Laurie Shaver's Daughter Testifies About Father's Murder: 'I Shot Him'

[@corinnegreene-ward3239]

Why would she even let her daughter take the stand. If she was any kind of mother she would take the charge. Disgusting. Throw the mom in prison.

[@violethutson8467]

Not her choice

[@Aboma2012]

@@violethutson8467 no her choice she could take plea deal and no go to trial. She could have gotten 30 years or less. Even 40 is better. She murdered her husband

[@lynngallagher7456]

Because she’s a loser… It takes two to argue… And then she starts dating when he’s just removed from the house not a divorce. She didn’t leave him. She just started dating so scared of him was she? This child is so pathetic. Shame on her.

[@terrybunsey8015]

She really thought she was going to get away with this and thank goodness for the niece who kept trying to get a hold of her Uncle and I can’t believe she would let her daughter testify about this and it was definitely rehearsed

[@terrybunsey8015]

@@lynngallagher7456that’s why she’s changed her story once again and it’s pretty pathetic how rehearsed the daughters testimony was and for her to lie about her Dad when would’ve been only 7 years old and maybe she was made to stay in her room because her mother was having an affair and he didn’t want his daughter involved. As she rocks back and forth in her chair

[@debsea2759]

Honestly even IF this was true….you don’t bury him in the yard and have parties on top of him. This woman is evil to the core. To put her daughter through this to save her skin is disgusting. She better testify now!

[@kerri-lynbryant293]

Went to school.after she shot her Dad. Nup! 7 years old. NO WAY!!

[@stephenr7176]

For goodness's sake lawyer...SPEAK INTO THE MIC!!!!!!!

[@EliseCosta-vm9gn]

How completely disgusting that this MOTHER is having her DAUGHTER blame herself.

[@tringe22]

She got her daughter to LIE for her!!! Absolutely despicable!! Even if any of this bogus story were true... you would NOT take your daughter to school right after such a traumatic event!!!!! You would call 911 Immediately!! Its INSANE!!!!

[@MarietaTruter]

So a seven-year-old child knows how to handle and retrieve a firearm? And then still hit the mark? Then go to school as if nothing happened? Biggest BS I've ever heard!!

[@loriecherny7411]

Exactly!!! Wtf

[@katelynburgess7720]

And then Jereme came in at that very second, took the gun off isobel and shot Michael in exactly the same place as isobel did 🤦‍♀️🙄

[@karyne826]

She’s sounding like her mother.

[@govindagovindaji4662]

She said her brother actually took the gun and shot him next.

[@govindagovindaji4662]

@@karyne826 She sounds plausible to me. Young people accustomed to heated fights and violence are able to withhold and/or exchange emotions on a dime. They've had to over and again to keep from getting hurt.

[@americansunbeam]

She has been manipulated in protecting her mother.

[@kerri-lynbryant293]

Agreed. 💯 poor girl.

[@cherylg46]

What 7 yr old child shoots their dad & goes off to school & asks normal? If thats all true, got a killer in the making!

[@Bigbadmilf]

‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@princessT-dot]

Her mom manipulated into her believing that she did this. In any 7 year old would be in shock and it would be very traumatic for her to just to go to school

[@January.]

*acts normal

[@January.]

​@@princessT-dot*manipulated her into believing that she did this.

[@hope199]

Is the defendant out on bail? If yes, it's outrageous. Does this "daughter" live with her? IF yes, it's outrageous.

[@Nurturing2]

Yes, she was living her life fully all these years. She had custody of her daughter for the nine years it took to get to trial.

[@ChildOfGod3773]

She doesn’t sound like she’s telling the truth IMO

[@67italiana]

The immediate change in her voice, after the lawyer told her to relax...Creepy.

[@dianepalarino4525]

@@ChildOfGod3773 I agree

[@jonimestas9692]

Sounds scripted.

