JUSTIN MERTIS BARBER - A TIMELINE TO MURDER

Barber photos -left, at time of arrest and right, at trial.

2009 - Justin Barber - current prison photo

Justin Mertis Barber is currently incarcerated at Century C.I Facility
in St. John's County, State of Florida for the August 17, 2002 pre-
meditated, 1st Degree murder of April Barber. He is serving a sentence
of Life in prison.

Why would a mugger on a beach murder and wound and then take nothing?

The scenario that Justin Mertis Barber put forth was just that:

A man wielding a gun approached Justin and his wife April Barber on a
deserted, dark beach, demanded money and then first killed April, a tiny,
slight woman,who was clearly of no threat to him. The man wounds Justin
Barber,a fit person,capable of fighting back.

(The details of the encounter change in the telling, going from a vague
description to Law Enforcement, to telling a journalist with 48 Hours
CBS) that he could recognize him if he saw him again.)

Then the mugger absconds without taking Barber's wallet or any of April's
jewelry.

Barber claimed that badly injured, he tried to carry April up to the road to
their car but couldn't. He left her lying on the beach, alone, to drive to get
help, driving almost 10 miles before flagging someone down; driving past an
open McDonalds; a 24 hour gas station; a 24 hour Walgreens before finally
eliciting help from a passing car farther down the road.

All the while, April's cell phone is in the vehicle.

"Did you ask him why he didn't stop at any houses?" "Yes." "And
what did he tell you?" "He said he didn't want to get some old
man out of bed."

Justin Barber was a serial philanderer who had (unbeknownst to his wife April)
been incurring an increasing debt load. He was also a man deeply concerned
about appearances. He is described by April's friends and family as
"intense and competitive."

Amber Mitchell (Friend of April who introduced them to each other)"He would
put his high school jeans on once a month to make sure they still fit. And if
they didn't,he would fast until they did. He gave April a hard time about weight
to the point where she was almost paranoid about gaining weight. And she was
tiny."

Patricia Parrish (April's aunt) "He made fun of his overweight mother behind
her back, and publicly criticized April's singing voice, her taste in clothing
and her weight. He warned her not to embarrass him at his company Christmas
party and discouraged her from calling or e-mailing him at work. When his barbs
made her cry, he mimicked her sobs."

Justin Barber had been married once before his marriage to April Lott,
and that marriage had ended in divorce. Two failed marriages would make
him look less than marriageable material to any future prospec tive brides.
It would also be a slight against his own ego. He enjoyed the appearance
of being the good husband and surrogate father; the smart, intelligent
businessman and day trader.

He later chose another role, murderer.

"He wanted the $2 Million; He wanted sympathy for being shot;
and he wanted to look like a hero who tried to save his wife.
He wanted it all."

In the death of April Barber, just as he did at other times about his
problems, finances or mistakes, Justin blamed someone else for his deeds.

A TIMELINE TO MURDER:

1997 - July - Oklahoma - Justin Barber reports a burglary at his home.
Insurance claim - $15,000.

Barber marries his first wife while in college.

1998 - Prior to meeting Barber April dates men who's strong suit
isn't fidelity.

October - April Lott is introduced to newly divorced Justin Barber. He moves to
Dallas, Tx and the two carry on a long distance romance.

Two weeks before they marry, April voices misgivings, her instincts tell her to call
off the wedding. She ignores those instincts.

Amber Mitchell "I was worried that it was really quick and maybe they didn't know
each other well enough yet to do that. But I supported her completely, because she
was happy and I wanted to see her happy."

1999 - August 4 - April Lott and Justin Barber marry in the Bahamas. (10 months
after meeting.) They relocate and reside in Douglas, Georgia where Justin is transferred
and April finds employment at a cancer center.
From the start, both keep their finances separate.

September - April's siblings Julie and Kendon move in with them. (April had been
helping to care for them since their mother died of cancer.) Julie is 15 and rebellious.
Justin was infuriated at Julie, and at April's handling of her, sparking fights between
them.

According to several of April's confidants, "Justin threatened "to never let April bear
his children."

2000 - April's sister, Julie moves back to Oklahoma. "Whenever we first lived with
them, it was good. Towards the end of living with them, it got kind of tense. I was
very strong willed and I didn't like it." "Of course it was difficult for them, 'cause
they were so young and trying to raise two kids.

It was very hard, I understood that. But they tried their hardest to give us
everything that we could possibly want or need." "Whenever we first lived
with them, it was good."

Their brother Kendon follows Julie back to Oklahoma shortly afterwards - against
Justin's wishes.

Amber Mitchell "He was really angry. None of us understood why he cared so
much about it except for if he liked the appearance of being such a noble
guy to take in these children."

While in Georgia with his wife April, Justin Barber engages in a sexual affair with
another woman.

Justin Barber "I don't know, I have no excuse for it and I would never dream of
trying to excuse that behavior." "I don't know what really started that other than
I guess I got just a little bit too full of myself."

2001 - Justin Barber was transferred to Jacksonville, Florida. April decided to stay in
Georgia at her job. Justin purchases a condon in an upscale neighborhood. It is usually
April who makes the three hour trek to visit him in Florida.

Amber Mitchell "She told me that if they lived together every day, they'd kill each
other."

"She just wasn't ready to give up on Justin. He could be charming, and his
criticisms dovetailed with some of her deep insecurities. She was harder on
herself than anyone else. She put up with a lot from her men."

Justin Barber "Living apart was stressful. We didn't see each other as much as we
needed to."

A $2 Million life insurance policy is issued on April Barber, and the same amount
in a policy on Justin Barber. (8 months after Justin moves to Jacksonville,Florida)
The payment on the two life term insurance polices was $1,030 in in annual premiums.
Barber states he bought them as an investment.

Patricia Parrish "April had told me Justin wanted them to take out $2 million
insurance policies on each other's lives. "She asked if I didn't think it weird that
he was pushing for such a large amount."

"I told her yeah but said I didn't think they would qualify. She called back the next day
and said, "You can't say anything to Justin. He'll be furious if he finds out I told you."
Justin finds a company that covers them for that amount.

2002 - February 14, Valentine's Day - Justin Barber Google's "trauma cases;
gunshot right chest" on the Internet.

One week later: "Medical trauma gunshot chest."

July 19 - Florida Divorce.

Other searches Barber was found to have conducted: "Immigrating to Brazil;
acute blood loss." Barber was also looking up famous murder cases.

2002 - June - Justin Barber reports the theft of his Audi vehicle, and a Ruger 9
mm pistol inside the vehicle. Insurance claim - $39,000.

2002 - July - August- Justin Barber engages in an affair with Shannon Kennedy,
manager of a car rental office (that his firm does business with) who later testified
that at first she didn't know he was married. Once she knew, Barber told her
"He said he loved her; he just couldn't live with her."

