BOBBI ONCE AGAIN.

IN JULY OF 2010,
SHE FINALLY RESURFACED.

HER LUCK RAN OUT IN LOUISIANA,

AND SHE GOT CAUGHT

TRYING TO LEAVE THE BAR
WITHOUT PAYING HER TAB.

SHE WAS ARRESTED AND HELD

BECAUSE IT WAS
A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE.

THE NEXT DAY, THE RESTAURANT
STARTED GETTING PHONE CALLS

FROM MEDIA ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
ABOUT HER.

THEY REALIZED WHO SHE WAS.

ALABAMA GOT A WIND OF IT,

AND ALABAMA ACTUALLY WENT
AND EXTRADITED HER

BACK TO FACE CHARGES
BECAUSE THEY HAD FOUND

THAT THEY DID HAVE WARRANTS
ON HER FOR MULTIPLE CHARGES.

ON JULY 18, 2010,

BOBBI ANN FINLEY WAS CHARGED

IN A MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA,
COURTROOM

WITH A FELONY THEFT
OF THE FIRST DEGREE.

SHE WAS SENTENCED
TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON.

WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE WAS
ACTUALLY ARRESTED AND IN JAIL,

I KNEW THAT
THAT'S WHERE SHE BELONGS.

FOR CORY WYNNE,
MOVING ON HASN'T BEEN EASY,

BUT HIS OUTLOOK IS OPTIMISTIC.

THINGS MAY NOT HAVE ENDED
THE WAY THAT I HAD HOPED,

BUT I NEVER AT ANY POINT,
THOUGH,

EVER HAVE ANY REGRETS
ABOUT ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW, MY INTENTIONS
WERE ALWAYS GOOD.

TODAY, AS A THERAPY TECHNICIAN

AT THE TEXAS STATE
MENTAL HOSPITAL,

CORY SPENDS A LOT OF TIME
FOCUSING ON HIS CAREER.

BUT HE HASN'T LOST HOPE OF ONE
DAY HAVING ANOTHER FAMILY.

I DO WANT THAT FAMILY STILL.

AS FAR AS GETTING MARRIED
AGAIN...

...THAT'S A SCARY PROPOSITION.