Very surprising that this is the first time you've heard of the case. It was big time news for the first trial and even bigger news a couple of years later after the ISC's gutless decision awarded him a new trial.
Rodney Heemstra vanishes
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Very surprising that this is the first time you've heard of the case. It was big time news for the first trial and even bigger news a couple of years later after the ISC's gutless decision awarded him a new trial.
That is the crazy thing about the whole thing... His kids moved to my hometown to finish high school after this whole thing happenned and I can't say enough GOOD things about those kids. By far the most respectful, upstanding citizens that I have ever come across. Both were straight A students, athletes, and if I remember right---one of them went to the Air Force Academy and the other one got accepted to West Point...
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NO! he wasn't the "town bully." He was a very nice guy that would help anyone out.
I'm pretty sure that doesn't give you the right to kill the guy though.
I have little sympathy for Heemstra considering he is not in jail and is apparently not paying the money to the Lyons family.
I have no connection to this case whatsoever and I have no opinion one way or the other about anyone's guilt or innocence. I didn't know a lot of details about the case so I googled "Tom Lyons farmer" and came up with this investigative report by msnbc.com: Was farmer's death cold blood or self-defense? - Crime reports- msnbc.com
There is a lot of information in the report about the case that I had never heard before. The report makes very interesting and compelling reading.
Yeah, they did a segment on Dateline.
IMO this was a case of two very headstrong ego driven guys in a big p****** match. Heemstra was more of a squirly money grubbing type and Lyon more of a good 'ole boy carry a big stick type.
My guess is that Heemstra thought he could back Lyon down with his gun, but really had his options limited when Lyon didn't back down. Maybe because it was small town, and superficial concerns about what gossip would be, Heemstra didn't wan't Lyon going around telling everyone what a weak **** he was.
One thing I have noticed in my many years in this state is that the further south you go, the more unique ways people settle disputes. I know a guy in northern MO who screwed some people over financially and they burned his house down. Maybe that's what Heemstra should have done.
What a freaking DB! We all will meet our maker someday and I'm guessing his meeting wont go well.
I know what you mean about the further south in the state that you go, the more the people have different ways of settling things. Northern Missouri has some very interesting people! :yes:
While he was in jail, Heemstra allegedly told other people that the Lyons family would never collect a cent from him. I don't know if he's intelligent enough to game the system and pull that off indefintely, but he's obviously going to try.