"Either his family or her family was coming to town, and he needed the pictures
(of Justin and April) to go up" (around the condo) "just to make it look like they
remained happy."

"Justin had invited me to go on a trip to Georgia." "He'd also stated he might be
moving to California and invited me to move to California with him." Kennedy
refused both offers.

Kennedy later stated in court that she had considered the relationship with Barber
as "casual and without a future."

Barber admits that April had confronted him about Shannon Kennedy and other
women, but claims that "April never gave me any ultimatums or talked of divorce."

April figures out he's having an affair and defies Justin's edict not to email him at
work and asks him to "tell her when he was socializing with other women."
Justin responds sarcastically listing every female he'd glimpsed that day."

Debt - Justin Barber had made a series of cash advances $36,000, in bad e-trades
on the stock market. He was using credit cards to pay off the trades. He owed
$56,000 in credit card bills.

Three weeks before the murder, April was living and working in Georgia
and Justin was in Jacksonville. April's vehicle and home were broken into.

2002 - August - April Barber confides in her friend Amber Mitchell that "Justin
has been cheating on her and had denied it when confronted."

Authorities later determined that Justin had at least 5 affairs he'd engaged in
(and admitted to in court) during the three years of their marriage. One was with
a woman in New Zealand; another, Justin claims he couldn't remember her name.

April told her boss, Ramesh Nair, that "she was going to confront Justin on their
anniversary - August 4th."

2002 - August 4 - Third Wedding Anniversary - April told Justin she was
"leaving and divorcing him." April also told friends and family members of her
"plans to divorce."

Randas Honeman April's cousin "She told me she was leaving her husband and
moving to Oklahoma." April Barber had inquired into real estate and a job in her
home state of Oklahoma.

April returns to Georgia upset and tells her boss Ramesh Nair that "she'd
threatened to end the marriage, but Justin had denied everything."

Justin Barber "I can tell you without a doubt that April never told me that she
was divorcing me." "To say that April had confronted me with leaving and
divorcing, not true at all." "She was one of a kind and I didn't deserve to have her."

2002 - August 16 - Friday. April Barber drives to Jacksonville to see Justin for
the weekend.

2002 - August 17 - Saturday - Hours before the murder, Justin Barber downloads
16 songs from the Internet including Guns 'N Roses song "I Used to Love Her but
I Had to Kill Her." It was the ONLY song DELETED before Justin turned his home
and work computers over to investigators.

Lyrics: "I used to love her, but I had to kill her - I had to put her - Six feet under -
And I can still hear her complain." "I'd miss her - So I had to keep her -She's
buried right in my backyard."

Mere hours before April's death, she and her sister Julie shared a phone
conversation. "April told me she loved me. She told me she was going to
call me later on that evening, and that she loved me. That was the last thing."

Saturday evening: April Barber is murdered.

Justin Barber attempts to drown April, then, believing she is dead (she was unconscious)
he drags her to the boardwalk and shoots her through the cheek, with the bullet trajectory snapping the base of her skull, killing her.

Justin shoots himself in his left hand, his left shoulder, the base of his neck and his chest,
then leaves April's body on the beach while he drives for "help."

Neither Justin's wallet or April's diamond ring were taken in the "alleged robbery."

Amber Mitchell "She was leaving him. She told him, the last time she saw him alive,
that she was leaving him."

August 18 - Sunday - Justin Barber's wounds were not life threatening. He was
given antibacterial cream and bandages, and released from hospital the next day.

After April Barber's death:

Two days after April's death, Justin Barber stopped by Shannon Kennedy's office
and demanded to see her. He pursues her for several more weeks.

After an interview with police in which he denied vehemently that he did not have
an affair with Shannon Kennedy, he was confronted by Investigators with bringing
her into the room. Barber backs down and admits that he was involved in an affair
with her. Afterwards, he asks the officers if they will see if Kennedy will give him
a ride home. Kennedy declines.

When Ramesh Nair is informed of April's death he remembers something
April had told him a few months earlier: "One day, out of the blue, April said,
"If anything happens to me, suspect foul play." I answered with a joke, and she
looked hurt, like, You're not taking me seriously. Don't forget."

THE FUNERAL:

Amber Mitchell "Justin seemed distant. He was almost mute. He was looking at
the floor, he wouldn't make eye contact with anybody."

Patricia Parrish "Justin asked me to pay for the funeral since he was broke."
Justin had shrugged when asked to make decisions about April's funeral.

When Justin asked Patricia if she would pay for burial expenses, Patricia asked
"What about the $2 million?" Justin was startled. "Did April tell you?" Justin
told Patricia he thought the policy had lapsed. Patricia Parrish checked into it
and learned that the policy was still in effect.

THE INVESTIGATION:

Justin Barber had four wounds. Detective Cole: "One on his left shoulder that
appeared to kind of be going out and away. He had another one on his right
shoulder kind of like on a muscle that you shrug your shoulders. That kind
of was on an angle kind of out and away. He had another wound right on
the right chest that almost appeared like a grazing wound. And then he
had another wound in the center of his left hand which exited out the back
of the hand." "His vital signs were normal and his arms were functioning fine
when he was released from the hospital."

Justin Barber was shot exactly in the locations he had been researching on the
Internet.

"Justin's account of the attack was oddly businesslike. His body language and
demeanor didn't seem appropriate. His description and story was vague and
the details kept changing."

Justin claimed that April had been drinking, but her blood-alcohol level
measured .000.

Justin seems to have thought the local police were rubes. He was taken
aback by the size of the police department. He queried the officers as to
their success rate.

Crime scene photos

48 Hrs -Video - A look at the evidence - Crime scene -Transparency photo
evidence of April Barber.

During the investigation of April Barber's death, Justin Barber had filed for
the insurance proceeds of two policies held on his wife, April Barber's life.

The insurance companies placed the monies into accounts pending the court's
determination of whether he was responsible for the murder of April Barber.

During a deposition Barber is asked to recall the high points of his marriage.
"Justin said tersely, "We were in love." When pressed for details Justin stated

"I don't recall specifically."

Justin Barber "If that jury thinks I killed April, then they should
execute me. I would never ask for mercy for the person who killed her."
Asked why not, Justin says "Because they don't deserve it. And if that
jury believes that I'm that person, then they should send me to death
row."

2006 - Justin Barber was convicted of the murder of April Barber.
The jury did hand down a sentence sending him to death row. However,
upon review, the Judge determined that the case did not meet the
determination for heinous and commuted the sentence to life in prison.

Juror "The blood flow is everything. Justin Barber's story is that she
was shot down by the water and then carried 18 different positions with her
head moving in all kinds of directions. The blood flow would be everywhere.
Instead, it's in a unified direction. And, what the significance of that is,
his story just wasn't true."

Julie Lott "It was heartbreaking, because somebody that we had trusted
and somebody that we had loved would be capable of doing something
like that to our sister. We both looked up to him. I was happy, but then
again it breaks my heart."

