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| A Personal Collection of Found Materials Who Murdered Roberta "Bobbie" Daniel, age 33, January 2, 1988 ? Watonga, Oklahoma (Blaine County) 73772 "Stephens County Assistant District Attorney, Robert Beal claims the 22 suspects in the case, including the defendant's mother, Virginia, of Woodward, were cleared in the investigation." by Ed Godfrey, Diana Baldwin (The Oklahoman Archives) Sun 10/15/2000 "Death case still divides Watonga 12 years later" Terry Lynn Daniel was found NOT GUILTY of Roberta's murder October 26, 2000 |
| Need Photo of Roberta HERE | -- | "The slaying occurred Jan. 2, 1988. It was after 11 p.m. when [Terry] Daniel called for an ambulance. He said he had arrived home from work to discover a grisly scene. His wife of three years, Roberta, 33, was dead. She had been beaten and stabbed in their home, her skull crushed, her throat slashed. Her husband's fishing knife had been plunged into her [left side] abdomen. It was later determined she had been stabbed after she was dead. Emergency medical technicians arrived on icy and snow-covered roads to the Daniel home to find the victim's body on the floor next to a stairwell. The front door was open and a window next to the door was broken. A coffee table and a vase were overturned. A purse with bills sticking out of it was on the kitchen counter and two kitchen drawers were open. A vacuum cleaner was found at her feet, with the hose wrapped around her leg. A firewood log with glass embedded in it was by her head. The only thing missing from the home was a knitting bag containing some "junk jewelry," as Daniel identified it to the OSBI [Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation]. The bag was found on a county road just north of the house. The couple didn't have children together, but Terry Daniel has two from a previous marriage, and Roberta Daniel left behind a daughter." - Sun 10/15/2000 "Death case still divides Watonga 12 years later" |
| Timeline of Found Material Regarding Roberta Daniel Murder Case |
| 1984 | -- |
| 1984-00-00 00:00 Terry Daniel also purchased $100,000 policy in 1984 |
-------- | "In the summer before the victim's death [1987], Daniel purchased $500,000 life insurance policies for himself and his wife. David Lee Orr of Woodward said he sold Daniel a $100,000 life insurance policy in 1984. After about a year, Orr said the policy was dropped because the defendant failed to make monthly payments." Oklahoman Archives - Wed October 18, 2000 "Jury told Watonga murder defendant deep in debt" |
| 1987 | -- |
| 1987-00-00 00:00 Terry Daniel's Aunt defends reason couple purchased $500,000 insurance policies |
-------- | "Sharon Cunningham, the defendant's aunt, said the victim told her about the animals [children's pet rabbits killed just like the butchered animals in the 1987 movie, "Fatal Attraction"] and that she was concerned about living in the house the last part of 1987. Cunningham also defended the couple's purchase of two $500,000 life insurance policies several months before the slaying. She said the family had gone on a vacation in July and Terry Daniel almost drowned. They were worried about their financial situation if one of them died, so that was the first thing they did when they got home, she said." - Oklahoman - Sat 10/21/2000 "Murder victim spoke of fear, friend testifies" NOTE FROM WEBMASTER: Movie titled "Fatal Attraction" with Michael Douglas: Premiere Date: 09/11/1987; Release Date: 09/18/1987; VHS Release Date: September 23, 1997 |
| 1987-00-00 00:00 Tatum [Daniel] Nitzel testified somebody tried to break in |
-------- | "Tatum Nitzel, the defendant's daughter from a previous marriage, testified that one night about two months before the slaying she and her stepmother were home alone when someone tried to get in the back door. "They were wiggling the door handle," Nitzel said. "She opened the door, and she slammed it on a hand. That is what I saw." Nitzel said she was told to call [Terry] Daniel, and he came home." - Oklahoman Archives - Sat 10/21/2000 "Murder victim spoke of fear, friend testifies" |
| 1987-00-00 00:00 Roberta Daniel told her friend Jean Ann Campbell that she was scared three weeks before she was murdered |
