Social-Media Hoax Frames Innocent Man, Sean Bailey for Indiana Murder; Real Suspect Caught After DNA Break
May 19, 11:00 PM
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Social-Media Hoax Frames Innocent Man, Sean Bailey for Indiana Murder; Real Suspect Caught After DNA Break
Imagine getting hauled off to jail for a murder you didn’t commit—because someone made up fake Facebook accounts and sent videos of a dead body… pretending to be you.
That’s exactly what happened to Shawn Bailey, a 33-year-old man from Louisville who spent nearly 10 days locked up for a brutal killing in Indiana that he had nothing to do with. According to investigators, Bailey was set up in one of the most twisted, tech-savvy frame jobs we’ve seen in a while.
It started on April 15, when deputies in Hanover, Indiana—just across the river from Louisville—were called to check on 35-year-old Wilma Gayle Robertson. What they found was horrific: Robertson was dead inside her home on Hickory Drive, stabbed in the back.
Hours later, Bailey was arrested for her murder. On the surface, it looked like an open-and-shut case. There was allegedly a confession. There was video evidence—a clip sent through Facebook showing Robertson’s lifeless body on the floor, with Chris Brown’s “Stutter” playing in the background. One message attached to it taunted: “Tell her baby daddy he doesn’t have to worry about her anymore… I did him a solid favor.”
Chilling stuff. And the Facebook account? It had Shawn Bailey’s name on it. Slam dunk, right?
Wrong.
As detectives kept digging, the cracks in the story widened. The DNA from the crime scene didn’t match Bailey. Not even close. And the digital trail? It didn’t point to him at all.
Instead, the fake accounts, the video, the entire setup led back to Nigel Thomas, a 34-year-old aspiring rapper from Oxford, Ohio, who goes by the stage name “Nati Bang.” According to Jefferson County prosecutors, Thomas not only stabbed Wilma Robertson but then orchestrated an elaborate scheme to make it look like Bailey did it—going so far as to create multiple bogus Facebook profiles, fabricate a confession, and even send out the murder video under Bailey’s name.
Prosecutor David Sutter didn’t mince words. He said Thomas “engaged in an elaborate plan to frame Shawn Bailey,” and praised law enforcement from Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio for tearing that web of lies apart.
On Friday, Thomas was arrested in Ohio. Bailey’s charges were dropped, and he was finally released. No word yet on why Thomas targeted Robertson, or what his connection to her even was—but prosecutors say those details are coming.
Meanwhile, Wilma Robertson—remembered for her kind heart and uplifting social media presence—leaves behind two children. She worked as a certified nursing assistant. Her life was real. Her death was senseless. And the attempt to twist it into a clout-chasing stunt for someone else’s gain? Unforgivable.
The justice system got it right—eventually. But you have to ask: how many other “airtight cases” are really just one fake profile away from falling apart?
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Imagine getting hauled off to jail for a murder you didn’t commit—because someone made up fake Facebook accounts and sent videos of a dead body… pretending to be you.
That’s exactly what happened to Shawn Bailey, a 33-year-old man from Louisville who spent nearly 10 days locked up for a brutal killing in Indiana that he had nothing to do with. According to investigators, Bailey was set up in one of the most twisted, tech-savvy frame jobs we’ve seen in a while.
It started on April 15, when deputies in Hanover, Indiana—just across the river from Louisville—were called to check on 35-year-old Wilma Gayle Robertson. What they found was horrific: Robertson was dead inside her home on Hickory Drive, stabbed in the back.
Hours later, Bailey was arrested for her murder. On the surface, it looked like an open-and-shut case. There was allegedly a confession. There was video evidence—a clip sent through Facebook showing Robertson’s lifeless body on the floor, with Chris Brown’s “Stutter” playing in the background. One message attached to it taunted: “Tell her baby daddy he doesn’t have to worry about her anymore… I did him a solid favor.”
Chilling stuff. And the Facebook account? It had Shawn Bailey’s name on it. Slam dunk, right?
Wrong.
As detectives kept digging, the cracks in the story widened. The DNA from the crime scene didn’t match Bailey. Not even close. And the digital trail? It didn’t point to him at all.
Instead, the fake accounts, the video, the entire setup led back to Nigel Thomas, a 34-year-old aspiring rapper from Oxford, Ohio, who goes by the stage name “Nati Bang.” According to Jefferson County prosecutors, Thomas not only stabbed Wilma Robertson but then orchestrated an elaborate scheme to make it look like Bailey did it—going so far as to create multiple bogus Facebook profiles, fabricate a confession, and even send out the murder video under Bailey’s name.
Prosecutor David Sutter didn’t mince words. He said Thomas “engaged in an elaborate plan to frame Shawn Bailey,” and praised law enforcement from Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio for tearing that web of lies apart.
On Friday, Thomas was arrested in Ohio. Bailey’s charges were dropped, and he was finally released. No word yet on why Thomas targeted Robertson, or what his connection to her even was—but prosecutors say those details are coming.
Meanwhile, Wilma Robertson—remembered for her kind heart and uplifting social media presence—leaves behind two children. She worked as a certified nursing assistant. Her life was real. Her death was senseless. And the attempt to twist it into a clout-chasing stunt for someone else’s gain? Unforgivable.
The justice system got it right—eventually. But you have to ask: how many other “airtight cases” are really just one fake profile away from falling apart?
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