ILLNESS AHEAD AT SIX TONIGHT. WHAT IS STIFF PERSON SYNDROME? AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE
SINGER’S HEALTH? IT WAS
SEPTEMBER 21ST 2016 WHEN FAITH
GREEN WATCHED AS TWO OF HER
CHILDREN WERE MURDERED EXECUTION
STYLE BY HER EX HUSBAND AFTER
SHOOTING FAITH IN THE FOOT AND
SLASHING HER FACE WITH A BOX
CUTTER. SHE WOULD LATER LEARN
HER EX HUSBAND, GREGORY GREEN,
KILLED THEIR TWO YOUNGEST
CHILDREN AS WELL, LEAVING HER TO
DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH. IT HAS
BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE THAT NIGHT
IN 2016, AND DESPITE THE TRAUMA,
SHE CONTINUES TO DEAL WITH FAITH
. GREEN IS USING HER STORY TO
HELP OTHERS. KIMBERLY GAIL JOINS
US NOW WITH HOW SHE’S DOING JUST
THAT, KIM GUYS. I MEAN, AS YOU
CAN IMAGINE THAT, SHE SAYS THE
PAIN OF LOSING HER FOR CHILDREN
TO MURDER NEVER REALLY GOES AWAY
, SHE SAYS. SHE HAS GOOD DAYS
AND BAD DAYS SHE VOLUNTEERS AND
HAS WRITTEN A BOOK, AND SHE
TELLS ME EVERY DAY SHE TRIES TO
KEEP HER CHILDREN’S MEMORY ALIVE
WHILE HELPING OTHER WOMEN WHO
MAY BE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS.
YOU NEVER GET USED TO IT, UM,
BECAUSE YOU STILL ALWAYS
EXPECTING TO WALK THROUGH THE
DOOR, YOU KNOW, UM YOU JUST FIND
A WAY TO COPE WITH IT COPING
THAT’S THE BEST WAY FAITH GREEN
CAN DESCRIBE HER LIFE SIX YEARS
AFTER SHE WITNESSED HER HUSBAND
MURDERED HER FOR CHILDREN IN
THEIR DEARBORN HEIGHTS HOME. HOW
ARE YOU KEEPING YOUR CHILDREN’S
LEGACY ALIVE? I’M WORKING ON
SOMETHING IN HONOR OF MY SON. UM
CHINESE GRADUATED FROM SPECS.
HOWARD SO, UM, I WAS SO PROUD OF
HIM FOR THAT, UM, FOR DIGITAL
MEDIA ARTS, AND THEN HE WAS JUST
STARTING HIS BUSINESS. SO I
WANNA, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING
WITH HIS ARTWORK. NICE. AND THEN
, UM, KARA, SHE WAS TRYING TO
GET INTO THE, UM MEDICAL
PROGRAMS, SO I WANT TO DO
SOMETHING FOR LIKE FUTURE
SCHOLARSHIPS. AND THEN WITH THE
GIRLS, THEY WERE YOUNGER.
PROBABLY UM, MAYBE SOMETHING WAS
LIP LOST LIKE I WAS DOING
BEFORE. UM HMM. JUST DONATE TO
LIKE A FAMILY SO, BUT DEFINITELY
SOMETHING THAT KEEP KEEP THEIR
MEMORIES ALIVE. IN HONOR OF
THEM. WOULD YOU SAY THAT THERE
WERE RED FLAGS THAT YOU IGNORED
AND IT’S SO WHAT WERE SOME OF
THOSE, UM I CAN SAY THE RED
FLAGS WERE, YOU KNOW, MOOD
SWINGS. THE ARGUMENTS FOR NO
REASON OR, YOU KNOW. BASICALLY
IT WAS LIKE BEING MARRIED BUT
SINGLE. HE JUST HE JUST PAY THE
BILLS, BUT HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE
INTERACTIVE. AND THEN IT GOT TO
THE POINT WHERE, UM. IT WAS LIKE
, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN’T WANT THE
OLDER TWO. THEY’RE REALLY FILED
FOR DIVORCE THREE TIMES,
INCLUDING THE LAST ABOUT A MONTH
BEFORE THE INCIDENT FOR WOMEN IN
SIMILAR SITUATIONS. SHE WANTS
THEM TO KNOW THIS. THE ONE THING
THAT I DIDN’T REALIZE AT THE
TIME THAT I FOUND OUT AFTER IS
WHEN YOU’RE PREPARING TO LEAVE.
