I was never gonna see Susan again. So yes, I went and tried to move the car. Mack Martin: We've got a circumstantial case and I think that the prosecutors in this case were putting as sinister a spin on it as they possibly could. Pictures of his injuries have been shown to the jury. I gave her her Valentine's card. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Susan Hamilton's blood and skin were found on the steering wheel of the doctor's car, and a prosecution expert testified that his left shoe was spattered in a way that could only have happened while his wife was alive. Hamilton, 62, was an Oklahoma City obstetrician, gynecologist and abortionist. It was never anywhere else.
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Is the Media Really Biased in Favor of Abortion? - Human Life International Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. After all -- nothing can bring back the beautiful, headstrong, woman they all loved. Prosecutors Allege Murder Between Surgeries. But I do love you. Testimony is expected to continue this morning before District Judge Ray Elliott. Aguirre said the defendant At around 8:30, he bumped into his former medical partner, Dr. Karen Reisig. >> i have never, ever one second, not one moment in time, thought he was guilty, In fact, she even told her best friend Sharry, "I don't believe John had an affair." OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ A prominent Oklahoma City doctor was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for killing his wife on Valentine's Day. Vandalizing his home. Dennis Murphy: And the card would later become an issue because people saw kind of a snarky line from Susan of, "Well obviously, I got this before the trouble, huh? Year should not be greater than current year. been beaten with a blunt instrument. And she gets very suspicious of it and confronts John about it. What made John show his dark side? Vesta Hall: I have never, ever, one second, not one moment in time have I ever thought he was guilty. Now this was the reasoning as prosecutors saw it: The doctor wanted the police to believe the crime had started as a robbery. Antiabortion protesters had picketed the clinic and, friends said, even their home. A lot of the blood on his clothing could be explained by his attempt to administer CPR. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Khi gp Susan vo nm 1985, c hai ly hn v c 4 a con . And that justice would come out. Dr. Hamilton had a more simple explanation for being late.
A Valentine's Day Murder in Oklahoma - ABC News smashed into the floor. They claim the defendant took from the house his bloody clothes and the blunt instrument used to beat the victim after she was strangled with a man's necktie and her face repeatedly smashed into a tile floor. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Dr. John Baxter Hamilton loved his wife to death, District Attorney Wes Lane told an Oklahoma County jury Thursday. The way that we are taught to do CPR, we interlock our hands. an affair when he called her before the slaying. We all know red is for the ribbon on the box of chocolate, not for the pool of blood in the master bath. Was he trying to cover up earlier injuries? And then she decides to eliminate her competition. Hamilton (5 Jan 1946-14 Feb 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80157405, citing Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Oklahoma City . Dennis Murphy: Jurors saying, "Look at this shirt. her mother, Horton testified in the first- To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. A panicked Hamilton told the operator that he was attempting to perform CPR on her. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Had he hurt himself? Randy Scott: There's no burglary prints to obtain downstairs. A friend was combing Susan's clothes closet for something appropriate for her to be buried in, when she came upon something concealed in an underwear drawer. It was over by 8, and afterwards, John stopped by the hospital, where he had another procedure scheduled for later that morning. As the last witness in the trial, he'd refuted a lot of the prosecution's findings, and bolstered his client's case. "Blood spatter is not an exact science, and Bevel had gone over to the dark side on him. The medical examiner had determined that Susan had been strangled with two neckties, but her fatal injuries came from being bludgeoned with a blunt object, a murder weapon never found. Then the prosecutor rose for his cross-examination. A prominent doctor's wife is murdered on Valentine's Day. "There are all kinds of things still going on. Hamilton, a frequent target of protesters opposed to abortions, was arrested about six hours after he made a 911 call reporting that he thought his wife was dead. "It tells a story. Given the circumstances, he was accused of murdering his wife. Tom Bevel: In order to say that, you have to have the murder weapon. All rights reserved.
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MSNBCW : January 8, 2022 2:00am-3:00am PST - Internet Archive I just felt like they were very happy. That goes to another issue of we talk about possibly being staged or draw attention to me instead of emotionally upset over the loss of his wife. "I didnt kill Susan.. He says he did loyal patients, former employees and fellow physicians, all standing behind the doctor. Possibilities: Was it a robbery gone bad? Maybe they missed it altogether.
