In this episode of Crime Watch Daily Updates: The life and death of Jody Rilee, the daughter of a New Jersey mayor who was beloved by everyone and a ray of sunshine in her community.
In 2008, 22-year-old Rilee moved from Roxbury Township, New Jersey, to a small town in Oklahoma whose population reached just over 1,000 people. She met a man named Donald Lee Bocephus Wilson, who went by Bo, and they got married and had a little girl. Though Rilee loved her daughter, her married life with Bo became volatile.
In May 2009, Rilee, Wilson, their daughter, and her in-laws were scheduled to fly to New Mexico for a funeral, but Rilee never made it on the flight. Her mom reported her missing because she hadn’t heard from Rilee, Wilson Bo did the same when he returned home from New Mexico.
Days later, on Mother’s Day no less, a paraglider discovered Rilee’s body on a mountain 15 miles away from where she lived.
Bo Wilson and his mom, Kathy Wilson, were arrested years later and pleaded not guilty to murder after Wilson’s father revealed Bo suffocated Rilee with a plastic bag because he did not want her moving back to New Jersey.
In January 2019, Bo Wilson pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and was sentenced to five years in prison.
Let’s take a look back at the case of a young mom whose life was cut too short.
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How is it a coincidence that his father is breaking his silence after all that time? Obviously he didn't say nothing before because he was protecting his wife and son, so now that his wife kicked him out the house now he's coming clean because he probably wasn't getting along with his wife anymore so now he's coming clean about the whole situation
SO IN OTHER WORDS THEY GOT AWAY WITH KILLING A NEW MOTHER BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO GO BACK HOME AND VISIT WITH THE BABY😡😡 I'M THANKFUL THAT RILEES MOM AND DAD HAVE PERMANENT CUSTODY OF THE CHILD.
she must've been toxic af
and he got 5 years and his mother 1 year.
SO OUT OF ALL THE SOLVED CASES WERE ITS ALWAYS THE HUSBAND WHY WAS BO NOT FOUND IMMEDIATELY GUILTY
This is a typically example of the reason we need to quickly and carefully flee from abusive relationships….otherwise our abusers if they succeed in killing us may not get the punishment they deserve which is death.
Tell women to attach themselves willingly to violent males. What else do we expect?
They need to give the death sentence to both & his mom despicable
The investigators, police and coroner in this case are an absolute f**king disgrace. You find a woman in the middle of the woods wrapped in plastic surrounded by drag marks and you're just gonna call it a SUSPICIOUS DEATH????? Her husband gave some weird answers about the days they left and it was clear she hadn't been home for days and he wasn't a suspect ????? The spouse is always supposed to be a suspect!!! Did they even pull prints from the car???? Did they look at her phone data?????! It doesn't sound like these people tried at all!!!!!! 8 fucking years. For 8 fucking years this mother was forgotten about even tho she was clearly murdered and the only reason the case got sparked up again was a reporter???? What a fucking disgrace, the people put on this case should all be terminated. They did not try at all.
What a joke of a sentence for him and his mother. Can't believe parent's would help their adult son kill his wife, not that we haven't seen such cases before, like the case with Dan Adelson, Gabby Petito. Some families are toxic, hope it was worth it for them now the little girl has no mother and no father. Glad they have custody of their granddaughter.👏💯 Be prepared for when he gets released and files for custody. Dan Adelson's ex still has custody of the kids, even changed their last name. 💔
Not a pet possum! Wacky ass family….
Here are my thoughts about this case: I’m disappointed that Bo got only 5 years and Kathy 1 year! Those sentences were basically a spit to Jody’s family’s face!! My condolences to her family.
