What happened to Tracy Cusick? (UPDATES in links)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- UPDATES: bit.ly/3aH9sSZ
An Illinois mother married to a respected firefighter is found face down in one of the toilets in their home on January 17, 2006. Was it just a tragic accident -- or was it something more sinister? UPDATES: bit.ly/3aH9sSZ
Her sister Katrina died recently. So sad she never saw her sisters murderer brought to justice however hopefully she is with her sister now.
Awwww mannn 😔😔😔
He was acquitted. Isn't that disgusting?
Yes he was acquitted
@@susanjensen4678 hopefully he will have to answer to his kids about this. I’m sure they will see right through him. Just bc he wasn’t convicted in the court doesn’t mean karma doesn’t have plans for him!!
@@astridlove2327 Exactly!
the police department seems to be as cowardly as the fire department. what a crap town
Paperwork the true test of life....it can break anyone's will
Ed Keosada police here use iPads and very little paper is used these days. They’ve used them for ten years that I know of.
@@logical_evidence you took that literally....example, I say I take a vid of something. It doesn't mean I am using a camera recorder with a vhs tape in it.
Well, technically it's the DA who is the coward here. The police took the casefile to him, and he had the deciding voice on whether it should go to trial. The cops can only do so much, and they're trying, but if they don't have a voice on the final say then what can they do?
Ikr
She slipped and fell? Drowning in the toilet? Totally just found her like that? Yeah, right.
Im sure she got
METHADONE TO CURE BACK PAIN LOL
IF YOU CANT ADMIT SHE TAKING HEROIN
BLAME KENNY
SO WHAT SHE EVENTUALLY WENT DOC TO GET PRESCRIPTION. LOL
@Frac Life there's not enough water in there for that lol
BLAQUEKINKIVAN Methadone is widely prescribed to treat chronic pain. Check your facts before you speak ill of the dead.
Frac Life His claim that she committed suicide is out there, though.
@Frac Life LOL.. The water doesn't go that high. She has wounds in the back of her head, chin, neck and feet. Also the seat was down which makes it even more impossible to drown in a toilet..
To drown in a toilet is probably one of the most humiliating ways I could possibly think of dying. That’s intentional, no one would kill themselves that way.
You are wrong and obviously have zero experience with methadone. My best friend was addicted to it and my mother died from an overdose of it. This woman was drinking on methadone. That is equivalent to jumping off a 100 foot bridge into cold water at night. Pretty much garanteed to die when your playing that game. This woman was feeling sick and went to throw up then fell unconscious and her head fell in the water and she drown. My friend that was a heroin addict on methadone would be talking to me one second and the next pass out mid sentance. My mom passed out while reading a book and it surpressed her breathing so much she suffocated in her sleep. The stuff is extremely powerful and the dosage ratio from therapeutic to fetal is extremly close.
@@williambrandondavis6897 You’re wrong lmao. It’s been ruled a homicide.
So True & So Sad 😥
@John Hicks No,it's probably not him. Just some idiot who A. Can't even spell the word "fatal" (at least I assume that's what he meant; rather than attempting to stipulate that taking a bit to much methadone somehow results in you shrinking back to the size of an unborn baby and physically crawling back up into Mammy's uterus - and as any woman would tell you THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL MOM'S IS LETTING THAT HAPPEN; even if she is still alive, still has a uterus, and just happens to be right beside you, squatting naked, legs akimbo, when you happen to overdose!?!) and B. Doesn't realise that design engineers and forensic plumbers stipulate the precise design of toilet bowls to ensure it's impossible to spontaneously drown in them - even if an adult COULD drown in about four inches of water, which they can't.
Thinks he knows everything, when obviously he thought he was too "kewl" for "skule" in his youth - I wouldn't worry about him, mate....
Why wouldn't they? Why would a suicidal person care how they killed themselves?
You can't drown in a toilet ... by design.
Factual
Even if held down
Which means she didn't drown in the toilet.