THAT’S THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME.
WHICH I KNEW I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW
YOU KNOW, AND IN MY MIND, I’M
JUST LIKE, WELL, I’M JUST
PREPARING. I JUST WANT TO SAVE
MONEY, SO I CAN JUST, YOU KNOW,
GET MY KIDS OUT OF THERE AND
JUST GET OUR OWN PLACE. BUT, YOU
KNOW, I DIDN’T KNOW HIS MINDSET.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER
HOW BRAVE YOU WERE WHEN YOU
FACED. GREGORY IN COURT WHILE I
STAND UP HERE, TREMBLING WITH
FEAR, I PUT ON MY BRAVEST FACE
TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH THE
MAN WHO MURDERED ALL FOUR OF MY
CHILDREN. TWO OF THEM VIOLENTLY
AND SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT
THAT, UM, YOU WERE NOT GOING TO
LET THIS, UM HURT YOU THE WAY HE
WANTED IT TO. OR YOU WERE GONNA
YOU WERE GONNA BE STRONG, RIGHT
? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
NOW? DO YOU DO YOU? DO YOU FEEL
THAT TO BE TRUE? UM YES, EVEN
THOUGH I HAVE MY DAYS WHERE I’M
DOWN OR FEEL LIKE I WANT TO GIVE
UP, BUT I CAN’T BECAUSE I HAVE
TO KEEP GOING ON FOR MY
CHILDREN. AND THAT’S WHAT THEY
WOULD HAVE WANTED. AND UM, BUT I
MADE UP MY MIND BEFORE I EVEN
KNEW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN THAT
I WASN’T GONNA SUFFER EVEN
THOUGH HE SAID HE WANTED ME TO,
AND I JUST REFUSED. SO I HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO FIGHT. SO I’M HERE
FOR A PURPOSE. AND MY PURPOSE IS
TO HELP OTHER WOMEN. SO I HAVE
TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, I DIDN’T
WANT IT THIS WAY. BUT YOU KNOW,
THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO. JUST
WHAT AMAZING STRENGTH AND
COURAGE. UM SO HOW IS SHE
HELPING OTHER WOMEN? WELL SHE’S
WORKING WITH LOCAL WOMEN’S
SHELTER. SHE DIDN’T WANT TO TELL
ME THE NAME OF THE SHELTER FOR
JUST FOR PRIVACY REASONS. AND
THEN, OF COURSE, SHE WROTE A
BOOK. SHE’S WRITTEN ABOUT HER
LIFE STORY, AND SHE HOPES THAT
WILL HELP OTHER WOMEN. YOU CAN
FIND HER BOOK ON AMAZON. IT’S
CALLED THE MONSTER THAT KILLED
HIS FAMILY. TWICE THE FAITH
GREENE STORY. WE’VE PUT A LINK
TO IT ON CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT
COM BOOK ALSO INCLUDES A LIST OF
RESOURCES FOR WOMEN WHO MAY NEED
HELP, LEAVING AND ABUSIVE
PARTNER OR IN A SIMILAR
SITUATION, SO THERE’S SO MUCH
HERE, KIM AND SO MANY TIMES
WE’VE SEEN TRAUMA TURNED TO
ADVOCACY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT
CURIOUS ABOUT THE TITLE OF THE
BOOK. YOU KNOW WHERE THAT CAME
FROM MONSTER THAT KILLED HIS
FAMILY TWICE. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER
THAT IT WASN’T UNTIL AFTER THE
ATTACK THAT FAITH LEARNED THAT
HER HUSBAND HAD KILLED HIS
PREVIOUS WIFE, WHO WAS PREGNANT
AT THE TIME AND THAT HE HAD BEEN
GRANTED EARLY PAROLE BY THE
RELEASE BY THE PAROLE BOARD. SO
THE TITLE OF THE BOOK IS MAKING
REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT HE
HAS KILLED ANOTHER WOMAN AND HIS
CHILD, SO OH, GOSH, IT’S JUST
IT’S HEARTBREAKING, BUT
ENCOURAGING BECAUSE OF HER
STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO TELL HER
STORY WITH YOU AND TO DO THAT,
AND SHARE THAT WITH US. THANK