The Curious Case Of Col. Shue

An Air Force Widow Is Determined To Prove Her Husband's Death Was No Accident

(CBS)  This story originally aired on April 18, 2009. It was updated on Oct. 24.

In the spring of 2005, Air Force Colonel Philip Michael Shue was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

Shue was 54 when a violent car crash took his life two years earlier. His vehicle struck some trees alongside a Texas interstate highway, not far from San Antonio.

But even as his widow, Tracy, accepted the traditional tri-folded American flag in his honor and even as she left a single white rose on his casket in his memory, she and those closest to him spoke of one final mission for truth.

"Phil, know this. That while you rest, the mission for truth will continue and it will be accomplished," his cousin, Ron Shue said at the service.

It all began 15 years before, in 1988, when Tracy, then an Air Force nurse, was assigned to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

"I liked him. I like him as a person. He was a great doctor… everybody loved him," Tracy tells "48 Hours Mystery" correspondent Troy Roberts.

Tracy and Phil, a psychiatrist, soon began dating. Phil was separated and was going through a difficult divorce.

"He didn't talk a lot about his first wife other than to say there was not any love in the marriage," says Tracy.

In 1993, with the divorce finalized, Phil and Tracy decided to marry. Tracy says they had a great life together.

"I don't think in my whole life I have ever met somebody who had such passion for life and just enjoyed the simple things," she tells Roberts. "He just -- he would walk into a room and he would just light it up. And people loved him. He brought nothing but joy into my life. I was very happy."

Five years later, in 1998, Phil was reassigned to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He and Tracy bought a house in nearby Boerne.

Nina Willard is Tracy’s nearest neighbor, and her closest friend.

"Well, Phil had that Midwestern, very low-key, soft-spoken - mild-mannered, very laid back. And Tracy was a born and bred New Yorker, a little bit more demonstrative, I guess, you could say," she says with a laugh.

The friendship developed over the next five years of Phil and Tracy’s marriage. Willard had mixed feelings in 2003, when Phil decided to retire from the Air Force. "Well, we were sad to see 'em go," she says.

Phil and Tracy had already found their dream house in Alabama -- a big place, with a pond in back.

"It was a new adventure. A new chapter in his life," Tracy says. "I mean, life was just very, very exciting at that moment."

Just one day after putting down a deposit on their new home, early on the morning of April 16, 2003, the colonel dressed in his fatigues and brought Tracy her customary first cup of coffee.

"We had coffee in bed - typical morning. [A] normal day, other than he was getting to work a little early to do some paperwork," she recalls. "We sat there and talked. We talked about the house. And he kissed me goodbye and left and said, 'I love you.' And those were the last words he said."

Two hours later, Col. Shue was dead.

"That car caved in on the driver's side and he suffered major head trauma as a result and was apparently killed instantly," explains Lieutenant Roger Anderson, who saw pretty quickly that this was more than a car crash.

"They could see that the T-shirt underneath had been ripped open from the chest to the naval. There was a 6-inch vertical gash in the man's chest and that both nipples had been removed," he says.

Anderson says there was another very unusual set of findings.

"They could see on his right wrist what appeared to be duct tape… both wrists actually were wrapped with duct tape in the similar way, both dangling ends. There was also duct tape at the top of his boots," he explains.

It would take a year of investigation, but in time, all of the agencies involved - the local and state police, even the Air Force - would come to agree that the death of Col. Philip Shue, a psychiatrist, was actually the end result of his own bizarre psychological breakdown: a deeply disturbed Shue had committed suicide.

"The case is bizarre," says Dr. Vincent Di Maio, who was the chief medical examiner of Bexar County, Texas. His office performed the autopsy.

Physical Autopsy
Read the findings of the Bexar County, Texas Medical Examiner's Office

Of any knowledge of Phil Shue's emotional state in the weeks leading up to his death, Di Maio says, "The information that was provided to the office was that he had been having some problems. He had seen some of his colleagues for depression or panic attacks."

