Wendi Mae Davidson scoffed at the idea that she could have lifted her husband’s dead body by herself to dump it in a West Texas pond, according to a woman who said she shared a jail cell with the San Angelo veterinarian. Court records verify… Read More
With his 11-month-old grandson, Shane, cooing happily in the next room, Leslie Severance could be excused for feeling pride for how he handled his June trip to Texas. The truth is that he dreaded going to San Angelo and Abilene and couldn’t leave the Lone… Read More
Justice of the Peace Eddie Howard helped marry, then bury Michael Leslie Severance. The San Angelo judge presided over Michael’s marriage to Wendi Mae Davidson on Sept. 13, 2004, and was on hand March 6 when Michael’s body was pulled from a pond owned by… Read More
Imagine reading a cheery note from a woman accused of murdering your son, and you can see why Les Severance dreads returning to Texas. San Angelo veterinarian Wendi Mae Davidson has been charged with poisoning Michael Severance, but she still wrote to Michael’s father in… Read More
The Severance family and its attorney, Thomas Goff of San Angelo, have established a Web site to help raise money for Les Severance’s efforts to win custody of his grandson, Shane Michael Severance, and to keep Severance family friends apprised of news of Shane and the murder trial… Read More
Part 3 of 4 Mary Hogue could see it immediately: Michael Severance had no idea what he was getting into. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
That Michael Leslie Severance’s innate honor and optimism – or naivete – might have led to his death still makes Jeanie Campbell cry. Michael married Wendi Mae Davidson, the San Angelo, Texas, veterinarian accused of murdering him, to be a good father for his son,… Read More
Part 2 of 4 Judi Davidson hated Michael Leslie Severance, but she and her husband swear that no one in their family killed their son-in-law – and they don’t know who did. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
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The sun had a baking-bright glare and a dry wind blew incessantly across the flight line at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas. Heat radiated from the squat wings of the C-130 transport planes and the gentler sloping curves of the B-1B bombers arrayed on the tarmac. Read More
He was a world away, but Michael Leslie Severance never forgot Maine. For six years, several times a week, Michael, 24, telephoned his father from Texas. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
Drawn from interviews, depositions and official records, this is an accounting of key dates and incidents in the life and murder of Michael Leslie Severance, the criminal case against Wendi Mae Severance. Sept. 28, 1998: Michael begins Air Force active duty googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
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When it comes to changing diapers, Les Severance is an old pro. After all, he helped raise two sons and regularly cares for his infant stepgrandson, so taking care of 11-month-old Shane was just like old times. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Shortly after Michael Leslie Severance disappeared on Jan. 15, as Michael’s father was angrily pushing Texas police to treat the matter as more than just a missing persons case, Special Agent Greg McCormick made a promise. “He told me, ‘I will find your son,'” Leslie… Read More