person involved in this. you couldn t leave a vehicle along the interstate and walk back to wherever you left from. someone had to drive there and pick you up and take you back. so, who would have had the motive and the opportunity to commit this crime? karyn s ex-husband, michael, had an alibi for the night of the murder, but his parents did not. they were the ones watching karyn s son, christopher, on the day of the murder. michael slover sr., he works at a power plant in the decatur area. and once he clocked out, he has no alibi after that time. jeannette slover, who wasn t employed or anything, she had no alibi or anybody to corroborate their alibi. 51-year-old jeannette slover detested her ex-daughter-in-law karyn, and everyone knew how much she loved her 3-year-old grandson, christopher. i think the relationship between jeannette and the boy
was not normal, that jeannette treated the boy as her own and actually believed it was her own son. in fact, she told friends that after christopher was born, she began breast-feeding him. investigators checked telephone records and discovered that michael jr. called his parents 12 times on the weekend of the murder. also suspicious, the slovers owned a used car lot just one mile from their house. the lot, patrolled by two junkyard dogs, was always dirty and in disrepair. just after karyn disappeared, neighbors said the lot got a makeover. michael jr. and michael sr. were seen by the neighbors out at miracle motors cleaning up the lot, cutting brush, cutting weeds, burning items. was it possible they were trying to remove something
investigators now suspected that her ex-in-laws were involved. the motive? karyn s former mother-in-law, jeannette, wanted sole custody of her 3-year-old grandson. i think jeannette slover is filled with rage. i think that the relationship between jeannette and karyn was not good. i think that jeannette felt like the boy was her own, that karyn was a threat to take the boy from her, and she had to eliminate the threat. investigators found no forensic evidence inside the slovers house, but concrete from their used car lot was consistent with concrete found in the garbage bags with karyn s body. investigators wanted more proof and went to unusual lengths to get it. they called in the army to help them remove all the topsoil from
dogs, and scientists wondered if the hair on the duct tape came from one of them. the analysis of animal dna for forensic applications is unusual in that there are probably on three or four labs in the country that do it. only one of the six dog hairs from the duct tape provided enough dna for an analysis. we concluded that there was a dna match between the hair on the duct tape and the referenced dog, and, therefore, the chances were very high that the hairs came from the same dog. jeannette and michael slover sr. and their son, michael jr., were all charged with first-degree murder. michael jr. was charged because he aided his parents in the planning and commission of the crime. the motive? the slovers were afraid karyn
more than two years after karyn slover s murder, investigators now suspected that her ex-in-laws were involved. the motive? karyn s former mother-in-law, jeannette, wanted sole custody of her 3-year-old grandson. i think jeannette slover is filled with rage. i think that the relationship between jeannette and karyn was not good. i think that jeannette felt like the boy was her own, that karyn was a threat to take the boy from her, and she had to eliminate the threat. investigators found no forensic evidence inside the slovers house, but concrete from their used car lot was consistent with concrete found in the garbage bags with karyn s body. investigators wanted more proof and went to unusual lengths to get it. they called in the army to help