I imagine that if you had evidence that you ingested arsenic at the hospital, and not prior to admission, the police would investigate the hospital. 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). Many doctors discount what their patients say, and hospital staff are often overworked with little sleep. Friends: As in this case, you suggest: The hospital may very well have been negligent; it wouldnt be the first time. 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. But I wouldnt be surprised if he has some fool acting on his behalf. There are at least two separate people to whom the victim told she was poisoned by Richard. . 30 years later I still maintain this belief. Battaglia had never harmed or threatened the girls. Well I do hope their uncle did not destroy the childrens innocence. 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. Nice playacting. And so Richard wasarrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. but only because they WANT to. Or put it in her own beverage and then drink it. Its not like any sane person would go knocking on their door (other than possible reporters, that is). Another way of stating: the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation. For those who are curious, Anna and Allison are both well. Ive seen many calm killers (and regular people who were lying) who passed, and many worried, freaked out victims whove failed. Evil he is. He was paid off to lie to protect his own skin and to secure the prosecutions case, something even A.W. You imply it was deliberate. Perhaps that would prove that either her brother killed her or that Nancy was so distraught over the bad memories she took her own life. Ive also, strangely, escaped death a number of times: elevator drop, severe car accident (caused permanent pain), house fire, drowning when I was a kid (saved by a lifeguard; lifeguards, which the beach no longer has caused by frivolous lawsuits) Its strange, but it happened. If I understand you correctly, youre wondering how I got your name. If only Texas and Richard could submit to a polygraph. To reiterate, the autopsy report said an acute dose of arsenic as cause of death. Understandable, that the daughters wish to be left alone, but people are curious, including me. He deserves to die alone in his cell. If no one else touched it, they wouldnt have been exposed and it explains the high dosage on her fingertips. 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). 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.. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. If you could call him that! Police should just stop using them. Situation like that they could had hired to handle the cause of the issue! Richard began an affair with a coworker named Tami Ayn Gaisford around 1989. No evidence? So it is sadly predictable. Ridiculous. Meanwhile, a laboratory found lethal amounts of arsenic in Nancys hair, liver, and kidneys. Thank you. Her condition deteriorated overtime and her organs started to fail. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharee_Miller. It isnt absurd about the arsenic poisoning. One way is when they talk about the overall market, or other general information, instead of talking about the facts of THAT particular business. 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. Sharee Miller did get a long vacation from her life sentence though (July 29, 2009 to Aug. 2, 2012. Occams razor (or Ockhams razor): suppose there exist two explanations for an occurrence. Bar exam. Charles Couch lied under oath and by the way, did any of you see this? . You need to quit polluting the atmosphere not just the memory of the real victims Nancy and her family. It creates tunnel vision, and isnt even close to reliable. View Nancy Dillard's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more. It was Richard who supplied the bogus/forged receipt showing Nancy buying the arsenic (no one has a motive for that, except Richard). His GF/friend is just pointing to anything/everything else to use as a smokescreen. Moreover, the hospital was grossly negligent. That only affected Nancy, and not the rest of her family? 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! When she and her older brother, Bill, were young teenagers, they engaged in incestuous sexual games, which may have crossed the. They constructed a dollhouse shingle by shingle for their daughter Allison. 1 suspect is always the husband, Richard was armed and ready with the aforementioned forged documents designed to look as though Nancy wrote them. Um, it was no accident He deliberately and repeatedly poisoned her. Have you ever read the data and studies around the behavior of a sexually abused female? Look it up. "Nancy and Richard Lyon were a wealthy Dallas couple who had everything but lost it all. Cmon, FRL, you sound like a character from Pilgrims Progress who has taken up residence in the Land of Denial. Its no small thing to leave your home and your life behind, especially when you havent done anything wrong. So many people in this day and age afraid to do or say anything. 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. Justice is not served when the powerful can corrupt the system. Nancy Dillard Lyon, the Harvard-educated daughter of one of Texas's wealthiest real estate tycoons, died at age 37 in January 1991. It afforded protection only to defendants accused of capital felonies and applied only after conviction or acquittal. Politics, power, and money will do what is necessary to influence the outcome of any situation. The powerful family had to make someone responsible and answer for it, and as always, TX seems to look at the spouse. Colt Ledger said in response to Couchs departure that he was not surprised by Couchs much anticipated departure. Told to you by him? To actually expect people to buy that is insanity. He should NOT be paroled. He did not lie or forge anything. Nothing to eat there but I eyed the corn seeds and I nibbled a bag of the dried dessicated (arsenic-treated) kernals. I have a hard enough time going to work on a good day, let alone fleeing from someone in the midst of illness. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. Juries, and people in general, often give DAs and the police, benefit of the doubt. The truth will eventually come out. Even if irrefutable evidence comes to light after he/she is acquitted, that person can never be charged again! Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. Id like to know where Peter Munsch got his info. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. Granted, that makes him a disgusting person but not necessarily a murderer. If self-inflicted why? Hes where he belongs. Why no outrage over what Bill Jr. did and what state would ever hand over two young girls to such a man? This comment on behalf of this scum is as sick as the scum himself. Allison and Anna wish to be left alone by EVERYONE. And this isnt based on sensationalism. Heres a recap of Writers Block, the Forensic Files episode about the case, plus additional information from internet research. He left an irrefutable paper trail that shows he bought it. I watched the Sandra Locke made-for-tv movie recently. But the money hadnt spoiled Nancy. 