<description>&lt;p&gt;In 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Ohio home while her children slept. Her ex-boyfriend, David Thorne, was instantly a suspect as the father of one of her children, but he had a solid alibi. So the police found Joe Wilkes, a friend of David&amp;rsquo;s, who said David hired him to kill Yvonne. In 2000 with Joe&amp;rsquo;s testimony, David was sentenced to life without parole. But, our investigation has shown that almost everyone in Yvonne's life had a motive to kill her &amp;ndash; like her own family, a creepy neighbor and even police officers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;New episodes of&lt;em&gt; Death &amp;amp; Deceit in Alliance &lt;/em&gt;are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe to True Crime Clubhouse on Apple podcasts.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Death &amp;amp; Deceit in Alliance &lt;/em&gt;is a production of Orbit Media Inc. in association with &lt;a href="https://www.signalco1.com/"&gt;Signal Co. No1.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Burden

Orbit Media

Death & Deceit in Alliance | 1. Dead in the Water

DEC 2, 202533 MIN
The Burden

Death & Deceit in Alliance | 1. Dead in the Water

DEC 2, 202533 MIN

Description

In 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Ohio home while her children slept. Her ex-boyfriend, David Thorne, was instantly a suspect as the father of one of her children, but he had a solid alibi. So the police found Joe Wilkes, a friend of David’s, who said David hired him to kill Yvonne. In 2000 with Joe’s testimony, David was sentenced to life without parole. But, our investigation has shown that almost everyone in Yvonne's life had a motive to kill her – like her own family, a creepy neighbor and even police officers.

New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe to True Crime Clubhouse on Apple podcasts.

Death & Deceit in Alliance is a production of Orbit Media Inc. in association with Signal Co. No1.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.