And there can be few crueler ways to kill than this appalling manner. Hes where he belongs. Colt Ledger said in response to Couchs departure that he was not surprised by Couchs much anticipated departure. This is such a tragic case for all involved. Toxic husband. It isnt absurd about the arsenic poisoning. 2) Richard Lymons legal team, or No longer her brothers or her colleagues as he tried to imply when he testified in his own defense? You got to be kidding. Until next week, cheers. 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. Just put some updated info on website. Then the police found a shocking note which Nancy wrote accusing her older brother Bill of sexually abusing her as a child. Nancy's father, William "Big Daddy" Dillard, died in 2006 after a 59-year marriage to Sue Stubbs Dillard that produced four children. FRL: It was the poltergeist, then; a stranger; or Nancy herself? I cannot believe he killed her. This murderous scumbag should NEVER be granted parole. IF Nancy told the doctor she thought her husband was poisoning her, then why didnt he call the police and test her for it? Id have thought there should be a protocol about this but can imagine there isnt or wasnt (ie, it may not be that uncommon that people sick with potentially substance-attributable symptoms wrongly claim theyve been poisoned by another). No one could trace it to anyone involved in the embezzlement case. Why is the TX justice system so worried about finding out the truth? Heres a recap of Writers Block, the Forensic Files episode about the case, plus additional information from internet research. As for the NY Times article about the arsenic in the wood, both the wife and the husband in that article had high arsenic levels. I can tell. 00612188 in the capable hands of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Besides, you should NEVER believe something because someone else may believe it. Well I do hope their uncle did not destroy the childrens innocence. (The principle, incidentally, accepted by the court: there was no third-party). What a slime bag. It was all a big joke to them. In murdering Nancy five years later, Richard Lyon took away yet another child from the Dillard family. 30 years later I still maintain this belief. I do believe Richard killed his wife. I would have cooked, cleaned, take care of my life. 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! This page was last edited on 9 August 2020, at 14:16. https://en.everybodywiki.com/index.php?title=Nancy_Lyon&oldid=936769. 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. Actually, people all over the world follow this story. It would come up in court later. I wonder if theyve given up the fight or if its just an oversight? }} They married in 1982 and moved into a duplex in University Park, an affluent section of Dallas. Plus, the fact that the case is largely circumstantial, doesnt matter. Ive also had a lot of death around me. . No, its a forged document, that Richard found, that would have helped to clear Richard . Nancys death was a tragedy all the way around and has affected many lives. She still lives in Texas but married someone else. Were you admitted WITH arsenical poisoning (in which case, they didnt) or with another condition, THEN were also to have been found poisoned? Either way, I dont think hes a threat to anyone anymore. Anything but discuss the actual facts. . Doubt they believe he is innocent since they took their moms surname Dillard. Sent him some dip on MKJ day when he was put in solitary one time. His next parole date is in 2026. https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/reviewDetail.action?sid=04503067&tdcj=00612188&fullName=LYON%2CRICHARD+ALAN+ABOOD. 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. Evil he is. But it was a bizarre coincidence. My aunt was in ICU at the time and thats why I was there. Forensic tests. Folks, its Camelot. Richard first sprang into action by sprinkling a powdered poison into a soda he bought for Nancy at the movies. 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.. Life in Prison looks good on you! And she told at least two people (doctors) that Richard was trying to kill her. The quoted remark is senseless: money yes; status no. And Leslie is correct. If Eve died of poisoning that wasnt accidental or suicidal and assuming the absence of a toxic serpent (not that it could cause ingestion poisoning) its safe to assume Adams proximity is probative, despite absence of his fingerprints/DNA. All they care about is winning the case to keep up their win/lose ratio, and advance their career. But most people have NEVER been stuck in an elevator. 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. Find a Patsy. That only affected Nancy, and not the rest of her family? But hes innocent?!? . For all of you so critical and wishing him harm, I pray that God opens your eyes and heart. Didnt you listen to the trial? 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. 3) Richards handwriting was identified by a forensic expert in Nancys diary accusing her brother of sexually abusing her. But did the e. Im following up: do either of the daughters have a relationship with their father? On the website, I state very clearly who I am. There is only one that will judge who has been given the Authority and Power to have seen all things. The same is true of saying hes absolutely guilty, convicted or not. So sorry to hear about this - she did such great job with this case! Nancy's brother became convinced her adulterous husband, Richard, was responsible. Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park. Thanks for writing in I had never heard that theory. Another way of stating: the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation. Dont drop the soap Richie!! I realize that some people think youre innocent unless you leave a full video diary detailing your actions. Evidence was circumstantial. 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. It was Richard who supplied the bogus/forged receipt showing Nancy buying the arsenic (no one has a motive for that, except Richard). Richard Lyon's trial took place on December 2nd, 1991 and ended on January 19, 1992. Another was the emergency doctor when she was dying. If he had not been arrested and allowed to raise their two daughters, he would have more than likely killed them. Im not saying I think Lyon is innocent but some of your reasoning is absurd! Richard Lyon was born on April 22, 1957 to a middle class family of five children in Connecticut. Eves belief that he was poisoning her either suggests he may have been (with other circumstantial evidence) or she was framing him. Prosecutor passed away May 2020: All of that was a lie written in Nancys diary by Richard. Exactly. In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. Im Surprised He Didnt Get The Death Penalty!! 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)!!! One was her psychiatrist/psychologist. Nothing to eat there but I eyed the corn seeds and I nibbled a bag of the dried dessicated (arsenic-treated) kernals. And suppose HE IS innocent, why should you call him arrogant, and why would he admit to something he did not do? THANK YOU!!!! Everyone is entitled to their opinion but please dont let that stop you! And the wounds DO look exactly like owl attack wounds I looked up pictures of other cases. Michael Peterson did after only 98.5 months of his life without parole sentence. Nancy Dillard Lyon, the Harvard-educated daughter of one of Texas's wealthiest real estate tycoons, died at age 37 in January 1991. His GF/friend is just pointing to anything/everything else to use as a smokescreen. Nothing sweet about that deal. Ramsey Unit prison farm at the tender age of 34. But did the evidenc Juries, and people in general, often give DAs and the police, benefit of the doubt. I know I need to be nice! Wedding planning began soon after commencement, and Nancy became Mrs. Richard Lyon in February 1982. A LOT of moronic jurors out there and guilty people go free and sadly innocent people go to prison. he could inherit her money and status in the community Interesting thought, that predators are stealing status, along with material spoils. The principle is widely accepted in scientific and legal procedure, being obvious, really. 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. As a white-collar inmate this is to be expected. The evidence clearly shows he killed her. The movie made it look like he could be either innocent or guilty. 3) Nancy told MULTIPLE, trustworthy witnesses that Richard was trying to poison her. 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. If self-inflicted why? He did not lie or forge anything. The problem is that this ridiculous narrative has been spread in writings, TV shows, and books. 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. The owl + drugs & wine + Kathleens panic may very well be the cause of her death. Nancys father was none-too-pleased that his son-in-law made the decision to terminate her life support without consulting him or his wife. 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). Of course, I have seen some DAs who do care if the defendant is innocent. If Lyon had been a Texan cop, he may have gotten only 20 years for murder as Joseph Kent McGowen did. My husband was friends with this guy in prison. 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. Her case was featured on an episode of Forensic Files season 10 named "Writer's Block". A Husband Tries to Mess with TexasWriters Block, (Forensic Files). 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. And there was something to gain from Nancys death: a $500,000 life insurance payout. Christopher Ochoa, Richard Danziger, and Cameron Todd Willingham (although possibly guilty of spousal abuse) come to mind. The truth will eventually come out. As FF presents it, theres little doubt Lyons guilty. Richard Lyon pleaded not guilty at his 1991 murder trial. Also, people, please stop posting about the Allison and Anna. Read what CCA pressure treated wood can do. Friends of Richard DICK Lyon should work DC or Marvel. But he was ready for a criminal investigation into Nancy Dillard Lyons death just the same. They had watched them bury one of their four children, thirty-year-old Tom, who died of a brain tumor in 1985. 