Marianne Shockley

On Mother's Day 2019, Marianne Shockley, a respected entomology professor at the University of Georgia, died in a hot tub at a home in Milledgeville, Georgia. Her boyfriend Marcus Lillard was charged with her murder—but a jury acquitted him in April 2022, a verdict the Blood Town podcast examines in detail.

For four years, we have covered the Mother's Day murder of Marianne Shockley. In the season two finale, we discuss why Marcus Lillard was found not guilty, including DNA evidence not presented at…