Narrator: AS A MARINE,
CORY WYNNE ALWAYS VALUED DUTY, HONOR, AND FAMILY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A SHORT RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY.
I WANTED AN ACTUAL RELATIONSHIP.
Narrator: SO WHEN HE FELL FOR VIBRANT BOBBI ANN FINLEY,
HE WAS READY TO LOVE HER FOREVER.
SHE WAS SOMEBODY NEW AND INTERESTING,
AND I'VE NEVER MET ANYBODY LIKE THIS PERSON BEFORE.
Narrator: BUT BOBBI HAD MORE IN HER SIGHTS
THAN A FAITHFUL PROTECTOR,
AND CORY WAS ABOUT TO BECOME HER NUMBER-ONE TARGET.
WE WERE HEARING ABOUT MORE VICTIMS COMING FORWARD.
NEW VICTIMS.
NO. I NEVER DREAMED THAT I WOULD UNCOVER WHAT I UNCOVERED
OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
I THINK THAT WE MADE REALLY PRIME TARGETS,
AS FAR AS FOR SOMEBODY TO CALL.
Narrator: WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE,
THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM.
SMALL-TOWN BOY CORY WYNNE
HAD ALWAYS LONGED FOR A BIG ADVENTURE.
I REALLY HADN'T EVEN LEFT TEXAS VERY MUCH
WHEN I WAS A KID OR EVEN A TEENAGER.
I THINK WE WENT TO OKLAHOMA ONCE,
BUT IT'S JUST THE NEXT STATE OVER.
Narrator: SO AFTER HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION,
CORY JOINED THE MARINES
AND BOUGHT A ONE-WAY TICKET OUT OF TOWN.
BY 2004, THE 21-YEAR-OLD
WAS POSTED AT TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA,
A SMALL MILITARY BASE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOJAVE DESERT.
HE WAS WORKING IN THE ARMORY AND QUICKLY MOVING UP THE RANKS.
BUT WHILE CORY'S CAREER WAS ON THE MOVE,
HIS LOVE LIFE HAD STALLED.
Wynne: YOU'RE JUST MOVING AROUND AGAIN
IN THE MILITARY EVERY COUPLE YEARS,
SO YOU GET LONELY,
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY IDEA
STARTS TO LOOK MORE AND MORE APPETIZING.
Narrator: SO THAT SUMMER,
WHEN HE CAUGHT THE EYE OF 28-YEAR-OLD BOBBI ANN FINLEY
AT A LATE-NIGHT DINER, HE KNEW IT WAS TIME TO TAKE A CHANCE.
SHE ACTUALLY SEES ME SITTING BY MYSELF, JUST WATCHING EVERYBODY,
AND THEN SHE SAID, "YOU CAN COME SIT WITH US."
SO, I STARTED TALKING TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS AT THE TABLE,
AND I STARTED TALKING TO BOBBI QUITE A BIT MORE.
Narrator: BEFORE THE NIGHT WAS OVER,
CORY HAD PLANS TO MEET BOBBI THE NEXT DAY
AT A NEARBY AIRPORT,
WHERE SHE WAS HANDING OUT FLYERS FOR A LOCAL BUSINESS.
Wynne: WE WENT OUT TO THE AIRPORT THAT DAY,
AND WE WERE JUST HANGING OUT.
SHE SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
SHE HAD A REALLY OUTGOING PERSONALITY.
SHE'D TELL THESE STORIES, YOU KNOW,
THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, "WOW."
IT WAS LIKE, "THOSE ARE WILD, INTERESTING STORIES," YOU KNOW?
Narrator: IT SEEMED THE ATTRACTION WAS MUTUAL.
WITHIN A WEEK, THE TWO WERE INSEPARABLE,
SPENDING ALL THEIR FREE TIME TOGETHER,
AND BEFORE LONG, BOBBI TOLD CORY A SHOCKING SECRET.
SHE CONFESSES TO ME THAT SHE'S PREGNANT.
SHE SAYS SHE'S PREGNANT, YOU KNOW, FROM A RAPE.
AND I STARTED TO FEEL REALLY BAD, YOU KNOW, FOR HER SITUATION.
Narrator: BUT TO EASE CORY'S MIND,
BOBBI TOLD HIM THAT SHE HAD A PLAN.
