Bodycam shows Lindsay Shiver’s mother sided with in-laws in custody dispute prior to alleged murder-for-rent plot

The former beauty queen was arrested in the Bahamas last July on charges of plotting a murder-for-hire plot to kill her husband, Robert Schaeffer, with the help of her Caribbean boyfriend.

Perhaps the most shocking aspect of the videos released by the Thomas County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia is that her mother appears to be siding with her in-laws against her daughter in the ongoing custody dispute.

And in one of the three released videos, for which he was awarded foxRobert Schaeffer’s mother, Robin, appears panicked as she speaks to a sheriff’s deputy after calling 911.

“She’s delusional, and we know that,” Robin says in the April 30 video. “Her mom, her husband and I are all saying, ‘You should go get some help, you should go get some help. You’re psycho. Mentally,’ and she denies it.”

Robin can be seen sitting in her white Lexus SUV at a freeway-side gas station with her husband, Allen Schafer, the former CEO of Flower Foods (a multi-billion dollar baked goods company), in the back seat.

The Shivers say they called the police because Lindsay was following them in her private car. In the video, Robin claims that she felt threatened by Lindsey and that her daughter-in-law had a gun.

She then said that Lindsey was in the Bahamas and had just returned – and accused her of using drugs while on vacation and since her return.

When the deputy returns to the car after a short break, Robin hands him her phone, claiming that Lindsey’s mother is on the phone. “This is her mother, and she wants to talk to you,” she says.

In the footage, you can only hear the deputy’s side of the conversation, but Lindsey’s mother appears to be describing to the officer a threatening message her daughter sent her – prompting the deputy to advise her to file a report with the local police department.

While he admits that the dispute between the two parties appears to be a civil court dispute, he says, “Not only you, but her mother says the same thing, I’m inclined to believe you.”

Meanwhile, Lindsey is also seen on the road talking to an MP, as she claims her husband was late bringing their children back from a trip to her parents’ house.

She claimed that no one was answering their phones, which worried her – and she admitted to following her in-laws out of fear that her estranged husband would bring the children to them instead.

Robert and Lindsay are going through a contentious divorce as the parties fight over primary custody of their children and sole use of the $2.5 million, 8,000 square foot mansion they own. Shortly after the custody dispute emerged on body cam, Lindsay filed a motion to have the judge find Robert charged in contempt of court over the incident.

In the same file, she alleged that her estranged husband had denied her access to funds and access to their private jet.

Allen and Robert Schaefer did not immediately respond to media requests for comment on the camera footage.

Robert filed for divorce from his wife of 13 years on April 5, accusing her of infidelity. She responded with allegations that he subjected her to “cruel physical and mental treatment”.

Another incident Which came weeks later on July 16, was also captured on body cam when police responded to a call to Shiver’s residence.

Lindsey called 911 to complain that Robert wouldn’t let her join him and their children on their private jet for a flight to the Bahamas, and claimed she feared he was getting physical amid their row. In the video, Robert claims that Lindsay just wanted to ride to see her Caribbean boyfriend.

On the same day, Bahamas police said Lindsey wrote to her boyfriend to “kill him” along with a photo of Robert via WhatsApp message.

The incriminating letter led to the arrest of three people in the alleged murder-for-hire plot.

Two men are facing charges in the case alongside Schaeffer – her Caribbean lover, 28-year-old Terrence Bethel, and Varon Newbold, 29.

Law enforcement only found the alleged plot while searching Bethel’s mobile phone during an unrelated investigation of a bar break-in in the Bahamas.

On the day the letter is sent, the separated couple will leave for the Bahamas. Within days of their arrival, Schaeffer was arrested and charged with plotting to kill her husband.

Schaeffer, a 36-year-old former beauty queen, was released on $100,000 bail and must remain in the Bahamas until her next court date in October.

She and her potential partners, who are also released on bail, are required to wear ankle monitors.