May he never walk free again. But we all need friends, and I admire your speaking up for him and putting the case. Correction: FROM THE TRIAL TRANSCRIPTS: There is no PHYSICAL evidence that directly links Richard to sneaking poison into his wifes beverages. Did you actually listen to the whole thing? I hope he rots in jail for the rest of his pathetic life. It would come up in court later. I dont include in this fighting hard for their case, regardless of their view of guilt or innocence: I demure somewhat from the notion that counsel is strictly about establishing truth, which is properly a matter for the jury; but there can be no latitude where concealment of evidence helpful to the defence is concerned (Brady doctrine). Hell never be released until he admits killing her. I cannot pretend to know what happened between Richard and Nancy, but I believed then, as now, that Richard loved her once as deeply as he must have grown to hate her. 2) Documents were forged. I have a hard enough time going to work on a good day, let alone fleeing from someone in the midst of illness. Indeed to your reply to my comment. Or even a cop! It was almost an SMU tailgate party as they brought in catering and Bloody Marys to wait for Nancys recovery. Homewrecker. Everything Marcus said made sense. A receipt found by the police showed that she purchased Arsenic a few months earlier. He gave death so he deserved the same, but being locked up is still good so he knows he cannot and will not get to enjoy life in Libertyah ah ah joke on him! Either way, youre wasting your life on something that wont change. Nancy Dillard Lyon, the Harvard-educated daughter of one of Texas's wealthiest real estate tycoons, died at age 37 in January 1991. Her condition deteriorated overtime and her organs started to fail. Friends of Richard Lyon should spend their time being Friends of Anna and Allison instead. Being that easily fooled makes you look as gullible as him for imagining he could twist and turn things around and play the blame the victim game and win. Id like to know where Peter Munsch got his info. If only Texas and Richard could submit to a polygraph. Battaglia had never harmed or threatened the girls. Perhaps others can cite examples. But he was ready for a criminal investigation into Nancy Dillard Lyons death just the same. Here in UK judges routinely remind juries of this at the ouset; perhaps US judges do too. Stretching about 3 miles on the Grand Prairie side of Highway 360, this 10-foot wide cement trail is part of the longer Fish Creek Linear Park Trail. Yeah, really. But the mild-mannered 5-foot-7-inch Richard needed a way that wouldnt mean losing custody of his kids or the affluence and prestige that Nancy Dillard Lyons family brought to his life. Thank you. Funny how people can put all their energy and concern into the guilty and never show any real concern for the true victims. I say keep the arrogant a hole in prison indefinitely. I can tell. There, he met Nancy Dillard, whose parents were wealthy and influential enough for her fathers nickname to be Big Daddy. And the anonymous threatening letter on behalf of her former coworker was a big nothing. The above very briefly explains something of why the US has this principle though it cant justify it, which is a different question! The colonists were also familiar with how narrowly the right against double jeopardy had been defined in England and sought to enlarge the definition by making the right against double jeopardy applicable to all crimes not just capital felonies. Do you know how to spot a liar with a business proposal? I dont agree that, in the USA, juries are more likely to wrongfully acquit than convict. This article "Nancy Lyon" is from Wikipedia. But if junks put it, you get junk out One FF ep showed that junk science and prosecutorial failure to disclose exculpatory evidence caused wrongful conviction. Maybe if more people spent their free time helping others, the world would be a better place. Granted, that makes him a disgusting person but not necessarily a murderer. Richard is emblematic of weasels everywhere, producing fake documents and trying to put his crime off on other people. They married in 1982 and moved into a duplex in University Park, an affluent section of Dallas. They MAY make his attempt to cheat the law by murder a little more plausible, but you press them too much. Seems like nothing much has changed in Dallas since November 1963. But did the evidence support this conviction? Like I said, I dont know if hes innocent or guilty, but a lot of you people commenting on here make ridiculous statements that obviously dont prove that hes guilty and really just add more nonsense to the mix. