Indiana woman says tea laced with pills given to ex-fiancé was a chemistry experiment
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Key Points:
- In January 2020, Shea Briar was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the heart on a rural road in Jay County, Indiana, and later died at the hospital.
- Briar's former fiancée, Esther Jane Stephen, a local high school softball coach, and her assistant coach, Shelby Hiestand, were implicated after a witness revealed Stephen had expressed hostility toward Briar over custody issues.
- The witness, Kristi Sibray, reported overhearing Stephen and Hiestand discuss harming Briar, including attempts to poison him, but initially did not take these threats seriously.
- Stephen and Hiestand eventually admitted to taking Briar to the location where Hiestand shot him, though both pleaded