Patricia Parrish "Relieved for an instance and then heartbroken for
Justin's mother."

The insurance monies were paid out to April Barber's family and they filed
a wrongful death lawsuit against Barber.

In the Civil Suit - Barber claims that he thought that the policy on April
had lapsed because he had stopped paying the premiums and that he was
surprised the policy was still in effect. He also claimed that he and April
had decided to let the policies lapse.

(From the start of the policy the bills were issued directly to Justin
Barber in Fla. Yet somehow, the last bill before her death was
addressed to April and sent to her in Georgia. April paid the bill.)

2007 - Justin Barber filed suit against April Barber's Estate, specificially
against her Aunt Patricia Parrish, and April's two siblings over two
insurance policies. Barber claimed that he being the spouse and
beneficiary, he should have received proceeds from both policies.

Barber stated that the insurance payouts should have been claiming that
the trial court erred in granting summary judgement because his conviction
could not be considered final before he had exhausted all of his appellate
rights.

He lost. Florida's Slayer Statute refers to a final conviction, not when all
appeals are exhausted.

2008 - Justin Barber's files appeal to vacate his conviction and sentence,
to remand his case to the Circuit Court with instructions that any
retrial be barred under Double Jeopardy principles.


Justin Barber "I will fight until I have no more options."

INFAMOUS MURDERER - SUSAN WRIGHT

SUSAN LUCILLE WRIGHT, at trial and in prison. For a

more current image of Wright view the video reports

from October 2008 at Click2Houston.

Susan Wright, age 32, is incarcerated at Hobby Prison Facility

at Marlin, Texas. She is currently serving a sentence of 25 years

for the brutal murder of Jeff Wright, aged 34. She must serve

12.5 of those years before becoming eligible for parole.

2029- 02-26 Projected Release Date

2016-08-27 Parole Eligibility Date

MURDERESS

2003 - January 13 - Wright, aged 27, lured her husband Jeff Wright

to a romantic evening in their bedroom. She tied him to the bedpost,

stabbed him in the eyeball, in the mouth. in the ear, and knicked his

penis. The Medical Examiner later testified that he had been cut from

head to toe in a total of over 200 times, 46 of which were in his chest,

and the tip of a knife was found buried in his skull.

During the stabbing frenzy, their young son came to the

bedroom door because of the commotion. Susan Wright

returned the child to his room, reassuring him that

everything was fine. After the brief respite, she returned

to the bedroom and began again stabbing Jeff Wright

over and over again.

The ME testified that each of the injuries inflicted would not have by

themselves caused death instantly. Nor was there indication that Jeff

had lost consciousness during the ordeal, thus he would have suffered

a slow, lingering death.

Wright attempted to cover up her bloody deed.

Wright dragged and buried Jeff Wright's body in the backyard in a

hole prepared for a garden fountain. She drove to the store,

purchased bleach and paint, and returned to clean up the room and

paint the walls. Yet there was blood seen by LE through out the

house.

Wright removed a part of the carpeting, the bed frame, and the

mattress and placed them into the back yard. Later she obtained

more potting soil and placed it over the body.

Wright removed the outgoing message with his voice from the

answering machine and proceeded to clean out their joint bank

account.

2003 - January 15 - TWO DAYS AFTER THE MURDER

Wright lied to police. She filed and pressed charges against Jeff

Wright for abuse against herself and their two children. Law

Enforcement at that time had no reason to doubt her claims.

A warrant for arrest was issued however, LE was unable to

ascertain from Wright where Jeff Wright was located or had

gone, where he worked or any other contact information.

She told her family that Jeff had been angry after

he'd beaten her and had taken off and left.

Wright's family found out about their son and brother's

death via news on the internet.

When it was apparent that things weren't going to go quite her way,

Wright confessed to her mother. "It happened in the bedroom

and the kids were in bed." "Mama, it wasn't me. I snapped.

I was up there and I saw somebody do it, but it wasn't me."

FIVE DAYS after the murder.

Wright was promptly bundled off into a mental health facilty and

and attorney engaged.

2003 - January 16 - Jeff Wright was fired from his job when he

hadn't shown up for work for three days straight.

2003 - January 18 - Susan Wright's attorney contacted the DA's

office and provided them with the Wright's address and the fact

that a body could be found and where.

Law Enforcement discovered that the family dog had partially

uncovered Jeff Wright's body.

2003- January 20 - Jeff Wright's employer was informed of

Jeff's death.

Susan Wright's defense was that she had been an abused wife for

years, that she was defending herself and their son from Jeff Wright

who had hit their son and then beat and raped her." Her attorney

claimed that she was "fragile" and "suffering from severe

psychological problems for which she was under psychiatric care."

2003- January 24 - Susan Wright turned herself in and was arrested.

She did not cooperate with LE in the investigation.

2003 - April - Susan Wright pleads Not Guilty. She posted

$30,000 bond and went back to work.

2004 - February - Trial commences. The Prosecution believes

Wright murdered for $200,000 in life insurance. The actual bed

Jeff Wright was killed on was used in a re-enactment.

Court Videos

2004 - March 4 - Jurors convict Susan Wright of murder. They

did not believe her claims, nor the special circumstance of

"sudden passion."

2004 - March - Wright receives a court appointed attorney.

2004 - September - New attorney's file brief to take over Wright's

appeals.

2005 - October 7 - 14th Court of Appeals allows new attorneys

to take over Susan Wright's appeal.

2005 - November 4 - Susan Wright files a new appeal

2005 - November 17 - 14th Court of Appeals upholds verdict.

2008 - October 3 - Susan Wright files motion for a new trial

and sentencing.

Her motion is based on her claims that her previous trial attorneys

were "allegedly deficient by not calling key witnesses during her

murder trial. Wright and her new attorney, Brian Wice, said her

original attorneys "should have called Jeffrey Wright's previous

fiancée, who claimed he also abused her for two years. " Wice also

argued that "a psychologist and a battered woman expert should

have testified for the defense."

Susan Wright's prison penpal profile states that she is

a "single widow."

Wright's use of "single widow" is merely a euphemism,

used in place of "murderess" and is just another lie used

to manipulate.

"Sassy Southern belle seeks long term friendship.
Don't let the petite, curvy frame fool you, I am
self-sufficient, confidant and I love a challenge.

My crystal blue eyes and light brown, silky hair add
to my classic beauty. A true romantic at heart, I am
loyal, tender, compassionate, a great listener and
easy to be around.

I love beaches, museums, movies, music, books,
dancing, cooking and gardening. I am equally at home
in heels and a slinky dress as I am in shorts in the
back yard.

I believe life should be lived to the fullest. I try
to laugh as much and as long as I can each day. I am
looking for a positive, out going, easy spirit to share
good times with; someone who loves to laugh and is
looking for an adventure.

I like to learn and experience new horizons and I

am a nature lover and enjoy things that challenge my

mind as much as I appreciate the peace and relaxation

of simplicity.

