Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Thank you.
Chapter 2: What led to the marriage of Leo and Michelle Schofield?
On the 29th of August, 1986, in a small church in the city of Lakeland, Florida, Leo Schofield and Michelle Somm tied the knot. 19-year-old Leo looked every inch the wannabe 80s rock star, kitted out in his borrowed white tux and black mullet, while 18-year-old Michelle beamed in her high-neck ivory gown, complete with puff sleeves and quaffed perm.
The pair were young. They hadn't been together that long. They certainly didn't have much money. But it's the 80s. Those things don't matter.
Chapter 3: What events occurred that raised suspicions about Leo after Michelle's disappearance?
And also, they were very much in love. And with the help and support of their friends and family, they pulled off this small yet perfect wedding. But just six months later, Michelle would be dead. Fingers quickly began pointing at her husband, Leo.
And then, when accusations of violence in their relationship surfaced, along with the neighbour's account of his odd behaviour in the days after she vanished, suspicions rose yet further.
Chapter 4: How did Leo's father discover Michelle's body?
Then, when Leo's own father discovered Michelle's savaged body, following what he claimed was a message from God, it looked like a horrific family affair that had ended in the brutal murder of a young newlywed. But years later, the plot thickened when new evidence took things in an unbelievable direction.
This is a case that has rolled on for four decades, until 2024, when we finally got what is probably the closest we're ever going to get to justice in this case.
And for that, we have to thank the fantastic podcast series Bone Valley and their hosts Gilbert King. and Kelsey Decker.
Chapter 5: What new evidence emerged years later in the Schofield case?
It's so good. Is it? It's very, very, very good. Okay.
Chapter 6: What role did the podcast 'Bone Valley' play in the investigation?
If you guys, if anybody hasn't listened to Bone Valley, it's got like three seasons, four seasons now, I believe. I'm aware of it. Yeah. Yeah. The first two seasons are about this case. And it's just, it's fantastic. It's just like a really, really good example. Good is putting it mildly. A phenomenal example of relentless journalism. And absolutely fantastic.
what freed an innocent man who otherwise was completely out of options. We see a lot of these cases.
Yeah, you love to see it.
You love to see it.
Chapter 7: How did Leo and Michelle's relationship impact the investigation?
When they actually are innocent. Exactly. I was going to say, we see a lot of podcasts that are like, you know, is this person innocent? And I'm like, no, no. And in this case, it is like you go through the story and they have just so much information.
Chapter 8: What were the inconsistencies in Alice Scott's testimony?
And the outcome that we have now, the outcome that Leo has now, would just not be a reality without that podcast series. I also love the name Bone Valley.
So good.
And I went into it thinking like, oh, why is it called Bone Valley? Is it like her body is found in a pit of bone? No, it's called Bone Valley because the area in central Florida, like the counties, Polk County being one of them where Michelle's remains are found, they used to do a lot of phosphate mining there in the 1800s.
And when they were like digging for phosphate, I assume that's how you find it. I didn't know you dug for phosphate. It sounds like it's just around. This is what I thought. But like phosphate mining, they discovered loads and loads of fossils in that area. So kind of like we've got our Jurassic Coast, Bone Valley in central Florida.
So yeah, there you go.
Go listen to it. It's fantastic.
We are not investigative journalists. We're going to spend the next two weeks on this case and we're going to pack a lot in, but we obviously are not even going to be able to come close to two seasons worth of information that is dedicated to this story over on Bone Valley.
So if you do want to make it your job to know about this case, go and check it out because Bone Valley has hours of first-hand interviews with all of the key figures in this case and it is absolutely worth your time and you're not going to get that here. No.
I'd say we're not like, if we were going to compare it to fashion, we're not like fast fashion because we are doing volume, but also quality. But we're not like haute couture, which is what I'd say Bone Valley is. We really need to write that into our pitch deck. We are, what are we? We're like an elevated premium brand. Affordable, but sustainable. Yeah.
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