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. Hes a murderer. Contents 1 Death 2 Investigation 3 Trial 4 References 5 Nancy Lyon This was not a slam-dunk but was the most likely of all the explanations, which the court found so likely as to reach the threshold of guilt beyond reasonable doubt. We have a press release coming soon dealing involving my dealing with the legendary Texas Rangers on the subject of corruption v incompetence at the TSSB.. If Eve had life insurance in Adams favour (or he thought so), and if he were short of money cos of high living, including trying to impress his new girlfriend, with unpaid bills, those are reasonably probative; and unless Eve elaborately set Adam up, a string of witnesses chronicling how they had signed for chemicals addressed to Adam is probative despite absence of proof that he ordered them. Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. Ants implicated. All of us are sinners and fall short of the glory of our Heavenly Father and his dear son Jesus Christ. This murderous scumbag should NEVER be granted parole. Friends: As in this case, you suggest: The hospital may very well have been negligent; it wouldnt be the first time. Im following up: do either of the daughters have a relationship with their father? Parole was denied on 03/01/2021. Thats how it works. Follow your gut feelingand live! 384 pages, Paperback. However, if Nancy presented as rational AND poisoning was suspected, or, certainly, found, by the examining dr, I think the police should have been contacted. Nancy had called him a Dr. In 1990, Nancy had hired a divorce attorney, Mary Henrich, in whom she confided her suspicion that Richard was poisoning her something she felt too embarrassed to tell police, according to court records from Richard Lyons unsuccessful 1994 appeal. Without money, there is no justice. As for updates on family members of the Lyons, I wasnt able to find out who took custody of the couples little daughters after Richard went to prison. When Richard Lyon first began sneaking poison into his wifes beverages, he probably hoped she would die quickly and doctors would attribute the tragedy to natural causes, end of story. Nothing to eat there but I eyed the corn seeds and I nibbled a bag of the dried dessicated (arsenic-treated) kernals. But the money hadnt spoiled Nancy. He became eligible for parole 15 years later in 2006. Doctors frantically did tests to find the cause of her illness. I imagine that if you had evidence that you ingested arsenic at the hospital, and not prior to admission, the police would investigate the hospital. My relationship with Richard is one of a fellow Catholic. But I wouldnt be surprised if he has some fool acting on his behalf. It certainly doesnt mean thats the case here, and I dont believe it is. There are far too many crooked DAs and crooked cops. If they DID declare there was no merit, of course that severely weakens innocence claim. he highest exoneration rate in the country. There is a paper trail showing Richard as the person who ordered the poisons. The fake invoice for arsenic, the movie incident where he was upset because she wouldnt drink the soda (who gets upset about something like that?) Many doctors discount what their patients say, and hospital staff are often overworked with little sleep. He was paid off to lie to protect his own skin and to secure the prosecutions case, something even A.W. I bet you that Friends of Richard Lyon are either one or both of his daughters, or someone hes dating or doing a sweetheart hustle on from jail (a common hustle where inmates answer singles ads and con women into sending them money). Some days one would rather take ones chances with the poisoner. I sure wouldnt want the friend representing me. Interesting. Nancy planned to move to Washington, D.C., with her daughters after the divorce, a 1991 AP storyreported. Especially their murderer of a father who killed their mother Im sure. You imply it was deliberate. That makes no sense. It was all a big joke to them. No matter how much he lies about it, the truth is clear as day. Who told you he was innocent? The problem is the cost of the trial and the fact that Texans have made Richard into a monster and Nancy into a saint makes it difficult for anyone to take the case. As FF presents it, theres little doubt Lyons guilty. 38Or a stranger and show you hospitality? The rich and powerful can accomplish anything they want, even to frame an innocent man. I guess Texas courts dont mess around. But you do not state who you are. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. Forensic Filesportrayed Nancy as a sweet and generous soul, an assessment corroborated by Golden, a newspaper reporter who lived in the other half of the duplex owned by the Lyons. Until next week, cheers. Or the forged receipt with her name on it (typed receipt, but all receipts in that business were done by hand no typewriter), or the forged diary entries. And who provided the wood? . Justice is not served when the powerful can corrupt the system. But a Texas court rejected his blame-the-victim strategy, which included a contention that Nancy had brought about her own slow demise by intentionally consuming arsenic and barium carbonate over a long period of time. His father sold insurance. As a mother of a son, this case and others are examples of how the rich can control the justice system. I can understand how a friend or family member can believe their loved one is innocent. Oh, no Richard again! Richard is innocent. Nancy's closest family was not as respectable as they seemed. justice served. 