The Friends of Richard Lyon website was proven to be a money-making scam. Nancys death was a tragedy all the way around and has affected many lives. 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. What planet did you just arrive from?! https://obits.dallasnews.com/us/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/name/jerri-sims-obituary?id=2148042, The Lindbergh Kidnapping: Forensic Files Lost Episode, Dawn Fehring: A Missionary Dies Too Young, Ron Gillette: An Air Force Man Who Didnt Exactly Aim High. 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). Told to you by him? Excellent! Try to do more than a cursory reading. At least one of them is already married. Hes right where he belongs! His world was mundane middle-class Connecticut - hers the wealthiest neighborhood in . Watch the Forensic Files episode on YouTube. But most people have NEVER been stuck in an elevator. Meanwhile, a laboratory found lethal amounts of arsenic in Nancys hair, liver, and kidneys. Were you admitted WITH arsenical poisoning (in which case, they didnt) or with another condition, THEN were also to have been found poisoned? . Moreover, the hospital was grossly negligent. A receipt found by the police showed that she purchased Arsenic a few months earlier. figure it out. People should have learned that by now! Never loved her. And it was fake. 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. Nancy planned to move to Washington, D.C., with her daughters after the divorce, a 1991 AP storyreported. There have been many cases attributed to that hospital. Required fields are marked *. Occams razor (or Ockhams razor): suppose there exist two explanations for an occurrence. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. I agree. RR: A jury convicted him of first-degree murder, and Lyon began a life sentence at the W.F. It certainly doesnt mean thats the case here, and I dont believe it is. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. Again, the truth will come out. He was paid off to lie to protect his own skin and to secure the prosecutions case, something even A.W. Hes a man that didnt want to be married, pay child support, and keep her insurance policy. See https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Rogue-cop-gets-20-years-in-killing-2064331.php That night and nights following were over that porcelain bowl turning myself inside out but because I did not pay for that packet I did not confess. And how a lawyer could have on his conscience that someone was imprisoned possibly, probably or certainly because of his ambition improperly to win his case is beyond me. Things then got worse when she found out that her husband Richard was having an affair in the fall of 1989. Homewrecker. 3) Richards handwriting was identified by a forensic expert in Nancys diary accusing her brother of sexually abusing her. Lyon later admitted to buying some poisons, for killing fire ants in his yard, he said. 12 People Found Him Guilty, Due To Tremendous Amount Of Evidence. Quick trial. Anyway, I dont agree with you regarding juries. She passed away in 2009. Although I dont believe for one second that Richard Lyons is innocent (the facts say hes guilty), the case of Michael Peterson is different. 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.. They had watched them bury one of their four children, thirty-year-old Tom, who died of a brain tumor in 1985. It wasnt clear what type of poison he used on that occasion. One was her psychiatrist/psychologist. Sociopaths are pathological liars and will lie to the bitter end unless there is something in it for them to be truthful. Dallas drama. That bid was rejected, although the Texas Department of Justice website gives no explanation. No problem. It creates tunnel vision, and isnt even close to reliable. 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. No, its a forged document, that Richard found, that would have helped to clear Richard . How ridiculous! Lol. Nancy Cooke Dillard Lyon (6th August 1953 14 January 1991) was an American woman who was poisoned with Arsenic and killed by her husband Richard Lyon. An upcoming post will look into developments in his case since the conviction. Interesting. I watched Richard cry as the letter was read. justice served. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. Today, Richard Alan Abood Lyon is prisoner No. Not to mention the woman herself actually saying she thought her husband was trying to poison her! Oh, no Richard again! I have watched MANY juries convict for murder on VERY little evidence. By him wanting to be a cheating Male S..(you know what I mean) Friends of Richard Lyon are hardly friends of justice. You are very blind. 