he had made an arrest that afternoon at cub foods. the police had been there. since michael had an alibi, investigators turned their attention to karyn s current boyfriend, david swann. he d had some run-ins with law enforcement. he had been put on probation in the past. he had pretended to be or impersonate a law enforcement officer in the past. he had spent time in a mental ward at a hospital. 34-year-old david swann had been dating karyn for only a short time. a background check revealed a disturbing incident. he had been involved in killing a deer and then had put the deer over a swimming pool and had used a chainsaw or like instrument to clean the deer. and due to the fact karyn had been dismembered and we weren t exactly sure what the means of dismemberment were, we were interested in information like that.
lake shelbyville and abandoned her car along the deserted highway. but the forensic evidence linked the slovers to the murder in every imaginable way. obviously, this was a highly circumstantial case, but the forensic evidence we had was pretty clear cut. although michael jr. was working at the time of the murder, he called his parents 12 times that weekend and helped clean up the crime scene afterwards. prosecutors were convinced he was actively involved in planning the murder and coverup. the three slovers were all convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 60 years in prison. we were delighted that it was finally over and the fact that all three of them were found guilty was even a major blessing because we felt all three of
interstate. there was many theories. one, was she abducted by a pervert, serial killer-type investigation? the first potential suspect was her ex-husband, michael, the father of her little boy. there was obviously some violence in that relationship. we talked to several people who indicated that michael had battered her in the past. i don t think it was a good relationship. karyn wasn t very fond of michael s family either. they were the ones baby-sitting karyn s son, christopher, on the day of her murder. karyn had a tough time with her ex-in-laws. they re the ones who watched her son, and it was frequently stressful when she either would go to drop him off or to pick him up. but karyn s former husband, michael slover, had an alibi for the time of karyn s disappearance. he was working as a security guard at cub foods.
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 at miracle motors cleaning up the lot, cutting brush, cutting