if the husband is living in the home and the wife is killed he's almost presumed guilty. On a wintery night near Rochester, New York, retired Detective Marc Liberatore shows "48 Hours" how he helped bring one of the coldest cases in America to trial. The only way they could have occurred was if he had been moved after being shot.. At that moment we realized we had a homicide, said Smithson. Prosecutors dropped all charges against Shelly Davis-Pearson and Angela Moore, who both agreed to testify against their mother at her murder trial. Det. Believing Shelly wasnt being truthful, Broken Arrow Police arrested Michelle Davis-Pearson and charged her with suspicion of being an accessory to murder after the fact, according to Oklahoma City ABC-affiliate KOCO-TV. Sharon Krauseneck: Oh, absolutely. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, He would briefly wed twice more before marrying his current wife, Sharon, 23 years ago Never dreaming that his past would come looking for him. After the ruling on the tracker, Davidson took a plea deal and pleaded no contest to her husband's murder. Murders A-Z 'Suitcase Killer' Melanie McGuire Dismembers Husband, Stuffs Remains In Luggage After Having 3-Year Affair Three matching suitcases found by fishermen contained the severed remains of Melanie's husband, Bill McGuire. Cathy and Jim had grown up in the same small town in Michigan, but on opposite sides of the tracks. Market data provided by Factset. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Happy Anniversary, Dumplin.". Rachel Rear: Once he confessed to Stephanie's murder and realized that he could get things in exchange for confession, all of a sudden then he started wheeling and dealing and making more deals. He loved cars and motorcycles. Prosecutor Patrick Gallagher: I wanted to not only prove that that Cathy was clearly killed in the early morning hours, but also prove that it was a staged burglary. You know, its easy to say, you can just leave, but I love the guy, Judith told investigators in her videotaped statement, which was obtained by Snapped.. But despite many apparent signs of a burglary, Liberatore and Hunt say the most important one was missing. DET. Though Judith owned her own home, she often stayed at Kens., But just past 9 p.m. on March 21, 2016, Judith made a frantic call to 911 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He loved cars and motorcycles. Jim was pursuing an economics degree in Colorado when they had Sara in 1978. Edward Laraby had a reputation and record as a violent sexual predator. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. Det. Explore Woman accused of fatally stabbing husband at Douglas County home. But Jim Krauseneck's attorneys say there's a mountain of doubt in this case because Jim Krauseneck is not the Brighton ax murderer. Patrick Gallagher: And, so, there's a picture in that bedroom where you can see next to the bed You can see these boat shoes. Jim Krauseneck's fate will be determined by 12 strangers. After three decades together, the Nixs marriage fell apart., My father raised me and my brother to be on our own and not be dependent on anybody, but Judy coddled her kids, financed her kids any time they had a problem, and that caused turmoil between my father and Judy. Due to the unusual manner in which she committed the murder, 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. WebA woman killed her husband and mother-in-law, before chopping them into pieces, and then storing their body parts in a refrigerator. Erin Moriarty: But if, in fact, Dr. Baden had agreed with the other medical examiners would you have hired him? By this point, police were focused squarely on Jim Krauseneck. (Chambers County Sheriff's Office). SHARON KRAUSENECK (walking through court lobby with Sara): He's innocent. or redistributed. Autopsy findings reportedly narrowed the time of death to between 4:30 a.m. and as late as 7:30 a.m. an hour after Krauseneck claimed to have left the house. Produced by Asena Basak [This story originally aired on January 18. Market data provided by Factset. But to move her, Bob Schlosser needs Sara to agree and that may never happen. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. SARA KRAUSENECK (in court): I've been blessed with the most extraordinary parents. Steve Hunt: Yeah, but his confession . Wendi Mae Davidson is serving 25 years for murdering her husband in 2005. Two months later, Severance's body was found in a pond on a remote ranch about 20 miles outside of San Angelo, Texas, where the couple was living at the time. Det. The medical examiner determined Nix died around 7:30 a.m., almost 14 hours before Judith called 911. They both lived near Seattle. Marylue Wigglesworth then allegedly confessed to shooting her husband. Detectives Mark Liberatore and Steve Hunt of the Brighton Police Department took the lead. Laraby, who was suffering from ALS, came up with a bucket list of a dying man: pizza, sandwiches, and he was angling for an agreement to be buried off prison grounds. Forty years after Cathy Krauseneck was killed in her