Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 14 - Duty, Honor and Lies - full transcript

WHEN SUSAN WALTERS
MET MIKE KUHNHAUSEN,

SHE THOUGHT
SHE HAD HIT THE JACKPOT.

I THOUGHT,
"WE'RE A COUPLE OF OLD HEARTS.

WE CAN MAKE A LIFE TOGETHER."

BUT THE ODDS WEREN'T
EXACTLY IN SUSAN'S FAVOR.

MIKE WAS A BULLY.

I MEAN, PURE AND SIMPLE...
HE WAS A BULLY.

AS THEIR HOUSE
OF CARDS CAME CRASHING DOWN,

MIKE DECIDED TO UP THE ANTE,

LEAVING SUSAN
IN A FIGHT FOR HER LIFE.

BLOOD WAS SMEARED
ALL OVER THE HALLWAY.



I SAID, "OPEN THE DOOR.
CALL THE POLICE.

I'VE BEEN ATTACKED,
AND I THINK I'VE KILLED A MAN."

WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE
AND MARRIAGE,

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
AS THEY SEEM.

THEY SAY THAT LOVE IS A GAMBLE.

YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT YOU MIGHT GET.

SUSAN KUHNHAUSEN
HAD ALWAYS BEEN A SKEPTIC.

I WAS CAUTIOUS ABOUT MARRIAGE.

I DID NOT KNOW
IF I KNEW HOW TO BE MARRIED.

I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL
MARRIAGES, GROWING UP.

BUT WHEN HER MOM GAVE SUSAN

A SUBSCRIPTION TO A MATCHMAKING
COMPANY FOR HER 33rd BIRTHDAY,

THE E.R. NURSE
DECIDED TO PLAY HER HAND.

JUST TWO WEEKS LATER,
IN JANUARY OF 1988,



SUSAN GOT A REPLY FROM
40-YEAR-OLD MIKE KUHNHAUSEN.

I RECEIVED HIS LETTER,
AND ON AN AFTERNOON,

I RANG THE NUMBER,

AND A VERY PLEASANT-SOUNDING MAN
ANSWERED THE PHONE.

MIKE TOLD SUSAN
THAT HE HAD FOUGHT IN VIETNAM

AND NOW WORKED
AS A JANITORIAL SUPERVISOR.

HE HAD BEEN MARRIED ONCE BEFORE
AND HAD TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

AND BEST OF ALL, HE WASN'T
AFRAID TO FALL IN LOVE AGAIN.

BEFORE LONG,
THE TWO BEGAN TO DATE.

ALTHOUGH MIKE
WAS MORE OF A HOMEBODY,

HE DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND
SUSAN'S EXTROVERTED WAYS.

HE WASN'T A BIG "LET'S GO
TO HAVE DINNER AT A RESTAURANT"

KIND OF GUY, SO WE DID
A LOT OF SIMPLE THINGS.

BUT I'D HAD PLENTY
OF OPPORTUNITY

TO CONTINUE TO HANG OUT
WITH FRIENDS,

GO PLACES, DO THINGS, TRAVEL.

AND HE SEEMED TO BE FINE
WITH THAT.

HE WAS NICE TO MY SISTER,
AND HE HAD A GOOD JOB.

YOU KNOW, HE SEEMED TO HAVE
A GOOD WORK ETHIC...

YOU KNOW,
ALL THAT SORT OF THING.

IN MAY OF 1988,
THE COUPLE MOVED IN TOGETHER,

AND THE RELATIONSHIP TOOK OFF
FROM THERE.

THAT DECEMBER,

MIKE AND SUSAN TIED THE KNOT
IN FRONT OF THEIR FAMILIES

IN AN INTIMATE CEREMONY
IN RENO, NEVADA.

WE PICKED RENO, NEVADA,

BECAUSE WHAT BIGGER GAMBLE
IN LIFE IS THERE THAN MARRIAGE?

I WAS VERY PROUD THAT I WAS
BRAVE ENOUGH TO GET MARRIED.

