Minnesota nurse Jennifer Nibbe made a frantic 911 call in the early morning hours of August 31st, 2010. According to police records, she reported that an unidentified male entered her home and murdered her husband, Jim. There had been prior reports in the community of shadowy figures holding flashlights and trespassing on neighbors backyards. In addition, Jim recently bought a gun for her to use as protection and insisted she learn how to use it. As officers descended upon the area and detectives began to process the crime scene, a pressing question loomed large. Was a murderous predator still lurking nearby, ready to strike once more? Let's dive in. Jennifer and James Nibbe shared a home with her 16 year old son in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. They had no children in common. Born and raised in Mankato, 26 year old James, also known as Jim, graduated from Minnesota West Community and Technical College in 2002. He then began working with Maple River Electric as an apprentice electrician. Jim was an avid hunter who was also passionate about golfing and Do-It-Yourself projects. He hailed from a large, loving family with strong roots in Blue Earth County. Jennifer was also born and raised in Minnesota. She enjoyed popularity throughout high school due to her physical attractiveness and charm. She became pregnant at 16 while in high school and was able to raise her son with her family's support. After graduation, she went on to obtain a nursing degree in 1999. Friends and family members described Jennifer as strong willed and determined. She eventually accepted a full time nursing position at Mankato Surgery Center and achieved her goal of purchasing a house in the rural city of Lake Crystal. Jim and Jennifer tied the knot on May 24th, 2008. With their union,, they formed a harmonious blended family. To the outside world, they seemed like any other American family. However, everything changed on August 31st, 2010, when a horrifying incident compelled Jennifer to call 911. Officers arrived quickly and secured the scene. Jennifer explained to officers she was in the bathroom when she heard a gunshot. Next, she rushed to their bedroom to find Jim had been shot as he lay in bed. She then encountered an intruder wearing dark clothing and nylon over his face. She stated that the intruder placed a rope around her neck, threatened her with a knife, and dragged her to the living room before fleeing. When the dust settled, she realized Jim had been shot and killed with his own rifle. Jennifer showed the officers some bruises on her neck and cuts on her thigh as proof of her struggle against the assailant. She also claimed that the attacker told her, "You're lucky you're not dead." Upon inspecting the crime scene, it did not take long for detectives to notice things were not adding up. No signs of forced entry were observed. Police officers searched the premises, a farm on a gravel road in a rural area, but found no footprints or tire tracks inside or outside the home even though it had been raining that day. Nothing inside the house seemed out of place and there were no clear indicators that any struggle had occurred. Although numerous pieces of physical evidence, including many fingerprints, were collected from the home, analysis by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension couldn't identify a suspect. A preliminary autopsy concluded that Jim died of a single gunshot wound. Investigators decided to dig deeper into the Nibbe's marriage. They soon found a spiral notebook in which Jennifer had been keeping detailed notes. In an entry dated August 1st, Jennifer wrote the following: A second journal entry states: Cell phone analysis revealed that for several months before her husband's death, Jennifer had been exchanging sexually explicit text messages with another man. Additionally, investigators discovered that she had recently taken out a life insurance policy of $250,000 on Jim and that Jennifer had been purchasing vast amounts of prescription pain medication, which had become a financial burden. Friends and family members acknowledged that Jim and Jennifer had marital challenges, primarily centered around Jim's limited income and Jennifer's fatigue from working double shifts to cover the bills. Using the gathered evidence, authorities obtained an arrest warrant for Jennifer Nibbe on suspicion of murder. She was apprehended at her workplace parking lot on September 10th, ten days after Jim's death. At first, Jennifer declined to talk to the detectives, but after spending one night in jail, she