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Apr 14, 2021 · Austin American-Statesman. The wife of slain Austin jeweler Ted Shaughnessy conveyed her despair, grief and sense of betrayal Wednesday immediately after one of the hitmen who killed her husband ...
- Overview
- RAISING SUSPICIONS
- STARTLING CLUES CONFIRM AND EXPAND INVESTIGATORS' SUSPICIONS
- A BELOVED SON'S BETRAYAL
- JACKIE EDISON SPEAKS TO 48 HOURS
- "48 Hours" Post Mortem Podcast
When Travis County Sheriff's detectives Paul Salo and James Moore arrived to investigate a shooting at Ted and Corey Shaughnessy's Austin, Texas, home early on March 2, 2018, they first thought it might be a robbery gone wrong.
Det. Paul Salo: It looked as though there was a home invasion … and a homeowner was … killed.
Inside the sprawling, suburban home it looked like a battlefield. Ted Shaughnessy, 55, lay dead in a pool of blood near the kitchen table.
Det. James Moore: He was shot in the head, the back, the thigh, and the buttocks…
One of the family's two pet Rottweilers, Bart, had been shot to death, as well. There was broken window glass everywhere, bullets lodged in the walls and casings all over the floor. Authorities noticed they were not all the same type.
Det. Paul Salo: We had .40 caliber and .380 … so that told us that we had two shooters …
Corey Shaughnessy's frustration with investigators was growing.
She says she'd known from the start that she was a suspect in her husband's murder. She says she needed money for the business in the following weeks, and it didn't help when she tried to cash in his million-dollar life insurance policy.
Corey Shaughnessy: I was the only beneficiary. That could only mean that they suspected me.
Jim Axelrod: Let me just ask, did you have anything to do with this?
Corey Shaughnessy: Absolutely not.
But Meredith says Corey had started raising red flags immediately after leaving the scene. Within hours of the murder, she reportedly stated there would be no funeral and inquired about having the house cleaned.
Corey Shaughnessy knew police were suspicious of Nick and Jackie, but she says she had no reason to think they were right. After all, she says they'd been wrong about her.
Corey Shaughnessy: The last thing that I would ever do would be kill my husband … and … I thought, well, if they think I did it … it's not a stretch for them to think Nicolas did it.
But the closer police looked, the more incriminating evidence they seemed to find that Nick and Jackie had planned to have both Shaughnessys killed. While phone records showed Nick had been more than 100 miles away at the time of the murder, they also showed he was lying when he said he hadn't been to Austin for a month.
Det. Paul Salo: We ultimately see … cellphone usage in Austin on February 28th, which is just two days before Ted ends up getting killed.
Investigators wondered if he had been in town making final preparations. There were text messages on Nick and Jackie's phones that police say showed a suspicious conversation.
Jim Axelrod: How important was the text message that he had sent out February 23, 24? … Nick is saying he's "working on it."
After police arrested the last of their four suspects, Arieon Smith, Det. Salo says Smith told them he wasn't just there for Ted's murder.
ARIEON SMITH (police interview): Yes, I was there.
Smith acknowledged firing the fatal shot, and then made a stunning request —
ARIEON SMITH (police interview): I request the death penalty.
— the death penalty.
ARIEON SMITH (police interview): I killed somebody, I deserve to die. Simple as that.
Corey and Nick Shaughnessy haven't spoken directly since his 2018 arrest.
Jim Axelrod: When you look in the mirror, do you see evil?
Nick Shaughnessy: My mom stated that. Me being evil. … I don't see evil in me.
These days, it's safe to say they don't see eye to eye. In fact, there may be only one thing they do agree on.
Corey Shaughnessy: Jackie is not a victim.
Jim Axelrod: This is a fifty-fifty thing?
Listen as host Anne-Marie Green, contributor Jim Axelrod and producer Jenna Jackson discuss Corey's emotional journey to realizing her own son had hired hit men to kill her and her husband for money.
Produced by Josh Yager. Jenna Jackson and Ryan N. Smith are the development producers. Shaheen Tokhi is the associate producer. Anthony Venditti is the content research manager. Atticus Brady and Diana Modica are the editors. Patti Aronofsky is the senior producer. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. Judy Tygard is the executive producer.
- CBS News
- Jim Axelrod
- 42 min
She called 911 on the morning of March 2, 2018, to report an intruder inside her house in Austin. When police arrived, they found Ted dead of multiple gunshot wounds in a hallway.
Jan 14, 2024 · Edison declined our multiple interview requests, but when she walked out of jail on Oct. 17, 2023, "48 Hours" producer Jenna Jackson was waiting. Jaclyn Edison tells “48 Hours” 120 days in ...
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- Josh Yager
Jan 13, 2024 · The little things they took for granted on that quiet street in Austin where they built their lives, raised their son. A tight-knit family that had everything, until the early morning hours of ...
Jan 12, 2024 · Five years after the murder of a wealthy Austin jeweler, NBC's "Dateline" and CBS's "48 Hours" are slated to share the story with a national audience. Ted Shaughnessy was shot and killed in his ...
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