This Sinister Hockey Star Killed to Keep His Lifestyle 

can u bring back the old intro music ? i miss it

Thank youuuuuuuu Mike 🌼 Lots of love and respect. Also to your family. Greetings from Amsterdam The Netherlands 🇳🇱

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Mike!!! I frigging love ya man

So have you looked up Barbara Kentener yet...shes a native women killed by PEOPLE PLAYING A GAME...you know ...where you throw things out your window at random natives in Canada? Modern day lynching...no coverage in Canada...they couldnt fn care less...she deserves to be REMEMBERED

VERY VERY PROUD OF MIKE! WE GO BACK LIKE THE SEATS IN A CADILLAC! LOL. IM NORMALLY KNOWN AS STEPHANIE WHITE HERE ON RU-vid, BUT MY SON CHANGED MY PROFILE NAME AND PIC SOMEHOW THROUGH MY AMAZON STICK VIA THE APP. I CAN'T CHANGE IT BACK AND HE CAN'T REMEMBER HOW HE DID IT. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Congratulations 👏🎉👏 Mike!

Yes proud of Mike!

@ Jess Secrest That's really cool of you to mention the anniversary 😀 😄 I have been a long time subscriber myself but well done for catching that! 👍 Cheers to you, and to all here as well 💯✌️ Thanks Mike 👍 Keep the masterpiece material alive and forever coming✌️💯💯💯✌️💎💎✔️

What a rock star we have 😍🥰

MIKE IS THE MASTERMIND THATS WHY HE HAS SO MUCH INFO.

Mike is pretty funny. You really gotta love him!

Those words were not exactly what Mike said. Therefore, it is not a quote and quotation marks should not have been used.

@@guyrabinowitzWho died and made you my teacher? Let me return the favor: Words like "basically" and "like" are called filler words because they are of no importance to the meaning of a sentence whatsoever. You can quote someone without those words in this century. I wrote a comment about something funny on RU-vid.. I wasn't trying to earn a doctorate in literature.

That's basically me. Retired from sucking as life now I just ride bike around.

i’m pretty sure Kelly’s sister got custody of the children afterwards. From her ABC interview, she seems like a strong and loving woman, just like her sister so i’m sure the kids are getting the help they need

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That made me laugh, not the fall on the head thing, I'm sure that was pretty sore, the kid trying CPR (a future medic).

cpr at 6 years old? you raised your kid right. i hope the head feels better.

It was an approximation of what he thought people did when they perform CPR but it was so stinking cute. The little sound he made broke my heart. It was like a little nervous cry because he was scared I was hurt but like he needed to help anyway. That's so brave for a little first grader.

@@aedansilva1114 That's such a sweet and sad thought!

I'm not excusing this a-hole, but how do you know he didn't? The neighbor was there when the cop arrived, maybe the kids were at the neighbor's house.

Excellent point!

Write that down! Write that down!

What does it tell?

@@jumpinjohnnyruss an innocent parent would immediately remove their children from a scene of violence, mostly for safety reasons, but also to protect them from seeing anything.

ur as cringe as him if you like that corny dance. I bet the friends and family of victims would just think it's the most hilarious thing if they saw it don't you? grow up, kid.

The dance 😂

Women having terrible taste in men, what else is new.

My thought is the little girl witnessed previous physical altercations between her dad and mom and so when she saw this nights violence, in her mind it was simply her dad escalating the violence...

@@williamtobin7282 My thought exactly.The kid felt her father was capable of really hurting her mom.

She said "the mask and his shoes" in that sentence, but yeah it's kinda heartbreaking

@@cole4342 wElL aKsHuLlY

Sad but true 🫤

It's not just the US. Plenty of murders have been committed for life insurance money in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada -- basically anywhere life insurance is sold.

It's a great idea if everybody was honest but unfortunately a lot of people just see insurance as a bet they can't lose.

Mike has just proven the US is still the money media market, life insurance is everywhere.

Scary I have like 3 worth a couple mil 🤣

Yeah so what ?

@@uglyhobo4602 shoo

That's beautiful. ❤️ Do you know how the children are doing?

