Jack Wayne Reeves (born June 20, 1940)[1] is currently serving a ninety-nine year prison sentence for murdering his second and fourth wives.
In 1967, while stationed with his wife in Italy, Reeves killed a man and served four months in prison for manslaughter.
On July 20, 1978, a week after divorcing Reeves, she died of a shotgun wound to her chest that was originally believed to be self-inflicted.
[7] A blood spatter expert concluded that Sharon had been wearing a bra and underwear at the time of her death, but when her body was found, she was completely naked.
[11] Reeves met his fourth wife, Emilita Villa, through a mail-order bride service when she was 18.
Emilita was reportedly reluctant to marry him, but felt obligated due to monthly payments Reeves sent to her family in the Philippines.
In October 1995, her remains were found by a hunter in a shallow grave near Lake Whitney, where Reeves' third wife had drowned eight years previously.
[17] The case has featured in episodes of Exhumed,[18] Forensic Files[19] and 'Mail Order Murder' by Patricia Springer.