Woman marries man convicted of killing first wife, adopts together: 20/20 Preview
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2022
- Crissie Schofield said she fell in love with Leo Schofield about eight months into researching his case and has advocated for his freedom. The two later married and adopted a child Ashley.
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There’s a psychological perspective behind women who marry prisoners, and it’s that subconsciously these women know these men can never hurt THEM because they’re behind bars, regardless if they’ve killed in the past. This woman has no idea what kind of husband OR father he would truly be on the outside, but having a prisoner for a husband gives the wife a sense of control over the relationship that she wouldn’t have with a man who wasn’t imprisoned.
In some cases, yes. Perhaps in this case, she truly thinks he is innocent.
Probably
I believe that he is innocent.
Some profound thoughts, makes me wonder. I have never been called to sit in on a jury and I hope I never will it can be so difficult to know who that person really is and what they’re capable of or not capable of
Well said, absolutely. Read my story of my friends daughter..
Interviewer: "Did he look like someone whom could kill his wife?"
Christy: "No!"
I mean, really? What does any person "look like," that kills?
right Jeffery Dalmer I'm sure did not look like someone who would try to eat his victims.. wow
@@brendamyers6320 IKR
You have a very valid point. I mean I've never killed someone. I believe in being nice. But, don't underestimate a human being. The nicest people are the most likely. Ya know.
@@NEXTGENSKYN Exactly!
Somebody sporting a pirate patch, a scar, some skull tattoos, and a grimace. Probably.
A prisoner husband makes insecure women feel that they are in control and that he is not out there chasing other women because he is in jail. My opinion
Just so people know, because you do have to watch to know.. they did not adopt through an agency. They met the pregnant mother during a visit and she said she couldn’t take care of the baby and the mother offered, so they did a private adoption.
Private adoption is legal ?
@Old Blue Witch america has some really strange laws....
@@cl3109 yes
@Old Blue Witch ummmmm stick to topic food stamps ain't never hurt nobody
@Old Blue Witch look who and what runs things and it's always the same kind .... 🤣 You know how your people are .... Dumb as a box of rocks say less
I don’t understand why women married men in prison. They can’t go out for dinner, parks, vacations, etc. I guess they got emotional issues
WOW....that poor baby girl. This is the foolishness that adults bring innocent children into.
I agree so much. I can care less what grown ups do on their own freee will. But don`t involve children in your foolish and dangerous games.
She has had a good mom and dad and has become a splendid young woman !
She is better than many kids from so called "perfect" ,conventional families that unfortunately end up depressed ,or addicted to smth,or are unfortunate enough to be aggressed in many ways.........etc
You see only the problem you have with the story,not the end result.The entire path and the end result show that LOVE can overcome anything and produce wonderful results in the end as well as along the way.
@@dianet2702 I think your point is valid. I don't know if this man is guilty or not, but I do know a hell of a lot of kids/adults that have grown up in far worse situations.
@@fredajordan5704 Based on statistics, either an equal number of kids or more have grown up in broken homes, abusive homes, alcoholic homes, etc. etc. Your judgement of foolish and dangerous is very short sighted. I'm not saying their daughter doesn't have challenges that others may not face, but I can think of a lot of situations that are far more foolish and definitely more dangerous! Those who judge her parents for the structure of the family they've built has/is quite possible one of her biggest challenges, and she has people just like you to thank for that. How unfortunate.
@@jlnriddick He is not guilty.A dude has confessed to have killed her.Have just read about in internet.His name is Jeremy Scott.But the judges didn't agree to rejudge bcs I bet they are afraid he would have to be compensate for the many years spent in prison as an innocent man. Along with his daughter they have activities for children of inmates . She is doing great things in helping other kids in her situation.
There are some new videos (20/20.......)
Most info about the real killer I read in an article. He had confessed in front of 3 people in 2 occasions ,1 even recorded.
Very good article where both men are described,husband and killer.
It looks like she had given a drunk man a ride in her car and this is how she ended up dead.No comment about this ..............
“When I would cry, he would just come get me and I would stop crying.” She had great memory as a baby. And don’t all babies do this at some point😂
Grasping at straws
And your point is... ?