100 times the normal level of arsenic in her body suggests that much was consumed but over a long period. The list of its authors can be seen in its historicaland/or the page Edithistory:Nancy Lyon. But theres a caveat: POSSIBLY they think he has SOME case but that its weaker than other cases and they have to prioritise them, rather than that there is no merit in his claim. he even lied to his mistress saying Nancy had a rare blood disorder (why the f**k would he need to lie about that?). Update on Nancy Dillard Lyons Killer I noticed that The Friends of Richard Lyons does that. Next parole date is 2/2026. Not a very well-made movie. Another was the emergency doctor when she was dying. Any illness there? Read what CCA pressure treated wood can do. Richard made that up in the diary remember???? he highest exoneration rate in the country. Im not saying I think Lyon is innocent but some of your reasoning is absurd! We judge, society judges. Richard first sprang into action by sprinkling a powdered poison into a soda he bought for Nancy at the movies. I was a patient at Dallas Presbyterian who was poisoned with arsenic. Or thirsty and give you something to drink? As for updates on family members of the Lyons, I wasn't able to find out who took custody of the couple's little daughters after Richard went to prison. But did the evidenc At least, they assume, a convicted person has appeals. Imagine if you were an innocent man who has spent 27 years in prison. 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. They married in 1982 and moved into a duplex in University Park, an affluent section of Dallas. Not a waste of time. It was a fake receipt that Richard discovered himself, that pointed away from Richard, and blamed the victim! Who cares if he/she is innocent? Again, for the money. There is sin and there is SIN. Ivy League sweethearts. The grieving husband also showed authorities an anonymous letter Nancy had received; it threatened violence if she went ahead and testified against a former colleague named David Bagwell who allegedly embezzled $720,000 from Trammell Crow. 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. 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. Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. 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. And Thank God. 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. Richard never denied the affair and has done his penance for it. It came out in the trial. Thanks again! Amazing that Richard nor the cleaning company did not find them. 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????? . Anything but discuss the actual facts. Thats just a statement that you made up off the top of your head with no basis in reality at all. Otherwise, the murderer benefits from his crime by hiding evidence. Her husband, Richard, a well-known architect, had been poisoning her for years, most notably with arsenic, which killed her on January 14, 1991. She was about to testify against her former boss in a trial for an Embezzlement charge but was poisoned before she could do so. Ants implicated. Correction: I noticed that FRL was responding to a different comment (not mine), when calling it fiction, but otherwise, my comment stands as is. Doctors frantically did tests to find the cause of her illness. And its a real shame that good decent people are often the victims of narcissistic creeps. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. There is still the chance Genene Jones will be released if she is not convicted of another childs murder. I was wondering how they were doing! Richard was admitted on his own merits whereas Nancy was declined admission and then her father had to intervene. Adam/Eve: names merely used to illustrate the above principle, not the biblical story, to be taken somehow literally. 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. Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Oh, no Richard again! All the evidence against him and he still wont fess up to his crime. Nancy's closest family was not as respectable as they seemed. It would come up in court later. Plus, the fact that the case is largely circumstantial, doesnt matter. Yeah, really. 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? No, we cant. Nancy would get sick/notice a bad taste/powder in drinks supplied to her by Richard. Ive had some people drop me hints/clues. I understand their concern. Still, she lived. 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. His world was mundane middle-class Connecticut - hers the wealthiest neighborhood in . Without money, there is no justice. So sorry to hear you were made ill, Lili. Lili: How terrible that you were poisoned, and I hope you have properly recovered. . Your email address will not be published. Ha, ha, ha. May he never walk free again. IF Nancy told the doctor she thought her husband was poisoning her, then why didnt he call the police and test her for it? I wish I had more time and money to pursue his innocence, but I do not. 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. But nobody. Just because youre not aware of who the third party might have been means there wasnt any?! Nancys death was accidental and preventable. 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. On, no, that was Richard. Contents 1 Death 2 Investigation 3 Trial 4 References 5 Nancy Lyon Smells of a set up. He killed her for the life insurance money. On a January night in 1991, she has severe sickness which showed symptoms that included vomiting and severe stomach pains. Such people are unfit for office and should be punished just as they have tried improperly to punish others with prison. The justice system in the USA is broken. Firstly, it is difficult to take responsibility for an action that you did not do. Again, its impalusible). 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. It investigates oil and gas. Everyone had access to the Lyon home immediately after Nancy was admitted to the hospital. Im sure we all wish them well and are sorry for their loss. Richard Lyon was denied parole again on March 1, 2021. Anna is now a dentist in the Dallas area. 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. In my view there is too little doubt to permit acquittal, but I accept that this wasnt quite a slam-dunk. 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? Anyone who has ever spent hours and nights heaving over a toilet with wretched upheavels and cramping knows that no one would choose this method of suicide.. Just one of the many things that should be changed in the legal system, in my opinion. Thats all for this post. who killed her if you believe that. I agree. Never loved her. The SEC moved rapidly and filed their suit in early 2014. Or even a cop! Homewrecker. Richard made that up about her brother. The BEST example is Michael Morton https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/michael-morton/. Man has to answer to man what comes later is based on personal belief. I guess Texas courts dont mess around. Feel free to point out any specific thing you believe isnt fact. Nancys family made its fortune in commercial real estate.). Or the forged receipt, or the life insurance he thought he was going to get. Reprint. 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. Friends: Ive done an (inexhaustive) internet search for dallas presbyterian hospital arsenic and dallas presbyterian hospital poisoning. Only the Lyon case shows. 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. Also, people, please stop posting about the Allison and Anna. They must have a view regardless of expressing it. That I have been 6 times is implausable, yet true. Hes a sociopath, through and through. Have people from all over the world. I saw him yesterday. For all I know, you are a suspect trying to keep all eyes on Richard. First published November 1, 1993. Who told you he was innocent? 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. 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. (The principle, incidentally, accepted by the court: there was no third-party). He is right where he needs be to keep society safe. Their is considerable concern that prosecutors are almost insulated from their misconduct. 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