[@katelynburgess7720]

​@@67italianaI thought the same. Crying IMMEDIATELY stopped in a second! This is sooo rehearsed. Poor kid has been brainwashed

[@govindagovindaji4662]

@@67italiana She sounds plausible to me. Young people accustomed to heated fights and violence are able to withhold and/or exchange emotions on a dime. They've had to over and again to keep from getting hurt. And when what they perceive as an authority figure tells them to, it is especially true. They likely rehearsed some too, but he should have allowed her to express herself however it came out, if for no other reason then to help release the trauma. She sounds credible and it sounds plausible to me.

[@bozz3002]

no way she remembers all those details at 5yr old

[@geoffpoole483]

7, but you're right.

[@princessT-dot]

Not true anything that's traumatic that happened to you as a child you will remember it

[@bozz3002]

@@princessT-dot not a chance

[@katelynburgess7720]

She was 7, but still incapable of remembering all that. She certainly wouldn't have been able to go to school and act normal after that. Lori said her son didn't know what had happened and didn't hear anything, but later said the kids heard her and Michael screaming at each other. He would have heard a gun shot too, but he also went to school and got on with his day as normal 😮

[@Nurturing2]

@@princessT-dotI think I’ve heard psychologists say this as well.

[@southernfreedom1883]

Lemme get this right, The 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SHOT HER DAD IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD?! 🤦‍♀️ Come on🙄🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ This mother is throwing her young daughter UNDER THE BUS! DISGUSTING 🤮🤮

[@MsFitz11]

And then went to school like any other day…do they think anyone is going to believe this BS??

[@southernfreedom1883]

@@DJ-769 EXACTLY! Well said!👏👏👏

[@karyne826]

She didn’t bring her daughter up to be honest. That’s sad.

[@bebomora7391]

I am disgusted by this! This girl was clearly trained by her mother to say these things. I can’t believe how terrible of a mother this is. She killed her husband buried him in the back yard case closed! Poor child

[@kerri-lynbryant293]

Truly awful. This girl has raised her disabled brother for her useless mother as well. Awful!

[@williamloree905]

Her mother must be a narcissist - that she would sacrifice her daughter for a crime she did not commit-

[@namastea]

Sociopath too

[@sentimentsinpaper2677]

Didn't the state call her?

[@cyntar556]

​@@sentimentsinpaper2677she's a witness for the defense

[@PrincessPattyPumpkin]

The daughter has immunity, I believe. So if she's aquitted, it's a win-win.

[@patrickosmium733]

I know nothing about this case, but i know a liar when i hear one.

[@markkuhexen-sonderauftrag7760]

Maybe she forgot to shave her father?

[@govindagovindaji4662]

No, you don't.

[@steelhurricane4041]

Yes, she is trying to save her mom from prison. And yes she's lying for her.

[@mandieemberton2705]

She was a child, she would have had zero idea who instigated the fights, the dynamics in the relationship. She's only be told the mum version

[@crystaljudy8130]

She is lying to save her mom why would Jeremy come over there to help hurt the dad then turn and tell the kids he was gonna hurt them that doesn't make sense this is so disturbing I hope the jury sees through this wow

[@tamidavis2008]

She is protecting mom. Definitely rehearsed

[@katelynburgess7720]

​@@DJ-769she said her dad started shaking after she shot her dad, even though there was only one bullet entrance, which Jereme allegedly shot. Also, Lori said Michael was still kicking her after Isobel shot him 🤔🤷‍♀️

[@mellylander]

I can’t see her and still can’t believe anything she said

[@TeeJayNZ]

The father worked nights and so the kids had to spend time in their rooms “all the time “ probably so he could sleep but this wouldn’t have been “all the time “ they were supposedly at school 5 days a week . I believe she is lying to protect her best friend/mother .

[@jbt8922]

He did all that to her mom while sitting in the chair. That is a complete lie. Laurie snuck up behind him a shot him.

[@steelhurricane4041]

Yep. Laurie executed Michael.

[@rdmontes08]

What MOTHER allows her daughter to take the blame. I would go to prison myself before I would allow my child to take the blame for anything. No matter what really happened. Which I doubt we are hearing the truth from either of them.

