Love Rival Pushes Alabama Mom Off Cliff to Her Death: COPS
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 4 August 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
An Alabama mom, missing for months, is found dead in Little River Canyon National Preserve.
Mary Elizabeth Isbell, who also went by Beth Wright, hadn’t been seen since October 2021. Her ex-husband reported Isbell as missing after she didn’t call their son at Christmas. A tip led police to the body and a suspect.
Two women have been charged in this case.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- James Shelnutt – Attorney – The Shelnutt Law Firm, P.C.; 27-year Atlanta Metro Area Major Case Detective and Former S.W.A.T. Officer; Twitter: @ShelnuttLawFirm
- Dr. Bethany Marshall – Psychoanalyst (Beverly Hills, CA); New Netflix show: ‘Bling Empire’ (Beverly Hills); Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
- Christopher Byers – Former Police Chief Johns Creek Georgia, 25 years as Police Officer, now Private Investigator and Polygraph Examiner with Lancaster Information Services in Atlanta
- Dr. Michelle DuPre – Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner and Detective: Lexington County Sheriff’s Department; Author: “Homicide Investigation Field Guide” & “Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide;” Forensic Consultant
- Savannah Sapp- Multimedia Journalist and Reporter for WAFF48 in Alabama; Twitter: @Savannah Sapp, Instagram: @savannahsapp.tv, Facebook:SavannahSappWAFF48
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace |
| 0:15.0 | A gorgeous young mom suddenly goes missing or ditchy. |
| 0:23.2 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:24.2 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:25.2 | Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Sirius XM111. |
| 0:30.2 | First of all, take a look at our friends at WA-A-Y. |
| 0:34.2 | A mother is desperately searching for her daughter tonight, gone without a trace. |
| 0:39.2 | She explains the last time anyone saw Mary Isville and her worst fears about where she might be. |
| 0:45.2 | Debbie Wood is heartbroken to say the least. |
| 0:49.2 | Her daughter, the Mary Elizabeth Isville, has been missing since November 23rd. |
| 0:54.2 | Part of me wants to believe she's still here. |
| 0:58.2 | The part says, get ready for a funeral. |
| 1:01.2 | Can you even imagine that as a mother? |
| 1:04.2 | You say, all your love, all your time, all your energy, all your money, your hard work, |
| 1:12.2 | literally blood, sweat, and tears into raising your child. |
| 1:17.2 | And then suddenly, you don't know if they're dead or alive, where they are. |
| 1:21.2 | Similarly, this girl, Mary Isville, vanishes into thin air, |
| 1:28.2 | not a trace left behind. |
| 1:32.2 | That's really rare in our world. |
| 1:36.2 | First, I want to go straight out to James Schellnut, |
| 1:40.2 | high profile lawyer joining us from the Schellnut firm, 27 years in Metro Major Case and SWOT. |
| 1:47.2 | And you can find him at www.SchellnutLawFirm.com. |
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