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. Were you admitted WITH arsenical poisoning (in which case, they didnt) or with another condition, THEN were also to have been found poisoned? I hope he rots slowly where he is. The Friends of Richard Lyon website was proven to be a money-making scam. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. Nancy Cooke Dillard Lyon Birth 6 Aug 1953. Ive never seen such a strong largely circumstantial case. If you could call him that! 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. The one that requires the least speculation is usually better. Granted, that makes him a disgusting person but not necessarily a murderer.. You are the one who seems to believe in fiction by defending this scumbag tooth and nails. 30 years in jail I dont think you can say he got away with it! First, ALL comments are opinion pieces. And this website/belief/him takes up a very large part of your life, doesnt it? But what makes you suspicious that you were poisoned at the hospital and not before? But the money hadnt spoiled Nancy. No, its a forged document, that Richard found, that would have helped to clear Richard . 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). Marcus, Just put some updated info on website. An upcoming post will look into developments in his case since the conviction. If you have a specific comment and question, please post it on the website http://www.richardlyon.org and we will be happy to address it. 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. Besides, you should NEVER believe something because someone else may believe it. Do you know how to spot a liar with a business proposal? Invite friends and neighbors over to watch. People should have learned that by now! It never happened! Thanks for sending the link! If I understand you correctly, youre wondering how I got your name. Thanks for writing in I had never heard that theory. Is Richard Lyon still in prison and do his daughters visit him? This narrative has been spewed for decades and portrayed in film in addition to being plastered all over the Internet.. His next parole date is in 2026. https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/reviewDetail.action?sid=04503067&tdcj=00612188&fullName=LYON%2CRICHARD+ALAN+ABOOD. All they care about is winning the case to keep up their win/lose ratio, and advance their career. The first two didnt work, and you finally finished her off with arsenic, a tried-and-true method of producing death., Creuzot gave him life in jail and a $10,000 fine. On a January night in 1991, she has severe sickness which showed symptoms that included vomiting and severe stomach pains. I say keep the arrogant a hole in prison indefinitely. The movie made it look like he could be either innocent or guilty. People dont normally do that when they have a positive relationship with their father. 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. His father sold insurance. 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 had called him a Dr. First published November 1, 1993. I guess Texas courts dont mess around. . I feel sorry that Nancy was not treated properly. Nancy's brother becameconvinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. Look it up. The BEST example is Michael Morton https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/michael-morton/. Adam/Eve: names merely used to illustrate the above principle, not the biblical story, to be taken somehow literally. Unfortunately, the cops just made a joke out of the owl theory (I guess they havent learned that implausible DOES happen), but give me one other explanation for owl feathers and her own hair being found in her hand????? Your statement he probably is your opinion. Their decision to change their names is definitely understandable. Sorry, sir. His GF/friend is just pointing to anything/everything else to use as a smokescreen. 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. It isnt absurd about the arsenic poisoning. I was only saved by the emergency brakes which stopped me between the first floor and the basement. Lili: I now gather you claim it was the hospital who (presumably unintentionally) poisoned you. Id like to know where Peter Munsch got his info. After being treated as Royalty by Texas Securities top enforcement dog, Joe Rotunda and the lose way in which the law suit was handled by the SEC, the only thing that might come as a surprise is that Joe (Rotunda) and Jay (Oman, Deputy Director of Enforcement) did not give Couch a ride to the airport., One of our clients, I understand, made repeated request to both agencies to seize or freeze Couchs assets, to stop the selloff of investors assets and take measures to prevent his leaving the country. 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. We judge, society judges. They constructed a dollhouse shingle by shingle for their daughter Allison. And was it the hospital that forged documents to make it look like Nancy ordered the arsenic? The doctors there refused to acknowledge the poisoning because it would involve litigation. Call it innocent by reason of successful cover-up. That makes no sense. 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! 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. Firstly, it is difficult to take responsibility for an action that you did not do. Thats what I came here to find out after watching this episode. And a bigger shame that if she suspected he was poisoning her that she didnt simply get as far away from him as she could. Lies, thievery, and in this case cold blooded murder. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallasreal estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. The comment at the YouTube site is also good. Ridiculous. May Nancy Lyons soul rest in peace. 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)!!! She still lives in Texas but married someone else. Do you think you can make it downstairs? Gayle Golden overheard Richard say to Nancy in a sweet voice. The following morning she was admitted to the emergency room of Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, suffering from nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. I realize that some people think youre innocent unless you leave a full video diary detailing your actions. Adultery and greed are characteristics of the young ladys husband. Anna is now a dentist in the Dallas area. Tim: Yours was the opinion of the jury so you hardly need to be sheepish about it! I wouldnt be surprised if they do . Nancys family made its fortune in commercial real estate.). figure it out. I spend my time in prayer for those in need and for truth. While the rest of us have the opinion he is guilty. 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. The woman who rented the condo cannot be located a tip off that she was paid off. This scenario was found less likely than that she was poisoned which is reasonable and with which I agree. 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. Read what CCA pressure treated wood can do. But Allison and Anna are adults now. Its a pretty common pattern. Preyed upon her. 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. Even if they ADMIT to the murder, write a book about how he got away with it, or show police where the damn body is! My husband was friends with this guy in prison. In murdering Nancy five years later, Richard Lyon took away yet another child from the Dillard family. Her condition deteriorated overtime and her organs started to fail. Then she got hopeful. 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. It could have been slow suicide but it would be odd, then, to be complaining for weeks before death of headaches and nausea, never mind that it would be a serious clue that one needed to up the dose, as well as being a severely unpleasant way for a person to take their life. It wasnt a third party because: Perhaps they need a new plea category. You are making all these statements about him that you believe are facts. Im not saying that I think hes innocent, I dont really know for sure. Aware that the No. It was almost an SMU tailgate party as they brought in catering and Bloody Marys to wait for Nancys recovery. Until next week, cheers. The truth will come out; however, due to blog posts like these and series like Forensic Files, it makes it more difficult. Thats all for this post. Understandable, that the daughters wish to be left alone, but people are curious, including me. For example, I was once in an elevator that dropped 8 1/2 floors. Who buys suicide? In a Texas Monthly story, Gayle Golden wrote about Nancy and Richards early years: At Harvard, they had teamed up on all their projects, working through the night until collapsing together in the single bed they shared. He should never get out. Nancy would get sick/notice a bad taste/powder in drinks supplied to her by Richard. Most had known Nancy's parents, Bill and Sue Dillard, for years. 1) Related to Richard, He determined the diary entries about Nancys brother were forgeries created by Richard. This article "Nancy Lyon" is from Wikipedia. Colt Ledger said in response to Couchs departure that he was not surprised by Couchs much anticipated departure. 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. Look what happened! He attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, then headed to the Harvard School of Design for a graduate degree in landscaping and architecture. Nancy Dillard Lyon, on the other hand, was not as fortunate. I watched the Sandra Locke made-for-tv movie recently. 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? 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. But I could feel my focus changing. In fact, someone died in my high school every, single year I went there. And the hospital filled capsules with poison and told Nancy they were vitamins??? Lilis presumed (because ambiguous) claim is far too tenuous as it stands to mean anything (see the questions I ask). Police should just stop using them. She didnt appreciate his using $5,900 of their money to buy a ring for Gaisford. They must have a view regardless of expressing it. 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. You have to look at the evidence. I dont agree that, in the USA, juries are more likely to wrongfully acquit than convict. Again, for the money. But hopefully he sees the pain he put Nancys daughters her whole family & friends through!! 1 suspect is always the husband, Richard was armed and ready with the aforementioned forged documents designed to look as though Nancy wrote them. . If you just wanted attention from your husband, you wouldnt use arsenic at all, since it causes permanent damage. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. 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