[@angierabie4634]

Same ! This makes me sick!

[@govindagovindaji4662]

So, you are saying you would lie to the court ("no matter what happened") to protect your child but are furious at Laurie for what you think is lying to the court. Makes sense.

[@JaimeRodriguez-wf1vr]

Daughter sounds completely coached for so many years she may believe the bs

[@Summbeach]

Mother also told her you were 7 there will be no charges

[@funkfunkable]

Jereme was NEVER at your house...

[@funkfunkable]

Defense attorney keeps referring to her DAD as Michael...Defense tactic to distance her from her dad.

[@katelynburgess7720]

That defence lawyer is a disgrace

[@moda78z]

That woman is pure evil. Her poor daughter. I’m shocked she took it so far to save her own skin. She sacrificed her own daughter.

[@sul1582]

She know that her daughter will not be put in prison that's why the mother is putting the killing of the husband on the shoulders of her 7 yes old daughter at that time. She's an evil mum, pure narc and psychopath to do such thing to her daughter, pure evil mother.

[@MercyLou22]

“We’re very close. We do everything together.” Meaning - I will say whatever my mom tells me to say.

[@tringe22]

"Shes like my Mom and best friend all in one. We do everything together." As in, Id lie to keep my mom from going to prison in a heartbeat!!!

[@nancypeterson7494]

How many times did daughter call 911 when he was violent several times a month, daily fighting....

[@bkkmk]

weird how there's no details from daugther or mother about how mike reacts to being shot the first time. It's almost like he's not even there. And daugther says she's used to those kinda events, so she had a normal day at school. Like shooting your own father dead is something she's done often.

[@katelynburgess7720]

Isobel said her dad started shaking/convulsing after she shot him, which is obviously a lie 🙄

[@starttheconvopod]

So she hears an argument, grabs the gun, shoots him once while aiming towards his head but doesn’t see any blood, doesn’t notice anything, Jeremy comes and shoots him again….. and she just walks to her elementary school as normal…

[@FMT2003]

And she said he had her Mom on the ground, kicking her but when she shot him he was in the chair? Oops!

[@southernfreedom1883]

@@FMT2003I CAUGHT THAT!!

[@starttheconvopod]

@@FMT2003good catch!

[@funkfunkable]

That's what mom wants YOU to believe..laughable 😮

[@CatchingRec]

Typical Tuesday for me !

[@debsea2759]

This will make jury see the mom for what she is.

[@StellaFl]

The story she's trying to sell is complete and utter BS. They had to come up with a plausible explanation as to how a 7yo could shoot an adult in the head (the entrance hole was round not oblong ) so he had to be sitting down. And then they had to explain self defense so she says he was kicking her mother viciously WHILE sitting down. 🙄🙄

[@geoffpoole483]

Didn't she say he was kicking the mother while sitting down and while he had a foot on her head? It's not possible to kick viciously in that position.

[@StellaFl]

@@geoffpoole483 Exactly!!! And let's assume he did it somehow. He would have to be sitting on the chair and leaning forward. But when he was shot he remained in place and did not fall forward?

[@lynngallagher7456]

Wow, this child’s been coached by mommy… No child of 15 talks like that. They just don’t.

[@queendom6321]

I beg to differ

[@joer8761]

Obviously she is mature for her age regardless

[@kolleenkehm]

Obviously coached over the years to “tell the truth”

[@steelhurricane4041]

She has no emotion that girl. If this really occurred, she would be traumatized remembering the day she killed her father. It's made up by mom, to escape responsibility.

[@betty-janececile5214]

I hope mike has family to testify

[@LisaMarie22-p7j]

The part where she says she didn’t act different after the killing because violence was a part of their lives. Uh-uh. It’s scripted.

[@AfterTheRains]

Even if violence was usual, murder wasn’t.

[@Lorri-dr4ft]

The mom better never make her daughter mad because she will spill the beans. This case is a trip!