Heart warming 🥺🤍

Aww that's beautiful and something her children will see in the name of their mum ❤️

Definitely a boss

Raised well... by their mother

Yup. Heartbreaking she had to go through that but yup.

About as brave as it can get.

Utterly heartbreaking 💔

Sweet, heart wrenching and spontaneous

Agreed, Dont push me cause I'm close to the edge of my sit 💀

I lmao'd so hard!

@@cesarincamendozaloyola4407 spontaneous? how was it.... spontaneous?

@@Anonymous38572 Um okay ? U sound like a psycho Ijs

Women having terrible taste in men, what else is new.

There was a crooked lawyer in Atlanta that had his wife kidnapped WITH their 2 kids in the backseat. The kidnapper made her drive to an isolated area & shot her in front of her little boys. After the murderer fled the poor little 6 year old got his little brother out of the car & went for help. It was so horrific for those boys.

His name was Fred Tokars. He was a major piece of shite - crooked lawyer, cheater & murderer

It was a very tragic story. However, it was a very convoluted & interesting case.

It is not that uncommon. If fact, I have seen where they not only killed the mother in front of their kids, but they also killed the kid(s). Think Chris Watts and Neil Entwistle. Both moms were pregnant that I think there is a syndrome for dads when the wife is pregnant. Forget about the mother, take care of the dads.

i think the little girl did it and framed her dad

@@scorch4299 That’s terrible. But funny. But very, very terrible of you.

They are thriving now and cared for by Kelly’s sister.

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they're in a much better place.

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They're psychopaths so they don't have empathy.

Good point. Hires someone to murder his wife while the kids are in the same house.

Just what I commented b4 reading other comments. Totally agree how can they!? Psychos well and truly!

Yeah it's complete and utter selfishness! They only care about #1- themselves.

Hatred for the ex is greater than any love they may have for the kids.... Is this a growing trend or has this been going on forever ?

@Hury Springer 🤣

Did you watch all the way to the end?? 🤭

Love the life insurance montage so much.. never gets old!!

Speak for yourself clown

Thanks for the spoiler

Shoulda watched the video instead of reading the comments first 🤷

@@chrissmith6307 Right? 😅🤣😂😂🤣😅 It is always someone else's fault!!

@@vincentcontrado1182 this is a true crime case with real people. not a movie. tf is wrong with you.

@@vincentcontrado1182 are you even serious?

This bit will be an eternal favourite 😂❤️

He might have well have said 'oh trust me, I made sure'

Not giving tips here but is it that hard to count in Mississippi's on the phone? Like you don't actually have to do the CPR you can just tell them you're trying, maybe throw in a couple of 'Stay with me, dammit!'s.

@@jedross2136 they know exactly what it sounds like… I saw a case once, maybe twice, where it was said in court the defendant was pretending to do cpr.

You couldn't make that up in a bad novel . . . it would be too ridiculous.

@@jedross2136 they know how it sounds and looks. All it would take is an examination of the body and analysis of the recorded call. There are clear telltale signs even over the phone.

Me too! I've been doing the exact same thing. Mike is awesome!

Do you know any more details about why Charlie would say it looked like her dad with the eyes and shoes?

I'm so sorry. I hope somebody took in those poor kids. I can't think of a worse outcome than for your Dad to kill your Mum when you are that small and helpless.

@@danis4054 No. That's still a mystery unless he was maybe wearing some of Tom's hockey masks?

@@profk8 that makes sense...it's so sad and messed up. 😐

Very, very sad 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

@jon louis Please don't insult animals like that. Animals don't behave like grown-men-still-boys-mentally do. Seriously, please don't use that term - animals are pure.

Don't mistake Idiot humans who choose to act like like brainless tw@ts when in public like Animals..Animals are 100x better in everyway than human beings ..Animals dont go around murdering, bombing, stabbing, raping, and gunning folk down..so quit with your derogatory remark....Animals are pure loving souls.

Oh ffs Lisa, there’s always one .! You know what he/ she means . It’s a phrase!!🙄 Besides, animals can be quite brutal in the wild, even if it is for the purpose of catching their food, that’s where the phrAse comes from.

