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13th Juror Podcast

S1 Ep21: Buried In His Backyard: Laurie Shaver (Pt 2)

13th Juror Podcast

Brandi Churchwell

Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary, News

4.6897 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Laurie Shaver is accused of fatally shooting her husband Michael Shaver in November 2015, burying him in the backyard under a fire pit, and then impersonating him in texts and Facebook messages to make people think he was still alive. Laurie was arrested in 2020, and the long-awaited trial is finally here. Laurie's defense has implicated her daughter, who had just turned seven, and her former married lover, but the state says it was Laurie who is responsible.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Lake County, Florida is beautiful. Local farms and tree groves are scattered throughout rolling hills.

0:07.7

Covelstone streets are lined with these quaint boutiques and restaurants, giving the kind of charm that you can only find in small towns.

0:16.7

Spanish moss hangs from the branches of live oak trees, and more than a thousand lakes provide a serene and picturesque landscape at every turn.

0:25.3

As summer was coming to an end, I spent five eventful days inside the Lake County Courthouse. The tranquil beauty of the surrounding land seemed to stand in stark contrast to the intense and often troubling proceedings going on inside.

0:40.5

Two very different versions of events were told during those five days of trial.

0:45.0

And no matter which parts you believe, one thing is clear.

0:49.1

The relationship between Laurie and Michael Shaver was toxic.

0:52.9

And that toxic relationship ended up costing him his life.

0:57.3

My name is Brandy Churchwell, creator and host of 13th Juror podcast.

1:02.4

This is part two of the case against Lorry Shaver, the trial, the verdict, and the stories that didn't get told.

1:17.2

On Monday, September 9th, dozens of potential jurors filed into the Lake County Courth

1:22.4

as the trial of Laurie Shaver was finally set to begin. A little after 3 p.m., the judge called the names of five

1:29.5

women and three men, dismissing the rest, and swore the men as jurors. The final jury would only

1:35.5

consist of six. Two of the chosen jurors were alternates, and after a short recess, opening

1:41.1

statements began. Rich Bucksman, the chief of homicide prosecution in the Fifth

1:46.4

Judicial Circuit, told the jury that this case was about common sense. He methodically

1:52.6

walks the jury through the timeline of what happened, the back and forth between Michael and

1:58.0

Lorry, Michael moving back in after a separation, the last time he's

2:02.6

seen alive, not showing up for work, and his friends and family receiving only text and

2:07.7

Facebook messages from him after that point, all telling them to leave him alone. He tells the jury that

2:14.3

after Mike disappeared, Laurie began to sell his things.

2:20.7

She lied about where he went, accepted a loan in his name,

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