Ep 153: The Perfect Couple (Part 2)

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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No one disputes who shot and killed Diane Smith McIver - her husband, Tex McIver. But was it a tragic accident, or was it murder? Sponsors in this episode: Madison Reed - Get 10% off plus free shipping on your first Color Kit when you go to Madison-Reed.com and use code COURT. NetSuite - Schedule your FREE Product Tour RIGHT NOW at NetSuite.com/COURT. Thrive Causemetics - Visit Thrive Causemetics.com/courtjunkie for 15% off your first order. LifeLock - Join today by going to LifeLock.com/COURT to save up to 25% off your first year. Best Fiends - Download Best Fiends FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. This episode was researched and written by Polly Kotowski, from Law & Crime. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @pollykotowski. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie.

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0:00.0	Last week, we began covering the shooting death of Diane Smith-Meghiver and what would become
0:06.8	the subsequent murder trial.
0:09.2	The question was never who shot Diane, both the prosecution and defense agreed.
0:15.5	Her husband, Claude Tex-Meghiver, shot her.
0:19.6	And on September 25, 2016, the date of the defendant shot his wife in the back, his life was
0:26.5	spinning out of control.
0:28.5	No one is going to ask you to decide he was holding the gun when it went off.
0:33.8	It was Tex.
0:35.0	After Diane and Tex enjoyed a relaxing weekend at their Putnam County Ranch with Diane's best friend,
0:41.8	Dami Joe Carter, the three headed back to Atlanta on the night of September 25, 2016.
0:49.1	The drive was detoured due to construction on the expressways.
0:53.1	So, Danny Joe and Diane decided to take the back roads the rest of the way home.
0:59.4	Tex says he thought it was a dangerous area.
1:01.9	To be prepared for the worst case scenario, he asked Diane to hand him his gun.
1:32.0	I think it was underpass.
1:35.6	It was very dark and it seemed to me it was.
1:39.8	That's one that has a particularly high population on homeless people.
1:44.1	At least in a daytime.
1:46.1	But at night, there was a lot of people there.
1:48.9	I quickly said this is a big mistake for an employee so we don't belong.
1:55.6	After turning down Piedmont, the road that would lead them straight home,
1:59.6	the gun went off.
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