US Politics | Chilling confession from ‘killer’ who says he ‘sleeps with dead bodies’ after brutally stabbing Good Samaritan to death
AN alleged killer said in a chilling confession that he "sleeps with dead bodies" after he brutally stabbed a Good Samaritan to death. Michelle Saum Schofield's body was found on February 27, 1987, three days after she left her job and jumped in her car to meet her husband. 
ABCMichelle Saum Schofield's body was found in a drainage canal three days after she went missing from her job '/ ' 
Polk County Sheriff's OfficeJeremy Scott confessed to the crime in 2016, however, the law doesn't seem to agree '/ ' However, Michelle never showed up and the grim discovery was made in a drainage canal near Lakeland, Florida. The 18-year-old wife had been stabbed 26 times. Michelle's husband, Leo Schofield, 21, was tied to the murder despite repeated denials and no physical evidence linking him to the scene. In 1989, he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. READ MORE CRIME 
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Most read in The US Sun SHE'S BACK The View fans rejoice as former co-host returns after show 'did her dirty' DECISION TIME Midterm elections see big wins for Republicans DeSantis, Rubio & Vance MARCO'S MODUS OPERANDI Inside Marco Rubio's quest to expose the truth about UFOs CHAOTIC LIVING Shocking pics of home of 'most famous inbred family' who 'speak in grunts' WHOOPS-I The View's Whoopi forced to apologize & promises to be 'better' STARSTRUCK Today fans left hot under the collar after Savannah's flirty exchange with guest "The more I looked into the case, the more I came to realize that Leo was wrongfully convicted, and I became more and more convinced that Jeremy was never properly investigated by the State of Florida," King told The New York Post. "So, I set out to answer this one question: Why is Leo Schofield still in prison, when the man who is forensically linked to the crime scene has confessed to the murder?" It was revealed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement that the fingerprints on Michelle's car belong to Scott, who was also known as "Bam Bam" in the streets. He is currently serving a life sentence for strangling Donald Moorehead with a phone cord during a robbery in 1988. King reached out to Schofield and Scott and turned his investigation into a true-crime podcast called Bone Valley in which Scott, now 53, gave a chilling confession into Michelle's death in the ninth and final episode of the podcast. Scott said he found the teen at a gas station while it was dark and raining. "I was sitting there while she was on the phone talking to somebody," he said from Martin Correctional Institution. "And when she got off, she asked 'if ' I needed the phone, I said no. She said, 'Why you all wet,' you know, cause it's raining, you know? And I said, I got no ride. You know? So she gave me a ride. And that's when I guess I lost it then." Michelle drove Scott to an isolated lake, where he planned to carjack her but the man "panicked" when she started screaming after his knife fell out of his pocket. That's when Scott began stabbing Michelle over and over. "It just happened so fast. Once it happened, it just happened fast." Scott found plastic near the area and wrapped her body in it to "protect her from being eaten by the gators, snakes or whatever" and said he slid her body "down into the water." Before her death, Michelle had shown Scott some kinds and offered to help him. Because of that, Scott said he regretted the murder. "She gave me a ride and all that," he said. "That's why it hurts me more. Girls like that, they don't pick up people." Over three decades later, Scott still replays the day in his head, saying that he dreams about seeing "a dead body sleeping next to me. "I sleep with dead bodies every night when I go to bed. That's my punishment." Scott also admitted to fatally shooting a cab driver in Intercession City, Florida in April 1987 \- six weeks after murdering Michelle. That case went cold for decades, he said. "That happened right after Schofield," said Scott. "I broke into a house and stole the gun." He added that Michelle's husband had nothing to dow with her horrific death as Schofield's lawyers are working to get him out of prison. "The man has been in prison 33 years, he needs to be out," Scott said. "That man ain't do nothing. He's innocent." He even wrote a letter admitting his role in the crime, writing: "Leo didn't kill his wife. I did." The letter was sent to Schofield, now 56, by King at the Hardee Correctional Institution about 100 miles away from the prison Scott is incarcerated in. Leo said he finds comfort in the letter and carries it with him. "He gets chills every time he reads Jeremy's words," said King. "Leo gets very emotional hearing those words and hearing Jeremy's confession to me. He told me, 'It's like, how many times does he have to say it?'" At first, Scott said he only stole Michelle's stereo from her car when his fingerprints were identified but he eventually confessed to killing her in 2016. However, he would later contradict himself in October 2017, saying "I didn't do that" when looking at crime-scene photos. According to court records, though, Scott maintained his confession when questioned again, however, a judge denied Schofield's motion for a new trial. Schofield said that the man who murdered his wife was nothing like he expected, calling him a "pathetic human being" who made poor life choices. "He's had a really rough go as I'm sure you're aware of \- even in the prison. And I do believe he's sorry. But it just shows you that he has a heart, he does have a heart, you know, that he's not a monster … I thank him for the truth." However, prosecutors have disregarded Scott's confession saying that he's "waffled between denials and confessions" since 2016. "Jeremy Scott cannot and should not be believed," said Chief Assistant State Attorney Jacob Orr. "He is simply not credible." Orr added that Schofield failed a polygraph when asked if he killed Michelle during the initial investigation, with a judge ruling that Scott "could not recount facts accurately" during a 2018 hearing. "This issue has been litigated extensively," said Orr. "It has been ruled by multiple judges. It seems this is an attempt to promote a podcast." King is still fighting for Schofield to be exonerated and believes that Scott gave him details that only the real killer would know, such as a pack of Marlboro cigarettes found near Michelle's bloodstains just a few feet away from where her body was found. Scott smoked the brand at the time and said he stoled $10 from Michelle after killing her \- the same amount she made during her shift at her job before her murder, said King. "I am confident that Bone Valley corrects the State of Florida's false narrative that Leo Schofield is guilty of killing his wife, Michelle," said King. "I do believe that if the Schofield case is turned over to any Conviction Integrity Unit in the state, they will reach the same conclusions that I've reached: Jeremy Scott killed Michelle Schofield, and Leo Schofield is an innocent man." Schofield could be paroled as soon as May, said officials for Florida Commission on Offender Review, however, it's unlikely that he could be freed since he'll "refuse to apologize for a crime he did not commit," said King. Schofield's legal team and the Innocence Project of Florida are still working hard to get him out. Read More on The US Sun 
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ABC NewsPulitzer Prize-winning author, Gilbert King launched a podcast, Bone Valley, to dive deeper in the case '/ ' 
ABC NewsMichelle's husband, Leo Schofield, was convicted of the murder and is currently serving a life sentence '/ '
ABCMichelle Saum Schofield's body was found in a drainage canal three days after she went missing from her job '/ ' Polk County Sheriff's OfficeJeremy Scott confessed to the crime in 2016, however, the law doesn't seem to agree '/ ' However, Michelle never showed up and the grim discovery was made in a drainage canal near Lakeland, Florida. The 18-year-old wife had been stabbed 26 times. Michelle's husband, Leo Schofield, 21, was tied to the murder despite repeated denials and no physical evidence linking him to the scene. In 1989, he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. READ MORE CRIME NEKKID-A Nikita Dragun arrested in Miami after going 'naked' in pool & splashing officers 'MISTAKE' Andrew accuser Virginia admits she was wrong about Dershowitz sex abuse claims Witnesses described Schofield as an abusive spouse who argued constantly with his wife, however, Schofield maintained his innocence. His attorneys argued that there were unidentified fingerprints found in Michelle's car and a confession from another man, Jeremy Lynn Scott. But Schofield's request for a new trial was denied by appellate courts for years. Something changed in 2018 when Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Gilbert King, learned about Schofield's case and began investigating what he called a "clear miscarriage" of justice. 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It was revealed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement that the fingerprints on Michelle's car belong to Scott, who was also known as "Bam Bam" in the streets. He is currently serving a life sentence for strangling Donald Moorehead with a phone cord during a robbery in 1988. King reached out to Schofield and Scott and turned his investigation into a true-crime podcast called Bone Valley in which Scott, now 53, gave a chilling confession into Michelle's death in the ninth and final episode of the podcast. Scott said he found the teen at a gas station while it was dark and raining. "I was sitting there while she was on the phone talking to somebody," he said from Martin Correctional Institution. "And when she got off, she asked 'if ' I needed the phone, I said no. She said, 'Why you all wet,' you know, cause it's raining, you know? And I said, I got no ride. You know? So she gave me a ride. And that's when I guess I lost it then." Michelle drove Scott to an isolated lake, where he planned to carjack her but the man "panicked" when she started screaming after his knife fell out of his pocket. That's