Michelle Schofield’s body is discovered in Florida canal: 20/20 Preview
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2022
- Schofield’s brother Jesse Saum said it “was a really dark day” after he and his family learned Michelle’s body had been found stabbed 26 times.
Stream the full 20/20 “Last Seen In Lakeland” episode on Hulu: abcn.ws/3MdJt8b
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I take this road home every single day… so crazy how close you could be to past murders and crimes
First you go missing and that’s painful then you find out she was butchered…That’s whole level of pain knowing what she went through
I realize this comment is 5 months old, but having just listened to the podcast on this, Leo was meeting with the funeral director discussing what she should be wearing bc Leo wanted an open casket and they mentioned that it should be a turtle neck or something to cover the wounds and it was THEN (according to him) that Leo found out she'd been stabbed. All the time leading up to it, he thought she'd been drowned.
So that exact thing you mentioned, being distraught at her being killed, but then finding out she was butchered/stabbed so many times... he found more despair finding out how his wife suffered.
Forensics will prove who killed her. In 1987, Forensic Science was not what it is today. There's too many missing pieces. Rest in peace, Michelle.
True. I think the husband did it. He's just not believable at all. Also, Scott knew absolutely nothing about the actual crime. He was just making stuff up.
Forensic evidence was found, that LEO had not tested. Fingerprints were found in Michelle's car & they didn't match anyone in the family, including her husband. Leo Schofield's new defense attorney obtained a copy of the prints from the the Florida State Police (which they never tested) & the prints were run through AFIS & came back as a match to convicted murderer, Jeremy Scott. He even admitted to killing her, later recanted & then admitted to the murder again. There is also proof the neighbor & 1 other witness either outright lied or were mistaken at what she saw. .
I love science. Lets hope the bastard is still alive so he can get punished.
@@gutenbird of course the husband did it
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I am from Lakeland. My prayers for your family!
I know their pain, I lost my sister at the hands of someone else. 😢
That’s heartbreaking. I hope that person is paying for it😢
What was your sister's name?
My brother here. So very sorry for your loss.
Lost my baby brother in a similar way, stabbed 17 times by a guy whose name he had never heard of or met before. Sending you all the love. ❤
Sorry if it's intrusive but how do you guys cope cause this is my worst nightmare
. A few weeks ago my little brother got kidnapped and the weird thing is I hadn't spoke to him that night and just knew something was wrong checked his location tracked him for a while and just really knew in my gut something was really wrong, he got away, police got him to a safe place wouldn't bring him home as he's 21 so got him to a train station that when he called me 1st and let me know what had happened that phone call was terrifying I'm a very protective sister and he's the baby of all 7 of us anyway if he didn't get away I do not know what would've happened I just know he wouldn't be here anymore and now I genuinely believe I'm suffering from something like ptsd I have to use the motorway regularly and have to drive through the part he escaped and my heart just races I go sweaty panicky I can't stop thinking about the need to find this man and knowing I have no control over it is sending me crazy! I already suffer from depression and anxiety and this has made it worse
How do you guys cope and not go crazy after going through the worst thing imaginable?
I'm So Sorry for your losses to guys 💔
Condolences to Michelle's loved ones. 😥😥
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I had a cat go missing for two nights. The second night, I got something like a electric shock that came from a specific direction. As soon as it was light, I went out, and found her locked in a garage, the very first one I went straight to. Weird things do happen.
Yep. I have had visions and intuitions as well, that later proved accurate.
@Old Blue Witch me too.
I was at my mailbox when my neighbor drove by, I had been crying and I told him my cat was missing 4 days. Several minutes later he brings her home, it was freezing and she had gotten locked in his storage shed. That was sheer intuition that he could help me.🙀
I’m so happy for saving your cat
Why your cat is outside. There a lot of crazy people out there
So many stab wounds, it's not a stranger.. Hate and anger, it's unfortunately someone she knew.
You're right. Ex bf or current BF or some crazy jealous insecure woman
That is not true. Some people can take their hate out on others
@@portcityminis crime of passion, is usually more than 5 stabs.. But we will look out for updates.
Jeremy knew her....
@@carebare2588 only according to Leo
The beautiful woman was stabbed “26 times.” GOD have mercy 🤲🏻🙏 Like how many times do you have to stab someone to murder them. The amount of stabbings this woman took to her body indicates the amount of hatred and pure unadulterated evil that consumed the murderer. GOD bless and rest her beautiful soul and memory. My prayers go out to her family for strength and blessings for the torment, sadness and loss they have endured. 🥰🤲🏻🙏💕
Pure anger among other issues.... SMH
There was a case in Wisconsin where a girl was stabbed by her "friends" nineteen times, and she still survived.
