GUILTY GA - Diane McIver, 63, fatally shot, Atlanta, 25 Sept 2016

[steve temple]

They took that left on Edgewood Ave SE and you'd turn left right off that to get to Grady. I'd have to go drive there myself to prove it but I'd wager there are almost certainly signs right there on that road indicating Grady.

I guess it's possible! But I'm just certainly surprised if there weren't. I've had two children in the last few years down at Emory Midtown and have also gone to the other Emory she was taken to, multiple times in the last few years. Once for surgery and a couple of specialists visits. The routes my husband and I took (though not the one they took) did have signs for Grady and Children's Healthcare. I wouldn't think the way they took was that out of the way.

And I'd find it hard to believe someone would actually know their way to Emory University Hospital from the area and not have any idea of the others they were passing by. Where she was taken is a much more confusing area in my experience to figure out. So many Emory related buildings all over the place. But they were supposedly more aware of that and how to get there?

We only go down in that area a few times a year. So how do people with multiple homes down in Atlanta and traveling not infrequently down there have no idea the closest hospitals? Earlier in the thread his lawyer is quoted as saying that homeless people are known to congregate in the area, as a reason for him pulling out his gun to begin with. So he knows enough rumors to find it not safe in the area but doesn't know what's actually in the area like the three nearest hospitals along their route?

Couple that with no working phones supposedly...it's just not believable to me at all.

I totally agree with you beatrixpotter but I am trying to think like a member of the jury and only take the evidence that they are given in court and I worry that so far there is not enough evidence to prove without a reasonable doubt that this was murder.

 

[beatrixpotter]

I totally agree with you beatrixpotter but I am trying to think like a member of the jury and only take the evidence that they are given in court and I worry that so far there is not enough evidence to prove without a reasonable doubt that this was murder.

I'm afraid you are probably right. And I'm just arguing from another angle. But I agree it would be hard to say it was beyond reasonable doubt. :/

 

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Wild About Trial@WildAboutTrial
8m8 minutes ago
Afternoon session in the #TexMcIver trial has started.



Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
8m8 minutes ago
Attorneys taking up issue of calling journalists to the stand in the #TexMcIver case.


Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
6m6 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Court is back in session. Prosecutor Griffin is explaining to the judge why she wants to put a reporter on the stand. https://lawandcrime.com/


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
4m4 minutes ago
State wants to ask @MarkWinneWSB questions about his interview of #TexMcIver in the #FultonCountytJail.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
5m5 minutes ago
Prosecution makes its case to call journalists who interviewed #TexMcIver; judge wants them to exhaust other possible alternatives first
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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
48s49 seconds ago
Dani Jo Carter is back on the stand for more cross-examination. #TexMcIver.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
9m9 minutes ago
Back from lunch, #TexMcIver defense asks Diane’s friend Dani Jo Carter about chatting that Sunday evening, on the drive back to Atlanta, about politics and about Corey Co. friend Ken Rickert having accidentally fired his gun in his home office & how loud it was @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
6m6 minutes ago
Dani Jo Carter says #TexMcIver wasn’t participating in that conversation. “I don’t know if he was asleep,” she says @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
4m4 minutes ago
When they exited the highway, that’s when #TexMcIver spoke: “Girls, this is a bad idea. Darling, hand me my gun.” Defense: You said, Tex, you don’t need your gun? DJC: No. Defense: Diane said, Tex, you don’t need your gun? DJC: No. @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
1m1 minute ago
Dani Jo testifies #TexMcIver handed the gun to Diane and she took it without hesitation.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
2m2 minutes ago
Defense attorney leads Dani Jo Carter on why #TexMcIver's gun was in a plastic grocery bag in the console: So, if somebody was breaking into a car which happens all the time in Atlanta, & you don't automatically see a gun, that might prevent a gun theft, correct? Yes @wsbradio


Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
40s41 seconds ago
#TexMcIver - Dani Jo Carter testified Tex was awake when they stopped at the light. This is not what the defense says. Harvey then points out that she told police he was "kind of awake".