-------- | "A murder victim admitted she was scared about three weeks before her head was crushed and her throat slashed in her Blaine County home 12 years ago, her friend testified Friday. Jean Ann Campbell, now of Liberal, Kan. [Seward County], said she asked Roberta "Bobbie" Daniel, 33, to coffee because she thought her friend was not acting like herself." "Campbell testified that Daniel said she was scared for the first time in her life, but she would not say why. "She said 'I just can't talk to anyone. I can't even talk to my mother,'" Campbell testified. Campbell, a former Watonga restaurant owner, said she questioned the victim about her marriage. "She said she was happier than she ever been," she said." - Oklahoman Archives - Sat October 21, 2000 "Murder victim spoke of fear, friend testifies" |
| 1987-00-00 00:00 Roberta Daniel said pet rabbits were killed just like in 1987 movie "Fatal Attraction" |
-------- | "[Jean Ann] Campbell testified Bobbie Daniel earlier said her children's pet rabbits were killed and she commented it was just like the butchered animals in the 1987 movie, "Fatal Attraction." "In the movie, actor Michael Douglas plays a married man who falls into a weekend fling with a woman. Afterward, she refuses to be cast aside, and commits progressively more serious acts of harassment and violence against her former lover and his family." - Oklahoman Archives - Sat 10/21/2000 "Murder victim spoke of fear, friend testifies" |
| 1987-00-00 00:00 Terry Daniel's rabbit story was different |
-------- | "David Sauls, an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent from Woodward, said the defendant [Terry Daniel] told him a different story about the rabbits. Sauls, the case agent, testified Terry Daniel said one of the rabbits was shot with a BB gun by his son or a friend and the dogs got the other rabbits when they got out of the pen." Oklahoman Archives - Sat 10/21/2000 "Murder victim spoke of fear, friend testifies" |
| 1988 | -- |
| 1988-01-02-00 00:00 They slept until noon, cleaned house then to store, buy pantyhose |
Saturday Before the murder |
"[Terry] Daniel said he and his wife slept until noon the day of the slaying and then cleaned house before he went to the grocery store to buy her pantyhose for church the next day." - "In one statement, Beal [Robert Beal, Stephens County Assistant District Attorney] pointed out that Daniel said he returned home from the grocery store and cleaned the house some more, but he did not say that in any other statement." - Tue 10/24/2000 "Jury to resume deliberations Watonga man accused of killing wife" |
| 1988-01-02-00 00:00 Elk's Club |
Saturday Before the murder |
"Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent David Sauls testified that Daniel told investigators the victim did not want to go with him to the Elks Club the night of the slaying because she had had a hernia and couldn't drink." - Tue 10/24/2000 "Jury to resume deliberations Watonga man accused of killing wife" |
| 1988-01-02-00 00:00 Terry Daniel couldn't remember what he mailed at the post office the night his wife was killed |
Saturday Before the murder |
"Beal [Robert Beal, Stephens County Assistant District Attorney] was critical of Daniel because he could not remember what the defendant mailed at the post office the night of the slaying. The prosecutor implied the defendant was mailing the murder weapon and his bloody clothes. Neither ever were shown in court." "On the other hand, Beal also was critical of Daniel for not changing his story about his whereabouts prior to the slaying and when he found the body. The prosecutor said Daniel remembered every detail each time he told the story despite finding her body which had to be "the most traumatic experience anyone could have." - "He remembered every little detail because he had rehearsed it over and over again in his mind," Beal said. "Still, he couldn't answer about the post office." - Tue 10/24/2000 "Jury to resume deliberations" |
| Roberta Daniel found beaten and stabbed to death January 2, 1988 |
| 1988-01-02 00:00 Roberta Daniel found murdered in her Watonga, OK home [Two story brick] |
Saturday After the murder |
