Walmart Manager Frames Wife's Kmart Lover for Murder Before Accusing Daughter | Brad Reay Analysis

hello this is Dr Grande today's question is can I analyze the case of Brad Ria just a reminder I'm not diagnosing anybody in this video only speculating about what could be happening in a situation like this if you enjoyed this video please like it subscribe to my channel and consider supporting me on patreon I will put the link to patreon in the description for this video first I'll look at the background of this case move to the timeline of the crime then offer my analysis Brad Rio was born in 1969 and lived in Billings Montana he worked as a bartender in the early 1990s Brad married a woman named Tamara Donell Ria she went by the name tamy she had been born in 1964 so Tammy was about 5 years older than Brad in 1993 the couple had a daughter named Haley in 2004 Brad was offered a job as an assistant manager for a Walmart store in Pierre South Dakota the family moved there and Brad worked a lot of hours every week Tammy also found a job in Pierre she worked part-time in the shoe department of a Kmart store in December 2005 Tammy started having an affair with a married Kmart assistant manager named Brian Clark it sounds like Brian was overly committed to the Kmart slogan Where Good Times start during the first week of February 2006 Tammy told her husband Brad Ria that she wanted to date other people and wanted a divorce Brad wasn't too happy about this he was looking for any way to work things out but of course at this point Tammy had already been in the affair for a couple months she was lost in a fantasy world where she and Brian were going to live in a castle that Kmart built Tammy was dead set on getting separated but she wanted to wait for their daughter Haley to finish school for the year Tammy planned on living in the same house as Brad Ria during this time and did not view this as creating an unnecessary risk now moving to the timeline of the crime on Tuesday February 7 2006 Tammy Ria and her lover Brian Clark had sex at a place called The Fawn Motel after this Tammy went to Haley's Middle School to watch her play basketball Tammy and Haley left the school went shopping ate fast food then made their way home for the day on February 8th at 10:00 a.m. when Tammy Rio was scheduled to start work at Kmart she failed to show up her lover Brian Clark called the police at 10:32 a.m. and reported Tammy missing Brian specifically mentioned that Foul Play could be involved he admitted to the operator that he was having an affair with Tammy Ria and implied that Brad Ria may be responsible here's what the police found during their investigation Brian Clark had an Alby for the night of the murder he was a local basketball game with his wife and daughter he hired an attorney right away away Haley gave an account of what happened after she arrived home on Tuesday February 7 she told the police that she went to bed while she was in bed her father Brad Ria opened her bedroom door he had clothing in his arm haey asked her father what he was doing he replied nothing Brad put the clothing down and told Haley that he loved her after this she went back to sleep the next morning now on February 8 haey noticed that the clothes washer was running she entered her mother's bedroom looking for her mother but Tammy wasn't there she noticed that her mother's cell phone was on her dresser her purse was in the kitchen and her black Dodge Durango was in the garage Brad explained Tammy's absence by saying that she had a boyfriend and might be at his residence he instructed Haley not to say anything about Tammy not being home because that was personal the police went to the Walmart where Brad R worked and asked him if he would go to his house and wait for his wife to arrive Brad agreed and rode with the police back to his house when they arrived he gave the police permission to search his house and vehicles the police could smell a strong chemical odor coming from tamy Dodge Durango in the garage and saw Blood on the garage floor it was dripping off the running board they would later find blood inside the Dodge Durango as well and discovered that someone had been doing a lot of laundry in the house Brad Rio was transported to the police station and interviewed he denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance here is the story Brad supplied to the police on February 7 he arrived home at 10:30 p.m. and his wife was not in the house sometime later he heard a vehicle pull up to the house it was Tammy STD Durango she exited her vehicle climbed into another vehicle with another person and departed Brad used Tammy's Durango and followed the other vehicle he selected her SUV and set of his vehicle because the Durango was faster and more maneuverable unfortunately for Brad the SUV wasn't more reliable it broke down and he was stuck on the side of the road at 1:40 a.m. now on February 8 a police officer pulled up behind him Brad lied to the officer and said he had just been to the store and was on his way back home he never mentioned pursuing the vehicle that Tammy was in eventually Brad managed to get the Durango started and drove home Brad Ria told the police that when Tammy informed him about the affair he never asked the name of the affair partner because he did not want to know the police found this extremely difficult to believe but this was the story Brad maintained the police accused Brad of killing his wife he said all this evidence points at me but I'm hoping that the body is found because there will be something there to set me free unquote Brad Rio was arrested for first-degree murder despite the absence of his wife's body on February 10 a National Guard helicopter pilot saw a body by an emergency Spillway at the aahi dam this is about 10 mi from Pierre when investigators arrived they realized the body belonged to Tammy Ria her body was in plain view she was on her back and not wearing any clothing Tammy had been stabbed over 35 times there was no DNA connecting Brad Ria or anyone else to her murder anywhere on her body when Brad was in jail he had conversations with his twin brother Brett he told Brett about a good fishing spot by the aahi dam curious as to what might be there the police searched this area they found garbage bags that contained items like panties bloody blankets a bloody tarp rubber gloves bloody Linens and a box of condoms the garbage bags were the same type found in Brad's garage on March 8 2006 Brett was stopped by the police after visiting Brad in jail they found a notebook in Brett's vehicle containing information he had obtained from Brad Brett admitted that Brad told him to write a note and send four copies of it to the Attorney General's office the note was written as if it was from an anonymous cousin of Brian Clark again Brian was Tammy's Kmart Affair partner in the note the cousin indicated that Brian Clark had confessed to