190: The Murder of Liz Sennett

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In the spring of 1988, Liz and Charles Sennett were pillars of the Colbert County, Alabama, community. 45-year-old Liz was a mother, grandmother, and homemaker. Charles was a local pastor. They were beloved and respected. On March 18th, Charles discovered Liz's lifeless body in their home. It was a gruesome scene. Liz had been brutally beaten and stabbed to death. Initially, the authorities believed that Liz was the victim of a burglary gone wrong. But, as the officers continued to investigate, they noticed that things weren't adding up.

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0:00.0	Southern Fraud True Crime covers cases that are not suitable for young listeners, and
0:18.2	there may also be some explicit language used.
0:21.2	This nurse' discretion is advised.
0:26.9	You hear the phrase happy wife, happy life a lot.
0:31.5	It seems to put the onus on the woman to keep the marriage and calm waters.
0:37.3	But that's not always how it's meant.
0:40.2	Sometimes it just means that the wife is the rock of the family.
0:44.6	She keeps everyone centered.
0:47.1	Liz's Senate was very much the rock of her family.
0:50.9	Her husband Charles was a preacher and the center of their church, but together they
0:56.2	were the center of their community.
0:59.0	And Liz was very much the heart of her family as one of her sons put it.
1:04.7	It's not easy being a preacher's wife, but she performed the role with the same grace
1:09.8	and love that she did being a wife and mother.
1:13.6	When she was murdered, naturally, Charles was the first suspect.
1:18.4	The husband always is.
1:20.8	The Charles had a solid alibi.
1:23.8	Who would want to hurt this lovely and loving woman?
1:27.8	Liz's Senate had no enemies.
1:30.6	The brutality shook their small Alabama town and especially congregants of their church.
1:37.2	And the truth would destroy the Senate family.
1:43.8	Welcome to episode 190, the murder of Liz's Senate.
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