changed her mind and asked to meet with them. Sensing Jennifer's increasing anxiety and her potential need to unburden herself, the detectives aimed to create an environment encouraging open dialogue. They tried to appear genuine and supportive at all times, aiming to elicit a confession using the Reid technique's "Alternative Question" method. This method offers two scenarios of what might have occurred, one being more socially acceptable than the other. While the suspect is likely to pick the lesser incriminating option, both choices imply an admission of guilt. It's the theme of the day. Everyone has it I seem to talk to. [Jennifer] - Brady had this. [Jennifer] - Dizziness. [Jennifer] - It was the day before the wake. [Jennifer] - I didn't know that could happen. How long did it last? A little while. [Jennifer] - A good three or four days. He had a fever and stuff too, so ... [Jennifer] - just a couple of questions. [Jennifer] - Can I ask some questions or no? You can. But what we have to, well, we have to clarify a couple of things, Jen just for the record, is that you initiated and told the jail, that you wanted to talk to us. - Yes. So that's why we came in here and met with you. And then the other thing is for us to talk to you at all, we have to read you your rights because you're in custody. So I do have to do that again. And if there's a question you don't want to answer or something like that, you never have to. Maybe I haven't made that clear before, but I do have to go through that again. [Jennifer] - Okay. All right. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in court. You have the right to talk to a lawyer now or have a lawyer present now or anytime during questioning. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed for you without cost. You understand each of these rights I've explained to you? [Jennifer] - I do. And having that in mind, are you willing to speak with us at this time? [Jennifer] - Yes. Okay. [Jennifer] - One thing for Monday is [Jennifer] - because the lawyer that I wanted to get [Jennifer] - and as I'm thinking about things and things are going through my mind, [Jennifer] - if I decide not to hire this lawyer, you said, is one going to be appointed? Sure. If you decided not to hire a lawyer that you've already talked to, you can tell the court. You can even tell the court, I have this lawyer or I have that one or I'm going to call a lawyer or I'd like you to appoint me a lawyer, whichever. You just need to tell the court what your intentions are. [Jennifer] - Okay. [Jennifer] - What was I ... [Jennifer] - You said "homicide" yesterday. [Jennifer] - What are my convictions? Of what? You're not convicted of anything yet. You're charged. [Jennifer] - Okay. What are my charges? [Jennifer] - I never got a charge sheet. Oh, I think the jail has a copy of it. You have a copy of it over there? Oh, maybe. You ask them to see it or anything? [Jennifer] - I didn't. We can make that happen for you. But I can, I can tell you it's second-degree murder is what it, What you're charged with. [Jennifer] - Okay. You know. [Jennifer] - And what does that entail? Well, I think, what I think it's second-degree intentional murder, is what you're charged with. So that just means that you intended to kill somebody. You know, it's you know, it mean it's if you accidentally shoot somebody that's generally charged as manslaughter, for instance, you know, if you're being careless with a gun doing something crazy and it goes off, you know, a lot of times you'll see guys think a gun is unloaded, then they point it and pull the trigger and it's not. That's oftentimes charged as a manslaughter because there was an accident, but you were still doing something that you really shouldn't have been doing. You know, then you'd be charged with manslaughter. Then the next step up from that is second-degree murder. So that's that's the situation. [Jennifer] - I don't know what to say. I ... [Jennifer] - just want all this to go away. I know. [Jennifer] - I know it's not going to. I think sometimes it's when we're talking to you about without us knowing what exactly happened, Like I said, I mean, we know about the drug stuff, Jen, okay. If you're out of your mind on drugs, you're out of your mind on drugs. That's okay. But we need to know that and hear it from you. I guess, that's the only thing, you know. [Jennifer] - I have an addiction to prescription painkillers. Okay. When did it start? [Jennifer] - I am so ashamed. - It's okay. [Jennifer] - I called prescriptions in for myself, I just ... so ashamed. It's okay. A lot