Wilma Nicholas
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He was digging out a duck pond in the back for her ducks because she wanted to raise ducks and chickens. So he was home, they were back together again.
He doesn't want to be involved with this craziness.
I've seen it on TV, on the news, but I never, ever imagined this would be happening next door to me.
I know it does. The reality was that he was digging his own grave.
There was law enforcement up and down the road.
I've seen it on TV, on the news, but I never, ever imagined this would be happening next door to me.
And all of a sudden I noticed activity happening and running around.
I have never seen anything like this before in person in my backyard. Oh, they're running.
He was working very hard to make her a duck pond back there. And the reality of what he was doing was that he was digging his own grave.
I'm Wilma Nicholas, and I was the neighbor for Lori and Mike Shaver. Mike was about the same age as my oldest son, so he was kind of like another son to me. My home was probably 50 feet away from their home, no trees in the middle. I would be just outside doing my chores and I could hear the arguments happening inside. I talked to Lori. I just said, you guys okay?
I had just gotten home from work and my phone rang and it was Mike. And he said, can you come over? I need your help. He opened the door and he was covered in blood. Blood streaming down his face. There was torn clothes. I took a whole lot of photos just in case he needed it at any point in the future.
He said that they had been in a fight, and Lori had threatened to kill him and herself, and that they had wrestled with a gun.
The revolver that was on the bed looked like a .38, and it had pink plastic grips. Then I noticed there were roses all over the floor.
She would kick him out, he would leave, a month or two would go by, and then she would have him come back again.
When they would split up and Mike would be gone, there would be men that would come over quite often to the house.