Murder in the Heartland: Book Two: 2 (Murder in the Heartland, 2)

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The next day the story hit the local newspapers. Immediately the police began to receive calls with information in reference to the homicide. One person said that he and his wife were in need of some dental work and some friends recommended Dr. Azevedo. Their appointment was in January 1980 during the divorce of the dentist and Marie. He told the police that all Dr. Azevedo talked about was the difficult divorce he was going through. He said that Dr. Azevedo was very bitter toward the wife because this type of proceeding was not acceptable in his Indian culture. The police gathered the evidence, dusted for fingerprints and then the body was removed from the vehicle and taken to a local hospital for an autopsy. Soon afterward the car was impounded for further processing by the Illinois State Crime Lab. Tammy Slaton’s approval for weight loss surgery was a big part of 1000-Lb. Sisters Season 4 Episode 5. But that wasn’t the only thing “Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread” revealed about the Slaton Family. Tammy’s sister Amy Slaton Halterman mentions their grandfather In the episode. He got poisoned with antifreeze by their uncle in the late 1980s. Here’s the story of the Slaton’s grandfather’s death as mentioned in volume two of Murder in the Heartland. Amy Slaton, Tammy Slaton, and Chris Combs | TLC ‘Murder in the Heartland Volume 2’ mentions Amy and Tammy’s grandfather’s death by antifreeze Murder in the Heartland is a three-part book series that “tells the stories of innocent victims in these seemingly innocent places.” Spiller, a former U.S. Marine, investigates 10 murder cases and “recounts the gruesome details” in his books. In his second volume, Spiller explores the murder of the Slaton Sisters‘ grandfather.

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One morning I went to the office early to catch up on some paperwork. It was about 6:30 a.m. I was reading and, although I didn’t hear anyone, I had the feeling there was someone in the room. I looked up to find a woman standing in front of my desk. Her small frame of about ninety pounds was still as she looked at me with eyes that looked like glass marbles.Continuing the investigation, police begin interviewing neighbors and friends of Marie and the family. Most of the neighbors did not see anything unusual on the morning of Marie’s disappearance, but they did say that she was a wonderful mother and a very nice person. No one believed that she would go anywhere and leave her children alone. This information was enough to implicate Jim Williams, Sr., as a suspect on Sharon’s death and also gave the sheriff probable cause to get a search warrant for the cesspool behind the home belonging to Williams. The sheriff was right. The body of the missing spouse was found in a cesspool wearing clothing that fit the description given on the day he was reported missing. The evidence was enough to arrest Jim William, Sr., for the double murder of his wife and his girlfriend’s husband. He would be convicted of both murders a year later.

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Police continued the questioning with eleven-year-old Andrew. He told the police the same story. Andrew stated that his mother said, with a smile, I’ll see you this evening. Is there any other place your mother may have stopped other than school and work? detectives asked.

Another caller said she was in Dr. Azevedo’s office at 4:30 p.m. on April 1, 1981, waiting for her appointment. While she was waiting, Dr. Azevedo told her that he heard something on the radio that had him upset. He did not mention what it was he heard. The lady changed her appointment and left.

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I went to the judge and we finally got permission to exhume the body. On April 1, 1986, almost three years after she had been buried, Sharon’s body was exhumed and taken to a local funeral home for verification that the body was that of Sharon Williams, and to insure that all legal procedures were followed. Her body was shipped to St. Charles County, Missouri, for an autopsy. After careful examination, Dr. Case determined that Sharon Williams had died as a result of blows from a blunt instrument to the skull—not from the vehicle accident. Sharon Williams had been murdered. The woman did say that she spoke with Marie at some length about a week before her disappearance. Marie told her that she was divorcing her husband because of excess mental abuse and to protect her children. She said Marie also told her Dr. Azevedo had accused her of being too much like an American and not being faithful. She said she never heard nor had Marie ever tell her that Dr. Azevedo had threatened her. According to the Logansport Pharos-Tribune, a Logansport, Indiana newspaper, Shawneetown resident Ellis was arrested and charged with three counts of murder in December 1986. He was “suspected of spiking his father’s iced tea with antifreeze.” Ellis was living with 61-year-old Charles T. Ellis at the time. Police rushed to the scene. The officers approached the vehicle. A female fully clothed was slumped over the steering wheel of the car. She appeared to have been dead for several days. Police detected that there were several bullet holes in the clothing of her upper torso. The front doors of the vehicle were standing open, and it appeared that she had been shot from both sides of the station wagon execution style.In this book, Murder in the Heartland Book 2, there are ten case files. They are cases from the heartland that I as Sheriff participated in the investigation or cases that I have researched as a writer. It is my hope that in reading these murder cases people will become more aware of our vulnerability as citizens. Rural America isn’t immune to murder. As much as we like to think of ourselves as safe, murder can happen here. Too often it does. Case 1 The Azevedo Murders We learned that he had mood swings, which she learned quite well over the years. He was entering another abusive stage. She couldn’t take any more so she got a shotgun and while he was asleep she killed him.