I WAS VERY PROUD

THAT MY SPOUSE WAS BRAVE ENOUGH
TO MARRY A SECOND TIME.

SO I FELT VERY OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT OUR LIFE TOGETHER.

BACK IN PORTLAND,

THE NEWLYWEDS QUICKLY SETTLED IN
TO MARRIED LIFE,

AND SUSAN FELT LIKE HER GAMBLE
HAD PAID OFF.

SHE LOVED MIKE'S KIDS
LIKE THEY WERE HER OWN,

AND HER FAMILY FELT COMPLETE.

BUT ONE NIGHT,
MIKE SAID SOMETHING STRANGE.

MIKE TOLD ME,
"MARRIAGE CHANGES PEOPLE."

AND HE ASKED ME ONE EVENING,

"SO, WHO DO YOU THINK IS GONNA
CHANGE MORE, YOU OR ME?"

FOR SUSAN,
IT SEEMED THAT MARRIED LIFE

HAD CHANGED THEM BOTH
FOR THE BETTER.

BUT 18 YEARS LATER,

SHE WOULD REALIZE
JUST HOW WRONG SHE HAD BEEN.

ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2006,

SUSAN CAME HOME TO FIND
A DISTURBING NOTE FROM MIKE.

BASICALLY, IT SAID
THAT HE WAS STRESSED,

THAT HE COULDN'T DEAL
WITH ALL THE ISSUES ANYMORE,

THAT HE WAS GONNA GO
TO THE BEACH.

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS,

THEIR MARRIAGE
HAD TAKEN A BAD TURN.

BUT WHAT BOTHERED SUSAN
WAS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.

HER HOUSE SEEMED UNUSUALLY DARK.

WHEN I ROUNDED THE CORNER
TO MY ROOM,

I SAW THAT THE DOOR
WAS PARTIALLY CLOSED

AND IT WAS DARK.

SO I PRESUMED I DIDN'T OPEN
THE DRAPES THAT DAY

LIKE I USUALLY DID.

SO I STEPPED FORWARD.

AND THAT'S WHEN SUSAN
REALIZED SHE WASN'T ALONE.

FROM BEHIND THE DOOR

STEPPED A MAN
WEARING YELLOW GLOVES,

WHO HAD A HAMMER IN HIS HAND,
AND HE BEGAN TO HIT ME...

IN THE FACE AND IN THE HEAD
WITH THE HAMMER.

TERRIFIED, SUSAN TRIED TO RUN,

BUT QUICKLY REALIZED
SHE WAS TRAPPED.

WHAT I SAW IN HIS EYES
AND WHAT I HEARD IN HIS VOICE

TERRIFIED ME
BECAUSE HE WAS NOT AFRAID.

HE SEEMED SURPRISED.

BUT THE VERY SCARY PART WAS,
HE SEEMED EXCITED.

THE ASSAILANT LIFTED
HIS HAMMER TO SWING AGAIN,

BUT SUSAN WASN'T GOING DOWN
WITHOUT A FIGHT.

I SAID, "YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
KILL ME IN MY OWN HOME."

IT'S TERRIFYING.

IT'S SOMETHING
YOU DON'T RECOVER FROM.

HE WAS THERE TO KILL ME.

AND I WAS GONNA DO MY BEST
TO SURVIVE.

IN THE SPRING OF 2001,

FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE ATTACK

THAT WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE
FOREVER,

SUSAN KUHNHAUSEN
AND HER HUSBAND, MIKE,

WERE BUSY JUGGLING WORK
AND FAMILY LIFE.

HE HAD THE CHILDREN
EVERY OTHER WEEKEND.

WE SEEMED TO GET ALONG GREAT.

WE DID A LOT OF THINGS
WITH HIS PARENTS.

AND WE CONTINUED TO WORK
OUR VARIOUS SHIFTS.

FOR 13 YEARS, THEIR
MARRIAGE HAD BEEN A HAPPY ONE,

BUT OVER TIME,
THAT BEGAN TO CHANGE.

