August 18th, 2011

I got an e-mail last night telling me that the judge ruled in our favor. There have been so many appeals and he was suppose to be put to death 2 years ago. So many delays. I wonder if it was not a death penalty case, would there be so many appeals?

The compatency hearing is scheduled for October 17th. I have my doubts that it will happen.

I ask Nicole what happened. Why did Ivy turn out so different than the 2 of us. She said, Dad died. When she found out he killed himself, she ran away. She hitch hiked from Colorodo to DC just to see if he was really barried there. To sse if he was really dead. She was 13.

another delay

This is the e-mail I got last night:


There was a hearing scheduled for June 20th, then July 11th for David L. Wood. The judge canceled the July hearing because he has a conflict that day.

Currently, nothing is scheduled. I will notify you as soon I a new hearing date is set.

Feb 22, 2011

Sunday night I was watching the movie Winters Bone, when my middle sister sent me a text about Ivy. It was weird timing because the darkness of the movie was making me think about her already. She wanted to know about the competency hearing. It was rescheduled to June and I don't know how, but Nicole was not told. I called on Monday to find out the answer to her questions.

Why the delay?
Why the new judge?
Why the new lawyer?

The judge was because the original judge was in a car accident. To make it speedy (this was a year ago) they switched judges. The delay was because the new judge (which is actually his original judge from when he was convicted) had a conflict. The new lawyer s because the DA had a conflict of interest.

These days are always tough on me. 24 years after her death and it hurts these days.

Anger

My anger pops up when I least expect it. I was listening to this song about God forgiving someone on death row and I got so angry. I hate that David Wood has made me into a person that would hate a Christian rock band for creating a song. Although I know they had good intentions their song created pain. My sister says she has forgiven him. I am not that evolved.

Another delay

In a way this is a good thing because I do not know if I would be able to get off work in February to go to the trial. However, he does seem to be amazingly good at prolonging his life. I honestly do not care if he is put to death or not, I just never want him outside of a jail cell. He is an evil man that should not ever be unleashed on the world. I do want this to be over. Every time it is brought up it opens a wound that I think all of us just wish could heal.

08.29.10

The people in the victims office in Texas are some of the best people I have ever interacted with. I received the autopsy report with in a day of asking for it and they wanted to make sure I was okay before they sent it to me.
She was stabbed six times in the chest. Her body was just bones and clothes by the time they found her. They know she was stabbed six times because there are six slices in her shirt and jacket that go strait through. By this, I mean that there were six cuts on the front of her shirt and 5 on the back and one crack in her scapula were the knife was stopped. You would have to be very strong and very angry to run someone through 6 times. She was fully dressed. I know this is silly, but I like to believe this means he did not rape her. I like to believe that she fought him.

07.14.10 ii

This morning I stumbled upon this website. In the comments section, I asked if she knew how Ivy died. She wrote back within a few hours and I called her to make it easier to ask questions. She told me that Ivy was stabbed (which I knew) and that they only knew this because the cuts on her jacket went strait through, from the front to the back. By the time they found her she was just skeletal remains. Trish told me that she believed it was 7 times.

I thought that it was more than that. I had been told it was more by someone along the way. Still, someone has to be very strong and filled with a lot of rage to stab anyone with that much force.