@@UnapolegeticallyAProblem Actually, I’m kind of regretting my mean comment. They were always beautifully dressed and tipped well. Just pretty aggressive in general.

Exactly what I thought. She may have wanted to tell someone about his violence and that was her chance.

I thought the exact same thing. Poor girl. I hope she and her brother are being well cared for and can grow up into healthy people despite all of this tragedy 💔

No she hadn't. The husband couldn't bring himself to do it so he hired a flunky to kill his wife.....

Honestly when it comes to the wife she could've got murdered no matter what she could've left him secretly or not and then he'll find her etc...

Pretty funny coming from someone choosing to used Susan Smith as a screen name.

It was him. She knows her dads eyes

And he's the kind of player that would be a thing in the 80s or even the 90s, but the NHL was doing away with that as early as the 2000s. Goons just aren't a thing anymore. He was a relic.

He was a legend in his own mind.

Good and sad story. Why are the crimes so predictable sometimes. The cheating, lying husband, and anger issues. Idk. Mike I would love to see some of your very first videos that you did.

Pierre La Croix realized that he didn't have the skills to be a hockey star. He went in a different direction, becoming the general manager of the Quebec Nordiques, who later became the Colorado Avalanche. Pierre had the quality of being able to turn a potential "failure" into success by being honest with himself. Unfortunately for his wife, Tom was a narcissist who turned his anger at himself against other people.

@@jamesbennett9620 Not so: Like AndreNDP said, 80's and 90's (and definitely 70's) he *would have* 'been somebody'... But, what he was, was a Goon, and with the NHL moving away from that, there wasn't a place for players like him anymore...

Lol

It's a lovely place, this scumbag notwithstanding.

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Elmirian here too! Probably one of the "biggest" crime stories to ever happen in our area in recent decades (there was also Michele Neurauter in Corning...which Mike also covered, as well as Michele Harris/California Harris just up the road ((hoping Mike will cover that ridiculously crazy case someday as well)). All very sad, but Kelly Clayton was especially sad considering the circumstances, how her children were right in the home, Charlie saw it all and hugged her mothers dead body 😢 Our wretched "claim to fame" in the true crime arena. Many creeps runnin' around our shitty little towns.

Caton, NY

I lived and worked on Market St for most of my 20s (late 1990s-mid 2000s). I have such fond memories of my time there. This happened long after I left Corning, but I still visit regularly with friends & moreso around the time this happened.

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Very true! I am so angry, that I hope he gets besides jail a proper treatment in jail with some guys not that slim and tiny like he is.

Now now... dont be so harsh! ...maggots are useful! 😂

@@_bluephoenix_ 😂. Very true!

Too funny 👌💯🤣🤣🤣

Makes good sense!!

One would think.

Good idea. I was at the bank recently and a bank employee was trying to convince a man to start a secret acct.

I do not know this story, but I believe most insurance policies will NOT pay out if foul play is involved. Of course, arrogant and narcissistic people likely "think" they will not be caught. But I would think an insurance company SHOULD have photo ID and signatures of not only the person who buys the policy, but of the beneficiary. And yes, any/all changes to a policy SHOULD require BOTH parties to be present, or no changes can be made. Yes, greed is much too prevalent nowadays, as a motive for murder, to let these processes stay like they have been for decades. That should become State/Federal law, IMO.

Yep. I cannot believe this has not been implemented yet.

Mike is the only true crime channel with a sense of humor that doesn't tub me wrong- I think it's because it's almost always ragging the murderers but even stuff like this manages to toe that line perfectly

Didn't he jump from a plane and accidentally fall to his death while smuggling drugs into the states? Is there a mystery conspiracy I missed ?

@@jello12345 yes they were smuggming drugs

same! I love the montage and think Mike should put it in every video with insurance from now on 🤣🤣

Yikes. Please get a life.

I have a life... and I too loved the life insurance montage. Made me laugh out loud while supposedly working at work! 😜

it was truly epic

@@verukasault9065 Yikes. Get a new personality.

great perspective, makes total sense.

I agree.

Yes. Frightening when your kid just says, “yeah, dad could have killed her.”