12 People Found Him Guilty, Due To Tremendous Amount Of Evidence. More significant is that (or if) five false conviction charities/services have examined his case and refused it particularly if they have stated that its because they think the outcome correct. At least one of them is already married. He just took the biblical story of Adam & Eve (which pretty much everyone born in Noth America knows), and applied current forensics and common sense to it. And then there was the grandfather who gave his son a pass about the whole thing!! Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. Then, theres double jeopardy. No evidence? The doctors there refused to acknowledge the poisoning because it would involve litigation. Whether it was deliberate, and by whom, is a matter for the police and prosecuting authority, so why would the hospital be involved in litigation (unless you imply that the hospital was medically incompetent and you wished to sue it)? I was a patient at Dallas Presbyterian who was poisoned with arsenic. Excellent! Another way of stating: the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation. Michigan lacks the death penalty but life usually means life without an outright exoneration. Im not saying that I think hes innocent, I dont really know for sure. Actually, Samadhi was pretty disparaging of my post something you dont, equally, object to, plainly because Im not arguing in your favour (though the argument I offer, whether comprehended or not, is certainly not controversial, being widely accepted in discussion of evidence, theory of knowledge etc). They must have a view regardless of expressing it. The assignments things a non-event: plenty of college kids cheat. Plenty of husbands cheat via affairs. She had nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. All they care about is winning the case to keep up their win/lose ratio, and advance their career. When you look at the FACTS, I cant think of any reason for this, other than an owl attack, which DOES happen; maybe the owl had just laid eggs. See https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Rogue-cop-gets-20-years-in-killing-2064331.php Nancy worked her way up to a partnership at Trammell Crow, a real estate development firm. Nancy planned to move to Washington, D.C., with her daughters after the divorce, a 1991 AP story reported. General facts about wrongful convictions, general facts about pressure treated wood (that, unless she was eating it constantly, wouldnt give her those levels of arsenic in her system). Talk about clutching at straws! My mom, my dad, my stepfather, all my grandparents, my exs mother, my friends siblings. Richard deserves to be paroled and returned to CT to his family, or what is left of it. Also, people, please stop posting about the Allison and Anna. It is being revised and will be back up by spring. Do not listen to others who have ulterior motives or derogatory speech. And the hospital filled capsules with poison and told Nancy they were vitamins??? Her husband claimed she purchased the poison to get rid of some fire ants in her yard. At the trial, internist Dr. Ali Bagheri noted that Richard was smiling, joking, and laughing with hospital staff members during his wifes emergency room visit. At least, they assume, a convicted person has appeals. Death 14 Jan 1991 (aged 37) Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA. THANK YOU!!!! I was only saved by the emergency brakes which stopped me between the first floor and the basement. But it must be the hospital who Nancy said gave her a nightcap that made her deathly ill, or gave her strange tasting pop at the movies with a strange powder floating on top? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharee_Miller. She was hard-working and practical. At least in the USA. BriefingWire.com, 12/16/2016 Dallas, Texas. But, as every Forensic Files watcher knows, idyllic-looking existences tend to give way. Ive seen many calm killers (and regular people who were lying) who passed, and many worried, freaked out victims whove failed. Lyons claims that his absence from the home on the day his wife became seriously ill is his alibi, when in fact he might have added poison to any one of numerous substances in the house that his wife could have ingested. Ive also had a lot of death around me. Very nice life lessons, as pertains to homicide. Sorry, sir. So, perhaps the hospital was negligent, though of course it leaves us with question of the poisoners identity If the above is correct, Nancys family would seem justified in litigating. Thats why I always say, I believe, or the facts point to his guilt. It is unreasonable to think that the children would have never been around while their mother made their playhouse (BTW, did tests ever even show arsenic in the wood? The complaint had sat in the Dallas Field Office, with the fully knowledge and support of Commissioner John Morgan, Deputy Commissioner Ronak Patel and the entire politically appointed State Securities Board for over 2.5 years, untouched. Or is it supposedly the pressure treated wood? Marcus, But I could feel my focus changing. The costs for a case like this is too much for them to handle and risk. 2. I knew you werent claiming the hos was responsible for the poisoning (though Lili may be); rather that they were negligent. And Thank God. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Forensic tests. If she wanted to kill herself and frame him, shed use one huge dose, and those forged diary entries and the forged arsenic receipt wouldnt exist. But, tell me: Why else was she clasping owl feathers and her own hair in her hand??? The grieving husband also showed authorities an anonymous letter Nancy had received; it threatened violence if she went ahead and testified against a former colleague named David Bagwell who allegedly embezzled $720,000 from Trammell Crow. Thanks. You are a fool. But by means of Christs ransom sacrifice we have the forgiveness of sins, as long as we are truly repentant. That I have been 6 times is implausable, yet true. Who buys accidental poisoning? That never happened. In my opinion (this is an opinion), Richard is guilty, based on the facts that I am aware of from the trial transcripts and the evidence presented. 3) Is or has been, in a romantic/emotionally intimate relationship with Richard Lymon? I will follow up with specifics about Dr. Bagheri. Allison and Anna wish to be left alone by EVERYONE. All of that was a lie written in Nancys diary by Richard. Who had a stronger motive than him? Time to leave the Land of Denial and move to the Land of Reality. There seemed less to fear from Battaglia when it came to the couple's two young daughters, 9-year-old Mary Faith and Liberty, who was 6. What is most disgraceful is the withholding of exculpatory evidence and the absurd 10-day prison sentence of the prosecutor found guilty of malfeasance. She still lives in Texas but married someone else. The movie made it look like he could be either innocent or guilty. 3) Nancy told MULTIPLE, trustworthy witnesses that Richard was trying to poison her. FRL: Thanks; Ill/well read with interest. So sorry to hear you were made ill, Lili. That Richard should rot in jail when he dies, should rot in hell. Amazing that Richard nor the cleaning company did not find them. Dallas drama. That was my thought when her brother, who molested her so bad she needed surgical repair, filed for custody of her GIRLS before Nancy was barely cold in her grave! Look up the credibility of Charles Couch and in the trial transcripts he miraculous comes to this conclusion that the invoice was fake after the DAs office talked to him the night before. At the trial, prosecutor Jerri Sims called on a handwriting expert who could see the small differences between Richards and Nancys handwriting. Understandable, that the daughters wish to be left alone, but people are curious, including me. Lots of questions here which render your claim perplexing. The medical examiner did not find any signs of a disease in her system but found lethal doses of Arsenic in her system at her autopsy which later found that she had ingested small doses every week starting from four months before her death. A real trustworthy man. So many people in this day and age afraid to do or say anything. A serpent? Its just conceivable that you could hate someone enough to poison yourself purely to frame them, at the expense of your own life, but its barely likely. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convicted - and sentenced to life in prison. What planet did you just arrive from?! Thanks for writing in with the information. But I have faith. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peterson_(criminal)#Owl_theory This scenario was found less likely than that she was poisoned which is reasonable and with which I agree. Dillard parents. Your email address will not be published. But nobody. That law/right has ended up causing a lot of innocent people to end up in jail in that country, along with the beyond foolish war on drugs, which have put a lot of innocent mothers, wives, and girlfriends to end up in jail for longer than the actual drug dealers (Im talking about 20 year mandatory sentences, mandatory sentences for anything is foolish there are always exceptions)!!! He did not lie or forge anything. Richard forged the part of the diary about the abuse. Cathy: Just read the case. . I have gut problems to this day; 50+ years later and I spend many nights in the late hours with an upheavalnot a fun thing but nothing like that sick poisoned feeling.and I know mine was a mere dusting of what that poor woman went through. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. Paper Lyon. William Dillard, Jr. and his wife Mary Helen raised Anna and Allison. The inheriting of considerable wealth (presumably) has been a perfectly sufficient motive for numerous others murderers and while its no proof in itself, what makes it unlikely in his case in the absence of stronger contenders AND with other suspicious circumstances AND with a wife he evidently cared little for given his affair? Richard Lyon was born on April 22, 1957 to a middle class family of five children in Connecticut. A shame about his wife though. And she told at least two people (doctors) that Richard was trying to kill her. Have you ever read the data and studies around the behavior of a sexually abused female? Our King and redeemer Jesus Christ the son of God. Lilis presumed (because ambiguous) claim is far too tenuous as it stands to mean anything (see the questions I ask). First, ALL comments are opinion pieces. That murderer is due to get out soon. You are absolutely correct. If she were framing the husband, she could have done it rather quicker and hence less painfully. Even a cursory reading of his support materials makes it obvious why none of the innocence projects will take his case. Your email address will not be published. Eves belief that he was poisoning her either suggests he may have been (with other circumstantial evidence) or she was framing him. According to friends, Nancy had the ideas, Richard the speedy execution.. Friends of Richard Lyon are hardly friends of justice. Cathy: Thank you: shall read tonight (am in UK so some difference in time!). I bet someone puts money in his commissary account and writes letters to anyone and everyone to plead his case. Ladies, if you think your husband is trying to kill you (or husbands who think their wives are trying to kill them), make sure you tell your spouse that you changed your life insurance and/or will . No one could trace it to anyone involved in the embezzlement case. The quantum of circumstantial evidence is persuasive, but youre implying that such evidence is of less value than physical evidence. Thats the problem Perhaps youre implying that too many Americans are stupid, so unfit to serve. She passed away on the 14th of January 1991. Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Polygraphs are absolutely pointless. Fortunately, the state of Texas and Nancys family werent so easily fooled. Surely if the hospital was connected with institutional accidental or deliberate poisonings, this would have been reported in the media? Perhaps that would prove that either her brother killed her or that Nancy was so distraught over the bad memories she took her own life. If he ever does get out, he wont find Tami Ayn Gaisford the co-worker with whom he began an affair while married to Nancy waiting for him. Smells of a set up. Nice playacting. New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA. Your statement he probably is your opinion. The real person who had enough contact and motive was the hospital in its efforts to avoid a wrongful death/malpractice suit. . They had watched them bury one of their four children, thirty-year-old Tom, who died of a brain tumor in 1985. Do you visit the website? Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. The comment at the YouTube site is also good. Thanks again! The owl + drugs & wine + Kathleens panic may very well be the cause of her death. Oh wait, no, that was BEFORE she went to the hospital. Per se they dont amount to guilt, but a jury will aways ask why they were engaged in (One reason might be to strengthen genuine innocence post hoc that one fears will be insufficiently compelling but an intelligent man such as this would have to be extremely foolish to forge evidence and to have thought he could get away with it. "Nancy and Richard Lyon were a wealthy Dallas couple who had everything but lost it all. Im sure youve had many more affairs in the Prison showers, but not with good looking bimbos lol. They took three hours to find Richard Lyon guilty of first-degree murder. . A grim-looking Richard showed up on Goldens doorstep in January 1991 to ask if she and her husband would look after his daughters while he took Nancy to the emergency room. That alone says it all and yes read about many times. And this isnt based on sensationalism. Ramsey Unit prison farm at the tender age of 34., Correction: Richard began his sentence at the Eastham Unit: 2665 Prison Road 1, Lovelady, TX 75851, Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. ~ John Adams. He was guilty of one thing adultery, and for that he has paid a dear price. Lyon is guilty of a horrible murder and is fortunate he got life, not death. Nancy told her doctor about the times she already believed Richard drugged her: the pop at the movie, a nightcap that left her severely sick on the bathroom floor, not to mention those vitamins that made her sick. Police should just stop using them. Then the police found a