I NOTICED
THAT HE WAS CONCERNED

ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT I SPENT

WHEN I WOULD GO OUT
WITH FRIENDS,

HAVING DINNER WITH OTHERS,
GOING TO MOVIES...

THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

SUSAN WAS BAFFLED.

SHE HAD ALWAYS MADE
MORE MONEY THAN MIKE,

AND THEIR FINANCES
WERE NEVER AN ISSUE.

BEFORE LONG,
GOOD FRIEND HELEN BULONE

NOTICED A CHANGE IN MIKE, TOO.

AS TIME WORE ON
IN THEIR MARRIAGE,

HE SEEMED
TO BECOME MORE NEGATIVE.

EVEN JUST WHEN I WOULD CALL
SOMETIMES

AND BE TALKING TO SUSAN,

HE WOULD BE LISTENING
IN THE BACKGROUND,

AND FREQUENTLY,
SHE WOULD JUST HANG UP

BECAUSE IT JUST WASN'T WORTH
THE TROUBLE.

BY THE WINTER OF 2002,

MIKE'S BEHAVIOR HAD GONE
FROM BAD TO WORSE.

MIKE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT

THAT HE WAS NOT SURE
THAT HE HAD EVER BEEN HAPPY.

HE TOLD ME THAT HE WASN'T SURE
WHAT HAPPINESS WAS.

HE WAS A CHAIN SMOKER.

HE DRANK A GREAT DEAL
OF CAFFEINE.

AND OVER TIME,
HIS ANXIETY WAS MORE PROFOUND.

MIKE DIDN'T TELL ME
VERY MUCH ABOUT VIETNAM,

BUT I KEPT TELLING HIM AFTER
I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE V.A.

THAT SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT HE DID AND HIS PERSONALITY

SHOWED ME POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS.

BY THE SUMMER OF 2005,

WITH LITTLE CHANGE
IN MIKE'S BEHAVIOR,

SUSAN WAS AT HER WIT'S END.

I ASKED MIKE
TO GO TO COUNSELING WITH ME.

AND HE SAID, "NO.
I'M NOT GOING TO COUNSELING."

HE FELT THAT COUNSELING

HAD PRETTY MUCH SEALED THE DEAL
ON HIS FIRST DIVORCE.

AND I SAID, "WELL,

"IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO WORK
ON THE RELATIONSHIP,

THEN I'M GETTING A DIVORCE."

SO HE RELUCTANTLY AGREED THAT HE
WOULD GO TO COUNSELING WITH ME.

BUT BY THE END OF SUMMER,

WE HAD REALLY NOT HAD
ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2005,

THE COUPLE AGREED
TO A TRIAL SEPARATION.

I DIDN'T WANT TO FAIL
AT MARRIAGE,

AND I DIDN'T WANT MIKE
TO FAIL A SECOND TIME.

NOT MATTER HOW I CHANGED MY LIFE
TO ACCOMMODATE HIS NEEDS,

IT WAS NOT WORKING.

AND I FELT I WAS LOSING
MY OWN LIFE AS WELL.

THAT FALL, MIKE
MOVED IN WITH HIS FATHER.

FOR THE SAKE OF THE
GRANDCHILDREN THEY NOW SHARED,

SUSAN TRIED TO KEEP THINGS
AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE.

WE CONTINUED TO DO THINGS
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.

HE WOULD COME OVER TO THE HOUSE
AND SPEND TIME WITH US.

SUSAN ONLY HAD ONE REQUEST.

I DID SAY, "PLEASE DON'T COME
OVER WHEN I'M NOT HERE."

MY CONCERN WAS, I THOUGHT THAT
MAYBE HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOUSE

AND HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH
MY STUFF.

AT ONE POINT, I REPLACED
A DAMAGED DEAD BOLT

ON THE FRONT DOOR,

AND HE WAS CONCERNED
THAT THE LOCKS HAD BEEN CHANGED.

