Why no outrage over what Bill Jr. did and what state would ever hand over two young girls to such a man? 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. 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. Again, the truth will come out. . 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)! 38Or a stranger and show you hospitality? No evidence? Preyed upon her. 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. Nancy might have had a dark side. This comment on behalf of this scum is as sick as the scum himself. I agree, one must be a demon to kill in the first place and secondly a mother to two beautiful young girls. May he be haunted every day and night by what hes done. Have you ever read the data and studies around the behavior of a sexually abused female? One could wonder about the so called experts evidence in view of the high profile and influence of the victims family in the city. 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. There, he met Nancy Dillard, whose parents were wealthy and influential enough for her fathers nickname to be Big Daddy. Thats how it works. 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). Something just didnt seem right watching the family as they gathered. There can be SOME doubt , which is by definition unreasonable in compromising the reasonableness of the finding. Plus, the fact that the case is largely circumstantial, doesnt matter. 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. Her husband, Richard, a well-known architect, had been poisoning her for years, most notably with arsenic, which killed her on January 14, 1991. Despite Multiple Warnings Charles Couch, Alleged Oil And Gas Con Man Is Allowed To Skip The Country Colt Ledger & Associates Inc. is the private investigation firm in USA. Guess the daughters, Anna and Allison really do wish to be left alone: neither one appears to support FORL/Cathy in their fathers conspiracy-steeped innocence. Neither does the Innocence Project. 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 Richard didnt do it, he fatally weakened his case by lying and forgery. And it was fake. I was a patient at Dallas Presbyterian who was poisoned with arsenic. But Allison and Anna are adults now. To actually expect people to buy that is insanity. . Friends of Richard DICK Lyon should work DC or Marvel. She was about to testify against her former boss in a trial for an Embezzlement charge but was poisoned before she could do so. Michigan lacks the death penalty but life usually means life without an outright exoneration. 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. 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. I saw him yesterday. Its why we might DISAGREE with the jury that were more controversial and such opinion comes with the caveat that they heard (and saw) the evidence not us so, other things being equal, theyre more likely to be correct. For all I know, you are a suspect trying to keep all eyes on Richard. He became eligible for parole 15 years later in 2006. She died before they had a chance, on January 14, 1991, at the age of 37. His blame-the-victim strategy was rejected by the Texas court at his murder trial. Dick Lyin. Says he was a model prisoner. Marcus, The rich and powerful can accomplish anything they want, even to frame an innocent man. The hospital did not poison but failed to test for it immediately. You got the nerve to use the word fiction? Lots of questions here which render your claim perplexing. I know I need to be nice! FRL: Thanks; Ill/well read with interest. Do not listen to others who have ulterior motives or derogatory speech. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. Forensic Files, in my opinion, got it right. Either way, I dont think hes a threat to anyone anymore. Nothing sweet about that deal. Your email address will not be published. Richard deserves to be paroled and returned to CT to his family, or what is left of it. Elvis? Nancy's brother becameconvinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. Good thing youre not a detective! Not to mention his arrogance in continuing to deny what he did and actually soliciting legal help to get away with it. In my view there is too little doubt to permit acquittal, but I accept that this wasnt quite a slam-dunk. 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. Fortunately, the state of Texas and Nancys family werent so easily fooled. Sweet deal? But hes innocent?!? Their decision to change their names is definitely understandable. Sa. Chemical Engineering Co., where Richard claimed the arsenic came from, said that the receipts it issued to customers looked nothing like the one Richard presented; it was fabricated evidence. The strands of hair served as a map of doses of arsenic that coincided with Richards interactions with his wife. More people need to so that. It was a fake receipt that Richard discovered himself, that pointed away from Richard, and blamed the victim! She told the doctor (her psychiatrist/psychologist) that she believed Richard was systematically poisoning her thats directly from the victim! In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. I remember the Danziger case, too so incredibly sad. But it was a bizarre coincidence. Bill Jr and Nancy were friends with this man. Lyon will never be paroled as long as he refuses to take responsibility for the death of Nancy Dillard. Thats just a statement that you made up off the top of your head with no basis in reality at all. 