shocking note which Nancy wrote accusing her older brother Bill of sexually abusing her as a child. Can we read hearts? You are joking right! Post jury interviews revealed that they were on the verge of acquittal but the Couch testimony and hand writing testimony swayed them. Coercion much? I shouldve added above that of course juries can and should only judge on the evidence presented to them, rather than adding their own second-guesses, prejudices etc to the mix. If self-inflicted why? But did the evidence support this conviction?Mystery novelist A. W. Gray made his nonfiction debut with this . No rescue. Tim: Yours was the opinion of the jury so you hardly need to be sheepish about it! She didnt appreciate his using $5,900 of their money to buy a ring for Gaisford. The first two didnt work, and you finally finished her off with arsenic, a tried-and-true method of producing death., Creuzot gave him life in jail and a $10,000 fine. But do I blame them? Another was the emergency doctor when she was dying. Told to you by him? Actually, people all over the world follow this story. The hospital has to be proven negligent but if they are not forthright then it takes a lot of power and money to sue. There was no proof that Richard had any arsenic, Nancy had no arsenic in her stomach, there was no arsenic found in any of the food or in the house, the pill bottles did not contain poison nor Richards fingerprints, and they were found over six months after Richard left the condo (which the police had access to) and the condo was owned by a friend of Tramwell Crowe. FRL: It was the poltergeist, then; a stranger; or Nancy herself? If wood was the cause why wasnt Richard found with any arsenic in his body? figure it out. but only because they WANT to. He concluded that Richard was the one who wrote that to try and cover up his crime. Youre crazy (or stupid) if you believe that. My husband had read the book before he had ever met him. Didnt you listen to the trial? So at the first sign of trouble in a marriage STOP! They both took the last name of Dillard and Anna got married in 2015 at the arboretum, which has an exhibit in her mothers honor. His next parole date is in 2026. https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/reviewDetail.action?sid=04503067&tdcj=00612188&fullName=LYON%2CRICHARD+ALAN+ABOOD. Just because youre not aware of who the third party might have been means there wasnt any?! But did the e. Taking a mother from her kids proves hes pure evil and also, the fact that not one single legal nonprofit wanted to take his case speaks volumes. His next chance will come in 2021, when hes 64. Your email address will not be published. The records for the condo show everyone who had lived there prior to her and after her, but not her. Ridiculous. Why no outrage over what Bill Jr. did and what state would ever hand over two young girls to such a man? She passed away in 2009. Nancys death was accidental and preventable. As for the NY Times article about the arsenic in the wood, both the wife and the husband in that article had high arsenic levels. And you know this how? All requests were flippantly dismissed and Charles Couch now sets beyond the reach of American justice complements of Joe Rotunda, Texas Securities Enforcement Division, the Texas State Securities Board and the SEC., When you consider that the Texas Securities Enforcement Division with 6 regional offices and 100 staffers but can only eek out 13.5 civil and criminal enforcement actions per year, in the Worlds epicenter of oil and gas fraud, it becomes quite clear that there is either mass corruption or/and or mass incompetence permeating the Texas State Securities Board. The strands of hair served as a map of doses of arsenic that coincided with Richards interactions with his wife. But insofar as stupid people get a vote, need representing, and should themselves represent their own stupid stratum or community of US citizens, its still unclear why they shouldnt serve on juries. Tim, thanks so much for the kind words about the blog! Says he was a model prisoner. Thats a ridiculous statement. If Eve died of poisoning that wasnt accidental or suicidal and assuming the absence of a toxic serpent (not that it could cause ingestion poisoning) its safe to assume Adams proximity is probative, despite absence of his fingerprints/DNA. I came here tonight to see if anyone knows about the 2021 parole.. The girls were raised by the Dillard family and changed their surnames to Dillard. I worry about Lyon getting out. Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park. Nancy was so cute and innocent I wish she was my wife. During an 8-year marriage, the ambitious Nancy had juggled a successful career with motherhood after giving birth to the couple's two daughters. Friends: Ive done an (inexhaustive) internet search for dallas presbyterian hospital arsenic and dallas presbyterian hospital poisoning. Only the Lyon case shows.
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