SHE HAD ALSO TOLD ME THAT HER GRANDFATHER WAS A BIG NAME
IN A CLOTHING ORGANIZATION,
AND THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT WAS GONNA BE COMING INTO HER POSSESSION,
AT LEAST WELL OVER $100,000.
Narrator: CORY KNEW BOBBI NEEDED THE MONEY,
BUT THERE WAS A CATCH IN HER GRANDFATHER'S WILL.
Wynne: SHE COULDN'T GET IT UNLESS SHE HAD GOTTEN MARRIED
BEFORE HER 29th BIRTHDAY.
Narrator: AND BOBBI'S 29th BIRTHDAY WAS ONLY ONE WEEK AWAY.
BOBBI ACTUALLY PROPOSED TO ME.
SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT HERSELF,
BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE BABY WITH THIS MONEY,
AND THAT WHOLE FAMILY IDEA
IS REALLY WHAT MOTIVATED ME TOWARDS MARRYING HER SO QUICKLY.
Narrator: A FEW DAYS LATER, ON AUGUST 18, 2004,
CORY AND BOBBI WERE MARRIED IN JOSHUA TREE, CALIFORNIA,
BY A RETIRED MILITARY CHAPLAIN.
Wynne: I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. IT WAS VERY INFORMAL.
SHE SAID SHE WAS A COUNTRY GIRL, TOO, HERSELF,
SO SHE WASN'T LOOKING FOR THE BIG WEDDING DRESS
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE GOT MARRIED IN BLUE JEANS.
Hall: I GET A CALL, AND IT WAS A DONE DEAL,
AND I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT HE WENT THROUGH IT SO QUICKLY
JUST REALLY SURPRISED ME.
HE'S NOT IMPULSIVE LIKE THAT NORMALLY.
Narrator: BUT THE BATTLEFIELDS OF LOVE ARE SCATTERED WITH UNLUCKY SOLDIERS,
AND CORY WYNNE WOULD BE NO EXCEPTION.
LATE ON FEBRUARY 13, 2005,
NEARLY SIX MONTHS INTO HIS MARRIAGE,
CORY LAY AWAKE ON HIS FRIEND'S COUCH.
LIFE WITH BOBBI HADN'T BEEN EASY,
BUT THIS WEEKEND HAD BEEN LIKE NO OTHER.
AROUND 3:00 A.M., CORY'S PHONE RANG,
BUT IT WASN'T BOBBI ON THE LINE.
IT WAS THE BASE POLICE.
I GET A CALL FROM THE M.P.s,
AND THEY TELL ME THAT THEY WANT TO COME TALK TO ME,
SO I SAID, "OKAY."
SO I WENT OUTSIDE,
AND, YOU KNOW, I WAVED THEM DOWN AS THEY CAME AROUND THE CORNER.
Narrator: BUT THE POLICE WEREN'T LOOKING TO JUST TALK.
BEFORE HE KNEW IT, CORY WAS HANDCUFFED
AND ON HIS WAY TO JAIL, AND HE HAD NO IDEA WHY.
Wynne: THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO.
I WAS CONFUSED, AND I WAS GOING TO JAIL.
Narrator: IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004,
FIVE MONTHS BEFORE CORY WYNNE'S WORLD
WOULD BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN,
THE NEWLY MARRIED SOLDIER
WAS BUSY LEARNING HOW TO BE A HUSBAND
WITH A NEW BABY ON THE WAY.
Wynne: WE GOT A JOINT CHECKING ACCOUNT.
I HAD ACTUALLY PUT HER ON THE NAME FROM MY ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW.
THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO
AS A MARRIED COUPLE, YOU KNOW,
AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE A JOB, SO MY INCOME WAS HER INCOME.
Narrator: THE COUPLE RENTED A HOUSE
IN JOSHUA TREE, CALIFORNIA,
AND BEFORE LONG, THE NEW MRS. WYNNE
FOUND A WAY TO OCCUPY HER TIME.
Wynne: BOBBI WAS GETTING FURNITURE
THAT WAS A LITTLE NICER THAN I EXPECTED,
OR SPENDING QUITE A BIT ON GROCERIES.
Hall: HE CALLED ME AND HE SAYS THAT BOBBI
WAS BUYING THIS FOR THE BABY AND THIS FOR THE BABY
AND I SAID, "WELL, THAT'S PART OF NESTING.
"WOMEN ARE GONNA DO THAT.
YOU JUST GOT TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL."