@@jlnriddick shes has at least one memory or a false memory and happy story
I'm sure she was told this by her mother. Duh
I know of a baby that screams when certain people come to them. So yeah there is that!!!
I was warned by many about the evil man I got involved with and paid a horrible price, but I was young and ignorant and thought that he would never treat me the way he treats other women. WRONG!!! I learned the hard way.
This happened in my hometown and it was so awful I remember it like it was yesterday and I still feel as bad for the family as I do now this was a very terrible thing that happened!
Interesting. What is your take on it? I for one am very skeptical that Scott had anything to do with it besides getting in car to steal the radio. Probably just what Leo was hoping for, that someone would steal car or something and then get arrested and charged.
Scott committed this murder
@@gutenbird I grew up here as well, and remember this. I don't like that Leo is claiming 21 people are lying about witnessing him abuse his wife AND others so he is capable of this. I would have to dive into the case more, but I am not certain how Scott would know she was on a payphone. So if this information was accessible to him when he confessed, then it could be a false confession. But if not, it could be true. The state asked Scott about the clothes she was wearing and he couldn't remember, but everything else is in line with the crime as it happened and the husband of Michelle's friend who claims she saw Leo taking something heavy into his truck stated that she tends to overexaggerate and lie sometimes. If Leo did it, he probably strangled her then stabbed her at the crime scene but Scott may have done it as well. Very sad! So I am going to edit this as someone on Reddit read the transcripts and SOOOO much is left out. Leo is 100 percent where he needs to be!
@@Desantisgogoboots Leo just gives me that vibe that he killed her. And the guy that confessed got so much wrong in his confession that he obviously didn’t know what happened and was attempting to follow what he believed to have happened.
@@gutenbird I agree. Transcripts show that the trailer was tested with luminol and the presence of blood showed up, which means Leo cleaned the crime scene. She was also found without shoes so the payphone is just a made up story from Leo that Scott just repeated. Leo had a knife he named the equalizer! And his and his dad's truck were witnessed at the crime scene. This man is sick and so is his new wife, putting this kid through all of this! Oh and he told his friend that he wished he never married Michelle!
She reminds me of the correctional officer who escaped with the convict recently I forgot his name in Florida they look alike also
And she committed suicide.
Vicky white I believed.
Yea i remember that story, she was on the run with him, sadly to say she ended up dead by suicide, according to the reports..
White&White
Yes exactly 💯
So f’ed up on so many levels. This man gets to murder his wife and not only get remarried, but also adopt a child?!!!!! At least she knows he can’t kill her too? What is wrong with this world
@Old Blue Witch 🤣😆 so true!!!
@Old Blue Witch But them they bleat about their human rights.Its disgusting
@@scratchy1704 did you miss the video ?
@@badazzbarbiePOV No,why did you???
I think its a beautiful love story
how were they able to adopt when the dad is in prison for murder, innocent or not its the conviction on paper that they look at
They met the pregnant mother in prison, it was a private adoption.
Totally bizarre story, firstly how come she was not fired for having a relationship and subsequently marring an inmate, then they went on to adopt a baby from some random woman they met through the prison service...
They always say that multiple stab wounds implies that the killing is personal...but some psychopathic killers go into a rage when killing....
That's mess up what they doing to that man! He has to wait to get Parole! They don't wanna let him go because they know it will be a BIG Lawsuit!
I'm just happy the judge was smart enough not to let him out.
If he was wrongly convicted (I don't know the details yet), there will be a BIG Lawsuit anyway.
@@jlnriddick Yeah. I don't believe him.
@@gutenbird well science doesn’t give two poops whst you believe
@@badazzbarbiePOV Is that your scientific opinion?
I wonder if this woman realizes how absolutely **Desperate** for love she appears?
I disagree.
@@trishaprett7721 and that's your right and prerogative Ms. Prett.
Think we're all desperate for love at the end of the day. It's a need. I don't know whether she just doesn't fit society's narrow standards of counter dependence and socially acceptable behavior. We're all brainwashed, so we won't know. Anyway, if she is desperate that would be cue to secure empathy as opposed to ridicule.
