Episode 5: Behind Closed Doors
Episode description
On September 27, 2017, 29- year- old Chris Grover was found in his home dead from a gunshot wound to the head. Chris's longtime and live-in girlfriend 28-year-old Nicole Addimando admitted to killing him but claimed that she had suffered years of abuse by Chris and that she had acted out of self-defense because she was afraid for her life. The New York town, Poughkeepsie, would become divided with half the town believing that the former preschool teacher, coach and young mother of two had in fact acted out of self-defense. While the other half of Poughkeepsie would call for justice for Chris, who had been and well-respected Head Coach who seemed to be really loved by his family, friends, and students. The trial would draw national attention and, later would lead to a groundbreaking legal petition to review the case through the eyes of a 2019 New York state law that allows a court to resentence a domestic violence survivor if abuse contributed to their conviction. So, this begs to ask the question was this a case of self-defense or that of a sinister mind?
References:
48 hours: Inside the Nicole Addimando Murder Case
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/nicole-addimando-murder-case-evidence/
2. ‘Leaving doesn’t mean living’: The case of Nikki Addimando
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/the-case-of-nicole-
addimando-17003361.php
3. Killing One’s Abuser: Homicide or Self-Defense
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-games/202001/killing-ones-abuser-
homicide-or-self-defense
4. Domestic Violence: Spousal Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/domestic-violence
5.cbsnews.com- Self-Defense or Murder? Shooting Death Divides Community
6.cbsnews.com-Inside the Nicole Addimando Murder Case
timesunion.com- 'Leaving Doesn't Mean Living': The Case of Nikki Addimando
7.thecinemaholic.com-Chris Grover's Murder: How Did He Die? Who Killed Him?
8.poughkeepsiejournal.com- Addimando Murder Trial
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