Dr. Phil: Woman Shoots And Kills Husband
Dr. Phil has been sitting down with Trichele, who shot and killed her husband after years of abuse. Now, she’s facing first degree murder charges and joining Dr. Phil over video because she’s under house arrest.
She says she’s terrified of what will happen to her in jail, because she feels like she’s an average woman.
Dr. Phil: Did She Reach Out To Resources?
Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw explained the Aspire Initiative and the free Aspire News app which helps victims of domestic violence call for help and educate people about domestic violence. (NEGOVURA / Shutterstock.com)
Trichele said she reached out to resources with her husband to fix their problems. They visited their preacher, who referred them to a Christian counselor. Her husband didn’t like that guy, so they went to a therapist that they were both seeing when this happened. Trichele said she felt it was starting to help, but she felt like her husband thought she was the problem, not him. So he felt like he was going for her so she would quit antagonizing him.
Dr. Phil: Years of Abuse
Trichele says she regrets shooting her husband, but she doesn’t miss the way he used to treat her. Her husband was 6’4 and 300 pounds, so when he got mad, he was like a “bulldozer”. Trichele said he would pull her hair, bang her head into the ground, choke her against the wall, and give her black eyes.
She related a time when he beat her against the glove box of the car and then pulled her out of the car and beat her right there on the side of the road.
Trichele said she considered running, but he always talked her back in to coming back. She said she loved him and wanted to believe he’d be better.
Dr. Phil: Aspire Initiative Review
Dr. Phil’s wife Robin McGraw has an organization called When Georgia Smiled, which has a mission of standing up for abused and neglected people, including domestic violence survivors. Robin launched an initiative called the Aspire Initiative, which is an interactive curriculum for all ages. It’s set up for different ages.
It includes a free smartphone app called Aspire News, which allows the user to create a pre-written text or voice message to be sent to designated numbers, including 911. You might not be ready to call the cops, but things are getting heated and you want family or friends to come. That’s what this is for. When you tap the “Go” button in the app, it sends the message and immediately starts recording to capture details of what’s going on in the room, because you might need those at some point.
The Aspire News app looks like any other app on the phone, so to the untrained eye it’s something that looks unimportant. The app was recognized on Capitol Hill by the National Health Collaborative on Violence and Abuse as one of two apps in 2014 most beneficial in the fight to end domestic violence.
Dr. Phil: Aspire College Contest
College students can also help spread awareness by using the hashtag #iAspire and enter themselves for a chance to win a grant for $5,000 to help further their efforts to raise awareness about violence and abuse on college campuses. You can enter the challenge at the Students of the World website or the When Georgia Smiled website.
Are you confused about how to enter this contest? Me, too. Apparently the McGraws don’t know how hashtags work. I guess you have to go to those websites and enter the contest by sending them a video explaining what you want to do to further the cause on your campus. Then you can use the hashtag if you want.
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