I value honesty, an open mind, a determined will and

those who are self-assured, intelligent and unafraid

to take chances.

Nothing in this world is without some degree of risk but

with great risk comes great reward. Are you willing to

take the risk and get to know me?

I'll be waiting.

A book was written about the case titled "A Wife's Revenge"

by Eric Francis.

INFAMOUS MURDERER & PRISON SNITCH - FRED TOKARS

FREDERICK W. TOKARS


Fred Tokars, 54, convicted in April of 1994 for the murder for hire of
Sara Ambrusko Tokars, aged 39.

He was convicted of eight Federal charges: racketeering, conspiracy,
kidnapping, money laundering and using the telephone in commission
of a murder for hire and sentenced to four consecutive life
sentences without possibility of parole.

March 1997 - Subsequently Tokars was convicted in the State of
Georgia's case against him for malice murder and was sentenced
to life in prison.

FIVE life sentences. It's a shame Tokars eventually won't have to
serve every moment of those five life sentences. Instead he'll serve
just his natural life span behind bars.

His former business associate Eddie Lawrence who Tokars contracted
the killing to pled guilty to Federal charges of aiding and abetting the
murder of Sara Tokars, and of counterfeiting; Lawrence pled guilty to
State of Georgia charges of murder. In agreement to testify against
Fred Tokars hsi received twelve and a half years in Federal custody
and be placed in the Federal Witness protection program.

Curtis Rower, the shooter, after a mistrial pled guilty and received a
life without parole sentence.

November 29, 1992, Sara, and her two sons, then Mike, 4 and
Ricky 6, had returned home from a Thanksgiving visit to Florida
with her family. With the children still in the vehicle, Sara went
into the home to find it unlocked and a stranger waiting.

Rower forced her back into the car, kidnapping the three of them.
Sara asked if he was going to kill her. Recognizing that she was
facing death she attempted to save her children and drove off the
road about a half mile from her home. Rower shot Sara in the head
and then fled the vehicle, leaving both boys shaken and spattered
with their mother's blood.

Ricky led his little brother Mike to a nearby home to get help. He
also testified on the stand at the trial of his father. His testimony
transcripts were used in subsequent trials to spare him the trauma
of reliving the event each time he testified.

Frederic Tokars was uncooperative with authorities and bemoaned
not the loss of his wife, or the trauma that his sons had endured, but
the loss of his previous lifestyle as a Judge pro tem, former Assistant
Attorney and lawyer to the unsavory. Tokars had assisted cocaine
dealers in setting up offshore bank accounts to hide funds. Tokars
had also taken out a $1.7 million in insurance on Sara's life, with
himself as sole beneficiary.

When it was clear law enforcement was getting the goods on his
wheelings and dealings among the unsavory underbelly of
society, Tokars tried to commit suicide and failed.

Tokars has previously filed appeals and yet even the Supreme
Court has refused to hear, much less consider his appeal.

Tokars first prison home was the Big A, in Atlanta, Georgia.

During his prison incarceration Fred Tokars has taken on

another role, that of "snitch."

Trust Tokars to figure out how to manipulate the system in order

to better conditions for himself. Authorities maintain that persons

such as Tokars are "cooperating witnesses" while inmates, guards

and others refer to them as "snitches."

Snitches, or informants, will exchange information to authorities

regarding other inmates for better conditions, such as transfer to

a better prison, a chance at reducing or outright eventual freedom

from their sentences, or other benefits including the Federal

Witness Protection Program.

1990's - Fred Tokars is listed as having "offered up his

services" to the authorities.

1998 - Colorado Supermax prison -Fred Tokars informed

authorities that fellow inmate Dustin Honken had confessed to

him that he had committed the murders of 3 adults and 2

children in an unsolved case from 1993 in the state of Iowa.

Honken was already serving 27 years for drug distribution.

Prison Psychiatrist regarding Fred Tokars:

"Regarding his personality structure it seems apparent

that he has been dealt many narcisstic blows. He has a

long history of manipulating and coercing people.

He did not talk of his crimes at all and he does not seem

to have any remorse for his crimes."

January 5, 1999 - Fred Tokars was transferred to the medium

security prison at Oxford, Wisconsin. He met another inmate Robert

Ortloff there. Ortloff is serving a 50 year prison term for attempted

murder in a 1986 Texas mail-bombing of a U.S. Army soldier who

reportedly had romantic designs on a girl Ortloff was dating. Ortloff

objected to that. The soldier survived without serious injury.

May 1999- Fred Tokars talks on the phone and mentions an

upcoming Dateline episode concerning himself. Other inmates

overhear and begin discussing this turn of events.

According to prison documents, Tokars was also ratting..er..

snitching/informing on a Chicago mafia connected inmate,

and keeping notes on him, and that it was "likely the inmate

discovered Tokars' notes." Tokars was removed from general

population for his safety.

Lt. David Shy memo: Tokars was working (snitching) on four

specific cases:

Iowa - Dustin Honken; Arizona - Robert Ortloff;

a case having something to do with the Chicago mobster;

and "a mysterious case involving President Clinton."

1999 May 10 - Tokars is found to have case documents belonging

to at least a dozen other inmates in his cell. Tokars told Lt. Shy

that he wished to "destroy the other inmate's documents that were

potentially damaging to me." Prison records show he was allowed

to do so.

July 1999 - Fred Tokars informs Tempe, Arizona authorities that

Robert Ortloff confessed to him that he had commited the murder

of Kathleen Smith in 1984.

1999 - (summer) Fred Tokars is transferred to a medium security

prison at Sheridan Prison Camp, Sheridan, Oregon.

2003- March- Frederic Tokars was placed in the Federal

Witness Protection Program.

A polygraph examiner from Tempe, Arizona administered a

polygraph to Frederic Tokars. The questions were specifically

designed to see whether the "snitch" was telling the truth.

The results were "inconclusive." Tempe, AZ Detective Tom

Magazzini stated the result was probably due to various

medications Tokar was taking.

2003 - Tempe AZ Prosecutors indict Robert Ortloff based on

"Fred Tokars testimony and "cooperation." Ortloff claimed that

Tokars had copied and stolen many of the documents he (Ortloff)

had prepared pertaining to his (Ortloff's) case, including police

reports. He also claimed that he had wanted outside help, not the

help of disbarred and convicted Tokars.

Tokars claimed Ortloff had given him the 88 pages of notes (which

turned out to be photocopies of notes.) He also claimed that they

were "working on" Ortloff's case. Tokars however, was not, and

did not provide any services to Ortloff.

Tokars first claimed that he "came forward" after he'd heard Ortloff

was talking about him (Tokars) on the prison phone. Then Tokars

claimed Ortloff was part of a plot (with South American drug cartel

members) to break out of prison using a remote controlled helicopter.

Tokars "I don't want to break out of prison. Leave me alone."