[@Summbeach]

Double jeopardy she don’t care

[@LifeisGoodyGood]

‘Hey, mom..I want a new car, jewelry and a new wardrobe.’ Because IF I don’t get these things I’m telling the entire truth

[@robinsmith3987]

Who poured the cement slab that concealed the body ??? Strange case....poor young girl

[@katelynburgess7720]

Her new husband, Trevor

[@tarawible2151]

Makes no sense at all if jeremy came in and did what the kid says then why not call cops beings that would definitely look like a self defense type thing. And for the girl to be so young and do that instead of screaming and crying at the dad to stop i mean common this is so coached the mom had to minipilat the kid this dosent even sound half true this is messed up i think the mom did it and minipulated the girl and jeremy is thrown in because mom was mad he didnt leave his wife so this was a payback this woman is insane

[@katelynburgess7720]

Spot on 👌

[@MsSista77]

If it was self-defense you call 911 not bury the body in the backyard. Oh right, Jereme miraculously appeared, killed Michael to protect them and then threatened to kill the people he just protected. The mom and defense lawyer shoukd have thought of a better story to feed to this poor girl.

[@davidhaney1394]

shes lying through her teeth , and her mother is a disgrace for letting her

[@TheQueenOfBedlam]

I mean even if the daughter did it, I’d never say a word or let her testify. I’d fight it another way but not by throwing my kid under the bus 😢

[@JANNETTEHEROLD06]

This isn’t the first time a mother has put a murder on their own child. The Mom is a manipulator. Sadly there are these so called mothers out here that will sacrifice anyone for themselves. Let’s paint the dad in the worst light possible and say well my kid did it. I don’t believe a word that girl is saying

[@funkfunkable]

Word for word..her mothers testimony used the exact same wording!!

[@brandybiscoff9685]

I don’t believe the 7 year old shot him, this is absurd. She’s clearly been manipulated by her crazy mom. But let’s pretend the kid did shoot him- Laurie Shaver should still be convicted for letting a 7 year old have access to a gun.

[@P1nkBanj0]

And then there's the burying of him in their yard.

[@HollyGW]

Yes!

[@HollyGW]

​@@P1nkBanj0 absolutely!!

[@MsFitz11]

Exactly!!

[@Whatscomingdownthepipe]

That’s right, and she would be charged with manslaughter and get 25 years.

[@preciouslittlelambsrebornn4639]

I think she's trying to protect her mom cause of how old she was at the time there's no way she would if sent her daughter to school that day.

[@taintedlove202]

I saw this on Law & Order. They are copying the “reasonable doubt” plan by having the kid say they did it.

[@lynngallagher7456]

See a picture of her dad all bloody and doesn’t even have any emotion about it. Such a horrible dad out all night working paying for the house and the clothes and the food and everything else. Oh horrible dad 🙄

[@aunt.minna33]

Do you realize this kid has been manipulated for years by a disturbed evil woman? Her mother's truth is all she knows.

[@TT-dv9er]

Her mom coached her. That's obvious. Her mom is such a liar.

[@judygagnon6676]

Daughter is lying to,protect mother...my opinion. I sure hope Noone believes this kid.

[@kerri-lynbryant293]

Sad.

[@TT-dv9er]

Burying the body is what did you in. You can't do that.

[@foreverblessed879]

Hopefully when she grows up and becomes an adult she will tell the the true story

[@kerri-lynbryant293]

And... HEAL! Poor darling.

[@funkfunkable]

Oh she'll write a book, movie of the week too..

[@Summbeach]

She’s gonna burn some boy bad if she don’t get help stat!

[@xugalovin7414]

Dont think she should until all appeals are dealt with

[@starttheconvopod]

If the daughter if lying for her Mom than she needs to be charged as an adult and go to jail for perjury and accessory after the fact to learn her lesson. She’s consciously doing this for her best friend/mom.

[@JennyGtbay]

Her mother has had so many years to brainwash and get her story straight. If you take the blame then mommy won’t have to go to jail. Moms playing with her hair while the daughter is testifying

[@starttheconvopod]

@@DJ-769you know how many teenagers are in prison for doing things for their terrible parents? Why is she any different?