I'm blown away a judge signed off on an adoption of man incarcerated for murder. That's crazy
Only a selfish person would ask a woman to commit to him when they are in prison. I don’t know if he did that to his first wife but this whole thing is bizarre.
Lol she did that to herself. Women smh
The fingerprints belong to a man named Scott who took girls to the same area she was found. He actually went to prison in 88 for killing a man. But the courts still denied Leo a retrial
Have you got any references for that... I'm interested in cases like this
Not only that but Scott confessed to the killing of this innocent man’s wife! Our judicial system is jacked up!
@@Maillady42 ppl confess to alot of stuff that they didnt do......
@@liverbirdxoxo1984 Check out Bones Valley podcast. All details are discussed there. It's fascinating!
@@deannanorris03 but people who confess that didn't do it also don't know the details nor leave finger prints behind
Dude has had more of a fuller life than some people who are "free' 🤔
There is a Convicted killer in jail who confessed to this crime, and his fingerprints were on the scene and yet this innocent man sits in jail three decades later. WHERE IS THE JUSTICE? Kim Kardashian or Susan Sarandon???? anyone??
It's more complicated that this narrative is letting on. I'm glad the judge was smart enough to understand that and didn't let him out.
Hear me out, if there had been a man named Scott taking people to the area where Michelle was eventually found, maybe it was a well known thing around the community and the father went to check there after hearing the stories…. Idk. I need more information, bc all the timelines don’t really add up.
Scott??
It's bizarre the father knew right where to find her. What about the witness that saw him taking her out of the trailer, although it has been said she's been known to twist the truth. Then you have Jermy Scott know the details of her being on a pay phone. Anyway, I don't trust the prosecutor in this case.
There's something fishy about the father knowing where the body was. I think the witness who saw Schofield take the body out of the trailer was telling the truth. I don't think she was dead, but severely injured at that point. He probably thought she was dead, but she revived in the car. I think he drug her out onto that embankment and stabbed her. The other guy, Scott, may have read some details about the case in the news, and he did have some details wrong.
Where can I watch the whole episode?
“Last Seen In Lakeland” 20/20 abc news. You can watch it for free on their website using your TV provider.
Bone Valley podcast - also available on RUclips.
I didn't watch the vlog. The title just sounds too crazy.
So 90% of the inmates will say, they innocent.. That means all the guilty guys are out there. That's scary.
Adopt what a cat 🐈? The video hasn't even started and I'm like wait what?
They put they're little family together didn't they?? kind of weird and encouraging at the same time
lol !!!
We women are soooo blind 😓
Can’t really lump all women in any category. The Majority would not choose this.
Speak for yourself please..majority of women are nowhere near as dense as this woman.
can i enjoy this unusual lovely story in full episodes for free somewhere?
I’m ok with clicking on each video,… but where is the Conclusion 🤨
“Last Seen In Lakeland” 20/20 abc news. You can watch it free on their website using your TV provider.
@@cashflowglo7262 thank you 😊
Spotify.
@@MsLindaVang thanks, a solution, but here in my country, spotify is blocked😮💨
So an older woman, in a position of power and authority, who had a vested personal interest in pursuing an inappropriate and most notably, illegal relationship with a prisoner while she still worked there, and had connections within the system. Oh yeah, that sounds like such an incredibly reliable person to source any sort of information pertaining to guilt from. Gosh, I wonder why they haven’t set him free yet based on your word alone, or commented publicly about it.
I mean, guy looks just distraught while talking about his wife’s literal murder. Ever heard of Vicky White, babe? I mean, it’s just impossible to manipulate some of you, isn’t it?
You dont know what your talking about!
@@kconsidine313 Yeah, they do! The Innocence Project won't even take this case. Just pull up the court transcripts through the Freedom of Information Act. So much is missing from this show! Leo is guilty and this sick woman wants her fame and put her adopted kid in jeopardy, mentally and physically if this psycho ever gets out.
Prisoners can be very manipulative to LONELY women.
Girl never loved herself and never will. Truly sad !
Thanks for sharing your condescending assumption. That's pretty sad as well.
