1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,960 Mountain State Mysteries contains adult content that may not be suitable for all audiences. 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:30,960 This is Mountain State Mysteries. 3 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:52,800 The case we have for you today is one about a nurse and former West Virginia University 4 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:58,080 cheerleader who was found guilty for murdering her husband and committing arson. 5 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:04,120 This is part one of the case of Michelle Shelley Michaels. 6 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:09,520 Michelle Annette Goetz, better known as Shelley, grew up in Clarksburg, West Virginia. 7 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:15,560 She was born into a well-to-do family with her parents who owned a refrigeration equipment 8 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:16,560 company. 9 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:21,520 Her parents were known to be strict and well, Shelley would sometimes break the rules. 10 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,440 Like most kids growing up with strict parents would. 11 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,600 Shelley was an excellent student and was a great child. 12 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,140 At the age of nine, Shelley was molested by a family member. 13 00:01:31,140 --> 00:01:35,480 She didn't tell anyone when it happened and she acted like everything was okay after it 14 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:36,480 happened. 15 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,280 After this, Shelley started to ignore her curfews. 16 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:44,240 She was caught shoplifting from a mall and started to drink at the age of 14. 17 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:49,000 Shelley excelled in school and joined the cheerleading team which her mom absolutely 18 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,000 loved. 19 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:55,280 Shelley kept up with school and cheerleading until she got to college where she became 20 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:59,080 a West Virginia University cheerleader. 21 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:05,800 In February of 1992, Shelley started to date Bruce Sackins and not too long after she got 22 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:06,800 pregnant. 23 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:11,560 He didn't want to marry her and in all honesty, her parents even thought it was a terrible 24 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:12,560 idea. 25 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,680 So she decided to have the baby alone. 26 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,720 Shelley gave birth to a baby boy she named Alec. 27 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,800 Her mother would drive to Morgantown every week just to babysit so Shelley could go to 28 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:23,800 school. 29 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:28,440 The father Bruce would help but after they broke up he just kind of faded away. 30 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:34,280 That is until he offered to marry her which she said no to because she knew he just asked 31 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:35,680 out of jealousy. 32 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,800 Shelley would end up finding love again. 33 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,320 She started to date a man she met through some friends. 34 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:47,320 His name was Rob Angus and he ended up forming a tight bond with her son Alec. 35 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,800 Shelley would end up saying that she really didn't love Rob but she knew it was the best 36 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,000 thing for her son. 37 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,480 In September they were engaged and she got pregnant again. 38 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,880 She would end up going to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to have an abortion which she would end up 39 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,600 blaming on Rob saying he told her it wasn't a good time to have a baby. 40 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:10,000 During football season Shelley would be on a trip to Philadelphia for a football tournament 41 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,000 that WVU was in. 42 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,080 After a party she started to flirt with one of the trainers. 43 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,800 She would go on to describe what happened after the party and in all honesty it sounded 44 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:20,800 like rape. 45 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:25,720 Shelley says she remember feeling filthy and humiliated but she can't remember if she 46 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,120 consented to it. 47 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:33,080 This is why she said ended her cheerleading career at WVU. 48 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,200 Shelley carried on with the wedding plans even though her family urged her to call it 49 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,320 off or even just postpone it. 50 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,240 But Shelley being Shelley refused to do either. 51 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:48,880 In July of 1995 she married Rob Angus in a Catholic church in Clarksburg, West Virginia. 52 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,240 They started to settle into the married life. 53 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,760 Shelley stayed in school and Rob worked for Parks and Rec in Morgantown. 54 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:00,760 Not too long after the wedding Bruce Ackens would actually suggest that Rob would adopt 55 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:01,760 his son. 56 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:06,960 Alec adored his stepdad so everyone just thought it would be the best for everyone involved. 57 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,520 Time passed and Shelley claimed that the marriage quickly crumbled. 58 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:15,360 She would say that the physical violence was on both sides of the relationship. 59 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,240 However Rob would never comment on this part of their marriage. 