IA v. SHANAHAN (2004)

When Scott Shanahan disappeared one summer day in 2002, leaving his pregnant wife Dixie and their two children behind, no one in Defiance, Iowa, seemed to give it much thought. But secrets are hard to keep in the small town and neighbors would later say they knew about Scott’s history of abuse towards his wife. Dixie couldn’t hide the bruises and black eyes, but she did manage to hide the truth about her husband’s disappearance for an entire year – until police found his skeletal remains in their home where she continued to live with their children.

IA v. Dixie Shanahan: Woman Kills Abusive Husband

1-IA v. Shanahan: Prosecution Opening Statement
2-IA v. Shanahan: Defense Opening Statement
3-IA v. Shanahan: Paul Bush
4-IA v. Shanahan: Dr. Howard McCutchan & Dr. Julia Goodin
5-IA v. Shanahan: Philip Elder, Emmett Wise & Steven Johnson
6-IA v. Shanahan: Dep. Aaron Anderson, Dep. Mark Hervey & Vicki Kron
7-IA v. Shanahan: Dean Fraiser, Robert McConnell, Deborah Fender
8-IA v. Shanahan: Jeff Duty
9-IA v. Shanahan: Dep. John Kelly
10-IA v. Shanahan: Sheriff Gene Cavenaugh
11-IA v. Shanahan: Kathryn Myers
12-IA v. Shanahan: S.A. David Jobes
13-IA v. Shanahan: Monica Tetzlaff
14-IA v. Shanahan: Victor Murillo
15-IA v. Shanahan: Dixie Shanahan
16-IA v. Shanahan: Dixie Shanahan PT2
17-IA v. Shanahan: Laurie Schipper
18-IA v. Shanahan: Neighbor Testimony
19-IA v. Shanahan: Coworker Testimony
20-IA v. Shanahan: Susan Christianson
21-IA v. Shanahan: Paul Bush
22-IA v. Shanahan: Jury Instructions
23-IA v. Shanahan: Prosecution Closing Argument
24-IA v. Shanahan: Defense Closing Argument
25-IA v. Shanahan: Prosecution Rebuttal
Dixie Shanahan reacts as the jury's verdict is read in her murder trial 26-IA v. Shanahan: Verdict