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Woody Overton
Hello everybody and welcome to this episode of True Crime time for Saturday August 2nd, 2025. And I'm Woody Overton. I'm Cindy Overton doing it again bringing it you on a Saturday. Yes yes, yes. Y' all couple things to discuss real quick. The this might kind of be a hodgepodge episode mixture of different stuff but.
Cindy Overton
The first of all.
Woody Overton
YT I guess I have to say that because it's going to be on y' all our videos will be posted on Tik tok if we can work that out now until we get our YT or y tbe channel restore because if you don't know by now somebody hacked our and and they got our Gmail account. If you go to to YT and search for real life for crime it says we've been removed for violating community standards or some like that. That's not true. They all YT channels are run through Gmail and they hacked our gmail and erase 7 years of real life real crime. And that's okay the you know Cindy's actively working on recovering it and if that's the worst we get the worst that the people that hate us and of course we're doing hashtag just for Bradley hashtag justice for AO and of course hashtag justice miss Barbara blind and hashtag justice for Haley. And I can give you I can give you three guesses of which case that they're attacking us from and and it's not Ms. Barbara Blonson. It's not Haley's the. But it doesn't matter. That's the cost of being in war or going to war with the powers that be and the bad people and all that, you're going to get blowback. I expect it. We. We've always gotten it in every case we've ever done. When we. When we piss off people that don't want to be pissed off.
Unknown
Well, it just speaks to me that you're on the right direction.
Woody Overton
Oh, it's. It's.
Unknown
You know what I mean?
Woody Overton
Like, I really, really, really. I. And. And I did do a tik tok yesterday where I went out when I went off and. But the threats that I made, I promise you, I'm going to deliver on them. But just like on Haley's case, where you don't want to rush it, that, you know, the DA's investigating and now that you. You don't want to rush them. I'm not rushing this. The. For every bad thing like that. And look, they got some great people in Vernon Parish. I'm talking about outstanding people. And I have hundreds of tips that have been called in by concerned citizens. You know, a lot of them relate to the case, cases, Bradley's case and the AO's case, and a lot of them don't. But, you know, they really tell the things that. And the peripheral of the cases. And of course, some of them are just people that, you know, are trying to stop me from doing what I'm doing and making threats and stuff like that. And. And that's okay, too, the, you know, thick skin. And I don't ever worry about the people who make threats because they're just keyboard warriors. It's the ones who don't make the threats that you have to worry about. But the good people of Burning Parish. Holy smokes. And so I want to give a shout out to them. They're amazing. The people that are coming forward after all these years and given information that have been scared to do so before, whether it's because there's murderers, that schmurders out there and there are schmurders out there have to say that y', all, because this is going on tick tock. And they won't allow you to say M U R D E R. And. Or they're afraid of their law enforcement. And that's not me. I didn't make this up. I don't have any. I don't know any of those people, the powers that be, personally. And I'm going off of what they've done to me and what they've done or haven't done in this case.
Unknown
Exactly.
Woody Overton
So. But. So shout out to the good people of Burning Parish who care. The great people of Vernon Parish. We love y'. All. All right.
Unknown
You've even had some good cops calling you.
Woody Overton
Oh, yeah, absolutely. It's all people. Law enforcement. Yeah. Let's talk about that real quick. The Verna Parish Sheriff's Office. I don't hate them.
Unknown
Right.
Woody Overton
And. And I called out the sheriff. Yes. On yesterday's episode. Well, you know why? Because he told the family Per. Allegedly told the dad. Per. The dad that Austin Banion didn't have a scratch on her. And I've got pictures that prove otherwise. And. And either he was lied to by Vance or one of the detectives or. Or he's just lying himself.
Unknown
Well, but the other thing is this stuck to me really hard. Last night, you and I were having a conversation and I said something about Vance and you said, cindy, stop speculating. You don't know that Vance did that. Like you're still looking at all.
Woody Overton
But all these people calling in, giving all this information. And I am. I'm trying to be unbiased. And all these people keep calling in all this different stuff about Detective Vance and I'm like, I may or may not done that. I don't really talk to him about it. But the, the. The. And. But I mean, this. It's documented the stuff this guy's done. And. And it. It makes me more riled up and pissed off. I don't know how. How they get away with that other than it's the good old boy system that unfortunately still exists. And, you know, I don't know. But they have a lot of great. And state police and. And burn a parish sheriff's officers that, of course they would lose their job.