@@The_ZeroLine Kids that age are still very intuitive. Their left hemispheres haven't taken over their responses yet. Their eyes (dad's and the killer's) probably looked the same to her bc they had that same soulless, empathy-less look that the eyes of sociopaths/psychopaths eyes can have. I know. I've looked into such eyes.

either that or the guy wore a hockey mask

That’s not surprising..😞

OMG...now I am deeply intrigued!!!

Yes, he was a SCUMBAG for what he did to Kim's family.

God bless you & your family & for taking care of Kelley's babies

Heartbreaking 💔💔💔 RIP, Kelley. I hope her children are doing well.

This is how Dexter’s dark passenger was created

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yes! My daughter watches those videos and I was like hey! It’s the same song lol

“Dancing fruit videos!!!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣. LMAO

Hope he is making a "killing". Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

🤣 Love Mike's wit hahaha.

I wouldn’t say that’s always true at all. I’ve seen many cases where the spouse is innocent and they’ve found their spouse dead- obviously beyond saving- and they had nothing to do with it. I’m really glad you’re not a police officer..

@@PiXie232 in those cases though their reasoning isn't just "dude, trust me".

@@franksnbeans7413 well, they’re not all saying that, though are they? *Every single* case, *every single* person is different- and you can’t just judge someone off of what they say right away. You need to go off of the evidence, don’t you? Each person handles tragedy *very* differently. There are some cases where it seems like the spouse has NO emotion whatsoever, but it’s due to complete shock from finding their loved one murdered. With that said, we know here- that he’s guilty obviously. But you can’t just walk into a crime scene every time with that mindset assuming that it’s the husband etc, you have to at least have an open mind and not have blinders on so you are able to do a proper investigation. Too many people have been wrongly charged and convicted for murdering their spouses because the cops have blinders on- for the very reason you two are assuming they should just arrest the spouse right away based on a simple statement. What if the spouse walked in and saw their spouse beheaded?? Or their spouse is completely bloody and ice cold to the touch because they’ve been dead for 20 hours? And they were just too overwhelmed to even say anything else about it? And they just wanted emergency services to get there as soon as possible? Trust me.. I’ve seen *plenty* of cases where I can think of where this “trust me” can come into play.. plenty..

I wondered whether it was something the little girl had maybe seen before? Mike didn't say there was any previous DV incidents reported, but it was an isolated house and easy to cover up anything under a trip to hospital level? How could he care so little for his beautiful children? Putting them in harms way as he took their mother's unconditional love from them, making them watch and hear it being beaten out of her. I'm shaking my head wondering how he thought this was the solution to anything.

@@luciuscornelius7177 I know. I often find myself shaking my head at alot of these cases, where it is one partner setting up another to be killed savagely in front of their children. Leaving them to witness it themselves, or to be horribly hurt, to even being killed sometimes also. It literally boggles my mind how a parent can traumatize a child in this way. Forget divorce, go straight to murder. Take one parent away by death, which usually ALWAYS leads to the other one getting caught & being taken away by way of prison. I'll never be able to comprehend these types of people, I guess! 🤷🏼‍♀️ & to respond to what you first brought up. About possible DV. That is a great point. I mean, I don't see how there really could not be any, to be quite honest. He seemed to be a very very volatile person. Didn't take much for him to lose his cool. So it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest, if there were some DV reports, or at least stuff the children witnessed & heard in that home, which breaks my heart to the fullest. Like you mentioned an isolated house, not many neighbors who can hear the goings on, & report things. So it very well could've been kept under wraps. I can only imagine what it would've been like to grow up or live in that home. Gives me the chills & makes me nauseous. Thank you for your response! 👍🏻

Poor kids, they'll never be the same..

@@NannupTiger Unfortunately, I think you're right. But how could you be after something like that. I can only hope, & what will help me sleep better is hoping that they are with family who love them unconditionally & give them all the hugs & therapy they need. That is how I like to think of it. Or it will drive me insane.

