Jury finds Shaver guilty of murder, burying husband in back yard
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – laurie Shaver is guilty of murdering her husband, Michael, and burying him in the back yard, jurors decided Friday. She was convicted of second-degree murder. Circuit Judge Cary Rada ordered a presentence investigation. The six-member panel had barely retired to the jury room when they asked to again hear the recorded…
Mom, daughter testify in buried-in-backyard case
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — It was a sometimes emotional but resilient 15-year-old Isabelle Shaver who testified Thursday about shooting her father to protect her mother when she was 7 years old on Nov. 7, 2015. She testified that the atmosphere in the house was “very combative, a lot of tension,” when Michael was in the…
New husband doesn’t question wife about body buried in back yard
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – It was a tough day for Laurie Shaver’s husband in court Wednesday when he said he didn’t question her when her first husband’s body was found buried in the back yard. “At that time did you ask Ms. Shaver how that body got there?” Assistant State Attorney Nick Camuccio asked. “I…
Prosecutor: Wife sent messages from dead husband as “facade”
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – Where is Michael Shaver? Is he OK? Why is he texting and sending strange messages – if at all? These are the kinds of questions friends and family members were asking before his body was discovered in his back yard and his wife, Laurie, charged with murder. His youngest sister, Christine…
Trial begins for woman accused of murder, burying husband in back yard
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – Laurie Shaver killed her husband Michael, buried him in the back yard, then pretended to be him on social media, a prosecutor argued Monday. The defense says no; Laurie’s 7-year-old daughter and a boyfriend did the shooting. Witnesses will testify about her using his Facebook posts and texts to pretend he…
Man with gang ties arrested in murder
LAKE COUNTY, FL. — Police have arrested a man with alleged gang ties in the murder of a man who was shot multiple times outside a home in Leesburg on July 8. Ondrique D. Mosely, 18, of Lady Lake was arrested on Friday and charged with being a principal to first-degree premeditated murder in…
On same day as Georgia tragedy, Fla. girl arrested for having stolen gun
LEESBURG, FLA.— Wednesday, on the same day that a 14-year-old was arrested and charged with killing four people at a Georgia high school, police arrested a 16-year-old girl at Leesburg High on charges of possessing a stolen handgun. A school resource officer arrested Daya Lee in a classroom after a teacher’s aide notified authorities….
Police: Drunk driver kills toddler
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – A motorist struck and killed a 2-year-old child Tuesday while allegedly driving under the influence. The incident happened at about 7:15 p.m. in the Oak Bend subdivision, a gated community with young families. Tavares police said Joshua Montero, 19, reeked of alcohol and failed DUI tests. He was arrested and…
Dad joins girlfriend in jail in daughter’s torture, mauling death
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – The father of a 9-year-old girl believed to have been tortured and killed by a dog aided by his girlfriend has also been arrested. Lojuan Sessions, 26, has been charged with the aggravated manslaughter of Jamaria Sessions. Tyshael Elise Martin was arrested earlier, charged with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse,…
Deputies: Woman uses dog to torture, kill 9-year-old girl
MONTVERDE – Authorities have arrested and charged a woman with murdering her boyfriend’s 9-year-old daughter with the aid of a vicious rottweiler. Lake County Sheriff’s detectives arrested 34-year-old Tyshael Elise Martin Wednesday evening on a warrant charging her with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and child neglect in the death of Jamaria Sessions. Rescue workers…