60 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:24,280 Around Halloween Shelley became pregnant again and when she was 39 weeks pregnant she was 61 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:26,160 called shoplifting again. 62 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,880 She would say it was just a mistake and that Alec really wanted a costume and he put it 63 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,560 in her bag and she just didn't realize it. 64 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,160 However she was found to be guilty and was given probation. 65 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,880 Shelley gave birth to their daughter Kylie on October 3rd. 66 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:45,600 So there were some aspects of Rob and Shelley's marriage that some people thought were just 67 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:46,600 weird. 68 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:52,200 Shelley left her 6 month old baby girl and her 4 year old son with her husband Rob which 69 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,800 seems normal right? 70 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,320 Maybe to go visit family or maybe just a little getaway for herself. 71 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:02,960 However Shelley ended up going to Myrtle Beach with her friends for Spring Break. 72 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:07,480 Do you ever find yourself searching for a true crime podcast focused on West Virginia? 73 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:08,960 Well I have you covered. 74 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:14,440 I'm Mark Covey, the creator of Mountain State Mysteries where every Friday my co-host Courtney 75 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:19,560 and I will tell you about one of West Virginia's coldest unsolved cases. 76 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:28,600 Tune in to Mountain State Mysteries on your favorite podcast platform. 77 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:33,120 Shelley would go on to graduate from WVU with a bachelor's degree in nursing. 78 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:38,760 She was offered a job at Ruby Memorial Hospital in the pediatric intensive care unit. 79 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,640 Shelley absolutely loved her job at Ruby Memorial. 80 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,920 She has said that she's always wanted to work with children and that she loved taking care 81 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:46,920 of the babies. 82 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,760 But her co-worker's thought she was nothing but a flirt and a show off. 83 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,920 They said that Shelley would go around doing cheerleading moves basically doing high kicks 84 00:05:54,920 --> 00:06:00,600 or jumping while walking down the halls which I can see how this is annoying to co-workers. 85 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:05,240 But maybe she was doing this for the kids on the floor and her co-workers took it as 86 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,640 her showing off. 87 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:11,920 There was one co-worker who found the thing Shelley did I roll worthy. 88 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:16,960 Stephanie Michael, a respiratory therapist but in all honesty she didn't have trouble 89 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,120 with her. 90 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:23,160 Stephanie's husband Jimmy Michael worked with him on the same unit as well. 91 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:28,280 After a while she ended up working one of the same weekend shifts as Jimmy and they developed 92 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:29,280 a friendship. 93 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:33,480 Shelley called it an instant attraction. 94 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:39,760 James Andrew Michael better known as Jimmy was born in Cumberland, Maryland in 1972. 95 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:44,520 Jimmy started college at Allegheny College in Cumberland because his parents thought 96 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,840 he may be a bit too immature to go somewhere far away to school. 97 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:53,800 So while he was there he actually became very close with his roommate Reggie Atwars. 98 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:59,080 Reggie said that he would actually tease Jimmy about his fascination with cheerleaders and 99 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:04,760 well basically just skinny girls in general, Reggie said that it was so bad that he would 100 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,880 come home to see Jimmy watching the cheer competitions on ESPN. 101 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:15,640 In 1992 Jimmy graduated with an associates degree in respiratory therapy and he enrolled 102 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,160 in WVU wanting to major in chemistry. 103 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:24,400 So him and Reggie moved to Morrentown together both fighting jobs at Ruby Memorial. 104 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:29,280 Not too long after Jimmy started working at Ruby Memorial, Jimmy met Stephanie. 105 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:33,320 She said that she remembers thinking he was just a big old teddy bear. 106 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,360 They were honestly polar opposites of each other. 107 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,120 He was extroverted, she was introverted. 108 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:44,760 After being a couple for a while in 1993 the two ended up getting engaged. 109 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:49,720 Basically surprising everyone with how quick they were moving but Jimmy just really wanted 110 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:50,760 to get married. 111 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:55,000 He just wanted to settle down and he thought he found that in Stephanie. 112 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:00,600 In June of 1993 Stephanie was pregnant giving birth to their son Drew. 113 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:05,200 Everyone said that the couple seemed happy but like every couple there were problems. 114 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,280 They discovered that they honestly didn't have much in common with each other. 115 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,280 Jimmy had a lot of pressure on him. 116 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,840 The couple lived in a house owned by Stephanie's parents. 