of people have things happen and a lot of people make mistakes. You're not the only person that's ever been addicted to prescription pain medication. Yeah. Was there an event that kind of started that off that precipitated it? Did you get injured or something? [Jennifer] - I injured my ankle a while ago, [Jennifer] - and it got worse after. [Jennifer] - While we were dating that first year, it wasn't too bad. [Jennifer] - And then [Jennifer] - it was slightly before I think we got married [Jennifer] - that I ended up becoming [Jennifer] - addicted to them and needing to have them all the time. [Jennifer] - Otherwise I would go through withdrawal. Okay. What would you do? Start with Tramadol or start with something else? [Jennifer] - No, it's just always been Tramadol. Cause that's not a commonly prescribed drug, is it? [Jennifer] - It's, it's not even a controlled substance. [Jennifer] - It's not even a controlled narcotic, but it has opioid effect. Okay. So it kind of affects your brain in the same way a narcotic would. [Jennifer] - Yeah. And how much? I mean, how much are you using right now? How much have you been using on average? [Jennifer] - 100 to 180 pills a week. Wow. [Jennifer] - Which is, usually eight per day is the max. Okay. And those are what, how many milligram, 40 milligram? [Jennifer] - 50. 50 milligrams gels? Wow. [Jennifer] - I just, this is not how my life was supposed to go (crying) Mm. Well, and it it sounds like from some of the stuff we're hearing you for a while, you've been kind of carrying all the bills and that kind of stuff. So you've been under, you know, a lot of pressure to work. Two jobs, three jobs? [Jennifer] - Yeah. I'm sure that doesn't help. [Jennifer] - I never wanted to hurt anybody. [Jennifer] - But I am an honest person. [Jennifer] - And I'm not a liar. [Jennifer] - And I've always (indistinct) myself. [Jennifer] - But I've become that person. [Jennifer] - I've become that liar, that [Jennifer] - finding excuses why I'd be late for work and stuff. [Jennifer] - And a lot of it was the meds, [Jennifer] - a lot, you know, a lot of it was the using. Mm hmm. [Jennifer] - And I knew I worked in health care and knew you can, you know, get help [Jennifer] - but I didn't do it. A lot of people have to battle through stuff, too, Jen. It's nothing that anybody wants to talk about, too, but you're not the only person that's had to go through that through that stuff. And it has effects on people where they do stuff that they wouldn't normally do. It changes them, you know? It really does. We see it all the time. This prescription drug stuff is getting to be bigger than anything else. So it's a lot of people that have problems with it. [Jennifer] - I can't face anybody. [Jennifer] - How do you face somebody when you've done something like this? I know. [Jennifer] - It was like I was there, but I wasn't. Like you were not in your person, watching yourself do something and [Jennifer] - More like it was the devil. Was there voices telling you that? Did you feel like you were hallucinating? [Jennifer] - I don't know. You hadn't slept all night, had you? I could tell that morning you looked like you'd had been up for hours and hours and you've been taking way too many pills. Do you ever do like, do you ever crush them up? Are you ingesting them in any other way than ... [Jennifer] - Wait, I have some hair, something in my mouth. [Jennifer] - I usually just took them as pills. [Jennifer] - I never injected or anything like that. Was it kind of a secret you were keeping, too? Or did other people know about it much? [Jennifer] - Nobody knew about it. [Jennifer] - Nobody knew about it. Ddi it ger harder to keep that secret or ... [Jennifer] - well, financially wise, I suppose it was [Jennifer] - because I had to pay for those. [Jennifer] - And you know, it wasn't cheap, but I also had to pay for everything else. Yeah, it seemed like they said, from what we were hearing, Jim hadn't been working much up until recently, up until this last or so, you were carrying the mortgage and the bills and they say working three jobs. It's a lot of pressure, [Jennifer] - I don't understand how somebody goes from this, to this, just like that. [Jennifer] - I don't get it. I know. You know what, Jen? I want to tell you just about my friend, my best friend in the whole world. We been friends for many years, worked together. You know, you step outside of work together. [Jennifer] - I know you can lie to me, though, this is bullshit. No, it is not bullshit. [Jennifer] - Okay, I'm sorry you guys [Jennifer] - I'm not stupid