So, it seems that the human body can take a lot of injury, and still not succumb to death, at least up to a certain point. But alas, human physiology still has its limitations, and all people are still mortal.
My family owned all the property to the east of state road 33 .This area used to be a large phosphate plant called Orange Park in the 50s and 60s .The plant was owned and operated by Tenno Rock and later Bordens . My family had cattle on this track of reclaim phosphate property ..When I was a kid a lot of my friends went swimming there when we were in Jr High school . It had 4 huge drainage 30 " drainage pipe that ran thousands of gallons of water per second and spilled in to the canal below .one could stand on the pipes and dive straight down to the bottom of the canal . And the force of the water would push to the surface .This area was just before the on ramp to i-4 east bound .There were very few people in this area just my huge family and a few local people who worked in the phosphate industry .After the plants closed it became a place for local teenagers to park and make out. Because it couldn't be seen from the highway It had a large stand of pine trees and palmetto shrubs between the high way and the canal . It also became a place were several female bodies were found over the years ...Today my family sold all of that property and the east side near Berkeley rd is a sports and recreational area known as Lake Merttle and the west end is the New Huge Politicnic university ...One can see how this could have possible taken place .Seeing how it's only 3 miles or so from Tom's restaurant and The ExxonMobil gas station .. Also this ExxonMobil station was where a lot of teens from the local neighborhood hung out sometimes the crowd would be over several hundred young people at a time
It would sometimes get out of hand and the Sheriff's Department would have to be called in to disburses the unruly hordes of teenagers...
Condolences to y’all. Very sad to lose such a young life to that violence.😢RIP
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Prayers for the family my condolences 💐 R.I.P.
🙏❤God bless you
Where is the next part please?
The next part is being done by all kinds of podcasters. It's a long, strange, depressing story. The police still insist that the husband murdered her. Fingerprints found in her car belong to a guy who has almost certainly killed at least three people, but police insist that he was only stealing the stereo after the husband committed the murder. That guy has confessed to the crime, but he's not someone that anyone trusts. The husband is still in jail. The other guy is also in jail for other crimes. The husband can't get parole because he refuses to admit to a crime he didn't commit. The husband's father was in jail for child molestation, but I think he's already died in jail.
No one denies that the husband had hit his wife a few times. He shouldn't have done that, and his physical abuse of her made his murdering her easy to believe. A neighbor hated him because he fought with his wife, and that prejudice led to the neighbor giving all kinds of conflicting accounts.
I believe that the confessed killer is almost certainly the one who killed her. The next most likely suspect is the husband's father. Maybe the husband did it, but I'm very skeptical.
There is no promise of tomorrow today.
For ANYONE.
Not for you, for a 5 year old boy or a 13 year old girl.
That sounds personal
@@yaasss5563 hide ya kids !
Rest in peace 💔🙏😢
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How 💔
Mullets, happened all through the 80's. Just look at all the criminal/suspect fotographs from 1980-1992 and you will find that every criminal has a mullet. It may be blonde, feathery and attempting to hide in the back behind the head, especially in portraits but it is absolutely there. The brown/hazel also known as Chestnut colured mullet, like Mr. Schofeld's here is extremely captivating from the side (DO NOT BE TAKEN IN). It tends to flirt with you, screams 'give me a winston' while lining up a corner pocket shot on a freshly felted pool table on the back streets not too far from a town/city arcade/bowling alley. The Mullet is responsible for some of the decades most heinous crimes and has not been charged but a growing number of agents fresh out of the academy have begun to highlight and acknowledge the detriment cast upon society.
I really hope you’re joking 😂
@@mamacakes6039 I wish I was. Just look at Texas death row inmates arrested in the 80's. The puff and tuff will be there. Often with a half grown mustache, perhaps a tank top often saying something about Texas like
'Don't mess with Texas' or 'Austin City Limits'
You will encounter phrases like "Where's the Beach" "This Buds for You" not to mention a variety of band logos like Metallica, Megadeth and of course Ozzy Osbourne Tour Tanks tops.
I'm just glad the Mullet now strikes fear and often is unemployment and has slowly died out along with its crime spree. It still can be found on the backroads of Southern states and has been spotted in rural communities of Michigan and Canadian farming communities.
@@paudsmcmack3117 Always suspected the mullet had nefarious intentions. RIP
@@personofinterest8731 I remember my first encounter, it was quite a harrowing experience. It must of been 1986 shortly after the release of an Iron Maiden album. I was 6 years old at a shopping mall in suburban Detroit. Sam Goodie was just upstairs from the Emporium, a neon lit arcade. My 65 year old English auntie had to grab me and we ran for cover at the Hudsons restaurant as two rival 'mulleted' Jean jacket crustache bearing burnout gangs from different high schools engaged in battle nearly knocking over the pretzel stand into the fountain. Just as mall security arrived a majority managed to escape on their spree mopeds. The 86 Battle of Westland Mall was over. Dozens of combs fell out of back pockets
@@paudsmcmack3117 💀💜
So this makes zero sense that her husband, Leo was thrown in jail for her murder, when they shared one car, he was at Vince's house, waiting for her, after her shift at work. She stops to get gas, calls him from a pay phone, then no one hears, or sees her, for 56 hours.
