[Florida Files] The Murder of Shirley and Virgil Best: A Family's Fatal Devotion

[Florida Files] The Murder of Shirley and Virgil Best: A Family's Fatal Devotion

From Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast by Moms and Mysteries Podcast

July 9, 2026 · 58 min

About this episode

The episode covers the tragic murders of Shirley and Virgil Best and the complex family dynamics that led to their deaths.

Shirley and Virgil Best were beloved, hardworking members of their Riverview, Florida, community. For forty-five years, they built a life centered around their faith, their family, and their successful tropical fish farm, Quality Fins. They were finally looking forward to a well-earned retirement traveling the world together in their RV. But beneath the surface, the couple spent decades dealing with the constant crises of their oldest son, Robert Best. A convicted con artist who had once defrauded a blind woman out of nearly a million dollars, Robert was facing a new, deeply disturbing criminal trial set to begin on the morning of November 12, 2015. Hours before he was expected in court, Robert and his wife, Marisol Best, drove to his parents' home, supposedly to pray with them. Instead, they found Shirley and Virgil brutally shot to death. While investigators initially confronted a staged burglary scene, the physical evidence quickly pointed to an insider. When a pair of missing handguns belonging to a family friend were uncovered, Marisol confessed to a crime that shocked the community. She admitted to shooting her mother and father-in-law after a tense argument about Robert's…

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