you know. I know you're not stupid, Jen. I absolutely know you're not stupid. Okay? We've talked to a ton of people and we've talked to you, and I know you're not stupid, and I do not think you're stupid, and neither does Paul. And we've talked. We've spent a lot of time talking together, right? Yeah. This is a true story, and I'm just telling this because I want you to understand that we are not these evil people who just think terrible of you. Okay? But I had a good friend, we were very close for 12 years. Partners at work. I know him outside of work. We were like this. We were kind of like you and Kerry were, you know? I mean, we were tight. And he had hurt his back, and hurt his knee, both work-related injuries. And he had gotten hooked on pain pills. He was taking oxycodone, though. No, you know, but same the same effect on the brain, probably. And I had no idea. And he had gotten addicted and he was doing the same types of things, Internet pharmacies, thing, all these pills. And, you know, it just it destroyed his life and destroyed our friendship. He ended up losing his job. I mean, and he was out of his mind and he was doing crazy, crazy things. And this was my best friend. And I'm like, this can't be, he can't, this can't be happening. I don't want to believe it, but it does happen because it controls you. And this is not a B.S. story. I swear to you. It's it's a true story. So I. I can't relate personally. Like I can't say, "I've been in your shoes," but I have. I've seen it before. Okay? I've seen it before up close. And it's it's very powerful. And like I've said before, it makes people do things that they wouldn't do in a million years, you know, And we can none of us can go back and undo what's happened. And as much as you want to, But we can't. [Jennifer] - God, if I could go back and give him my life, I would. What? [Jennifer] - If I could give him my life, I would. Here's the thing ... You said some things that we can lie to you and, you know, to a degree, police can. But I'm not going to. I'm not going to lie to you, okay? I promise. You have my word. I'm not. I hope you can look me in the eyes and believe that I'm not going to lie to you, okay? We don't we, don't want to do that. We don't need to do that. You said yourself you've always been an honest person. And that, again, all the people we've talked to, all your friends, your family, all say the same thing. Okay? You are of good character, okay. You have no criminal record. You have worked hard to make something of yourself and you've worked very hard to make something of Brady. And he is a great kid. He is number one in his class. [Jennifer] - He is a good kid. Oh, God, he's a good kid. [Jennifer] - This is going to kill him. Well, you know, Brady can survive this. Okay? He can survive this. Okay. It's going to be hard. Okay. [Jennifer] - Nobody's gonna ever forgive me. [Jennifer] - I guess I can't blame them. But also, sometimes they will, though. Yeah. I don't know that I would say that. I won't say that that would necessarily be the case. [Jennifer] - So if I plead guilty on Monday, [Jennifer] - what is going to happen to me? That I can't tell you that. And again, I told you I won't lie to you. I won't lie. I don't know. Okay. All those decisions, our job, Paul's job, my job, we're not here to judge you, okay. You know, it's only our job to gather the facts, to find the truth, and present that to the prosecuting attorney. They make the decision on charges. You know, the judge has input, all those things on sentence, and that's all you know, That's all stuff we're getting, you know, the cart kind of ahead of the horse here, you know. But you know what? I can tell you that the only thing we can do for you is is try and present the story fairly and accurately. And that's what I promised people before, is I won't twist things. Okay? I won't I won't try to portray you as something that you're not. Okay. I'm not going to try to turn you just put spin on it here. I mean, I can promise you that's what I promise you that I can be. Make sure that what is real and true and accurate goes forward. I can present I mean, I'm. I would never go to the court and say, well, I think Jennifer has, you know, been a terrible mother and a terrible wife, I don't think those things at all. I think that, you know, I mean, you've you've done the right things. Okay. And I would be honest in that. Okay, you know what would have happened to you? You know, what potential sentences and those kinds of things, man, that's all for people above us. That's for prosecuting attorneys to