killing Tammy Ray furthermore the note stated that Tammy had been the victim of an assault of a sexual nature and a condom could be found in a rectum as it turns out there was a condom in that location but the pathologist had missed it the note had information that only the killer would have known this was bad news for Brad Ria in January 2007 Brad Ria went on trial for murder the case seemed pretty straightforward it appeared appeared as though Brad had killed tamy because she was having an affair he then tried to frame Ryan Clark by planting the condom at trial Brad introduced a surprising defense here's what he claimed Brad admitted that he had disposed of Tammy's body but said that he was not the killer Brad indicated that he had found his daughter Haley holding a knife and standing over Tammy's dead body Haley was in a trance as if she had been sleepwalking when she killed Tammy Brad did not want Haley to get in trouble for the murder therefore he disposed of Tammy's body and tried to frame her lover Brian Clark there was no evidence that Haley was involved in her mother's murder in any way the jury rejected Brad's explanation and convicted him of murder two months later in March 2007 Brad was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole now moving to my analysis there is no question about Brad Ria's guilt he admitted to disposing of his wife's body Haley was simply not physically strong enough to deliver the stab wounds that Tammy had sustained it seems clear that Brad murdered Tammy but there were still questions regarding his motivation and strategy what do I think happened in this case this is just a theory my opinion when Brad Ria his wife Tammy and his daughter Haley moved to Pierre South Dakota they were cut off from family and friends it was a major adjust which placed stress on everyone there was not a lot to do in the town and Brad worked many hours a week when he was home Brad was intensely focused on his wife Tammy she had enough of Brad and grew to despise him he was too dependent in addition Tammy wanted to have sex with other men in her desperation she set her standards very low and ended up with Brian Clark a man who was willing to cheat on his wife with a coworker like like many Affairs the relationship involved a lot of sex not only did they go to a hotel but they would have sex in Brian Clark's pickup truck Tammy was dazzled and mesmerized by Brian's romantic nature she explained to her husband Brad Ria that she had found a replacement for him and their marriage was over from a financial perspective Tammy was not really in a place where she could leave Brad so she came up with this idea to live in the same house for a while Tammy was looking for a full-time job and trying to save enough money to escape Brad Ria did not have a criminal record and he had no History of Violence in addition Tammy was lost in this fantasy world with her new lover these factors combined and left Tammy with a sense of security she believed that Brad would not harm her in any way Tammy could continue to insult him even after announcing the affair and he would not react she was completely confident that she was safe Tammy did not care about Brad's feelings and did not understand that he was capable of murder Brad decided that he wanted to get revenge rather than reacting violently in the moment and guaranteeing that he would be convicted Brad created a plan to murder Tammy and frame his romantic rival first he needed to discover the identity of Tammy's lover Brad put a digital recording device in tamy Dodge Durango along with a love letter and flowers Tammy was disgusted that Brad would do anything to try to save his marriage and she could not resist communicating that to her lover Brad was counting on Tammy having this very reaction the recording device captured Tammy calling Kmart and asking for Brian Clark Brad now had the name of the man he was going to frame for murder adding insult to injury was that Tammy had found her new lover at Kmart a competitor of Walmart Brad followed his wife around and caught her having sex with Brian Clark in a pickup truck when the lovers were done Brian threw the condom out of the window again he was a true romantic Brad Ria retrieved the condom which of course contained Brian Clark's DNA late on February 7 or early on February 8 Brad Ria put his homicidal plan into motion he stabbed Tammy to death and wrapped her body in a tarp along with everything that had been contaminated by her blood like the sheets and pillowcases he drove 10 mil away in the Durango and disposed of Tammy's body Brad planted the condom to frame Brian Clark therefore he needed Tammy's body to be found he left her body in the open Brad removed all her clothing to humiliate her he was anxious for people to realize that she was a cheater from Brad's point of view he was delivering Justice Brad went back to his house and cleaned it thoroughly for some reason he left in the Durango this is when he broke down and encountered the police it's not clear what he was doing out at that time the police think that he may have been on his way to Brian Clark's house to plant evidence when Brian Clark reported Tammy Ria missing on February 8 Brad Ria hoped the police would find her body and the condom much to his dismay they did not this is why during the police interview he mentioned how he wanted Tammy's body to be found because there was something there that would set him free even after her body was discovered the pathologist missed the condom this is why Brad Ria arranged for his brother Brett to send copies of the note to the Attorney General's office this prompted the pathologist to locate the condom but the DNA had already degraded and could not be connected back to Brian Clark eventually the evidence against Brad Ria became overwhelming but he was still desperate to escape responsibility this is why he falsely accused his daughter Haley of the murder now moving to my final thoughts Brad Rio was an angry and bitter man who wanted to make everyone suffer because he had suffered as the victim of infidelity he felt as if he had been discarded like a piece of garbage and that no one empathized with him if those who offended him refused to understand his feelings he was going to make sure they felt his pain Tammy Ria did not deserve to die and Brian Clark did not deserve to be framed but both of them were callous and Reckless through their infidelity by failing to empathize with the person who they offended they did not recognize his sadistic and vindictive nature as they were lost in a fantasy of pleasure Brad Ria was lost in a fantasy of Revenge those are my thoughts in the case of Brad Ria please put any opinions and thoughts in the comment section they always generate an interesting dialogue as always I hope you found my analysis of this topic to be informative thanks for watching

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