Crime & Safety

GA Mom Charged In Husband's Murder-For-Hire Plot Speaks Out: Report

The woman was accused of hiring a hitman to kill her husband on July 16 on the Abaco Islands, media reports say.

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A Georgia mother of three accused of scheming to kill her estranged husband alongside a hitman and her Bahamian boyfriend told the New York Post she feels her case has been overblown.

Lindsay Shiver, 36, was released Wednesday from Fox Hill Prison in Nassau, Bahamas, on a $100,000 bail following a court appearance, both CNN and ABC News reported. She spent 19 days in jail after the alleged failed plot, according to the reports.

CNN reported Shiver has to wear an electronic monitoring device and has an 8 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew.

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The New York Post reported Friday she also cannot contact her husband or be within 100 feet of him and has to check in with local authorities three times a week.

“It’s been really tough,” Shiver told the New York Post.

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Accused co-defendants Terrance Adrian Bethel, 28, and Farron Newbold Jr., 29, were released on a $20,000 bail, CNN reported.

Shiver is accused of trying to kill her husband, a former Auburn University football player, on July 16 on the Abaco Islands, CNN reported.

ABC News reported Wednesday authorities in Bahamas discovered the plot against Shiver's husband while searching Bethel's phone. The outlet reported the search was being conducted during another case investigation.

The married couple is from Thomasville and had been in the middle of divorce procedures since April. “Adulterous conduct" was cited in a complaint as a reason for the divorce, CNN reported.

Shiver is expected to be indicted on Oct. 5, when case evidence could be disclosed in court.

Read the woman's exclusive interview with the New York Post.

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