False Allegations, 4312 Deep Creek Blvd
There has been one unsubstantiated, false allegation after another. I am certain I don’t even know them all. However, on October 22, 2025, we went to court regarding one of these false claims, and the case against me was dismissed.
While on the stand, Shannon Cutler, a Maaco employee, handed the bailiff a scrap of yellow legal paper. It wasn't a full sheet or even a clean half-sheet; it was a ragged, torn-off bottom corner. The judge read it, passed it to my attorney, and then instructed the bailiff to return it to Shannon . Shannon insisted, “But I want her to have it.” The judge firmly replied, “We are not here for that. We are only here for the merits of this specific case.”
After the trial, my attorney took me aside and asked if I knew that Shannon had murdered someone. I told him I did. My attorney then explained that the note was Shannon's attempt to justify his actions: he wrote that if I only understood why he committed murder, I would be "nicer" or "stop being mean" to him.
According to him, he had been abused for five years, and his therapist told him he "needed to do something." Shannon is now apparently blaming his therapist for the murder of his roommate. Obviously, the therapist meant he should move out—not kill someone! I was raped five years ago, and I didn't go out and kill my attacker.
My God, what an unstable soul. He claims to be the victim, yet I am the one being harassed, stalked, and intimidated. I am the one facing property destruction and threats to my safety. But please, by all means, continue to tell me how your therapist "made you do it."
I told my attorney, "Are you kidding me? We aren't the ones harassing them every time they step outside. We don't bother them at all—in fact, we’re so afraid that we can't even go outside ourselves!"
DATE: Wednesday, November 12, 1997 TAG: 9711120483 SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL SOURCE: STAFF REPORT DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: 22 lines
MAN IS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN SHOOTING DEATH OF ROOMMATE
Detectives charged a man with murder on Tuesday, hours after he turned himself in to police, saying he had shot his roommate.
Police said 24-year-old Shannon A. Cutler told them he killed 42-year-old William W. Tillery III in the garage apartment they shared in the 200 block of Clearfield Ave. Tillery was found slain in his bed, police said.
Police were sent to the garage apartment, near Virginia Beach Boulevard, around 7:30 a.m. They had been called by Cutler's father, who told them his son had shot someone, police spokesman Mike Carey said.
The father took his son to the Third Precinct, where he was taken into custody, Carey said. After an interview at Police Headquarters, Cutler was charged with murder.
He is being held without bail in the city jail. KEYWORDS: MURDER ARREST SHOOTING
Virginian-Pilot
DATE: Thursday, November 13, 1997
WILLIAM W. TILLERY III
The life of William W. ``Billy'' Tillery III, of the 200 block of Clearfield Ave., was cut short and he was taken away from us in a senseless act Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1997.
He was a devoted family man and a friend to many people. He had a heart of gold and was always there for his family. He would go out of his way to help anyone he could. He was predeceased by his father, William W. Tillery Jr. who had asked Billy to take care of the rest of the family, which he did his very best to do.
He will be sadly missed by his family, his mother, Virginia Tillery; two sisters, Janice Wenger and Belinda Tillery of Virginia Beach; two nephews, Brian Wenger of Virginia Beach, David Wenger who is stationed in Korea. He is also survived by his grandmother, Pauline Leary who resides in a Windsor, N.C., nursing home, where Billy would go once or twice a week and bring a lot of smiles and laughter to the residents with his playful manner. He would pass out stuffed animals and other items to the residents, some of whom never had visitors. He would take them for rides in their wheelchairs or just visit door-to-door. He'd take pictures with the residents and hang them on their walls. He loved older people and will surely be missed by all those lives he touched.
He is also survived by many aunts, uncles and cousins whom he loved dearly especially one in particular, Vivian Todd or ``Peewee' as he called her. He had nicknames for all his special friends.
He also will be greatly missed by the many friends he had made during his 42 years. They all enjoyed a special kind of friendship; they all helped each other and stood by each other during the good times and the bad. They all have their own unique stories to tell about Billy. He touched their lives in many ways. Billy appreciated their friendship more than they will ever know. They stuck by Billy through thick and thin. Anytime, Billy needed help with something they were there. His mom told Billy they needed a ramp built to get his dad up and down in the wheelchair; the next day the ramp was there, thanks to his friends. The same thing with the front porch, the garage addition, the handicap room addition plus scores of other projects through the years.
Billy loved to ride his Harley-Davidson especially for the charity runs. It made him happy to do these things for the children. Billy was a very free-hearted and caring person. He loved to be with and help his family and friends. It is such a tragedy that he was taken from us like this. Billy was one of a kind and he will be sadly missed. The family will never ever be the same without him.
A funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday in Woodlawn Funeral Home and Crematory by Pastor Randall Childress of Kempsville Church of Christ. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