AND I DON'T THINK EVEN AT THAT POINT,
CORY HAD ANY IDEA HOW MUCH MONEY SHE WAS SPENDING.
Narrator: BUT ONLY TWO MONTHS LATER,
IN OCTOBER OF 2004, CORY HAD CONCERNS OF A DIFFERENT KIND.
BOBBI TOLD HIM THAT THE DOCTOR HAD DIAGNOSED HER WITH TOXEMIA,
A SERIOUS CONDITION FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS.
SHE SAID THE DOCTOR SAID THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS SHE SHOULD AVOID IS STRESS,
MAYBE THAT IT WOULD BE BEST IF SHE COULD FIND A WAY
TO LIVE AWAY FROM THE BASE, YOU KNOW,
AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL MILITARY LIFESTYLE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S WHEN WE ACTUALLY TALKED TO MY DAD AND MY STEPMOM
AND ASKED THEM IF BOBBI COULD COME STAY WITH THEM
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
Narrator: WITH BOBBI AT HER IN-LAWS' HOUSE IN TEXAS,
CORY MOVED BACK INTO THE BARRACKS TO SAVE MONEY,
BUT WORRIES ABOUT THE BABY
DIDN'T SEEM TO SLOW DOWN BOBBI'S SPENDING HABIT.
BEFORE LONG, BOUNCED CHECKS BEGAN TO ARRIVE.
Wynne: WHEN SOME OF THE CHECKS STARTED GETTING BACK TO MY COMMAND,
MY COMMAND, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY TAKES ME IN
TO QUESTION ME ABOUT IT.
MY C.O. AND MY STAFF SERGEANT AT THE TIME TOLD ME,
"YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED TO WORK IN THE ARMORY ANYMORE
WITH THESE DEBTS THAT ARE LOOMING."
AND SO THEY REMOVED ME FROM THE ARMORY.
Narrator: CORY WAS DEVASTATED.
HIS ONCE-SOLID CAREER WAS ON SHAKY GROUND,
BUT HE HAD MADE A PROMISE THAT HE INTENDED TO KEEP.
I'D MADE A COMMITMENT TO HER AND TO HAVING A FAMILY,
AND I KNOW I'M SO FAR INVOLVED IN THIS RELATIONSHIP
THAT I'M GONNA HAVE TO STICK THROUGH IT AT ANY COST.
Narrator: WHEN CORY ASKED BOBBI ABOUT USING THE INHERITANCE
TO PAY OFF HER DEBTS,
SHE TOLD HIM THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WILL
AND THE MONEY WOULD BE DELAYED.
BUT IN EARLY DECEMBER,
CORY'S CREDIT ISSUES SUDDENLY TOOK A BACKSEAT
WHEN HE RECEIVED A SURPRISING CALL.
THE DOCTOR IN TEXAS WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO INDUCE HER LABOR.
THEY WANTED TO GET ME EMERGENCY LEAVE FROM THE MILITARY,
SO I FLEW BACK TO TEXAS, AND SHE HAS THE BABY THROUGH C-SECTION.
Hall: WE WERE ALL GOING TO THE HOSPITAL,
AND THE BABY WAS PREMATURE.
AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THE BABY WAS GONNA MAKE IT.
AND SO WE ALL SAT THERE AND WAITED AND WORRIED AND WAITED.
THEY SAID HE WAS GONNA HAVE TO BE THERE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH.
HE HAD BREATHING TUBES AND JAUNDICE.
HE WAS SO SMALL, YOU COULD SET HIM OUR YOUR CHEST
AND EVEN THOUGH HIS ARMS
WERE ONLY ABOUT AS WIDE AS MY CHEST COULD BE,
IT FELT LIKE HE WAS, YOU KNOW, HUGGING YOU ANYWAY.
Narrator: THE PROUD PARENTS NAMED HIM CORY JR.
SEVEN DAYS LATER,
IT WAS TIME FOR CORY TO FLY BACK TO CALIFORNIA,
BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
WHILE THE BABY WAS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL.
PRIORITY-WISE, IT WAS ALWAYS GOD, FAMILY, MARINE CORPS.
THEY WOULDN'T EXTEND MY EMERGENCY LEAVE
JUST BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL,
AND SO I DECIDED I'M GONNA STAY ANYWAY.