"WATONGA Authorities are investigating the weekend slaying of a Watonga woman found beaten and stabbed to death inside her home. No suspects were in custody Monday night, said Paul Renfrow, spokesman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation." - "A window near the front door was broken and evidence suggests a struggle took place inside the Daniel house, authorities said. Terry Daniel, a local jeweler, told officers he was working Saturday night and ran some errands before returning home to find his wife killed, Renfrow said." 01/05/1988 HEADLINE: "Watonga Woman Found Dead" http://www.newsok.com/article/keyword/2211421/ |
| 1988-01-02 00:00 Terry Daniel called ambulance after 11:00pm. Terry's fishing knife was in Roberta's abdomen stabbed after she was already dead |
Saturday After the murder |
"The slaying occurred Jan. 2, 1988. It was after 11 p.m. when Daniel called for an ambulance. He said he had arrived home from work to discover a grisly scene. Her husband's fishing knife had been plunged into her [left side] abdomen. It was later determined she had been stabbed after she was dead." "It initially appeared she was the victim of a robbery that became a homicide, but investigators quickly became suspicious. Terry Daniel, who purchased a $500,000 life insurance policy on his wife several months before, became the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation's prime suspect." Oklahoman Archives - Sun October 15, 2000 "Death case still divides Watonga 12 years later" |
| 1988-01-02 00:00 Body on floor next to stairwell. Front door open, window broken. Purse with money on counter, vacuum at Roberta's feet. |
Saturday After the murder |
"Emergency medical technicians arrived on icy and snow-covered roads to the Daniel home to find the victim's body on the floor next to a stairwell. The front door was open and a window next to the door was broken. A coffee table and a vase were overturned. A purse with bills sticking out of it was on the kitchen counter and two kitchen drawers were open. A vacuum cleaner was found at her feet, with the hose wrapped around her leg. A firewood log with glass embedded in it was by her head." Oklahoman Archives - Sun October 15, 2000 "Death case still divides Watonga 12 years later" |
| 1988-01-02 00:00 Body rolled ?? Knitting bag with junk jewelry missing, found on country road Criminalist testified nobody entered via broken window |
Saturday After the murder |
"[Investigators] believe the body was rolled over 30 minutes to an hour after the slaying, causing them to wonder why more items were not taken if the perpetrator had stayed that long. The only thing missing from the home was a knitting bag containing some "junk jewelry," as Daniel identified it to the OSBI [Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation]. The bag was found on a county road just north of the house. Mel Hett, a criminalist for the OSBI, testified in 1994 that the front door lock could not be reached through the broken window. And there were no hairs, blood or fibers to suggest anyone entered through the window, the only point in the house where there was evidence of a forced entry, he said. "It's my opinion that no one has ever been through that window," Hett testified." Oklahoman Archives - Sun October 15, 2000 "Death case still divides Watonga 12 years later" |
| 1988-01-02 00:00 Terry Daniel covered Roberta with his coat. Glass fragments found on coat but LE moved coat to floor before securing evidence |
Saturday After the murder |
"Daniel told investigators he put his coat over his wife's lifeless body. A few glass fragments from the broken window were found on that coat, but Blaine County sheriff's investigators admitted removing the coat from the body and placing it on the floor before securing it as evidence. There also was testimony at the preliminary hearing that Daniel tried to borrow money, as much as $100,000, from two friends in the weeks before his wife was killed." Oklahoman Archives - Sun October 15, 2000 "Death case still divides Watonga 12 years later" |
| 1994 | -- |
| Terry Daniel and Deborah Lee Todd get married May 4, 1994 |
| 1994-05-04 00:00 Terry Daniel married Deborah Lee Todd |