when Scott began stabbing Michelle over and over. "It just happened so fast. Once it happened, it just happened fast." Scott found plastic near the area and wrapped her body in it to "protect her from being eaten by the gators, snakes or whatever" and said he slid her body "down into the water." Before her death, Michelle had shown Scott some kinds and offered to help him. Because of that, Scott said he regretted the murder. "She gave me a ride and all that," he said. "That's why it hurts me more. Girls like that, they don't pick up people." Over three decades later, Scott still replays the day in his head, saying that he dreams about seeing "a dead body sleeping next to me. "I sleep with dead bodies every night when I go to bed. That's my punishment." Scott also admitted to fatally shooting a cab driver in Intercession City, Florida in April 1987 \- six weeks after murdering Michelle. That case went cold for decades, he said. "That happened right after Schofield," said Scott. "I broke into a house and stole the gun." He added that Michelle's husband had nothing to dow with her horrific death as Schofield's lawyers are working to get him out of prison. "The man has been in prison 33 years, he needs to be out," Scott said. "That man ain't do nothing. He's innocent." He even wrote a letter admitting his role in the crime, writing: "Leo didn't kill his wife. I did." The letter was sent to Schofield, now 56, by King at the Hardee Correctional Institution about 100 miles away from the prison Scott is incarcerated in. Leo said he finds comfort in the letter and carries it with him. "He gets chills every time he reads Jeremy's words," said King. "Leo gets very emotional hearing those words and hearing Jeremy's confession to me. He told me, 'It's like, how many times does he have to say it?'" At first, Scott said he only stole Michelle's stereo from her car when his fingerprints were identified but he eventually confessed to killing her in 2016. However, he would later contradict himself in October 2017, saying "I didn't do that" when looking at crime-scene photos. According to court records, though, Scott maintained his confession when questioned again, however, a judge denied Schofield's motion for a new trial. Schofield said that the man who murdered his wife was nothing like he expected, calling him a "pathetic human being" who made poor life choices. "He's had a really rough go as I'm sure you're aware of \- even in the prison. And I do believe he's sorry. But it just shows you that he has a heart, he does have a heart, you know, that he's not a monster … I thank him for the truth." However, prosecutors have disregarded Scott's confession saying that he's "waffled between denials and confessions" since 2016. "Jeremy Scott cannot and should not be believed," said Chief Assistant State Attorney Jacob Orr. "He is simply not credible." Orr added that Schofield failed a polygraph when asked if he killed Michelle during the initial investigation, with a judge ruling that Scott "could not recount facts accurately" during a 2018 hearing. "This issue has been litigated extensively," said Orr. "It has been ruled by multiple judges. It seems this is an attempt to promote a podcast." King is still fighting for Schofield to be exonerated and believes that Scott gave him details that only the real killer would know, such as a pack of Marlboro cigarettes found near Michelle's bloodstains just a few feet away from where her body was found. Scott smoked the brand at the time and said he stoled $10 from Michelle after killing her \- the same amount she made during her shift at her job before her murder, said King. "I am confident that Bone Valley corrects the State of Florida's false narrative that Leo Schofield is guilty of killing his wife, Michelle," said King. "I do believe that if the Schofield case is turned over to any Conviction Integrity Unit in the state, they will reach the same conclusions that I've reached: Jeremy Scott killed Michelle Schofield, and Leo Schofield is an innocent man." Schofield could be paroled as soon as May, said officials for Florida Commission on Offender Review, however, it's unlikely that he could be freed since he'll "refuse to apologize for a crime he did not commit," said King. Schofield's legal team and the Innocence Project of Florida are still working hard to get him out. Read More on The US Sun DECISION TIME Midterm elections see big wins for Republicans DeSantis, Rubio & Vance DARK PRESENCE Stormy Daniels 'pushed by dark, aggressive non-human entity with tentacles' "Forensic and testimonial evidence ties Jeremy Scott to the crime, yet Leo Schofield remains locked up," said Innocence Project of Florida Executive Director Seth Miller. That's the kind of tunnel vision that leads to wrongful convictions. We're reviewing the revelations in the podcast to determine the best way forward." ABC NewsPulitzer Prize-winning author, Gilbert King launched a podcast, Bone Valley, to dive deeper in the case '/ ' ABC NewsMichelle's husband, Leo Schofield, was convicted of the murder and is currently serving a life sentence '/ '
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