Unknown
Yeah.
Woody Overton
And if I said who they were and I'm not going to. That's another thing. A lot of people are calling in. They're scared.
Unknown
Yes.
Woody Overton
And they're like, my name. You don't have to leave your name. And. And. And then the. Still scared. And then a lot of. A lot of people. A lot of people don't want to meet me face to face. And yes, I'm coming to Vernon Paris, but I'm not telling y' all when I'm coming. And you're not going to know where I'm going to be. Exactly. And. And I'm going to. There's so much information that I have on these cases that it. I can't rush it. It's not like I'm run over. I already know if all the information I have is true and correct from all these different sources as to what happened then. Then I just got to put it together where I can present to the correct powers that be they're going to prosecute.
Unknown
And that's never.
Woody Overton
I'm not. I'm not going to rush it. Bradley's not going to get any debtor and Austin is not going to get any debtor. And unfortunately, I think there's going to be more murders in this case. And. And because of lack of actions or indirect actions that other people have done.
Unknown
Yeah.
Woody Overton
So. But anyway, the. Let's get out some true crime time for today. All right? And so I know I. I want to talk about this one case real quick. And it's usually ladies first, all right. But this one, I'm gonna start announcing these stories with this. So we're going to Florida. And in Florida, you know, they got the death penalty, right? So guess what they did yesterday?
Unknown
They killed somebody.
Woody Overton
They executed somebody. But it's in India. It's a state sanctioned murder. Our state sanctioned homicide. The. But they also did a double whammy. They broke a 50 year execution record because this is. This bag was the ninth death penalty they carried out this year. So let me tell you about it, okay? So this guy, the bag, he was convicted. And wait till I tell you. I always tell you that death penalty cases have to be something really horrific, all right? And I'll give you details in a minute. But the. He was convicted in 1994 for killing his wife and his two children. So they put him to death on. On Thursday. And that. That was the ninth execution in the Sunshine State this year and a state record for a single year total since the death penalty was reinstated in the US nearly 50 years ago. Remember, they had a moratorium in the 70s. So Edward Zachary, we'll just call him Dickhead. 60 years old, was pronounced dead at 6:12pm at the Florida State Prison near Starkey. After they get in that three drug cocktail, which is y'. All. This really way too nice for him to go, they give him a sedative to knock him out. Then they give him another shot that paralyzes them so they can't feel anything and move. And then they give him the third shot which stops their heart. So. But listen to this said. He said his final words, right? Hey, you got any final words? And everybody's watching. He said, I want to thank the good people of the Sunshine State for killing me in the most cold, calculated Clean, humane, efficient, way possible. I have no complaint. I mean, what a. So they. He, y', all, they had him in their line on the gurneys cover with a white sheet, and he said that. But then he also quoted from a point. And they had 14 witnesses there. He quoted from a point. What the. You a poet and didn't know it. And the fires of hell burned a little bit brighter. The Once they hit him with that first. First shot, the. He began breathing deeply. They had three prison. They had three prison staffers. I won't say correctional officers, because you don't know if they are or not. It might have been a nurse or whatever, but they were in dark suits. And after they administered shots, one of them shook him Dickhead by his shoulder and shouted his name. They say, dickhead, you still with us? But Dickhead had reaction and he became still so. But let me tell you, he woke up Thursday morning and. And Dickhead woke up for the last time at 5:15am and later in the day, he had a meal that included fried pork chops, root beer and ice cream.
Unknown
So sweet, right?
Woody Overton
Because I'm going to tell you what he did. And he had one visitor and remain compliant as his execution time near. Now let me tell you what Dickhead did. Dickhead was sentenced to death for the June 9, 1994, killings of his wife Sylvia, who was 34, and their children Edward, who was 7, and Anna, who was 5. It came out during the trial that he killed his family at their Okaloosa county home after his wife asked for a divorce. He told others he would kill his family instead of allowing the divorce to happen. So he's a man of his word. He at first attacked his wife with.