make on charging decisions and judges, you know that that's all beyond us. I can't. I can't make that up. [Jennifer] - Are they gonna make me reenact everything? No, I don't ... You know, to enter a guilty plea, you have to have to give some statement of what happened for the court to for the judge to be satisfied that it's believable, and he accepts it and and all those things, you know, because sometimes crazy that some sometimes people who didn't do things sometimes do claim to have done something. And so the judge has to make sure that he he believes, you know, that. But but as far as actually reenacting things, no. And I do think a lot of you know, what we do, too, is for the courts and for our job for that. But a lot of what we do, too, is for people who are left behind, you know. I personally would, you know, if I, and I empathize with the family, too. And I'm sure the Court would want me to, You know, I mean and that that's that's the biggest question right now probably that the people are entitled to have is they want to know how and why. You know, they they just want answers. You know, they want something that makes them they can kind of wrap their mind around and, you know, say, well, okay, this is why this all happened. And we kind of got a little bit of a window into things through our investigation, too, you know. But again, you know, we weren't there. [Jennifer] - There's just so many things going through my head. [Jennifer] - I don't know. [Jennifer] - I mean, it's [Jennifer] - it's everything we've talked about, [Jennifer] - the pressure of everything, [Jennifer] - finances [Jennifer] - and the drugs. [Jennifer] - You live your day for that next fix. Mm-hmm. And Jim didn't know anything about this either? Were you able to keep it from him? [Jennifer] - for the most part. [Jennifer] - You know, I. [Jennifer] - I would say it was my headache [Jennifer] - medicine or stomach medicine or And, you know, your family and everybody has said, "Yeah, Jen, we don't think she's well, physically." You know, that's people that people have told us that that's they recognize that something's wrong. They don't know what. Yeah. You know, but [Jennifer] - like I said, it was me but it wasn't me. I know. Jen, what's more important than, than, you know it happened, You can't back up and redo it. Obviously, you're sorry. And you said it yourself, if you could change it and give your life, you would. Is that true that you said that, that's what you meant? because because there again, those are things that I think that's important for people to hear that from you. You know how you you feel that you're not you're not some uncaring ... okay. [Jennifer] - It was [Jennifer] - it was horrible. [Jennifer] - Once it happened, I thought [Jennifer] - Oh my god, what did I do, what did I do. [Jennifer] - And that's why [Jennifer] - I made it look like someone tried to hurt me and came in. Okay. I want to make sure on a couple of things, though, that are important. Okay. Brady had nothing to do with any of this. [Jennifer] - No. Swear. [Jennifer] - I swear to God, no, I swear to God! He doesn't know anything about it. He didn't help you set the scene and do anything. You truly, You truly didn't wake him up until afterwards? [Jennifer] - I swear to God. I swear. I swear on my life. [Jennifer] - I swear. I know I believe you. If you swear that that's the truth, I do. But I have to ask again. I have to be clear on that. [Jennifer] - Brady had absolutely nothing to do with it. He was so startled [Jennifer] - when I went down there [Jennifer] - because I was on the phone with 911. [Jennifer] - When I went down there to ask him, he [Jennifer] - he he was he was asleep, you know, he was dead asleep. [Jennifer] - And I called his name twice and then he finally woke up. [Jennifer] - You know with the big eyes like [Jennifer] - "what the hell is going on?" All right. So his reactions, they seem like they're all very normal and appropriate for somebody in that situation. That's all legit. Okay? [Jennifer] - Brady knew nothing about nothing. [Jennifer] - Nothing. Did anybody know about it? [Jennifer] - No. Terry, nobody? [Jennifer] - Nobody. Okay, I believe you. How long had you been thinking about it, though, that night? I mean, you said you were up all night. [Jennifer] - I went to sleep at one point. Okay? [Jennifer] - Because we went to sleep and [Jennifer] - I think by the time I actually fell asleep, though, it was like probably 12, 12:30. [Jennifer] - And then I woke up at 4:30 [Jennifer] - to my alarm clock [Jennifer] - and I shut that off and I