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! Sweet deal? BUT if it werent for those supporters (who were correct), would some of those whose convictions were overturned have remained convicts and perhaps have been executed? Eves belief that he was poisoning her either suggests he may have been (with other circumstantial evidence) or she was framing him. Thanks for writing in with the information. Of course, I have seen some DAs who do care if the defendant is innocent. I noticed that The Friends of Richard Lyons does that. Anything but discuss the actual facts. Our King and redeemer Jesus Christ the son of God. Short time for jury to make a decision. And the anonymous threatening letter on behalf of her former coworker was a big nothing. 2) While married, Richard had an ongoing affair. Incidentally, William and Sue Dillard had already lost one of their adult children, Thomas, in 1986. Michael Peterson did after only 98.5 months of his life without parole sentence. Paper Lyon. Coercion much? Look it up. They took three hours to find Richard Lyon guilty of first-degree murder. Probation is only given once the person admits guilt and shows remorse. Man has to answer to man what comes later is based on personal belief. At the trial, prosecutor Jerri Sims called on a handwriting expert who could see the small differences between Richards and Nancys handwriting. THANK YOU!!!! Situation like that they could had hired to handle the cause of the issue! How does all that coincide with your accidental death theory??? It investigates oil and gas. The costs for a case like this is too much for them to handle and risk. 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.. I believe they definitely got it right in this case, but how many times have you heard people say, Where theres smoke, theres fire. Nancy Dillard Lyon was a very successful real estate development project manager from a wealthy family. Um, it was no accident He deliberately and repeatedly poisoned her. Then, theres double jeopardy. Allison and Anna wish to be left alone by EVERYONE. Still, she lived. Until next week, cheers. Cmon, FRL, you sound like a character from Pilgrims Progress who has taken up residence in the Land of Denial. Julie, Can we read hearts? Couldnt wait to get his hands on two more little girls, better yet THESE girls came with a hefty inheritance from their mother, who he victimized repeatedly as a child! And she told at least two people (doctors) that Richard was trying to kill her. While the rest of us have the opinion he is guilty. The comment at the YouTube site is also good. All they care about is winning the case to keep up their win/lose ratio, and advance their career. Im not saying I think Lyon is innocent but some of your reasoning is absurd! My state is only slightly better. Or is it supposedly the pressure treated wood? On the website, I state very clearly who I am. I hope he rots slowly where he is. If you could call him that! This was not true. His father sold insurance. And probably calculate the dose?! An opinion can contain facts, incorrect information, neither (only opinion, citing no facts at all), or both. He MUST have done SOMETHING for the police to be looking at him, sometimes before the person is even charged? . Richard & Nancy Lyon Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a Dallas real estate tycoon, reached the heartrending conclusion that her marriage to husband Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a Dallas real estate tycoon, reached the heartrending conclusion that her marriage to husband Richard, whom she met when they were both grad students at Harvard, was over. She was about to testify against her former boss in a trial for an Embezzlement charge but was poisoned before she could do so. 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. 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. Why no outrage over what Bill Jr. did and what state would ever hand over two young girls to such a man? Im not saying that I think hes innocent, I dont really know for sure. Who had a stronger motive than him? His evil can suffocate him, for all i know, it would be only minus one scum to live on societys tax payers income as he deserved death. Well I do hope their uncle did not destroy the childrens innocence. Also, people, please stop posting about the Allison and Anna. Any illness there? This article "Nancy Lyon" is from Wikipedia. Their is considerable concern that prosecutors are almost insulated from their misconduct. The truth will come out; however, due to blog posts like these and series like Forensic Files, it makes it more difficult. He tried many times and with different poison. Its no small thing to leave your home and your life behind, especially when you havent done anything wrong. If the hospital did, I believe they are legally required to notify the police: they cannot avoid this if they may be the origin of the poisoning. Either way, I dont think hes a threat to anyone anymore. 