The bloodied torch conviction: the case of Joe Bryan

[Steve_uk]

He was a Texas High School Principal accused of killing his wife whilst ostensibly attending a work conference 120 miles away in Austen. The main item of evidence was a bloodied torch discovered in the boot of his car by the brother of the deceased, which Police would later claim contained backspatter from the crime scene.


You can view Part 1 of the case here: https://youtu.be/ROp5qEmoqQA

Part 2 is here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/31/magazine/joe-bryan-part-2-blood-spatter-analysis-faulty-evidence.html

A new article on the case: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/crime/he-spent-three-decades-in-prison-now-experts-dispute-the-evidence/ar-BBL1z1A?MSCC=1532520923&ocid=spartanntp

[nugnug]

He was a Texas High School Principal accused of killing his wife whilst ostensibly attending a work conference 120 miles away in Austen. The main item of evidence was a bloodied torch discovered in the boot of his car by the brother of the deceased, which Police would later claim contained backspatter from the crime scene.


You can view Part 1 of the case here: https://youtu.be/ROp5qEmoqQA

Part 2 is here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/31/magazine/joe-bryan-part-2-blood-spatter-analysis-faulty-evidence.html

A new article on the case: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/crime/he-spent-three-decades-in-prison-now-experts-dispute-the-evidence/ar-BBL1z1A?MSCC=1532520923&ocid=spartanntp

i havent watched it yet one qustion are they cliaming he killed her or that he paid somone else to.

[Steve_uk]

i havent watched it yet one qustion are they cliaming he killed her or that he paid somone else to.

He was tried for killing his wife but it's a good question. If he had paid someone I would have thought he would have established a better alibi for himself, such as appearing on CCTV somewhere.

[Steve_uk]

There's another article here with more information: http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Ex-area-school-principal-loses-parole-bid-lawyers-fight-to-free-him-485291431.html

[nugnug]

the video was awfull to watch who made it.

[Steve_uk]

the video as awfull to watch who made it.

The journalist Pamela Colloff, though I doubt she was responsible for the music.

[Caroline]

i havent watched it yet one qustion are they cliaming he killed her or that he paid somone else to.

If he hired someone else, why would the bloodied torch be in HIS car?

[nugnug]

If he hired someone else, why would the bloodied torch be in HIS car?

i hadent watched the video when i asked that qustion.

[Steve_uk]

If he hired someone else, why would the bloodied torch be in HIS car?

I think the suspicion might have been that it was planted by the brother of the deceased.

[Caroline]

i hadent watched the video when i asked that qustion.

You didn't have to, Steve mentioned it in his post.

[Caroline]

I think the suspicion might have been that it was planted by the brother of the deceased.

Wouldn't that implicate the brother?

[nugnug]

You didn't have to, Steve mentioned it in his post.

well I thought if was somewhere else miles away how he could of committed the crime personally but then I hadent seen the video then.

[Steve_uk]

Wouldn't that implicate the brother?

Well there was no direct evidence so the Police had to make the torch relevant to the crime through the blood spatter evidence, over which there was controversy. The brother did have access to the vehicle so it has to remain a possibility. http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Ex-area-school-principal-loses-parole-bid-lawyers-fight-to-free-him-485291431.html