Wicked Widower: Emelita, Sharon and Jack Reeves

LOVE MURDER

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

True Crime, Comedy

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

When a beautiful young wife goes missing, police take a closer look at her older husband's past relationships.

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1. Dowling, Paul. Forensic Files. 2002.

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3. “Jack Wayne Reeves v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 52nd District Court of Coryell County :: 1996 :: Texas Court of Appeals, Tenth District Decisions :: Texas Case Law :: Texas Law :: U.S. Law :: Justia.” Justia Law, https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/tenth-court-of-appeals/1996/7004.html. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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0:00.0	Okay, Jessie, last week was snakes, snakes, and like you said, more snakes.
0:06.0	And I'm not just talking about the farm.
0:09.3	What's the story this time around?
0:11.0	When a beautiful young wife goes missing, please take a closer look at her older husband's past relationships.
0:18.1	I'm Andy Cosette.
0:19.2	And I'm Jesse Prey, and this is Love Murder. Hi Andy.
0:48.6	Welcome back everyone to Love Murder, a podcast about jerks, quirks, and love gone fatally wrong.
0:55.8	You can find Love Murder on TikTok and Instagram at Love Murder Pod and on Facebook by searching Love Murder Podcast.
1:01.9	If you are enjoying this show, please love slash murder, a five-star rating on your podcast app, subscribe and review to help new people discover the show.
1:10.4	Also, if you're interested in supporting
1:11.8	the show more directly, head on over to patreon.com slash lovemurterpod, where you can learn all
1:17.3	about the different tiers of support. This week, we are so excited to shout out an amazing new set
1:23.1	of patrons, so thank you to Angie W, Kim C, and Ollie, Sydney S. Vanessa M. and Jen W. Deborah E. L.E. R. and
1:33.2	Laura M. Shawna D. Terissa L. and Cherry H. Woo. Thank you everyone. Thank you for being here. Thank you, Andrea, for being my constant plus one. Best buddy, road dog. I'm excited
1:49.6	because I get to fly out to see Andy tomorrow. You do. Your hair's so curly today, too. I think it's
1:54.8	because it's been humid here. Yeah. So if I air dry it on the East Coast right now with all of like
2:00.5	the weather systems that are
2:01.5	happening, it gets really curly. I look like not quite Alden, but like a lot more like you.
2:07.4	Sisters, sisters. I like it. I want it to be as curly as possible. When we were down in Florida,
2:14.3	Alden's like, look, your hair's like mine. She was so excited. Yeah, it's very cute. All right. That's enough of the chitter-chatter. Let's get right into this
2:23.1	episode. Let's go. Emilyna Reeves was a striking 26-year-old mother who had taken a chance on love in
2:30.2	her teens in order to secure a more stable life for herself and her family back in the Philippines.
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