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. So, Richard has fans, people writing or calling or visiting him from the FRL. Cause thats not what he told me. Here in UK judges routinely remind juries of this at the ouset; perhaps US judges do too. Personally, I think that any statements given by the victim SHOULD be admitted in court; the defence can attack credibility, just like any other witness. For example, I was once in an elevator that dropped 8 1/2 floors. Richard was admitted on his own merits whereas Nancy was declined admission and then her father had to intervene. Your comments to Samadhi are very disparaging and racist. Reprint. Does that make sense to ANYONE?!? 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? He has something to work towards, something to aspire to, something to live for, plus think of all the attention he gets (the FRL writer here must have nothing but time on her hands to dedicate herself to this project with such prolific efforts). Very glad to hear hes still behind razor wire. Another way of stating: the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation. Or naked and give you clothing? My husband had read the book before he had ever met him. Can we read hearts? 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 . Welcome to CrimeBox The Murder of Nancy Dillard Lyon Show more Show more Forensic Factor: A Murder in Texas - Full Episode (S6, E4) | A&E A&E 1.5M views 1 year ago Golden State Killer victim. As we seen many times. You got to be kidding. Funny how people can put all their energy and concern into the guilty and never show any real concern for the true victims. Nancy's closest family was not as respectable as they seemed. It is being revised and will be back up by spring. Cathy: Just read the case. RIP. 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. 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. According to friends, Nancy had the ideas, Richard the speedy execution.. Watch the Forensic Files episode on YouTube. Ironically, Texas is the leading state in false convictions and leads the nation in exonerations with 23 in 2017 alone! Nancy had told doctors about the mystery wine; maybe it was from Bagwell and contained arsenic. He left an irrefutable paper trail that shows he bought it. 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. Anyway, I dont agree with you regarding juries. Thats assuming Cathy is a real person, and not Richard himself. 2) Richard Lymons legal team, or She survived that attempt. 1) Related to Richard, Friends of Richard Lyon are hardly friends of justice. But, as every Forensic Files watcher knows, idyllic-looking existences tend to give way. She wasnt poisoned by anyone. Of course, I have seen some DAs who do care if the defendant is innocent. She came in contact with wet, burnt, pressure treated wood. Exactly. The system didnt work, or it did work?, The difficulty supporters of those they claim are wrongly convicted have is that they are usually, understandably, close to the convict, motivated by bonds of love and affection to support their claimed innocence. Or put it in her own beverage and then drink it. Were you admitted WITH arsenical poisoning (in which case, they didnt) or with another condition, THEN were also to have been found poisoned? 3) Nancy told MULTIPLE, trustworthy witnesses that Richard was trying to poison her. All they care about is winning the case to keep up their win/lose ratio, and advance their career. She passed away on the 14th of January 1991. But I doubt that that would have succeeded here. If there is a guilty party here, it is the hospital. A shame about his wife though. Adam/Eve: names merely used to illustrate the above principle, not the biblical story, to be taken somehow literally. Obviously people commit suicide over time. No rescue. Search obituaries CALL NOW Alexandria (318) 442-3363 Pineville (318) 640-1678 Jena (318) 992-4158 Marksville (318) 253-5979 Toggle navigation Next parole date is 2/2026. We judge, society judges. Ha, ha, ha. I guess Texas courts dont mess around. 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.. Not much different from Stolen Valor. Your email address will not be published. So it is sadly predictable. 2. You have to look at the evidence. If self-inflicted why? A real trustworthy man. 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. The girls were raised by the Dillard family and changed their surnames to Dillard. But did the evidenc Sorry, sir. He produced diary entries detailing childhood sexual abuse Nancys brother had allegedly perpetrated against her. It afforded protection only to defendants accused of capital felonies and applied only after conviction or acquittal. If no one else touched it, they wouldnt have been exposed and it explains the high dosage on her fingertips. We in Connecticut who know him and his family, maintain that he is innocent. That couldnt had been easy for them. Did you actually listen to the whole thing? 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. The person who did this (which I believe is Richard) sure didnt think twice about what was good for them. Ivy League sweethearts. Thanks. Testifying on his own behalf at the trial, Richard Lyon tried to implicate Bagwell. Sharee Miller did get a long vacation from her life sentence though (July 29, 2009 to Aug. 2, 2012. She loved him unconditionally and he latched onto her for his own gain. but only because they WANT to. In fact, someone died in my high school every, single year I went there. An opinion can contain facts, incorrect information, neither (only opinion, citing no facts at all), or both. I would have been a really good loyal husband too. So sorry to hear about this - she did such great job with this case! All the evidence against him and he still wont fess up to his crime. I do believe Richard killed his wife. . I wish I had more time and money to pursue his innocence, but I do not. Dont drop the soap Richie!! 