Anjette and Ben Lyles are a young married couple with two children. Ben is a WW2 veteran and together he and Anjette work in his family restaurant in Macon, Georgia.  When Ben sells the restaurant for below market value to settle a gambling debt, Anjette is furious.  A few months after selling the restaurant, Ben gets very sick, very fast, and dies without doctors figuring out what killed him. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the death of Ben Lyles as well as Anjette's new husband, Buddy Gabbert, Anjette's first mother-in-law, Julia Lyles, and Anjette's daughter, Marcia.   Joe explains how Anjette Lyles got away with murder, at first, and what led to her ultimate arrest, conviction, and death sentence.

 


Transcript Highlights

00:00.21 Introduction

02:09.23 Eating at Hospital cafeteria

05:02.11 Ben Lyles sells restaurant to settle gambling debt, Anjette is furious

06:45.30 Ben Lyles dies, doctors don't know why

09:21.66 Diagnosis by symptoms

14:43.53 Ben's mother worked at Restaurant

18:26.54 Anjette buys the restaurant

20:01.78 Anjette marries Buddy Gabbert

25:07.03 Doctors not looking for arsenic

30:08.42 Symptoms were miserable, Buddy dies

35:32.05 Anjette seen lighting black candle and talking to it

40:00.01 Coroner's Inquest

44:51.91 Coroner gets anonymous letter about Anjette using arsenic ant poison to kill

50:09.65 One month after Marcia dies, Anjette is arrested, charged with murder

51:25.26 Sentenced to death. Sentence commuted to life in prison
   

 

Anjette and Ben Lyles are a young married couple with two children. Ben is a WW2 veteran and together he and Anjette work in his family restaurant in Macon, Georgia. &nbsp;When Ben sells the restaurant for below market value to settle a gambling debt, Anjette is furious. &nbsp;A few months after selling the restaurant, Ben gets very sick, very fast, and dies without doctors figuring out what killed him. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the death of Ben Lyles as well as Anjette's new husband, Buddy Gabbert, Anjette's first mother-in-law, Julia Lyles, and Anjette's daughter, Marcia. &nbsp; Joe explains how Anjette Lyles got away with murder, at first, and what led to her ultimate arrest, conviction, and death sentence.
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 Transcript Highlights
00:00.21 Introduction
02:09.23 Eating at Hospital cafeteria
05:02.11 Ben Lyles sells restaurant to settle gambling debt, Anjette is furious
06:45.30 Ben Lyles dies, doctors don't know why
09:21.66 Diagnosis by symptoms
14:43.53 Ben's mother worked at Restaurant
18:26.54 Anjette buys the restaurant
20:01.78 Anjette marries Buddy Gabbert
25:07.03 Doctors not looking for arsenic
30:08.42 Symptoms were miserable, Buddy dies
35:32.05 Anjette seen lighting black candle and talking to it
40:00.01 Coroner's Inquest
44:51.91 Coroner gets anonymous letter about Anjette using arsenic ant poison to kill
50:09.65 One month after Marcia dies, Anjette is arrested, charged with murder
51:25.26 Sentenced to death. Sentence commuted to life in prison &nbsp; &nbsp;
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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Nancy Grace dives deep into the day’s most shocking crimes and asks the tough questions in her new daily podcast – Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor and used her TV show to find missing people, fugitives on the run and unseen clues. Now, she will use the power of her huge social media following and the immediacy of the internet to deliver daily bombshells!

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Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan:  Anjette Lyles -Wife, Mother, Restaurant Owner, SERIAL KILLER 

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