Di Maio believes the injuries found on Shue's chest are self inflicted.

"You believe that Dr. Shue mutilated himself and went to these bizarre lengths to commit suicide?" Roberts asks.

"Well, based upon the information that was provided, that's the only conclusion," Di Maio replies.

The district attorney convened an investigative grand jury - 12 citizens sworn to secrecy - and asked them to consider the case.

"The grand jury found no evidence of any crime, and believed that the ruling of suicide should stand," says Anderson.

Tracy Shue is determined to prove her husband did not commit suicide, but, in fact, was murdered.

"I couldn’t allow such an injustice to have happened not only to a wonderful person, but a person that I loved," she says.

Of the duct tape on her husband's wrists and ankles, the excised nipples and the gash in his chest, Tracy says she believes that Phil had been abducted and tortured. "What other explanation could there be?"

But if Shue had been kidnapped and then bound and tortured, and then somehow managed to escape, Di Maio wonders, why didn't he seek help?

"I mean, if you had been tortured like that, and you had broken free, where would you go? You would go to either the police or a hospital. But he was driving away from San Antonio and the hospitals. He passed three of the exits to his own town, Boerne. He had a working cell phone. I mean, this action is not consistent with someone fleeing an assailant."

"There's just no way," says the Shue's neighbor, Nina Willard. "He wouldn't have done that. He wouldn't have done it to Tracy."

[hercule1122]

Thank you Col-Af for your inane comments.You have some sort of agenda and I don't care to debate you- you would never win ! Shue was deeply disturbed, and his wife has not clean hands since she dated him while he was married, so continue to fantasize. The result was clear to most people.

[Justice4rall]

Everyone I know that has watched this show and has followed the story in the news can't believe any normal, intelligent authority could call this a suicide -- it is an obvious murder!!! By documenting as suicide, the Kendall County thought they could cover-up their incompetent "investigation". Unfortunately, Colonel Shue's wife was more intelligent than the Kendall County authorities and exposed their incompetence. My heart and prayers go out to Tracy Shue and her family. I know justice will be done and the case solved, but not through any efforts by Kendall County.

[COL-AF]

Interesting comment. However, if a thorough investigation had actually been done in the case, it would have been easy to find out. The fact is there was never an investigation into his death, as pointed out by the 48 hrs detective.

[COL-AF]

In reading over Mr. Young's (Nancy Shue's nephew) comments. I question the fantasy Nancy Shue had about her "happy marriage" with her womanizing husband. Sounds like a contradiction to me. How could she have had a "wonderful marriage" with a man who, she maintains, cheated on her all the time? Sounds like something is seriously wrong with her perception of a good marriage. Maybe, as long as he came back to her after his affairs, she was OK with the arrangement. I guess when he met Tracy, he didn't come back that time. Kind of reminds me of the Betty Broderick story. Additionaly, after looking at her taking the 5th over and over and over, who would blame him. She doesn't look like the nice person you describe to me. She doesn't even look like she could have been his wife; more like his mother!

[COL-AF]

Hercule ... I am uncertain about your credentials in psychiaty; although you may have undergone treatment for some emotional condition. To the average person, there is no reason for anyone to plead the 5th if you are innocent. Spin it any way you want, but it is just common sense. The same common sense that should tell you it would be impossible for an individual to inflict that type of injury on themself. The Medical Examiner made one story up after another trying to make the pieces fit his conclusion. In the end his theory fell apart because it could not be supported by the evidence. That should be what our justice system is about, shouldn't it? Check out the latest series of articles in the Fort Worth Star Telegram on the Texas Medical Examiner's System. The story of Colonel Philip Shue is just one more injustice in the State of Texas.

[hercule1122]

The presentation of this case was poorly done--but it was clear that the previous wife was being accused by the repeated responses by the exercise of the 5th . This man was delusional- he was being treated for depression and who knows what else. I don't think he was the great person portrayed as lighting up a room when he entered- this is a trite comment which means nothing to me. How many times have I heard that comment! And his current wife's self-serving statements bear no relevance. As a doctor , I know a few things about psychiatry and its practitioners and especially those who are in treatment themselves.