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. Sometimes, the fact that they have been murdered at all isnt even proven, but the defendant is a very arrogant and unlikable man, and thats enough. I worry about Lyon getting out. Please tell me . Life in Prison looks good on you! At the trial, prosecutor Jerri Sims called on a handwriting expert who could see the small differences between Richards and Nancys handwriting. On the website, I state very clearly who I am. TX is an embarrassment when it comes to justice for its citizens. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. No problem. He attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, then headed to the Harvard School of Design for a graduate degree in landscaping and architecture. Maybe devote your energy in volunteering for needy children and adults people who matter. Read what CCA pressure treated wood can do. For those who are curious, Anna and Allison are both well. Hes still in prison, according to the Texas DOC. His Premeditation And Motives Were To Be The Grieving Cheating Husband & Father Who Thought Hed Remain In Good Graces With The Dillards & The Socialites Of Dallas. There are 100 others that say a different story. They MAY make his attempt to cheat the law by murder a little more plausible, but you press them too much. Since then, Ive been stuck in elevators 5 more times (a different building), although I know how to get out myself, from that first time. Texans pride themselves on their tough on crime reputation. I noticed that The Friends of Richard Lyons does that. Doctors frantically did tests to find the cause of her illness. The doctors there refused to acknowledge the poisoning because it would involve litigation. Richard Lyon met Nancy Dillard at Harvard, where they studied to become landscape architects. By him wanting to be a cheating Male S..(you know what I mean) 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. If so, you would leave them alone. So glad to hear they are both doing well and that their mothers design talent was passed down thanks much for writing in! Did the hospital find arsenical poisoning or is that your own diagnosis? Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. Theres always SOME person that stands by the killer, especially one that cleans up nice. What is not helpful to all affected parties is sites like this one. 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. It would be the kiss of death for anyone in TX to take this case that is what some have told me. Hes where he needs to be. Feel free to point out any specific thing you believe isnt fact. 30 years in jail I dont think you can say he got away with it! Probation is only given once the person admits guilt and shows remorse. Hes a man that didnt want to be married, pay child support, and keep her insurance policy. My belief is that she committed suicide and framed her husband so he wouldnt be able to get custody of their children. Cmon, FRL, you sound like a character from Pilgrims Progress who has taken up residence in the Land of Denial. Nancy planned to move to Washington, D.C., with her daughters after the divorce, a 1991 AP story reported. 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. 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. But most people have NEVER been stuck in an elevator. Contents 1 Death 2 Investigation 3 Trial 4 References 5 Nancy Lyon And who are you may I ask? And the wounds DO look exactly like owl attack wounds I looked up pictures of other cases. He maintains that he had nothing to do with Nancys death: His supposed crime was that he poisoned his wife, Nancy, so he could inherit her money and status in the community and then, begin his new life with his mistress. 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. Richard Lyon suffered from addictions to alcohol and sex. 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. Then, theres the empty capsules found at Richards, and especially the bogus so-called-receipt, that Nancy supposedly signed, for a number of poisons, that Richard found. But no, opinion doesnt mean fiction. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. 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? People dont normally do that when they have a positive relationship with their father. Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. The American colonists were intimately familiar with English law and its principles were often quoted by the colonists in support of their claims that Parliament was exceeding its lawful authority and we know what that brought about! Who buys suicide? 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! To reiterate, the autopsy report said an acute dose of arsenic as cause of death. Dallas drama. You posted here in the name of Cathy Hopperstad just above (and on the RL website I see your name is there). Ive seen both the Forensic Files and Dominick Dunne (available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5vYDUYFjqw) episodes on this. Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. To say this was accidental is absolute insanity. Jeannie or Tim? You imply it was deliberate. Battaglia had never harmed or threatened the girls. Talk about clutching at straws! I can only think of one plausible reason, and I think this poor guy may have gone to jail, right after losing his wife, for something he didnt do. Never loved her. 