This is why some prefer " street justice "
Lived in Roxbury for many years, now only one town away. That town has the most corrupt police and system. The IAB had hid one copo and put him with the FBI while he got investigated, there's a LOT of crazy stuff that went on in that town. I personally, have filed complaints myself. Not one, taken seriously. From a working local married mother. They still arent doing right over there, they just hire these kids right from the academy and racism was witnessed <—FIRSTHAND . Terrible what happened to this girl, but I'm not surprised it is linked to the town. Not a place to raise a family, unless you want drug deal;ling kids and parents getting legally charged and doing jail time for their kid missing school. Once again, first hand witness to that too. smh
That’s disgusting! The judicial system made a mockery of this young mother life. The slap on the wrist given to these two murderous monsters is a travesty!
After all these years Bo gets 5 years!!!! What a travesty – no justice here.
Seriously 5 years that’s it!!!! He’ll be out in 2.5 years that’s crazy
She didn't deserve this punishment
NYC is next to jersey and pa
Mayor's daughter is killed. This is stupid. Why murder a mayor's daughter? Everybody knows her father in town. Britney Spears knew how to leave a husband: by texting him instead of saying, "Husband, I am leaving you." She would text husband that she is leaving. This way even relatives of the abusive husband can make him come to his senses and not suffocate her in retaliation. Paraglider saw her body in the middle of a pine forest.
A classy lady married some trailer trash
So they got away with it.
So very sad. Such a selfish cruel man. I hope he never finds peace.
What a vile case , do they think she put herself on a mountain in a bag . This made me very annoyed, even the interview lady annoyed me no proper questions asked. Pure and utter police negligence, honestly the justice SYSTEM in the western world is broke GOVERNMENTS set it up to go against the innocent people . Everything about this woman's murder investigation was disgusting not only with those who did it but those around her not pushing nor friends nor the interviewer asking better questions. Very disappointing
I'm pregnant with my first and it aches my heart that this happen to Jody and her family on her first mother's day. 3 months is so young to have your mother taken from you. Rest in peace Jody. I send love to her family.
It’s not complicated folks – this is the whyte racist patriarchy injustice system. I don’t feel sorry for this family. You’re whyte – fix it!!!
A preacher. They always hide as preachers. And that father in law is scary as Hell.
5 YEARS?? FOR MURDER??
I think it makes perfect sense that the FIL only spilt the beans after he was kicked out by his wife. His needs were no longer being met, so what incentive did he have to keep his mouth shut? The narcissistic mother got too confident, as they all do, and thought she could get away with dumping on of her co conspirators. They all knew she was dead when they took a 3 month old baby across state likes for a funeral. If it had been a stranger, the baby would’ve been left behind at the house or even killed. That little detail tells you they all knew she was dead. Hard to believe they left no physical evidence anywhere. The trash bags had no prints, hairs, and weren’t something (a brand) found in the home? No cadaver dogs searching the trunks of their cars? No dust, mud, or anything matching the sight on her or their cars? No evidence of them cleaning their cars? No video of who left her car in the parking lot?
Sentences such as these make a joke out of women’s humanity and rights. That’s the message this sends.
They certainly are from Oklahoma. What was a classy woman like Jody doing there?
O my gad luniticks
Leave on a good day when they least expect it.
So glad they have their grand baby
Terrible! They should get More time than that. Disgusting
I can't get over this story. Why would she marry an abusive weirdo. He was not a looker, he looked like a uneducated freak and he certainly was an abuser. WTH was she thinking. Ewwww. That family left their pet dog home alone unattended when traveling to Mexico but took a possum along with them? Was the possum to be their dinner along the way? Or was it a pet they valued more than the dog? 🙄
At least little Annabelle came home to her mom's parents. Her parents were surely shocked to meet that family when her daughter dragged them up from the wilderness. Wow.
The out of state lady really should have stayed away from that hillbilly family! And definitely should have made a run for it without telling them and taken her baby with her. That's a weird family.
She married into a hillbilly family… she knew that would never work. Smh. They appeared like sicko.
They failed this woman tremendously. That’s awful.
The DA office in this case were cowards. How is this justice for her, a newborn child, and family?
Wtf? They found that they killed her but only gave him five years??