117 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:20,040 He spent years working double shifts just so they could save for a down payment on their 118 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,840 own house and he also wanted to go to medical school. 119 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:30,760 After he graduated from WU he found out that Stephanie had thousands in credit card debt. 120 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,880 Then his dreams of medical school were thrown away. 121 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:39,400 By the fall of 1996 Stephanie was pregnant again and the couple kept fighting. 122 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:44,720 She swore out a complaint with the police accusing Jimmy of pinching her arm during an 123 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:45,720 argument. 124 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:50,280 Arguing and fighting kept going on after the birth of their daughter, Jacey. 125 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:57,040 As much as they loved their new daughter they knew she couldn't save their marriage. 126 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,680 Jimmy and Stephanie separated when Jacey was five months old. 127 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:05,000 Jimmy bought his own home so his kids could spend the night with him. 128 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:10,920 In 1998 the couple did reconcile and they ended up renewing their vows and Stephanie 129 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,480 moved into Jimmy's new house. 130 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,520 Stephanie's parents did not approve of this and they ended up shutting their daughter 131 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,040 out of their lives. 132 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:24,160 Jimmy started to work some nights and that is when he met Shelley Angus and they started 133 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,480 to become close. 134 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,680 Shelley would go on to say that the two had a lot in common. 135 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:33,880 They both had small children and failing marriages. 136 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:38,920 But most of their friends and coworkers believed that Shelley pursued Jimmy relentlessly. 137 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:43,880 His longtime friend and coworker Reggie said that he knew from the beginning Shelley could 138 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:49,600 sense that Jimmy was very ambitious and a hard worker and that he was meant to be successful. 139 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:55,520 Reggie said that Shelley would play up to his weaknesses, flirting, complimenting, and 140 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:59,400 well, she definitely played up to the cheerleader part of his dream. 141 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,600 Shelley would often complain about her house because it was provided by the Parks and Rec 142 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,080 department where her husband worked. 143 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,760 She really just wanted something nicer. 144 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:13,480 Stephanie would end up regretting how she mentioned that Jimmy just bought a new house 145 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,320 in a really nice neighborhood. 146 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:20,440 By Christmas of 1998, Jimmy and Shelley were having a full blown affair. 147 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,520 Reggie suspected the affair. 148 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:27,160 Stephanie figured it out one night when Shelley called the house and she answered and Shelley 149 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,680 hung up the phone the second Stephanie answered. 150 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:33,960 Stephanie not recognizing the number wrote it down. 151 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:38,920 When she was at work, she would ask around to see if anyone knew whose number it was. 152 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:43,160 Then she was told it was Shelley's number, but she didn't confront her husband. 153 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,400 She decided to sit back and watch it all unfold. 154 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:51,680 By now, the hospital and some of Morgantown were gossiping about their affair. 155 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:53,840 Jimmy would deny the affair to Stephanie. 156 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:59,760 They had a lot of heated arguments about the affair and well, Jimmy had a temper and Stephanie 157 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:05,320 maintained that he did not hit her, but he threw things, punched walls, and right before 158 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:09,880 New Year's Eve, he threatened to physically throw her out of the house. 159 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,920 Stephanie filed her third complaint to the police. 160 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,200 She said that he threatened to kill her. 161 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,240 Stephanie served Jimmy with divorce papers while at work. 162 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,480 His parents were disappointed and encouraged him to work it out with Stephanie. 163 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,560 In the long run, Stephanie and Jimmy didn't have a great marriage. 164 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,400 They rushed into getting married. 165 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:33,480 They argued all the time and in all honesty, Shelley was more than likely the last straw 166 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,960 in the marriage. 167 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,840 In January of 1999, Shelley walked out on Rob. 168 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:45,440 She said that their marriage ended because of the lack of trust, not because of the affair 169 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,640 she was having, but because Rob liked to watch porn. 170 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:53,200 Both of the divorces were settled in the spring of 1999. 171 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,200 Right away, Shelley moved in with Jimmy. 172 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,760 Stephanie made a remark one day saying, sure enough, she got my house. 173 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:05,440 After she moved in, they had Jimmy's friend, Carrie, and her husband ever for dinner. 174 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,960 Carrie was an educational psychologist. 