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. They constructed a dollhouse shingle by shingle for their daughter Allison. You also said no one commits suicide over time. IF Nancy told the doctor she thought her husband was poisoning her, then why didnt he call the police and test her for it? In 1991 Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a powerful Dallas real estate tycoon, was murdered, poisoned with arsenic. But nothing in that comment was fiction: 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. He was paid off to lie to protect his own skin and to secure the prosecutions case, something even A.W. Texans pride themselves on their tough on crime reputation. . First published November 1, 1993. Smells of a set up. Testifying on his own behalf at the trial, Richard Lyon tried to implicate Bagwell. Call it innocent by reason of successful cover-up. Precisely because of that, those further removed from the case claim they lack objectivity. Justice is not served when the powerful can corrupt the system. Otherwise, the murderer benefits from his crime by hiding evidence. Or thirsty and give you something to drink? Dallas drama. Lots of questions here which render your claim perplexing. Search obituaries CALL NOW Alexandria (318) 442-3363 Pineville (318) 640-1678 Jena (318) 992-4158 Marksville (318) 253-5979 Toggle navigation 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. I But there are facts to this case that just add up to Richard Lyon being guilty. Ironically, Texas is the leading state in false convictions and leads the nation in exonerations with 23 in 2017 alone! 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. Being that easily fooled makes you look as gullible as him for imagining he could twist and turn things around and play the blame the victim game and win. Forensic Files, in my opinion, got it right. Nancy was an Ivy Leaguer too! Thanks. Personally, Id probably force a mistrial, as I care far more for real justice, than the law. Indeed to your reply to my comment. . I hope I would do the same where I perceived a gross miscarriage of justice. Or the forged receipt, or the life insurance he thought he was going to get. Situation like that they could had hired to handle the cause of the issue! Firstly, it is difficult to take responsibility for an action that you did not do. It will eventually all come out. How ridiculous! And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. RR. The quantum of circumstantial evidence is persuasive, but youre implying that such evidence is of less value than physical evidence. I was wondering how they were doing! My relationship with Richard is one of a fellow Catholic. Surely if the hospital was connected with institutional accidental or deliberate poisonings, this would have been reported in the media? Actually, Samadhi was pretty disparaging of my post something you dont, equally, object to, plainly because Im not arguing in your favour (though the argument I offer, whether comprehended or not, is certainly not controversial, being widely accepted in discussion of evidence, theory of knowledge etc). During her six-day stay at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas,Nancys violent illness continued and she begged the medical staff to save her life. No evidence? Everything Marcus said made sense. 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. Juries have been wrong. He told the woman he was cheating on her with that his wife had a sickness. It came out in the trial. Here in UK judges routinely remind juries of this at the ouset; perhaps US judges do too. Especially their murderer of a father who killed their mother Im sure. The following morning she was admitted to the emergency room of Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, suffering from nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Fingerprints and DNA arent going to matter a bit when they both live in the same damn house. Really?! The two purposely tweaked their handwriting so it looked similar enough that he could get away with handing in papers shed written for him. The truth will come out; however, due to blog posts like these and series like Forensic Files, it makes it more difficult. She loved him unconditionally and he latched onto her for his own gain. Im sure we all wish them well and are sorry for their loss. Hes a man that didnt want to be married, pay child support, and keep her insurance policy. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. And you know this how? That alone says it all and yes read about many times. To reiterate, the autopsy report said an acute dose of arsenic as cause of death. Owls HAVE attacked, and just because its bizarre, combined with a past that made him look guilty, doesnt mean it didnt happen. He died of a brain tumor. Jeannie or Tim? Their is considerable concern that prosecutors are almost insulated from their misconduct. Richard Lyon met Nancy Dillard at Harvard, where they studied to become landscape architects. Maybe his gf gave him soap on the rope? You are very blind. Allison and Anna wish to be left alone by EVERYONE. Lyon will never be paroled as long as he refuses to take responsibility for the death of Nancy Dillard. 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. 