Cindy Overton
A crowbar and strangled her with a rope.
Woody Overton
Now, his two children, he got a machete. Yep, a machete. And hacked them to pieces. All right? His wife Sylvia was also struck with the blade in because Dickhead thought she was still alive. After he beats her with a crowbar and chokes her out with a rope, he chops up the children and then he hit his wife just for good measure. Right? So the, the, the, of course, his defense, they were trying to like, oh, well, you know, he, he was in the military. He was an Air Force veteran and, you know, and all that, whatever. So him and the. After the supreme court restored the US death penalty in 1976, Florida's previous record for total execution in the year was eight. And this is July, and they got nine. So with that this episode is brought.
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Woody Overton
Keep on rocking them Florida. The rest of them on death row. Scared now. I think it's Governor Ron DeSantis. Keep on rocking in Florida. The evil that exists is deserves it. Yeah, right. Let me heck up my children. I'mma beat you with a crowbar, choke you out with a rope. Then I'm gonna turn around, heck up my 7 and 5 year old who know what the fuck's happening, hack you to pieces. Then I'm going to watch the other. Absolutely.
Cindy Overton
And then I'm gonna turn around and.
Woody Overton
Hack you up just for good measure.
Unknown
Just because I think I didn't do a good job of crowbarring you and strangling you.
Woody Overton
Whatever. So way to go Florida. I I love me a good execution story.
Unknown
I I want to respect people's as I would want people to respect our view on death Penalty. I don't understand that place of forgiveness where you don't think that they deserve to. To be put to death.
Woody Overton
Yep. I don't understand it either. But the. The always say, I don't do religion and politics on the podcast because it's just pisses so many people off. So many different views. I know what mine are. Everybody knows what mine are. But the. I don't push that on them. The death penalty thing, I know there's some lifers that hate me talking about it or whatever, but this is something I feel so strongly about because I've never been a politician and I've never been a preacher. Right. And. And I don't care what you believe on that point. The death penalty. I have sat across as close as I'm sitting here and look these in the eyes and had to smell their stinky aspira and. And. And hold them and pray with them and do whatever I had to do to get the confessions. And. And they don't deserve to breathe.
Unknown
And you've seen all the horrible things that they've done, like seeing it with your own two eyes.
Woody Overton
Yeah, seen it. And. And if anybody that's against it, if they saw the. That I saw and it happened to their loved ones, they wouldn't be against it.
Unknown
Right.
Woody Overton
So.
Cindy Overton
All right, moving on, y'.
Woody Overton
All, I'm gonna smoke a brisket today. It's time for family matters. Got a tik tok of that. We got to make a full one. I don't know how to splice the tik toks together yet, so you.
Unknown
I can do that.
Woody Overton
Well, I need. I don't need you to do it. I need you to teach. You got so much today that y'. All. Cindy, if you. If she doesn't put in 20 hour days on her life for crime and everything that goes on and the editing and everything else that I just don't do, then she doesn't put it in a minute. I have to actually tell her at 1 o' clock in the morning. Stop. Go sit down, watch some Real Housewives or something, right? Yeah, but it's had. We're blast. I mean, in. In. I'm doing tick tock till my fingers fall off on social media. Literally. Yeah, but it's because we love y'. All.
Unknown
Yeah.
Woody Overton
All right. Give them a story.
Unknown
I think every moment of it's worth it because look at the good that you're doing, you know?
Woody Overton
I mean, it's all worth it.
Unknown
I'm alive to be able to do.
Woody Overton
It, to bring, you know, Teaching anymore. And I'm not on the road anymore. Exactly. Well, although I will be on the road. Hashtag just for Bradley. Hashtag just for AO and all the.
Unknown
Others that are coming through to this Family matters.
Woody Overton
You. It's time for family matters.
Unknown
Alrighty. We are going to tell. We're going for another special story from Florida. And this happened in December of 2018. And we're in Tarpon Springs, Florida, which is a quiet town on the Gulf coast, or was it called the Gulf of America? Shelby Neely was a man who killed his whole family. He did. There's no. It wasn't just like a murder. He annihilated his whole family. Very similar to the story that you just told.
Woody Overton
Yep. And family annihilator.
