Killer Ex Shocked He's Not Leaving After Stating He Didn't Know He Would Shoot
October 5, 2026
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5 min readOn May 24, 2022, Carla Williams was shot sixteen times at a Pensacola gym she attended every morning. Her ex-boyfriend, Kennan Farrow, was arrested later that day. In the police interview that follows, Farrow tells detectives he did not go to the gym planning to kill her. He says he "didn't even know" he would shoot. The detectives spend hours trying to reconcile the man everyone describes as a "great guy" with the video showing him emptying a Glock 19 into his former partner.
The Relationship and the Breaking Point
Farrow and Williams had been together for over three years. They lived together, attended the same gym, and had even visited a fertility doctor to start a family. "We wanted to get married," Farrow tells detectives. But the relationship fractured after his father died in January 2022. Farrow felt Williams's family had disrespected his father's memory—they did not attend the funeral or send condolences to his mother. Williams herself came to the funeral, and Farrow acknowledges that. Still, the resentment festered.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:35) **Case Introduction: Carla Williams Fatally Shot at Pensacola Gym** - Podcast host sets up the case: on May 24, 2022, Carla Williams was killed, and Kennan Farrow was arrested the same day; the episode features his police interview.
- 2 (03:24) **Farrow's Emotional State: Grief, Love, and Dissociation** - Farrow describes his love for Carla and his recent losses, including his father's death, while struggling to articulate why he acted.
- 3 (05:56) **Timeline and Routine: The Morning of the Shooting** - Detectives probe Farrow's actions before the gym, including a call to his mother and driving a rental car, to establish the sequence of events.
- 4 (07:48) **Job and Mental State: A Week Off After a Near-Miss** - Farrow explains he stopped working a week prior after a dangerous mistake, showing caution due to his distracted mindset.
- 5 (09:24) **The Confrontation: Learning Carla Didn't Survive** - The detective informs Farrow that Carla did not survive the shooting, which is the first time he hears the outcome.
- 6 (10:34) **Relationship Breakdown: Dreams of Marriage and Children** - Farrow reveals the depth of his commitment to Carla, including fertility treatments, and the pain of her family's perceived disrespect after his father's death.
- 7 (12:13) **The Trigger: Accusations of Cheating and a Restraining Order** - Farrow explains that a friend's claim of seeing another car at Carla's house fed his jealousy, while a mutual restraining order prevented communication.
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