-------- | No. ML-1994-1838 (Filed: 04/29/1994) - DANIEL, TERRY LYNN , Male Applicant - TODD, DEBORAH LEE , Female Applicant - MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE RECORDED 05/04/1994 Oklahoma Court Network "Daniel, who remarried a month before his 1994 preliminary hearing, recently [2000] said he launched a jewelry manufacturing business after bankers closed his Watonga jewelry shop [Daniel Custom Jewelers] while he was in jail. He continues to design and manufacture western jewelry marketed nationwide." Sat April 22, 2000 "Trial set in Watonga fatal beating" |
| Probate Hearing for new administrator for the estate of Roberta Daniel |
| 1994-05-06 00:00 |
-------- | "Crieg Rittenhouse, a Harper County assistant district attorney, said Thursday he is offering Blaine County prosecutors 200 pages of evidence which he says supports his allegation. Rittenhouse announced his findings last week during a probate hearing in Blaine County District Court held to appoint a new administrator for the estate of Roberta Daniel. Rittenhouse said he was asked last year [1993] by Roberta Daniel's mother to look into her daughter's murder. The mother, Janice Miller, had served as administrator of Roberta Daniel's estate and was concerned about her former son-in-law having access to a $500,000 life insurance policy that was part of her daughter's estate, Rittenhouse said. Miller died earlier this year, and last week's hearing was held to name a new administrator. Rittenhouse testified against Terry Daniel being named administrator. George Burnett, an assistant Blaine County district attorney, dismissed Rittenhouse's findings." Fri May 6, 1994 HEADLINE: "Prosecutor Disputes Watonga Widower's Claim" http://www.newsok.com |
| Terry Daniel indicted by Blaine County Grand Jury in death of Roberta Daniel |
| 1994-06-10 00:00 |
-------- | "A petition seeking a grand jury to look into an unsolved 6-year-old murder is being circulated in Blaine County. The petition also asks the local district attorney's office be disqualified from the probe and that a lawyer with the state attorney general's office be appointed. Jean Gilbreath of Hinton filed the grand jury petition earlier this week in Blaine County. Gilbreath described herself as a "dear friend" of Daniel." Oklahoman Archives - Fri June 10, 1994 "Jury Sought for Murder Case" http://www.newsok.com/article/keyword/2468679/ |
| 1994-07-15 00:00 |
-------- | "A Blaine County grand jury indicted a Watonga jeweler Thursday in the slaying of his wife six years ago. Terry Daniel, 40, was arrested about an hour after the indictment was unsealed. Daniel was being held late Thursday in the Blaine County Jail on a first-degree murder charge. He was held in lieu of $250,000 bond. He was represented in court by Oklahoma City lawyer Irven Box." Oklahoman Archives - Fri July 15, 1994 "Watonga Man Indicted Jurors Accuse Jeweler in 1988 Slaying of Wife" http://www.newsok.com/article/keyword/2471784/ |
| 1995 | -- |
| July 1995: Terry Daniel's Trial will be in Oklahoma County rather than Blaine County March 2000: Daniel case passed to Stephens County district attorney's office |
| 1995-07-07 00:00 |
-------- | "The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Thursday approved a change of venue in the murder trial." - "The trial for Terry Daniel will be in Oklahoma County rather than Blaine County" - "[defense attorney Irven Box] Box sought the change, claiming his client could not receive a fair trial in Blaine County because of pretrial publicity." Oklahoman Archives - Fri July 7, 1995 "Court Orders Murder Trial Moved to City" |
| 1995-09-26 00:00 Court Docket Record: State of Oklahoma v. Terry Lynn Daniel No. CF-1995-6003 (Criminal Felony) $250,000.00 Bond paid on behalf of Terry Lynn Daniel |
-------- | 09-26-1995 BD$ - DANIEL, TERRY LYNN 3564028 Sep 26 1995 12:00:00:000AM - $ 0.00
BOND ENDORSED CASH (HC01)[250000.00] 09-26-1995 NONE - DANIEL, TERRY LYNN 8086079 Sep 26 1995 12:00:00:000AM - $ 0.00 TOTAL AMT. RECVD. - CHECK (# 95-032091) T P TRANS CK CV 95 98 ; CHECK NO:251995[250000.00] 09-26-1995 TEXT - 32666666 Nov 21 2000 7:20:36:817PM - $ 0.00 ***CONVERTED RECEIPT FROM AOC MAINFRAME*** RECEIPT#199532091 PAYOR: T P TRANS CK CV 95 98 PAID ON BEHALF OF: DANIEL TERRY LYNN TOTAL AMOUNT PAID ON CASE # CF-1995-6003 : $ 250,000.00 CALCULATED AMOUNT OWED AFTER THIS RECEIPT: $ 0.00 Oklahoma State Courts Network |
| 2000 | -- |
| 2000-04-22 00:00 Twelve Years Later !! |
