NY - 8 Die in Crash on Taconic State Parkway #3

[al66pine]

"Clearing" thru a Lawyer?

I wonder if Jackie had to clear thru a lawyer what could be published ??????

@hot cawfeee
In reading ^post I thought about why authors/publishers conduct pre-publication "legal reviews," and preventing plagarism & copyright violation came to mind. Another reason for "legal reviews" is detecting defamation of character, which is what my earlier post addressed and why I doubted the book defamed Diane's character.

@hot cawfeee If your question was about something else, & I misconstrued it, my apologies for any confusion. If your post meant a different kind of "clearing thru a lawyer" perhaps you could explain your question a bit further. TiA.

 

[hot cawfeee]

No worries Friend !!! I was thinking that in light of how litigious this case was ( am sure still is !!!) if anything written could be used by Danny, the Longo, family, Balducci family or any plaintiff. If Jackie "spilled the beans" on something that was to be kept secret from the public...or as they say "not for public knowledge"

 

[Jmoose]

I really wish that Jackie Hance had been as forthcoming as I believe she could have been, in her book. She got to the point where she said she loved and forgave Diane, but I don’t think she did, really. I don’t know if it’s true, but I recently heard that Jackie and Warren are now separated, which isn’t surprising, considering the loss that they have endured. Early on, after the accident, I was thinking that somewhere in Jackie’s mind, she must be partially blaming Warren, as well as Diane, for the loss of their children. When I read Jackie’s book, I got the sense that Jackie didn’t treat Warren like he was enduring the same loss that she was-she was withholding herself from him, and making him jump through (buying her a convertible Volvo) hoops to get her affection back, but she wasn’t there for him, it seemed. I don’t know, maybe this is just how her grief worked. It just felt, to me, like she partially blamed him. Maybe he encouraged Jackie to let the girls go, maybe he reassured her that Diane’s (assumed) drinking problem didn’t extend to driving.

 

[Jmoose]

Now there's questions that I have always had : What did Diane say to her brother? and Just what did her niece (Emma I think ) say to her Dad ???? What about her co-workers ? No one ever came forward from Cablevision and thats a big company...someone would talk for $$$ and/or to get a few seconds of fame.

I would be willing to bet that Cablevision made it clear that no employees were going to involve themselves in speaking about Diane, or they would be ex-employees. Nobody was going to pay one of them enough to speak about Diane, and if you have a good job, would you give it up? Besides, what would a co-worker really know about her drinking and pot smoking habits? Diane didn’t have time to go out drinking with them, regardless of what someone told the NY Post. They MIGHT know something about her relationship with Danny, but there isn’t any way to substantiate a conversation someone had with another person who is now dead.

 

[hot cawfeee]

I would like to know what she was like to work with...I had a former manager who was a gaslighting . Her marriage was terrible and she took her anger out on her subordinates. She had a very passive-aggressive trick: when her husband was due for his daily phone call, she would grab a folder and walk out 5 minutes prior to his usual time. It forced one of us to pick up her phone and deal with him. He expected us to walk around the building and track her down.

 

[Jmoose]

I would like to know what she was like to work with...I had a former manager who was a gaslighting *****. Her marriage was terrible and she took her anger out on her subordinates. She had a very passive-aggressive trick: when her husband was due for his daily phone call, she would grab a folder and walk out 5 minutes prior to his usual time. It forced one of us to pick up her phone and deal with him. He expected us to walk around the building and track her down.

Sounds like they were both jerks!

 

[hot cawfeee]

Jmoose...they deserved each other !!!! According to facebook they are still married....lol...misery loves company !

 

[lonewanderer]

Bump, and question.

She was diabetic, right? Do you think it’s possible her husband swapped her diabetes syringes with some kind of alcohol?

 

[333_OnlyHalfEvil]

Bump, and question.

She was diabetic, right? Do you think it’s possible her husband swapped her diabetes syringes with some kind of alcohol?

