Florida investigators open case into husband missing since 2015
Detectives with the Lake County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday that they need the public's help searching for a man who hasn't been seen or heard from since 2015.
A friend of Michael Shaver's called the Sheriff's Office recently to report he hasn't talked to his friend since 2015 and asked for a well-being check on Shaver, deputies said.
Deputies went to Shaver's home on Sandy Pines Road in Clermont and spoke to his wife, Laurie Shaver. She said she hasn't seen her husband since 2015, either, and she let deputies look inside the home, investigators said.
As the interview moved outside, Laurie Shaver stopped cooperating and stated she would like to have her attorney present, deputies said.
Investigators are working to get enough evidence to obtain a search warrant for the property.
Channel 9's Myrt Price found out Michael Shaver was arrested on domestic violence charges in 2014.
Right now Lake County Investigators are searching for 36-year-old Michael Shaver. They say family and friends haven’t heard from the Clermont man, since 2015. The sheriff’s office provided this photo of the missing man. pic.twitter.com/hlfByYkmnn
— Myrt Price (@MPriceWFTV) February 28, 2018
The couple engaged in a physical altercation, and Laurie Shaver said her husband grabbed a Ruger .40-caliber handgun, at which point they both struggled for the weapon and she hit him over the head with the gun, the report stated.
However, Michael Shaver told investigators his wife was the aggressor and that she threw a "vase of flowers into a sliding glass door," and that she was the one who went for the gun, the report stated.
