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LOVE MURDER

The Murder Trial Of Kaitlin Armstrong Begins

LOVE MURDER

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

True Crime, Comedy

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Kaitlin Armstrong is accused of killing elite cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson in Texas in May 2022. Her trial has just begun. Jessie and Andie covering the opening arguments. Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/01/us/kaitlin-armstrong-murder-trial-texas/index.html https://people.com/murder-trial-yoga-instructor-beings-prosecutors-claim-jealousy-8385677 https://people.com/crime/yoga-teacher-accused-of-killing-mo-wilson-may-have-used-sisters-passport-to-flee/ https://apnews.com/article/florida-law-professor-killing-markel-adelson-2fb5697fa3123691c5b37c11d7855be2 https://people.com/florida-man-launched-gofundme-after-husband-death-now-charged-murder-8391137 Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Current Affairs, our show about the stories of Love gone fatally wrong

0:12.4

that are in the news right now.

0:14.0

These shorter, more contemporary stories come out on Fridays

0:18.0

while our big old full-length episodes come out on Wednesdays as some of you are well aware.

0:26.0

But today we are going to be diving into a couple of very interesting updates.

0:32.0

First we turn to Ocala, Florida.

0:34.5

On March 24, 55-year-old Herbert Swillie

0:38.2

called the police requesting a welfare check

0:40.5

on his husband Timothy Smith. 59-year-old Smith was found naked on a bed in one of the couple's residences

0:47.3

dead from an apparent, quote, blunt trauma injuries to the face and possibly to the genitals.

0:53.6

Police also found ligature marks on Smith's neck.

0:57.0

An autopsy would confirm that Smith had died from as

1:01.0

well as a spinal fracture.

1:03.0

At first glance, Herbert was every bit the grieving husband.

1:06.9

He cooperated with police and organized a go-fund me which raised thousands of dollars to go

1:11.7

towards a funeral and a celebration of life party for Timothy.

1:15.0

Throughout the months following Timothy's death, Herbert would post long and loving Facebook messages in his memory.

1:22.0

However, it wasn't long before police centered in on Herbert

1:25.5

as their main suspect. In August, the Ocala Sheriff's Office officially made Herbert

1:31.0

a suspect making a statement the very same day that Herbert left an anniversary message for Timothy on Facebook.

1:38.4

At the time the sheriff's statement read detective spoke with Mr Swillie at the earliest stages of the investigation,

1:45.2

and they have been trying to speak with him again. But his attorney had indicated that he will only cooperate

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