175 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:12,480 She said that she was disturbed by Shelley's treatment of Jimmy's son, Drew, because she 176 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,120 thought he was overly hard on him. 177 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,000 She told what she thought to Jimmy and he blew her off. 178 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,280 But Carrie was concerned, but she just hoped that it was from the adjustment to the new 179 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,040 living arrangements. 180 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,600 Over that summer, Jimmy took Shelley to his parents' new house in Pennsylvania. 181 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:33,200 His parents were not wealthy, but they did have a nice home on a big piece of land. 182 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,960 His dad, Danny, did the construction and he did a lot of the add-ons himself. 183 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:43,080 Ruth, Jimmy's mother, said Shelley was impressed with the house, which she thought it was a 184 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,840 little odd at the time, but she brushed it off. 185 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,960 Shelley liked it her and said, why don't you go ahead and give us our inheritance now? 186 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:53,920 In the meantime, Shelley and Jimmy were both still in divorce court, working out their 187 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,960 finances and the custody of their children. 188 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,800 In February, they both worked out joint custody. 189 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:04,880 They met it to where either side had all four kids on the weekend and the kids going to their 190 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,360 mother or father's home on Monday and Tuesday. 191 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,920 It was an arrangement that they had to make work, but soon other friends and family would 192 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,320 see what Carrie saw. 193 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:19,080 They saw that Shelley would pick on Drew and her son Alec would even bully Drew. 194 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,600 All surprised everyone is how Jimmy would just take it in stride. 195 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,920 The girls, Collie and JC, were like automatic besties. 196 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:32,400 They thought that the boys were just naturally competitive like all stepbrothers can be. 197 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:40,120 Over the time, Drew's relationship with his soon-to-be mother, Shelley, just got worse. 198 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:44,720 Do you ever find yourself searching for a true crime podcast focused on West Virginia? 199 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,120 Well, I have you covered. 200 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:51,240 I'm Mark Covey, the creator of Mountain State Mysteries, where every Friday, my co-host 201 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:56,840 Courtney and I will tell you about one of West Virginia's coldest, unsolved cases. 202 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:07,000 Tune into Mountain State Mysteries on your favorite podcast platform. 203 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:12,960 After all of this, Shelley, Jimmy, and Stephanie still work together at Ruby Memorial. 204 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:17,920 When Stephanie found out Shelley and Jimmy were engaged right after their divorce, she 205 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:18,920 was hurt. 206 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:20,520 She thought it was too soon. 207 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,960 I'm not sure she knew it was coming or not. 208 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,360 Maybe she did, but maybe she just saw it down the road. 209 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:28,000 Not right after the divorce. 210 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:32,760 Now Stephanie was a single mother trying to pay her bills and raise her children. 211 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:38,120 Shelley got her husband, but Shelley also rubbed it in her face by threatening that they would 212 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:42,640 eventually go back to court and she would have full custody of her children. 213 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,960 In May of 2000, Shelley and Jimmy got married. 214 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:50,960 But soon after the wedding, Shelley made Jimmy stop communicating with Stephanie. 215 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,640 All of the calls about their kids had to go through her. 216 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:58,240 It was so bad that Stephanie couldn't even get his new cell phone number. 217 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,880 Shelley was basically taking over Jimmy's life. 218 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:02,680 She was race Catholic. 219 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:07,440 She wasn't that involved in the church before she met Jimmy, but she threw herself into 220 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:12,480 his faith, going to church every Sunday and going above and beyond. 221 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:16,120 Jimmy would start coaching Drew and Alex Little League football team. 222 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:20,520 I was honestly shocked to find out that Rob Angus helped him. 223 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:25,720 Working together with the kids, there seemed to be no problems. 224 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:30,480 In February of 2001, Stephanie filed another complaint on Jimmy. 225 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:35,640 She said that he tried to hit her with his car during a heated argument and that JC and 226 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,400 Kylie were in the vehicle with him. 227 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:43,240 In orders were filed and Jimmy would end up taking a plea bargain of a simple assault 228 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,280 so he wouldn't have a criminal record. 229 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:50,000 Later, Stephanie says she asked for the charges to be dropped as long as Jimmy took anger 230 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,720 management classes. 