nothing nefarious in there. and then my dad would just be like, oh, these are no good. oh, no no, no. these expired. yeah yeah yeah. see, now you see, it was like it was under the guise of safety that they wanted to go through your candy. you're totally fine. but really, honestly, it wasn't about safety. it was about figuring out what they wanted to get their hands on. yeah, yeah, i can tell you that for a fact. all right. this was fun. you guys. thank you for being a part of it. thank you for watching. you can stream, like it or not on the fox local app. and let us know if you have any questions you want us to tackle here on the show. send us your like it or not questions and we may use them here i'm anna garcia. right now, on true crime news. michael shaver was dead, but his family had no idea because someone pretended to be him for three years. >> i would get messages that just didn't sound like michael. >> then a shocking discovery. he

was buried in the backyard, murdered by his wife, lori. today, michael shaver's sister comes to true crime news for her first interview. >> i knew right away it was her. nobody else put him there. it was her. >> plus, lori's stunning reaction as cops reveal they've unearthed her deadly secret. >> i would like to just run over this list of items that we absolutely, absolutely. >> and later, one woman's week with a monster. >> i felt like he was going to kill me. there was no way out of that bedroom. >> her harrowing story of survival. your daily source for true crime starts right now. thanks for joining us. we begin in florida on a case that we've been covering here on true crime news. lori shaver found guilty of killing her husband, michael, and burying him in the backyard. we have exclusive new details on the case, including shocking evidence that came out in the trial and for the first time, michael's sister speaks. it was

a lake county, florida mystery. where was michael shaver with a great job as a monorail technician at disney world, a wife and two kids. his extended family grew ever more disturbed by messages asking to leave him alone. they wouldn't learn for many years, michael was already dead. >> i've got me and my father and michael in this picture. it was great growing up with michael. i was like a little mom to him. >> in her first interview since this case went to trial, michael's older sister, stacy turner, shares her fond family memories. she was living in new york, so they kept up with each other by phone. >> we talked often, and his last words ever to me, which i will always cherish, was i love you, sis. i never heard from him again. >> but soon michael's family was getting strange facebook messages. >> i would get messages that just didn't sound like michael.

and then my daughter tried to send him a message and she got a message back, supposedly from michael. and it says, who are you? i don't know who you are. i don't have any family. just leave me alone. so that was very, very unlike him at first. >> it's not alarming, as michael's wife, lori shaver, acts like everything is okay. >> michael and lori went to kindergarten together. then when they started dating, i was really happy for both of them. it was a good relationship in the beginning. >> stacy was a bridesmaid in their wedding, but before long, michael and lori's relationship would start to crumble, each accusing the other of cheating and eventually physical abuse. >> she split his head open with a gun. she had a couple small bruises on her arms where michael was trying to get the gun away from her. >> during that blowout fight, lori called 911 and filed a

police report. >> what's going on? oh, it was a domestic violence dispute. okay. are you okay? i did hit my ex in the head with zohorna. he had pulled out on me. i grabbed my gun because he had a gun and i have a gun. i said seitzer. and now, on the way to the sheriff's office, police would eventually learn the shavers had multiple firearms at the home, and lori kept a pink 38 caliber handgun on her nightstand. >> but this time, michael landed in jail. >> michael said that he would go to jail otherwise. the kids were going to go into the foster system, and lori was apparently thrilled. she sent his entire family his mug shot over facebook messenger and told everybody what a monster he was. >> that was in 2014. and stacy says despite attempts to stay in touch, even visit it grew difficult. >> i do recall a message that i

sent to her. i told her that i'm trying to find michael because my mother was very sick. we actually thought my mother was going to die. i said, i can't get ahold of michael and she's like, well, i'll tell him. and she never responded back to me. >> michael had seemingly vanished, his wife telling the family they planned to divorce. but three years passed and stacy eventually grew suspicious. >> we actually put all of our pieces together and we said, okay, it's time to go to the police. >> stacy asked one of michael's childhood friends, scott amatuzio, to find out what's going on. >> scott had a girlfriend at the time and they went over to visit lori and michael, but michael wasn't there, and when she asked lori where michael was, she says, i don't know. he left in a black suv, but his car keys, his cell phone, and his wallet were all sitting right on the coffee table. >> an alarmed scott asked cops

to do a welfare check. >> how he just vanished. nothing made sense. i kind of prepared myself for this day. >> investigators head to michael and lori's lake county, florida home. >> this case was bizarre to say the least. from the get go, the deputies believe her property, and then about a month later, we showed up with a search warrant. >> this time they returned with search dogs. and as the team works the exterior of the property, michael's family gets a call. >> they did tell me that they were going to start digging and they told me why. >> then a startling discovery. >> it was devastating for my entire family. i'm the one who had to tell my mom that they found him. >> when we come back, search crews dig up the couple's backyard and lori starts pointing fingers. >> i'm saying, okay, okay, kay, we can ork it o , he told me. not this time. >> that's next. >> whether because of

