So, she was tried a second time. Hubers has already been behind bars for almost six years. She will be eligible for parole in 14-years. She is a graduate of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington and attended the University of Kentucky.
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In 2018, Shayna Hubers received a life sentence for killing her boyfriend. On a new episode of Cellmate Secrets, her former cellmates speak out about what she allegedly told them behind bars. Kentucky woman Shayna Hubers is serving a life sentence in prison for shooting her boyfriend, Ryan Poston, to death in 2012.
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They found that she was guilty of the murder of Ryan Poston, and, this time, sentenced her to life in prison. To date, Shayna Hubers is serving out her sentence at the Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women.
It was the 12th of October 2012. A Friday. Twenty nine year old Ryan Poston was at work that day but he was looking forward to finishing work as he had arranged to go on a date with Miss Ohio Audrey Bolte that evening. Ryan was a lawyer.
Ryan Poston. The Court heard from a Prosecution witness, Chief Bill Birkenhauer, who testified that the crime scene contradicted Shayna's version of events. Shayna told police that Ryan threw her into the television but Bill testified that the television was in place.
She admitted that she was possessive and controlling over the course of her relationship with Ryan and searched his phone frequently and blocked women he was friends with on Facebook . On one occasion, when he tried to end the relationship, she pretended she had a heart condition so he would not leave her. She admitted that whenever he tried to end the relationship, she would send him multiple text messages and enter his condominium uninvited. The Court heard that on the 1st of October 2012, Shayna used a friend’s cell phone to text Ryan. She pretended to be a potential client of the law firm where he worked and insulted him on the call.
The Prosecution called one of Shayna's friends to testify and the Court heard that eleven days before Ryan was shot, Shayna sent her friend a test message which said: “When I go to the shooting range with Poston tonight, I want to turn around, shoot and kill him,and play like it’s an accident.”.
After Ryan allegedly physically assaulted her, Shayna then told police that he sat at the dining table. According to Shayna, he was screaming and yelling at her and told her he hated her and when he reached for his gun, she grabbed it and shot him. She described him as evil and told police that he deserved it.
It was the Prosecution's case that Shayna was obsessed with Ryan and shot him because he ended their relationship and wanted to date another woman. It was their case that she found out he was going on a date with another woman on the 12th of October and that was why she shot and killed him.
Shayna told the dispatcher that she shot Ryan around 15 minutes before she called for help.
For Jay Poston, a life without Ryan has been a tough ordeal. He told the Cincinnati Enquirer that he found some respite by turning to his late son's belongings. Whenever he missed him, Jay wore Ryan's clothes and watch. He said, "You try to fill a void that cannot be filled. You have to do it. It's either that or you don't get out of bed for the rest of your life."
A promising young lawyer from Kentucky, Ryan Poston was found killed in October 2012. As per a Yahoo piece, he was murdered by his former girlfriend, Shayna Hubers. Poston died after Hubers shot him several times in his apartment.
Poston and Hubers went back and forth for 18 months.
Unexpectedly losing Ryan meant that Jay didn't even know what to do next. He was at a loss and focused on simply doing what he could do to get justice for his son. The father mentioned that he was very close to Ryan and often stopped by his son's apartment to help him out on a daily basis, taking care of mundane chores such as making sure all that his clothes were ironed. The duo also didn't let go of opportunities to sit together and simply chat, dissecting world news and shooting the breeze on politics.
Additionally, as per the the Cincinnati Enquirer, Ryan Poston even decided to spend the night at his father's place on one occasion. He arrived with his laptop and a bag, explaining to Jay Poston that Shayna Hubers was in his flat and wasn't going away.
He was in a rocky relationship with his murderer. According to multiple accounts, Ryan Poston was not in a healthy relationship with Shayna Hubers, who was a graduate student at the time. Their relationship began when Poston spotted Hubers' pictures on Facebook and reached out to her.
In fact, they ended up parting ways many times and rekindling their relationship. Hubers, according to ABC News, even texted a friend of hers about Poston and wrote, "He says he is only with me [because] I make him feel so awful when I cry. My love has turned to hate."
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS — Three days after Ryan Poston was found fatally shot inside his Meadow Lane home , more questions than answers surround the death of the promising young attorney.
Poston's friends and colleagues described their relationship as "tumultuous" and "off-and-on." In a statement, the Poston and Carter (his mother and stepfather) families said he had been trying to end the relationship.
Poston was "shot more than once in different areas of the body," according to Deputy Coroner Al Garnick, who responded to the scene of the crime and conducted the preliminary autopsy Saturday morning. Police have identified a handgun as the weapon involved.
The condominium in which Poston lived belongs to his mother and stepfather, Lisa and Peter Carter, according to property records. Peter Carter is a marketing executive for Procter & Gamble.
Poston often worked late hours, they said, and it wasn't uncommon to receive an email from him in the middle of the night about a case or a marketing plan.
The two were broken up on the night of the murder, and Poston had a date scheduled that night with Miss Ohio 2012, Audrey Bolte. Hubers apparently didn’t know of the date but showed up at Poston’s apartment before he got a chance to leave (likely to try to win him back).
Friends of the couple including Carissa Carlisle, Poston’s step-cousin who was instrumental in introducing the two, testified that Hubers was incredibly smart and gifted, but had an Achilles heel when it came to boys and relationships.
They dated on-and-off for approximately 18 months before the night of the murder, with friends reporting that Hubers was “obsessed” with Poston and that he had trouble hurting her feelings and letting her go.
However, the defense team painted a picture of abuse by Poston, telling jurors that he both emotionally and physically abused Hubers over the course of the relationship and wouldn’t allow her to leave. Text messages from Shayna to friends showed otherwise, and so did forensic evidence. There was no evidence of a struggle the night of the murder, and forensics indicated that Poston was on the ground when hit with five of the six bullets.
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