Daniel Shaver

Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On the evening of January 18th, 2016, a young man named Daniel Shaver was checked into a hotel room in Mesa, Arizona. He was in-town for business, having left his wife and two daughters behind at their home in Granbury, Texas.

Daniel was enjoying life, and invited two guests to his hotel room for some drinks. There, he decided to show them his pellet guns (which he used for his work at a pest removal company). Some guests saw him handling these perceived weapons through his open window, and decided to warn the front desk. This led to a 911 call, and - ultimately - an encounter with police.

At the end of the evening, Daniel Shaver would be dead... while the young officer that pulled the trigger found himself facing murder charges.

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

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Music Credits

The Pangolins - "Farhamptom"

ROZKOL - "Orders"

Borrtex - "See You Soon"

Kai Engel - "Modum"

Mystery Mammal - "Leer"

ROZKOL - "To the Water's Edge"

Koen Daigaku - "Part 3"

Kai Engel - "Wake Up"

How the Night Came - "IV - C6H807"

ROZKOL - "So sorry little girl"

Other music created and composed by Ailsa Traves

Transcript

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0:00.0	Daniel Leaton Shaver was born on December 29, 1989.
0:10.2	He lived in Granbury, Texas, where he had married his teenage sweetheart, a woman named
0:15.2	Lainey Sweet.
0:16.7	The two would be married for the better part of a decade, during which time they brought
0:20.8	two daughters into the world, Natalie and Emory.
0:24.5	Daniel worked as a pest control worker who often traveled out of state, primarily to the
0:29.3	southwestern states, New Mexico and Arizona, the latter of which his family was hoping
0:34.2	to move to in the near future.
0:36.2	This work is what brought Daniel out to Mesa, Arizona in January of 2016.
0:42.2	He was working for his father-in-law's company and was temporarily staying at a Lakinta Inn
0:47.1	in Sweetes, just off of US Route 60, in this hotel, in particular, in the hallway outside
0:53.8	of his room.
0:55.0	On the 5th floor, his life would be tragically cut short.
0:59.8	This is the story of Daniel Shaver.
1:05.8	Welcome to Unresolved.
1:07.7	I am your host, Michael Wielun.
1:10.2	This episode is going to be unlike most of the stories I cover.
1:13.8	It's going to feature a modern case that tackles some current social issues, which I believe
1:19.6	need addressing.
1:21.3	About the stories I usually cover, we know almost everything about this story, what happened,
1:26.3	who was involved, when, etc.
1:29.2	But I believe that we have not heard the end of it.
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