Where can I find facts on this? If it's a known fact then I apologize but there are so many different toilet designs, all you'd need to do is hold someone's nose and mouth in enough water to fill their lungs.... I would think atleast🤷♀️
@@tl5399 all kidding aside go stand over your toilet to put your mouth and nose in the water in there at the same time is damn near impossible unless somebody plugged the toilet with a super turd. Water just doesn't come up high enough to allow you to get your nose and mouth in there. He could have gotten the nose in their definitely but them out at the same time? No way
Forensic Plumbing Engineer??? Now I've heard everything.
@ammyaammy of course. The plumbing just sounded so odd.
Hysterical 😩
There’s a forensic glitter expert. He has the largest collection of glitter in the world.
@@timeittakestoletgo1687 i think you mean the most fabulous collection in the world
@@timeittakestoletgo1687 Yeah, I remember that person from Forensic Files. I fell over laughing when they trotted out the forensic glitter expert.
Of course he did it. That's why he won't talk to anyone as he is frightened to open up thst can of worms for sure!
Or, ya know, maybe he's just a private person?
@@TheFalseJared yeh and I am the Queen of England 👑🙄😁
@@elizabethmay7262 Just say, there are other reasons to act like this OTHER than being a murderer. Just because he was in an unhappy relationship doesn't make him a killer, there are millions in unhappy relationships and they don't kill their spouses. Just because he acted strangely after her death isn't proof of his guilt.
Is it likely kenny murdered her? Yes. Is there any good evidence? No.
@@TheFalseJaredand the lack of evidence is why he is still free. Like you quiet rightly say although he probably did it one should not jump to the conclusion that he did. Innocent until proven guilty as they say. We don't want a miscarriage of justice after all!
The fact that they talked to the same experts and performed the same recreation that was featured on Forensic Files, waited until they were absolutely sure and Kenneth Cusick was STILL acquitted is just asinine and sickening. Seems to me like the jury was made up of a bunch of stubborn morons that just couldn't get over the fact that Cusick was a "good guy firefighter". You can't drown in a toilet bowl without "help", it's not that hard to understand.
This is the kinda video that gets under my skin and I REALLY wanna hit Dislike. However, I don't wanna take it out on the channel. So, no rating from me today.
It’s a great True Crime channel and that b-word makes me furious he’s still walking free, but we’re lucky these crime journalists keep bringing these cases to light. Not just for us (the audience), but to law enforcement, attorneys, detectives, the families etc…
That's weird. No arrests made, widowed husband removes toilet hours after death occured, deep bruising around neck consistent with forced trauma. Hmm
Read the description. He was tried and the jury acquitted him.
Drowning in a toilet would be almost impossible, unless your totally already comatose OR being forced down.
The fight for life automatically kicks in!
She was a druggie and alcoholic
Not enough water to men
How on earth did they not reach these conclusions at the first autopsy?
IT SEEMS MANY POLICE DETECTIVES AS WELL AS CORONERS ARE GROSELY INCOMPETANT!!! STILL SMFH...
A coroner is not the same as a forensic pathologist. There are no federal laws mandating a coroner must have certain qualifications. In some Places it’s an elected position, and the coroner is not even required to be a doctor, led alone a forensic pathologist. It’s a terrible system. John Oliver has a show explaining all the problems with the US system, or lack of a system.
He was abusive, he was cheating & she wanted to leave .. how more obvious is it 🤨😤🥺
Exactly so sad 😞 😔 she still needs justice until this day
How sickening: the update says that he was acquitted of her murder. How devastating to her family. That man certainly did it, and is scot-free. Scary.
I just saw the update in the link, he was tried and acquitted "not guilty" was the juries verdict. Unbelievable and so very sad. 💔
He did it come on now, how on earth would this lady drown herself in a toilet 🧐
I remember hearing about this a while ago. Such a weird case.
