Woman Viciously Murdered at Motel After Filing for Divorce

Law And Crime Investigations · Aug 5, 2025 · 29m

A Georgia woman went missing in 2011 after breaking up with her girlfriend. Shawndell McLeod’s family became concerned when she didn’t show up to work, and her ex-girlfriend, Joyce Lewis-Pelzer, had an outstanding warrant for threatening McLeod prior to her disappearance. With no concrete evidence, the case seemingly went cold until another woman came forward in 2018 claiming her girlfriend, who happened to be Pelzer, was planning to kill her ex-wife, Rosalyn Lewis. Months later, Lewis was stabbed at a Motel 6 and before she tragically passed, she told detectives who attacked her. Get the…