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On February 14, 1987, Michelle Shadbolt’s stepmother found her brutally murdered in her living room. Everyone suspected Michelle’s estranged husband, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence to arrest him. That’s because he wasn’t their killer…but someone very close to Michelle was hiding a terrible secret.

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Episode Source List:
https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2026/ap-77-125.html

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914b52dadd7b04934770fe1 

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2011/21125.html 

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/irvanwilliam.html  

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/years-later-dna-links-man-to-woman-s-death-1997244.php 

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/houstonchronicle/name/william-irvan-obituary?id=27975915