Lindsay Shiver’s household ‘unhappy, shocked’ over arrest in murder-for-hire plot in opposition to estranged husband: ‘Tore us up’

Lindsay Shiver’s household is distraught after the previous magnificence pageant queen was arrested within the Bahamas over the alleged murder-for-hire plot against her estranged husband, a former Auburn soccer participant.

Lindsay’s grandfather, Tom Shirely, mentioned he was “unhappy,” “shocked” and “upset” after discovering out the 36-year-old stay-at-home mother was arrested on July 21,

Bahamas police said they had stumbled upon a scheme to homicide Robert Shiver, 28, and that Lindsay had paid her alleged lover Terrance Bethel, 28, and Faron Newbold, 29, to hold out the act.

“It simply tore us up,” Shirely instructed The Put up Wednesday. “It’s only a disgrace, a crying disgrace, for Robert and the youngsters and everybody else.”

“I do know Lindsay or I believed I did. And I don’t know what might have occurred, however one thing occurred,” he added.

Shirely famous Lindsay, Robert and their three youngsters seemed to be the perfect household, fortunately residing at their $2.5 million mansion in Thomasville, Ga., and taking luxurious journeys to their trip house within the Bahamas — the place they traveled by personal jet.

“It’s exhausting to consider as a result of they’re such a high quality couple and a high quality household,” Shirely mentioned of the Shivers.

Nevertheless, the household’s apparently rosy life got here to an abrupt finish on April 5 when Robert, an government at a life insurance coverage firm, filed for divorce accusing his spouse of dishonest on him.

The next day, Lindsay submitted her response to the Thomas County Superior Courtroom, claiming Robert had a historical past of violence in opposition to her and was making an attempt to chop her off from his cash.

Shirely, nonetheless, mentioned he was very shut with the household and by no means witnessed any indicators of home abuse, describing Robert as a “good fellow.”

“I by no means noticed it. They had been only a high quality couple,” he mentioned. “I by no means knew something completely different. Actually, it’s a shock to me that each one this got here up. And really disappointing.

“I don’t know if she misplaced her thoughts or what. I don’t know,” Shirely added. 

Regardless of the contentious divorce and alleged homicide plot, Tom mentioned he was glad Robert had spoken with prosecutors about Lindsay, main them to recant their objections to releasing her on bail Tuesday.

Lindsay, Bethel and Newbold had been being held on the Fox Hill Jail in Nassau earlier than the court docket allowed the mother-of-three to be freed on a $100,000 money bail, Bahamas Court News reported.

She has agreed to put on an ankle bracelet and stay within the caribbean nation till her court docket look on Oct. 5. Bethel and Newbold had been every granted $20,000 bail and likewise agreed to put on monitoring units.

The trio may even give up their journey paperwork and are banned from contacting Robert, with all of them ordered to verify in with the Marsh Harbour Police Station 3 times per week, the court docket dominated.

Representatives for the suspects couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.