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. Time to leave the Land of Denial and move to the Land of Reality. And so Richard was arrested, tried, and convictedand sentenced to life in prison. You also dont accidentally forge documents. I noticed that The Friends of Richard Lyons does that. If wood was the cause why wasnt Richard found with any arsenic in his body? That Richard should rot in jail when he dies, should rot in hell. Police should just stop using them. They merely suggest a person capable of cheating in the first two citations of the kind that millions do. People should have learned that by now! The truth is, there is just far too much that cant be explained away. There are 100 others that say a different story. 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). What planet did you just arrive from?! who killed her if you believe that. I wouldnt be surprised if they do . 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. By him wanting to be a cheating Male S..(you know what I mean) That never happened. You dont accidentally fill capsules with poison (and the empty capsules were in his apartment), and you dont accidentally take a severe poison over a long period of time. I sure wouldnt want the friend representing me. Juries lean towards conviction, they do not assume innocence as they are supposed to. It would behoove people to actually read the trial transcripts and think. 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. Your comments to Samadhi are very disparaging and racist. He prepared documents designed to make it look as though a) Nancy committed suicide, b) her brother murdered her to hide family secrets, or c) an ex-colleague had her killed to stop her from testifying in an embezzlement case. A grim-looking Richard showed up on Goldens doorstep in January 1991 to ask if she and her husband would look after his daughters while he took Nancy to the emergency room. Richard Lyon was denied parole again on March 1, 2021. And the hospital filled capsules with poison and told Nancy they were vitamins??? HOWEVER, the paper trail leading to Richard, regarding the ordering of the fatal poisons is not circumstantial, and neither is the fraudulent receipt provided by Richard. 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. Richard is the only one with enough contact and motive. Allison is a costume desisigner. Funny how people can put all their energy and concern into the guilty and never show any real concern for the true victims. 30 years in jail I dont think you can say he got away with it! View Nancy Dillard's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more. Things then got worse when she found out that her husband Richard was having an affair in the fall of 1989. No problem. . In my view there is too little doubt to permit acquittal, but I accept that this wasnt quite a slam-dunk. Obviously people commit suicide over time. That murderer is due to get out soon. An upcoming post will look into developments in his case since the conviction. He attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, then headed to the Harvard School of Design for a graduate degree in landscaping and architecture. Her husband, Richard, a well-known architect, had been poisoning her for years, most notably with arsenic, which killed her on January 14, 1991. Politics, power, and money will do what is necessary to influence the outcome of any situation. Ivy League sweethearts. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Im not suggesting this is so simply that interpretation rather than assumption should be made. Ironically, the fact that she felt sick probably made her less likely to have the get-up-and-go to move out. The assignments things a non-event: plenty of college kids cheat. Plenty of husbands cheat via affairs. More than one some years. Many doctors discount what their patients say, and hospital staff are often overworked with little sleep. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he alleged. She survived that attempt. 2. . 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. They came from different worlds. As far as Im concerned, this is the best possible outcome to a very tragic story. 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! Coincidentally, the condo is owned by a real estate developer who is connected to Trammel Crow. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharee_Miller. Nancy had told doctors about the mystery wine; maybe it was from Bagwell and contained arsenic. It never happened! May Nancy Lyons soul rest in peace. There is a paper trail showing Richard as the person who ordered the poisons. May he never walk free again. That couldnt had been easy for them. Richard & Nancy Lyon Nancy Dillard Lyon, daughter of a Dallas real estate tycoon, reached the heartrending conclusion that her marriage to husband Interesting that the Friends of Richard Lyon (https://www.richardlyon.org/) website now shows that the website has expired. I wish I had more time and money to pursue his innocence, but I do not. 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 . Friends of Richard Lyon are hardly friends of justice. She passed away in 2009. 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. The records for the condo show everyone who had lived there prior to her and after her, but not her. Affair in the capable hands of the doubt DAs and the wounds do look exactly like owl wounds. 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