ALTHOUGH DETERMINED
TO STAY FRIENDS,

SUSAN KNEW THAT SHE HAD MADE
THE RIGHT DECISION.

I THINK ONCE MIKE MOVED OUT,

THINGS LIGHTENED
CONSIDERABLY FOR SUSAN.

I KNEW THAT I HAD BEEN HAPPY.

I BELIEVED
THAT I COULD BE HAPPY AGAIN.

BY THE TIME
THE HOLIDAYS APPROACHED,

SUSAN WAS DETERMINED TO MOVE ON.

BUT MIKE SEEMED FAR
FROM THRILLED WITH THE CHANGE.

I HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS OVER,

AND MIKE CAME BY, AND HE LOOKED
AT US FROM A DISTANCE.

HE WAS APART
FROM THE REST OF THE GROUP,

AND THERE WAS A LOOK IN HIS EYE,

AND I THOUGHT,
"HE'S GETTING ANGRY.

I NEED TO PROCEED
WITH THE DIVORCE."

BUT BEFORE SHE COULD
FREE HERSELF FROM HER HUSBAND,

SUSAN WOULD HAVE TO ESCAPE THE
CLUTCHES OF A DEADLY INTRUDER.

IN THE MATTER
OF THAT SPACE OF TIME,

MY LIFE, AS I KNEW IT, WAS
DRAMATICALLY ALTERED FOREVER.

THERE WAS A BODY
STILL THERE. THERE WAS BLOOD.

THERE WAS SIGNS
THAT THERE WAS A STRUGGLE.

BY JANUARY OF 2006,

SUSAN KUHNHAUSEN KNEW

HER 18-YEAR MARRIAGE TO MIKE
WAS NEARLY OVER.

THEY HAD BEEN SEPARATED
FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS,

THOUGH THEY TRIED TO STAY
ON FRIENDLY TERMS.

EVEN THOUGH WE WERE SEPARATED,
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.

HE CAME AND WENT.

WE SHARED AN ALARM CODE.

AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE
I NEEDED TO CHANGE THAT.

I DIDN'T FEEL ANGRY AT ALL.

I KNEW THAT I HAD MADE
THE RIGHT DECISION.

MEANWHILE,
SUSAN THOUGHT THAT MIKE

WAS CONTINUING TO ENTER
HER HOUSE WHEN SHE WASN'T HOME.

I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS PROBABLY
TRYING TO FIND INFORMATION

ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON
IN MY LIFE SINCE THE SEPARATION.

SUSAN WAS TAKING NO CHANCES.

BY LATE SUMMER OF 2006,

SHE HAD SEPARATED
THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS

AND MOVED FORWARD
WITH THE DIVORCE.

BUT NOTHING WOULD BE EASY
WITH MIKE.

WEEKS LATER,
ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2006,

SUSAN WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE TOWN
FOR A NURSING CONVENTION

WHEN SHE MADE
ONE LAST PHONE CALL TO MIKE.

I CALLED MIKE
THAT AFTERNOON AT ABOUT 3:00,

JUST TO CHECK IN WITH HIM.

AND HE SEEMED
SURPRISED TO HEAR ME,

LIKE REALLY KIND OF
ALMOST AGITATED.

AND HE SAID, "WELL,
I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

I'M GOING TO THE BEACH."

AND THEN HE SAID,
"I LEFT YOU A NOTE AT THE HOUSE."

AROUND 6:30 THAT EVENING,

SHE ARRIVED HOME,
DISARMED THE ALARM,

AND FOUND MIKE'S NOTE.

BASICALLY,
IT SAID THAT HE WAS STRESSED,

THAT HE COULDN'T DEAL
WITH ALL THE ISSUES ANYMORE,

THAT HE WAS GONNA GO
TO THE BEACH.

JUST AS SUSAN PUT DOWN
THE NOTE AND WALKED AWAY,

SHE FOUND HERSELF UNDER ATTACK
BY A STRANGE MAN.