Unknown
Exactly. Like I said, it all started in December of 2018, and Richard Ivancick lived in Tarpon Springs with his wife Laura, and their adult son, Nicholas. And Richard was well known around town. He worked for a local moving company and was described as hardworking, easygoing, and. And a devoted family man. He and Laura had raised their children with strong values. And at 71 years old, Richard was looking forward to retirement and spending more time with his grandkids.
Woody Overton
Yeah. God, I hope we can retire before then. Well, got Sarah, but grandbaby yesterday, she thinking she running out of bottom. She running all over. And I was. My daughter calls me. She wants popo. She wants me. Yeah, she wants my granddaughter to call me Popo. And she. Her first birthday is this week. But anyway, she. I've been blowing kisses and going. And she started doing fast pace.
Unknown
And you say, how old you gonna be?
Woody Overton
One, two. Sorry.
Unknown
It's the sweetest thing. And I. I ordered her a few things for her to open for her birthday on Amazon. Going to get them on Sunday. But I figured when we go visit.
Woody Overton
We do the big shebang.
Unknown
Yeah, but. So one of Richard's daughters, Jamie, was married to a man named Shelby Neely. And the couple had two children and looked like a typical young family. And they looked happy and everything was great, but behind closed doors, it was a shit show. So days before Christmas, Shelby snapped and he killed Jamie, his wife. And later on, he'll say that he claimed it was an argument that turned deadly. And I'm sure that's what it was. But he buried her body behind a home in Pasco County, Florida. And then he pretended that she was still alive. And Jamie's parents began to ask questions. So Richard, the older man that I started off the story with, and the mom, started asking questions and Neely, which at the time was going by the name Christopher McCollum, drove to Tarpon Springs and he murdered his in laws.
Woody Overton
Nice.
Unknown
So that's where he murdered Richard, his wife Laura, and the 21 year old son, which was his wife's brother Nicholas. He didn't just kill them, of course. After the murders, he took off in the family's SUV and drove about 1200 miles north to Ohio. And for a week, no one had any idea what happened. So it wasn't until New year's day of 2019 that police had a welfare check. So inside the Ivan 6 home, they found the gruesome scene. All three bodies, of course, were decomposing. Even though it's December, you know, there's still hot day. I mean, they still decompose. And of course we know that Christmases down here could still be warm, right?
Woody Overton
But it wouldn't matter for us, 30 degrees, they still decompose.
Unknown
Right. So the holidays had passed without a word from them. And so, you know, other friends and family members were getting worried. And that's the reason for the welfare check. So then authorities launched a nationwide search for Neely. And he was eventually tracked down near Cleveland and arrested. And while in custody, he confessed not just to the murders in Tarpon Springs, but also to killing Jamie, his wife, weeks earlier. And that totaled four people in his family.
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Unknown
So now we're going to fast forward to July of this year, and Shelby Neely is now on trial in Pinellas county. And he faces, of course, the jury who's going to determine whether he's guilty or not. After hearing about the brutality of the crimes and the devastating impact on the surviving family, the jury delivered its decision. Eleven out of the 12 jurors voted for death. That supermajority was enough to recommend the ultimate sentence under Florida law. Now Shelby Neely sits behind bars awaiting his formal sentencing. And we will hope that it's life, death, whatever. What will it be in for? Well, they have the death penalty, so I'm assuming he'll get the death penalty.
Woody Overton
It's up to the jury.
Unknown
Well, yeah, with 11 out of the 12 jurors agreeing.
Woody Overton
Well, now it's got to be 12 out of 12. They changed the law.
Unknown
Okay, well, so to get the death.
Woody Overton
To get death.
Unknown
Okay, so he'll get life.
Woody Overton
Yep. Well, to get any of it. And they changed it in Louisiana too. Now it's got. It used to have to be 10 out of 12. Now it's 12 out of 12, which is fine it if you're guilty you're guilty. The. I mean, they have that law for a reason. Then, of course, my one grandfather who's longest running d. A for 30 years in the state when he was alive, there's no telling how many people he got sentenced to death. And then my grand. My dad's dad, the judge, he sentenced seven people to death and he, you know, and he didn't like it.
Unknown
No.
