The Letter

August 22, 2009 8:00 PM

In Full: A letter written by a suspicious young mother helps solve her own murder. Erin Moriarty reports

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by samplebuu November 14, 2009 6:25 PM EST: This case was hard to decide because it could have been a yes he did it or a no she did it. The truth is with the LORD. Payment for this incident is on the hands of the person who made it happen. Notice if the husband committed this event he will live with this all his day until he tells the truth or if the wife did it then she will receive her eternal life in the lake of fire with all who God rejects. The true payment for this is with GOD.; Reply to this comment


by Virgil-1 November 14, 2009 2:00 PM EST: Let the evidence show,or who do you believe?This one was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt.; Reply to this comment


by rn1lori October 22, 2009 7:41 PM EDT: It seems unbelievable that Ed Kluge, Mark's co-worker, never reports, but instead is ordered to testify, regarding a drunken conversation about Mark researching/plotting to poison his wife. Erin Dillard, a jailhouse regular, is released from jail in exchange for his testimony. There is no doubt that Julie was depressed, suicidal and frantic, perhaps desperate, enough to feign near death. It boogles the mind that Julie would not share her fears with anyone. Without knowing all the facts of this case, it certainly appears there is some reasonable doubt.; Reply to this comment


by engrossedtv October 2, 2009 2:45 PM EDT: i am actually torn between the two sides. Sadly in her state could she have tried to pin this on him? The letter itself does seem to me to be a letter written by someone that is distressed and potentially be suicidal. If her purpose was to frame him for this could it be that she wrote both the letter and the post it note? WHY would he do research for poisons at his HOME computer, when he clearly has an office to do such research that would be unsupervised or traced... Additionally the handwriting on both the LETTER and the STICKY note seem a bit similar. Did anyone ever compare the two by a handwriting expert? The evidence is not strong enough to convict him, although I do not believe that he is completely innocent. If she were strong enough to file for divorce from him before, why not do it when she felt her life was in jeopardy? With the evidence that he was having an affair she would have walked with everything she wanted anyway. Depression causes the mental state the inability to rationalize the obvious. I feel for her, her family, her kids especially and everyone that is involved and affected. God bless each of them.; Reply to this comment


by shakar-2 September 19, 2009 8:57 PM EDT: as i listened and watched i honestly believed he did it. but he did not get away with it justice prevailed.; Reply to this comment


by tulip0808 September 19, 2009 7:44 PM EDT: I watched this and was a little surprised that he was convicted. I thought there was enough reasonable doubt on this one. I then did a little research on my own and found out that Julie was computer illerterate and there were over 2000 searches for poison or poison related sites. These searches were done late at night or early in the morning when Mark was home. Even more damning was that these searches would be in the middle of other work realted activity of Marks or emails to Kelly. It was clearly Mark doing these VERY extensive poison searches. These searches went on for several months. He was also tormenting her with pornographic images and had been for many years. He was leading her to believe she was being stalked by the guy she had an affair with so many years ago. He tried to make her think this guy was breaking in to the house leaving these photos. It turns out the photos all came from Marks computer. He's a very sick man. So glad he was convicted.; Reply to this comment


by carolo43 September 18, 2009 8:43 PM EDT: I can understand parents not wanting to believe your son can be a killer but to continue to deny evidence that's right in front of you is sticking your head in the sand. His father called Julie mentally ill. Since when is depression classified as mentally ill? It's pretty clear he found someone else he wanted in his life and wanted her gone.; Reply to this comment


by rsmik September 16, 2009 7:04 PM EDT: londonbridges4sale: are you Norm Crosby?; Reply to this comment


by shell79ie September 16, 2009 8:18 AM EDT: I would like for them to compare the writing from the diary planner to her writing in the letter!!!!! Something really strange about the whole and i hope him and his family get enough money together and get a really good criminal lawyer. God bless both families; Reply to this comment


by shell79ie September 16, 2009 8:13 AM EDT: I is quite possible that he committed this murder. Why she stayed in the house with someone who she thought was going to kill her is really crazy. Both the teacher and the neighbours told her to seek help and she said no. Here lies the theory that she did frame him for the murder by planting the seed in everyone's mind. She couldn't confide in her family because she knew they would react and probably make her move out of her home etc.... It really is a mystery and i hope for the two boy's sake that he did murder her and justice came through if he didn't murder her and he was framed, it is an awful tragedy and the justice system let him and his boys down. Shame. Also why did Kelly look for a divorce????? She is not worth her salt!!!!!; Reply to this comment