Domestic Violence Prosecutor
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He proclaimed he had the special skills to kill somebody.
We're not gonna mention his name. He proclaimed he had the special skills to kill somebody.
They were separated. Michael came in the residence one morning. Laurie was getting the children ready for school. Lori refused to go back with him. He got angry, started beating on her. Lori ended up on the floor. Isabel retrieved a handgun, and she believes she shot Michael Shaver.
And walks Jerry. Takes a gun from Isabel. Shoots Michael Shaver in the head. says, Lori, get these kids out of here. I'll take care of this.
Let me just see if I'm solving this incorrectly. The projectile that was in the body
Isabel, I'm sorry I have to do this. Do you know anything about the death of your father?
Would you explain your relationship to Lori Shaver?
Has anybody pressured you to testify in this cause?
Do you know anything about the death of your father?
Do you know anything about how your father died?
Isabel stated, this house was so riddled with so much atmospheric tension that it just didn't seem different. It just was kind of the way they were living. But she didn't say anything to anybody about it.
Let's talk about the event that's landed you here.
Laurie, the jurors are going to ask themselves, why didn't you call the police?
She didn't go up to Michael Shaver and just wail on Michael Shaver. He had a handgun he pulled on her, and I believe she tried to deflect the gun and it hit him.
Laurie had been the victim of years of physical abuse by Michael Shaver. These acts were extreme. Lori was locked in a closet. Lori would be physically beaten.
Michael Shaver was not some innocent victim that married some violent woman. Michael Shaver was an aggressive guy and she was always the victim of this aggression.