231 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:56,880 By early 2002, Shelley was pressuring Jimmy to buy a new home, complaining that their 232 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,560 family simply outgrew them when they were in. 233 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,920 She also complained it was too far to drive to work every day. 234 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,800 It was only five miles outside of Morgantown, which isn't bad at all. 235 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,400 She wanted to live in the Suncrest neighborhood of Morgantown. 236 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,040 So she picked out a house on Calarney Drive. 237 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:17,200 It was a four bedroom house that Jimmy worried about it being out of budget. 238 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,440 Shelley had recently went down to a part-time position. 239 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:24,520 Shelley actually convinced Jimmy to pay for her to go back to school for nursing. 240 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,160 Then she would become a nurse practitioner. 241 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,880 Then she would be making really good money. 242 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,840 But until then, they would live with a decreased income. 243 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:37,480 Jimmy tried to fight Shelley on buying a new house, but she wouldn't give it up. 244 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,920 By May, they moved into a new house just a mile from Ruby Memorial. 245 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,840 The two went on to make friends with the neighbors and people in their new community. 246 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,640 Later, some would talk about how Shelley would wear skimpy outfits. 247 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,640 They also noticed how she treated Jimmy's son Drew. 248 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:57,120 Her picking on him must have been bad enough for not only their friends, but now their 249 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:58,920 new neighbors are seeing it. 250 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:03,800 At this time, Jimmy wasn't the only one getting the controlling nature of Shelley. 251 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,320 It had moved on to the families as well. 252 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,680 Any family get-togethers had to be at their new home. 253 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,880 A family member said that Shelley got what Shelley wanted. 254 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:19,040 She was a perfectionist and she wanted to look like the perfect Brady Bunch family. 255 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:24,080 Shelley had taken a two-week vacation from work after being told she wasn't allowed. 256 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:29,280 A few weeks later, her sister Jennifer, who was pregnant with her third child, came out 257 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:30,640 as a lesbian. 258 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,920 She left her husband and moved in with her partner, Jamie. 259 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:38,240 Jimmy felt like this was against his faith and banned his children from seeing their 260 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:39,240 aunt. 261 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,360 Shelley wrote her a letter about being disappointed and upset. 262 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:45,200 Shelley's parents accepted Jennifer in her choices. 263 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,080 However, Shelley didn't. 264 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,960 But a few months later, she would attend the baptism of the baby. 265 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:55,440 Apparently, Shelley sat in the church, fuming the entire time. 266 00:17:55,440 --> 00:18:00,080 When she found out that Jennifer's partner, Jamie, would be at the family dinner, she 267 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,120 was pissed. 268 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:05,520 She ran over to Jamie's car, pulled her out, and started to punch her. 269 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:10,640 Jamie was able to pull her off of Jamie and Jamie was able to get away from Shelley. 270 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,080 This is actually how Jamie's parents found out what was going on. 271 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:19,600 Ruth said the whole thing was like a big dark secret, which she didn't understand as their 272 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,360 parents accepted it. 273 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:27,480 Ruth did understand Jimmy's religious beliefs, but like others, she thought Shelley's objection 274 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,280 was disingenuous. 275 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,120 People at their church would actually whisper about Shelley. 276 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:34,280 It wasn't her skimpy outfits. 277 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,720 There were other rumors. 278 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:41,240 To a lot of them, she came off like a fake person, only showing up for church on Sundays, 279 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:43,720 dressed up with her picture perfect family. 280 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:50,120 But everyone in the church thought it was nothing but an act. 281 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:55,440 A few weeks later, Jimmy actually pulled one of his best friends, Jeremy, from church to 282 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:56,440 the side. 283 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,800 He showed him a box that came in the mail. 284 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:04,120 In the box was one of Shelley's sweaters, with a note that said, quote, keep your whore 285 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:06,400 wife away from my husband. 286 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:11,560 In quote, Jimmy wonder why this lady sent him this and why Shelley denied it all. 287 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,520 He didn't think she was cheating on him. 288 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:17,800 However, Jeremy thought it was pretty obvious that Jimmy was in denial. 289 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:22,520 I mean, Jimmy knew she was a cheater and once a cheater, always a cheater. 290 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:29,280 In July of 2004, Shelley went on to receive her pediatric nurse practitioner certificate. 