Lindsay Shiver, Thomasville, Georgia mom & lover and second man arrested in murder plot to kill estranged husband and former Auburn University star football player in the Bahamas. Terrance Bethel id as lover along with Faron Newbold thought to be hitman.
A Georgia mother of three and former cheerleader/beauty Queen was arrested and charged in the Bahamas for allegedly plotting to kill her estranged husband, an insurance executive and a former Auburn University football player, according to reports.
Lindsay Shiver, 36, of Thomasville, GA, was busted when Bahamian police accidentally stumbled on her alleged scheme to murder Robert Shiver, 38, while investigating a different case, Bahamas Court News reported.
Two men, Terrance Bethel, 28 — identified as Lindsay Shiver’s lover — and Faron Newbold, thought to be the hired hitman were also arrested.
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Local police unearthed texts which detailed the plot while they searched the phone of a suspected burglar at Grabber’s Bar and Grill in Great Guana Cay, Bahamas earlier this month.
It wasn’t immediately known which of Shiver, Bethel or Newbold owned the phone.
Robert and Lindsay Shiver own a house in the Bahamas, near where she met her alleged lover Bethel, a source familiar with the case told the Thomasville Times-Enterprise.
Robert Shiver, who was a snapper for the Auburn Tigers from 2006-2008, had also filed for divorce upon finding out Lindsay Shiver was involved in a romantic relationship with Bethel.
According to WTVY, Lindsay Shiver allegedly paid a hitman to carry out the murder.
Following their arrest, Lindsay Shiver, Bethel and Newbold were transported from Guana to the country’s capital, Nassau.
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They appeared in court on Friday but were not required to enter a plea.
The trio is due back in court on Oct. 5.
Lindsay Shiver’s Instagram account revealed that the once formerly happy couple meeting during a fitness class at Auburn University in 2007.
‘So thankful for that fitness class 13 years ago that brought us together and all of the love, laughter, and life we have created ever since! I love you babe. Cheers to many more,’ Lindsay Shiver wrote in the caption of a 2020 post with an array of photos — one of which featured them on their wedding day.
Before being accused of plotting her husband’s killing, Lindsay Shiver was named Miss Houston County in 2005, finishing second in the National Peanut Festival beauty pageant that year, according to WTVY.
Following his career with Auburn University, Robert Shiver signed with Atlanta Falcons as a free agent but was cut before the start of the 2009 season.
Robert Shiver is listed as the executive vice president of Senior Life Insurance Company in Thomasville, Ga.