Tokars also claimed that he "had not seen "any Tempe, AZ police

reports on Kathleen Smith's murder."

2004 - Fred Tokars testified in the Honken trial which ended in

convictions and the death penalty for Dustin Honken.

ARTICLES on the Ortloff trial, case background and Tokars' testimony:

ORTLOFF TRIAL - TOKARS KEY WITNESS (Numerous pages)

TOKARS SNITCH WITNESS - JURY'S IMPRESSION

OTRLOFF TRIAL - TOKARS

ORTLOFF TRIAL - TOKARS


Robert Ortloff statement: "I'm going to get convicted by the

orchestrated testimony of two lying psychopaths."

April 2008 -Tokars testifies and Ortloff is convicted.

A JUROR "We didn't believe everything Tokars said. He

really is a creepy-crawler.

Another JUROR "I wanted to take a shower after watching

Tokars for day after day on the stand. But when you think

about it, it isn't all that often, thank God, that you're in the

same room with two psychopaths, one on the stand and the

other sitting with his lawyers at the defense table."

Tokars was returned by Federal marshals to an

unspecified location inside the Federal Penal system,

where he continues to serve his five life sentences.

Fred Tokars on why Ortloff and other inmates are so open with him:

Because "people look at me as being a smart lawyer who

is now in prison for life, who's never ratted on anybody,

who's basically a stand-up guy and is wealthy and smart."

Tokars also claims that in each of the cases he's testified in, the

inmates confronted him about his being a former prosecutor and

judge. They threaten him with spreading the information through-

out the prison inmate population unless he cooperates and helps

them with their legal cases. He begins to work for them, they

confess to him. He claims that each had orginally decided to

strangle their victims with rope but instead bashed them in

the head with a blunt object.

Tokars also claims he's not seeking any special deals or breaks

from the Feds for his testimony.

In each case, his testimony seems almost cookie cutter in its

sameness.

2008 - Fred Tokars is "reported to be in a Florida Prison

Infirmary, bound to a wheelchair and suffering from MS."

However, since Tokars is in the FWP Program, that's not likely to

be confirmed and no current photos can be found on prison locator

sites.

Amanda R. Smith & Casey Anthony have a lot in common

Amanda Reagan Smith & Casey Marie Anthony have a lot in common.

Amanda was 26, and Casey 22, when their children were murdered
during the summer months. Caylee Anthony in June, and Devon Epps
in August, almost a year apart.

Both are behind jail cell bars charged with the murder of their children.

They each have blamed someone who doesn't exist for the death of their
child.

Amanda and Casey each went out partying without much
thought for their children, alive or dead. Or for their grieving
families.

Neither gave a thought about anyone, except themselves.

Thinking only that they wanted a singles party life, they parked
their children on family or friends, and recorded their lives
upon facebook. Yet each was quick to erase entries and remove
photos during the police investigation.

Now they're separated from the rest of the world by iron bars
and will experience this Christmas as just another day in the life
of an inmate while their families gather at home.

Casey Anthony hung out with a set of regular friends who say that
the Casey they knew isn't the one they see in the party photos,
that she had withdrawn from them and "changed." The Casey they
knew loved her daughter and would never have killed her.

Amanda Smith's former friends said the same. The Amanda they
knew, the one studying to be a nurse couldn't, wouldn't have
done such a heinous act.

Yet after young Devon's death she withdrew from them and "changed,"
partying with a newer, younger set of friends who'd never known she
had a son, much less one who had died.

It's true. Neither of them were the people their friends had known. In
fact, they presented whichever "face" or persona they chose to portray
at any given moment to whomever they were with.

Casey Anthony lied and stole. Amanda racked up traffic tickets and then
borrowed her grandparents car and wrecked it.

Behind jail bars they're practicing how to be prison convicts because each
knows the likelihood of a conviction is high.

This year the Epps and Smith families are missing the boisterous Devon
who would have been celebrating his 9th Christmas. Instead they're
experiencing a second Christmas without him.

Little Caylee Anthony would have celebrated her second Christmas, and
the Anthony family, the grandparents who practically raised her are
beginning the first of many Christmas' without her bright smile and
bubbly presence.

Although each has been charged, the investigations are still ongoing.

They are similar in another way, their trials are due to begin next year,
2009, and many of us will be watching.

Confirmation - Remains are those of Caylee Marie Anthony

Today's press conference merely confirmed what many
have already believed. The child's remains found near
the Anthony home were those of little Caylee Anthony.

The bright eyed, smiling toddler who (in videos on
youtube) danced to Barney, swam in the pool with
the help of her grandma, and laughed and giggled
at her grandpa.

Gone.

Nevermore to brighten their lives.



Homicide. Murder. Those are such ugly words to
place in conjunction with anyone's name,
especially that of a child.

Yet those words, instead of sullying and staining
those who are slain, they instead reflect ignominy
upon those who do the killing.

No matter their motives, nor their delight or disdain
in and towards the press and public, the killer's name
is always and forever linked in tandem with murder,
homicide, or manslaughter.

Whether Casey Anthony is convicted or is set free,
in a future trial, her name will forever be stained
with the words neglect, thief and liar. By her own
admission she is at the least guilty of those.

Through evidence and circumstance it may be
proved that she deserves the title of murderer.

While her parents provided for both Casey and
Caylee, Casey rewarded them with her thefts
and her lies.

She toyed with her family's emotions as if it
were her right. She gave them clues that in
retrospect seem cruel, as if she wanted them
to have the horrific experience of finding
their beloved's remains.

At least with the recovery of Caylee's remains
she'll be provided with the dignity of a proper
burial. Perhaps in a place where they can visit
and mourn, instead of a patch of woods, where
she was discarded like unwanted trash.

Casey has stolen more than money from her family.

Casey Anthony has taken a beautiful child's love
from them. She has emeshed them in a tangled web
of self serving lies, and forever, stolen their
peace of mind.



Caylee Marie Anthony 2005-2008

CAYLEE ANTHONY VS CASEY ANTHONY'S DEFENSE

The vultures are gathering. That's right. Experts and high profile
attorneys. The kind that would put a crowd of bargain shoppers
to shame in their rush to jump onto the bandwagon of a case that
will provide them with more publicity.

True, Jose Baez is undermatched for this case, and he needed
someone more experienced as co-counsel and experts.

First there was Dr. Kobilinski. Up until now he's been the best
of a crop of tv forensic celebs. So far he's avoided risking his
reputation by out and out theatrics.

Then along came Henry Lee, the ketchup spitting star of the
bunch. Henry Lee was on tap for the Defense in the Laci
Peterson case, but didn't end up testifying.

Judge Fidler in the Spector trial, part I, ruled that Lee was
responsible for removing potential evidence from a crime
scene. Lee conveniently went on a trip to China to avoid
testifying further in that case, even though he was
expected to.

