During her six-day stay at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas,Nancys violent illness continued and she begged the medical staff to save her life. 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. On a subsequent try, he gave her vitamin capsules laced with the poison barium carbonate. I was only saved by the emergency brakes which stopped me between the first floor and the basement. By him wanting to be a cheating Male S..(you know what I mean) She married Richard Lyon who was also in real estate development but was not nearly as successful as Nancy Lyon. Looks like the friend also ran for public office in 2020 and lost. I have a hard enough time going to work on a good day, let alone fleeing from someone in the midst of illness. Is Richard Lyon still in prison and do his daughters visit him? Thats the problem Perhaps youre implying that too many Americans are stupid, so unfit to serve. Anything but discuss the actual facts. You are absolutely correct. She came in contact with wet, burnt, pressure treated wood. No winners in this case. But nothing in that comment was fiction: Everyone had access to the Lyon home immediately after Nancy was admitted to the hospital. 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. Youre as bad as the p.o.s. Not a waste of time. Again, for the money. In. She survived that attempt. 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.. Lets hope someone brings that up at the 2021 parole hearing. Ive had some people drop me hints/clues. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. But Allison and Anna are adults now. Ridiculous. She also shut him off from their joint bank accounts. Jeannie or Tim? They even put a picture of an owl on an FBIs most wanted poster. 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.. Your email address will not be published. Youre crazy (or stupid) if you believe that. Understandable, that the daughters wish to be left alone, but people are curious, including me. Her husband, Richard, a well-known architect, had been poisoning her for years, most notably with arsenic, which killed her on January 14, 1991. It no longer exists. Friends: As in this case, you suggest: The hospital may very well have been negligent; it wouldnt be the first time. 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). 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. At the trial, internist Dr. Ali Bagheri noted that Richard was "smiling, joking, and laughing" with hospital staff members during his wife's emergency room visit. It was Richard who supplied the bogus/forged receipt showing Nancy buying the arsenic (no one has a motive for that, except Richard). William Dillard, Jr. and his wife Mary Helen raised Anna and Allison. Actually, people all over the world follow this story. I realize that some people think youre innocent unless you leave a full video diary detailing your actions. I have watched MANY juries convict for murder on VERY little evidence. Says he was a model prisoner. 2) Richard Lymons legal team, or he could inherit her money and status in the community Interesting thought, that predators are stealing status, along with material spoils. Nancy had called him a Dr. Thanks again! youre insane, just like him. A serpent? A combination of an aggressive work schedule and the duties of raising young children took its toll on Nancy. He is right where he belongs and that is in prison. Plus, the fact that the case is largely circumstantial, doesnt matter. The supposed third party needed motive AND opportunity. Here in UK judges routinely remind juries of this at the ouset; perhaps US judges do too. Interesting. Of course, I have seen some DAs who do care if the defendant is innocent. That bid was rejected, although the Texas Department of Justice website gives no explanation. Why no outrage over what Bill Jr. did and what state would ever hand over two young girls to such a man? It investigates oil and gas. The following morning she was admitted to the emergency room of Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, suffering from nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Lyon will never be paroled as long as he refuses to take responsibility for the death of Nancy Dillard. But Nancy said the HOSPITAL was trying to systematically poison her? This murderous scumbag should NEVER be granted parole. And its a real shame that good decent people are often the victims of narcissistic creeps. She passed away in 2009. It would behoove people to actually read the trial transcripts and think. Hes where he belongs. Man has to answer to man what comes later is based on personal belief. We know that juries get it wrong perhaps theres a figure for what proportion of convictions have subsequently been proved unfounded but because of the high threshold of certitude to convict, more are likely wrong in acquitting than convicting (which is as it should be). A preponderance of evidence shows that he did this terrible crime. Sociopaths are pathological liars and will lie to the bitter end unless there is something in it for them to be truthful. 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. While the rest of us have the opinion he is guilty. I cannot believe he killed her. Have you ever read the data and studies around the behavior of a sexually abused female? You need to quit polluting the atmosphere not just the memory of the real victims Nancy and her family. 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. Nancy found out, but instead of getting mad, she got depressed. His world was mundane middle-class Connecticut - hers the wealthiest neighborhood in . Who told you he was innocent? but only because they WANT to. Nancy's closest family was not as respectable as they seemed. He did it and hes right where he belongs. 00612188 in the capable hands of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. I know I need to be nice! Owls HAVE attacked, and just because its bizarre, combined with a past that made him look guilty, doesnt mean it didnt happen. On the website, I state very clearly who I am. Nancy Dillard Lyon was a very successful real estate development project manager from a wealthy family. Mystery novelist A. W. Gray made his nonfiction debut with this . A right in the USA that needs to be changed. Watch the Forensic Files episode on YouTube. Next parole date is 2/2026. First, ALL comments are opinion pieces. And the hospital filled capsules with poison and told Nancy they were vitamins??? Ive seen both the Forensic Files and Dominick Dunne (available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5vYDUYFjqw) episodes on this. 