The woman was on methadone and drinking believe me it can happen! 😳
@Garmshowyes it can be done what do you mean am i special I didn't see them prove anything? 🙄
It’s not a weird case at all. Her husband forced her head into the toilet until she died. What’s so complicated about that? My god.
@@sparklingfashion6276 Complicated doesn’t mean weird. They just said it’s weird because the husband has been let off the hook for all that time. Why are you so agitated, it’s not that serious...
How did they find him not guilty. He clearly did it. I feel sorry for the family that he won't rot in prison where he should be.
Its because they can't "prove" he did it. They at best can only prove she couldn't have done it herself but that still makes it hard to prove it was him in particular. I think the mistake here was rushing the case like the DA warned could turn bad.
@@BraveHeartedHero1 BULL FUCKING SHIT. THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE IN THE HOUSE THAT COULD HAVE MURDERED HER!!! Fucking stupid police "FORCE" IS ONLY GOOD AT MURDERING, NOT at SOLVING CRIMES!!! Still SMH...
@@terrikrucina2023 You don't know court cases very well. The main problem is you only get one chance at it. If you don't have enough to persuade a jury who then declare him innocent then he can brag all he wants about killing her. You can't trial him a second time for it. A lot of people don't like taking that risk due to this. I've been in that scenario with family so I personally know how that feels. It is not an easy choice so you making light of it with your rage caps is honestly annoying. Don't reply again unless you're ready to talk about it like an adult.
How, as an adult, despite drug use, do you drown in a toilet! Who thought in this murder, that this would be a good idea. I’ve driven the porcelain bus a few times after a little too much alcohol, but I never drowned once.
I think our man, the husband, had a hand in this. Just a guess
I believe he did it I hate to say it but no way she drowned her self
Heartbreaking and sickening! SHAME on that jury!
WOW!! This guy was charged for murder and the jury found him NOT Guilty!! Im curious as to what kind of info/evidence the defense had?!?!
Feeling just gutted about how her family must've taken that NG verdict also!!
When I was younger my husband and his friends were doing shots of tequila. I went to bed. The next morning I found my husband laying in the bathroom passed out with his chin propped on the toilet. I guess he got lucky.
Shots of tequila invariably lead to praying to the porcelain Cawd
Yup! Hes a lucky one! Didnt drown in a couple ounces of water! 🙄🤔
@@vivianavillarreal79 You can drown in a dog bowl, just because there is very little water dosnt mean you cant drown.
@@TheFalseJared yes I know I was not being sarcastic I was being realistic. Just the same way that it's also possible to choke on your own spit fall asleep and die.
Methadone is tequila x 100. The stuff is deadly.
They tried the husband in 2019, and the jury quickly came back with a not guilty verdict. The defense blamed the death on her alcohol and drug use. The husband is now suing several of those involved in his prosecution.
wow... Pathetic
Of course smh sad no justice was served
@@la.melaninqueentina
Based upon what, exactly? Watching a true crime video? I wasn't on the jury, and neither were you. The jury found the husband not guilty in under an hour. Apparently they didn't believe that he killed her.
@@jimwerther You're letting the killer walk away from justice?
@@gordonaliasme1104
I'm not doing anything except commenting on YT. As to the "killer", who would that be? That's how so many innocent folks got convicted.
she sounds normal .
Belltown Daisy my fault ya I don’t want no smoke
Super Tink lml my bad she sounded normal to me my fault
😂😂😂👏👏👏
Did they test the fluid in her lungs to see if it matched the water/fluid in the toilet?
this journalist "Andrea Isom" is the only one who can pull of the dramatic narrating style she does, I love her.
I appreciate that the narrator toned it down for this one.
The family needs to hire a private investigator.
it’s basically impossible to accidentally drown in a toilet
Kenny appears to have been eating well since the tragedy....
*since
@@purplelovrgrl Fixed it. I hope you can sleep tonight.
This is a strange one isn't it...