WE TRIED TO TALK TO HIM. "YOU CAN'T GO AWOL.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT AWOL IS,"
BUT HE WASN'T GONNA LEAVE THAT BABY,
AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO HIM.
Narrator: DESPITE HIS MOTHER'S WARNING,
CORY TOLD THE MARINES THAT HE WASN'T COMING BACK.
HIS CAREER WAS NOW ON THE LINE,
AND BEFORE LONG, HIS MARRIAGE WOULD BE, TOO.
THERE'S A WARNING GIVEN TO MOST SERVICEMEN AS THEY JOIN
THAT THERE ARE WOMEN LIKE THIS OUT THERE.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A SINGLE THING THAT SHE EVER TOLD ME
THAT ACTUALLY MEANT ANYTHING TO HER.
Narrator: IN LATE DECEMBER OF 2004,
WHAT SHOULD'VE BEEN THE HAPPIEST TIME IN CORY WYNNE'S LIFE
WAS JUST THE OPPOSITE.
CORY JR., A PREMIE BORN ALMOST A MONTH EARLY,
HAD MADE A MIRACULOUS RECOVERY.
BUT CORY HAD GONE AWOL WITH THE MARINE CORPS,
AND IT WAS TIME TO RETURN AND FACE HIS SUPERIORS.
AFTER HE GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL,
I WENT AND TURNED MYSELF IN TO THE MILITARY.
AND THERE WERE SEVERAL CHARGES PRESSED AGAINST ME,
SO IT WASN'T A VERY WARM WELCOME.
Narrator: THE MARINES OFFERED TO DROP THE CHARGES
IF CORY TOOK A CUT IN RANK AND PAY,
BUT CONVINCED HE HAD DONE THE RIGHT THING,
CORY OPTED FOR A COURT-MARTIAL INSTEAD.
AS THE MARINES PREPARED FOR THE TRIAL,
CORY GOT READY TO BRING HIS FAMILY BACK TO CALIFORNIA.
I HAD GOT BASE HOUSING,
AND BOBBI MOVED BACK WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO,
BUT I TOLD BOBBI THAT THIS TIME AROUND,
WHEN WE'RE GONNA SET UP THE HOUSE,
WE'RE GONNA DO IT THE CHEAPEST WAY POSSIBLE.
Narrator: CORY HOPED IT WAS A FRESH START FOR THE NEW FAMILY,
BUT THE STABILITY AT HOME DIDN'T LAST LONG.
BOBBI SEEMED TO LAY AROUND A LOT DURING THE DAY.
THE HOUSE WOULDN'T STAY CLEAN.
WHEN I'D GET HOME, I'D TAKE CARE OF THE BABY,
AND I'D CLEAN THE HOUSE.
Narrator: ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 11,
THE SITUATION REACHED A BREAKING POINT.
Wynne: I FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S MORE BOUNCED CHECKS
THAT BOBBI'S WRITTEN,
AND I WASN'T GONNA LET HER JUST TALK ME DOWN THIS TIME.
WE NEED TO FIX THIS, SO WE GET INTO ANOTHER ARGUMENT.
SHE TELLS ME THAT SHE WANTS ME OUT OF THE HOUSE,
AND SHE CALLS MY STAFF SERGEANT, AND HE TELLS ME,
"JUST GO STAY AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE FOR THE WEEKEND.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT SOME KIND OF ARRANGEMENT COME MONDAY."
Narrator: SO CORY GOT A RIDE TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE.
BUT LATER THAT NIGHT, AROUND 2:00 A.M.,
HE RECEIVED AN URGENT CALL.
Wynne: SOME OF MY FRIENDS SEEN MY CAR WAS OUT AT A BAR,
AND THEY WERE ASKING ME, "WHY IS YOUR CAR
THE ONLY ONE IN THE PARKING LOT?"
AND I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW."
AND MY IMMEDIATE CONCERN WAS WHERE'S CORY,
SO I GET A RIDE OUT TO GO PICK THE CAR UP,
AND I COME BACK TO THE HOUSE.
Narrator: CORY'S FEARS WERE CONFIRMED WHEN HE PULLED UP
AND SAW A STRANGE WHITE VAN IN HIS DRIVEWAY.
Wynne: I GO UP TO THE DOOR, AND BOTH LOCKS WERE LOCKED...
THE DEAD BOLT AND THE HANDLE.
