Ryan Poston Murder Part 1: Breaking Point - Encore
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[MUSIC PLAYING] Murderers come in all shapes and sizes and ages. Didn't matter how young she was, how pretty she was, how smart she was, she wanted to kill him. She intended to kill him. I killed my boyfriend and self-defense. OK, where are you? I'm standing about 15 feet from inside. [INAUDIBLE] On October 12th of 2012, which was a Friday night, Shania Ubers had called the police and said that she had killed her boyfriend in self-defense. I went immediately to the Highland Heights Police Department. You want something to drink with some more? She had already been transported there by the first responders to the scene. What was his name? The man that I killed her, Ryan Carter Poston. Ryan Poston, in 2012, was a 29-year-old lawyer. He did mostly civil law. He was very successful, had a very good practice. Smart, oh, so smart. When he walked into a room, he immediately demanded attention, and he got it. He was a very good-looking guy, and he had a very big heart. And your name is Shania? Shania Ubers. Shania, at the time, was a 21-year-old recently graduated college student from the University of Kentucky with a psychology degree. Very, very bright, smart individual. And obviously, she was very pretty, too. They worked together for a few months at a time, and then they were part for some time, period. To say that their relationship was on and off would probably be an understatement. It was a roller coaster. He was throwing me around the room, like picking me up and, like, had my face in stuff. I was in the joining room with a video monitor, so I was watching this live. Pull me by the ponytail of my hair. She talked nonstop. If you go to jail, are you allowed to keep your phone? Hour after hour. I knew it was violent. I knew it was crazy. Two hours and 40-something minutes, I believe. I had my head banged into a few different things tonight. The facts and the evidence did not
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A lawyer shot -- his girlfriend admits she pulled the trigger. It looked like the story was over, but it wasn’t. “48 Hours” is there for a new trial and a new verdict. Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.