291 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:34,200 Despite her history at Ruby Memorial, they did offer her a full-time position. 292 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:39,800 However, in her interview, she said she didn't want to work full-time, that she only wanted 293 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,680 to work three 10-hour shifts a week. 294 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:47,800 Her supervisor, who was the same man who had problems with her before, insisted that this 295 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:53,480 was a full-time position, that she would have much more responsibility and therefore be accountable, 296 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,800 and that it just wasn't a part-time job. 297 00:19:55,800 --> 00:20:00,440 Shelley being Shelley would not give it up and the supervisor or family gave in and said 298 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:01,960 he would give it a shot. 299 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:07,040 By winter, Shelley no longer wanted to have sex with Jimmy and Jimmy was frustrated at 300 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,040 work. 301 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:12,120 Jimmy took a pharmacy job when he realized he would never be able to go to medical school. 302 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:17,320 He was promised that he would be made a partner in the company and after three years of waiting, 303 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:24,280 he decided to leave and start his own medical supply business. 304 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:29,760 Jimmy, along with the help from a bank, secured a personal loan for $60,000. 305 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:36,240 He retained 55% control in the company and in January of 2005, he opened Mountaineer 306 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:37,880 Home Medical. 307 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,120 Jimmy threw himself into his business. 308 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:43,520 He was the first to arrive in the last to leave. 309 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:49,720 Only can understand this, that no new company is going without some personal sacrifices. 310 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,880 And one of those was the income that Jimmy had with his pharmacy job. 311 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:59,840 And just like everything else in her life, she started to put herself into Jimmy's business. 312 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:05,240 She called meetings with Jimmy's partners, questioning her husband repeatedly. 313 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:09,000 Honestly, Jimmy was embarrassed, as I think anyone would be. 314 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,920 And this started the downhill ride for the couple. 315 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:18,160 In February of 2005, Jimmy met with the life insurance salesman after talking to his business 316 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:19,160 partners. 317 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:24,840 Shelly was brought into that meeting and they both decided on a $500,000 policy. 318 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:31,320 They also took out a $200,000 policy on her and she had a $300,000 policy through her 319 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:32,440 work. 320 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:38,760 Around the same time as this, Ruby Memorial started an extension on the pediatric wing. 321 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,600 So during the construction, Shelly had to work full time. 322 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:47,360 She met with the head doctor, who was once again put off by her attitude. 323 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:49,920 She complained and complained about it. 324 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,560 When the doctor met with her nursing supervisor, they agreed that Shelly would have to work 325 00:21:54,560 --> 00:22:00,200 full time once the construction was completed. 326 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:05,000 With Shelly wanting to work as little as possible, she was angry that Jimmy's business wasn't 327 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,440 paying enough yet. 328 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:11,640 So she decided to stop trying to keep up with this picture perfect life to her friends and 329 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:12,640 family. 330 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:17,240 When Father's Day came, she didn't invite either side of the family like she usually 331 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,960 did, which Jimmy's parents found that to be extremely odd. 332 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,560 Shelly did end up blaming it on Jimmy. 333 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,760 She said that he didn't want them there and well, they knew him well enough to know that 334 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:29,960 it was a lie. 335 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:34,920 What Shelly didn't know at the time is that Jimmy's business was taken off, but things 336 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,320 were still bad at home. 337 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:41,920 People noticed how cold Shelly was towards him and because of this, Jimmy was usually 338 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,680 depressed and upset. 339 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:48,160 Shelly said she was under a lot of pressure at work, trying to accept the responsibility 340 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,400 of the full time hours she was having to work. 341 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,440 So she decided it was the perfect time to have another child. 342 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:58,680 The thing is that Jimmy had a vasectomy years before they even got married. 343 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,560 It was after his last child with Stephanie was born. 344 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,720 Jimmy in all honesty had no interest in expending their family. 345 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:11,680 He definitely had no desire to have the reversal surgery with Shelly being the way she is. 346 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:15,680 Shelly was adamant and this caused many fights to happen. 347 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,800 Everyone around them thought this was Shelly's way of having to get out of working her full 348 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,040 time hours. 