Custody and Coercion : Shea Briar

Killer Instinct

Savannah Brymer & Studio71

Society & Culture, True Crime, News

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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When Shea Briar didn't show up for church, Pastor Angela Smiley knew something was wrong. He was found laying on a bridge in the rain. As investigators start pulling at threads, a messy breakup and custody fight come into focus. What seemed random quickly starts to look like something planned, with more than one person involved. Get exclusive Killer Instinct content on my patreon : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/killerinstinct ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Get exclusive Killer Instinct content on my patreon : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/killerinstinct ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	23-year-old Elizabeth Plunkett heads off for a night away with friends.
0:04.0	It's the summer in 1976, the best summer we'd had for years.
0:08.0	Just hours later, she is kidnapped by two men in British Bay.
0:12.0	These are two career criminals wanted for rape in Britain.
0:14.0	They are Ireland's first serial killers.
0:16.0	While both men confess to Elizabeth's murder, no one is ever convicted.
0:20.0	How could this happen?
0:21.6	We're being denied any sort of justice.
0:24.4	Listen to Bad Women Presents Stolen Sister, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:32.7	Hello everyone, what is up? Welcome back to another episode of Killer Instinct, you guys. Thank you so
0:42.2	much for joining me here today. If you're new here, hi, my name is Savannah and I am your host of Killer
0:48.3	Instinct. And before we get started, make sure you go ahead and hit that subscribe button if you have not already. We post
0:55.5	weekly here on the podcast every single Wednesday. You guys are not going to want to miss it.
1:00.2	We also upload the video version of the podcast on YouTube on Wednesdays as well. So make sure
1:05.4	you are subscribed. And if you're looking for more exclusive killer instinct content, you can always
1:10.1	find that over on our Patreon.
1:11.6	We post an additional three exclusive episodes a month over on Patreon. We also end the month with an exclusive live stream as well.
1:20.2	Our Patreon family is growing more and more as time goes on. So definitely make sure that you are clicking that link if that is something that you
1:28.3	are interested in. But with that being said, let's jump to why we are here today. As you guys can tell
1:36.4	by the title of today's episode, today we are talking about the very twisted case of a young man
1:43.1	named Shea Breyer. This is a solved case, and it is one that I am
1:47.7	very interested to hear your perspective on. So with that being said, let's jump right on into it today.
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