Bone Valley Trailer #2

In 1987, 21-year-old guitarist Leo Schofield was pursuing his rockstar dreams when his teenage wife Michelle was found dead in a phosphate mining pit in Lakeland, Florida. Two years later, Leo was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder he has always denied.

Fifteen years after Leo’s conviction, previously unidentified fingerprints from Michelle’s car matched Jeremy Scott—a troubled teen with an extensive history of violence who lived near the young couple at the time. Jeremy has now confessed to Michelle’s murder. Yet Leo Schofield remains behind bars.

Bone Valley is a chilling story of murder and the miscarriage of justice. In his three-year investigation, host Gilbert King peels open the layers of this case and uncovers startling new evidence that Jeremy is responsible for yet another murder – his fourth – and one that has remained unsolved...until now.

With heartrending clarity and suspense, Bone Valley exposes the catastrophic flaws in the American criminal justice system, documenting the story of these two men in their desperate search for truth and redemption.

This groundbreaking true crime podcast series returns King to central Florida, where his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Devil in the Grove led to the exonerations of the Groveland Four.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
I just want justice from my dead wife. That's what
I want, because you're never going to give me justice. Never.
You can't give me back thirty four years. You can't
give Michelle back her life. But the least you can
do when you say that you care about her is
do the right thing by her. Just do what's right,
Do what's right, because this is not it. This is

(00:27):
definitely not it. Leo Schofield has been in prison for
over three decades. He was convicted of murdering his wife Michelle,
and then, seventeen years into his sentence, newly discovered evidence
pointed to a new suspect, a man named Jeremy Scott.

(00:47):
Dear Mr King, I received your letter along with ten stamps.
I'm Gilbert King, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, and after
spending three years investigating this case with researcher Kelsey Decker,
we wrote a letter to Jeremy, the man who was
forensically linked to Michelle's murder. Turns out he had a

(01:09):
lot to say. It was raining most of the night,
I was sick and cold, wet. The one time she calls,
the last thing we say is I love you. There
was a woman on the phone talking. When she got off,
she asked me if I was lost. I told her yes.

(01:30):
She was nice and offered me a ride. And I
knew then my wife's in trouble and I don't have
any way to help her. Not a damn thing. I
told you, I killed her. Jeremy Scott insists that he

(01:52):
alone killed Michelle. Don't don't judge me. Do you hear
the whole story? Leo Schofield insists he was wrongfully convicted.
I am innocent, and you are obligated to protect me
and bring justice to my dead wife. The State of
Florida doesn't believe either man. Mr Scott isn't trustworthy. And

(02:14):
I'll tell you why. Leo'scholfield is a cold blooded murderer.
And if I have my way, you'll never get out
of prison. Make it right, Let me go, Let me go.
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(02:35):
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