Man accused of murdering daughter allegedly trying to marry state's witness, perhaps to keep her from testifying against him

A man who has been accused of murdering his infant daughter and hiding her remains is now trying to marry one of the key witnesses set to testify against him, prosecutors claim.

The story begins with the mysterious disappearance of little Angel Nichole Overstreet, a 3-month-old baby who was last seen alive in early May 2021. When representatives from West Virginia Child Protective Services contacted Angel's father, Shannon Overstreet, a few weeks later to follow-up on her case, he claimed he had placed Angel in CPS' custody, though CPS has no record of such an exchange.

Authorities believe Overstreet killed Angel in West Virginia then took her remains to Kentucky, where he was living at the time. Overstreet was indicted for murder last month, even though it appears Angel's body was never found.

In addition to murder, Overstreet has been charged with concealment of a deceased human body and death of a child by parent, guardian or custodian by child abuse. He is also currently serving a sentence for reportedly assaulting his mother so viciously that she suffered "significant brain bleed." The incident with his mother occurred just two months before his daughter's disappearance.

While prosecutors have been preparing their case against Overstreet in the death of little Angel, they discovered through recorded jailhouse phone calls that he has been corresponding frequently with an unidentified woman who is on the prosecutors' list of potential witnesses. In fact, their correspondence has become so intimate that Overstreet is even attempting to marry her.

"We’ve picked up a lot of traffic that Mr. Overstreet intends to marry (redacted)," prosecutor Philip Morrison told the court during a hearing on Tuesday. He went on to explain that a marriage to Overstreet would prevent the unidentified woman from being able to testify against him.

Morrison cautioned that he didn't know whether securing "spousal immunity" for the witness was Overstreet's motive for the marriage, but he and his team asked Cabell County Circuit Court Judge Paul T. Farrell to prevent the marriage from taking place even if the couple's motives are pure.

"I don’t want to stand in the way of true love and all that," Morrison joked, "but during the pendency of these proceedings we have that spousal immunity — spousal privilege statute, and if they get married, then I can’t use her as a witness."

Judge Farrell, however, seemed disinclined to grant the state's request, expressing doubt that he even had the authority to do so. When he asked Morrison for case law which would give him "the power to stop a wedding," Morrison admitted, "I do not have any."

Farrell ultimately scheduled another hearing for January 23 to revisit the issue. He also denied Overstreet bond.

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