Now there's Linda Kenny Baden. Remember her? She was
one of Phil Spector's team of attorneys. The only female on
the team, she patted pore little Phil's arm and soothed him
during certain distasteful testimony.

Her husband, reknowned Dr. Michael Baden, forensic
pathologist, made an ass of himself by testifying in the case.
He wasn't alone, Cyril Wecht, and Dr. Spitz did the same.

Spitz exhibited disbelief that anyone should disagree or
disbelieve his expert testimony, whether it was credible
or not.

Added to this mix is Kathy Reichs, well known forensic
pathologist and author. Many respect her and enjoy
her books. I do also.

I'm hoping that Reichs and Kobiliniski don't travel
down the road their elder peers have taken.

Of course, it is to be expected that Reichs will have
the opportunity to put the experience in a book and
they'll both continue to opine on shows that pay them.
So will the others. I have no problem with that.

Sure, I'm being unfair, hardheaded, whatever....towards
Lee and Spitz, but it was abundantly clear that Spitz and
Lee fit their testimony to whomever is paying the fee.

The public expects these experts to be held to a higher
standard. We expect them to be impartial, testifying to
the truth of the matter, not twisting it until the truth
is no longer relevant.

Their testimony should be able to stand on its own,
we shouldn't be expected to believe them simply
because of their fame or notoriety.

Because the defense is packing the bleachers with all
of these big names, the one thing in this case that really
matters, will be shunted to the side, out of the way as
the defense twists and spins the evidence and testimony,
and redirects the blame, all for Casey Anthony. The
defense will do its best to see that Caylee is obscured.

Caylee Anthony, a precious little girl, who sang to her pa-pa,
and smiled big beautiful smiles, her life was worth more
than anything being done to spare Casey Anthony more
time behind bars.

Because after all, this is about Caylee. Caylee's life, and
her death, and who did it and why.

Remains of Child's Body found near Caylee Anthony's home

Today a utility worker (some say meter reader) was taking a break
for a whizz and walked into the woods to get some privacy. Little
did he know that this action would lead to a find that could break
a case wide open. The location was 1/4 of a mile from
Casey Anthony's home.... 20 houses away. The area can be
reached through the wooded area that actually extend to the
back of the Anthony home.

The supervisor of the worker was on the news, and he wouldn't
comment on why the worker had gone in the woods because
it is part of the investigation.

Reportedly, finding a plastic bag, the worker picked it up and a skull
fell out. Reporters are stating that a skeleton was found as well. He
immediately found 911.

Holly Bristow from Fox News has a source within the
neighborhood who "knows the worker" and relayed to her that it
was obvious that it was the skull of a girl, and that duct tape was
around the mouth area of the skull."

That's all supposition and rumor at this point.

If true, it's even more horrendous an ending to a child's life than
originally thought.

Sheriff Beary stated that the remains were found approximately
50-60 feet into the woods, well away from the road. But a
blue tent has been set up roughly 4-5 feet away from the road.
The Sheriff has also said that if anyone wants to sneak into the
site area and play games they'll be dealt with. The same goes
for anyone going to the Anthony home and being un-civil.

Neighbors and former friends of Casey Anthony have stated that
this area was the same area where Casey and other kids would
gather to have parties. The area during the summer and fall is
usually swampy with water from knee high to waist high, drying
out only during the winter months.

The area is dense with woods and brush and a dry river bed along
with barbed wire. Texas Equusearch had searched the area but it
was flooded. When they went back to search again, the wooded
area was being developed, had fencing and they were denied
access to search.

Crime scene investigators, the Medical Examiner and FBI are
there and intend to be there for quite some time processing
the scene.

Sheriff's Dept. has secured the Anthony home and it's being
reported that another search warrant will be served once the
Anthonys, Cindy and George return from California on a flight
this afternoon.

Jose Baez was successful in getting the trial date pushed back
from January 5, 2009 to March, with a hearing January 15th,
2009.

The body has been taken from the scene by the Medical Examiner
and FBI and the remains will be sent to Quantico lab in Virginia.
The crime scene van and other investigators remain at the scene.

Reporters and pundits, Experts and analysts are all speculating
and opining. But one thing is clear, if there indeed was duct tape
and a trash bag, it's evidence that can be processed and linked
back to the perpetrator, or at least whomever disposed of the
body. Duct tape is extremely resilient and often retains
fingerprints.

State Attorney is saying that the DP could be placed back into
play depending on evidence. There will be changes if there were
any deals in the case, those deals will be taken off the table.

Fox 35 is reporting that Casey Anthony learned of the situation
and is under psychological observations, since she is exhibiting
signs of anxiety with panic attacks.

UPDATE: Geraldo on Fox says that Jose Baez told him "his client
reacted badly, being extremely upset, sobbing and crying and had
to be sedated.

Casey Anthony's own words "She's close, she's very close."

DIANE DOWNS PAROLE - DENIED

Diane Downs 2008 Hearing

Video Clip Link to KPTV


Diane Downs faced the parole board Tuesday, sporting a hairstyle
remniscent of the one she bore at the time of her arrest.

As the parole board members questioned Downs, she tried to give rambling
responses and was at times cut short. Ultimately, the parole board denied
Downs parole, finding that she continues to have, and exhibits, a mental
deficiency condition or disorder which predisposes her to the commision
of any crime and rendering her a danger to the health or safety of others.
The condition that made her dangerous is not in remission and she does
continue to be a danger.

During the hearing Downs spun a (yet another) modified version of the
events that left Cheryl Downs dead and Dan and Christie Hugi near death.

Version I:

A co-worker, Heather Plourd, had told Diane that she was thinking
about buying a horse. Diane had found an ad in the newspaper about
horse rentals that she thought she'd show Heather. She didn't know
Heather's phone no., so she drove out to Heather's home. After
speaking with Heather, Downs decided to drive down Old Mohwak Road
to go sightseeing.

It was after she turned onto Old Mohawk, that she spotted a man
standing in the center of the road, signaling, as if for help.
Downs described the man as "white, late twenties, about 5'9", 150
to 170 lbs, dark hair, a shag-wavy cut and a stubble of a beard."
He wore "a Levi "jacket and an off-colored T-shirt."

She braked and got out of her car. The stranger pulled a pistol
from under his jacket and demanded her car. She refused, and in
retaliation he reached past her, in through the driver's window
and opened fire on her family.

When he then tried to reach for the car keys, she fought back,
outstepping him. But, as she slipped back into her car, he fired
one more time, at her now, striking her arm. Slamming the gas
pedal, her Nissan sped off and away. Her children were hurt, she
could see that, and thought only one thing- to get them to the
hospital as quickly as possible.


Version 2:
In a taped phone conversation with a boyfriend, Downs claimed
it was two men wearing ski masks did the shootings.

Version 3:
In a letter to her Defense Attorney Jim Jagger, the shooter was
a man with whom she had been flirting and smoking marijuana.