I feel bad for how much of a clown you are

@Jessie you are so right. To hear Kim walling where's my sister, rips at anyone's heart. They are doing a beautiful job raising the kids and my understanding is that they are always keeping Kelley very much in their hearts, thoughts and prayers. 💜💜💜💜💜💜

I (27) have two younger sisters (25 and 7-turning-8). I literally could not imagine. I'm tearing up thinking about it 😞

Same here! Something about just hanging out in my car for 30 mins eating lunch and propping up my phone for some good ol’ true crime w Mike

How do you know shes beyond CPR, sir? "Trust me, shes dead...heh heh heh...."

He sounded like such a wimp.

@@helenadegroot6504 He is a wimp. A bloody wimp.

First thing he asked for was water. Who is going to be thinking of a drink after that though?

Agreed. But I'd say they feel it. Kids take in emotions. They can feel an argument. Kids can see through the curtains adults forcefully try to pull closed.

Kids see and hear everything! If you think you know what your kids know, multiple that times 10 and you might be closer to the truth!

Yeah and no , you can't really take the word of a child in a legal matter most of the time as they have a hard time putting memories together ( you could ask me and my sisters about something we all saw as kids and you will get 3 very different accounts) Of course the child who witnessed a murder should be questioned and taken seriously.

THIS. They’re very smart. I have a 4 year old. She does not miss a trick. Ever.

@@speez71this! Kids pick up on energy very very well. They do not miss a trick and feelings are a big thing for them.

Gambling debts? Womanizing? The only thing missing is alcohol & drugs.

So can women. For example Lori Daybell. Being a dick is not solely a man’s issue.

I dont feel as bad for women who like the bad boys :P YA HAD IT COMING

@@scorch4299 victim blaming? How original, clearly you are not like other guys.

Have a great weekend Kimberly!

And a noooooo, it ended,Lol,good weekend to you✌🏻

And a dance into the weekend.

@@mollyk5557 Wow. That is some very diabolic and implicating shade you just tossed at Mike. "Juvenile antics and sophomoric humor"? Really? "No reverence and little compassion"? I disagree. I don't understand what fuels your anger, and I don't share your view of this channels host. My experience has been that Mike's story telling is researched, factual, compassionate, AND HUMOROUS on an ADULT level, and that keeps me coming back to this channel. I truly HOPE that he makes money through this process of TRUE CRIME STORYTELLING, so that he can continue to make content. I don't feel guilty, I have no reason to, I have done nothing to feel guilty about. His content is based on FACTS and not conjecture as your comment seems to be. Also, you aimed your attack at a commenter, not at Mike himself, and without explanation that in itself seems cowardly. I would love to hear why YOU feel the way you do about this channel. Please, enlighten the many of us who do not perceive what you do. Until then, take care of yourself - because I love ya 😁

@@sunsetpark_fpv Well said!!! Bravo!!!

she saw her father angry too many times

@@lyricberlin 😭💔

But her father was not the murderer. She was not seeing her father’s eyes.

@@jamesbennett9620 they mean they looked as souless as the killers, prob dad was beating mom on the regular and kid made the connection

He did it. Hit men don’t beat a target to death. That was passion n anger murder. Prosecution just knew they didn’t have evidence to prove it so they too wat they could get. Mike and toms eyes are diff. That little girl knows wat she saw. I believe her

“Alright I think I got enough dumb shit there.” 😂😂😂

*he looks so different without glasses O.o*

I had to rewind it back too. I hollered 😂😂😂

I love the sailor cap or captain not sure but that’s pretty swank right thar 😉

Must have gallows humor in story’s like this or we would be too depressed to live in this whackadoodle world. Anytime there are life insurance clips I laugh out loud. Much needed levity! Thank you Mike for that!

It will never get old! 😂

I’m also from the area and know the family through mutual friends. Charlie and Cullen are both with Kelley’s sister and look happy.. I’m sure they’ve gone through a lot of therapy (her sister seems like an amazing mom, and would want them to do that). From pictures they both look happy.. but I hope they’ve been able to heal and find some kind of peace too. Horrible 😔

Cocktail waitress marries aggressive, abusive minor league hockey player... Hmm, I wonder where this is going to go???

Mark Twain's study probably still sits on Elmira College Campus.

@@scottdavidson526 it sure does!