had fallen back asleep. Okay. [Jennifer] - And then when it was 5:30, [Jennifer] - that's when I all of a sudden got into a panic [Jennifer] - and went ... [Jennifer] - because I had taken some meds. You hadn't had enough sleep. [Jennifer] - So ... [Jennifer] - now it just makes me sick even thinking about it. [Jennifer] - What I did. I'm sure it's been just killing you for the last few days. [Jennifer] - It's been killing me [Jennifer] - since the day it happened. [Jennifer] - I just can't live with this. Why? And that's the first step that you've taken now, Jen, is you're recognizing that you are still a person with good qualities. Okay? And you're on the right track to try and still be that person. You know what I mean? This is not the end of Jen. Okay? It's not. This is, you're gonna ... [Jennifer] - Yes, it is. Well, I know, but [Jennifer] - How can somebody do that? [Jennifer] - And I kept saying no, and [Jennifer] - it was like someone was telling me, [Jennifer] - "He's the devil. He's the devil." Telling you that Jim's the devil? [Jennifer] - And I did it. And then you thought, oh, my God, what did I do? [Jennifer] - Yeah. [Jennifer] - Thank you for letting me ... [Jennifer] - ... bury him. [Jennifer] - before arresting me, I appreciate that. Okay. You're welcome. And you deserve to have that. You deserve to have that closure. And you're saying goodbye. Just because you made a mistake doesn't mean you didn't care about him. [Jennifer] - He was a good man. [Jennifer] - I need help though. Mm-hmm. And I know that this is really hard, and I. And I don't want to push you, okay? [Jennifer] - Okay. I don't. I really don't. And I'm not going to, and Paul's not either. Okay, You. You. This is. This is you. And I'm going to write the report that way, that we didn't, Jen did this of her own volition. We didn't make her do this. She is a big person, is a person of strong character and said, I'm going to be honest and do this. Okay? Because that's what happened right? Yes. And I guarantee I will make the report reflect that. Okay. That that is the way this happened, that I'm not going to and I'm going to push you. I know you're having a very hard time with this. Okay. Which is completely understandable. But but we do need to go through the details and we'd like to just one time. Okay. And you do it and we're not going to push and you do it at your own pace. Okay. But I know you want to have the truth out there. Exactly. The truth. Okay. From start to finish one time. [Jennifer] - I don't know where to start. Let's start Monday night. [Jennifer] - Okay. Okay, Let's start Monday night. You're with Kerry, right? She was not doing well. Not feeling well. Is that. Is that true? [Jennifer] - Yeah. Okay. I thought it was. [Jennifer] - So I went back home ... [Jennifer] - Oh, this is horrible. I know. [Jennifer] - It's horrible though, you guys. [Jennifer] - And yes, I had to, [Jennifer] - ... there was a gun Jim had bought for me. That's true too. [Jennifer] - That's very true. Okay. [Jennifer] - Jim bought the gun for me. Wanted me to learn how to target practice. Was he ... when you got home Monday night was he already home, or did you get home first? [Jennifer] - He was home first, then I got home. [Jennifer] - He was outside dinking around. [Jennifer] - So I said, you want to help? [Jennifer] - I said, do you want me to target shoot? [Jennifer] - Because he had been wanting me to target shoot, [Jennifer] - he had bought me that gun. [Jennifer] - So we target shoot. [Jennifer] - We did our target practice or whatever. [Jennifer] - Went inside got a little to eat. [Jennifer] - Brady and I (interrupted) ... [Jennifer] - Yeah, I think we shot first ... Then went inside? [Jennifer] - then went inside to eat. Okay. [Jennifer] - And then we, [Jennifer] - Me and Brady had our little meatball fight, [Jennifer] - and so then I came back upstairs and had [Jennifer] - finished off for us the meatballs in the mashed potatoes, [Jennifer] - and Jim had been making some other leftovers and stuff for him. [Jennifer] - And I put a few dishes away [Jennifer] - and brushed my teeth. [Jennifer] - And then Jim and I went and sat on the couch and watched TV. [Jennifer] - and he had set the gun in the corner Where at, which room? [Jennifer] - In the ... [Jennifer] - next to the sliding glass door. [Jennifer] - He set that in the corner and I knew the ammo was up there too. Okay. [Jennifer] - Because we had put that there ... And he had shown you how to load the gun? [Jennifer] - Yeah. [Jennifer] - Because we went deer hunting the year before. [Jennifer] - I