‘Evil came to play’ on night hot tub fun mysteriously ended with two dead

A night which was meant to be three friends having fun in a hot tub turned sinister when only one walked away alive.

Marcus Lillard survived, while his girlfriend Marianne Shockley, a 43-year-old professor at the University of Georgia and homeowner Clark Heindel in May 2019.

41-year-old Lillard claimed that “the devil was at work” and Marianne had drowned in the hot tub.

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But authorities were suspicious given that the professor had a bloody gash on her head. The medical examiner later determined she had been strangled.

While officers were at the scene 69-year-old Heindel, a former psychologist killed himself, leaving a three-page suicide note.

However, he did not take responsibility for Marianne’s death or reveal what had happened.

The bizarre incident is being chronicled in the documentary The Strange Death of Professor Shockley which aired on Saturday.

He told CBS: "The devil was at work."

Describing the bizarre experience he said: "I mean, everything that he could have possibly done to line this thing up to make it confusing and deceitful and it was all there."

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Both Lillard and Heindel were named as suspects.

Lillard was indicted for felony murder and additional charges, but that was after a week-long trial was acquitted.

He claims not to remember what happened, having drunk a lot of alcohol and taken ecstasy.

"There is good and there is evil and that night, evil came to play," Lillard said.

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"God has spent the rest of the time cleaning up this mess, and … there's still some more."

He had been seeing the professor for around two years before the fateful night.

At the time of the professor's death, Lillard said he had gone for a walk into the nearby woods.

He claimed his partner begged him not to leave saying: "Baby … get back in this water with me right now."

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He added: "She had fear in her voice and it was … definitely fear."

But still he went and when he returned, he claimed he could see Marianne slumped down with her chin up to her nose underwater.

When asked why he abandoned her by 48 Hours contributor Jonathan Vigliotti, Lillard said: "Because I'm an idiot."

Authorities said they think the two men waited two hours to call 911.

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Lillard said he doesn't think it was normal ecstasy he took that night.

He said: "One thing I know for sure is that was no normal ecstasy … it was super potent … and I believe was made with evil hands."

Explaining his thinking, he said: "Well, it killed two people …"

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