Man accused of strangling Alabama pageant queen charged in murder-for-hire plot enters not guilty plea

DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) – An Ashford man accused of strangling a Dothan pageant queen, charged in a murder-for-hire plot, has entered a plea of not guilty.

The indictment issued in April says that Dorsey Love, an Ashford resident, placed his hands around Lindsay Shiver’s neck, cutting off her airflow.

On Thursday, May 1, Love entered a not guilty plea.

Shiver filed a protection order against Love on July 29 last year, and Love was arrested six days later.

In the order, Shiver claims Love threw her onto a bed, tried to choke her, and suffocated her with a pillow in a house on North Cherokee Street.

Shiver also alleged Love abused her on a trip to Tampa, Florida, several weeks before, but she did not report it to the police.

Over the past almost two years, Shiver, the former National Peanut Festival pageant contestant, has made international headlines. She was arrested in August 2023 after Bahamian authorities accused her of plotting to have her husband, Robert Shiver, killed by her lover, Terrance Bethel, and his friend, Faron Newbold. All three were arrested at the same time and later released on bond.

Bahamian authorities claim Shiver had sent photos of her husband to Newbold Jr., along with the message “Kill him” on WhatsApp.

Her trial has been pushed countless times since the charges against her came down overseas, but if Shiver is imprisoned in the Bahamas when Dorsey goes to trial, prosecutors may dismiss his charge since they would have no case without Shiver’s testimony.