mean, he was trying to teach me how to do all that with any type of gun [Jennifer] - that he was getting me to use, so. [Jennifer] - And then ... (sighs) [Jennifer] - we watched the news until 10:30 [Jennifer] - and went to bed. [Jennifer] - He was after me [Jennifer] - about sex a lot. [Jennifer] - And that was something that bothered me. Caused some friction between you two? [Jennifer] - Yeah. He, um ... [Jennifer] - you know, [Jennifer] - wanted it on a pretty regular basis, and I tried the best I could, but sometimes [Jennifer] - it just, um ... [Jennifer] - Sometimes I just had problems with that. [Jennifer] - And if you [Jennifer] - continue to push and push and push it just ends up not being fun for [Jennifer] - the other person. Right, just creates tension. [Jennifer] - So there was resentment there [Jennifer] - because it was a constant thing. [Jennifer] - A constant. [Jennifer] - A constant, "You wanna do it? You wanna do it? You wanna?" [Jennifer] - And there was no romance [Jennifer] - left when it came to that. [Jennifer] - It was like, fine just finish and get it over with so I can go to sleep. [Jennifer] - I guess, so. [Jennifer] - I actually had made something up that I had a yeast infection or something. Okay, so he was ... [Jennifer] - Sorry guys. No, it's all right. And he was that night wanting to, you know, have sex, and you didn't want to? [Jennifer] - I didn't want to. Did it become a big fight or was it just kind of a ... [Jennifer] - He usually just got mad and rolled over and went to bed. [Jennifer] - That's usually the way it would go. Okay. [Jennifer] - That happened every week. Okay. [Jennifer] - If not twice a week. he would get mad at me for it. [Jennifer] - If he could have it every day he could. [Jennifer] - But I [Jennifer] - sometimes when you're approached in certain [Jennifer] - ways, it's just not fun anymore. Mm hmm. [Jennifer] - So I laid there and I laid there. [Jennifer] - I had taken some [Jennifer] - pills before I'd gone to bed. You remember how many? [Jennifer] - Probably ... [Jennifer] - ... six or eight. [Jennifer] - Which sometimes when I do that, [Jennifer] - I have a hard time sleeping to begin with because that is how it messes [Jennifer] - with you sometimes. Does it kind of, like, make you agitated? [Jennifer] - It does, it kind of keeps you up, [Jennifer] - makes you dream, stuff like that. [Jennifer] - And so I woke up at, my alarm went off at 4:30 ... [Jennifer] - and I had shut it off. [Jennifer] - I think I had a couple more pills, [Jennifer] - laying on the nightstand, that I had taken. [Jennifer] - I'm trying to remember if I had water there or if I just took them dry? [Jennifer] - I don't even know. [Jennifer] - And I had fallen back asleep, though. [Jennifer] - And I woke up at 5:30 in a panic, [Jennifer] - and that's when I went over and I got the gun, [Jennifer] - and I loaded one shell ... [Jennifer] - and I came back into the bedroom ... [Jennifer] - and there was a throw blanket [Jennifer] - thing on the end of the bed. [Jennifer] - So I took that [Jennifer] - and kind of rest the gun [Jennifer] - on his shoulder ... [Jennifer] - and a voice kept saying, "He's the devil! He's the devil!" [Jennifer] - and then ... [Jennifer] - and then I pulled the trigger ... oh God It's okay. In March 2011, a Blue Earth County grand jury indicted Jennifer Nibbe on one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder. In June 2012, Jennifer accepted a plea agreement by which she would plead guilty to the lesser charge, and the state would recommend a sentence of 25 and a half years in prison. The sentencing took place one month later, According to prison records, Jennifer will be parole eligible in August 2027, while her prison term will end in February 2036. In 2014, a settlement was reached between Jennifer Nibbe and the heirs and next of kin of James Nibbe in a wrongful death lawsuit. A settlement amount was not disclosed, but the family had been seeking $1 million in damages. After the tragedy that took Jim's life, his family channeled their grief into action. They introduced the James M. Nibbe Outstanding Character Award scholarship in his honor and launched an annual golf memorial event celebrating Jim's values and passions. But perhaps their most profound legacy was pushing for legislation aimed at helping families take control of their beloved's property from their killer's family. The murder of Jim Nibbe left a void in the Nibbe family. But through their endeavors, Jim's spirit became a beacon of hope, turning their sorrow into a legacy of positive change.