CBS News Correspondent Natalie Morales and 48 Hours Producer Asena Basak break down the case of Patricia Spivey, who was fatally shot in her home by her husband, Renard, a former sheriff's deputy and TV bailiff. They discuss the home security footage that captured crucial evidence from the night of the shooting and never-before-heard audio from Renard's 9-1-1 call. This episode originally aired on 1/14/25. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Who is Patricia Spivey and what happened to her?
Welcome back to Postmortem. I'm your host, Anne-Marie Green. And today we are discussing the case of Patricia Spivey, whose husband, Renard, is a former sheriff's deputy. He was also known for playing a bailiff on TV. He was charged in 2019 with murdering Patricia in the home that they built together. So joining me now is CBS News correspondent Natalie Morales and 48 Hours producer Asena Bashak.
Welcome. Thank you, Anne-Marie. Good to be with you. Thanks for having us. So I should point out to everyone that we're actually recording this at a pretty high stress time. For you, Natalie, there are several wildfires burning out of control in the Los Angeles area and not too far from where you are, Natalie.
Yes. And we're just a couple of towns over from the Palisades fire and all around me, a lot of people have lost a lot. So my thoughts are with them. If, you know, there are also some technical difficulties as well in recording this because with winds the way we've had them for the last couple of days, if I freeze every now and again, I apologize. Right.
And you might hear the dogs barking in the background. And the dogs barking because there are a lot of people in the neighborhood making sure things are okay.
Well, we're glad you're safe. And let's cross our fingers that this gets under control and everyone else remains safe as well. Thank you. Just a reminder for everyone, you know, I say this every time. If you have not watched the episode yet, this episode of 48 Hours, you can find the full audio version of it just below this episode in your podcast feed.
So go take a listen to it and then come on back and we will talk. All right. What I think was really interesting about this episode is just how much security video you had from inside the home. I've always wondered who these people are that just run security cameras in their home all the time, in the kitchen of all places.
So because of this, we can actually hear the shooting, but we don't see the shooting. Patricia's family, they believe that she was murdered, but Renard said that it was an accident. Was it a challenge for you all to make sure that you presented both sides of the story?
That's our job to do that, to present both sides of the story. I think what the challenge was for the authorities was to figure out who the real aggressor was in this situation, who had the finger on the trigger when the gun went off. And that camera, by the way, right over the refrigerator, that's because... Patricia Spivey's father was living with them and he has onset dementia.
So therefore, they always had the camera rolling just to keep track. His room was not far off from the kitchen. So that's why that camera was specifically placed there. But that footage gave us sort of a window into the the moments leading up to what happened that night. And again, it comes down to we know when things happen because you even hear the shots based on that security footage.
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