Hater
Needs to be much better vetting of adoptive parents…. If you can not raise them, abort. Your kids are being given to these kinds of situations.
It was a private adoption.. and they met the girl in prison. She was visiting and they started talking. She couldn’t care for the baby so she let them have her.
How is abortion a good option. Abortion is death !😊
Very selfish , adopt a baby but bringing her into that situation , now she don’t got a dad only every weekend
Well she had no parents before
The baby was going to be aborted anyway
You mean just like a huge percentage of kids in the US? I'm guessing she can format a sentence more clearly than you can, so she's already ahead of the game on that front. She also didn't go thru the foster system for her entire childhood. She's loved and cared for, she has two involved parents, and she actually enjoys interacting with both of them. You're right... pretty selfish people.
@@JenessaAndKingston Well she could have gone to a 2 parent family.
It's fine , no one got hurt and she got a nice home and upbringing. Weird , different , but a whole lot of ppl have it way worse
What a beautiful family. And the thought that he actually could be innocent makes me sick to the stomach.
I don't know the full details of the case though. It came up in my feed in the last hour. This came up before the earlier story.
But I'm not picking up murderer vibes from him.
I don't believe he's innocent. I think he stabbed his wife 26 times and now he's suckering idiots. He probably parked the car, hoping someone would steal it and the person would then be arrested. There was strong evidence that 2 people were involved in dumping the body and the father knew exactly where the body was located.
Boy I am
Where’s part 2 😮
Bone Valley podcast - also available on RUclips.
Is there like a full documentary about the whole story?
“Last Seen In Lakeland” 20/20 abc news. You can watch it free on their website using your TV provider.
Bone valley podcast it is long 9 episodes but is good. Someone else confesses.
This guy is creepy , I don't believe him
He will probably slap her like he admitted doing to his wife more if he ever gets out. What a shame .
Have there been any reports of that to date? Does their relationship appear to be abusive to those who know them? Is there any reason that would cause you to draw that extremely negative conclusion other than the fact that maybe their marriage is working better than your own?
🤦🤦🤦 i dated a man that put a metal plate in his ex wifes head....i remember it was going good then he told me about it and the 8 years he spent in prison for it....i asked him why? And when he told me my subconscious dumped him right then and there...it may have took a few more weeks but thats the way it goes sometimes....
Theres men out there....NOT IN PRISON....that have not gravely or mortally wounded the woman they claim to love...and if "bad boys" are just your thing? Theres men out there that fit that persona without hurting women 🤷
Date lawyers not thugs. Ugh. 🤦
Is there a petition to try to get Leo out of jail?? Most people would sign it. He needs politicians to feel the pressure.
There is haven't got the link but search for podcast Bone Valley.
Where is the other episode why most people tell the whole story before others get a chance to watch it for themselves
It’s nice for people to choose to love u.
It is indeed
quite sad and unfortunate love story.
It's not a love story when it's made online.
When did Angela divorce Michael,and when did she change her name,and is she still in that show ?This is very confusing.
Does anyone know how many more years that Leo has left in prison?
Well Darwin (rest his soul) predicted that only the strongest and smartest will survive. Since this women is neither, I hope she lives a long life despite her choices
Well Darwin was 0 for 2 on that guess.
Ouch, brutal.😂
I guess everyone didn't watch 2020 Lastnight it wasn't him!
I think he’s guilty
you can't be serious! he is SOOOO guilty.
Watched it and still think it was probably him.
That’s why they have trials.
This just proves, the world is filled with lonely and desperate women.
Wow that is really insensitive and cold
She was never lonely and desperate. More men are. lonely and desperate than women
@@anntrejo reality often is.
@@danicafilipic3121 isn't that what you tell yourself, every holiday season?.
Did he say being in jail was harder than being a parent? LOL
No - he said that being a parent while in prison is especially difficult.
how does a convicted murderer get approved for adoption?
They let them adopt kids?!?!?! Wtf?!?!?!
Interesting twist on the “I met him at work” love story.
They keep saying it doesn't add up but not really saying why ..besides the fingerprint? Rlly come on .
