Some facts raise concerns about reasonable doubt. The rich and powerful can accomplish anything they want, even to frame an innocent man. Whether it was deliberate, and by whom, is a matter for the police and prosecuting authority, so why would the hospital be involved in litigation (unless you imply that the hospital was medically incompetent and you wished to sue it)? We will all stand before God and have to answer for the things we have done in this life whether they be big or small. 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. Doctors frantically did tests to find the cause of her illness. I will never believe, as some suggested, that his tears were just a ploy to win the jurys sentiments. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. Richard never denied the affair and has done his penance for it. At least in the USA. He had made a fortune in commercial real estate in Texas. My husband had read the book before he had ever met him. Things then got worse when she found out that her husband Richard was having an affair in the fall of 1989. Youre as bad as the p.o.s. So many people in this day and age afraid to do or say anything. 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. The supposed third party needed motive AND opportunity. I wouldnt be surprised if they do . Or even a cop! The Friends of Richard Lyon website was proven to be a money-making scam. 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. May Nancy Lyons soul rest in peace. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. Fortunately, the state of Texas and Nancys family werent so easily fooled. They came from different worlds. First published November 1, 1993. Thats so great to hear thanks so much for writing in! If only Texas and Richard could submit to a polygraph. For someone that had money Richard claimed to battle with ants. All of us are sinners and fall short of the glory of our Heavenly Father and his dear son Jesus Christ. She loved him unconditionally and he latched onto her for his own gain. My relationship with Richard is one of a fellow Catholic. Nancy was almost 30 by the time they graduated in 1981. Ridiculous: its hardly racist to suggest that mere suggesting cultural ignorance is racist, nor that that may be because the ignorance is a function of another race or nationality, as was argued. 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. 1) Related to Richard, At least, they assume, a convicted person has appeals. On the website, I state very clearly who I am. Cmon, FRL, you sound like a character from Pilgrims Progress who has taken up residence in the Land of Denial. It is being revised and will be back up by spring. Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. Im following up: do either of the daughters have a relationship with their father? Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. He tried many times and with different poison. This is such a tragic case for all involved. Looks like the friend also ran for public office in 2020 and lost. And suppose HE IS innocent, why should you call him arrogant, and why would he admit to something he did not do? That couldnt had been easy for them. Nancy might have had a dark side. But we all need friends, and I admire your speaking up for him and putting the case. 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. You are joking right! I was wondering how they were doing! Based on his trial. Nancys death was accidental and preventable. I noticed that The Friends of Richard Lyons does that. 38Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Richard did not need Nancys help at Harvard. His next chance will come in 2021, when hes 64. Were you admitted WITH arsenical poisoning (in which case, they didnt) or with another condition, THEN were also to have been found poisoned? My state is only slightly better. May he never walk free again. Bill Jr and Nancy were friends with this man. The one that requires the least speculation is usually better. My husband was friends with this guy in prison. Nice playacting. You are very blind. New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA. If what you think about juries is correct, its a travesty. I hope he rots slowly where he is. It certainly doesnt mean thats the case here, and I dont believe it is. It was a fake receipt that Richard discovered himself, that pointed away from Richard, and blamed the victim! Good for him. You also said no one commits suicide over time. Taking a mother from her kids proves hes pure evil and also, the fact that not one single legal nonprofit wanted to take his case speaks volumes. What is not helpful to all affected parties is sites like this one. Im Surprised He Didnt Get The Death Penalty!! 30 years in jail I dont think you can say he got away with it! Go to hell, and while on the way there ask him to mix up a drink for you. Friends of Richard DICK Lyon should work DC or Marvel. That I have been 6 times is implausable, yet true. . A serpent? This was unclear from your post. This was not a slam-dunk but was the most likely of all the explanations, which the court found so likely as to reach the threshold of guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Why no outrage over what Bill Jr. did and what state would ever hand over two young girls to such a man? Marcus: Thanks. Hes still in prison, according to the Texas DOC. So sorry to hear about this - she did such great job with this case! But what makes you suspicious that you were poisoned at the hospital and not before? Some days one would rather take ones chances with the poisoner. And, certainly, arsenic is like. He should never get out. We in Connecticut who know him and his family, maintain that he is innocent. He concluded that Richard was the one who wrote that to try and cover up his crime. Time to leave the Land of Denial and move to the Land of Reality. Facing reality. Very nice life lessons, as pertains to homicide. I was only saved by the emergency brakes which stopped me between the first floor and the basement. As Richard had hoped, Bill Dillard . Per se they dont amount to guilt, but a jury will aways ask why they were engaged in (One reason might be to strengthen genuine innocence post hoc that one fears will be insufficiently compelling but an intelligent man such as this would have to be extremely foolish to forge evidence and to have thought he could get away with it. A shame about his wife though. Youre crazy (or stupid) if you believe that. We judge, society judges. It was all a big joke to them. On a January night in 1991, she has severe sickness which showed symptoms that included vomiting and severe stomach pains. 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. 