Woody Overton
Yeah. And he said that's one thing that bothered him. He said, but they deserved it.
Unknown
Yeah.
Woody Overton
Yeah. So.
Unknown
And you've put many people and.
Woody Overton
Yep. And they deserved it.
Unknown
Yep.
Woody Overton
And yeah, people say, oh, well, then some people have been proven innocent by DNA. Yeah, no doubt about that. Because you got some. Or. Or people that make mistakes. And I hate that. The. The. You know, thank God for DNA on. On that. But the death is death. Some people need it. Need it. It's time for family matter. It's time for worldwide crime. It's twofer. And we're going across the pond. And this one is gonna probably make you cry. Jesus. Because we just talked about our baby granddaughter. So Alice Mackey of Oak Hanger, Hampshire, she went to Winchester Crown Court for some bad. Right. For bad, bad stuff. And the. It was in connection with the death of Annabelle Mackey, who went missing from her home in Ford's Road, Kingsley, Borden, Hampshire, on September 10th of 2023. Well, they found the youngster a short time later at a Kingsley pond. Yep. She was in the water and she was taking the hospital in serious condition, but she died the following afternoon. The court heard during the trial. Y', all. She takes the trial, right. But switch out. I know what your. Your feelings on that are. You say it every day. You're like, you know, couldn't live with myself. But she took it to trial and they had. But this one gets a little deeper. The. The court accepted the prosecution's reports from two psychiatrists that showed she was in a state of diminished responsibility. Now, Judge Christopher Parker, KC adjourned the case for sentencing on October 6th and remanded Mackie in custody until then because they found her guilty and he told her there will be a further hearing on October 6th. My expectation is that on that date, either sentence will take place if in due course, the court and counselor agreement on the factual basis, or there will be directions for a further hearing to sort out the factual basis of your plea. In a statement released through the police after Annabelle's death, her father said, Annabelle was a beautiful, positive and very happy little girl. She had an incredibly pure and caring nature that we miss so much. She loved story time dogs and her dolly. She enjoyed singing songs and nursery rhymes and had a very sweet too. Annabelle loved to laugh. She brought so much happiness into her lives. She was dearly loved by her family and friends. And thank you to everyone who was a positive influence in her life. Please continue Annabelle's legacy by remembering her and caring for others as much as she did. The world needs more people like Annabelle to spread positivity and kindness. Annabelle, I love you so much. You're a shining star and you will be loved forever. So y' all the the moment the mom who's 42 year old, 2 years old, she actually pled guilty to a manslaughter charge instead of murder. And Annabelle two years old.
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Woody Overton
I mean there you have it. It happens. The I don't know why they would say diminished capacity other than maybe she was up and Annabelle, well, maybe she was effed up or drunk or something, passed out and Annabelle wandered out into the pond. How the you let your 2 year old get out of your house and just go away?
Unknown
It happens all the time.
Woody Overton
I know it does. And it's. It's sad.
Unknown
It's so sad. A friend that that happened.
Woody Overton
Yeah, but that' that's more of an accident. That's a turnaround and, and a split, a split second type thing.
Unknown
No, I know.
Woody Overton
You know this is. She's in a diminished capacity meaning she was effed up or whatever and this baby just wanders off.
Unknown
Yeah.
Woody Overton
Yeah. And it's not like it was in their backyard. This is a two year old, a toddler going down. Yeah. Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of yards away and getting into a pine. So anyway, your turn. Sorry about that story, y'. All. It's time for family matters.
Unknown
I often wonder how correctional officers maintain a level of professionalism when you know, you're dealing with murderers, rapists, horrible, the worst of mankind.
Woody Overton
Because your job is not to punish them or judge them, it's to house them.
Unknown
I know. And that differentiation, I'm sure when that person is then being an a hole in jail, you're like, it's still for me. I know it would be hard to not like be me, you know, I don't know, I not articulating it well.
Woody Overton
But that's why you're not a correct song, right?
Unknown
Well, I couldn't be because I'd be crying. But we're gonna go to East Texas and we're going to Livingston in East Texas and there's a high security prison there. It's where all of Texas's male death row inmates are held. And it's Alan B. Polanski.
Woody Overton
I've been, I've there.