349 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:27,360 Around this time, Jimmy started to question Shelly's faithfulness again. 350 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:32,400 She ended up going to the Italian Heritage Festival with a friend and when she returned 351 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,520 home that night, Jimmy asked her where she'd been. 352 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,640 She told him that it was none of his business. 353 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,680 She wasn't even trying to hide what she was doing anymore. 354 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:45,160 There were whispers around Morgantown and Jimmy tried to ignore them, but they were 355 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:46,560 getting to him now. 356 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:52,600 In September of 2005, Shelly was suspended from work again for taking some more unauthorized 357 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:53,600 time off. 358 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:59,000 In October, Shelly went to Jimmy and told him that Drew was misbehaving. 359 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:04,520 We aren't sure what she accused him of, but we do know that Drew said he didn't do it 360 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,040 and he called Shelly a liar. 361 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:08,560 That was it for Jimmy. 362 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,000 He snapped and he beat Drew with a belt. 363 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:17,760 However, it didn't take Jimmy long to figure out what he did and he was upset with himself. 364 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,520 He called his friend from church and Jimmy was almost hysterical. 365 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:27,480 The next Saturday, Drew had a soccer game and Stephanie noticed the bruising on Drew's 366 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:28,480 arm. 367 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:32,200 He heard some what happened and he told her what Jimmy did to him. 368 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:37,400 When she asked Jimmy about it, he became emotional and apologetic. 369 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,680 Stephanie was always one to forgive and she decided just to let it go. 370 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:46,480 She could tell Jimmy was truly sorry for what he did and she believed him. 371 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,040 Jimmy went to Stephanie's house to talk to Drew. 372 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,840 Drew lifted up his shirt so he could see the bruising. 373 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:57,760 Stephanie said that you could see the colored drain from Jimmy's face and he fell to his 374 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,880 knees crying and begging for forgiveness. 375 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,600 Dan, Drew's stepdad, stepped in to talk to Jimmy. 376 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:09,160 He seemed like he understood the pressure Jimmy was under and he didn't want to punish 377 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,480 him because it was clear that Jimmy felt awful. 378 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:16,480 He did tell Jimmy that he needed to start communicating with Stephanie. 379 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:21,280 Dan and Stephanie said that there were a lot of problems caused by Shelly's insistence 380 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,800 that Stephanie only went through Shelly. 381 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,400 They decided right then and there that it would stop. 382 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:32,640 Jimmy would now be out of the equation and later Stephanie and Dan said that really improved 383 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,440 their relationship with Jimmy. 384 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,640 Jimmy seemed less stressed and it seemed like everyone got along better. 385 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:43,880 Even though Jimmy was forgiven by his son and Stephanie, a teacher at Drew's school 386 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:50,280 saw the bruising and called CPS. 387 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:55,440 After this, people who said they saw Jimmy said that he seemed depressed or distraught. 388 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,720 Many believed that it was because of Shelly's actions. 389 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:02,280 In the meantime, Shelly was pursuing an embroidery company. 390 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:07,160 She was doing a lot of research and ended up signing her and a friend up for a seminar 391 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:08,160 in Chicago. 392 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,360 When she got back, she was in a minor car accident. 393 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:13,360 Then she fell down the stairs. 394 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:17,720 Of course, these two things put her out of work for three weeks. 395 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:22,240 Even though she didn't have any injuries or broken bones, to me, I think she said she 396 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:27,160 just did this to get out of work since we all know she didn't want to work full-time 397 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,400 hours and they wouldn't let her take any more time off. 398 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:35,520 During this, Stephanie had a baby and everyone saw a change in the way Shelly was towards 399 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:36,520 her. 400 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:41,360 When Stephanie came to pick up JC, Andrew Shelly begged to hold the new baby. 401 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:44,680 With this, Stephanie just hoped things got better. 402 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:50,120 But the real reason Shelly was happy is because the flirtation stayed between her and Bobby 403 00:26:50,120 --> 00:26:51,360 Teetz. 404 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:56,040 When they were in Chicago for the embroidery seminar, Shelly booked one room. 405 00:26:56,040 --> 00:27:00,920 They turned the trip into a lovers getaway. 406 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:05,200 Cameras in the hotel caught the two kissing and holding hands. 407 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,560 Shelly said that later she felt guilty and was just sucked into it. 408 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:15,400 However, Bobby was guilt-ridden, not just for his wife Kelly, but for Jimmy as well. 409 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,440 Jimmy gave him a job and then Jimmy started to act differently. 