384 pages, Paperback. New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA. Indeed to your reply to my comment. I wouldnt be surprised if they do . But, as every Forensic Files watcher knows, idyllic-looking existences tend to give way. Actually, people all over the world follow this story. Tami Ayn Gaisford, Richards girlfriend, testified that Richard had told her that Nancy died from a rare fatal blood disease more proof that he was a liar. Slither back into your holes, snakes. So far, those organizations have declined to take on his case. He is right where he needs be to keep society safe. This narrative has been spewed for decades and portrayed in film in addition to being plastered all over the Internet.. Exactly. My husband had read the book before he had ever met him. Thanks. exactly how are you saying that the hospital gave Nancy Lyons arsenic? Aware that the No. Plus, the fact that the case is largely circumstantial, doesnt matter. Which had proven his lies!! Adam/Eve: names merely used to illustrate the above principle, not the biblical story, to be taken somehow literally. Something just didnt seem right watching the family as they gathered. 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. Bar exam. He did it and hes right where he belongs. I know I need to be nice! Ha, ha, ha. 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. And there was something to gain from Nancys death: a $500,000 life insurance payout. Dont drop the soap Richie!! Update on July 11, 2018: Two corrections were made to the post the website asks for legal help, not monetary donations, and the site itself was created by supporters, according to a representative for Friends of Richard Lyon. Owls HAVE attacked, and just because its bizarre, combined with a past that made him look guilty, doesnt mean it didnt happen. Richard made that up in the diary remember???? Not a very well-made movie. The doctors there refused to acknowledge the poisoning because it would involve litigation. Hes where he needs to be. The BEST example is Michael Morton https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/michael-morton/. I think William Dillard Jr. has a lot to do with it. 100 times the normal level of arsenic in her body suggests that much was consumed but over a long period. . The one that requires the least speculation is usually better. But Allison and Anna are adults now. The hospital did not poison but failed to test for it immediately. I truly believe in Richard Lyons innocence, as do many other Australians who followed the story. In England the protection against double jeopardy was considered a universal maxim of common law, but the English double jeopardy doctrine was extremely narrow. They succeeded in getting Richard Lyon removed from the Dallas Country Club and deposited into the W. F. Ramsey Unit on a prison farm in Rosharon. 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. Battaglia had never harmed or threatened the girls. . 2. Reprint. Richard and Nancy had two daughters. There are 100 others that say a different story. I doubt very much, that she ate the wood), and either way, it doesnt explain the vitamins filled with poison, or the empty capsules matching those vitamins in Richards apartment, or the fact that Nancy thought he was trying to poison her, or the strange powder she found floating in a drink HE gave her. QED Adams guilt beyond reasonable doubt. One begins as just reaching out to a convict, and then when one begins to review the case, it become questionable. "Nancy and Richard Lyon were a wealthy Dallas couple who had everything but lost it all. My belief is that she committed suicide and framed her husband so he wouldnt be able to get custody of their children. Preyed upon her. Im following up: do either of the daughters have a relationship with their father? Not all people are as closed-minded as you are. Anna is now a dentist in the Dallas area. 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. But did the evidenc There was no evidence she was suicidal; she had children whom she loved, and hatred for Richard wasnt articulated. His counter theory that Nancy was poisoned by arsenic while building a play house made of CCA-treated lumber is absurd, as surely their children would have been sickened, among other things. Thats the problem Perhaps youre implying that too many Americans are stupid, so unfit to serve. Death bed declarations are not considered hearsay. If so, you would leave them alone. The last two are interesting in that Willingham was executed and Danziger suffered permanent brain damage in prison due to mistaken identity by another prisoner. As far as Im concerned, this is the best possible outcome to a very tragic story. I was only saved by the emergency brakes which stopped me between the first floor and the basement. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. Im sure we all wish them well and are sorry for their loss. Someone needs to do some real investigative reporting. Do you know how to spot a liar with a business proposal? 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! Some days one would rather take ones chances with the poisoner. Does an atheist (I am not) have the right to condemn acts of brutality as much as the ardent believer as the repentance and forgiveness are complex issues and do not mitigate crimes. 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