Fl - Michael Shaver, 36, murdered, Clermont, 2015 *Wife and teen arrested 2023*

[Marysmith]

In jaw-dropping twist, mom charged with murdering husband and burying body says young girl shot him

The Florida woman accused of murdering her husband in 2015 and burying his body under a fire pit she built in the backyard didn't actually pull the trigger, according to a new defense motion.

lawandcrime.com

May 15th, 2023, 4:00 pm
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Laurie Leigh Shaver, now 40, has faced charges of second-degree murder and accessory after the fact in the 2015 disappearance and death of 36-year-old Michael Shaver since her September 2020 arrest.
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The defense filing, noting that “[t]hese facts were mentioned by the attorney representing the minor child,” therefore asked the judge to order the psychological or sociological evaluation of the minor child to prepare for testimony about the case. They claimed the girl “had acted out as a consequence of past, and repeated violence within the residence by Michael Shaver.” The defense also asserted that a man Laurie Shaver was dating fired a second shot at the victim.
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Read the motion for reconsideration and the affidavit of probable cause.

How is this just coming up now?! This case is taking forever to be resolved. And I don’t believe this at all - IMO.

 

[Unsolved]

And I don’t believe this at all - IMO.

<snipped to focus on this>

You can add me to this thought. It will be very interesting to see how this plays out. I hope they have records on any correspondence between parties, ahem.

 

[j_in_c]

Came over to the thread to post the same - what is this craziness....

Teen confesses to 2015 murder of man found buried underneath concrete in Florida backyard: attorney

Attorneys for Laurie Shaver, the woman accused of killing her husband, Michael Shaver who was found buried underneath a concrete slab in the backyard of a Lake County home, said a teenage girl has confessed to the murder, according to a motion filed last week.

www.fox35orlando.com

 

[Marysmith]

Came over to the thread to post the same - what is this craziness....

Teen confesses to 2015 murder of man found buried underneath concrete in Florida backyard: attorney

Attorneys for Laurie Shaver, the woman accused of killing her husband, Michael Shaver who was found buried underneath a concrete slab in the backyard of a Lake County home, said a teenage girl has confessed to the murder, according to a motion filed last week.

www.fox35orlando.com

The teenage girl was 7 at the time… I feel like her mother is coercing her… IMO. Her mother, the accused, is clearly a manipulative person - for example pretending to be Michael for YEARS to his friends, family and employer, sending disgusting texts to her boyfriend’s wife as “Michael”, etc…

 

[PayrollNerd]

Poor kid has probably been brainwashed into believing whatever her mother has told her. She was 7, way to young to fully comprehend much less understand, what was happening back then. JMO

 

[Gardenista]

This is horrible and not believable. Ugh.

 

[SeesSeas]

Another article

Laurie Shaver's defense claims 7-year-old killed Michael Shaver

Laurie Shaver's defense attorneys claim a now-14-year-old girl confessed to killing Michael Shaver when she was 7 years old.

www.courttv.com

Laurie Shaver’s defense claims 7-year-old killed Michael Shaver​

Posted at 9:17 AM, May 16, 2023
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. (Court TV) — Attorneys for a Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her husband claim a teenager has confessed to the killing.
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In a motion for reconsideration filed May 8, Laurie’s defense attorneys claim a now-14-year-old girl confessed to killing Michael when she was 7 years old. The motion also claims the girl has repeatedly expressed “her desire to testify,” but prosecutors and the court have tried to keep the evidence out.
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READ THE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION HERE.

 

[Warwick7]

Poor kid has probably been brainwashed into believing whatever her mother has told her. She was 7, way to young to fully comprehend much less understand, what was happening back then. JMO

This woman is throwing her daughter under the bus. This is horrible!!

 

[Warwick7]

Teen confessed to killing Lake County man found buried under concrete, lawyers claim

Defense attorneys for Laurie Shaver, a woman charged with killing her husband, are promising to introduce new evidence in the case Monday.

www.wftv.com

 

[Warwick7]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1658517763172728860

 

[Linear13]

Oh no! Oh no! Please do not drag this child into this mess. I’m sorry I just can’t see a 7 year old doing this. Yes there have been instances of children accidentally killing someone with a firearm left carelessly laying around but I don’t feel like this is one of those cases.