410 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:24,120 On Thanksgiving Day, Jimmy and Shelly attended a Mountaineer football game. 411 00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:27,400 She would later say they discussed how the business was doing. 412 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:33,280 He told her that he was leaving the following night to go home and to go on a hunting trip 413 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,320 with his dad and his cousin. 414 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:40,480 He also told Bobby Teetz that he would be out of town and needed Bobby to be on call. 415 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:46,400 He called Stephanie to see if he could take Drew with him even though he knew it was Thanksgiving. 416 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:52,000 And she said no because there was a huge family get together with the new baby and she really 417 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,380 just wanted all of the kids to be there. 418 00:27:54,380 --> 00:27:59,660 She said that Jimmy was understanding and he wished her a happy holiday and hung up. 419 00:27:59,660 --> 00:28:04,640 This would be the last time Jimmy and Stephanie spoke to each other. 420 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:09,240 Do you ever find yourself searching for a true crime podcast focused on West Virginia? 421 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:10,640 Well I have you covered. 422 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:15,760 I'm Mark Covey, the creator of Mountain State Mysteries, where every Friday my co-host 423 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:21,400 Courtney and I will tell you about one of West Virginia's coldest unsolved cases. 424 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:30,400 Tune into Mountain State Mysteries on your favorite podcast platform. 425 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:35,680 Jimmy left that Friday and as soon as he was gone, Shelly made a phone call to Bobby. 426 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,320 He came straight over and they had sex in Jimmy's bed. 427 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,760 Then Bobby went home to be with his wife. 428 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:47,720 In the hunting trip, Jimmy's dad and cousin said that he was happy and seemed very upbeat. 429 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,600 He was super excited about how well his business was going. 430 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:55,840 For the first time in a very long time, it really seemed that he was looking forward 431 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:57,300 to his future. 432 00:28:57,300 --> 00:28:59,400 He came home Saturday night. 433 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:04,320 Him and Shelly went to a mountaineer's basketball game with Bobby and his wife Kelly. 434 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,040 Bobby later said that he felt awful looking at his wife and boss. 435 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:14,320 He came to the decision that it would end with Shelly. 436 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:19,400 That Sunday, Jimmy went and worked a shift at Preston Hospital. 437 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,600 He was still picking up a few shifts for extra money. 438 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:27,520 After his shift, he stopped by his parents' home and he promised his dad that he would 439 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,880 go hunting again on Monday morning. 440 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,640 That morning they did just that. 441 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:35,800 When they were done, he got back in his car and drove back to Morgantown. 442 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:41,080 While he was driving, Reggie called and asked Jimmy if he could go and set up a sleep apnea 443 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,920 monitor for a newborn baby at Ruby Memorial. 444 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,120 Jimmy said that he would do it first thing the next morning. 445 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:53,440 Around 10pm, he called Bobby to ask him his schedule for the next day, but Bobby didn't 446 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:54,440 know yet. 447 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:59,160 He said Jimmy brought up the embroidery business and that they would be single a lot of each 448 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,320 other and just left it at that. 449 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:06,760 He said that conversation seemed odd due to the fact that he seemed really supportive 450 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:12,400 of Shelly's business, but he was no longer willing to foot the bill for it. 451 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:18,200 Shelly just naturally assumed that Jimmy would invest money into her business from his business. 452 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,040 He made it clear that he would not be doing that. 453 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:26,720 So Shelly went to the office on Monday morning to use the fax machine and send out an email 454 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,000 to everyone in the company about his change of mind. 455 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,880 Saying she understood if anyone wants to change their mind and back out. 456 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:40,320 Then she called Bobby and told him to bring the tax returns to her the next day at work. 457 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:44,800 They were going to have to finance the embroidery business on their own. 458 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,200 Bobby agreed and they hung up. 459 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:54,280 After this phone call, no one knew what would happen in the Michaels household. 460 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:58,040 Stay tuned for part two coming out next week. 461 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:03,120 If you find yourself enjoying Mountain State Mysteries, take a second to follow, rate, and 462 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,840 download us on your favorite podcast platform. 463 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:11,200 It helps others find good West Virginia true crime podcasts. 464 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:17,960 Don't forget to follow us on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, all at 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