store but not that night. they said we can t go through somebody was killed. she was a young wife and mother minding the store for her husband, was it robbery? revenge? or something else? we might want to look at his relationship with his employee. years past without an arrest, but for one prosecutor this cold case was personal. that was the case that was unsolved. the clues that lovers tranquil, cash and updated lady. he said it looked like a woman in figure, a really thin guy. mystery with so many head snapping turns. it took two trials. you 18 years for justice, only to have the carpet pulled off from under you. to uncover the truth. we have a verdict. what was it the truth? and adultery is a person who has an evil thing, that does not make a murderer. i looked at him and said let s go to the comic book store and help with the party. we pulled up at the party the police stop this, i knew immediately all the crime scene tape was there and they sa
nothing going on, it was all an act. the police meanwhile were chasing down bank robbers, insurance policies looking for leads on the speeding car. the man in the greek fisherman s cap, the so-called bearded lady and whether this could have been a botched robbery after all. they were also getting a crash course on the value of vintage comics. unhappily for them the case detectives hadn t found the gun, and hope for forensics like a bloody print just weren t there. the investigators were getting calls on the qt about michael george maybe having across front. when did you learn about his shop assistant name rene? that was two days later. we start receiving phone calls from people advising this that we might want to look at his relationship with his employ name rene. a little cozy, check it out? yes. it was barb george who met and befriended renee, renee at their children s school, and brought her to work at the
population 4000. an old coal mining town. on the main drive there they had opened their new shop comics world. with his two kids and renee s five being raised together in their spacious new home, they found friends in the town among the other parents involved in their kids sports teams. michael coach pastor brad s daughter in basketball, he had never missed a game. tremendous family man, respected business person in the community. jeff lively had the electrical supply chop three blocks down from comics world. his life was for the kids. and, i would have to save his life was for running. he treated her like gold. the georges endeared themselves were towns where families went back for generation and raising money for the make-a-wish foundation. beside his good work, his friend say he was just fun. he always had a smile on his face, always joking, everybody enjoyed being around him.
comic book store. renee had five children and needed the money, her floundering marriage had ended in divorce just three weeks before barbs murder. not long after they married barbara, mary shamo remembers dropping it unexpectedly a comic book shop along with her boyfriend joe and they got a shock. they sought michael and renee, the shop assistant, canoodling. they didn t see us pull up, they were close and they were giggling in their arms crossed over to each other and when you lose somebody in your life you kind of look around at the world and say what is going on? what does the world keep moving when i just lost somebody so important? and here this man is just he s happy as a clamp. you wouldn t think he had any care in the world where he was carrying out with her. michael and renee would set up a new home together with the help of 130,000 lights insurance payout on barb that he had received as beneficiary. is he becoming what cops call a person of interest? yes, at that poi
jury? i think motive is important. and it was easy. $130,000 in insurance proceeds. and the fact that he really didn t want to be married, he didn t like his wife, he found her completely unattractive. he wanted a new life. in his opening argument, prosecutor steve fox told jurors that a 1990, michael george was having a torrid affair with a shop assistant. renee. now his 2nd wife. he wanted to get rid of his overweight wife, and move on to something better. before the murder, the husband wasn t bothering to hide his disdain for his wife barbara. according to this prosecution witness. raise your right hand. teresa testified that she anderson went to comics world the saturday before the murder. michael, barbara and their 2 young daughters were in the store when teresa walked in. i had remark to him how beautiful his little girls were. what did you? say that if it wasn t for his daughters, that he would not have been with his wife.