Viswa Vanapalli
One day in March 2015, Robert Feldman called 911 and stated that his wife, Stacy, was unresponsive in the bathroom. However, the investigation into her death wasn’t an easy one by any means. Robert was arrested a few years after Stacy died, and it took a few years more to finally bring him to justice. NBC News’ ‘Dateline: The Sisterhood’ delves into what happened in this case and how the authorities concluded that Stacy Feldman was murdered.
Who is Robert Feldman?
Robert Feldman lived with Stacy and their two children in Denver, Colorado. As per his account, he returned home on March 1, 2015, to find his wife unresponsive in the bathroom, with the shower still running. He called 911, and the first responders eventually pronounced her dead at around 4 pm. At the time, the doctor who conducted her autopsy ruled her cause and manner of death as undetermined. When Robert was first questioned, he only mentioned that he got home sometime in the afternoon to find Stacy. However, about two months later, he changed his story.
Robert claimed he’d left home on the fateful morning to take the kids to Temple Sinai, only to return around noon but not see his wife anywhere. Nevertheless, he said he simply went on to change clothes in the laundry room, cleaned the garage, and then headed to the local park for a workout. When he returned around 3 pm, he said he found Stacy in the bathroom. The authorities then learned that she was supposed to pick up the kids from the temple in addition to meeting a friend there, but she never showed up. Moreover, Robert’s behavior also sparked suspicion.
Robert had actually only picked up the kids more than an hour after they’d called him when the mother didn’t show up. He even claimed that his wife had edible marijuana the night before, and had complained of being sick on the fateful morning. However, the authorities didn’t find any trace of marijuana in her system. Not just that, he’d later called the coroner’s office and asked for an autopsy not to be performed. But it wasn’t until June 2015 that there was a break. That month, the police heard from Susan McBride, who told them she’d met Robert on Tinder in February.
At the time, Robert had used the names Robert Wolfe and Mike Reed and asserted he was separated from his wife. The two met for coffee, and Susan thought he seemed nice. However, she was skeptical when she couldn’t find anything about him online. She allegedly wanted to end things, but Robert convinced her to give him another chance. Then, Susan stated they met again, and this time, they had sex. But when Robert later broke their plans, she again became suspicious and eventually found Stacy’s email on a school website. So, she emailed her on March 1, 2015.
After confirming Robert and Stacy were still together, Susan shared the emails between her and Robert and talked about the affair. This was mere hours before Robert called 911. Then, in December 2017, an external doctor stated that he thought Stacy was murdered by suffocation, strangulation, or a combination of both, in addition to suffering from blunt force trauma. While the prosecution claimed that Robert killed her, the defense contended she was chronically ill, possibly leading to her death. The trial, though, only took place in April 2022 after multiple delays.
Robert Feldman is Behind Bars Today
Further investigation revealed that Robert Feldman had maintained several dating profiles with varying information about himself. After Stacy’s death, he quickly moved on and tried to have a relationship with at least five women, including two, after being arrested and out on bond. One of them, Stephanie Schumaker, even accused Robert of sexually assaulting her. Then, Tracy Faigin said that Robert insisted on meeting at his house for their second date, and upon pressing, he told her about his legal troubles, leading to her ending things between them for good.
Earlier during the case, the court had allowed Robert to use the life insurance proceeds from Stacy’s death for his legal defense. So, in April 2022, he was convicted of first-degree murder. It took the jury less than three hours to pronounce the verdict. The judge then sentenced Robert to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. Therefore, today, at the age of 60, he’s incarcerated at Sterling Correctional Facility in Logan County, Colorado, where he’s expected to remain for the rest of his natural life.
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