Indeed
He killed her & they are letting him walk free ,
my very early christmas wish this year is that she stops narrating so dramatically. better than last time but we ain’t there yet
LoL funny
Do you think she reads the comments? Because this one is definitely less dramatic!
OMG! YES!!!!! She aint doing 2 bad with her interview! But then she has 2fk it up with her narrating!!!😥😥😥🙄🙄🤔🤔
I think the narrator before was Andrea Isom and this is a new person narrating. Good choice. I couldn’t understand why she talked that way when narrating the story and then talked normal when interviewing people.
sorry but did anyone notice the spiderman doodle on the clipboard or am I seeing things?
Wow.. impressive her voice over is so much better!!! I actually watched it through the whole thing 🙌 Thanks so much!! Love it!!! 💕
Okay I SERIOUSLY doubt she was “highly intoxicated”. Though you supposedly shouldn’t combine the two - for someone that regularly takes methadone and drinks, she would not be nearly as intoxicated as everyone assumes.
BEEN THERE so no one can @ me.
Meaning it was 10000% intentional, and not self-inflicted.
What doctor prescribes methodone for back pain lol. She was out on the streets buying it and drinking alcohol with it. Yes I believe he killed her but this woman was also a junkie.
Methadone is not The "Get all F'ed Up" on Kind of drug Either...😶
Methadone is synthetic opioids and it doesn't get you high but would definitely work as a painkiller it blocks the opioid receptors in the brain and it takes away the feeling of withdrawal and dope sickness and even if you were to take real not synthetic opioids you wouldn't feel the effects of it cause of the receptors so it's been used for getting people off dope but I've heard of people using it for pain it's very effective and it has no buzz or high allowing people to be functional and work and whatever and you definitely wouldn't drown in your toilet from it even with alcohol because it's synthetic if it wasn't synthetic then drinking would mess you up
He shoved her down some stairs, hurt her back, then got hooked on pills and methadone so it's his fault...that's word for word the same story my aunt told people too. Perhaps these stories should be called Why It's His Fault.
Perhaps not
The husband evidently despised the smell of her breath after that mixed drink, she had too much and vomited. He held her head into that toilet until she drowned. Pretty obvious Kenny..... Surprised his captain at the FD is allowing him to stay after all of the allegations.
Her husband is guilty as charged
I feel so bad for her sister 🥺
Thankfully she passed away before the murderer was acquitted by a brain dead jury.
Methadone doesn’t amplify alcohol. Wouldn’t effect anything
Plot twist a crime daily interviewer is getting interviewed by a college for a crime
R.i.p...Tracey...🙏🏼🙏🏼🦋🦋🌺🌺🌹🌹so sorry for your
Loss🙏🏼🙏🏼😢😢🇦🇺🇦🇺🙏🏼🙏🏼🦋🦋THERE IS A GOD💙💙💙👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
holy shit !! just looked at the update link and it said that HE WAS ACQUITTED ????? WHAT? HOW?
Shocker
The reason her sister gives for her drug use.... ALMOST EVERY ADDICT EVERYWHERES STORY
I like this investigative journalist & interviewer!
Why’s everyone mad about the reporter?... I like her 🤷♀️
she got cake
Idk 🤷♀️
She’s cool
The one person you trust the most will be the one to take ur life away from you, friends and family. Its very sad, heartbreaking 💔 and just plain out insane! This is very sad! This woman was already battling with pain and addiction. But she was being abused n controlled til it cost her her life. Smh! Her husband doesn't deserve to even breathe!! I like to know what he told his children. He definitely got rid of everything! Police should have done a better job on this case!
Interviewer: “periodt”
Cop: “periodt”
💀💀💀
Poor woman, what an horrific way to be murdered! That scumbag bully she was conned into marrying belongs in a jail cell for the rest of his rotten life. Beware toxic men ladies, they'll sweet talk you into committing to them but once you do, you'll see the real monster inside the charming facade. And you might not live to tell the tale!