[zandt05]

Nancy...
You are seen.Know that there is an immense amount of compassion out here for one who stands tall within great strife...an immense amount of compassion for you.Your example is empowering.Thank you

[MrYoung71]

I see alot of people making assumptions over a situation they know nonething about. Phil Shue was my uncle and Nancy is my aunt. What alot of people don't realize is that Col. Philip Shue was a womanizing ***** monger... He was always cheating on Nancy from the time they started dating as teenagers, and though "Tracey" will never admit to it... she was at one time the 'other woman' while Phil and Nancy were happily married. I remember when all that went down, long before he drove his car off the highway. Nancy had nonething to do with Phils demise... he set that chain of events into affect long ago. Yes, someone may have been out to get him, but I would imagine that 'someone' was a jilted husband of one of his MANY affairs he had been pursuing at the time. Nancy is the most kind, thoughtful, giving human being you could ever meet... her husband Don (although a strait forward, tell it like it is kind of guy) is also one of the nicest, giving, unshelfish people Nancy could ever hope for. Our family has invited Don into it with open arms, he's charming, funny, and just an all around great guy... we love him. Tracey needs to move on and enjoy the money she has so shelfishly worked to get at Phils' demise.

[AxBxC]

If Colonel Shue was a womanizer wouldn't he continue womanizing while married to Tracey?

I wonder if he was having an affair on her.

[riley6106]

"her husband Don (although a strait forward, tell it like it is kind of guy) is also one of the nicest, giving, unshelfish people Nancy could ever hope for"

why doesn't he like shell fish?

[bajajohn1]

Did anyone do a crime scene investigation at the Shue's home? Seems like Tracy remained in bed with her coffee, while he dressed and went to work. Isn't it possible someone could have jumped the Colonel as he got into his car? Seems like a lot of loose ends in this story. We are talking two hours where he allegedly left his home with hopes of the future and a new retirement home, to having his breasts cut off and being gagged and bound with duct tape. Very strange case indeed!

[COL-AF]

No one in the film industry wanted to touch the story, "In the Valley of Elah". The film was nominated for Academy Awards, but most people have never heard of it. The promotional budget for the film was 2M when other films released, in 2003, averaged 60M. The story was based on real life event, but was watered down, to the point where much of it became fiction.

The book relating to the murder, "Murder in Baker Company" will be a more throrough depiction of the story.

The military is very concerned about homicides in the ranks. Remember Pat Tillman!

[COL-AF]

For anyone intested in the subject of Murder in the Military, the book, "Murder in Baker Company", by Cilla McCain will be out this fall.

The case occurred in 2003, where a young soldier was murdered outside of Ft Benning, Georgia. A movie was made regarding the case, "In the Valley of Elah" and starred Tommy Lee Jones; director Clint Eastwood.

I am certain many people have never heard of the movie. That's because almost no one in the film industry wanted to te

[COL-AF]

It is you who has failed to acknowledge facts of the case or question those in authority.

There are too many cases where victims of violent crimes have become the accused. It's easy; particularly when they are dead.

The facts of this case, prior to determining cause and manner of death, should have been presented at inquest. The family was refused a formal public inquest hearing by the JP and County Attorneys; where they could have been challenged. Instead, everything was conducted behind closed doors.

A Grand Jury is not an inquest hearing. Evidence that DA's have repeatedly abused this forum, throughout the country, is well documented. Innocent people have been sent to prison and criminals walk free because of the abuse of power by District Attorney's. Bruce Curry is no exception. In Kendall County he has been nicknamed "Let em Loose, Bruce" and "No get em Curry". Is that really the type of DA you would want if something happened to you or a member of your family?

The evidence you have presented on this blog is incorrect and misleading. What you pulled from the documents was discreted in the court hearings and at trial; therefore it does not deserve a response. Had you done your homework, prior to forming your conclusion, based on incorrect information, you might have reconsidered your position.

