Shelby Nealy was sentenced to death for the murders of three former in-laws nearly a year after he killed his ex-wife, Jamie Ivancic, in 2018 and buried her in the backyard of their New Port Richey home. Nealy is already serving a 30-year prison sentence for manslaughter in the death of Jamie Ivancic. For months, he had pretended Jamie was still alive, sending text messages and photos of their two children to her family from Jamie's phone. However, her family eventually grew suspicious and wanted to speak with Jamie. Nealy then drove to Tarpon Springs in December 2018 and killed Jamie's parents, Richard and Laura Ivancic, along with her brother, Nicholas, and the family's three dogs.Nealy was arrested in Ohio in January 2019 and later pleaded guilty to a reduced manslaughter charge for Jamie's death and received a 30-year prison sentence. In 2023, Nealy pleaded guilty in Pinellas County to three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated animal cruelty for which Nealy was sentenced to death&. A Spencer Hearing is then an automatic requirement.