Version 4:

She claimed that her boyfriend "Rick" was
actually a drug dealer working with then-Lane County District
Attorney Pat Horton.

Version 5:
Downs wrote: In 1983, I was a letter carrier delivering mail to
the Lane County Courthouse. A man in a suit and tie asked me out.
He said he was FBI and he had credentials, or so I thought. Six
weeks later I received a phone call from someone who claimed to
have photographs of the man "Rick" (the FBI agent I was dating)
was investigating. The caller said if I wanted the photographs,
I had to pick them up right away. I agreed to get the photos for
"Rick." When I arrived at the meeting place, my children were
attack(ed). I struggled with the male shooter and drove my
children to the hospital. Christie and Danny survived.
Cheryl did not.

Version 6 - (A mixture of Version 1 & 5 and a Version 7
added, a conspiracy against her family via her uncle.)

Parole Hearing Version:
It says that you told investigators a stranger flagged
you down, when you got out of the car that person shot
your children. Was that an accurate picture as to what
happened?

That is accurate. He was a stranger and he did flag me down.

In the most recent letters that you've written to us about
what happened you mentioned that this was an appointment,
that someone had called you and asked you to come to this
place...

I received a phone call on the night of May 19. I was
asked to meet somebody at that place, I had not yet
arrived at that place when somebody flagged me down...
and that 's why, for.. until 1993, until I received a
photograph from .... ? I had never been certain that
the person that flagged me down was the person I was
supposed to meet or if it was some kookaloo that
stopped me before I could get to the appointed meeting
place. He said something aboutwanting my car.

I thought he was joking because I had a mindset that I
was there to meet someone to pick up photographs. My
thought at the time is, this isn't the person I was
supposed to meet. He wants my car, I don't have time
to play games,with some kookaloo and so I laughed at
him.

Were you inside or outside the car at that time?

I was outside the car.

So you stopped and got out of the car to talk to this
stranger?

Yes. Yes.

So you laughed at him and then what happened?

He pushed me aside, he got into the car and he started
firing the weapon.

So he didn't want your car he wanted to get in the car...

He apparently did not want my car (chuckles).. I mean..

What was your understanding of why anybody would have done
this?

I had no understanding of why someobody would want to do
this. That's why I have spent, for the past 25 years,
looking for answers as opposed to learning to cut hair
or repair air conditioning units..

And what answers have you found?

(Downs holds up a book and opens the cover that has a
photograph inside.) In here is a picture of my uncle who
was murdered a year before my daughter was murdered. A
year before we wereattacked. My uncle was reporting to
someone in the Foreign Service Department, Far Eastern
Asian Affairs. He was going after counterfeiters and
people smuggling jade and different artifacts in from
Singapore.

The man whe was working with was this man (opens page
with another photo) in the State Department. (Downs
opens another page with a photo.) This man, who is an
Israeli National citizen. This man ...Okay well..
Claims to be my husband...

We need to go back to your situation...

This my situation. This is my uncle...

In your scenario then, this person got into the car and
shot your children? For no reason. Then what happened?

For no reason other than the ultimate was that I ended up
in prison.

So the person's in the car, and you're standing outside...
what are you doing?

I was shocked. I did not see.. . he did not have a gun that
I could see. He asked some utterly ridiculous question um,
wanted my car, I laughed at him. He shot. He got into the
car, shot the weapon. When I turned to see what he was
doing I saw Christie get shot. I was stunned. According to
the Prosecutor's office the shooting took a matter of 3
seconds. He then exited the car and I fought him. I
struggled with him. I was shot in the process. I was
later told by people connected to ....? (Sounded like
Jane Panes) ? that the shooting was an accident.

I was not supposed to be shot, I was supposed to walk away
and it was supposed to appear as if I had become some kind
of a lunatic.

So these people..

I was shot by accident.

So some people did tell you what was supposed to happen,
that you were not supposed to be shot. Why were your
children supposed to be shot?

According to them. it was to shut me up. As far as I'm
concerned if they wanted to shut me up they should have
killed me. I cannot tell you why they say the things they
say. I cannot tell you why somebody wrote a book with all
of these men in 1995, why it was mailed to an inmate in 2000,
and two years later this man was murdered.

(Down points to the photo she claimed was her uncle.)According
to the Register, "the book Downs was holding up was "Angels
Watching Over Me" and according to book sales Web sites, the book,
which Downs referred to by its International Standard Book
Number, is an inspirational book about angels and not
about the murders she claimed it referenced."

MURDERER - DEBORA (FARRAR) GREEN

DEBORA J. (JONES) (GREEN) (FARRAR) GREEN

UPDATE: Current photo added.

September 2010 prison photo October 2008 prison photo

Debora (Farrar) Green in court
She has resumed her prior married name of Green after divorce.

Debora Green is currently incarcerated Topeka, Kansas, CF-Central

Maximum Security Prison, having been convicted of: Intentional,

Premeditated murder of greater than 1 person; Aggravated Arson;

Substantial Risk of Bodily Harm; Attempted Murder in 1st Degree;
Attempted/Intentional/Premeditated Murder.

Debora Green began her sentence on Jun 06, 1996 after copping an

Alford plea deal for:

Count I, the capital murder of Kelly Fararr, aged 6;

Count II the capital murder of Timothy Farrar, aged 13;

Count III aggravated arson; County IV, the

attempted first degree murder of her then husband,

Cardiologist Dr. Mike Farrar;

Count V, the attempted capital murder Kate Farrar, aged 10.

Green was sentenced to two concurrent 40 year prison terms

without possibility of parole & other concurrent sentences.
In response the prosecution dropped the death penalty.

Parole Eligibility: November 21, 2035

Dr. Debora Green was a former physician, who also had a degree in

chemical engineering. Her propensity for drink outweighed her

desire to continue pursuing her career. A person who was used to

getting her way at anything she desired, Debora didn't react well

when thwarted. When she didn't get her way she was belligerent,

violent and abusive.

Debora once told a nanny "I didn't want kids; I never had. I am

doing it for Mike." The outward appearance of the "perfect family"

was important to her, but the reality was far from it. Debora deliberately

pit her children against her husband and filled their minds with vile

stories about him. When their mother drank, the children were afraid,

of her and of her threats.

Debora was known to have abused Tim, the eldest child, both physically

and mentally while he was alive.

In death, she not only accused him of poisoning his father, but

of setting the fatal fire that killed him and his younger sister Kelly, that

almost killed his sister Kate. The same son, that when surrounded by

flames he asked her for help, for what to do, and she told him to wait

instead of saving himself.

Trusting her, he did.

Green had repeatedly poisoned Mike Farrar, her husband, who

had to undergo multiple heart and brain surgeries, 11 in total, related

to the poisoning damage. She'd gotten the idea for the castor beans

from an Agatha Christie novel. Whether it was for the insurance or

out of revenge, she failed to kill him.