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. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. 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? Politics, power, and money will do what is necessary to influence the outcome of any situation. 12 People Found Him Guilty, Due To Tremendous Amount Of Evidence. Good for him. Richard first sprang into action by sprinkling a powdered poison into a soda he bought for Nancy at the movies. Richard deserves to be paroled and returned to CT to his family, or what is left of it. One begins as just reaching out to a convict, and then when one begins to review the case, it become questionable. 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? Then the police found a shocking note which Nancy wrote accusing her older brother Bill of sexually abusing her as a child. The assignments things a non-event: plenty of college kids cheat. Plenty of husbands cheat via affairs. 30 years later I still maintain this belief. Does that make sense to ANYONE?!? The owl + drugs & wine + Kathleens panic may very well be the cause of her death. Of course, Im sure they wish their mother was alive too. }} Can we read hearts? In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. 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. Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? She had nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. You got to be kidding. I feel sorry that Nancy was not treated properly. Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. Hell never be released until he admits killing her. 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. 3) Nancy told MULTIPLE, trustworthy witnesses that Richard was trying to poison her. Granted, that makes him a disgusting person but not necessarily a murderer.. 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. On, no, that was Richard. The two purposely tweaked their handwriting so it looked similar enough that he could get away with handing in papers shed written for him. 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. Or even a cop! New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA. But more importantly, he deserves a new trial. No sane person would see the evidence, then actually believe that Richard is innocent. Doubt they believe he is innocent since they took their moms surname Dillard. Smart move on the states side. But you do not state who you are. 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). Again, the truth will come out. Give the predator two more victims. 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. My mom, my dad, my stepfather, all my grandparents, my exs mother, my friends siblings. Invite friends and neighbors over to watch. Dillard parents. 3) Is or has been, in a romantic/emotionally intimate relationship with Richard Lymon? Richard Lying is not getting out ever hahahaha The SEC brought a successful multiple securities violations lawsuit against Charles O. Couch, in June, 2016, when Charles Couch agreed to pay $10,000,000 to the SEC and some of his hundreds of victims. 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). Forensic Files, in my opinion, got it right. No longer her brothers or her colleagues as he tried to imply when he testified in his own defense? Your email address will not be published. He already destroyed Nancys and the family did nothing but look the other way. Nancy Dillard Lyon, on the other hand, was not as fortunate. To actually say it was accidental? Based on his trial. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. He was cruel and callous in watching her slowly die! The SEC moved rapidly and filed their suit in early 2014. 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)! The amount of evidence is HUGE! And lets not forget that, among even more evidence (like Richard previously emptying their bank accounts, and not knowing Nancy changed the beneficiary on her life insurance), theres the long vacation he took with his mistress less than 5 weeks after Nancy died. 100 times the normal level of arsenic in her body suggests that much was consumed but over a long period. Im following up: do either of the daughters have a relationship with their father? The quantum of circumstantial evidence is persuasive, but youre implying that such evidence is of less value than physical evidence. justice served. A receipt found by the police showed that she purchased Arsenic a few months earlier. 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. It creates tunnel vision, and isnt even close to reliable. Bar exam. Not to mention the woman herself actually saying she thought her husband was trying to poison her! Required fields are marked *. Lyon has advocates pushing for his release, although so far, they havent had much luck. If you just wanted attention from your husband, you wouldnt use arsenic at all, since it causes permanent damage. Of course there could but theres no reason/evidence to suppose it over and above the explanation that Lyon was the perp so the court didnt. All they care about is winning the case to keep up their win/lose ratio, and advance their career. Ill carry you.. Hes still in prison, according to the Texas DOC. I worry about Lyon getting out. Personally, Id probably force a mistrial, as I care far more for real justice, than the law. Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. Thats how it works. 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. 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)!!! I wouldnt be surprised if they do . exactly how are you saying that the hospital gave Nancy Lyons arsenic? This narrative has been spewed for decades and portrayed in film in addition to being plastered all over the Internet.. 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? We may be all sinners but not all of us commits murder. And the anonymous threatening letter on behalf of her former coworker was a big nothing. There are 100 others that say a different story. 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. 384 pages, Paperback. To answer one of your questions, the bottle of pills was found eight months later! 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). Its no consolation to the wrongly convicted that more of the guilty go free than vice-versa. Eves belief that he was poisoning her either suggests he may have been (with other circumstantial evidence) or she was framing him. 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. 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