Sheesh. Sex, lies, murder & now Earnest Hemingway? That is funny!I thought this was funny. From the murder for hire court docs..
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Sheesh. Sex, lies, murder & now Earnest Hemingway? That is funny!I thought this was funny. From the murder for hire court docs..
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Link to a podcast with information about a volunteer that said she saw the septic tank above ground right before Don disappeared.
Info from Don's mechanic that worked on the van days before he went missing.
And Carole allegedly told Anne Mcqueen to stop trying to call Don because she found his phone in one of their vehicles.
Real Life Real Crime / "What Happened To Don Lewis?" Part 3
Each time I read another article or hear another Woody Overton/ Jim Rathmann podcast, I just get a sinking, nauseous feeling. Horrific things happened to Don Lewis that even his wealth & savvy couldn’t dodge. He was so close to his CR escape. Experts have always said leaving is the most dangerous time for a victim of domestic violence. His murderer is a terrifying individual- premeditated, not crime of passion imo. Might have been sped up by events though.Link to a podcast with information about a volunteer that said she saw the septic tank above ground right before Don disappeared.
Info from Don's mechanic that worked on the van days before he went missing.
And Carole allegedly told Anne Mcqueen to stop trying to call Don because she found his phone in one of their vehicles.
Real Life Real Crime / "What Happened To Don Lewis?" Part 3
Awesome!Ahh!
"Expert: Signature of Tiger King’s Don Lewis ‘traced’ on his will"
"Powerful evidence if murder charges are brought, law professor says"
Expert: Signature of Tiger King’s Don Lewis ‘traced’ on his will — Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
Ahh!
@PatLaurel"Expert: Signature of Tiger King’s Don Lewis ‘traced’ on his will"
"Powerful evidence if murder charges are brought, law professor says"
Expert: Signature of Tiger King’s Don Lewis ‘traced’ on his will — Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
JDL as "Testatrix" ??? (Aside from 'Tracing" Issue)
@PatLaurel
Image from link shows JDL's (purported) sig just above "Testatrix: Jack Donald Lewis"* {{ETA: In viewing the other 'overlapping' doc image at link, I do not see the "Testatrix" at his sig. Is image above from same doc or diff doc?}}
Huh?!?! Why would JDL sign as "Testatrix" which is the term for female signing her will?
Okay, JDL himself might not have noticed, may have signed it.
An attorney-drafted will for a male would use the term "Testator."
Some atty's use "Testator" to designate either a male or female signing will, using that as a gender neutral term, while I doubt if any atty thinks Testatrix is gender-neutral.
Seems unusual or just plain wrong, that atty-drafted will would use "Testatrix" for JDL.
So who drafted the will? Atty/law firm, maybe w "just a typo"? Or someone applying duress or undue influence over JDL, re terms of distribution of his estate?
{{ETA 2: Now I see in article: "Aronoff could not be reached for comment. Nor could Doug Edwards, whose signature also appears on the document, or Baskin, who prepared the documents." Did Carole admit in court to having drafted the doc's?}}
Was will admitted to probate?
{{ETA 3: Appears to me the will was admitted to probate.}}
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Equivalent of Leonardo DeCaprio signing contract, designating him as "Actress" not "Actor."
@PatLaurel Thx for your response.The first sig is Don's marriage certificate, the second one is the will.
CB stated Don was spending too much money on their attorneys and that a secretary "was failing miserably" doing her work, so they fired her and CB then started to do the legal work for Don. How convenient...?!
I don't think the use of testatrix was a typo... CB wanted the will to sound "professionally prepared" but, she ended up misinterpreting a legal term. "Testatrix a woman who makes a will, who leaves will."... And not the "woman" who prepares it for the testator to sign. This, and the POA stating "prepared by Mrs. Jack Donald Lewis", leaves no doubts CB was the one who created the docs. MOO JMO
None of Don's sigs match but these three. The marriage certificate in 1991, and the will and POA both in 1996. For someone who "suffered from dementia" and "could not read or write", i'm impressed how perfectly he reproduced his signature...
