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. And then there was the grandfather who gave his son a pass about the whole thing!! His GF/friend is just pointing to anything/everything else to use as a smokescreen. Richard Lyon suffered from addictions to alcohol and sex. Sorry, sir. Perhaps others can cite examples. That makes no sense. Coincidentally, the condo is owned by a real estate developer who is connected to Trammel Crow. My state is only slightly better. Juries lean towards conviction, they do not assume innocence as they are supposed to. And there was something to gain from Nancys death: a $500,000 life insurance payout. Amazing that Richard nor the cleaning company did not find them. Richard Lyon was born on April 22, 1957 to a middle class family of five children in Connecticut. Call it innocent by reason of successful cover-up. Or naked and give you clothing? 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). So at the first sign of trouble in a marriage STOP! Id like to know where Peter Munsch got his info. Battaglia had never harmed or threatened the girls. I hope he rots in jail for the rest of his pathetic life. People should have learned that by now! Sensationalizing this with false narratives and TV crime drama does not help anyone involved. We judge, society judges. 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. Not sure about that. RIP. At some point, he switched to arsenic, which he probably put in her food and a bottle of wine left anonymously on their porch. Christopher Ochoa, Richard Danziger, and Cameron Todd Willingham (although possibly guilty of spousal abuse) come to mind. Eves belief that he was poisoning her either suggests he may have been (with other circumstantial evidence) or she was framing him. On his most recent review date, February 3, 2016, a parole board denied him again and specified the reasons as elements of brutality, violence and conscious selection of victims vulnerability.. Without money, there is no justice. But nothing in that comment was fiction: So its the hospitals fault now? 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). But Allison and Anna are adults now. It was almost an SMU tailgate party as they brought in catering and Bloody Marys to wait for Nancys recovery. Charles Couch, the owner of Couch Oil and Gas, located in Dallas, Texas who has had multiple documented criminal fraud and money laundering complaints filed against him, has apparently, left the country for Ghana Africa, despite multiple warnings by those keenly observing Couchs divestment of investor owned assets, movement of large sums of money and the creation of an alleged fraud involving gold mining in Ghana. I was wondering how they were doing! Theres always SOME person that stands by the killer, especially one that cleans up nice. Someone needs to do some real investigative reporting. Or even a cop! Even if irrefutable evidence comes to light after he/she is acquitted, that person can never be charged again! A LOT of moronic jurors out there and guilty people go free and sadly innocent people go to prison. Well said. We may be all sinners but not all of us commits murder. Smells of a set up. Ants implicated. Agreed. The architect thought he had all the angles covered. Lyon has applied to the Innocence Project of Texas and New York, the Thurgood Marshall School of Law Innocence Project, and the House of Renewed Hope. 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. Or thirsty and give you something to drink? 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. The quoted remark is senseless: money yes; status no. That couldnt had been easy for them. And who provided the wood? Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he alleged. Post jury interviews revealed that they were on the verge of acquittal but the Couch testimony and hand writing testimony swayed them. But if you werent born in North America, which I suspect you werent, since you seem mystified by the serpent (not to mention your name placing your birth elsewhere), it would be a confusing argument. There is sin and there is SIN. I cannot believe he killed her. Often, a hunch/bad feeling about the defendant wins out over lack of evidence. No fingerprints. 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. Forensic tests. Either way, I dont think hes a threat to anyone anymore. Allison is a costume desisigner. Well I do hope their uncle did not destroy the childrens innocence. Again, for the money. These facts dont constitute a dangerously unscrupulous person and arent probative of murder. Also, when she was dying in the hospital, she told the doctor there that she thought Richard was poisoning her (the doctor waited until Richard finally left her side)! Inconclusive. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. The truth is, there is just far too much that cant be explained away. What POSSIBLE explanation is there for that? RR. During her six-day stay at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas,Nancys violent illness continued and she begged the medical staff to save her life. In early 1990, Richard moved out of the house and continued his extramarital relationship. Your email address will not be published. }} 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. 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. Contents 1 Death 2 Investigation 3 Trial 4 References 5 Nancy Lyon Maybe The doctors there refused to acknowledge the poisoning because it was a fantasy, self-administered due to mental illness, or a myriad other possibilities. See https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Rogue-cop-gets-20-years-in-killing-2064331.php After one of the most sensational trials in recent. Seems like nothing much has changed in Dallas since November 1963. I hope he rots slowly where he is. This page was last edited on 9 August 2020, at 14:16. https://en.everybodywiki.com/index.php?title=Nancy_Lyon&oldid=936769. 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. But hes innocent?!? Thanks for writing in with the information. figure it out. Richard deserves to be paroled and returned to CT to his family, or what is left of it. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. 38Or a stranger and show you hospitality? 