Unknown
And so Jared Tolbert, who's 45 years old, was an inmate who had been involved in a physical altercation with other prisoners. And I tried to do a dive into why he was in prison in the first place to see why the reaction of the correctional officer was the way it was. Not that it would make. Not that it would be okay, but just to kind of see, but you know, prison justice type of thing. But on July 21st of this year, at 6:02am, Correctional Officer Ty Ty Wilkerson, who is 26 years old, was informed that Tolbert had been stabbed during an altercation with other prisoners. And Wilkerson decided he wasn't going to do anything about it. He did not call for medical assistance. He did not alert supervisors or offer any aid to the prisoner. So Tolbert lay unattended in his cell for nearly four hours. And it wasn't until 9:44am that other staff discovered him. And he was unresponsive. So medical personnel would later pronounce him dead that evening at 11:09pm so the custodial death report later stated in clear terms this statement, the defendant's failure to render aid and notify authorities contributed to the death of the inmate. Wilkerson was arrested the same day and charged with violating the civil rights of a person in custody, which is a federal offense.
Woody Overton
Yes, it is.
Unknown
And he was booked into the Polk County Jail and Released later that day.
Woody Overton
Nah, yeah, nah, not released. They took him back to the department of corrections. Okay, well they that when you commit big boy crimes inside the prison that can't be just taken care of by prison rules. They actually take you out and book you in whatever county or parish you're in. And then they swing you right back to the after the booking.
Unknown
Yeah.
Woody Overton
So he wasn't released.
Unknown
Okay.
Woody Overton
So with that being said, we we'll end this day on another prison story. Now these I just love me a little bit of prison justice. And we're going to Wisconsin.
Unknown
Okay.
Woody Overton
Shane and Tracy tearing the fish up in Alaska.
Unknown
Awesome.
Woody Overton
Tracy called a 60 something pounder yesterday. Halibut. And Shane called a 50. They, they limited it out on. On salmon both times they went. And so we'll be going on that trip next year.
Unknown
Yeah.
Woody Overton
So anyway, let's go to Wisconsin. And this lady is in prison. I use that term loosely.
Unknown
Lady.
Woody Overton
The, the A woman is incarcerated in a Wisconsin prison and she got a life sentence without the chance of parole for beating her silly to death. Oh yeah, right. So Taylor Sanchez, who's 29, pled no contest last month. And y', all, all that is is a guilty plea without being able to be sued for making the guilty plea. But she pled no contest last month to killing her cellmate, 68 year old Cindy Schultz Houthis at the Takadia Correctional Institution. And judge Trisha Walker called the attack holy vicious as she sent it Sanchez on Monday this court and spectrum Utah. So a no contest plea indicated Sanchez would not fight the charges but would not admit fault either. Just like I told you. And prison staff found Schultz Judy's dead in her cell surrounded by a pool of blood. In July of 2023. Sanchez, who was the only other person in the cell. All right, the captain obvious on who this that suspect is informed police that she was hearing voices that told her to kill Schultz who does. And Sanchez later called her mom explaining that she thought Schultz, you des used her toothbrush to clean the toilet.
Unknown
It's not worth killing somebody over.
Woody Overton
Yeah, you don't with a toothbrush in prison.
Unknown
I guess not.
Woody Overton
All right, so look at her. She's young. Wow. You can see it on the camera for. Oh, I'm forgetting all about the video. Whatever she said. I stopped taking my meds and I started hearing voices again. She told her mom I thought she was using my toothbrush to scrub the toilet. I thought she was using my stuff to wipe the floor with. And I thought she was messing with me. Now Schultz suffered Skull fractures too numerous to count.
Unknown
How did she. How did she.
Woody Overton
And I'm not done yet. Okay. She suffered skull fractures too numerous to count.
Unknown
Which is different than the autopsy where they didn't count them at all.
Woody Overton
Yes. Yeah, but the. I mean, can you imagine that the skull. I mean, she must have just stomped. Fell on that motherfucker, too, in a million pieces. But she didn't stop there.
Cindy Overton
She also.