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. 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. 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. Nancys death was a tragic accident. Quoting from trial transcripts is all very well but their content is what convinced the jury. No other reason fits everything. Any illness there? Lets hope someone brings that up at the 2021 parole hearing. Men murder their wives all the time. She loved him unconditionally and he latched onto her for his own gain. . He thought Nancy was a money making machine!!!! TX is not known for its stellar justice system. The truth is, there is just far too much that cant be explained away. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. THANK YOU!!!! 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. Note: It may well serve anyone positively to refuse to eat or drink anything offered or prepared by a soon-to-be-ex. And probably calculate the dose?! 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. He was paid off to lie to protect his own skin and to secure the prosecutions case, something even A.W. Another tragedy. Cops, who just want to close their case, regardless if the defendant is guilty (but there are good, hard working cops too), and crooked DAs who just want to get ahead. Ridiculous. She still lives in Texas but married someone else. But, tell me: Why else was she clasping owl feathers and her own hair in her hand??? Who cares if There is no PHYSICAL evidence that directly links Richard to sneaking poison into his wifes beverages. The truth of that could mean that there was other, more compelling, evidence to convince the jury (As there was). From these three facts, we can ascertain that Richard does not have integrity, loyalty, morals, scruples or decency. Or the forged receipt, or the life insurance he thought he was going to get. Who buys accidental poisoning? If only Texas and Richard could submit to a polygraph. 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. Often, a hunch/bad feeling about the defendant wins out over lack of evidence. Another was the emergency doctor when she was dying. Cathy: Thank you: shall read tonight (am in UK so some difference in time!). That said, lets review a few facts that Lyon has not refuted. Preyed upon her. I imagine the prisons low-medium security. Everyone had access to the Lyon home immediately after Nancy was admitted to the hospital. Coercion much? Its no consolation to the wrongly convicted that more of the guilty go free than vice-versa. who killed her if you believe that. No winners in this case. Its not like any sane person would go knocking on their door (other than possible reporters, that is). In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. 1 suspect is always the husband, Richard was armed and ready with the aforementioned forged documents designed to look as though Nancy wrote them. 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. Their is considerable concern that prosecutors are almost insulated from their misconduct. He killed her for the life insurance money. Without DNA evidence, it is difficult to get acceptance from an innocence project. He died of a brain tumor. Quick trial. Cmon, FRL. 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? I But there are facts to this case that just add up to Richard Lyon being guilty. . Agreed. QED Adams guilt beyond reasonable doubt. His father sold insurance. He concluded that Richard was the one who wrote that to try and cover up his crime. 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.. Interesting. He was guilty of one thing adultery, and for that he has paid a dear price. Richard gave those vitamins (filled with rat poison) to Nancy, and he still had the empty capsules. At least in the USA. (They are not the same Dillards who founded the Dillards department store chain. Many doctors discount what their patients say, and hospital staff are often overworked with little sleep. Must make time go by quicker than it normally would behind bars. An upcoming post will look into developments in his case since the conviction. Dear RR: I will continue to post rebuttals to your blog post, which should have a disclaimer that it is an OPINION piece, borderline FICTION. The Nancy Dillard Lyon Trail in Grand Prairie was named for a woman from an influential Texas family who tragically died at her husband's hands. Nancy Cooke Dillard Lyon Birth 6 Aug 1953. If a third-party, how were they accessing her victuals to administer low-dose poison over weeks? It creates tunnel vision, and isnt even close to reliable. Update on Nancy Dillard Lyons Killer Also, people, please stop posting about the Allison and Anna. 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. Im sure we all wish them well and are sorry for their loss. Nancy was an Ivy Leaguer too! While the rest of us have the opinion he is guilty. Adultery and greed are characteristics of the young ladys husband. Interesting that the Friends of Richard Lyon (https://www.richardlyon.org/) website now shows that the website has expired. 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! Fingerprints and DNA arent going to matter a bit when they both live in the same damn house. 00612188 in the capable hands of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. I suggest you watch, Life After Life, the Michael Morton story. Cant find her anywhere. He tried many times and with different poison. 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