HE HAD A HAMMER IN HIS HAND,

AND HE BEGAN TO HIT ME
IN THE FACE AND IN THE HEAD

WITH THE HAMMER.

AND I FELT IN THE CORE OF MY
BEING THAT HE'S GONNA KILL ME.

SUSAN WAS TERRIFIED,

BUT SHE HAD NO INTENTION
OF DYING.

SHE FOUGHT BACK
WITH EVERYTHING SHE HAD.

I GRABBED HIM
BY THE NECK, AND I SAID,

"YOU ARE NOT GOING TO KILL ME
IN MY OWN HOME."

AND I SQUEEZED
UNTIL HE WAS PURPLE.

I THOUGHT HE WAS ABOUT TO DROP,
AND I LET GO.

BUT THE MAN WAS BACK ON HIS
FEET AND QUICKLY REACHED SUSAN AGAIN.

HE PUNCHED HER IN THE FACE,

BUT AS SHE FELL,
SHE BROUGHT HIM DOWN WITH HER.

WITH PURE ADRENALINE

AND SOME SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING
SHE LEARNED AT WORK,

SUSAN MANAGED TO WRESTLE HER
ATTACKER FOR SEVERAL MINUTES.

I KNEW THAT HE WAS NOT
GONNA GIVE UP THE WEAPON,

AND THEN IT CAME TO ME,
AND I BECAME THE WEAPON.

I LEANED FORWARD, AND I PLACED
MY LEFT ARM UNDER HIS NECK,

AND I BEGAN TO SQUEEZE.

AND I ASKED HIM,
"WHO SENT YOU HERE?

"TELL ME WHO SENT YOU HERE,

AND I WILL CALL YOU
A AMBULANCE."

BUT WHEN I LET UP TO GIVE HIM
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY,

"OKAY, OKAY,
DON'T HURT ME ANYMORE,"

HE WAS TRYING TO FLIP ME UP.

AND I KNEW WITH CERTAINTY THAT
IF HE GOT UP, I WOULD BE DEAD.

AND I LEANED FORWARD...
UNTIL HE STOPPED STRUGGLING.

HER ATTACKER
WAS SUDDENLY SILENT,

SO SUSAN GRABBED THE HAMMER
AND RAN.

SUSAN HAD A HUNCH
WHO WAS BEHIND THE ATTACK,

AND SHE FEARED HER ORDEAL
WAS FAR FROM OVER.

I GOT TO MY NEIGHBORS' PORCH,

AND I SAID, "OPEN THE DOOR.
CALL THE POLICE.

I'VE BEEN ATTACKED,
AND I THINK I'VE KILLED A MAN."

MOMENTS LATER, SUSAN CALLED 911

AND WAS SOON TRANSPORTED TO THE
SAME HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WORKED.

I OPENED THE DOOR,

AND THERE WAS SUSAN
IN THE HOSPITAL BED,

AND SHE HAD LUMPS
ALL OVER HER HEAD.

SHE HAD A HUGE CUT ON HER LIP,
BRUISES ON HER FACE.

SHE HAD BITE MARKS ON HER ARMS.

AND SHE SAID, "DO YOU THINK MIKE
COULD HAVE DONE THIS?"

AND I SAID,
"I COULDN'T IMAGINE IT."

BECAUSE AT THAT MOMENT,
I COULDN'T.

I COULDN'T IMAGINE IT.

MIKE AND I WERE
ABOUT TO GET A DIVORCE.

HE WAS OBVIOUSLY, I THOUGHT,
UNDER A GREAT DEAL OF STRESS.

AND I BELIEVE
THAT HE MUST HAVE SNAPPED.

DID SUSAN'S HUSBAND OF 18 YEARS

REALLY HIRE A HIT MAN
TO KILL HER?

OUR NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY WAS
TO TRY TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER.

AND THE MAIN PIECE WAS,
WHERE'S MICHAEL KUHNHAUSEN?

ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2006,

SUSAN KUHNHAUSEN
HAD NARROWLY SURVIVED

A SAVAGE ATTACK IN HER OWN HOME.