Wonder how Leo would have gotten prison time, and found guilty of murder, if he had an alibi and witnesses, that he was with his friends waiting for her to pick him up?!
I'd like to know more about his alibi. The documentary seems to not establish many things but simply allows certain people to claim things. My hunch is I just don't believe this guy. He just creeps me out. LEO.
@@gutenbird Another convict, admitted to the crime!
@@2TMarie Like the convict said, he’d admit to anything for a thousand dollars. The prosecution and police determined that someone had broken in to steal the radio, I’m not sure if this was when the car had been abandoned or not. The problem with this confession is it is not at all believable. He’s in jail for life. His understanding of the crime is way off. He said he stabbed her in the car. That’s a lie. He was probably just fed or read a bunch of info on the case after realizing his hand print was in the car. That’s another thing. His prints indicated only his stealing of radio and not someone killing someone. He’d have had bloody prints everywhere.
@@gutenbird OH! OK! That explains a lot!
I think his father is her murderer he has a mind jolt to find her in the wooded area .I think the father may have been in love with her she shot him down hurt his feelings and decided to harm her.My ex father in law was a drunk and said uncalled stuff to me a nasty pervert couldn't stand him or my husband's family glad he found his best friend's wife and I got rid of the whole damn family.
Water is giving up its dead all over the world .
What is done in the dark will always come into the light
Can’t find the episode on Hulu 😭
Where else but Florida...
Is there a part one of this ?
I'd have to see him talk more about everything in his life to tell if he is guilty or not. I doubt his dad had anything to do with it.
It's actually quite possible his dad had something to do with it--at least after the murder. Don't forget, Leo & Michelle only had one car, & it was abandoned out on the highway. How did Leo transport Michelle's body? How did he get home when his car was sitting out on the highway?
He admitted to calling his father that night & travelling in his father's car with him, but he puts it at a later time (he claims they were out in the car together *searching*)
Who else thought "prison break" when they saw that name?💀
Is that guy being interviewed in a prisoners uniform??
*"who even kill a princess like lady..ow my fkn god"* ☹️
What if the dad did it? I’m just saying
Listen to the Bone Valley podcast. Jeremy Scott was the killer. Jeremy Scott has confessed many times and has provided details only the killer could know about the case such as the amount of money that was in the car that he stole (£10 after Michelle had paid for gasoline)Michelles own brother supports Leo Schofielfd’s release after learning all of the facts. A circuit judge brought this case to Gilbert King stating that Leo was innocent and appears on the podcast at the risk of his own career. The podcast is not only a captivating listen but proves that the real killer was Jeremy Scott who is currently serving time for another murder and has confessed to at least one more
All the folks on here saying the person had to have known her to stab her 26 times must not know about Jeffrey Dahmer who had all those bodies in his freezer and didn't know any of them 🤦
The dad did it!
Yes he did
How did he knew she was there?
He is driving
Does anyone know the name of the trailer park she lived in? It’s not Lakeland Mobile Home Park, as stated
What a horrendous act!! RIP Michelle🙏
I cannot find any trial transcripts or details about the night of the murder. I am looking for a timeline of events. Do not quote 20/20 episode as evidence. I want a full and detailed timeline. No caselaw online in Schofield appeals filings talk mention anything about timeline of the night.
The other guy Scott's hand print was in the car right? And he confessed?
Those rings were so small and tight on her finger it was about to fall off
Decomposition of the body.
Everything swells
Damn and prison break was my fav show 😢
Wow
WDF, Where Is The Remainder of the Story ? h e l l o ?
Saying Leo did this and that was confusing, do they mean Leo Snr the father or Leo Jnr the husband. I'm assuming it was Leo Jrn that was jealous of his wife but did they ever suspect Leo Snr since he knew where to find her spiritual guidance or not? Maybe they were both involved. Did they ever find the truth?
Jeremy lynn scott killed her
Like most investigators say in decades of law enforcement, constant stabbing takes love/hate passion to stab someone constantly. Husband is a good actor he had time to practice.
You can learn about the whole case....Lava For Good pod cast Show name- Bone Valley
I'm 2:04 into this video. Why do I get a uneasy sense about the guy with the name tag on his uniform, sitting in, what looks like a library.
