Lindsay Shiver Challenges Bahamas Murder Plot Case Over July 16 Jurisdiction
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Lindsay Shiver Challenges Bahamas Murder Plot Case Over July 16 Jurisdiction
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Summary
July 16, 2023 is now central to Lindsay Shiver’s defense, with her U.S. attorney arguing Bahamas prosecutors cannot try her because evidence shows she was in the United States that day.
Craig Shirley called the location dispute a legally fatal jurisdictional defect, saying the indictment wrongly places Shiver in the Bahamas when the alleged conspiracy to kill her husband occurred.
The case stems from a July 2023 Abaco bar break-in investigation, when police found WhatsApp messages on a suspect’s phone that allegedly included Robert Shiver’s photos and the words “Kill him.”
Shiver, 36, along with Adrien Bethel and Faron Newbold Jr., was arrested in the Bahamas and charged with conspiracy to commit murder; all three have pleaded not guilty.
The allegations unfolded amid Shiver’s bitter divorce and custody fight with former Auburn football player Robert Shiver, while her defense says the messages were taken out of context and the charges should be dropped.