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Evelyn Shelby
Evelyn in 2003
Evelyn Shelby
Portrayed by Elizabeth Franz
Episode Look Again
Status Alive

Evelyn Shelby is the mother of murder victim Jill Shelby.

For 20 years after Jill's murder, Evelyn went in to see the detective assigned to the case, Britt, on the anniversary of her daughter's death, asking if anything new was found. After that, she admits she lost hope that her daughter's murder would ever be solved. Fear of having hope again, only to lose it once more if Detective Lilly Rush failed to solve the case plays a big part in why Evelyn is reluctant to help Lilly initially.

Eventually, Evelyn tells Lilly and her partner, Chris Lassing, about a young man in Jill's school, Charlie Winters, who claimed "the Whitleys got away with murder". She was able to see her daughter's murderer, Todd Whitley, finally get arrested.

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