MOO JMO
Just responding to 2 of your questions.Were These Doc's Offered in Litigation?
"Lewis’ longtime executive assistant, Anne McQueen, said the only will and power of attorney she knew about was under her desk.
"Lewis made McQueen the executor for his will, power of attorney and life insurance. His family said he trusted her completely." bbm
Who is the ^ "family"? Offspring of JDL? Okay. Wife #1, divorced in 1990? Still "family" yrs later?
Based on CB's stmts in TK series & her recent SM, seems CB did not "trust McQueen completely" at least not recently. What about 'back then'?
After JDL's disappearance -
If JDL named McQ agent by JDL in his P of A, when there was a bruhaha in ct about who had authority to handle his finances, properties, accounts, etc, then, did McQ offer this POA in the litigation? Did she become a party?
After JDL was declared dead -
If McQ was named as executor by JDL in his will (under her desk), did she submit it to the probate ct? Anyone run across that?
"But on the new will and power of attorney that emerged after his disappearance, his wife was named the executor."
^ from Expert: Signature of Tiger King’s Don Lewis ‘traced’ on his will — Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
Just wondering.
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BTW, Splitting a Few Hairs re Terminology?
The maker of a will names an executor* to carry out instructions of the will, usu. to distribute testator's property, usu w assistance from atty, per probate court procedure, after testator's death.
A power of atty doc names an "agent" to act on beahlf of the "prinicipal" only while principal is alive.
Life insurance policies allow purchaser to designate "beneficiary" (single or plural) to receive the $$$, after the death of the insured's life. (Purchaser may designate primary beneficiaries (may also name contingent benficiaries, to receive $$$ if primary bene's pre-decease the "insured life.")
The three ^ bbm may be one person, two diff ppl, or three diff ppl, but the term 'executor' does not relate to PoA's or insurance policies.
Just responding to 2 of your questions.
@JudgeJoeDid McQ offer this POA in the litigation? Did she become a party? After JDL was declared dead - If McQ was named as executor by JDL in his will (under her desk), did she submit it to the probate ct? Anyone run across that?
Answer is no, she didn’t/couldn’t offer Don’s original will & POA to court because a few days after Don’s disappearance was reported, CB had KF & VS break into the office gate to remove all filing cabinets, office equipment & furnishings from Don’s office, run by AM. IIRC this happened on Friday Aug 22 when AM was giving her statement to LE. CB knew she’d be away. Don never wanted CB to have a key. So Don’s old will disappeared & the new came into play.
This is documented in those 3 podcasts by Real Life, Real Crime. Links somewhere in last 20-30 posts.
When all the details finally come out, I think this case will be far more exotic & eccentric than Tiger King. Moo.
Lol- thanks for the vote of confidence, but the ol’ steel trap gets rusty from time to time! I think I remember so much with this case because it is such a wild horrific tale. And maybe because I feel personally connected. My fam went to BCR a few times- love the big cats, but instinctively felt so uncomfortable, never went back. Something really off there, could never put my finger on it. And we bought & traded RVs at Lazy Days, where Jay Baykal claims CB feared bones would be found. And worked across I-4, where KF’s ex-wife thinks Don’s remains are. I oddly feel I would have really liked to know Don. Hope to see justice for him & his fam. Asap too!@JudgeJoe
Thank you for your attn to detail and your steel-trap mind in remembering all this from so many sources.
Here’s an article written at the time Don was legally declared dead.
“Jorge Fernandez has spent much of the last five years, looking for Don Lewis.The Lewis case is one of the most extensive missing persons files at the Hillsborough county sheriffs office.Fernandez worked the case with Larry Lingo Senior.”
So what do Lingo & Fernando know? And what, if any, were their ties to Stairs, Chronister, Gee & Henderson?
SBM & BBM
Didn't KF's ex-wife say JF were friends with KF?
MOO
So what do Lingo & Fernando know? And what, if any, were their ties to Stairs, Chronister, Gee & Henderson?