‘I don’t mean to stand in the way of true love’: Prosecutors try to stop accused baby killer’s jailhouse marriage to woman slated to testify against him

Shannon Patrick Overstreet (West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation), Angel Nichole Overstreet (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)

Shannon Patrick Overstreet (West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation), Angel Nichole Overstreet (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)

Prosecutors in West Virginia are seeking to prevent a 40-year-old man accused of killing his 3-month-old daughter from getting married, reasoning that his intended betrothed is also a state’s witness who could not be made to testify against him should she become his wife.

The issue came up during a Tuesday hearing for Shannon Overstreet, who is currently in jail awaiting trial for murder, concealment of a deceased human body, and death of a child by parent, guardian or custodian by child abuse in the death of young Angel Nichole Overstreet, who has been missing since 2021 and is presumed dead. Overstreet formally entered a plea of not guilty during the hearing.

As previously reported by Law&Crime, authorities have alleged that Shannon Overstreet killed Angel and then drove to Kentucky to dispose of her body. The infant was first reported missing on May 25, 2021, with authorities being unable to confirm her whereabouts anytime after May 8, 2021.

According to courtroom footage from Tuesday’s hearing posted by Huntington, West Virginia, NBC affiliate WSAZ, prosecutors learned from recorded jailhouse phone conversations that Overstreet is seeking to get married next month on Valentine’s Day to a woman who prosecutors plan to call as a witness during his murder trial.

“We’ve picked up a lot of traffic that Mr. Overstreet intends to marry (redacted). If he can get her to do that — she is a witness in this particular matter,” Prosecuting Attorney Philip Morrison told the court. “Now, I’m not saying that it’s his intention to try to cut her off from us as a witness, but that would be the practical effect of it.”

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