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

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Scott Riddle, Esq.@ScottRiddleLaw
4m4 minutes ago
This is the hammer of a @SmithWessonCorp Model 638. It is very hard and textured and takes quite a bit of force, relatively, to . If DNA was anywhere it would be here. And whether the hammer was back is important. Yet no swab? #texmciver

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Diane McIver Held Mortgage to Financially Strapped Husband's Ranch When He Shot Her
Tex McIver had mortgaged his interest in the couple's ranch to his wife on a $350,000 loan he had not repaid when he killed her.

"Atlanta attorney Claud “Tex” McIver was financially strapped and bleeding money monthly when he fatally shot his wife, a former co-worker of her’s testified Tuesday.

McIver was so consumed with the state of his finances that he told Ken Rickert, general counsel U.S. Enterprises where Diane McIver was president, that his law firm “was cutting him back.” McIver said he was only bringing in $10,000 to $12,000 a month, but his 75-acre ranch was costing him $20,000 to $25,000 a month to maintain, Rickert testified Tuesday.

McIver’s comments were made the day after Diane McIver died, Rickert said...."

https://www.law.com/dailyreportonli...lly-strapped-husbands-ranch-when-he-shot-her/
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Tex McIver borrowed hundreds of thousands of dollars from wife, Diane

"WHAT HAPPENED MONDAY: Lots of talk about the McIvers’ estate planning, with no real resolution. The state continued to drop hints about a relationship between the defendant and a masseuse.

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?: More testimony on Diane McIver’s will and whether changes were made to her 2006 will that is in effect.

This is our live recounting of testimony occurring in the courtroom on Tuesday, March 27: ..."

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/tex-mciver-murder-trial-day/ekKiQp8Ni17nfJAJ70zAvJ/
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Tex McIver Trial Day 11 Part 2

[video=youtube;JRMrIJxdjFg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRMrIJxdjFg[/video]
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Elura Nanos and LaWanda Hodges Talk Tex McIver on Law & Crime Network 03/27/18

[video=youtube;0tY6fV8eoCY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tY6fV8eoCY[/video]

(McIver trial starts @ 37:02)
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[candy.gibson1]

Did Diane buy into the partnership? Clearly they should have budgeted differently, once he was winding down his practice. Is his current financial situation, because he had to match her spending? I don’t understand where love, commitment and partnership (non financial) , comes into this marriage. So once you’re no longer performing, you’re kicked to the curb?


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Beth Karas Talks Tex McIver Trial on Law & Crime Network 03/26/18

[video=youtube;Iikz8WGw4tg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iikz8WGw4tg[/video]
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Diane McIver Held Mortgage to Financially Strapped Husband's Ranch When He Shot Her
Tex McIver had mortgaged his interest in the couple's ranch to his wife on a $350,000 loan he had not repaid when he killed her.

"Atlanta attorney Claud “Tex” McIver was financially strapped and bleeding money monthly when he fatally shot his wife, a former co-worker of her’s testified Tuesday.

McIver was so consumed with the state of his finances that he told Ken Rickert, general counsel U.S. Enterprises where Diane McIver was president, that his law firm “was cutting him back.” McIver said he was only bringing in $10,000 to $12,000 a month, but his 75-acre ranch was costing him $20,000 to $25,000 a month to maintain, Rickert testified Tuesday.

McIver’s comments were made the day after Diane McIver died, Rickert said...."

https://www.law.com/dailyreportonli...lly-strapped-husbands-ranch-when-he-shot-her/
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Soo did he foot the entire monthly cost of the ranch or did Diane as well? Because killing her, if she did, then cut off a huge percentage of the income to support the ranch. In many ways it left him worse off than if she was still alive. On the other hand I guess part of the argument is that he had no idea how little money he'd get from Diane.

 

[turaj]

Did Diane buy into the partnership? Clearly they should have budgeted differently, once he was winding down his practice. Is his current financial situation, because he had to match her spending? I don’t understand where love, commitment and partnership (non financial) , comes into this marriage. So once you’re no longer performing, you’re kicked to the curb?


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Diane made is very very clear that she will not take care of sick people. I remember Dani Jo saying that...I thought good luck Tex as you age.

 

[BooBooTheFool]

if you want that arrival at Emory there was so much time lost just getting her in and no medical professional there at first....911 would have told them to go to Grady...that could have made a big difference....I think the point above that maybe some pills were involved because this Tex guy was not thinking clearly no matter how you look at it.

It does explain the alleged "falling asleep in the backseat thing" and him telling Dani Jo which hospital to go through which I believe was technically a longer drive than to the more trauma-equipped hospital. Has the possibility of Tex being pilled up been introduced by either side?

If you believe this was a premeditated murder (I do) it explains why his plan was so nonsensical.

