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Awsi Dooger · 03-29-2016, 04:53 PM

I wasn't familiar with this case until watching a Dateline replay on Investigation ID a few days ago. The episode is called "True Lies."

Strange case. Diane Kyne was obviously murdered by one of two people -- her husband or her son. They were the only two people in the house on the day of the murder. This was in the Tampa area. Both men made competing emotional calls to 911 within a couple minutes of each other, claiming a struggle between the two of them but both pinpointing the other as the killer.

As the episode progressed I was outraged when it became obvious that it was yet another example of investigators and prosecutors having a brutal sense of probability. They focused on Kevin the son as the murderer while IMO the variables and the likelihood heavily pointed to William as the actual perpetrator and liar. I was very relieved when the episode ended with Kevin's initial conviction reversed on appeal based on the judge allowing a prejudicial piece of evidence in the original trial, and the second trial resulting in a quick acquittal for Kevin, as his lawyers were far more aggressive including pointing to William as the killer. Several jurors in the second trial agreed and made statements that William should be investigated.

Naturally the district attorney wants none of that. The department is dependably stubborn, insisting the actual murderer got away with it and their department had the correct spotlight. I'm convinced that if the astute independent organizations like the Vidocq Society took a look at this, the arrows would point to William. He is one of those professional insurance collectors who seems to conveniently have a major incident in his financial favor every few years, including the suspicious poolside death of his first wife roughly 15 years earlier, followed by a couple of fires causing total damage to property, and then Diane's murder which netted $750,000 in insurance payoffs.

Kevin and Diane had a huge argument a week or so before her death. Kevin, age 23, was asked to leave the house and finance his own life. Simpleton prosecutors used that incident as motive for Kevin to attack his mother. Far more likely, IMO, a schemer like William quickly understood that the dispute was ideal timing and cover for him to do away with his wife and again collect an insurance windfall.

03-29-2016, 04:53 PM	#1
Awsi Dooger Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2003 Location: Miami Posts: 1,537	William Kyne or Kevin Kyne? I wasn't familiar with this case until watching a Dateline replay on Investigation ID a few days ago. The episode is called "True Lies." Strange case. Diane Kyne was obviously murdered by one of two people -- her husband or her son. They were the only two people in the house on the day of the murder. This was in the Tampa area. Both men made competing emotional calls to 911 within a couple minutes of each other, claiming a struggle between the two of them but both pinpointing the other as the killer. As the episode progressed I was outraged when it became obvious that it was yet another example of investigators and prosecutors having a brutal sense of probability. They focused on Kevin the son as the murderer while IMO the variables and the likelihood heavily pointed to William as the actual perpetrator and liar. I was very relieved when the episode ended with Kevin's initial conviction reversed on appeal based on the judge allowing a prejudicial piece of evidence in the original trial, and the second trial resulting in a quick acquittal for Kevin, as his lawyers were far more aggressive including pointing to William as the killer. Several jurors in the second trial agreed and made statements that William should be investigated. Naturally the district attorney wants none of that. The department is dependably stubborn, insisting the actual murderer got away with it and their department had the correct spotlight. I'm convinced that if the astute independent organizations like the Vidocq Society took a look at this, the arrows would point to William. He is one of those professional insurance collectors who seems to conveniently have a major incident in his financial favor every few years, including the suspicious poolside death of his first wife roughly 15 years earlier, followed by a couple of fires causing total damage to property, and then Diane's murder which netted $750,000 in insurance payoffs. Kevin and Diane had a huge argument a week or so before her death. Kevin, age 23, was asked to leave the house and finance his own life. Simpleton prosecutors used that incident as motive for Kevin to attack his mother. Far more likely, IMO, a schemer like William quickly understood that the dispute was ideal timing and cover for him to do away with his wife and again collect an insurance windfall.