Woody Overton
Gave her 34 rib fractures. Yes. And bruises and other injuries. So, Sanchez, naturally, she played not guilty at first, but she changed her plea on June 30 issue. But her original plea was not guilty. Dude, she was cray cray. Yeah. So she was originally serving a two year sentence for a battery in Kenosha county, which is pretty close to Shane M. So you go in for a two year sentence. Now you got a life without. So they said every victim matters, regardless of their status or if they are serving a criminal sentence. Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Tony said in a statement, this defendant brutally murdered her cellmate and created dangerous risks for other inmates and correctional officers. We will continue to protect our correctional officers and all those within our community, regardless where they reside. We hope this sentence sends a strong message to inmates that there are consequences for committing crimes in our prison. So Scholson that got murdered was convicted in 2021 of being party to first degree intentional homicide and resisting or obstructing an officer. And that's according to the AP. These charges came in connection with the 2006 fatal shooting of her husband, Kenneth who Hades. She was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole in 2022. And a prosecutor said Schultz found her husband dead the morning after he was shot. She told police she was sleeping in a camper outside their home and went inside the house to check on him, thinking he was over. He had overslept because he was late for work. Prosecutors argued she. She was motivated by money, and she got insurance policies that totaled more than $900,000.
Unknown
Jeez.
Woody Overton
Now she got murdered. That's a pretty bad way to go, you know, sell six by eight. At some point you just be like, oh, this happening to me. At some point you're like, I'm just gonna give up my soul and let it go wherever it's going.
Unknown
And so the way the. The sales are is like, cinder block, cinder block. Right. And so between. So what about the people that were in the joint like this?
Woody Overton
Oh, I'm sure they were cheering on this entertainment.
Unknown
Oh, my God.
Woody Overton
Entertainment. I've seen it. And that not on murders. This is that the one that got murdered? Who murdered Smarter. Who smartered her husband for $900,000?
Unknown
She had nothing to lose because she was doing life in prison anyway. The other.
Woody Overton
She had her life to lose.
Unknown
Well, I know, but I'm just.
Cindy Overton
She's the one that got smarter.
Woody Overton
I know, but the other one had two years. Yeah, the other one was. One is old. Yeah.
Unknown
The other one had. But imagine had that other one gotten out. She was obviously going to murder her again. Obviously.
Woody Overton
I can't answer.
Unknown
I know that. Speculation I got.
Cindy Overton
But that's all I got for y' all today.
Woody Overton
And I'm Woody Overton.
Unknown
Cindy Overton.
Woody Overton
We'll holler at y' all later. Love you. Peace. Foreign.
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Woody Overton
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Woody Overton
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Unknown
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Real Life Real Crime - Episode Summary: "Florida Executions, Prison Deaths, and a Shocking Family Murder"
Podcast Information:
Woody Overton opens the episode by addressing a significant setback: their YouTube channel has been hacked and unjustly removed for alleged community standards violations. This unfortunate event has led the hosts to pivot their content distribution strategy to TikTok temporarily.
"If you go to YT and search for Real Life Real Crime, it says we've been removed for violating community standards or some like that. That's not true."
— Woody Overton [01:45]
Cindy Overton adds that they are actively working to recover their channel while continuing to engage their audience through hashtags like #JusticeForAO, #JusticeForBarbaraBlonson, and #JusticeForHaley. Woody emphasizes the persistent backlash they face from adversaries but remains steadfast in their mission.
The hosts delve into a recent and significant event in Florida—a state-sanctioned execution that broke a 50-year record.
Woody Overton details the execution of a man, referred to as "Dickhead" (Edward Zachary), who was convicted in 1994 for the brutal murders of his wife Sylvia and their two children, Edward (7) and Anna (5).
"He was convicted in 1994 for killing his wife and his two children. So they put him to death on Thursday."
— Woody Overton [09:41]
The execution was notable not only for its brutality but also for being the ninth carried out in Florida that year, setting a new state record. Woody provides a graphic description of the execution process and Zachary's final, chilling words thanking the state for a "clean, humane, efficient" execution.
"I want to thank the good people of the Sunshine State for killing me in the most cold, calculated Clean, humane, efficient, way possible."
— Woody Overton [12:50]
He passionately discusses his stance on the death penalty, reflecting on his experiences interrogating and interacting with convicted murderers. Woody asserts the necessity of the death penalty for certain heinous crimes, emphasizing that those who commit such atrocities "don't deserve to breathe."