SO, BY THE TIME I GOT BOTH LOCKS UNDONE TO WALK INTO THE HOUSE,
BOBBI'S JUMPING UP OFF THE COUCH WITH ANOTHER GUY.
I DIDN'T MAKE IT PAST THE DOORWAY
BECAUSE SHE'S RUNNING TOWARDS ME,
AND I JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, "THE HECK WITH IT," AND I LEFT.
Narrator: CORY WAS REELING,
SO HE WENT BACK TO HIS FRIEND'S HOUSE TO COOL OFF.
BUT A DAY LATER, AROUND 5:00 A.M.,
HIS PHONE RANG AGAIN, AND THIS TIME, IT WAS THE BASE POLICE.
[ RINGING ]
Wynne: I GET A CALL FROM THE M.P.s, AND THEY TELL ME
THAT THEY WANT TO COME TO TALK TO ME, SO I WENT OUTSIDE,
AND I WAVED THEM DOWN AS THEY CAME AROUND THE CORNER.
Narrator: BUT THEIR RESPONSE WASN'T EXACTLY WHAT CORY EXPECTED.
THEY TELL ME, "GET ON YOUR FACE."
SO I GOT DOWN ON THE GROUND.
AN M.P. COME PUT A KNEE ON THE BACK OF MY NECK
AND THREW HANDCUFFS ON ME.
THEY TOOK ME INTO THE M.P. STATION, AND I SAID,
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS REALLY GONE ON."
Narrator: AT THE STATION, OFFICERS THREW CORY INTO A CELL
AND FINALLY EXPLAINED WHY HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED.
Wynne: BOBBI HAD ACCUSED ME OF HITTING HER.
SHE HAD TOLD THE POLICE, APPARENTLY, THAT I HAD HIT HER,
BUT I HAVE NEVER, EVER LAID MY HANDS ON A WOMAN.
IT JUST WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
I WAS RELEASED TO MY STAFF SERGEANT THAT DAY,
BUT I HAD TO STAY WITH HIM UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING
UNTIL MY COMMAND COULD SORT OUT THE CHARGES.
SO, I CALLED MY MOTHER,
AND I TOLD HER WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
THAT'S WHEN I STARTED GOING, "THAT'S EXTREMELY STRANGE."
MY FATHER WAS A POLICE OFFICER.
MY EX-HUSBAND WAS A POLICE OFFICER.
SO, YEAH, I MADE SOME PHONE CALLS.
I SIGNED ON TO A CRIME SEARCH ONLINE,
AND I FOUND OUT
THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE NAME ATTACHED TO HER.
Wynne: SHE HAD CAME ACROSS SEVERAL WARRANTS
WITH DIFFERENT LAST NAMES,
DIFFERENT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.
IT WAS ALL REAL SUSPICIOUS,
SO I TOOK IT TO THE M.P. STATION THAT NEXT TUESDAY.
Narrator: BASE POLICE RAN A BACKGROUND CHECK
AND SOON DISCOVERED THAT BOBBI WAS WANTED FOR CHECK FRAUD.
THEY ALSO REALIZED THAT HER DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE CLAIM
AGAINST CORY WAS FAKE, TOO.
Wynne: SHE HAD APPARENTLY HAD SLAPPED HERSELF,
BECAUSE THE THUMBPRINT TURNED OUT ON THE WRONG SIDE.
Narrator: BOBBI'S LIES HAD BACKFIRED.
POLICE IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED HER FOR THE CHECK-FRAUD CHARGES,
BUT CORY'S BIGGEST CONCERN WAS FOR THE BABY.
SINCE HE WASN'T LEGALLY THE FATHER,
LITTLE CORY JR. WAS PLACED IN FOSTER CARE.
I SAID, "I'LL HANDLE THIS ON-BASE FOSTER-CARE PROGRAM
"FOR THE TIME BEING
"UNTIL YOU CAN SORT OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO,
BUT I REALLY WANT TO GET CUSTODY OF HIM."
Narrator: EVERYTHING HAD HAPPENED SO QUICKLY,
CORY REALIZED HE HAD NO IDEA WHO BOBBI ANN FINLEY WAS.
Wynne: AT THIS POINT, I KNOW THERE'S NO WAY BACK.
Narrator: BUT HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
SOMEONE ELSE WAS ALSO DIGGING INTO BOBBI'S PAST,
AND CORY WOULD SOON FIND OUT
THAT HIS ORDEAL WAS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
I WAS JUST OUT THERE TO HELP MY SON,
BUT THESE GUYS JUST HAPPENED TO BE PART OF THE PUZZLE.