[@katelynburgess7720]

She has immunity, thankfully

[@katelynburgess7720]

​@@starttheconvopodshe has been brainwashed for the past 8/9 years

[@dawncrossland3028]

They Didn’t charge Chad Daybell’s Adult kids.

[@katelynburgess7720]

She's had her hair and nails done especially for prison. The inmates will be delighted she made such an effort 😂

[@magdasmith1421]

Daughter sounds do rehearsed and the mother seems like she has no care in the world. She needs to be in prison.

[@juliebianchi2163]

I'm sickened that this monster and her child would implicate an innocent man by saying he shot Michael too.

[@susanyamini]

She sounds like her mother a liar.

[@lsen9015]

Poor voice quality- cannot hear

[@dancemad1000]

Click on Closed Captioning.

[@tringe22]

How would a 7 year old know where to find a gun, know it was actually loaded, know how to turn the safety off, know how to aim perfectly, etc ... Come on now!!!! This is sooooooo ridiculous!!!

[@ChildOfGod3773]

Almost half the video is silent 🤦‍♀️

[@AirQuotes848]

I noticed that

[@funkfunkable]

Because they are at the Sidebar They mute the mics

[@StevensToeBeans]

And this 7 yr old remembers all those details of the incident, I just don’t believe this story is possible. And no PTSD for the child either 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@rogcat7181]

My mom "trained" me young as well. It's deep manipulation and causes many issues once you grow up and become aware of it. It rocks your mind.

[@deborahanderson1686]

Defense atty sounds like Dr. Phil.

[@ajendrapratap7903]

Yes I thought so too.

[@funkfunkable]

More like Bob Ross. Tvs famous painter😮

[@EmperorOfMan]

Some boy at her school is gonna make the biggest mistake of his life

[@Timmichanga361]

This happened nearly 10 yrs ago...so a 5 yr old is this gifted as to paint a vivid picture of an abusive father and household. This sounds like a story that has been hammered into her head over 10 yrs and rehearsed over and over. I do not believe that anyone else was involded. I do not believe that either the ex boyfriend had anything to do with the death or that her current husband knowingly covered it up.

[@Summbeach]

Same exact story mom is saying right now to the letter.

[@katelynburgess7720]

She was 7

[@steelhurricane4041]

Laurie hid it from all the men. Only her daughter knew the truth.

[@Summbeach]

@@steelhurricane4041 we all knew the truth and the man was caught doing the concrete

[@deborah3912]

the defense lawyer tells her to "speak up please" he should follow his own advice. This is just wrong, that girl didn't shoot anyone. So rehearsed, just ridiculous, shame on this loser for using her daughter to coverup what she has done.

[@phoebeb.332]

Kids shouldn’t be testifying. Period.

[@ragingrah3789]

What is up with this defense attorney’s voice? He always sounds like he’s addressing 5 year olds.

[@katelynburgess7720]

Ikr. Droning and patronising

[@NadineDelange-dx8ol]

The story told is full of holes. This poor girl is going to go through some real troubles later on thanks to her mom. I wonder what happened to " my children are my life"? Mine are too and I would never ever subject one of them to this sort of trauma because she hopes she will get away with murder. Hopefully the jury will see it for what it is and throw her in prison. Shame on her lawyer gor using a tender aged child in this manner.

[@laurac2424]

“Or you believe you shot him?” Excuse me sir, what? So the attorney knows this is BS, but is willing to perpetuate this lie and torture this girl into thinking she shot and killed her own dad??? This is sick.

[@marsargoxmiso1695]

Laurie has 9 years to come up with this defense that her daughter did the killing, either excuse she throws doesn’t explain her behavior after the fact, any normal person would have called the police. To sit here and brainwash your child to confess to a crime she did not commit is nothing short of narcissism at its finest, imagine your mother killed your father and coax you to take the fall, I can’t even imagine the amount of healing that this child is going to have to do when her mother goes to prison for life.