 

[turaj]

Listening to bond revocation hearing regarding the finding of the gun in April 2017 and boy does this give some interesting information....a real different picture of Janie Calhoun and she is really protecting Tex...I don't even understand her....her husband is very very successful man and they are not one of the others that needed money. Clearly she dated Tex in the past and he expressed an interest in her after the death of Diane...and the description of all the firearms in Tex' apartment...well this is all just too much.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, March 28th:
*Trial continues (Day 12) (@ 9am ET) - GA - Diane McIver (63) (Sept. 25, 2016) - Claud "Tex" Lee McIver III (74/now 76) arrested (12/14/16) charged (4/27/17) with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and three counts of influencing witnesses and bribery. Pled not guilty.
3/24/18: Prosecutors say they are unlikely to rest their case before next Friday, March 30th. The following week (4/2-9) is spring break, resuming April 9th for Defense.

 

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Can anyone fill in the blanks why it took so long for Tex to be charged? Murder was in Sept. and he was not charged until late April of the next year.

Here’s a timeline of events related to the Tex McIver case

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law...d-the-tex-mciver-case/omgtGLBc1DBTs2rQpAwY2K/

 

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Wild About Trial@WildAboutTrial
12m12 minutes ago
Day 12 in the #TexMcIver trial is about to begin


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
13m13 minutes ago
#TexMcIver trial: State calls Dean Driskell, managing partner of FTI consulting and adjunct professor at Georgia State. He assessed McIver's financial position on or about the date of Diane McIver's death, Sept. 25, 2016. @wsbradio

Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
11m11 minutes ago
Driskell says he reviewed 20-30k pages of #TexMcIver financial data to reach his conclusions and billed the county by the hour for this work.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
9m9 minutes ago
Driskell says his firm was paid about $35k for its work on the #TexMcIver case, with the government discount.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
8m8 minutes ago
Dean Driskell reviewed bank statements, tax returns, deeds, & correspondence among the documents to assess #TexMcIver's financial status at the time McIver fatally shot his wife, Diane, in Sept. 2106. Prepped copies for lawyers/judge to follow. Earned fees $30-35K. @wsbradio

Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
1m1 minute ago
Driskell testifies that #TexMcIver's "cash position" worsened in the years leading up to Diane's death.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
14m14 minutes ago
Driskell says #TexMcIver overstated his net worth and was experiencing "financial stress" in the days leading up to Diane's death.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
14m14 minutes ago
#texmciver financial position "significantly deteriorated" from 2013 to Diane's death in 2016.: Dean Driskell, a Georgia State finance prof. called by the state
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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
12m12 minutes ago
Dean Driskell prepped a PowerPoint for the jury, to ease the testimony of so much about numbers. He found #TexMcIver's cash position significantly deteriorated before Diane's death, his net worth was overstated, and he was dealing with significant financial stress. @wsbradio

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Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
12m12 minutes ago
Driskell: #texmciver overstated his net worth and was in "financial stress" leading up to Diane's death

Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
6m6 minutes ago
#TexMcIver saw a 69% decrease in income between 2013 and 2016, Driskell testifies.

Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
3m3 minutes ago
Driskell: #texmciver net income had dropped 54 percent from 2013 to 2016


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
2m2 minutes ago
Dean Driskell testifies that #TexMcIver had a 69% decrease in cash income in the three years leading to his wife's fatal shooting. When he dropped from an equity partner to an income partner at law firm Fisher Phillips, his net income dropped by more than half. @wsbradio

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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
8m8 minutes ago
Driskell says #TexMcIver was spending more money than he was making on living expenses and his ranch. He was in the hole nearly $170k at one point.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
6m6 minutes ago
Driskell: "More money going out than coming in," most of it going towards ranch. In 2016 #TexMcIver was 65 K in the hole


Aungelique Proctor@aungeliquefox5
5m5 minutes ago
#TexMcIver was spending $342,552, but only made $277,177 at the time of Diane's death. @FOX5Atlanta

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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
2m2 minutes ago
At the time of Diane's death, financial expert says #TexMcIver was in the hole about $5,301 in all of his accounts.

Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
2m2 minutes ago
Expert: #TexMcIver was "cash poor" at Diane's date of death.

Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
4m4 minutes ago
Dean Driskell analyzed #TexMcIver's cash expenditures, including to his wife's companies and to her. By the time Diane was killed, McIver was spending more money than he had coming in. If not for money Diane gave him, his bank accounts were $5,000 in the red @wsbradio

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Aungelique Proctor@aungeliquefox5
2m2 minutes ago
Accountant says #TexMcIver was "cash poor" at the time of Diane's death and had a negative $5K cash on hand in his 6 bank accounts. @FOX5Atlanta

Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
59s59 seconds ago
Driskell testified that #TexMcIver attributed a good portion of his own net worth to Diane McIver's assets, and therefore overstated that worth.

Aungelique Proctor@aungeliquefox5
1m1 minute ago
Accountant says #TexMcIver overstated his net worth by almost $2M in Feb of 2017, because he was claiming Diane's assets. @FOX5Atlanta

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