way to get rid of it, and waited while her parents watched their movie and fell asleep. she walked into the bedroom, placed the gun over her father s head, squeezed the trigger. then she placed the gun to the chest and she fired the second round. as far as prosecutor billy west was concerned, elizabeth s tale had the ring of truth. i think she did it at the behest of her mother and in some respects to please her mother. so in exchange for her testimony, the da offered liz a deal. instead of life without parole, she could plead guilty and get a sentence of 25 to 31 years. we felt that was appropriate. offered joan the same plea deal that elizabeth had been offered. so that offer was extended by the state. no, i wasn t going to do it. why not? because when you re innocent, you re not going to say you did
something you didn t so it didn t sound surprising that liz would try to set up her mom like that. because as a child, if there was trouble, liz was usually there. but she always had to share the blame. she blamed somebody else? oh, yeah. even if she was caught red handed? absolutely. elizabeth always shared the blame. so now joan shannon s fate would be decided by a jury. da billy west told them about joan and david s swinging lifestyle. joan s affair. jeffrey wilson s claim she wanted to run away with him financed with insurance money from david s death. then there was the allegation that joan tried to poison david. and testimony from a young man who insisted joan asked elizabeth to recruit him to commit the murder and
shannon s own mother and sister insisted, elizabeth was a devious and manipulative liar. especially when she got herself in a jam. so it didn t sound surprising that liz would try to set up her mom like that. because as a child, if there was trouble, liz was usually there. but she always had to share the blame. she blamed somebody else? oh, yeah. even if she was caught red handed? absolutely. elizabeth always shared the blame. so now joan shannon s fate would be decided by a jury. da billy west told them about joan and david s swinging lifestyle. joan s affair. jeffrey wilson s claim she wanted to run away with him financed with insurance money from david s death. then there was the allegation that joan tried to poison david. and testimony from a young man who insisted joan asked elizabeth to recruit him to commit the murder and dispose of the gun.
joan shannon will spend the rest of her life in prison for orchestrating the murder. she has no chance of parole. no more appeals. and elizabeth who actually pulled the trigger? she, too, was sent to prison for at least 25 years courtesy of the deal she cut with the da. i told the truth from day one. i wouldn t gain anything by lying. i would just sabotage my own life in the process. it doesn t make sense. they are in separate prisons now. two hours apart by car. but really a world away. we asked if they wanted to speak to each other, make peace, perhaps. look at our camera, we suggested. speak from the heart. i still love i still love you, elizabeth. it s very complicated. it s very difficult.
something that you didn t. besides, as victim david shannon s own mother and sister insisted, elizabeth was a devious and manipulative liar. especially when she got herself in a jam. so it didn t sound surprising that liz would try to set up her mom like that. because as a child, if there was trouble, liz was usually there. but she always had to share the blame. she blamed somebody else? oh, yeah. even if she was caught red handed? absolutely. elizabeth always shared the blame. so now joan shannon s fate would be decided by a jury. da billy west told them about joan and david s swinging lifestyle. joan s affair. jeffrey wilson s claim she wanted to run away with him financed with insurance money from david s death. then there was the allegation that joan tried to poison david. and testimony from a young man who insisted joan asked elizabeth to recruit him to