Anastasia Nicolazzi
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard Jun 2025
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Jensen was brought into the station where he was given the opportunity to lay it all out and hopefully tell the truth.
As you can hear, he first tried to protect his friend, Terrence Bledsoe, claiming that it was just him, Joe Jensen, and Taylor in the car. But Michelle quickly poked a hole in that lie.
According to Jensen, the front door was out of sight. But shortly after Taylor entered the James' home, he heard the unmistakable sound of gunshots.
A month after the murder of Kevin James, the four people who planned and carried out his execution were meeting in a remote area to discuss their next moves. Little did one of them, George Taylor, know that those moves did not include him.
Apparently on the day of Kevin's murder, Harris had forced George to get rid of his shoes in case he had left footprints or trace evidence at the scene of the crime.
Both men painted Harris as the mastermind and a ruthless killer, even if she never pulled the trigger. But there was still one major question, and that was how much Kevin's wife, Lisa, may have known about Harris's plan to eliminate the man she saw as her romantic rival.
Lisa admitted renting the motel room under an expired license and to buying ammunition on the day of her husband's murder, although she claimed the bullets were for a planned day of target practice with her husband, Kevin.
Lisa had vehemently denied any romantic relationship with Shelby Harris, but the explicit note in her purse seemed to prove otherwise.
And so she agrees to wear a wire. Lisa James called Harris on a recorded line. But even her closest friend could tell she was someone not to be trusted.
What are you talking about?
Shelby Harris, Lisa James, and Joe Jensen were all charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy. They were tried together but heard by three separate juries during one simultaneous trial. And I can tell you, having done one of those myself, they are a challenge for any prosecutor. It's all about the organization.
But on December 18th, 1999, a jury's verdict would decide a much different future for both of them.
But like in so many cases of spousal homicide, we can't help but ask why Lisa James thought murder was the only option.
I was thinking about what I wanted to say about this case, and the thing that keeps coming back to me is this. Kevin James' 12-year-old son heard the gunshot that took his father's life and then had to push past his mom to get to the window and then saw the person who shot his dad run away from their house and get into a car.
That young boy, now a man, is not only a hero witness because he put the solving this case in motion, but he is also another victim beyond losing his father, victimized differently now because of his mother and Shelby's brutal, awful plan. I keep thinking about that 12-year-old and his younger brother.
Of course, I think about Kevin James first, a likable man who worked to provide for his family and loved them all, wife and children alike. But his wife strayed from their marriage, and we all know that extramarital relationships sometimes happen. And that was bad enough. Yet rather than walk away from the marriage, she decided to take her husband's life, and her son's father from them forever.
All those things criminal, cruel, and unforgivable, at least to me. I hope Kevin's boys are well and have each other to hold on to through these years as they have hopefully tried to somewhat heal from this life-altering trauma.
I'm Anastasia Nicolazzi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of Investigation Discovery's True Conviction.
If you're a longtime listener of this show or just a true crime fan in general, you probably can't count the number of times you've heard how DNA or modern forensics have helped solve a crime or catch a killer. So it's sometimes hard to believe just how new most of this science really is.
And the answer? What we often describe as old school detective work. Gathering facts, building a timeline, and speaking with people. Witnesses, sometimes over and over, until the potential lies are exposed and the truth shakes out.
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