sleep, her husband Jim Krauseneck stands trial for her murder. DA Sandra Doorley: You have to remember, back in 1982, there was no such thing as DNA testing. "He was all concerned about -- he didn't want to be deployed, because he was afraid that something bad was going to happen," Davidson told police in 2005. Our hearts are heavy with the loss of David Wigglesworth, the Township of Hamilton Republicans wrote on Facebook Tuesday. My dad was a very good mechanic. Lucky, lucky me. Image: Statista Sharon Krauseneck: He was devastated with the death of Cathy. He founded a thriving business i, n 1980, Inland Divers Inc., which offered scuba diving and underwater salvage., It looks like someone shot him. But Flood thinks Sara hadn't seen a man at all; that it was her mother in bed, covered with blood. The woman, who was identified only as Leonora N., has since been arrested in Sonora, Mexico, as per Yucatan Magazine yesterday, Jan. 22. And although DNA evidence can degrade over time . WebKenneth Ken Nix was born in 1946 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the oldest of six siblings. BILL EASTON: There are no eyewitnesses. A break came in the case in February 2005. Erin Moriarty: You like to spend a lot of time together? A Florida woman has been convicted of conspiring with her lover to kill her husband18 years after he disappeared and she collected $1.75 million in life insurance benefits when his death was ruledan accident. DET. I know it was him. Mark Liberatore: I don't know that I'd used the phrase drop the ball And unfortunately the officer and the sergeant who approved that report are both deceased. All rights reserved. Det. But 11 years later they divorced and soon after he was arrested for kidnapping Denise Williams at gunpoint to convince her not to turn him in to police, according to the paper. His 3-and-a-half-year-old daughter Sara was there and unharmed. There was a gunshot wound on his left temple and a pistol lay by his hand., Judith says, The last time I was here was the night before between 4 to 5 p.m. and I left because he got kind of grumpy and tired, prosecutor Kenneth Elmore told Snapped.. She was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Talon Gabriel Mitchell is accused of killing Oulaykham Mona Chopheng. Talk to me. February 25, 2023 / 11:10 PM Cathy Behe: She was just so excited about her daughter, just so excited about her. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Detectives from the Chambers County Sheriff's Office investigating the murder of Joseph Hartsfield. The ex-husband and two former in-laws of a woman in Hong Kong have been charged with her murder, after police revealed they had found more body parts during a weekend search. And a black garbage bag next to it. Mark Liberatore: I would say scary if you did it. Following the police interview, Davidson called her brother Marshall Davidson, who was a game warden at the time, and told him that she had found Severance dead in the living room and that she dumped his body in a pond on the Four Sevens Ranch, but she swore she hadn't killed him. My dad was a very good mechanic. Erin Moriarty: This is a guy who has a long history of hurting women and he's confessing to killing Cathy Krauseneck. Bill Easton: Jim Krauseneck went to work someone came in and killed Cathy Krauseneck. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. And his lawyers say it's not just the wrong theory it's the wrong man. She had married before in the late 1960s but divorced soon after her daughters were born. He's been treated so unjust. It wasn't long before Stephanie went missing. WebChacey Poynter: Witness to Murder 41:46. Rachel Rear: He went into Stephanie's apartment And then she screamed And then he choked her And she died. She made her first court appearance "I did what I did, I think it was horrible, I think that I made a bad choice, there were better choices to be made. Legal Statement. Didn't you have some doubts? Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. Judith then called her daughters in a panic, who helped her clean up the scene, Judith alleged. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. When the police confronted Davidson with the information, she said she had researched it because during that time volunteer searchers were searching for Severance. Free, violent and just down the road. Ten days after the murder, he hired a lawyer. HONG KONG The ex-husband and former in-laws of a slain Hong Kong model were put in custody without bail Monday on a joint murder charge, after police found (Volusia County Jail/Ellen Gilland Facebook). For more on this case and others like it, watch "Snapped," airing Sundays at 6/5c on Oxygen, or stream episodes here. Michael Wolford: Unfortunately, there is a presumption of guilt. A Texas woman whose husband died of a "suspicious illness" last month was indicted by a grand jury for felony murder on Friday, the Chambers County Sheriff's Office announced. He later died of what Sheriff Brian Hawthorne believes was foul play. 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