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. She passed away on the 14th of January 1991. Polygraphs are absolutely pointless. He was cruel and callous in watching her slowly die! There WERE owl feathers and her own hair found in her hands; what POSSIBLE explanation is there for that, other than an owl attack? But no, opinion doesnt mean fiction. Evil never wins. Nancy planned to move to Washington, D.C., with her daughters after the divorce, a 1991 AP story reported. Follow your gut feelingand live! One begins as just reaching out to a convict, and then when one begins to review the case, it become questionable. 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! No, its a forged document, that Richard found, that would have helped to clear Richard . 3) Is or has been, in a romantic/emotionally intimate relationship with Richard Lymon? Or is it supposedly the pressure treated wood? 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). Richard gave those vitamins (filled with rat poison) to Nancy, and he still had the empty capsules. More importantly, someone seems to put an awful lot of pressure on people to not take the case or talk about it. Eves belief that he was poisoning her either suggests he may have been (with other circumstantial evidence) or she was framing him. It came out in the trial. I have a hard enough time going to work on a good day, let alone fleeing from someone in the midst of illness. What a shame that Nancy didnt tell police her suspicions that Richard was poisoning her. exactly how are you saying that the hospital gave Nancy Lyons arsenic? I worry about Lyon getting out. If juries are presented with partial or misleading evidence (which could be more accident than design such as failure of the defence to do a reasonable job of interrogating evidence), the wrong outcomes very possible. 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! Worse criminals dont serve that much sometimes. Ivy League sweethearts. Excellent! Its just conceivable that you could hate someone enough to poison yourself purely to frame them, at the expense of your own life, but its barely likely. Not a very well-made movie. Richard took her to the hospital but the doctors couldn't find what had caused this severe sickness. And probably calculate the dose?! Have people from all over the world. Michael Mortens case is probably the best example. 39When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?, 40And the King will say, I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!. Justice is not served when the powerful can corrupt the system. No matter how much he lies about it, the truth is clear as day. Thanks for sending the link! Richard Lyon met Nancy Dillard at Harvard, where they studied to become landscape architects. Ive had some people drop me hints/clues. Their decision to change their names is definitely understandable. His GF/friend is just pointing to anything/everything else to use as a smokescreen. Wondered who was from UK. I hope he rots in jail for the rest of his pathetic life. I would have been a really good loyal husband too. He was part of a bipartisan effort to give alcoholic and drug-addicted offenders treatment instead of incarceration.). 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. 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. 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. RR. No fingerprints. He left an irrefutable paper trail that shows he bought it. Evil he is. . Mystery novelist A. W. Gray made his nonfiction debut with this . She was about to testify against her former boss in a trial for an Embezzlement charge but was poisoned before she could do so. No rescue. They MAY make his attempt to cheat the law by murder a little more plausible, but you press them too much. The drink tasted terrible and made her sick later that evening. Richard Lyon suffered from addictions to alcohol and sex. Theres always SOME person that stands by the killer, especially one that cleans up nice. 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. Sa. Look up the credibility of Charles Couch and in the trial transcripts he miraculous comes to this conclusion that the invoice was fake after the DAs office talked to him the night before. And Leslie is correct. But the mild-mannered 5-foot-7-inch Richard needed a way that wouldnt mean losing custody of his kids or the affluence and prestige that Nancy Dillard Lyons family brought to his life. 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? But judging on how often Ive seen DAs fight AGAINST releasing innocent people who have been wrongfully convicted, there is something VERY wrong in that system, and those are the prosecutors who get ahead to become equally crooked judges. You also dont accidentally forge documents. Inconclusive. Theres always someone. We wont know because the police never looked for an owls nest. Something just didnt seem right watching the family as they gathered. If you just wanted attention from your husband, you wouldnt use arsenic at all, since it causes permanent damage. The owl did it. Friends of Richard Lyon are hardly friends of justice. 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. 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. She was hard-working and practical. Nancy's closest family was not as respectable as they seemed. To answer one of your questions, the bottle of pills was found eight months later! So it is sadly predictable. Everything Marcus said made sense. One way is when they talk about the overall market, or other general information, instead of talking about the facts of THAT particular business. It creates tunnel vision, and isnt even close to reliable. Nancys death was a tragic accident. Does that make sense to ANYONE?!? But he was ready for a criminal investigation into Nancy Dillard Lyons death just the same. If the hospital did, I believe they are legally required to notify the police: they cannot avoid this if they may be the origin of the poisoning. Required fields are marked *. Juries have been wrong. A combination of an aggressive work schedule and the duties of raising young children took its toll on Nancy. Short time for jury to make a decision. You have to show remorse. Im not suggesting this is so simply that interpretation rather than assumption should be made. Who cares if he/she is innocent? Preyed upon her. Nancys family made its fortune in commercial real estate.). Allison and Anna wish to be left alone by EVERYONE. The SEC moved rapidly and filed their suit in early 2014. Richard Lyon was born on April 22, 1957 to a middle class family of five children in Connecticut. (By the way, in other applications, Creuzot is known for being merciful. And their current story of accidental death is beyond ridiculous. 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