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. Homewrecker. Slither back into your holes, snakes. AFTER youve done it. That alone says it all and yes read about many times. There might be a bit of Better Call Saul-ness in the case. I noticed that The Friends of Richard Lyons does that. Thats a ridiculous statement. Why would she put arsenic poison in her own vitamin pills and then take them? 2) Richard Lymons legal team, or Either way, youre wasting your life on something that wont change. Who had a stronger motive than him? Without DNA evidence, it is difficult to get acceptance from an innocence project. Short time for jury to make a decision. Precisely because of that, those further removed from the case claim they lack objectivity. Thank you. 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. It would come up in court later. I feel sorry that Nancy was not treated properly. And was it the hospital that forged documents to make it look like Nancy ordered the arsenic? Richard Lyon's trial took place on December 2nd, 1991 and ended on January 19, 1992. Rot in that cell you scumbag Richard Lyon. Thanks for sending the link! As Richard had hoped, Bill Dillard . Nancy was so cute and innocent I wish she was my wife. He told the woman he was cheating on her with that his wife had a sickness. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peterson_(criminal)#Owl_theory Its a pretty common pattern. Anything but discuss the actual facts. Thats what they are. The two purposely tweaked their handwriting so it looked similar enough that he could get away with handing in papers shed written for him. FRL: It was the poltergeist, then; a stranger; or Nancy herself? Correction: I noticed that FRL was responding to a different comment (not mine), when calling it fiction, but otherwise, my comment stands as is. The doctors who took care of Lyon made 2 phone calls to the Dallas County Police and to medical examiner Jeffrey Barnard listing that her death looked like a homicide. I was a 15 year old working in the lawn and garden section of a Target-like store in the midwest and I was starving halfway into my shift. A Husband Tries to Mess with TexasWriters Block, (Forensic Files). In. Genres True Crime. Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. If what you think about juries is correct, its a travesty. 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). It came out in the trial. 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! So many people in this day and age afraid to do or say anything. 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! Its bizarre, and if anyone ever suspected me of murder, it may look bad (they had nothing to do with me). He will never be released. 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? A jury convicted him of first-degree murder, and Lyon began a life sentence at the W.F. May he be haunted every day and night by what hes done. Your statement he probably is your opinion. Nothing to eat there but I eyed the corn seeds and I nibbled a bag of the dried dessicated (arsenic-treated) kernals. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. So sorry to hear you were made ill, Lili. You got to be kidding. justice served. Doctors frantically did tests to find the cause of her illness. Cant find her anywhere. Just put some updated info on website. I agree. The truth will eventually come out. 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. Or is it supposedly the pressure treated wood? 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. (Writers Block, Forensic Files), The last post told the story of the poisoning death of Richard Lyons wife, architectNancy Dillard Lyon, at the age of 37, in a case covered by Forensic Files episode Writers Block.. Geeze what a family!! Youre as bad as the p.o.s. More than one some years. My relationship with Richard is one of a fellow Catholic. I thinking itS obvious he killed her..What about the pills found at that rented flat? Look it up. Aware that the No. Richard Alexander: Wrongly Convicted of Rape, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peterson_(criminal)#Owl_theory, https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Rogue-cop-gets-20-years-in-killing-2064331.php, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharee_Miller, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5vYDUYFjqw, https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/michael-morton/, https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/reviewDetail.action?sid=04503067&tdcj=00612188&fullName=LYON%2CRICHARD+ALAN+ABOOD, 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. https://obits.dallasnews.com/us/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/name/jerri-sims-obituary?id=2148042. A preponderance of evidence shows that he did this terrible crime. Any illness there? The one that requires the least speculation is usually better. If you just wanted attention from your husband, you wouldnt use arsenic at all, since it causes permanent damage. 1 suspect is always the husband, Richard was armed and ready with the aforementioned forged documents designed to look as though Nancy wrote them. It isnt absurd about the arsenic poisoning. Coercion much? The truth will come out; however, due to blog posts like these and series like Forensic Files, it makes it more difficult. Dallas, Dallas County, . Her condition deteriorated overtime and her organs started to fail. Julie: I certainly dont think US juries are more likely wrongfully to convict than others juries: that would be hard to evidence and I wouldnt presume to speculate, except to use the countries own stats for wrongful conviction. Interesting. Thats how it works. How ridiculous! (They are not the same Dillards who founded the Dillards department store chain. Really?! . Situation like that they could had hired to handle the cause of the issue! Nancy's brother becameconvinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. I was only saved by the emergency brakes which stopped me between the first floor and the basement. Quoting from trial transcripts is all very well but their content is what convinced the jury. If I were a dr, a patient saw me claiming to be poisoned by another, and she showed signs of toxicity, Id want to be on the safe side and contact police. But did the e. Its no small thing to leave your home and your life behind, especially when you havent done anything wrong. TX is not known for its stellar justice system. 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. Ive also had a lot of death around me. Another way of stating: the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation. Ive had some people drop me hints/clues. Facing reality. 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