When a Jeep is found wrecked over an embankment in Great Smoky Mountains National Park red flags go up right away for investigators. The twisted saga of events and acts of betrayal they uncover next lead them to the doorsteps of two lovers.
Kelly Lovera (Photo Source) Find a Grave: Kelly Joe Lovera
Kelly Lovera (Photo Source) Find a Grave: Kelly Joe Lovera
Brett Rae in the 1990s (Photo Source) The Mountain Press
Alicia Shayne Lovera after her arrest in 1994 (Photo Source) The Knoxville News-Sentinel
Alicia Shayne Lovera and her attorney at trial in March 1996 (Photo Source) The Knoxville News-Sentinel
Alicia Shayne Lovera upon her release in 2022 (Photo Source) Tennessee Department of Corrections
Brett Rae currently (Photo Source) Tennessee Department of Corrections
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Image (Source) Kristina Plaas via NPS
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Map (Source) Google Maps
Episode Source Material
- Oxygen: Snapped, “Killer Couples” Season 17. Episode 12 via Youtube.
- Apple TV: I’d Kill For You. Season 1. Episode 1 via Apple TV.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Sevierville man charged in slaying of neighbor after body found in the Smokies. By Staff via newspapers.com.
- National Park Service Morning Incident Report
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Man Held in Killing of Former St. Louisan in Tennessee. By Joe Holleman via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Motives in murder case were love, money, friend of suspect testifies. By Jamie Satterfield via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Widow accused of murder. By Stan DeLozier via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Life sentences sought for pair in slaying. By Jamie Satterfield via newspapers.com.
- Elizabethton Star: Prosecutors say they’ll seek life. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Murder defendant apparently flees. By Jim Balloch via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Murder suspect returns to U.S. By Randy Kenner via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Woman funds Rae’s run to Mexico. By Jamie Satterfield via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: TBI crime lab backlog slows justice system. By Gina Stafford via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Murder trial gets under way. By Gina Stafford via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Prosecutor connects murder to insurance money, love affair. By Gina Stafford via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Man used killing of her husband to have sex with her, woman says. By Gina Stafford via newspapers.com.
- Elizabethton Star: Witnesses testify of defendant’s comments. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Sevier couple found guilty of murdering woman’s husband. By Gina Stafford via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Lovera, Rae given life sentences. By Gina Stafford via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Anatomy of a murder. By Gina Stafford via newspapers.com.
- National Park Service Incident Report.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Kelly Joe Lovera’s teaching record recalled. By Rebecca Wolfe Clinton via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Lawyer: Court shouldn’t let defendants waive appeal. By Laura Ayo via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Appeals court rejects claim of coercion. By J.J. Stambaugh via newspapers.com.
- Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals: Brett Rae vs. State of Tennessee.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Plea in murder case upheld. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Hamilton Spectator: Sex, drugs, murder – all true too. By Andrew Vowles via newspapers.com.
- The Hamilton Spectator: Mad Notions about murder. By Paul Legall via newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean: From Green Hills to prison. By Nicole Young via newspapers.com.
- Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals: Alicia Shayne Lovera vs. State of Tennessee via cases.justia.com.
- The Mountain Press: Lovera denied post conviction relief request. By Jeff Farrell via newspapers.com.
- The Mountain Press: Lovera murdered by his wife and her lover. By Carroll McMahan via newspapers.com.
- The Mountain Press: Lovera released from prison on parole. By Jeff Farrell via newspapers.com.
- The Mountain Press: Lovera still denies part in murder at parole hearing. By Jeff Farrell via newspapers.com.
- The Mountain Press: Lovera parole decision disappoints Schumutzer. By Jeff Farrell via newspapers.com.
- Oxygen: Woman and Her Boyfriend Kill Husband, Drag His Body Through Her Kids’ Bedroom As They Slept. By Caitlin Schunn
- Brett Rae Tennessee Department of Corrections Inmate Profile.
- Alicia Shayne Lovera Tennessee Department of Corrections Inmate Profile.
- Obituary: Kelly Joe Lovera
- Find a Grave: Kelly Joe Lovera