I'm guessing Leo did kill his wife. Not certain but I'm not convinced with about the man Scott with the fingerprints. I think he really did just get in car to steal a radio. Not sure if he just saw an abandoned vehicle and took advantage. And the confession is pretty weak as the guy seems very confused with how the crime happened.
Honestly I think she’s naïve and gullible cause it’s like got goggles on but I think he’s guilty
What I’d give for Michelle to tell us what really happened 💔
He is innocent. Another man confessed and everything he said matched the evidence. Wrongful conviction.
Not beautiful at all! She has no idea of what he would be like on the outside; especially with a daughter. All she knows is that he's a convicted murderer. He's locked up for a reason. As a domestic violence survivor. I see it as scary! You have to be real! For her, it's a call of desperation and loneliness to live in a fantasy world and now he gets monetary support. Praying she wakes up soon and what if whomever owns those fingerprints tell her that he witnessed the murder. There's that 'what if' that makes this crazy.
Y’all 😂some of y’all did not watch the episode last night based on the comments 🤦🏻♀️🥴
Some of YOU will believe ANYTHING you see on TV 🤦♀️
I saw the episode and I think he's guilty. I'm not certain he's guilty but I didn't see much evidence to convince me he didn't do it.
She looks like my 71 year old mom
She’s in her mid 60’s
Not a Relationship, Sorry.
So did this lady help this guy break out of prison? I just want to know the rest of the story
Bone Valley podcast - also available on RUclips.
She cannot say she absolutely 100% knows that she wasn’t there she doesn’t 100% know that the only person who won hundred percent knows that is him the person who’s dead and God she doesn’t 100% know anything this is what she wants to believe I don’t believe it I think he’s guilty and whether he’s guilty or not she does not know 100%
Nobody knows anyone 100% , even after years of marriage or years of friendship . You say she doesnt know 100% if he is innocent , it is just what she wants to believe but she has spent endless amounts of time researching the case, looking at evidence or lack of , spoken to numerous people about the case , spent years getting to know the man , who he is as a person etc and has come to the conclusion that he is innocent . You have decided he is guilty without doing any of that and have decided that she is wrong , that she "doesnt know 100%" . Do YOU know 100% that you are right , that he is guilty , what did you do to come to that belief ?
@@shari9721 great comment.
Heather Friedman... What... and you know 100% that he's guilty? Of course you don't. She's dealing with her life, and seems to have raised a loving daughter, who also happens to love her father, and vice versa. Who is being hurt here?
A convicted murderer not only confessed to killing Michelle, but his prints were found in the car. The state hasn't allowed a retrial to protect their ego.
Leo Schofield is innocent Jeremy Lynn Scott committed this murder
There's always a women who will love these men. I've seen it alot working in the prison system. Also u can't work for the state and be in a relationship with a inmate
This is the woman I want to marry
100 percent sure huh.
Jeremy Scott admitted to the murder recently. This guy is innocent. Can’t imagine spending that many years behind bars as an innocent man
Just goes to show how horrible the justice system is. Just unfair and needs to be reformed.
I'm watching it. Hopefully he is innocent. But inmates love vulnerable women.
The woman that married and adopted a child with this guy in prisoner needs her head checked. The man is guilty as sin and..idk why I get an uncomfortable vibe with him and the adopted daughter, also with the cheesy song he made her, its all just weird energy.
I hope this daughter sees her father released one day. I know this story, the details, the evidence. Jeremy Scott killed this man's wife... plain and simple
The finger prints ended up belonging to Jermy Scott, a habitual abandoned car radio thief, that landed in prision for murder of a 2nd male victim. Scott said he likely stole the missing speakers, beacuse he stole from every abandoned car he saw. Leo was DENIED release or new trial based on fingerprint reveal not being enough to convict Scott for anything. Thank God..
he is innocent..he called the cops for help when she did not show up and repoted her missing and got a search party for his missing wife..this is a mystery and he is innocent!!!
...I see
He called hours later and he completely contradicts himself in the 911 call. He acted like it was something she was always doing, not showing up, and at the same time he was acting like she never did such things. The fact that his father knew exactly where the body was located and that 2 men where the body was dropped leads to the obvious conclusion that his father helped him dispose of the body and abandon the car, which he probably was praying someone steal.