SHE SUSPECTED HER HUSBAND, MIKE,
MIGHT BE INVOLVED,

BUT POLICE
HAD YET TO LOCATE HIM.

I WAS AFRAID TO GO TO SLEEP.

I WAS AFRAID THAT I WOULD
NEVER SLEEP AGAIN.

BACK AT SUSAN'S HOUSE,

DETECTIVES CONFIRMED
THAT THE INTRUDER WAS DEAD.

I THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE,

BUT I WASN'T SURE.

AND I... I HO...

I HOPED THAT HE WASN'T.

I HOPED HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS.

I DID NOT KNOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

SHE'S USED TO HELPING PEOPLE.

SHE'S NOT USED TO SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.

AND SO THIS IS
COMPLETELY OPPOSITE

OF WHAT HER WHOLE PURPOSE
IN LIFE IS.

INVESTIGATORS SOON LEARNED
THAT THE MAN SUSAN HAD KILLED

WAS AN EXPERIENCED HIT MAN
NAMED ED HAFFEY.

WHEN WE STARTED DOING
SOME OF THE RESEARCH ON ED HAFFEY,

WE FOUND THAT HE HAD
SPENT SOME TIME IN JAIL.

SO WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS
A CRIMINAL PAST

THAT STARTED WELL BEFORE
THIS INCIDENT ITSELF.

BUT ED HAFFEY
WASN'T THE ONLY THING

THAT WAS FOUND IN SUSAN'S HOUSE.

THE NEXT DAY,
WHILE HELPING TO CLEAN UP,

SUSAN'S FRIEND HELEN FOUND
AN ODD BACKPACK IN THE BASEMENT.

I WALKED OVER TO IT,
AND THE TOP WAS OPEN,

AND INSIDE OF IT WAS A NOTEBOOK

THAT HAD MIKE'S CELL NUMBER
IN IT.

AND I KNEW RIGHT AWAY

THAT THIS WASN'T SOMETHING
I WANTED TO TOUCH.

BELIEVING IT COULD
BELONG TO THE INTRUDER,

HELEN GAVE THE BACKPACK
TO THE POLICE.

AND INSIDE, THERE WAS A NOTE
WITH TWO WORDS ON IT...

"CALL MIKE."

THE EVIDENCE AGAINST
SUSAN'S HUSBAND WAS MOUNTING,

BUT HE WAS STILL
NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

I WAS FEARFUL,

BUT I WAS NEVER ALONE
AT ANY POINT.

I HAD NO KEYS
TO GET BACK INTO MY HOME,

AND I CERTAINLY
WOULD NOT GO THERE.

NINE DAYS LATER,
ON SEPTEMBER 14,

PORTLAND POLICE FINALLY CAUGHT
UP WITH MIKE KUHNHAUSEN.

AND JUST LIKE HIS NOTE
TO SUSAN HAD CLAIMED,

HE WAS AT THE BEACH,
20 MILES AWAY.

WE ASSISTED THE FAMILY
IN GETTING HIM BACK HERE.

AND HE WASN'T REALLY CONCERNED
ABOUT SUSAN.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT HIMSELF.

HE NEVER CALLED THE POLICE
TO SAY,

"HEY, THAT'S MY WIFE
THAT WAS ALMOST KILLED.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME?"

HE NEVER CAME
TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

TO CHECK IN WITH THE NEIGHBORS
ABOUT WHAT THEY MIGHT KNOW.

HE DIDN'T CALL ANYONE.

WHEN POLICE QUESTIONED
MIKE ABOUT THE DAY OF THE ATTACK,

HE ADMITTED THAT HE HAD BEEN
TO THE HOUSE

TO LEAVE A NOTE FOR SUSAN.

HE ALSO REVEALED
THAT HE KNEW ED HAFFEY.

WHEN HE MADE THAT
COMMENT ABOUT KNOWING THE GUY,

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
A SMOKING GUN TO US.