Cathy Russon@cathyrusson
3m3 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - McIver's attorney, Bruce Harvey, shook his head when Dani Jo gave an answer and then re-asked it. The judge, in a loud voice, told him to stop that.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
4m4 minutes ago
At the hospital, you left to go with Atlanta Police. An officer named Wiker was driving while you were in the front seat? You told them what happened? No, just the route. Remember telling Wiker, "There were a lot of scary people at the intersections?" State objects @wsbradio
#TexMcIver

Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
6m6 minutes ago
Remember telling Ofcr Wiker that Claud fell asleep, fell back asleep? No. Telling Wiker during the drive that you noticed soon after the gun went off Diane had been shot? No. & that you were not 100% sure how to get to the closest ER? I don't remember talking about that @wsbradio
#TexMcIver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
20m20 minutes ago
Defense finding several contradictions in what Dani Jo told police and what she testified. Highly effective cross by Bruce Harvey #TexMcIver
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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
19m19 minutes ago
You said you don’t remember if this happened at 12th or 14th St? I don’t. See here at 12th? No flashing lights or blinkers. So we know it wasn’t 12th and approximately 10:00? #TexMcIver @wsbradio

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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
12m12 minutes ago
Dani Jo says she assumed #TexMcIver fell asleep in the back seat with the gun in his lap because the girls were talking politics and he didn't chime in.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
12m12 minutes ago
Remember telling Ofcr Smith “I’m sure he #TexMcIver went to sleep with the gun in his hand?” No. I assumed, driver Dani Jo Carter says. Because you all were taking about politics and he hadn’t said anything? “He was quiet; that’s what I deduced” @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
7m7 minutes ago
Dani Jo: "He said he discharged the gun. I don't remember him saying I was asleep." #TexMcIver.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
5m5 minutes ago
In the drawn-out queries by #TexMcIver's lawyer, Judge McBurney says, "Just ask your next question instead of recapping the last 30 minutes, please." Bruce Harvey replies, "As long as you interrupt Mr. Rucker when he does the same thing, I'll move to my next question" @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
7m7 minutes ago
Defense: #TexMcIver said, "The gun discharged. I fell asleep?" Dani Jo Carter: He said he discharged the gun; I don't remember him saying he was asleep @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
2m2 minutes ago
You're thinking that if #TexMcIver was ever the subject of Diane's ire, it would be now, because it's such an "unusual event?" Yes. (Monday Dani Jo Carter says she expected Diane to "light into" Tex after he shot her.) But Diane says, "Tex, you shot me?" @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
49s50 seconds ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: There wasn't blood on her shirt, there wasn't blood dripping down, anything b/t 14th St & Emory Hospital? Dani Jo Carter: I wasn't looking. Def: Concentrating on drive? DJC: Yes. Def: Not. Panicking. DJC: Yes. Def: You didn't say, Call 911? DJC: No @wsbradio
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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
38s38 seconds ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: You're zipping down Piedmont, maybe ~50? So w/in 20 secs there's an Emory Hospital sign? Here, near Morningside turn? Dani Jo Carter: I was tunnel-visioned; was just listening to Tex [navigating]. Defense: He was holding her, saying Diane, Diane? Yes. @wsbradio

Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
6m6 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: He got out of the car before it stopped? He was yelling, Gunshot, help? Dani Jo Carter: I thought he was yelling "Gurney" but I was in the car, couldn't hear. @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
2m2 minutes ago
Dani Jo testifies in the hospital, #TexMcIver said he felt horrible, and the situation reminded him of his service in Vietnam.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
1m1 minute ago
On cross, Dani Jo concedes when #TexMcIver said "it doesn't look good," she didn't know whether he was speaking about Diane's condition or the optics of the scenario.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
1m1 minute ago
#TexMcIver lawyer asks Dani Jo Carter about how Tex said at hospital, "Dani Jo, I'd hate to see you get wrapped up in this; just tell [police] that you just came down as a family friend." "Wasn't that the dumbest thing you've heard? Just stupid, wasn't it?" asks defense @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
3m3 minutes ago
Emory’s Dr. Hardy updated them on Diane, & how she’d said it was an accident. So Diane was alive, talking? “Yes,” says Dani Jo Carter, her voice breaking. “Yeah I know it’s difficult & brings back memories, but you made it through this morning” #TexMcIver atty says @wsbradio


Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
2h2 hours ago
#TexMcIver - 10 minute afternoon break
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Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
1h1 hour ago
#texmciver - Court is back in session with Dani Jo Carter still under cross examination.


Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
1h1 hour ago
#TexMcIver - Bruce Harvey had started questioning when the court reporter walked in. A lot of laughter from the gallery. Questioning will start again


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
1h1 hour ago
Back from a brief afternoon break in the #TexMcIver murder trial. His defense attorney Bruce Harvey resumes questioning Dani Jo Carter, who was driving on the night McIver shot his wife, her friend Diane, inside an SUV in midtown Atlanta @wsbradio

Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
1h1 hour ago
#TexMcIver lawyer Bruce Harvey: You told them, He said he "felt like ****" and I don't know what to say to him, he absolutely worships her? Yes. @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
1h1 hour ago
Dani Jo testifies she didn't tell police #TexMcIver told her to lie "because it sounded bad for Tex."


