Emma Walker: Dangerously Obsessive

Crime Salad

True Crime

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Join Ashley and Ricky as they discuss a case that occurred in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the fall of 2016. While they believed they were doing everything in their power to keep their 16-year-old daughter safe and away from her possessive 18-year-old boyfriend, Emma Walker's parents were shocked to learn of her murder the following morning. In this case, a family's attempt to shield their high school-age daughter from her ex-boyfriend is highlighted, along with patterns of coercive control that ultimately resulted in Emma's death. Sponsor: BetterHelp This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/CRIMESALAD today to get 10% off your first month The 3 Stages of a Dangerously Obsessive Ex by Joni E Johnson: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-equation/201708/the-3-stages-dangerously-obsessive-ex

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast, Crime Salad, where we talk true crime.
0:18.4	I'm your host Ashley, and with me always is my husband and partner in crime, Ricky.
0:23.6	The purpose of this podcast is to honor the victims through ethical storytelling in the
0:27.8	hopes of preventing future tragedies. We want our stories to resonate and educate
0:33.2	others in hopes that some of these similar cases with identifiable patterns can be prevented.
0:39.6	Now, before we jump in, please let us warn you that this is a true crime podcast.
0:45.2	The details of this episode may be triggering to some listeners.
0:48.5	Listener discretion advised.
1:19.2	This case takes us to the town of Knoxville, Tennessee.
1:31.6	In this town in the year of 2016, Emma Walker proudly supports the red, white, and black
1:36.9	bobcats by cheering on the football team under the Friday night lights.
1:40.9	Emma was living it up during her high school experience, as she was in the beginning months
1:45.7	of her junior year of high school. And after high school, she had plans to become a neo-natal
1:52.0	nurse. But sadly, that would never happen, as her life was tragically cut short far too soon.
2:00.0	The 16-year-old was shot in the fall of 2016 by someone who didn't handle the breakup of a
2:05.9	two-year relationship well. William Riley Gaul, commonly referred to as Riley, seemed to go to
2:12.8	on usual lengths to get her attention days after their relationship ended.
2:18.6	Simultaneously, her parents who were completely supportive in loving and who knew about what was
2:24.5	going on, tried to protect her from her obviously toxic and mentally unstable boyfriend.
2:30.4	Despite her best efforts to stay away and repeated warnings from her family and her friends
2:36.1	about his volatile and toxic behavior, it didn't stop his attempts to win Emma back.
2:42.8	Now just looking at a picture of Emma Walker, you can tell that she was thriving in her junior
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