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we're back with the disappearance of michael shaver. he was missing for three years before anyone alerted police. why didn't his wife say anythin? investigators are about to find out. three years had passed since anyone in michael shaver's family had seen him. his sister

stacy had grown alarmed because of the stories michael had previously told me about her. >> i thought maybe she had somebody kidnap him. >> now, deputies with a warrant search around a shoddy concrete slab in the couple's backyard. >> they found a discoloration on a concrete slab that they wanted to investigate further. where the dogs had hit. >> the search team makes a grisly discovery in what looks like a fire pit. >> just a shoddy, concrete job poured around this fire pit. so we begin focusing our efforts there. we feel that we have found a human bone. >> the sheriff's office calls lori to tell her they finished seizing property from her home. >> we are done out here and you guys are welcome to come back anytime. okay, if you have a second, i would like to just run over this list of items real quick with you over the phone and let you know the items that

we did take. >> okay. absolutely. >> flash drive, a photograph, miscellaneous paperwork, the detective listing off the items as nonchalantly as a grocery list, and listen to lori's reaction as the list continues on projectiles and human skeletal remains. so as far as all of that stuff goes, do you have any questions? no. okay. >> do i well, yeah. actually, do i need to sign any of that paperwork or. it's just out there. it's just at the property. yes, ma'am. okay, okay. all right. thank you so much. >> we would also we would still love to sit down with you. if there's any way that we can make that happen. >> okay. thank you. >> okay. bye bye. >> michael's friend, scott amatuzio, who had called in a welfare check, had a gut feeling. >> i just started putting the timeline together and the facts that i knew, including the fire pit. >> and so did stacy turner. >> once they found the body in the yard, i knew right away it was her. my gut told me it was her, and nobody else put him there. it was her.

>> lori shaver is quickly arrested and charged with second degree murder and accessory after the fact. >> i don't know why i've been targeted, why i've been set up or charged with this heinous crime. >> while out on bond, lori makes a highly produced video on youtube claiming her innocence, her lawyer setting up the defense that she was actually a battered wife. >> lori was the victim of repeated physical violence by michael. >> but nearly ten years after michael's murder, all the details are unearthed at trial. the story of a wife who first shot her guy with a 38 caliber handgun, then stole his identity. >> michael shaver was shot in the back of his head without any sort of legal excuse or justification, and buried in his backyard. >> prosecutors told jurors that lori used shaver's facebook page posing as the dead man to mask his murder.

>> what focused on the totality of circumstances, showing how she impersonated him to his friends and family members through texts, facebook messages. >> lori took the stand, breaking down over her volatile relationship with michael. she says he lost it when she told him there was a baby on the way. apparently, the child wasn't michael's. >> i'm saying, okay, okay, okay, we can work it out, he told me. not this time. >> was he upset about anything in particular that you're aware of? >> yes. he found out i had gotten pregnant. >> lori told jurors it was her then seven year old daughter who pulled the trigger to protect her mom from being attacked by michael, the now 15 year old isabel shaver, whose face was not shown, tried to take the fall. >> i shot him. >> did you feel when you fired that shot that that had to be

done or he would have killed your mother? yes, yes, yes on that. >> i'm firm on that. >> something stacy cannot begin to understand. >> she could throw her then seven year old daughter under the bus. when isabel was on the stand, lori wouldn't even look at her. >> and lori's defense attorney offered another bombshell, claiming because the little girl's aim was bad. lori's then boyfriend jeremy townsend, was with them and also shot michael. >> he came in and he took the gun from me, and then he shot him again, lori accused townsend of taking care of michael's body while she was out dropping her children off at school. >> the prosecutors insist lori's the real killer. >> the defense's story is that she's guilty of accessory after the fact. the evidence in this case is that she's guilty of second degree murder. >> the jury agreed. >> the defendant is guilty of

second degree murder. >> michael's family says the guilty verdict was a long time coming. we all kind of sat in the courthouse. >> a lot of hugging a lot of crying. >> after years of dodging the law, lori shaver was the one ultimately buried under a pile of evidence, and michael's family finally able to gather for a quiet celebration of his life. while his sister offers this plea to women and men, if you're out there and you're suffering from domestic violence, tell someone, call someone, get the help. >> don't end up like michael di. >> lori shaver faces 25 years to life in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced later this month. she's appealing her conviction. up next, a survivor reveals how her quick thinking helped her escape. an ex who held her captive and assaulted her with his belt just hit me

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>> on the next true crime news, the real estate mogul's wife goes missing. this was a shock, but broken glass in the bathroom. >> it definitely looked like there was a crime that took place in that house.

>> the family suv and a disturbing 911 call. >> she's dead. they killed her yesterday. >> all reveal she's been murdered. >> the big question was why? >> turning this bizarre mystery into a dangerous manhunt. >> well, he was in mexico, and he killed somebody else. >> on the next true crime news. for the latest breaking crime news, go to true crime news.com. watch more exclusive content on our youtube channel. listen to our podcast and follow us at my true crime news. that's it for today's true crime news. i'm anna garcia. see you next time, (pensive music) - [don] she had been stabbed. it was very clear that she had been violently sexually abused. - we may not catch him if we don't get the dna that we were hunting. - that level of brutality was very unique in a veterinarian office. it scared people. - [caller] how long does it take them to get here? - how did you determine he was your man?