Startling clues emerge after ex-cop Michael Seth Perrault gunned down his wife, Amanda Perrault, in bloody evidence

THE POPULAR CBS crime series 48 Hours will once again shine the spotlight on a high-profile murder case in Georgia’s Lake Country.

The episode, which will air Saturday night, will follow the story of Michael Seth Perrault, a former first-year road cop with the Eatonton Police Department.

Perrault was found guilty on February 3, 2020 of killing his wife at a family-owned home on Lake Oconee in Putnam County.

Perrault’s trial took place in February 2022 and he was convicted of malicious murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and simple assault.

Despite his conviction, Perrault has sought a new trial, but his request was denied by Chief Justice of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Superior Court, Brenda H. Trammell.

Trammel presided over his murder trial and later sentenced him to life in prison.

Perrault maintains his innocence, and at his trial his defense attorneys argued that Amanda Perrault died by suicide.

This is the second time in less than a year that the show has featured a case from the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit.

The previous case, presented in 48 Hours, involved Marcus Lillard, who was accused of choking his girlfriend Marianne Shockley to death in a hot tub at a Baldwin County apartment building.

However, a jury in Baldwin County Superior Court in Milledgeville found Lillard not guilty of all charges.

Perrault’s marital problems with his wife were the focus of the trial testimonies.

These issues eventually led to Perrault’s arrest for domestic violence less than a week before his wife’s death. Perrault claims his wife died by suicide, but prosecutors presented evidence to the contrary.

After the shooting, Perrault called his former police chief, Kent Lawrence, instead of dialing 911.

Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney T. Wright Barksdale III and Putnam County Sheriff Howard R. Sills are scheduled to appear on Saturday’s episode of 48 Hours as both were interviewed for the show.

A Georgia Bureau of Investigation coroner testified that Amanda’s cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head and ruled the manner of death was suicide. However, the jury ultimately found Perrault guilty on all counts.

He is currently serving his sentence in a small cell at Georgia Diagnostic Prison near Jackson.