FOR HIM TO MAKE THAT COMMENT AND
ACTUALLY MAKE THE CONNECTION...

THAT WAS A HUGE SLIPUP
ON HIS PART.

OFFICERS ARRESTED MIKE
ON THE SPOT,

AND BAIL WAS SET AT $1 MILLION.

WE KNOW THAT MICHAEL
KUHNHAUSEN HAD ACCESS TO THE RESIDENCE,

HE HAD BEEN THERE
EARLIER IN THE DAY.

WE BELIEVE THAT IT WAS
AT THAT TIME

THAT HE LET ED HAFFEY
INTO THE RESIDENCE.

WE THINK THAT THE MOTIVE
WAS MONEY.

AND SUSAN TOOK CARE
OF THE FAMILY.

HE WAS NOW LOSING HIS LIFELINE,

AND HE NEEDED SOMETHING
TO KEEP HIM AFLOAT.

WITH HER HUSBAND IN JAIL,

SUSAN MOVED FORWARD WITH THE
DIVORCE AND BACK INTO HER HOME.

IT WAS OFTEN DIFFICULT.

I OFTEN WOULD MAKE IT
TO THE HALLWAY,

WHERE I WOULD BEGIN TO FREEZE.

BUT THERE WAS NO LONGER
ANY EVIL IN MY HOME.

AND I WANTED TO STAY.

OVER THE NEXT YEAR,

WHILE INVESTIGATORS BUILT
A SOLID CASE AGAINST HIM,

MIKE DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT
IN SUSAN'S ATTACK.

FINALLY, ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2007,

HE FOLDED, PLEADING GUILTY TO
SOLICITATION TO COMMIT MURDER.

HE WAS SENTENCED
TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON.

WHEN I DECIDED
I NO LONGER WANTED TO LIVE

AND SHARE HIS UNHAPPINESS,

HE DECIDED
I DESERVED TO BE DEAD.

THE MAN WHO SAID HE LOVED ME
WANTED ME DEAD.

WHEN I MADE
MY VICTIM IMPACT SPEECH,

I SAID TO HIM AT ONE POINT,

"AT LEAST IF I BELIEVED
THAT YOU DESERVED TO DIE,

I WOULD HAVE HAD THE BALLS
TO KILL YOU MYSELF."

SUSAN HAD GAMBLED
ON LOVE AND LOST.

HE HAD THE POSSIBILITY OF
TWO YEARS OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR,

BUT I BEGAN SERVING
A LIFE SENTENCE

BECAUSE I'VE KILLED A MAN.

AND I DON'T GET TIME OFF
FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.

TODAY SUSAN IS
DIVORCED FROM MIKE

AND FINALLY MOVING
OUT OF THE HOUSE

WHERE SHE FOUGHT OFF
HER ATTACKER.

I CHOSE TO STAY UNTIL IT WAS
THE RIGHT TIME FOR ME TO GO,

AND THAT TIME IS NOW.

SUE, TODAY, IS NOT
THE SAME SUE SHE USED TO BE.

SHE'S NOT MY SAME SISTER.

AND IN A LOT OF WAYS,
I'VE GOT A BETTER VERSION.

SHE'S JUST BECOME
VERY, VERY MUCH MORE AWARE

OF HER SURROUNDINGS.

AND THE FACT THAT SHE IS ALIVE
IS REALLY...

IT'S REMARKABLE,
AND IT'S UNUSUAL.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIVE THROUGH
THESE KINDS OF THINGS.

ALTHOUGH THE SCARS STILL LINGER,

SUSAN FINDS SOLACE
IN SPEAKING WITH GROUPS

ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING.

THE NURSE IN HER
ALSO HOPES FOR MORE HEALING.

WHAT WOULD MAKE THIS
ALL BE OKAY IS IF...

...I CONTINUE TO FIND
EVEN GREATER PEACE

THAN I'M ALREADY FINDING

AND THAT MY EX-HUSBAND
COULD FIND INSIGHT,

HOW MUCH WE ALL LOVED HIM.