Hello everyone and welcome back to true crime with Kendall Ray. I am so happy to have you

here today to discuss yet another case and if you're new, then welcome. But let's jump

into things here. This is an ongoing case. So I'm going to be telling you everything that

we know as of September 1st when I'm recording this. Over the years, I've covered several

cases where someone will hire a hitman to do the unthinkable and commit a murder for them.

And those cases are devastating. However, today's case is totally different because instead of someone

being killed, today we're going to be talking about someone who was saved due to pure chance

and luck. So let me start out by telling you about Lindsay Shiver, who is formerly known as Lindsay

Shirley. She was born October 28th 1986 in Dothin City, Alabama. She is the daughter of Andy

and Cecilia and the sister of two brothers Brandon and Craig. Now growing up in the south,

Lindsay took to some traditional southern hobbies, specifically beauty pageants. Now the world of

pageants is very interesting to me. I have some thoughts on it, which I will maybe save for another

day. But Lindsay grew up in these pageants and by age 19, she was already being crowned

Miss Houston County. To be clear, this is Houston County of Alabama, not Houston, Texas.

She also competed in the National Peanut Festival pageant, which I had never heard of. And you

actually get a crown with a peanut on it. She was crowned runner up, which was one of the many

highlights in her pageant trait career. And by all accounts, it seemed that Lindsay was going to

accomplish a lot in her life. In 2006, she enrolled in Auburn University, where she studied elementary

education to pursue her dreams of becoming a teacher. But like many of you know, your time in

college isn't always just dedicated to studying. There's also extracurriculars, parties, friends,

relationships, and Lindsay definitely had that experience. She was very social. She spent a lot

of time with friends. She joined the cheerleading squad. And in her free time, she liked to take

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