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
1h1 hour ago
#TexMcIver atty: Remember Det. Smith saying, police in the APD have accidental weapons discharge all the time? Dani Jo Carter doesn't. Atty shows transcript. State: You're asking her what the detective said? Def: I already did. Well I object, says the State. Ctrm laughs @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
46m46 minutes ago
Did #TexMcIver or his lawyer Steve Maples ever tell you to lie when asking you to give a statement for them? Dani Jo Carter says no; she'd already talked to police and she didn't see a reason to do another one so people could compare one to the other @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
43m43 minutes ago
#TexMcIver attorney Bruce Harvey to Dani Jo Carter: "Nobody ever said, 'Get out there and tell a lie?'" Judge McBurney: "You've really, really covered that." Harvey: "It's really, really important" @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
33m33 minutes ago
Dani Jo Carter says yes to question on whether #TexMcIver told her at that flag football game two weeks after Diane's death that he was revising his will to leave everything to his and Diane's godson, Austin, and nothing to his children @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
29m29 minutes ago
Defense attorney: You understood that #TexMcIver had a sleep disorder that when he woke up or was asleep, he would lash out? Yes. And Diane was afraid he was going to hit her? Yes @wsbradio
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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
16m16 minutes ago
Redirect of Dani Jo Carter: State shows her more of the “Harvey” video of the SUV at Piedmont and 12th. When the shot went off, was there a car in front of you? Yes. Is there a car in front of you in that video? No. Next to you on left? Is it in this video? No. #TexMcIver

@WildAboutTrial
Jurors get to see Dani Jo and Diane in the front seat of the Expedition en route to Emory. #TexMcIver

Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
21m21 minutes ago
Correction: #TexMcIver told her that in a phone call. He invited her to come with him to the lawyer's office when he was revising his will. She didn't go. Did she know he revised his will in October 2016 (after Diane's death)? No.


Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
17m17 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Court is adjourning for the evening. Dani Jo Carter will return tomorrow morning to continue the redirect examination.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
15m15 minutes ago
Jurors told judge they can’t hear testimony on Saturday in #TexMcIver so he’s extending court an extra hour on a few days coming up.
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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
5m5 minutes ago
Judge apparently likes #Legos. #TexMcIver.

Kaitlyn Ross 11Alive@kaitlynross1
26m26 minutes ago
Judge in the Tex McIver murder trial says his son gave him this LEGO warrior to “defend against evil attorneys”


Why there is a LEGO man at the Tex McIver trial (with clip)

"Sitting in the courtroom is a little toy warrior. The story behind him might surprise you...."

http://www.11alive.com/article/news...0dff&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
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Sole Shooting Witness Says Tex McIver Offered to Forgive Loan
Dani Jo Carter testified Tuesday that she still owed about $2,000 on a $15,000 loan from Diane McIver.

"...Carter testified she still owed her longtime friend more than $2,000 on a $15,000 loan from Diane McIver. Carter said a monthly payment was automatically deducted from her bank account.

Carter said that, after Diane McIver’s death, her automatic payment was returned because McIver’s bank accounts were locked. Carter said she received a note from McIver’s administrative assistant at U.S. Enterprises, where McIver was the company’s president, reminding her she owed a monthly payment.

Carter said she then called Tex McIver.

“I told him I didn’t have any intention of not paying that loan,” she said. McIver replied “that he was going to ease up on it and for me not to worry about it,” she said.

That conversation took place weeks after Diane McIver’s death and after McIver suggested that Carter not reveal to police that she was the sole witness to the shooting...."

https://www.law.com/dailyreportonli...ness-says-tex-mciver-offered-to-forgive-loan/
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Lone witness back on stand in Tex McIver murder trial

"...This is our live recounting of testimony occurring in the courtroom on Tuesday March 20:..."

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/at...on-stand-in-tex-mciver-murder-trial/718782542
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[turaj]

Watching Ms. Armstrong from last week...at the ER...after learning of his wife's death Tex says "Dani boy did good"...what in the world does this mean...anyone????

 

[alsleuther]

Lone witness back on stand in Tex McIver murder trial

"...This is our live recounting of testimony occurring in the courtroom on Tuesday March 20:..."