As stated earier, there as many cases of military unattended deaths; where innocent victims have been accused of suicide or self inflicted accidental deaths.

Please take time to review the Congressional Testimony of Frank Pallone, the case of US Army Colonel James Sabow, US Army Capt Gordon Hess, and the more recent case of US Army PFC LaVena Johnson. After examining these cases and thousands like them, you might open your eyes and realize that not everything you read in documents is true.

Regarding your defense of the District Attorney and the Grand Jury, please read the North Carolina case of the LaCrosse Players, and the injustice that was committed to those young men and their families by an unscrupulous DA who misused Grand Jury Hearings.

Read DiMaio's background, the cases he has testified on, and the injustices he has committed.

If you still have any doubt about the Armed Services Institute of Pathology and their misbehavior in cases, please review the additional case of Cythia Sommers and their role in her wrongful conviction her for a crime she did not commit; with the help of military investigators.

Once through with all these cases, I'll send you a few hundred more. Then you can tell me how perfect our system of justice is.

[Guesshu]

Colaf

I don?t work overtime for anyone, I am retired. Don?t work for the county, never have. Your responses are classic for this case. If you can?t challenge the facts, resort to character assassination. But do agree with you, this case is a disgrace.

[COL-AF]

Guesshu?

You are obviously working overtime here doing damage control and continuing to dispense the same old garbage.

Kendall County must be pretty shaken up to devote so much energy into defending themselves on a blog and attacking Colonel Shue's widow.

Why did Kendall County refuse to interview with 48 Hours and discuss openly the evidence to support their conclusions? If they could?

Why did the former JP Nancy White originally refuse to comply with a court order and sit for a deposition.? If all she had to do was answer questions about her role in investigating Colonel Shue's death, why would she decline the opportunity? The Texas Supreme Court finally ordered her deposition, after enormous expense to the taxpayers of Kendall County. I watched the deposition. She was terrible. Deer in the headlight ,terrible. What a mess she made of things.

Like Nancy Shue. If you have nothing to hide then, why not, just answer the questions!

Kendall County has never been up front and open regarding this case. So much for open government and justice. This case is a disgrace!

[Guesshu]

Col-AF said 1.Texas Rangers and DPS rubber stapped the investigation report and never did any independent investigation.

Answer - (Actually if you take the time to read the Ranger and DPS reports they were issued before the other investigation reports. Kind of hard to rubber stamp a report that had not been issued yet)

Col-AF said 2. USAA, was the Defendant in the case and, of course, salvaging their own preservation, they would agree with the suicide. They also never investigated the death.

Answer - (USAA also had the power of the deposition and subpoena like Tracy Shue and gathered damaging information about Tracy that I think we would all like to see)

Col-AF said 3. The Kendall County Sheriff's Department did not agree with the homicide and made numerous media statement that "foul play was involved".

Answer - (You are correct the Kendall County Sheriff?s Department DID NOT AGREE WITH THE HOMICIDE and still do not agree it was a homicide after the new administration reviewed the case. Earlier media statements from the SO were done by the lumber salesman)

Col-AF said 4. DeMaio lost credebily in his deposition and lied to a Grand Jury about the presence of a drug (EMLA Cream) that never existed. This lie set a series of event s into action driving most parties to the conclusion of suicide. When caught, he changed his story over and over again. He committed perjury and has never been brought up on charges by the District Attorney.

Answer - (DiMaio did not lie or loose any credibility. Col. Shue did in fact illegally self prescribe EMLA cream just prior to his death. This may or may not have been the source of the 2.4mg. of the anesthetic lidocaine on Col. Shue?s blood. So what if EMLA was not the source, then Col. Shue self injected pure lidocaine to deaden his chest before cutting. How do you know what Dr. DiMaio testified to the Grand Jury. Were you there? The Grand Jury testimony in its very nature is intended to be secret. Oh and Tracy has stated that Col. Shue used EMLA cream the night before the crash so who is the one lieing?)

