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Case Closed

The Faithful Wife

Case Closed

Macmillan

News, True Crime

4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

We're looking into the decade-long marriage between Barbara and Eli Weaver. After Barbara's murder, friends and family come forward to paint the picture of a relationship gone sour. You can order Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris's book A Killing in Amish Country now. Stay in the know about the latest at Macmillan by subscribing to our newsletter here.

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0:00.0

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0:20.1

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0:25.8

Welcome

0:26.8

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0:34.0

I'm Christy Westgard.

0:35.5

Last episode, we took you to the scene of the crime.

0:38.8

Barbara Weaver is found dead in her bed.

0:41.3

Her chest pierced by a single bullet.

0:44.3

Detectives Michael Maxwell and John Chouhi

0:47.3

begin gathering evidence and interviewing her children and the neighbors.

0:51.4

Eli is a way on a fishing trip when he hears the news.

0:55.1

Was this fishing trip innocent?

0:57.1

Or a preplanned alibi?

0:59.1

If it wasn't Eli, who was in Barbara's bedroom that night?

1:02.1

And why would anyone want to kill a devout mother of five?

1:06.1

Today, we're looking for our motives.

1:08.1

What were Eli and Barbara's lives like within the Amish community?

1:14.1

This is really a story of contradiction.

1:17.1

Barbara and Eli were vastly different people with vastly different priorities.

1:22.1

And these differences are at the heart of this case.

1:25.1

Before we begin though, just one quick note.

1:28.1

A lot of the information about Barbara and her marriage to Eli

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