Interrogation of Boyfriend & Killer Who Gets Away With Murder

On the night of her death, Michael told detectives he didn't give Sheila her last kiss. He was upset because she'd already smoked through a fresh pack of cigarettes he'd bought her that morning. By the time he got home from work, she needed another pack. Instead of arguing, he went next door to help a neighbor remove a stump. She called him back inside. He showered, lay down on the couch, and fell asleep watching TV. He says he woke up around 1:30 a.m. to find her getting a beer from the kitchen, told her to go back to bed, and went back to sleep. At 4 a.m., he found her cold and unresponsive on the bedroom floor.

But the autopsy told a different story. The medical examiner ruled Sheila's death a strangulation. There were bruises on both sides of her throat, a fractured hyoid bone in her voice box. "She can't do this herself," the detective told Michael during the interrogation. The only two people in the house were Michael and Sheila. The evidence was clear: someone had put their hands around her neck.

The interrogation: a man who keeps changing his story