[@junacrause8688]

Another attorney that does not know about a mic

[@Amanda_007]

It was a half way believable story till she said, he said he would do the same to me and my brother.

[@Summbeach]

I can’t believe a judge allowed this

[@attornurse1]

Wow - Laurie tried to frame Jereme Townsend and her daughter . So sad . What a POS MOTHER

[@johnwodetzki6326]

Why no one says that the actual court crap happens at 15:50 is ridiculous

[@jeanP924]

My husband said that the little girl wouldn't be able to shoot a 38 handgun or aim and fire without the gun going offin a violent resulting in the gun moving upwards. The little girl didn't shoot her father.

[@katysmith-n2y]

Hope she is charged for lying so blatantly under oath

[@BeeHash]

Holy creepy voiced lawyer Batman.

[@dianepalarino4525]

I hear nothing how about anyone else ?

[@katelynburgess7720]

What gets me about this kid, is she's all emotional now at age 15, nearer 16, yet she didn't shed a tear when it happened aged 7? She just went to school like normal? BS!!

[@aliciareyna4342]

Not me, I don't believe her.

[@JanetSmith900]

She and her mother are very close at she would do and say anything for her mother. I'm only a few minutes in and i don't believe her.

[@MsFitz11]

He would drug her water?? Really?? How does a child know that? This charade was an embarrassment to the criminal justice system and this attorney needs to go before the ethics committee for knowingly putting lying witnesses on the stand.

[@countrygirl5016]

None of this seems true which if it isn't is shocking that the mother is putting her child through this. How is her dad sitting when she shot him if he was beating the mother? What are the odds a third party just arrives and immediately shoots again then threatens them with death if they tell anyone. Then a young girl just behaves normally at school after all that. Sorry this seems fanciful

[@annbremner3292]

Cannot hear Defence lawyer

[@sheilarainey218]

Bonus

[@foreverblessed879]

Where’s all the Kleenex for her daughter? When she testified she kept grabbing tissue after every question but with her daughter she can’t manage a tear? Also Isabelle sounds very rehearsed, if she’s the one that did it then why can’t they try her as an adult?

[@colinstephen2018]

She's been well coached but she's saying too much though in defense of her mother and comes across as biased and a liar, she thinks the jury will buy her little act, i think not.

[@geoffpoole483]

The testimony is too elaborate; she was 7 when this incident supposedly happened.

[@colinstephen2018]

@@geoffpoole483 yes and most 7yos would struggle to pull the trigger on most guns, it's not like they are like toy guns and you just click the trigger, you really need some strength to shoot some guns and for a 7yo to perfectly shoot someone in the head and then say nothing happened and she saw no blood isn't believable at all.

[@dawncrossland3028]

@@colinstephen2018 Exactly!

[@Janeymw]

The mother has control over this child

[@celticwarrior777]

That mother should have never exposed her kids to that violence or thay loser of a so called father

[@TheFreenee]

I must have missed cross exam of both dependent and child...has this happened yet?

[@funkfunkable]

I have been looking too. I seen Laurie's testimony by the defense but no cross yet for her or her daughter.

[@musicmaniarat]

The mom had years to tell her daughter “the story.” I wouldn’t shame this girl. She lost her dad, and now her mom- she had years of manipulation from her mother. Also… regardless of who did it the mother didn’t report a MURDER.

[@Melody33812]

Does he sound like Nicholas Cage?

[@userGIGI55]

She’s protecting her mom

[@annbremner3292]

Never looked at her daughter

[@AirQuotes848]

I don't recall things much from my childhood like she seems to vivid memories I'd say😮

[@leslieseguin7021]

Come on he’s purposely walking away from the microphone

[@thankfulfarmersdaughter4656]

Moms fidgeting gives it all awat

[@patriciafroelich-pilichows841]

What a bunch of bull…..s….

[@cindipage9100]

Apple didn't fall far from the tree of Evil!