Shelby Nealy faces the death penalty 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. Nealy faces a possible death sentence for first-degree murder, but his attorney is trying to keep the requirement that the jury's recommendation is unanimous because the murders took place prior to a change in Florida law in 2023. Under the current law a judge can impose the death penalty if the jury votes 8-4 to recommend it.