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Michelle and Leo Scholfield with Bone Valley (bonus)

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4.54.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In 1987, 18-year-old Michelle Schofield was murdered. The police believed the evidence pointed straight to her husband but the new podcast Bone Valley has brought that into question and makes us explore if Leo Schofield was wrongfully convicted.

A special thank you to Gilbert King for coming on Crimelines to talk about this case! Follow Bone Valley on your favorite podcast app and connect with Gilbert on Twitter at @gilbert_king https://twitter.com/Gilbert_King

This case is *disputed*

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0:00.0

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0:38.4

In 1987, 18-year-old Michelle Skowfield was murdered.

0:46.2

The police believe the evidence pointed straight to her husband, but the new podcast Bone

0:51.1

Valley has brought that into question and makes us explore if Leo Skowfield was wrongfully

0:57.5

convicted.

0:58.5

I'm Charlie and welcome to Crime Lines.

1:08.9

Welcome to Crime Lines and thank you all so much for the positive feedback on my interview

1:13.9

with Helen from Death of an Artist last week.

1:17.7

I'm especially glad you enjoyed it because I already have a few more like it on the calendar

1:22.6

as bonus content for everyone.

1:26.1

This week I was able to sit down with Gilbert King from the podcast Bone Valley.

1:31.0

His background is in investigative writing and he has won the Pulitzer Prize for his

1:37.3

book Death in the Grove.

1:39.8

But as he has turned to podcasting, he has taken on the case of Michelle Skowfield and

1:45.3

the conviction of her husband, Leo.

1:48.7

I want to give you some background on the case first, a bit of a cliff notes version and

1:53.8

then you'll get to hear my interview with Gilbert at the end.

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