Col-AF said 5. JP Nancy White lost credibility in her deposition and violated the law of the Privacy Act by releasing and distributing the Psychological Autopsy and Confidential Medical Records o the public. She has never been brought up on charges by the District Attorney. She fought answering questions, relating to her death investigation, all the way to the Supreme Court and lost.

Answer - (JP White did not loose credibility and did not violate any laws. She was cleared of any wrong doing by the Texas Judicial Commission after a longer than normal investigation. She was never under the confidentiality order between USAA and Tracy. She by law had to release her file because she had an open records request from the media. Judge White did answer all questions at deposition except about the well established mental processes rule. The Texas Supreme Court did not decide against Judge White, they simply decided not to review the case, happens all the time. Judge White did go back and answer questions about her mental processes. Tracy repeatedly attempted to punish Judge White for her suicide decision that hurt Tracy?s attempt to get more money from USAA )

Col-AF said 6. The Air Force OSI lied throughout the report. as demonstrated in the court transcrips.

Answer - (Show us one lie from the OSI. Just because you don?t agree, does not make it a lie)

Col-AF said 7.The FBI was never involved in the death investigation Their lab just ran a couple of tests on the limited body fluids provided.

Answer ? (The FBI was involved based on Tracy Shue?s telling investigators her Psychic, Mr. Pendragon said that Col. Shue was drugged during the abduction. In order to leave no stone unturned the FBI was asked to review the case and said it was clearly a suicide. The FBI did extensive testing of the blood and found no evidence of drugs in Col. Shue?s body)

Col-AF said 8.The District Attorney never issud subpoenas to Nancy Shue, Donal Timpson, or Jeffrey Shue, to testify at the Grand Jury (definite people of interest). No one who knew Colonel Shue, except his current wife, was asked to testify. The District Attorney went one step further by inviting his buddies to sit in on the hearings and pushed their side. The District Attorney refused, with a court order, to release the Grand Jury tapes, and pled to the Supreme Court for cover.

Answer - (The DA did not waste the Grand Jury?s time by issuing a subpoena to several people that had nothing to do with this case. If the Grand Jury wanted to speak to those people then they could have issued their own subpoenas without the DA, but chose not to. Wow, saying the DA had his buddies on the Grand Jury is a childish way to dismiss the results. I applaud the DA for refusing to release the SECRET Grand Jury tapes. Tracy does not always get to have her way)

[Guesshu]

Tracy Shue has kept this story alive to make more money and be in the spotlight. She loves playing the role of a victim. Your bias as a family member or close friend is blinded by Tracy?s version of the facts. Step back, remove the emotions and the truth is obvious.
You and Tracy keep saying that the evidence was contaminated or lost at the crash site. Your beloved Lt. Anderson (the now lumber salesman) had complete control of the scene and made the decisions about what evidence to gather. He made the decision to release the car and then scrambled to get the car back into his control the next day when the autopsy reveled mutilations on Col. Shue?s chest. A dozen investigators poured over the car both days and evidence was gathered but everything points to Col. Shue acted alone. Yes if there was evidence a crime had been committed then Lt. Anderson would have some explaining to do about how he lost the chain of custody but that is a moot point now. Lt. Anderson was the only one that fueled the homicide theory and he lacks all credibility.
Oh and the Col. was not duct taped to the steering wheel, look at the crash photos if you get a chance.
You and Tracy keep saying that Col. Shue had defensive wounds. That is odd because Dr. Jan Garavaglia mentions in her autopsy report that he did not have any defensive wounds. You say the Col. was missing a finger and earlobe before the crash but there is no evidence that is true. He just hit a tree at 50 to 60 MPH yes there are going to be wounds on the body but Dr.G was convinced they all happened in the crash. Ask her directly what she observed.
The lack of forensic evidence that someone else was involved in the abduction of Col. Shue is more suggestive, in the field, that no one else was involved.
The investigator that 48 Hours brought to Texas was spoon fed limited information and his opinion is entertaining to the audience but meaningless.
This was a well investigated case and the suicide conclusion was not given lightly. No one that worked on this case felt good about publicly discussing the disturbing details and no one had a bad word to say about Col. Shue and his service to his country. Mental disease is very serious and tragic event, especially when the outcome cost a life. Again may the Colonel please rest in peace?