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/at...on-stand-in-tex-mciver-murder-trial/718782542
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I've lived in Atlanta for almost 20 years now - Midtown at one time and now the northern Suburbs. Everyone, and I mean everyone knows that Grady is where you go for trauma, not Emory. Emory is know for cancer research, Grady for trauma. To be racing through Morningside telling the driver to slow down was very surprising to me. And to never call 911 to let the hospital know that a gunshot victim was on the way is not understandable.

I recently went to a safety talk for Girl Scout camping (for my kids) and the first thing they tell you is that if anyone in your party is bit by a snake, the first thing you do is get them to GRADY, it's the only hospital in the ATL area with the anti-venom.

I've been watching the trial in bits and pieces but when I realized that even Dani Jo was borrowing money from her friend, Diane, it's just so sad. I think it's a tale of greed and murder......

 

[turaj]

thanks for the insight...it seems from the medical testimony I have listened to so far that being taken immediately to the trauma center they probably could have saved her. I agree on the greed and murder...there is much more we do not know.

 

[alsleuther]

Dani Jo really presented herself as a loyal friend of 40 years, but then as testimony goes on you hear that she was an alcoholic that Diane cut off all contact with and didn't speak to for years or even invite her to her wedding to Tex. And then she was borrowing money from Diane to buy a car?

Seems like Diane unfortunately surrounded herself with people that may have had ulterior motives......

 

[turaj]

Dani Jo really presented herself as a loyal friend of 40 years, but then as testimony goes on you hear that she was an alcoholic that Diane cut off all contact with and didn't speak to for years or even invite her to her wedding to Tex. And then she was borrowing money from Diane to buy a car?

Seems like Diane unfortunately surrounded herself with people that may have had ulterior motives......

i find it odd that Dani Jo spent more time with Tex and Diane than her own husband. All of these characters seemed to be on the take...Stringer lived at the"outlaw house" at the Ranch and on and on.

 

[dancinunderthemoon]

Dani Jo? the song "danny boy"? I wondered also what that meant

 

[dancinunderthemoon]

I've lived in Atlanta for almost 20 years now - Midtown at one time and now the northern Suburbs. Everyone, and I mean everyone knows that Grady is where you go for trauma, not Emory. Emory is know for cancer research, Grady for trauma. To be racing through Morningside telling the driver to slow down was very surprising to me. And to never call 911 to let the hospital know that a gunshot victim was on the way is not understandable.
I recently went to a safety talk for Girl Scout camping (for my kids) and the first thing they tell you is that if anyone in your party is bit by a snake, the first thing you do is get them to GRADY, it's the only hospital in the ATL area with the anti-venom.

I've been watching the trial in bits and pieces but when I realized that even Dani Jo was borrowing money from her friend, Diane, it's just so sad. I think it's a tale of greed and murder......

danny boy did good? I don't know I suspected they were in on it together at one time..The thing that bothers me is that I don't see how he could have planned this unless the driver was in on it and took this particular exit ..........then again....my sister has that sleep disorder and has gut punched the hubby into tears in the middle of the night..haha....could this have happned with the gun..........then again, he's not an idiot, he knew and DIANE knew he should NOT be asleep with that gun if he really had this sleep disorder......but he's tried to cover his tracks from the beginnning and what really gets me is.......he's an attorney in ATL ...HE KNEW where to take her for gunshot woulnds and went to the cancer center?! WTH? In addition, he never called 911 and he never told the nurses at the ER that she'd been SHOT...the ones who were trying to get her out of the car in her unconscious state but he told someone when first arriving who was NOT a medical professional, who was that? ...........Poor woman was miffed, she didn't even want to see him before she went into surgery, she knew he killed her at that point, she knew she was going to die.....so tragic

 

[dancinunderthemoon]

she had not left her godson in her will.............there is another will...., dani jo was not in it either since their reuniting but we KNOW she would have left much to her godson

there were legal papers that Diane never signed, that would leaveTEX her half of the ranch, but tex had signed them.........there was disagreement in who was getting her half of the ranch in the event of her death...........anyone remember that? Why had she not signed them? Why would she? Now tex gets the ranch. Tex also ransacked her office at cory and took ALL her belongings....I would have considered that trespassing on his part, the secretary assistant that says she printed and filed her new will, now is gone, likely why he cleaned out her office days after her death before anyone else got in there? but who would have revised her will and not come forward about it?