Description
On New Year’s day of 2012, 38 year old Shelby Wilkie went missing. She left behind her three month old daughter. Shelby had been planning to leave her abusive husband. Michael Wilkie eventually admitted to burning Shelby’s body, though he insisted he didn’t kill her. He claimed that she committed suicide due to post partum depression. But the blood evidence in their home told a very different story.
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Resources
US National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
UK Domestic Abuse Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Australia Rape & Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-737-732
Canada: http://thelifelinecanada.ca./help/call/
Show Notes
Episode suggested by Teresa Haynes
Written, hosted, produced by Erica Kelley
Researched by Erica Kelley
Original Graphic Art by Coley Horner
Original Music by Rob Harrison-Gamma Radio
Sources
https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&pdf=33957
https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-found-north-carolina-womans-killer/story?id=30371443
https://www.exploreasheville.com/
https://www.speakcdn.com/assets/2497/domestic_violence2.pdf
https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=245
https://www.ozy.com/acumen/us-domestic-violence-murder-rate-rises/89868/
https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/06/us/domestic-intimate-partner-violence-fast-facts/index.html