Well, I know it has been a long time since anything has been written, but we had to get passed the trial. The last anyone knew was what Cinn posted for
us; (bless her). This was and is a hard thing to do. The trial lasted for a week and what a mess that was.
We had to look at him every day as he sat there with his smearky(SP) face dening that he killed our oldest daughter. Both sides had experts which neither side denied they were experts. The weird one was that the state had to wait for the metalergits: one who tests and knows compounds of all different metals: to be able to come in from Canada and testify.
He killed he by strangling he with her own bathrobe belt and then placing her in their basement. What he didn't know was that the state used his girlfriend, that was married, as their star witness. She stated that she and him had an affair and that she told him it was over untill they both got divorces. 2 weeks later, Dee was murdered.
Then we had to sit and watch as both sides showed pics of Dee (our daughter) in the house and all kinds of poses that the coroner put her in to get the pics of the bruises and marks he put on her. Then we had to sit and see the pics of the autopsy they did on her with all the different things they did to her.
After all this was done, we had to watch reruns of all this in closing arguments, again. The jury was then put into their room to deliberate. It only took about 30 minutes and they wanted re-reading of his statements and of the grandkids statements. About 2 hours later they came back with a verdict. He was found guilty of murder by ligatute strangulation and tampering with evidence.
The next day was his sentencing and all he got was 20 years for murdering Dee and 3 years for tampering with evidence. Then we had to listen as his brother, father, two oldest kids, and he asked the judge to let him go free as he was needed to raise the youngest kid. He wasn't let go, thank GOD.
What we are trying to understand is how he only got 23 years total for murdering his wife of over 25 years. There seemed to be no concern for what he put anyone threw or how it effected our lives. Some of you met them when we were in Virginia Beach for the first time and we had the use of the Penthouse for the party. She was such a sweet and caring and loving person.
This is what we have been trying to deal with and will probably try to deal with for the rest of our lives. Hopefully, none of you will ever have to go through anything like this, GOD willing. We hope you all understand why we haven't posted befor this. But never forget that we do love ya'll and think about you alot.
Tom & Nancy
We had to look at him every day as he sat there with his smearky(SP) face dening that he killed our oldest daughter. Both sides had experts which neither side denied they were experts. The weird one was that the state had to wait for the metalergits: one who tests and knows compounds of all different metals: to be able to come in from Canada and testify.
He killed he by strangling he with her own bathrobe belt and then placing her in their basement. What he didn't know was that the state used his girlfriend, that was married, as their star witness. She stated that she and him had an affair and that she told him it was over untill they both got divorces. 2 weeks later, Dee was murdered.
Then we had to sit and watch as both sides showed pics of Dee (our daughter) in the house and all kinds of poses that the coroner put her in to get the pics of the bruises and marks he put on her. Then we had to sit and see the pics of the autopsy they did on her with all the different things they did to her.
After all this was done, we had to watch reruns of all this in closing arguments, again. The jury was then put into their room to deliberate. It only took about 30 minutes and they wanted re-reading of his statements and of the grandkids statements. About 2 hours later they came back with a verdict. He was found guilty of murder by ligatute strangulation and tampering with evidence.
The next day was his sentencing and all he got was 20 years for murdering Dee and 3 years for tampering with evidence. Then we had to listen as his brother, father, two oldest kids, and he asked the judge to let him go free as he was needed to raise the youngest kid. He wasn't let go, thank GOD.
What we are trying to understand is how he only got 23 years total for murdering his wife of over 25 years. There seemed to be no concern for what he put anyone threw or how it effected our lives. Some of you met them when we were in Virginia Beach for the first time and we had the use of the Penthouse for the party. She was such a sweet and caring and loving person.
This is what we have been trying to deal with and will probably try to deal with for the rest of our lives. Hopefully, none of you will ever have to go through anything like this, GOD willing. We hope you all understand why we haven't posted befor this. But never forget that we do love ya'll and think about you alot.
Tom & Nancy