"If anybody that's against it, if they saw the... they wouldn't be against it."
— Woody Overton [24:03]
Transitioning to another harrowing case, Cindy Overton recounts the family annihilation committed by Shelby Neely in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Initially living a seemingly ordinary life, Shelby murdered his wife Jamie, his wife’s parents Richard and Laura, and his son-in-law Nicholas after his wife requested a divorce.
"He killed Jamie, his wife, and later on, he'll say that he claimed it was an argument that turned deadly."
— Cindy Overton [27:38]
Neely fled the scene but was eventually apprehended in Ohio after a nationwide search. During his trial in Pinellas County, 11 out of 12 jurors voted for the death penalty, highlighting the case's severity.
Woody discusses the changes in Florida's death penalty laws, noting that a unanimous jury decision is now required for the death sentence.
"They changed the law. Now it's got to be 12 out of 12. They changed the law."
— Woody Overton [33:11]
The hosts reflect on their family's history with the justice system, mentioning Woody's grandfather, a long-serving district attorney, and his paternal grandfather, a judge who sentenced multiple individuals to death.
Shifting focus internationally, the hosts discuss the tragic case of Annabelle Mackey in Hampshire, England. Annabelle, a two-year-old girl, went missing and was later found deceased in a pond. Her mother, Alice Mackey, has pled guilty to manslaughter, with the court recognizing diminished responsibility.
"Annabelle was a beautiful, positive and very happy little girl... She was dearly loved by her family and friends."
— Court Statement [37:00]
Woody and Cindy express their sorrow over the case, questioning the circumstances that led to such a tragic outcome and speculating on the mental state of the perpetrator.
The episode continues with gripping prison-related stories:
Jared Tolbert, a 45-year-old inmate in East Texas, was stabbed during a prison altercation. Correctional Officer Ty Wilkerson failed to seek medical assistance, leading to Tolbert's death after nearly four hours. Woody criticizes the disregard for inmate welfare and highlights the systemic issues within the prison system.
"The defendant's failure to render aid and notify authorities contributed to the death of the inmate."
— Custodial Death Report [42:09]
In Wisconsin, Taylor Sanchez, a 29-year-old inmate, pled no contest to the murder of her 68-year-old cellmate, Cindy Schultz Houthis. Despite serving a two-year sentence for a previous offense, Sanchez brutally killed Schultz, leading to a life sentence without parole.
"She was motivated by money, and she got insurance policies that totaled more than $900,000."
— Woody Overton [49:05]
The hosts discuss the implications of such violence in prisons and the message it sends about inmate behavior and rehabilitation.
Throughout the episode, Woody and Cindy Overton interweave personal anecdotes, such as celebrating their granddaughter's first birthday, underscoring the personal stakes involved in their pursuit of justice and truth.
"I want to thank the good people of the Sunshine State for killing me in the most cold, calculated Clean, humane, efficient, way possible."
— Woody Overton [12:50]
The episode concludes with reflections on the stories shared, emphasizing the importance of accountability and the relentless pursuit of justice for victims and their families.
Woody Overton [01:45]: "If you go to YT and search for Real Life Real Crime, it says we've been removed for violating community standards or some like that. That's not true."
Woody Overton [09:41]: "He was convicted in 1994 for killing his wife and his two children. So they put him to death on Thursday."
Woody Overton [24:03]: "If anybody that's against it, if they saw the... they wouldn't be against it."
Woody Overton [33:11]: "They changed the law. Now it's got to be 12 out of 12. They changed the law."
Woody Overton [49:05]: "She was motivated by money, and she got insurance policies that totaled more than $900,000."
Conclusion:
In this episode of Real Life Real Crime, Woody and Cindy Overton deliver a compelling exploration of heinous crimes, the complexities of the legal system, and the unyielding quest for justice. From record-breaking executions and family annihilations to tragic prison deaths, the hosts provide in-depth analyses, personal insights, and unwavering dedication to uncovering the truth behind each case. Their candid discussions and poignant reflections offer listeners a thorough and engaging narrative, making complex legal and moral issues accessible and thought-provoking.