Oddly enough, I think I might've seen both of the cases mentioned... Edit: Also, they got him. He's been charged.
Forensic Plumbing Engineer? Thats the first time I've ever heard of those
Wow and after all that, he got away with it. I feel so bad for her family.
Poor woman, the pain the family and kids have must be suffocating
I bet he's in the club and will never be charged.
I don't know about the rest of you I'm sorry if this is inappropriate but the reporter is very fine
It's 2020, time to stop being a creep.
@@chopchopchop5585 yes because 2020 is going great so far...smh ...lmfao
@@chopchopchop5585 Rumor has it in 2021 it'll still be okay to compliment people.
@@arresteddigital1194 I know you're reporting on a murder of a woman but damn you're fine. If that sounds ok then you're a moron.
@@chopchopchop5585 Cool. Except that isn't what he said, so yeah what he said was fine. She does look good and he shouldn't need to apologize for noticing. :)
He didn’t just killed her he was humiliating her while doing it what a sick person
11:36 Somehow this case is tied to Spiderman, I'm sure of it.
He was found not guilty in 2020. And he's currently suing the Woman prosecutor for charging him for political gain. This is why you have to have enough evidence to bring it to trial.
Forensic Plumbing Engineer. Let's make up experts.
Rest Peaceful Tracy
Rough narration. Harsh. Learn from the more established international investigative reporter. Bring the message. Soften the approach on all fronts.
She SUCKS!
And another murderer is walking the streets, living his life while she is gone!! What was up with that jury?? Drown in a toilet🤦♀️
Family should of listened to state attorney, on rolling the dice, now the killer will never pay for this.. unless a family member gets some kind of street justice, sad 😢 story wished ending was family getting justice.. prayers to all involved
The men at fire department are cowards!
It really sucks when anyone is murdered...... even worse when it’s over nothing.
Her sister lowkey looks like the green lady in Monsters Inc
Horrific!!! I’m so glad investigators and family never gave up , I just wish she was able to get out of this abusive marriage sooner ! 🙏prayers to departed and family!
The husband did it period.
I will never understand how he was found not guilty!
If he murdered her (def), he also got paid for his crime. He sued the city, et al, and evidently won. Just Wow.
If he was innocent he would not ignore the reporters or cops
I empathise with the family but “…I know because I just know it in my gut…” just is not enough. There are enough innocent persons serving life sentences.
The girl that is doing the interview is really pretty.
Um, what?
Fax👏🏽👏🏽 And I see alot of hate toward this beautiful black woman lolol it's funnnyyy🤣✊🏽✊🏽
@@vondaessence6229
She is really not, sorry.
@@jimwerther Lol awe ok...
The update was from last year that he was acquitted so this is why it’s reposted? No justice for the victim?
Everyone knows he is guilty...But Damnnnnn Andrea 👀👀👀
That jury was ignorant! WTH people? This guy clearly killed his wife and you let him get away with it. I hope his next wife doesn’t “drown” in a toilet!! Smdh
it is hard to believe 12 people thought he was innocent. I would have at least thought hung jury.
this reporters body tho 😍
In my younger year's the toilet was my best friend after a night out, I've woken up in the morning laying next to it. Never in it! This whole story stinks
The cause of death says it all.
This beautiful sister 💔🙏✝️
How can an adult drown in the toilet
By taking methadone and alcohol together!🙄
Gale Miller but Toilets are designed so you can’t drown
@@whats1385 lol they don't design toilets so you don't drown 😅
@@galemiller7422 most of them do
Clog the toilet with toilet paper ,let water rise ,it's how he killed her
I really love watching these from True Crime Daily but I absolutely cannot bring myself to get through a full episode with this particular narrator. She needs to be narrating a different genre
Andrea's hair is awesome!
Its impossible to drown in a toliet unless your head is being held under how can you let someone get away with murder shame on you all
Toilet water isn't high enough to drown in dude. She was killed
Yes it is depends on what kind of toilet it was it can be done! !🙄
He was acquitted!? Seriously!? Wow.