[COL-AF]

Whoever did this, it was murder!

It doesn't sound like Tracy Shue has had much problem talking to anyone about this case and it doesn't sound like she will have any problem opening her mouth in the future. In reality, the only reason it has remained alive is because of her. After the suicide ruling she could have just walked away with the money, but didn't. She stayed in the home in Boerne and fought for this case to stay alive. Nancy Shue refused to talk and so did the son. She took the 5th. Both had mega debt. They were never investigated by anyone. Hello!

The Shue's didn't move to the house in Alabama, but had put the downpayment on it the night before his death. They were living in Boerne and he was still in the military. He left for work at Lackland Air Base that morning.

You bring up a good point about the duct tape and the steering wheel. I read in one of the first articles that the witness told reporters he Col Shue was duct taped to the steering wheel. It was never mentioned again anywhere. The crime scene was trashed by the officials on the scene, evidence on the scene was not collected (never mind properly collected), chain of custody was lost, and politics started.

Also, I read DeMios autopsy report. There is alot of unusual things that were never addressed. Col Shue had many defensive wounds on his arms and legs. The missing finger is very consistent with a defensive wound. If he was right handed, and I suspect he was, you hold you left hand up to defend yourself. I am a retired cop and I have seen defensive wounds before.

The next thing I noticed on the autopsy was the puncture wound to the righ calf. There was no correlating tear described on the right pant leg.

The L shaped tear on the back of the L back pant pocket possibly suggests it got caught on something and teared as he was being pulled.

The lack of forensic evidence is considered, in the field, as more suggestive of homicide rather than suicide.

I agree with the investigator 48Hours called in. They never really investigated this case, but wrote it off the easiest way possible.

I hope someone steps in here and opens this up. What an injustice!

[sam120000]

I failed to add in my previous comment that, "Isn't there something wrong with an ex maintaining life insurance on their ex. Gives you open season on killing your ex and profitting. If you are patient enough, wait a few years, and plan the perfect murder. Net 1 million. Nancy Shue needs a polygraph.

[webspinner1]

No, there isn't anything wrong with an ex maintaining life insurance on their ex. It's perfectly normal. Ex-husbands are normally required in a divorce decree to carry life insurance with the ex-wife being the beneficiary. This is to cover any spousal support or child support that the ex will no longer receive upon the other's demise. Look at the amount of money Nancy was to receive and how much money Tracy was to receive. Tracy stood to gain much more than Nancy. And isn't it true that most life insurance policies do not pay when it is ruled a suicide? Gives Tracy more reason to have it ruled a homicide, huh? That way she collects on everything.

[frelnc]

for sbfly - A voice of reason.

Usually when a suspicious death occurs it's the spouse who is immediately put under intense scrutiny. In this instance it appears that law enforcement accepted Tracy Shue's version of events down to the last detail - including the odd letters and her conspiracy theory - without question. Accepted - then dismissed them. Why is that? Perhaps, as you theorize, she fooled them all.

Stacy stood to gain much more than Nancy if her husband died. She was a nurse who knew about different types of drugs and surgical instruments. Nancy was not. Two days after the Shues moved into their dream house the guy is abducted and tortured? Who would have known the Shues at their new locale? I'm not suggesting they knew no one there - but who did they know? Who could he have offended. Nancy and her husband had a rock solid alibi.

And suicide? Unless Dr. Shue was going completely bonkers - and there doesn't seem to be any real evidence that he was - why in the name of common sense would he shoot himself full of lidocaine, mutilate himself, bind himself, that release himself, then drive into a tree? (Or whatever sequence of events supports the "WACKO" theory.)