BOBBI'S STORY IS UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN.
NOTHING THAT SHE EVER SAID WAS TRUE.
Narrator: IN FEBRUARY OF 2005,
CORY WYNNE WAS ON THE BRINK OF LOSING IT ALL.
HIS WIFE WAS BEHIND BARS, HIS MARRIAGE WAS OVER,
AND HE WAS ABOUT TO LOSE CUSTODY OF THE BABY
HE HAD VOWED TO LOVE AND RAISE.
Wynne: THEY PUT CORY INTO THIS ON-BASE FOSTER-CARE PROGRAM
SO THAT THEY COULD DECIDE WHAT THE NEXT STEP WAS,
AND I WENT TO COURT TO TRY TO GET CUSTODY.
Narrator: BY THE END OF MARCH,
BOBBI HAD POSTED BAIL AND WAS LIVING AROUND TWENTYNINE PALMS.
BUT WITH ALL THAT HAD TRANSPIRED,
THE COURT DECLARED THAT THE BABY COULD NOT RETURN HOME.
LEGALLY, THERE WAS NOTHING MORE CORY WYNNE COULD DO ABOUT IT.
THAT'S REALLY THE HARDEST PART OF THE WHOLE ORDEAL,
WAS I TRIED TO FIGHT TO KEEP HIM.
I FOUGHT TO GET HIM INTO THIS WORLD,
AND I FOUGHT TO KEEP HIM WITH ME.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE,
I PRETTY WELL CRAWLED INTO A BOTTLE AND STAYED THERE.
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS,
CORY'S COURT-MARTIAL WAS DROPPED,
AND HE LEFT THE MILITARY TO MOVE BACK TO TEXAS.
HE HADN'T SPOKEN TO BOBBI SINCE HER ARREST,
EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE STILL LEGALLY MARRIED,
AND HE HAD NO IDEA WHERE SHE WAS.
BUT IN APRIL OF 2008,
CORY PICKED UP THE PHONE
TO RECEIVE UNBELIEVABLE NEWS ABOUT HIS ESTRANGED WIFE.
Wegg: I CALLED CORY AND TOLD HIM
THAT MY SON HAD BEEN SCAMMED BY BOBBI IN 2004,
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT HE MARRIED HER SOON AFTER
WHILE SHE WAS CARRYING THE CHILD SHE'S NOW ALLEGING IS MY SON'S,
AND HE SAID, "WELL, SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD BEEN RAPED."
AND I SAID, "RAPED?"
I MEAN, I WAS SHOCKED.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
Narrator: KATIE TOLD CORY
THAT SHE BELIEVED THE BABY'S FATHER WAS HER SON RODNEY.
BUT DUE TO LEGAL RED TAPE,
TRYING TO PROVE IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.
MY SON WENT TO COURT, AND BASICALLY HE WAS TOLD
THE COUNTY HAD RELEASED THE CHILD FOR ADOPTION,
AND HIS ONLY OPTION WAS FILE SUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY.
HE TRIED CONTACTING NUMEROUS ATTORNEYS.
NOBODY WOULD EVEN GIVE HIM A CALL BACK.
SO, IT PRETTY MUCH STOPPED RIGHT THERE.
THEN THE MEDIA GOT INVOLVED, FINALLY.
Pilgrim: I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM KATIE ABOUT THIS STORY,
AND WE FELT SORT OF AN URGENCY TO GET THE STORY ON,
AND WE DISCOVERED AFTER BOBBI LEFT RODNEY,
SHE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
IT WASN'T MUCH TIME AFTER SHE WAS IN CALIFORNIA
THAT SHE MET CORY.
AND IT WAS LITERALLY THE SAME STORY ALL OVER AGAIN.
Narrator: AND IT SEEMED THAT CORY AND RODNEY WEGG
WERE FAR FROM THE ONLY VICTIMS TO FALL FOR BOBBI'S LIES.
Wegg: I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEBODY WOULD COME TO TOWN
AND DO THIS, AND SO I STARTED TO INVESTIGATE HER,
AND FROM WHAT I FOUND OUT IN MY INVESTIGATION AT THAT POINT
WAS THAT CORY WAS AROUND HER 12th HUSBAND.
Wynne: I MEAN, I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED.
