Anastasia Nicolazzi
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But would this version of the truth stand up to scrutiny? And was there even more to the story yet to unravel?
But would this version of the truth stand up to scrutiny? And was there even more to the story yet to unravel?
Detective Michelle Amacone's theory? Shelby recruited her friend George Taylor to commit the crime and then had him executed when she feared he would spill the beans of what they'd done to police. Here's Michelle and Lisa James talking about that very real and frightening possibility.
Detective Michelle Amacone's theory? Shelby recruited her friend George Taylor to commit the crime and then had him executed when she feared he would spill the beans of what they'd done to police. Here's Michelle and Lisa James talking about that very real and frightening possibility.
Kevin's 12-year-old son had seen Taylor's car in front of their house, but couldn't say for certain that the man he saw fleeing was Taylor. And this being 1998, there were no cell phones to trace, no location data to track Taylor or Shelby's movements on the day of either murder.
Kevin's 12-year-old son had seen Taylor's car in front of their house, but couldn't say for certain that the man he saw fleeing was Taylor. And this being 1998, there were no cell phones to trace, no location data to track Taylor or Shelby's movements on the day of either murder.
Confronted with Lisa's insinuations about Shelby's involvement in her husband's murder, Shelby fired back with a brow-raising statement of her own.
Confronted with Lisa's insinuations about Shelby's involvement in her husband's murder, Shelby fired back with a brow-raising statement of her own.
Certainly a strange strategy, denying you are capable of murder while still revealing what you just might do if betrayed by a friend.
Certainly a strange strategy, denying you are capable of murder while still revealing what you just might do if betrayed by a friend.
So we have discussed before how it is legally permissible for law enforcement to use some deception in their efforts to speaking with and getting statements from a suspect. And just for quick review, the reasoning is that a suspect can answer however they want.
So we have discussed before how it is legally permissible for law enforcement to use some deception in their efforts to speaking with and getting statements from a suspect. And just for quick review, the reasoning is that a suspect can answer however they want.
If they didn't do anything, don't know anything, whatever, no matter what a detective says, they are going to only have presumably one answer to give, right? The lie, if you will, shouldn't matter unless you're guilty and then it just might be the thing that spurs the truth.
If they didn't do anything, don't know anything, whatever, no matter what a detective says, they are going to only have presumably one answer to give, right? The lie, if you will, shouldn't matter unless you're guilty and then it just might be the thing that spurs the truth.
And while Shelby was unlikely to believe the ruse, Michelle suspected that her two other potential accomplices, Terrence Bledsoe and Joe Jensen, that with them, this letter, it just might work.
And while Shelby was unlikely to believe the ruse, Michelle suspected that her two other potential accomplices, Terrence Bledsoe and Joe Jensen, that with them, this letter, it just might work.
Believing that he had already been incriminated by George Taylor, Bledsoe laid out his version of the events leading up to Kevin and Taylor's deaths.
Believing that he had already been incriminated by George Taylor, Bledsoe laid out his version of the events leading up to Kevin and Taylor's deaths.
He also confirmed Michelle's hunch that the cold-blooded plan was all hatched by Shelby Harris.
He also confirmed Michelle's hunch that the cold-blooded plan was all hatched by Shelby Harris.