Yeah, really. I feel he is smart enough to find bored and lonely sycophants to engage in defending him when even FIVE legal services that offer assistance to unjustly convicted prisoners have declined to take on his case. He thought Nancy was a money making machine!!!! Follow your gut feelingand live! S: The jury found it implausible that Nancy would choose to die a protracted, painful death (who would, knowing that having given yourself the chance to change your mind, youd done serious permanent damage to yourself?) Of course, double jeopardy is in the Fifth Amendment and the Constitution isnt debatable! My aunt was in ICU at the time and thats why I was there. View Nancy Dillard's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more. In. For someone that had money Richard claimed to battle with ants. His world was mundane middle-class Connecticut - hers the wealthiest neighborhood in . Richard forged the part of the diary about the abuse. 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 . Sa. Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peterson_(criminal)#Owl_theory Look what happened! But did the evidenc From these three facts, we can ascertain that Richard does not have integrity, loyalty, morals, scruples or decency. That couldnt had been easy for them. Thank you for your testimony! She loved him unconditionally and he latched onto her for his own gain. In fact, theres a LOT of evidence without even approaching the motive. Some days one would rather take ones chances with the poisoner. 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. If juries are presented with partial or misleading evidence (which could be more accident than design such as failure of the defence to do a reasonable job of interrogating evidence), the wrong outcomes very possible. My state is only slightly better. But Nancy said the HOSPITAL was trying to systematically poison her? TX is an embarrassment when it comes to justice for its citizens. And, certainly, arsenic is like. Oh, no Richard again! I can understand how a friend or family member can believe their loved one is innocent. This was not true. BriefingWire.com, 12/16/2016 Dallas, Texas. Preyed upon her. Correction: FROM THE TRIAL TRANSCRIPTS: There is no PHYSICAL evidence that directly links Richard to sneaking poison into his wifes beverages. Friends of Richard DICK Lyon should work DC or Marvel. For these reasons Im cautious in averring that the jury was wrong particularly in the many cases on this site that have been through at least one appeal with the same conclusion. Im not saying that I think hes innocent, I dont really know for sure. That alone says it all and yes read about many times. You also said no one commits suicide over time. In Richards case, the hospital gave Nancy a medication they knew she was allergic to, which caused other complications as well as other damage. They married in 1982 and moved into a duplex in University Park, an affluent section of Dallas. Eves belief that he was poisoning her either suggests he may have been (with other circumstantial evidence) or she was framing him. He told the woman he was cheating on her with that his wife had a sickness. The police then found out she had been suffering from depression for the past year after finding out Richard had an affair with another woman. Who are we to judge! Adam never killed Eve! Ivy League sweethearts. Texans pride themselves on their tough on crime reputation. Maybe his gf gave him soap on the rope? Richard was admitted on his own merits whereas Nancy was declined admission and then her father had to intervene. Of course, Im sure they wish their mother was alive too. Im sure we all wish them well and are sorry for their loss. Hes a man that didnt want to be married, pay child support, and keep her insurance policy. It no longer exists. Tim, thanks so much for the kind words about the blog! A preponderance of evidence shows that he did this terrible crime. 2) Documents were forged. The Nancy Dillard Lyon case from the early 1990s was an arsenic poisoning and that really was interesting because poisoning homicides are pretty uncommon. Funny how people can put all their energy and concern into the guilty and never show any real concern for the true victims. You are very blind. So, Richard has fans, people writing or calling or visiting him from the FRL. I didnt state there couldnt have been a third-party. Genres True Crime. If so, you would leave them alone. No matter how much he lies about it, the truth is clear as day. But I have a question: Is the main person of Friends of Richard Lymon either: While Golden described Nancy as infuriatingly optimistic about saving her marriage when Richard first left her, it came out at the trial that her hopefulness had finally receded: At some point, she had quietly removed her husband as beneficiary of her life insurance policy. It would be the kiss of death for anyone in TX to take this case that is what some have told me. 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. This article "Nancy Lyon" is from Wikipedia. Homewrecker. Life in Prison looks good on you! It never happened! Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. You got the nerve to use the word fiction? As for updates on family members of the Lyons, I wasn't able to find out who took custody of the couple's little daughters after Richard went to prison. Nancys father, William Big Daddy Dillard, died in 2006 after a 59-year marriage to Sue Stubbs Dillardthat produced four children. For example, I was once in an elevator that dropped 8 1/2 floors. 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. When sufficient circumstantial evidence aggregates, each aspect of which IN ISOLATION can be explained away or attract doubt, a threshold is reached which cannot be ignored or explained away in its entirety. Nancys family made its fortune in commercial real estate.). But, because of that law/so-called right, juries dont want to risk acquitting someone unless they are sure, because theres no way to fix it. But I wouldnt be surprised if he has some fool acting on his behalf. Their decision to change their names is definitely understandable. I realize that some people think youre innocent unless you leave a full video diary detailing your actions. The truth will eventually come out. Amazing that Richard nor the cleaning company did not find them. And in case that didnt work, Richard could rely on a receipt for arsenic trioxide, barium carbonate, and two other deadly substances signed by Nancy as evidence that she deliberately poisoned herself. By him wanting to be a cheating Male S..(you know what I mean) Richard Lyon met Nancy Dillard at Harvard, where they studied to become landscape architects. But did theevidence support this conviction? Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park. Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. She passed away on the 14th of January 1991. No one could trace it to anyone involved in the embezzlement case. Any illness there? I cannot believe he killed her. Richard left her on at least one occasion but returned and put on the loving husband act, all the while intending to escape from the marriage. 2) Richard Lymons legal team, or But Im not as pessimistic as you that theyre composed of such fools What would you have instead? If only Texas and Richard could submit to a polygraph. If you continue like this, one day you will look back on your life and realize you wasted a large part of your life on a killer (as the evidence shows). Nancy Dillard Lyon, on the other hand, was not as fortunate. I will never believe, as some suggested, that his tears were just a ploy to win the jurys sentiments. Richard never denied the affair and has done his penance for it. . Anna is now a dentist in the Dallas area. I agree, one must be a demon to kill in the first place and secondly a mother to two beautiful young girls. And the hospital filled capsules with poison and told Nancy they were vitamins??? You also dont accidentally forge documents. I wondered, instead, what twisted passion had carried him through the months of premeditation, through the hours of her retching at home, through the days of her decline and death. How does all that coincide with your accidental death theory??? Thats the problem Perhaps youre implying that too many Americans are stupid, so unfit to serve. May he never walk free again. Ah yes, the little known accidental death by ingesting capsules filled with rat poison, then moving onto arsenic in nightcaps and pop (based on Nancys own words regarding poison in her drinks) when the rat poison didnt work out, THEN followed up by a forged receipt found by Richard to cover up the accidental poisoning, making it look like Nancy ordered the poison, along with other forged documents (something that always happens in accidental poisonings oh, wait, no, it doesnt). And this website/belief/him takes up a very large part of your life, doesnt it? In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. Your email address will not be published. The Friends of Richard Lyon website was proven to be a money-making scam. Do not listen to others who have ulterior motives or derogatory speech. His next parole date is in 2026. https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/reviewDetail.action?sid=04503067&tdcj=00612188&fullName=LYON%2CRICHARD+ALAN+ABOOD. And Thank God. He will never say he is guilty because he is not. She told the doctor (her psychiatrist/psychologist) that she believed Richard was systematically poisoning her thats directly from the victim! Nancys death was a tragedy all the way around and has affected many lives. Very sad. As a white-collar inmate this is to be expected. RR: A jury convicted him of first-degree murder, and Lyon began a life sentence at the W.F. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. Nancy and Richard continued to enjoy working together, Gayle Golden recounted: On their own they transformed the once-scrawny back yard into a little paradise, planting trees and wisteria, driving bricks into sand to make a patio, hanging chimes and a hammock.. Richard is the only one with enough contact and motive. Nancy's brother becameconvinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. An account of the poisoning murder of Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Texas real-estate tycoon, and the conviction of her husband for the crime provide a chilling look at a sensational case involving adultery, incest, drugs, and greed. The following morning she was admitted to the emergency room of Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, suffering from nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. To determine who wrote the note, police sent it to Hartford Kittel who examined the note by taking samples of Richard and Nancy's known writing. }} He MUST have done SOMETHING for the police to be looking at him, sometimes before the person is even charged? During sentencing, Judge John C. Creuzot said that Lyon used various and sundry chemicals to kill Nancy. You are making all these statements about him that you believe are facts. I wouldnt be surprised if they do . Texas also has convicted several innocent people though Lyon is not one of these. Fingerprints and DNA arent going to matter a bit when they both live in the same damn house. (By the way, in other applications, Creuzot is known for being merciful. And no one committs suicide over the time days, months And if you just want attention from your husband (because you love your daughters), youd probably calculate the dose, not to be an overdose The wolves behind the sheeps.. Something looking obvious doesnt make it true! No, we cant. But, tell me: Why else was she clasping owl feathers and her own hair in her hand??? And Leslie is correct. There is only one that will judge who has been given the Authority and Power to have seen all things. But theres a caveat: POSSIBLY they think he has SOME case but that its weaker than other cases and they have to prioritise them, rather than that there is no merit in his claim. He was part of a bipartisan effort to give alcoholic and drug-addicted offenders treatment instead of incarceration.). The strands of hair served as a map of doses of arsenic that coincided with Richards interactions with his wife. Not a waste of time. 00612188 in the capable hands of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. I guess Texas courts dont mess around. What does that have to do with the poison pills given to Nancy, the empty capsules matching those pills in Richards apartment, or the forged documents (fake receipt and diary entries) found to be in Richards handwriting? Your comments to Samadhi are very disparaging and racist. It would come up in court later. 38Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Obviously people commit suicide over time. 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. Police should just stop using them. So glad to hear they are both doing well and that their mothers design talent was passed down thanks much for writing in! Or put it in her own beverage and then drink it. He began his prison sentence at the Wynne Unit in Huntsville. Lyon is guilty of a horrible murder and is fortunate he got life, not death. Nancys death was a tragic accident. I was only saved by the emergency brakes which stopped me between the first floor and the basement. 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. Heres a recap of Writers Block, the Forensic Files episode about the case, plus additional information from internet research. There is sin and there is SIN. Lilis presumed (because ambiguous) claim is far too tenuous as it stands to mean anything (see the questions I ask). Parole was denied on 03/01/2021. 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