I worked with Donna for a long time at PennDOT. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. The murder, they claimed, was a battered woman's desperate attempt to escape a lifetime of abuse - or potentially becoming a murder victim herself, like Dennis' first wife, who is thought to have died of a diet drug overdose in 1977. Catch me as the Lead Detective on Thursday, May 25th onID Channel hit crime series Evil Stepmothers at 10:00 pm. "'Cries Unheard' too sensational" by John Martin. You can always change this later in your Account settings. She claimed during her murder trial that Dennis Yaklich had abused her. Patty later explains to her that his violent behavior is caused by the steroids, which he even uses at work to catch criminals in an unorthodox way. In September, Pueblo County Sheriff Dan Corsentino reopened an investigation into the 1977 death after 9News reported the original medical examiner might have missed evidence of a murder. Eddie Greenwell, then 25, received 30 years prison sentence. It was believed that Dennis Yaklich, a narcotics detective, was killed by someone connected to the drug underworld. The Donna Yaklich story is on Evil Stepmothers tonight on Investigation Discovery. One December evening in 1985, shots rang out, killing her husband Dennis. Donna spent almost 20 years in prison before she was finally released. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Food has always been a go-to for people in mourning. Heh, heh, heh! I even called her "E-Donna" for a time! However, attorneys for Donna Yaklich argued that Dennis had been beating his wife. Ed: So sorry to hear of Donna's passing. She claimed domestic abuse. ", Since her release to the intense supervision program, Donna Yaklich has become employed by a non-profit in the Denver metro area and has participated in and completed anger management programs. "Snapped" Donna Yaklich (TV Episode 2005) - IMDb . Husband Killer Donna Yaklich: An anthology of True Crime Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Her attorney, Phil Cherner says that if the full parole board rules in her favor, Donna Yaklich could be paroled by sometime this fall.