The Twisted Story of Clay Waller

"He dug her grave the day before he killed her. Then he beat and strangled the mother of his triplets, stuffed her body in a trash can, and buried her on an island." And if that wasn't twisted enough — he wrote a book about it from his prison cell.In this chilling true crime episode, we unravel the case of Clay Waller, a former small business owner and one-time deputy sheriff's department employee, who murdered his estranged wife Jacque Waller in June 2011 [citation:2]. The couple had met at a divorce attorney's office that afternoon to finalize their separation. Hours later, Jacque vanished [citation:1].Waller had premeditated every detail. The day before the murder, he dug a grave on Devil's Island in the Mississippi River — accessible only by boat [citation:2]. After the divorce meeting, he lured Jacque to his home in Jackson, Missouri, where he beat and strangled her to death [citation:4]. He concealed a blood-soaked carpet in a crawl space and spent hours hosing out a boat while cleaning chemicals [citation:6]. Her body was found nearly two years later in a shallow grave marked by a dead tree — killed by fertilizer he poured on top [citation:6].But the most disturbing twist came after his 20-year sentence for second-degree murder. Waller co-wrote a 182-page manuscript titled "If You Take My Kids, I'll Kill You" from his cell [citation:4]. A fellow inmate smuggled the book out, leading to federal charges. Waller received an additional 35 years — and was barred from profiting from his crime [citation:2].Listener discretion advised. Press play for a story of premeditated evil, a buried body, and a killer who couldn't stop confessing — on paper.