Kill the Ones You Love by Robert Scott Page A

apparently drank a beer, because she found an empty bottle of Heineken later. He even told her to take a swig, because she’d had nothing to drink for hours. She did as instructed, but she didn’t enjoy it.
    Jessica recalled, “Gabe went back in the house alone, and Kalea and I sat there in the pickup and she played with her toys and she was watching a movie on Gabe’s laptop and she calmed down. I was on the passenger side and she was on the driver’s side, and she had brought some stuffed animals with her that had been inside the house. She put them on the dashboard and watched a movie. And I could tell she was tired, so I laid a sleeping bag out on the front seat. And we covered ourselves and took a nap.”
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    Jessica and Kalea stayed in the pickup truck for hour after hour as Gabe roamed around inside the house. Just what he planned to do when Robin and Bob returned, he did not convey to Jessica. Then once again, Gabe came and got them and escorted them to the residence.
    Jessica remembered, “Kalea and I were both ecstatic because we could actually eat again. We had no idea where Bob and Robin had gone or when they’d be back. After we ate, Kalea and I got into our pajamas.”
    Jessica remembered, “It was about seven P.M . when Kalea and I got in our pajamas and we went to bed. We went to sleep in our room upstairs. Gabe stayed awake so he could talk to Bob and Robin when they got back.”
    Meanwhile, Gabe kept his vigil—waiting and watching for his mom and Bob to return. By now, he was primed and ready. He had discovered Bob’s .40-caliber handgun, and he had at least two full clips. That meant he could get off twenty shots in very short order.
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    Robin and Bob finished their activities in North Bend and around Bandon, where they had dinner. They finally arrived back in their driveway at some time after 8:00 P.M . At that time of year, it was very dark outside the home. Unbeknownst to them, Gabe was watchful and waiting on the upper balcony, which had a commanding view of the front room.
    Robin and Bob entered their home and walked toward a couch in the living room. Robin even managed to put her purse and some items down on the couch. Who knows what thoughts were racing through Gabe’s mind at that point? All his failures, anger and frustration had boiled down to this one moment. And in his delusional mind, he may have thought that Bob was reaching for a gun in his coat pocket.
    In one version that Gabe later gave, he said that he yelled at Bob to take him seriously. Most likely, however, without a word, he began firing. Bob was hit multiple times and made it as far as the door before collapsing. Robin was also hit multiple times. Wounded and in shock, she still managed to make it outside the front door, before Gabe followed her, took aim and shot her in the head. Mute evidence was left near her body. It was a spent shell casing from the pistol. Gabe had to have followed her outside and shot her to death at close range.

CHAPTER 17
    After Gabe made sure that his mother and Bob Kennelly were dead, he riffled through Bob’s wallet and got a little bit of cash and Walmart gift cards. Then he ran upstairs, where Jessica and Kalea were now awake.
    Jessica recalled, “I woke up to the sound of gunshots. Kalea had woken up first. She was crying and scared. I think I heard Robin’s voice, but it was really, really, really distant. It was extremely muffled and distant.”
    Jessica was groggy and confused. She continued, “Gabe came up to the room and ran in and said, ‘Let’s go!’ Then he ran back out. I had been wearing my glasses, and they were on the counter. I stood up, and then I grabbed Kalea. I didn’t have shoes on, so I grabbed some shoes out of the closet. They were Gabe’s shoes. I couldn’t find any that matched. So I just wore Gabe’s mismatched shoes. I carried Kalea. I ran down the hall with