Evidence showed that Green had checked out several books on

intrafamilial homicide, as well as "Necessary Lies," a book with a plot

regarding an intentionally set fire which burned several children to

death.

"After counseling with my attorneys I plead no contest to

all charges. I understand the court will find me guilty of all

counts. I am aware that the State can produce substantial

evidence that I set the fire that caused the death of my

children. My attorneys are ready and able to present

evidence that I was not myself when Tim and Kelly died.

However true that may be, defending myself on these

charges would only compound the suffering of my family

and my daughter, Kate. I love my family very much. I never

meant to harm my children but I accept the fact that I will be

punished harshly. I believe that it is best to end this now so

that we can begin to heal from our horrible loss."

Debora Green did not say she was innocent of the charges and

she did not deny that she had set the fire, nor did she claim

it was an arson fire.

Evidence proferred during the plea proceedings negated her claims

that she did not intend to cause the death of her children. Evidence

related to her actions and demeanor while the fire was burning and

her children missing were part of the evidence proferred.

To wit: She did place ricin, a poison, in the food of Michael Farrar;

Testimony from fire investigators regarding accelerants that pointed

the guilt directly at Debora for deliberately setting the fire while the

children were sleeping.

The Judge in the case ensured that Green fully understood the

proceedings and her plea, and asked if she was taking anything

that would affect her ability to understand the proceedings.

"I am taking prozac, Desyrel, and Klonopin."
Do they affect your ability to understand what is going

on here in court? No sir.

1994 - May 21 - Arson fire at Farrar residence.

1995 - August 7 - receipt from Olathe Earl May Garden Center -

Debora Green purchased castor beans.

Dr. Mike Farrar first becomes ill. As time goes on his condition

worsens.

1995 -September 20 - Debora Green purchase of castor beans

North Kansas City Earl May store. She claimed they were for a

science project for her son. Evidence show no such project existed.

1995 - October - Dr. Mike Fararr moves out of the family residence.

October 24 - Fire at the Farrar residence which Kate Farrar escapes,

Timothy and Kelly and their dog Boomer, do not.

1995 -November -Naval Research Laboratory in Washington,

D.C. determine that ricin is determined to be the cause of Fararr's

illness.

1996 -February 12 - Green submitted to testing and interviews by

psychiatrists and psychologists and did not meet the legal definition

of insanity. She had known the difference between right and wrong

both at the time of the event and in the months after.

1996 - April - Green enters Alford Plea.

1996- July 13 - Green announced her remorse at the loss of her

children and for accepting the plea agreement in a letter.

"I'm sorry my children are dead. I'm sorry I'm here and not

with Kate. But what I'm sorry 'for' (my fault) is that I took a

plea bargain for something I didn't do and didn't fight for my

rights and my innocence through the legal system. I'm sorry I

put my parents through all this - they knew I was making a big

mistake with the plea, but I was so scared I didn't know what

else to do."

1996 - August 27 - In another letter Green blames her attorneys,

saying she had felt "pressured."

"My attorneys were remarkably little help in my decisions.

They seemed to want to avoid a trial but provided little or

no guidance to me. Sean O'Brien, who joined my team of

attorneys relatively late, is a specialist in death penalty

cases. His orientation is simply to avoid the death penalty

at all costs.

"I wasn't in any shape during my stay in the county jail to

make any decisions, I was living in fear, fueled somewhat

by my attorneys' pessimistic attitudes.

I was also confused, which I think was due to the Prozac I

was on since my thinking didn't clear up until I got here

(Topeka Correctional Facility) and got taken off the

Prozac."

1997 - February 5 - In a letter Green is aware she is gambling

with her life since Morrison, the prosecutor stated that if she gets

a new trial, he'll seek the death penalty.

"My honest opinion is that I'm here because the legal

system is largely geared against women right now. If I

had committed a crime, I would own up to it -- I am an

honest person. I did not.

My situation in the county jail -- overmedication, fear,

and isolation -- prompted me to want things to be over

with, and I would have done nearly anything to have

that happen. I didn't receive very good advice.

I allowed myself to be frightened and bullied into pleading

to something I didn't do.

Maybe God wanted me to be here to teach or tell me something.
I cannot believe this is His plan for the rest of my life...."

2000 - October 22- Topeka Correctional Facility - Central R3gis. Use

of Pers. Property. 2 Infractions/Disciplinary reports.

2000 - Green hires Wichita Attorney, Kurt Kerns.

2000 - June 1 - Hearing before District Judge Peter Ruddick. Debora

Green files to rescind her plea agreement. Attorney Kern's game plan is

to show that Green was incompetent at the time of trial to make the

decision to plea due to the combination of medications she was administered

at the time.

The Prosecutor in her case, Morrison, spoke for the State.

Request for a new trial DENIED.

2003 - Feburary 21 - Topeka Correctional Facility - Central Viol.

Statutes (Felony Crime) 1 Infraction/Disciplinary report.

Green was reportedly caught with escape plans in her cell.

2004 - March 22 -Green filed a motion to withdraw her plea as to

all counts except the attempted first-degree murder of Mike Farrar.

Request based on new modern techniques in fire investigation and

manifest injustice.

2004 - August 2 - Supplemental motion filed to set aside her plea,

stating that the factual basis for her plea should be reviewed under a

heightened reliability standard because she had faced the possibility

of the death penalty.

2004 - September 16 - District Court- Green filed a motion for a

certificate of appealability. Green filed to withdraw the no contest

pleas on the grounds that they were based on faulty fire evidence,

and several other grounds.

District court DENIED Green's application for certifcate of appealability.

2004 - October 12 - preliminary evidentiary hearing to discuss discovery;

the district court limited the plea withdrawal proceeding to "evidence that

this could not have been an arson fire."

2005 - January 3 - Second supplemental motion, Green argued that the

court should declare the plea bargain void or permit her to withdraw her

plea because the death penalty had been declared unconstitutional in Kansas.

2005 -January 10 - Hearing. Green argued that the central question

before the court was whether reasonable doubt now infected the factual

basis for her plea. In her view, the defense need not disprove arson, but

need only prove the State could not have proved it beyond a reasonable

doubt.

2007- March 23 - Supreme State Court of Kansas court docket
Green appeals the district court's decision denying her motion to

withdraw her no contest pleas.

Court ruling: Green did not meet her burden to prove the basis

for her plea is so undercut by new evidence that the state could

not have proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt. The District

Judge did not abuse his discretion in so ruling. We conclude that

the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's

motion to withdraw her plea. Affirmed.

2008- May 15 - Green files petition challenging her convictions and

sentences. District Court denied her arguments for relief.

2008 - June 30 -District Court Petitioner application for certificate of appealability
DENIED.

Now an adult, Kate Farrar cares for both her parents and supports

her mother's efforts to win a new trial or have her sentence overturned.

Author Ann Rule covered this case in "Bitter Harvest."

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