He denied any involvement in the fire or the deaths and said he had no connection to the museum. He says he had seen her and been out with her two or three times, but there was a certain tension when they were together. In 2009, a Grand Prairie woman and her boyfriend were murdered in their bedroom inside a house in Ferris on S. Church Street. Here are five things to know about the case. Concerned with long-range problems and projections of long-term increases or decreases in crime (crime trends). I think it was the daughter. On April 13, 1991, an off-duty Dallas police officer was directing traffic at an intersection when he signaled Poynor to stop his car. He knows if he sets a trap and walks away from it, he can be away and in a crowd of people when the trap goes off. Name. DPS Missing & Unidentified Persons. Austin Police Department Cold Cases. Podcast takes new look at unsolved murders of three teenage girls from Domestic Crimes (family assaultive offensive, violation of protective orders and harassments) Within seconds, the substance was identified strychnine. Mansfield.. Yeah! Bob refused to cooperate with investigators in Patsys murder investigation or take a polygraph, However, one major complication in the case is the fact that a tray with two dinner plates was found in Patsys bedroom, which seemed to suggest she had an intimate dinner with someone else on the night she was murdered. Share & Connect. She died ten days before the trial was supposed to begin. The strychnine that killed Patsy was in a pure powder form, the most concentrated type of the poison available. . He learned that her wealth came from the two wax museums she owned with Sally. Eight days after Patsys memorial service, a routine autopsy was performed. I kept saying, This cant be the same Diane Zamora. U.S. Department of State helps send messages to missing Americans abroad. Sally, Steve, and other family members (including Patsys children and first husband) voluntarily took polygraph tests. However, a forensic scientist believes she may have been poisoned. Online Accident Reports, Approved Commercial Vehicle Routes in Grand Prairie, Rape Aggression Defense Training for Women, Celebrate Safely: No Fireworks, Gunfire or DWI, COPE Program (Community Outreach Partnership and Education), www.tarrantcounty.com/en/juvenile-services/about-juvenile-services.html, Texas Department of Public Safety Missing Persons Clearinghouse, Civilian Investigator Hayden (Pawn Shops Liaison). Leo Fikes was also considered a suspect. Eleven days later, she died. The lab technician checked for 56,000 different foreign substances in Patsys blood samples. In 2014, he passed away. 1) The murder of Amber Hagerman. 2022 Readers Choice Awards-Best of Southwest DFW, Two Midlothian Residents In DeSoto Double Shooting, 1 Dead, 1 Wounded, NCTCOG Hosts Series of High-Speed Transportation Virtual Meetings May 19-20, Lancaster National Day of Prayer Event May 4, Life without Parole for Ennis Capital Murderer, Diamontae Okiese Dunson. She had even set her alarm clock for the morning of her death. Fortunately, no one was injured. 1. One 13-year-old victim was linked to another man arrested in 2009. You are now leaving Unsolved.com and heading to our shop at. Whoever committed the dastardly deed had been very deliberate and from appearances it was certainly premeditated, the Herald article said. At one point, she contacted a counselor who had worked with Robert and his previous wife. He knew that Patsy took cold medicine before bed. Child Crimes (all crimes involving children 14 and younger) He knew to spit out the green stuff, so because of that, hes guilty? Sgt. I wonder how much the sister and her husband walked away with, couple million? Robert maintains his innocence, as does Leo. Citizens should contact 911 to make the initial report if a missing individual is an adult, a runaway juvenile, child, a senior citizen, senile, mentally or physically impaired and is missing from the City of Grand Prairie. Compare Grand Prairie crime data to other cities, states, and neighborhoods in the U.S. on NeighborhoodScout. 2. Lying near Joseph Snyders corpse was a .38 calibre revolver with five empty cartridges in the chamber. Dr. Houts says that, in her professional opinion, it is highly unlikely that Patsy committed suicide or was at high risk for suicide.