The murder, they claimed, was a battered woman's desperate attempt to escape a lifetime of abuse - or potentially becoming a murder victim herself, like Dennis' first wife, who is thought to have died of a diet drug overdose in 1977. I worked with Donna in HR many years and am so sorry to hear this. She wears an ankle bracelet to monitor her whereabouts. Pueblo County Sheriff Dan Corsentino is reopening a 28-year-old investigation into the death of Barbara Yaklich after a 9News report indicated the original medical examiner might have missed a murder. Donna does admit that she "just couldn't do it" when it came to pulling the trigger herself, but that she would do it again if she had the opportunity because she knows she would've been killed by him sooner or later. He also forces her to tell Patty that she is disgusted by her and orders her to leave the house forever. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. After serving 21 years in the Colorado women's correctional facility in Canon City, she was released to a halfway.