Here's the real rub - as a doctor he knew dozens of ways to kill himself. He could have shot himself full of sedatives and that would have been that. As a soldier he could have used his weapon. Why stage this elaborate scene ending in a road accident? It just doesn't make sense.

Then there's the abduction theory - what would you do if you had been abducted, shot full of drugs to numb you, then been lucky enough to escape? Fueled by terror and confusion would you have immediately headed for the nearest hospital? Shue's wounds were no doubt extremely painful, but they weren't life-threatening. He was groggy and disoriented. He would have no doubt tried to put as much space between himself and his tormentors as possible. I doubt he was thinking about hospitals - he was probably thinking about "gotta get out of here - gotta get out of here." And here's another thought. If it was Tracy who set this up - perhaps even participated - wouldn't he be completely devastated with grief and a sense of betrayal? Shattered? He loved her. I would imagine the only thing driving him at that time was an overwhelming sense of betrayal and the basic urge for survival. He wasn't thinking about turnoffs or routes - there was "evidence" in the 48 hours episode that said part of the rationale for the suicide theory was that he did not turn off at exits that would have taken him to the hospital. I don't think that holds up. He was fleeing for his life - perhaps knowing his wife was the author of his torment. He probably did not know where the tormentors were. Terrified, crushed, in pain, drugged he got in his vehicle and tried to drive as far away from the scene as possible.

And then there's the observer. The woman who saw the car with another vehicle about 15 minutes before the crash. Could he have been taped to the steering wheel? Was it even tested for tape residue? That would go a long way to explain the erratic driving - in addition to the drugs.

And here's another thought. There's no way his tormentors could have known precisely that he'd get into a fatality accident. No way. So it's also possible he truly did escape. Abductors could have taped him to a chair (or the car seat) then left so they could establish an alibi. They assumed he couldn't get free - but he did. When he drove off the road and into that tree (observed by the guys in the pickup) perhaps it was all a tragic consequence of the torture - but I think if he hadn't gotten free he'd have been just as dead later in the day. Obviously whoever tortured him couldn't have let him live. They'd have had to kill him.

You're right. Tracy Shue deserves a new investigation - but of herself...

[COL-AF]

Gesshue

You keep trying to sell the same argument. It has already been established the:

1. Texas Rangers and DPS rubber stapped the investigation report and never did any independent investigation.

2. USAA, was the Defendant in the case and, of course, salvaging their own preservation, they would agree with the suicide. They also never investigated the death.

3. The Kendall County Sheriff's Department did not agree with the homicide and made made numerous media statement that "foul play was involved".

4. DeMaio lost credebily in his deposition and lied to a Grand Jury about the presence of a drug (EMLA Cream) that never existed. This lie set a series of event s into action driving most parties to the conclusion of suicide. When caught, he changed his story over and over again. He committed perjury and has never been brought up on charges by the District Attorney.

5. JP Nancy White lost credibility in her deposition and violated the law of the Privacy Act by releasing and distributing the Psychological Autopsy and Confidential Medical Records o the public. She has never been brought up on charges by the District Attorney. She fought answering questions, relating to her death investigation, all the way to the Supreme Court and lost.

6.The Air Force OSI lied throughout the report. as demonstrated in the court transcrips.

7.The FBI was never involved in the death investigation Their lab just ran a couple of tests on the limited body fluids provided.

8. The District Attorney never issud subpoenas to Nancy Shue, Donal Timpson, or Jeffrey Shue, to testify at the Grand Jury (definite people of interest). No one who knew Colonel Shue, except his current wife, was asked to testify. The District Attorney went one step further by inviting his buddies to sit in on the hearings and pushed their side. The District Attorney refused, with a court order, to release the Grand Jury tapes, and pled to the Supreme Court for cover.

Why are you continueing to encourage the lies told about Colonel Philip Shue?

I have no idea where Guesshue is getting his information, but its wrong.

And yes, I do believe the criminals are reading and commenting on this blog.