Something tells me he won’t be working for the fire department much longer.
update from 2019 Kenneth was acquitted. AKA he got away with murdering his wife because of our floored "unanimous" jury system.
Absolutely love Crime Watch Daily but usually cringe when it’s a story covered by Andrea Isom. Her style was so OTT & grating but she’s toned it down & kudos to her for obviously taking comments on board & using moderation in her narrative. Hope she sticks to the new & improved delivery👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Belltown Daisy yeah “our own Andrea Isom” 😂😂😂 think you’re right!
Hi
I don't think it's physically possible to accidentally drown in a toilet. Your body would pull your head out and onto the floor if you fell wouldn't it? Even if you somehow got stuck your I can't imagine your face touching the water.
HOW did they not find him guilty?!
Weird it’s true
So basically Mr. Prosecutor, you're not going to pursue charges on him because he works for the Fire Department and you're covering his ass.
casarose36 that's certainly possible, but if you paid any attention at all to this case, you'd notice that not a single piece of forensic evidence connects him to this crime. There is nothing untrue about what the prosecutor said and as a former ADA myself, lack of _connecting_ evidence is the bain of any crime. Also, the sister herself brought up the possibility of an extramarital affair which throws a possible unknown suspect into the mix. Any jury would have to to consider that without any forensic link to a specific individual as the defense would _undoubtedly_ bring that up. Sadly, I don't believe there is a DA in the country that would try this case in the state it's presented here. it's too much a crap shoot and double jealousy only gives us one shot at a conviction. Any half assed defense attorney could have these charges dismissed as the case stands at the time this video was made. Hearing the sisters plea to go to trial is heart wrenching but that's not how this works. Imagine if a court could just indict people just 'to see what happens?' That is sheer lunacy, not to mention abuse of power. With that said, my heart tells me he murdered her, but feelings aren't evidence.
In the fourteen hours before opening arguments in the trial, State's Attorney Karen Donnelly offeredTracey Cusick's husband Kenneth Cusick prison terms of 5 years, 4 years and finally, six months in the county jail - not state prison - in exchange for a guilty plea in her death. It sounds like they were desperate to me.
His side refused to discuss any such possible deals and he was found not guilty by the jury.
Several years later he sued on the basis that he had been framed by the prosecution and his name discredited. There was a lot of negotiation but finally he agreed to a settlement from two agencies and several individuals believed to have been around the 200,000 dollar mark in total.
Personally I think this man is and was innocent and that he deserved compensation which ultimately he got.
Zero justice on this country
No? No one’s gonna comment on the fact that her sister looks like a young Rosanne Barr?!!
So many BS reasons for not filing criminal charges and taking the case to trial, for them to go as far as exhume the body and collect all that proof and evidence of murder, the husband should be in prison for life by now!
Andrea just so overacting... Remember one thing, all human make mistakes.. Even you. Ur even not an investigator.. Annoying
I’m mad I clicked the link and the update post was from Dec 2019 lol
That wig!!!
How do you drown in a toilet?
With a little help from your husband!
Did anyone else catch the sister’s contradictory statements? In the beginning she tells how her sister had enough and was waiting for a better job to open up and she was going to leave Kenny. Then she says how Tracy’s heart is hurt by Kenny. Like she is devastated. I found that odd that she contradicted herself which makes me not believe her when she says her sister only took methadone for her back injury pain. I don’t think you can get it from a doctor unless you were a previous addict. I admit I’ve never taken drugs tho so what do I know. The update says that he was acquitted. I believed he was guilty because no one commits suicide by drowning in a toilet. I think the jury was swayed by his reputation as a business owner of a bar (probably had a lot of friends) and a respectable firefighter with no previous criminal record and everyone thought their marriage was a happy one with no previous physical altercations or bruising.
It's obvious who have done that.
That was an assisted "suicide".
Stop the charade!