IADRS member and Dive Rescue International corporate trainer Jeff Morgan will appear on CBS News' "48 Hours" on Saturday, May 8 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. He will speak about the underwater murder that took place in 1999 in Tortola BVI.
A preview can be found at:
48 Hours Preview: Shelley's Last Breath - 48 Hours - CBS News
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TV show examines scuba-diving murder of former Thayer Academy principal
By Dennis Tatz
The Patriot Ledger
The murder of former Thayer Academy administrator Shelley Tyre will be featured on the CBS program 48 Hours Mystery at 10 p.m. Saturday.
In October, a nine-person jury in Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands in the eastern Caribbean, convicted Tyres husband, David Swain of Jamestown, R.I., of killing Tyre while they were scuba diving in 1999 during a vacation.
Following a three-week trial, a judge ordered Swain to serve a 25-year sentence for the slaying.
Tyres death was originally ruled an accident.
The case was reopened and criminal charges were eventually filed after Tyres parents, Richard and Lisa Tyre of Canton, won a wrongful-death suit against their son-in-law in a Rhode Island civil court in 2006.
The episode of the CBS show is titled Shelleys Last Breath. It features first-time interviews with Swain and children from his first marriage.
Tyre was the middle school principal at Thayer Academy. She commuted to the private school in Braintree from her home with Swain in Jamestown.
She resigned from the Thayer staff shortly before her death. In an interview with The Patriot Ledger last year, Tyres father said his 46-year-old daughter left to take an administrative post at a private school closer to her home, hoping to save her marriage.
The couple had been married for six years.
Prosecutors asserted that Swain, then 53, wanted his wife dead so he could pursue a romantic relationship with another woman. The prenuptial agreement between Tyre and Swain prevented Swain from getting any money in a divorce, according to the civil suit.
Tyre had given her husband money to start a dive shop business, her father said.
Swains perceived lack of remorse after his wifes death reportedly made Tyres parents suspicious. They hired an attorney, whose investigation determined that their daughter was murdered.
A preview can be found at:
48 Hours Preview: Shelley's Last Breath - 48 Hours - CBS News
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TV show examines scuba-diving murder of former Thayer Academy principal
By Dennis Tatz
The Patriot Ledger
The murder of former Thayer Academy administrator Shelley Tyre will be featured on the CBS program 48 Hours Mystery at 10 p.m. Saturday.
In October, a nine-person jury in Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands in the eastern Caribbean, convicted Tyres husband, David Swain of Jamestown, R.I., of killing Tyre while they were scuba diving in 1999 during a vacation.
Following a three-week trial, a judge ordered Swain to serve a 25-year sentence for the slaying.
Tyres death was originally ruled an accident.
The case was reopened and criminal charges were eventually filed after Tyres parents, Richard and Lisa Tyre of Canton, won a wrongful-death suit against their son-in-law in a Rhode Island civil court in 2006.
The episode of the CBS show is titled Shelleys Last Breath. It features first-time interviews with Swain and children from his first marriage.
Tyre was the middle school principal at Thayer Academy. She commuted to the private school in Braintree from her home with Swain in Jamestown.
She resigned from the Thayer staff shortly before her death. In an interview with The Patriot Ledger last year, Tyres father said his 46-year-old daughter left to take an administrative post at a private school closer to her home, hoping to save her marriage.
The couple had been married for six years.
Prosecutors asserted that Swain, then 53, wanted his wife dead so he could pursue a romantic relationship with another woman. The prenuptial agreement between Tyre and Swain prevented Swain from getting any money in a divorce, according to the civil suit.
Tyre had given her husband money to start a dive shop business, her father said.
Swains perceived lack of remorse after his wifes death reportedly made Tyres parents suspicious. They hired an attorney, whose investigation determined that their daughter was murdered.