Children want to do whatever to please their parent/s. I have seen it time and time again. Where a child will blatantly lie about something to please its parent. Example. A man I know had some of his medication stolen from his home. He had let some fairly shady characters in his home recently. He then blamed not the shady characters but his best friend. His proof. His 4 year old daughter told him that she saw the best friend do it. The best friend had not even been around the fellows house and had been at work where he had multiple witnesses. The 4 year old had a typical 4 year olds story as to what she saw. The friendship ended. A few weeks later one of the shady characters confessed to taking the medicine after he cleaned up a little and needed the guy for work.

What was learned? A child will say anything to please an upset parent. A child sees a parent ranting and raving about something and they have a desire to ‘fix’ it. To make things happy again. So what do we get? A story like this. That a 7 year old child shot the man in the back of the head. Oh and did she wrap his body in a tarp with ratchet straps and dig a hole and bury him and construct a fire pit over it? Did the 7 year old get on social media and pretend to be the man for several years? No! If it was all an accident why the elaborate cover up? Why not call 911 that day. Because it didn’t happen that way that’s why.

 

[Midge Montana]

This new concoction Of events is ridiculous, in my opinion.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

According to Laurie Shaver’s probable cause affidavit, deputies executed a search warrant at her home March 9, 2018, and a cadaver dog sniffed out human remains. Investigators located Michael Shaver’s skeletal remains wrapped in a sheet 3 feet under a concrete slab that was formerly a fire pit. Investigators believe he was killed between Nov. 7 and Nov. 10, 2015. He died from a gunshot wound to the back of the head.

Laurie allegedly posed as Michael and messaged his friends on Facebook, though some of the friends noted the responses were "unlike" Michael.

After his disappearance, Laurie Shaver allegedly claimed her husband was in Georgia and that he "left her and their kids to start a new life." Shaver, however, never reported him missing.

As the missing person investigation went on, Shaver reportedly told her boyfriend, "It’s not that he’s missing — he’s no longer walking this Earth." She also reportedly said there was a body buried on her property.

Fla. woman accused of killing husband, leaving body under concrete now says her daughter did it

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. (TCD) -- A teen girl is reportedly now confessing to murder several years after her mother was arrested on suspicion of killing her husband and burying his body under a piece of concrete.

truecrimedaily.com

 

[Countem]

Murder Suspect Mom Alleges Kid Armed Themself With Gun to Protect Her

Laurie Shaver and her lawyer previously said in court filings that a 7-year-old child shot Michael Shaver dead, an allegation that they claimed the now-14-year-old would be willing to testify to in court.

www.insideedition.com

Laurie and her lawyer now claim this is not the only time there has been a gun-related incident between a child and her husband.

A motion to compel filed by Laurie's attorney reads: "THAT, further, it was brought to the attention of this court that the wife recently was involved with the present husband wherein one of the minor children armed themselves in order to protect the natural mother. While this factor was unreported in the incident report, it was, (allegedly), reported by DCF."

 

[Marysmith]

Murder Suspect Mom Alleges Kid Armed Themself With Gun to Protect Her

Laurie Shaver and her lawyer previously said in court filings that a 7-year-old child shot Michael Shaver dead, an allegation that they claimed the now-14-year-old would be willing to testify to in court.

www.insideedition.com

Wow… this needs to go to trial already.

 

[Clearsky]

MSN

Florida woman charged with murdering her husband is claiming that it was the couple's 7-year-old daughter who fatally shot the Disney World worker according to a motion filed by prosecutors

 

[Laughing]

WOW!

And yes, I'm rarely speechless.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[Howl]

WOW! And yes, I'm rarely speechless.
jmho ymmv lrr

I'm gobsmacked as well! What the actual heck.

 

[Laughing]

Perhaps a teenager today would have read sufficient social media & news to potentially realize that 7 year olds are rarely held responsible for crimes, hypothetically?

Hope the media stays with this one!

And that part about the tattoo....

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[Tealgrove]

I’m wondering if the mother is manipulating the daughter in an effort to get out of jail.

Hmmmm