Why don't I believe anything about his; "performance"? Because his words don't match his body language?
Then you’re very intuitive and you listen to your inner self. It’s never wrong. We all have the ability, just some doesn’t listen to it enough and get to know it. Life is crazy fast nowadays.
@@Lizablue0608 I never met an online psychic before. It's a possibility, just don't ask me how.
Maybe bc his wife was stabbed 26 times in the back, with no rape involved nor robbery as she hav her jewelry on.. 26 times?!? That’s RAGE!!! HATE!!!! Oh and the father was the one to lead them to her body??! Hahah bc of “god speaking” to him??? OKAY!
@@Lizablue0608 yeah nah bro
That's a jail jumpsuit genius...
The dad is very sus !🇦🇺
Wrongfully convicted
He's at where he belongs, that's behind bars.
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Its odd his dads the one who discovers her body
I'm so confused why is the brother in jail is it for the murder of sister ???
People seem not to care much these days. Sad! GOD BLESS 🌞🩸🍃
Seriously thought this was about that crazy woman who kept insisting both her kids had schizophrenia, featured on dr phil... pretty sure she had the same name. This is a terrible story
Wonder who killed her
The Father did it
Revelation 6:8
" and I looked and behold a pale horse and his name that sat on it was DEATH and HELL followed with him and power was given unto him them over a fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, and with hunger and with DEATH, And with THE BEASTS OF THE Earth"
Sometimes there is victory in death 🕊
Durp durp
LOVE THAT VERSE!
SO DARK BUT SO GOOD
Christians say gay and trans people are crazy but go wild for this nonsense 🤣🤣🤣 you sound like religious lunatics
Soon as he said I cussed GOD and punched everything I knew it was a show gtfoh
Perpetrator was definitely someone who knew her intimately!
Whos the leather lady
I don’t buy the “epiphany from god” bs
Yes, that's very suspicious.
guess he went to prison....i had a dream once about how a dog race was going to come in....it was a monday night and i dreamed about 1st race wed....went bought program and the 3 dogs were in 1st race..left over two hours early but a fatal wreck on the gulf freeway south of houston blocked all traffic..race came in just like i dreamed but i did not get to bet and trifecta paid over a thousand
Wtf are y I u talking about
@@memyself6360 😆
Epiphany.. yeah, right!!
Why would he kill his daughter
Who is that guy and why is he in Jailv
Free Leo!!
Yip the father did it
Leo Schofield has tried every angle to get out of prison, including multiple appeals some of which were undertaken by the Innocence Project (he lost the appeals).
Now he's got a new angle: a woman--his brand new wife!--on the outside who will move heaven & earth to get him freed, while he builds up the appearance of 'fine upstanding innocent man' by manufacturing a family to speak for him (they adopted a child, eesh).
I've read some articles & court docs about this case--I don't think the jury got it wrong.
Both Leo's defence team & the DA KNEW ABOUT the unidentified fingerprint before his trial. The fingerprint belong to a criminal (later convicted of a different murder) who was known to comb the local interstate highways stealing stereos from abandoned cars. The stereo from Michelle's car was missing, but significantly when her body was found she still had her rings on, which made it unlikely she was killed by a thief. The criminal 'confessed' to killing her--but he also confessed to being responsible for every murder in that region of Florida in 1987/88. He is on record offering Leo's defence team a confession to Michelle's murder for $1000. An Appeal Court determined 3 years ago that the criminal's confession was not credible, & denied Leo a new trial.
It's irresponsible for 20/20 to present this as 'Is an innocent man in prison?!!!' clickbait. All it does is open old wounds for Michelle's friends & family.
@To The Lighthouse....are you just repeating what you heard on the 20/20 episode. What evidence do you have that this criminal "Scott" confessed to every murder in that region of Florida in 1987/88? Michelle's car stereo was not missing. I do not rely on anything 20/20 says but the episode claims speakers were missing not stereo. Sounds like you are just making facts up to support your opinion. And do not reply with anything you heard on 20/20. Supply real evidence such as court documents and witness statements.
Clearly you haven't heard Michelle's brothers thoughts on this
I have those type of dreams
yeah right. Dreams that lead you to the body?
Pffft.
I think it subconscious attention to details others aren’t seeing.
So, what happened? Did they find out what happened? Worse thing I watched! No conclusion
Wow how did come to husband kill her why. Who did tjis
Thems byu folk
"angry at God"?!!. People dont read their bibles.
yea...... god told him. WTF, that is soooooo suspicious. Silly.
The right man is in prison. RIP Michelle 💔🙏
Where's your report on Cayler Ellingson and Biden's responsibility for his death.
You seem unwell. You should reach out to a professional.
honesty grow up and go away
Have you considered therapy
Your so lost
Get help