push it away from us. >> reporter: according to paula, george had become ever more controlling, and judgmental, especially about shauna's spending habits. >> first time at the beach. >> reporter: only got worse when shauna told george the marriage was over. >> he said, you know, "if you don't come back to me and we can't sort this out, you're gonna lose custody of your daughter." and that was -- >> that was his threat. >> -- her number one fear. oh, absolutely. he used their daughter as a way to manipulate shauna, time and time again. >> reporter: shauna had been letting her work mates read the text messages george sent as things got worse in the marriage. >> one text, it would be nice, you know, short and sweet. like, "i love you. i've been thinking about you all day," "we need to work things out." and then, you know, we would be working. she wouldn't be able to text him back right away and ten minutes later, he's blowing up her phone cussing her out, calling her names. >> reporter: shauna's supporters remembered her funeral quite differently than george's people did. >> he had no emotion.