Kelly Renee Gissendaner was charged with malice murder, and she was convicted in 1997 by a jury of murdering her husband Douglas Gissendaner. Douglas Gissendaner was the husband of Kelly Dissendaner, together they had two Daughters. Douglas and Kelly were married in 1989, the following year Douglas joined the army. Soon after their first daughter was born, and Douglas was stationed in Germany. Douglas was a Desert Storm veteran, shortly after returning from Iraq Douglas left the military. Douglas and Kelly were only married for three years before separating in 1991. The two eventually divorced in 1993, a couple years later in 1995 Douglas and Kelly started seeing each other again, they remarried the same year. Douglas and Kelly’s relationship had always be strained, they separated agin in 1995 and Douglas filed divorce papers but then retracted the divorce papers.
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Kelly had met Gregory in late 1995, their relationship lasted until early 1996 when they called things off. Later in 1996 Kelly and Gregory rekindled the romance, “Gissendaner told one of her co-workers that she was not happy with Douglas and was in love with co-defendant Owen” (Georgia Department of Law). Kelly didn’t want to divorce Douglas because she stated “divorce would not work because Douglas would not leave her alone if she simply divorced him”(Georgia Department of Law). This is when Kelly hatched a plan to murder Douglas, and Gregory would be the one to murder Douglas. Kelly had a friend drive her to a motel to meet with Gregory to determine how to get Douglas out of the picture. Kelly was the only one who thought killing Douglas would be the only way to get him out of the picture entirely. Kelly and Gregory then came up with a plan of when and how they would murder Douglas. The two defendants set the date of when Douglas would be killed on February 7, 1997 Gregory would kill
Kelly had met Gregory in late 1995, their relationship lasted until early 1996 when they called things off. Later in 1996 Kelly and Gregory rekindled the romance, “Gissendaner told one of her co-workers that she was not happy with Douglas and was in love with co-defendant Owen” (Georgia Department of Law). Kelly didn’t want to divorce Douglas because she stated “divorce would not work because Douglas would not leave her alone if she simply divorced him”(Georgia Department of Law). This is when Kelly hatched a plan to murder Douglas, and Gregory would be the one to murder Douglas. Kelly had a friend drive her to a motel to meet with Gregory to determine how to get Douglas out of the picture. Kelly was the only one who thought killing Douglas would be the only way to get him out of the picture entirely. Kelly and Gregory then came up with a plan of when and how they would murder Douglas. The two defendants set the date of when Douglas would be killed on February 7, 1997 Gregory would kill