Free The Bad Nurse by Sheila Johnson

that Karri’s entire life had been built around what they referred to as “selfish greed,” which had motivated her to murder Billy Shaw. She had siphoned money from the Shaw Saddlery accounts, her mother’s accounts, and from the accounts of Shaw himself for years. When her embezzling and identity theft schemes were discovered, and all access to their funds was finally, completely cut off, she killed her stepfather for the money she stood to inherit upon his death.
    Earlier in the investigation, statements from Jason Willoughby had confirmed that he and Karri had filed for bankruptcy two times within a five-year period, with debt that amounted to more than $500,000. One of Karri’s statements said that they had always had money trouble, but were having “pretty bad money trouble” right before Lila Shaw’s death.
    In addition to the staggering bankruptcy total, during a five-month period from mid August to late December 2007, a total of $21,551.47 in bad checks were written and signed by Karri. Many had been given to several types of businesses, but a large number of them had been written for cash.
    Along with her out-of-control check writing, the investigators learned that Karri had also applied for three credit cards in her mother’s name during that time. The applications were all submitted in the name of Lila Shaw; but on all three forms, Karri had listed her own home address as the billing address for the accounts. One of the credit cards was soon declined, but Karri continued to try to use it several times, even after realizing that it would no longer be accepted.
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    In September 2007, during the height of the bad checks and credit card scams, Karri began attempting another method to take money from her parents and the business. Shaw Saddlery, LLC, did all its banking business in nearby Trenton, Georgia, at the Bank of Dade. Karri was a signatory on the account, which was considered to be a family business. She went to the bank and made arrangements for all bad checks written by her on her personal account to be charged back to the Shaw Saddlery account. Before long, she had siphoned over $2,000 from the business to cover her bouncing checks.
    Shaw Saddlery, Billy Shaw’s very successful business, produced handmade saddles prized for their quality.
    Karri’s mother had not been aware that Karri had arranged for the charge backs. So, when Lila received a copy of the most recent charge back—for nearly $1,000—and realized what was being done, she went to the bank to put an immediate stop to things. Incredibly, while Lila was at the bank plugging the leak that was draining money from the business, Karri was on the Internet, trying to set up online banking for the account. Thanks to Lila’s timely intervention, the bank stopped that online attempt.
    That action didn’t stop Karri’s continuing use of the business account, however. On April 1, 2008, Billy Shaw decided he’d had enough. It was evidently easier for him to revise his banking arrangements than to confront the daughter whom he loved, and whose financial escapades he had tried to overlook. He went to the Bank of Dade and closed his LLC account, changing the business account instead to a sole proprietorship and effectively removing Karri from the business. The new account was opened with $20,000, money that Karri could no longer touch.
    Financial matters lost all their importance to Billy Shaw later that day, though. It was the day that his wife, Lila “Susie” Shaw, passed away. Money became the last thing on Billy’s mind.

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    A ll of the Shaws’ friends and relatives were grief-stricken by Lila’s sudden death. That was evidently not the case with Karri, however. The very next day, on April 2, she pulled up to the drive-through window at the bank and presented the teller with a check that appeared to have been signed by Lila Shaw in the amount of