City obstetrician charged in fatal beating of wife - The Oklahoman If anything, threats against the clinic, only seemed to bring the Hamiltons closer together. He said he performed a surgery around 7 a.m., then came home to exchange Valentine's cards with his wife. So he runs by that house. Supervised and trained employees in office duties, computer programs, and phone dialog. John Hamilton, a prominent doctor in Oklahoma City, showered his wife with gifts, starting with a Porsche he gave her the day they married. And, but it also said something to the effect how much she loved me and our time together. They have got DNA, fingerprints, lab reports that haven't even been looked at yet. Around 8:50 a.m., he said, he was beeped because he was late for another procedure. We checked every avenue of any burglary similar, remotely close in the neighborhood. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Many still believe he is innocent, and he. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Rob Nigh: I've been doing criminal trials and appeals for 22 years and I've never seen a case like Dr. Hamilton's where the defense expert offered the most compelling evidence against the defendant. Martin described the victim as being jealous of her husband's time away from her. Link in bio. wanted to talk to someone," The cry for help comes from Oklahoma City's most exclusive neighborhood. "He was just obsessed with her," District Attorney Wes Lane later told Primetime.
Abortion doctor strangled and beat his wife to death on Valentine's Day Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Hamilton will have a closed-circuit arraignment before a judge on Friday. Jurors have spent two days hearing testimony and looking at photographs of the bloody crime scene and injuries the victim suffered. Just, you know, just a very light-hearted conversation. By that afternoon, police had taken the doctor down to the station. Susan's friend, for one, believed him, and encouraged Susan to do the same. John Hamilton, 53, ordered an expensive arrangement of red orchids for his wife, but he never got the chance to give them to her. Or you wouldn't have had time to have gotten it off your clothing. Susan Hamilton, 55, had discovered on her husband's telephone bills It started out negative. You'll hear that story.". He said he "absolutely" did not kill his wife, and that he is not the type of person to fly off the handle. Shibley and Horton told the talked to Susan Johnston, a The prosecution hadn't talked about this stain. Karen Reisig: I had gone into the doctor's lounge to dictate the procedure. she tried to act strong at first. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records.
By the time the prosecutor had wrapped up his case, he'd laid out a theory of what happened -- that the doctor had used the neckties to pull his wife down from to the ground, then bashed her head in with that murder weapon never found. In 2001, Oklahoma abortion provider Dr. John Baxter Hamilton beat his wife and then choked her to death in their home. There were things done that were dangerous. Furthermore, he has previously requested a retrial, which has been denied each time. And it was there they noticed something else odd. On Feb. 8, after the victim learned of the cell phone calls, the defendant wrote Aguirre in a letter saying he could no longer be her doctor, she said. Both had recently separated -- John from his first wife, and Susan from Dick Horton. And the seemingly inseparable couple became even more so after they married. As is routine in domestic murders, the detectives would take a look at the spouse -- John Hamilton, himself. By 9:30, he was scrubbing up for the operation -- a complicated removal of a tumor. doctors. So the strategy would be to pick apart both the evidence and the logic of the prosecution's case. But before that valentine's day was over, they would have a suspect in custody. Two weeks later he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. And I just don't think that it's true." He was only at home for a few minutes, because at 9 am his pager went off, the hospital calling him to get back for a second surgery. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Tom Bevel, a veteran of almost three decades with the Oklahoma City P.D. However, the dark day arrived in their family on Valentines Day 2001, when he claimed Susan was in a pool of blood on the bathroom floor. The defense was dealt a setback at the start of trial. And be, even be in his right mind. He used to lavish his wife with expensive gifts and lavish vacations. I think that that just goes to I think probably in my heart I knew she was dead. She denied having an affair or any type of personal relationship with the defendant. Oklahoma City police declined on Wednesday to release additional information about the slaying. Susan Johnston: Susan had noticed that John was getting a lot of cell calls. Officers say they can account for all the bloody footprints inside the house, but there is no evidence showing how the person got outside. Hamilton hired a new attorney, Rob Nigh, to appeal the verdict. the bathroom floor. Add to your scrapbook. Foreman: We, the jury and panel, sworn in the above-entitled cause, do upon our oath sign as follows. 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Several witnesses have testified the couple were always together and frequently took And I was wrong. Investigators though, weren't ruling anything out -- especially not after finding a Valentine's Day card, from her to him, opened that day. As John Hamilton told it, by Valentine's Day the couple had already patched up the raw wounds of that ruckus over his unorthodox relationship with a stripper. "She was angry, and she Susan.". "He tried to get the key in the ignition, but he couldn't because he was shaking so much," Martin said. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? But his argument wouldn't be enough. Susan, as it turns out, should also have left by 9:20, because she had a 9:30 meeting at a friend's house ten minutes away. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Dennis Murphy: There were people that thought this guy was being sandbagged, railroaded. tears.". Sounded like he was talking to Susan. And the only explanation of that event is the wounding to Mrs. Hamilton. And finally, there was the story told by blood. There was a detail that the witness wanted to talk about. His defense team argued that there was no direct evidence that Hamilton was the murderer, noting that no murder weapon was ever found. And they've got a lady under anesthesia without the doctor, and that is just unheard of. They kept him there for hours on end. He and his wife, Susan, had met in 1985 at a friend's birthday party. or more times a day. If convicted of first-degree murder, Hamilton, 53, could be sentenced to life in prison with or without the possibility of parole.