I don't think she was regular diabetic; she'd had gestational diabetes during one of her pregnancies.

I am so curious to know what made her brain flip the switch from starting another regular week, talking about tickets to a play, to ok, this is it, and I'm taking these kids with me. I wonder if she was chugging the alcohol at the very end.

 

[333_OnlyHalfEvil]

For those who think she committed murder/suicide (as opposed to a health emergency/accident), do you think she had fantasized about doing this, or was it just a spur of the moment act? And do you think if she fantasized about it previously, that she just imagined driving herself off the road, or did she specifically want to take the kids too? Were her nieces just collateral damage or was she upset or feeling jealous about something?

 

[Jmoose]

Bump, and question.

She was diabetic, right? Do you think it’s possible her husband swapped her diabetes syringes with some kind of alcohol?

I don’t think she was an insulin dependent diabetic, was she?

 

[333_OnlyHalfEvil]

Has anyone listened to the Through Crime podcast called They Lied about Aunt Diane on Youtube? It has an entire convoluted story involving the mob and money laundering and Brian Schuler as an adult digging into his own past. It even has the results of a FUTURE trial date, for this coming December of 2025. Its interesting to listen to, tries to paint Diane as the victim, but I can't find a shred of proof to support it. It appears to have been released about a month ago, unless its been around in other forms that I am unaware of.

I don't want to link it here for fear it get mixed into the actual facts of the case. Why do people do this, using a true tragedy as a creative writing experiment and try to pass it off as actual events. I hope this doesn't become a thing with AI trying to fill in the blanks and people accepting it as fact.

It did, however, bring up one question for me:

Was Diane just driving around aimlessly that day, maybe not wanting to go home? Or could she have been meeting someone? I know originally she was running late and in a big hurry to get home because one of the girls had play practice. I would think it would be really risky for her to meet up with anyone during that ride, because the children were old enough to tell on her when they got home.

Also was there any dash cam footage available from those around her on the roads? I'm curious about her driving. Some say she was an aggressive driver normally, some say she was just a regular northern driver. Was she a regular road rager? Was this the only way she allowed her perfect mask to slip, by smiling at home and avoiding conflict, only to take it out on other drivers later? Everyone needs an outlet, was this the only one she allowed herself?

 

[DustysMom]

There was a large vodka bottle found in the van. IIRC the alcohol found in her stomach was pure alcohol, not alcohol mixed with something else. A lot of people have speculated she bought orange juice at McDonalds to mix it with the vodka. (The OJ purchase may have been a fact, and the mixer part speculation, I’m not certain.)

Supposedly the alcohol was something they kept with the camping supplies, to drink when they were at the campground, so there’s really no explanation as to why Diane had it in the minivan with her. It was her brother’s minivan so she definitely had to have brought it with her on purpose.

In the past I have speculated and wondered if she could have taken an Ambien the night before and had some kind of bizarre reaction causing her actions the next day. It’s all so inexplicable.

When I just read this I thought - vodka bottle in brother’s van. Surely, she wasn’t going to drop the kids off with the large bottle in view? When was she going to remove it without detection? Maybe the crash WAS premeditated…..

 

[333_OnlyHalfEvil]

When I just read this I thought - vodka bottle in brother’s van. Surely, she wasn’t going to drop the kids off with the large bottle in view? When was she going to remove it without detection? Maybe the crash WAS premeditated…..

That's an excellent point. If the bottle of vodka was the one kept at the campsite normally, as Daniel said (I don't have much faith in what he says overall, so this may or may not be accurate), what made her put it in the van before she hit the road? And not packed in the back, either...right up front where it could be seen by others driving or walking by. And if it was a newer bottle, when did she buy it? Why did she not care if the kids saw it? How was she planning on disposing of it before arriving at her brother's house?

Does anyone know if orange juice was also found in her stomach, or just vodka?