Murder suspect Lindsay Shiver was spotted for the first time since her arrest in the Bahamas while arriving at a court hearing Tuesday.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, 36-year-old Shiver was arrested in July in the Bahamas after police allegedly uncovered plans to murder her 38-year-old husband, Robert Shiver. Bahamian police also arrested Lindsay’s alleged lover, 28-year-old Terrance Bethel, and another suspect, identified as 29-year-old Farron Newbold, in connection with plot.
According to WXTL, Shiver was spotted exiting a prison van in handcuffs Tuesday, then transferred by police to downtown Nassau for a bail hearing, where she arranged to pay bail set at $10,000 bail.
She’s now expected to be released from Fox Hill prison, where she’s been housed for close to three weeks.
Court records show that Robert filed for divorce in April upon discovering that Shiver was engaging in “adulterous conduct” by having an affair with Bethel, blowing apart the couple’s marriage.
Robert’s petition sought primary custody of the kids and exclusive use of their $2.5 million house; he also contended he shouldn’t have to pay Shiver alimony.
At a previous court hearing, Shiver responded by alleging that Robert subjected her to “physical and mental cruel treatment,” which included domestic violence, according to Fox News Digital.
She also denied the affair, with her lawyers writing in a court filing, “Any extramarital relationship defendant has had was during the parties’ separation and legally condoned by husband.”
Shiver was seeking primary custody of the children and payments from Robert for child support and alimony, in addition to sole use of the couple’s house.
“Wife feels unsafe in the marital home and has installed locks on the interior doors of the home for protection,” Shiver’s lawyer wrote in seeking a restraining order.
“Husband has abused the wife in the home in the children’s presence on multiple occasions, not only physically but also mentally and emotionally.”
Meanwhile, Shiver will be required to wear a GPS monitor upon jail release. She’ll also have to stay on the island surrender her travel documents.
Both Bethel and Newbold have been released from jail after posting $20,000 bond, each, last week.
“Everybody says things out of frustration,” Bethel told DailyMail, explaining that there was never a serious conversation or plan of killing Richard.
“Go and get the transcripts from the police,” he said. ‘They have had both of my phones for three weeks. They’ve been through every single message – there’s nothing there.”
“None of us have anything to hide. People are taking everything at face value and defaming us.”
Bethel added that he loves Shiver and has “too much respect for her and her children to want to hurt their father.”
A former beauty pageant contestant, Lindsay was a cheerleader at Auburn University and graduated with a degree in marketing. Lindsay met Robert at Auburn, who was on the school’s football team. He played briefly for the Atlanta Falcons before beginning a career in business.
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[Feature Photo: Lindsay Shiver and David Shiver/Instagram]
Additional reporting by Jonathan Anderson