I WAS LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED THAT,"
AND SHE STARTED TELLING ME SOME OF THE SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN MINE AND THESE PREVIOUS GUYS.
Narrator: AND THROUGH KATIE'S RESEARCH,
IT APPEARED THAT BOBBI HAD A FAVORITE TARGET... MILITARY MEN.
Wegg: I THINK SHE TARGETS THE MILITARY GUYS
BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE A STEADY INCOME
AND THEY WENT OUT TO SEA
AND THEY WOULD BE GONE FOR MONTHS AT A TIME.
SO, BASICALLY, SHE COULD RUN UP THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS
AND SPEND MONEY WITHOUT THEM KNOWING ABOUT IT.
SHE DRAWS THEM IN.
SHE HAS THAT PERSONALITY THAT CATCHES THEIR ATTENTION,
AND THEN IT JUST SWITCHES.
AND THEY'RE LEFT IN RUINS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED
AND HOW DID THEY MISS ALL THIS WAS GOING ON?
I THINK BOBBI KNEW THAT MILITARY MEN WERE EASY TARGETS.
WE WERE LONELY. A LOT OF US WERE YOUNG.
WE'RE KIND OF NAIVE,
'CAUSE MOST OF US HAVEN'T BEEN AWAY FROM HOME.
Narrator: AND ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS,
SOME OF THOSE SITUATIONS LED TO MARRIAGE
AND EVENTUALLY CHILDREN.
Wegg: TALKING TO THESE GUYS, SHE WAS ALL OVER THEM.
SHE WANTED TO MARRY THEM WITHIN DAYS OR WEEKS
AFTER THEY MET HER, AND, YOU KNOW,
LOTS OF TIMES IT WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS PREGNANT.
Pilgrim: BOBBI HAS MULTIPLE CHILDREN.
JUST HOW MANY CHILDREN BOBBI HAS, WE'RE NOT CERTAIN.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND BIRTH RECORDS,
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S AT LEAST 8 CHILDREN
THAT RANGE IN AGES FROM LIKE 15, 16 YEARS OLD TO 5 OR 6.
Narrator: BUT IT WOULDN'T BE LONG
BEFORE JUSTICE CAUGHT UP WITH BOBBI ONCE AGAIN.
IN JULY OF 2010, SHE FINALLY RESURFACED.
HER LUCK RAN OUT IN LOUISIANA,
AND SHE GOT CAUGHT
TRYING TO LEAVE THE BAR WITHOUT PAYING HER TAB.
SHE WAS ARRESTED AND HELD
BECAUSE IT WAS A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE.
THE NEXT DAY, THE RESTAURANT STARTED GETTING PHONE CALLS
FROM MEDIA ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ABOUT HER.
THEY REALIZED WHO SHE WAS.
ALABAMA GOT A WIND OF IT,
AND ALABAMA ACTUALLY WENT AND EXTRADITED HER
BACK TO FACE CHARGES BECAUSE THEY HAD FOUND
THAT THEY DID HAVE WARRANTS ON HER FOR MULTIPLE CHARGES.
Narrator: ON JULY 18, 2010,
BOBBI ANN FINLEY WAS CHARGED
IN A MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, COURTROOM
WITH A FELONY THEFT OF THE FIRST DEGREE.
SHE WAS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON.
Wynne: WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE WAS ACTUALLY ARRESTED AND IN JAIL,
I KNEW THAT THAT'S WHERE SHE BELONGS.
Narrator: FOR CORY WYNNE, MOVING ON HASN'T BEEN EASY,
BUT HIS OUTLOOK IS OPTIMISTIC.
Wynne: THINGS MAY NOT HAVE ENDED THE WAY THAT I HAD HOPED,
BUT I NEVER AT ANY POINT, THOUGH,
EVER HAVE ANY REGRETS ABOUT ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, MY INTENTIONS WERE ALWAYS GOOD.
Narrator: TODAY, AS A THERAPY TECHNICIAN
AT THE TEXAS STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL,
CORY SPENDS A LOT OF TIME FOCUSING ON HIS CAREER.
BUT HE HASN'T LOST HOPE OF ONE DAY HAVING ANOTHER FAMILY.
Wynne: I DO WANT THAT FAMILY STILL.
AS FAR AS GETTING MARRIED AGAIN...
[ SIGHS ]
...THAT'S A SCARY PROPOSITION.