Every Person in Prison is Not Guilty& I do not his case history,but I would be very reluctant to get involved with a man in Prison.
What in the I can't get a man so I'll marry a person convicted of murdering his first wife is going on here?! 😳
Oh dear gawd
Leo needs to be set free! This is why people hate the justice system for the fact they can lock innocent people.
I don't know about that. I think he's about where he needs to be. Even more so now that he is lying about the crime and got idiots buying into his innocent story. Had he confessed years ago and been sorry for killing his wife, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. But are you really buying his story when he talks about his wife? Hardly.
@@gutenbird people make false confessions all the time! The system literally trick people into doing it! they're never interested in the truth the justice system is just a business and a fuckn joke on top of that! There's plenty of innocent people in prison fyi!!
@@gutenbird clearly you don't know the facts in the case...it's very clear
@@ejg34true but from what I have seen, I haven’t seen anything that convinces me that he didn’t do it
@@gutenbird yet what you "have seen" convinces you he did 🤷🏾♂️🤦. People like you is why people are wrongfully convicted. Until you know the facts of a case, don't speak on it. Jeremy Scotts fingerprints were found in the vehicle. He has admitted to the murder, along with two others, one in which he was convicted of. His finger prints alone is more forensic evidence linking him to the crime than any evidence the state presented at trial against Leo.
They didn't give any of the evidence they did have against him..without that how can any of us conclude he may be innocent??
Listen to the podcast Bone Valley.
she did ? when ? does she know
I see unidentified fingerprints. I know they weren't mine.
I LOVE this story 🙏
SICK
I think he is rehabilitated. He needs to be free
She’s crazy LOL
Most definitely 💃 🤦
If they had Castrated that killer then he wouldn’t be getting married.
Poor, deluded woman!
So let me get this straight, despite unwavering denials and no physical evidence linking him to the scene, you want to believe Leo is guilty of first-degree because Prosecutors relied on witnesses who portrayed the young guitarist as an abusive spouse who regularly argued with his wife.
Yet, a man who is incarcerated for murder, has admitted to two other murders, admitted to killing Leo's wife is somehow not the one who killed Michelle 🤦. ..and we all wonder why the U.S. is leading the nation in wrongful convictions 🤦.
Leo is exactly where he needs to be. You can request the court transcripts yourself. Someone on Reddit posted some of the transcripts that this podcast purposely leaves out. There WAS evidence at the trailer as luminal was used and it showed the presence of blood. Luminol is used when someone cleans the crime scene, which Leo did. Michelle was found without shoes, so she was not at a payphone. Leo told some people he wished he never married her and "hated" her. He claims that 21 people are lying about his violence as they witnessed it first hand not only to Michelle but others. Scott's confession does NOT match the evidence. He couldn't remember the clothing and other details, yet just recites the "payphone" but again, the evidence shows she was never at a payphone. Someone witnessed his car and his dad's truck at the crime scene. The list goes on. And this awful woman marries him, which was inappropriate, at best, considering her position in the case and then adopts a child and a judge allows the adoption, knowing this man's past which just speaks to her psychopathy and allowing this poor kid to be sucked into this. The Innocence Project won't even take the case lol. Oh and edit that he also had a knife he kept in his car that he called "the equalizer". Great guy, huh? He talks about his wife in this episode like he's talking about the weather.
Free Leo! Props to his wife for all her hard work to try to prove his innocence and they raised a daughter together. Let this man go be with his family already! ✌️👊
Don’t see eye to eye. Typo.
No I'm not getting this he says the same thing stunning then she made me a man .what was he before .oh yes a killer .either him or his father killed her .
Doubt it was the father. The father probably just helped him dispose of the body.
He called his wife similar.."stunning" this guy is FULL of it. He's probably so guilty..
Nope!
Go see Matt Frazier and see if his wife comes to you
That he is guilty
👀Book smart but no commonsense.🤷🏾♀️
Yep. Zero common sense..and to adopt and rear a child with a prisoner, Lord..
What a fool.
Sickening
i pray for his release>>
You never really know anyone but ya