A Clermont woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her husband in 2015.
Judge Cary F. Rada on Tuesday sentenced 41-year-old Laurie Leigh Shaver to life after being convicted of murdering her husband, Michael Douglas Shaver.
“We hope the defendant’s life sentence brings some measure of closure and peace to the victim’s loved ones,” said Bill Gladson, Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney.
Shaver was arrested in 2020 by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office after an investigation into her husband’s 2015 disappearance. The inquiry began in Feb. 2018 when a childhood friend reported Michael missing. When authorities conducted a welfare check, she was evasive about his whereabouts, and officials observed a newly poured concrete slab in the backyard.
Further investigation revealed suspicious social media activity on Michael’s accounts, which continued for nearly two years after his disappearance, despite no financial transactions since late 2015. The LCSO obtained a search warrant for the Shaver residence, where they found human remains under the concrete slab. The medical examiner confirmed the remains were Michael’s and determined he died from a gunshot wound to the back of the head.
The State Attorney’s Office would like to commend the work of the LCSO, as well as Assistant State Attorneys Nick Camuccio and Rich Buxman, for their dedication throughout the investigation and prosecution of this case.