-------- | March 22, 1996: Trial postponed until June 3, scheduling conflicts. June 1996: Trial date passes with continuance. November 1996: Murder trial postponement, review additional evidence. February, 1997: Daniel trial postponed due to illness in prosecutor's family. Dec. 3, 1997: Daniel's trial is delayed a sixth time. April 1998: Trial date passes. October 1998: Trial date passes. Sept. 27, 1999: Trial date passes. March 2000: Daniel case passed to Stephens County district attorney's office "Oct. 16, 2000: Daniel murder case set for trial in Oklahoma County District Court with Stephens County Assistant District Attorney Robert Beal prosecuting." Oklahoman Archives - Sat April 22, 2000 "How it happened" http://www.newsok.com/article/keyword/2694666/ |
| 2000-04-22 00:00 |
-------- | "Daniel said he has reconciled with his Woodward parents in recent years, and he eventually plans to move to Woodward. The family's relationship had been strained for a time, with one family member saying at one point Daniel blamed his mother for his wife's death. Daniel denies that now." "Several trial postponements later, Elliott [Oklahoma County Chief Criminal Prosecutor Ray Elliott] was elected judge and the case was passed on to Oklahoma County Assistant District Attorney Richard Wintory. Wintory said this week that the case was passed to Stephens County prosecutors due to a full caseload in Oklahoma County." - "Christian [District Attorney Robert E. "Gene" Christian of Duncan] said his office took the case a month ago to help ease Oklahoma County District Attorney Bob Macy's caseload in consideration of the looming bombing trial of Terry Nichols. The Daniel murder case had been in the hands of Oklahoma County prosecutors for nearly six years without going to trial. Robert Beal, assistant district attorney for Stephens and Grady counties, will prosecute the case, with the trial being held in Oklahoma City. Beal said Daniel will remain free on $140,000 bail pending his trial." - Oklahoman Archives - Sat April 22, 2000 "Trial set in Watonga fatal beating" |
| After Twelve Years, Terry Daniel Trial Begins Monday, October 16, 2000 Prosecution called 27 witnesses - State claimed Terry Daniel killed wife for $500,000 insurance |
| 2000-10-16 00:00 Court Docket Record: State of Oklahoma v. Terry Lynn Daniel No. CF-1995-6003 (Criminal Felony) Jury Selection |
Monday Trial Day |
10-16-2000 CTFREE - DANIEL, TERRY LYNN 32103076 Oct 20 2000 3:46:34:117PM - $ 0.00 JUDGE JACK R. PARR / CASE COMES ON FOR JURY TRIAL. STATE BY ROBERT BEAL AND JEREMY STILWELL OF GRADY COUNTY. DEFT PRES W/ATTYS IRVEN BOX, STEPHEN BOX AND TARA LITTLE. DEFTS MOT TO DISM HEARD IN CHAMBERS, RECORD MADE, MOTION DENIED. BOTH SIDES ANNOUNCE READY FOR TRIAL. 30 JURORS CALLED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.(SEE MINUTE) VOIR DIRE CONDUCTED BY JUDGE AND BOTH COUNSEL. EXCUSES FOR CAUSE MADE(SEE MINUTE). STATE AND DEFT PASS JURY FOR CAUSE. ALL PEREMPT CHALLENGES MADE OR WAIVED(DEFT OBJECTS TO STRIKE PROCEDURE SIDE BAR HELD, COURT TAKES RECESS MATTER RESOLVED) STATES CHALLENGES 1. SAMUEL ROMAN, 2. SYLVIA TELLO, 3. LARRY MCLAIN, 4. LINDA HUNT, 5. ELIZABETH BOWAN 6, 7, 8, & 9 WAIVED. DEFTS CHALLENGES 1. JOHN NICHOLSON, 2. NANCY PATTERSON, 3. LAREA BARNETT, 4. MARAGET SHIREY, 5. STEPHANIE GREGG, 6, 7 8, & 9 WAIVED. JURORS SWORN TO TRY CASE (SEE LIST) LUCINDA LIGHTFOOT & CARMELA GRIFFIN SWORN IN AS ALTERNATES. JUDGE ADMONISHES JURORS AND ORDERS COURT IN RECESS UNTIL 10/17/2000 9AM. REPORTER PAM FULLER - Oklahoma State Courts Network |
| 2000-10-17 00:00 Court Docket Record: State of Oklahoma v. Terry Lynn Daniel No. CF-1995-6003 (Criminal Felony) Jury Changes State and Defense Opening Statements |
Tuesday Trial Day |
10-17-2000 CTFREE - 32103521 Oct 26 2000 8:37:17:347AM - $ 0.00 JUDGE JACK R. PARR / DAY TWO OF JURY TRIAL.COURT RESUMES AFTER OVERNIGHT RECESS. ALL PARTIES PRESENT. JUROR BRIAN ALSUP MADE REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED FROM JURY DITY. RECORD MADE IN CHAMBERS WITH ALL PARTIES PRESENT. NO OBJECTON FROM STATE OR DEFT. JUROR ALSUP EXCUSED, ALTERNATE LUCINDA LIGHTFOOT SWORN IN AS JUROR. PARTIES ANNOUNCE READY FOR TRIAL. OPENING STATEMENTS MADE BY STATE AND DEFT. STATE PRESENTS CASE, WITNESS SWORN. DEFT MAKES MOTION TO PROHIBIT STATES WITNESSES THAT WEREN'T ENDORSED(HEARING HELD IN CAMERA). MOTION DENIED, REQUEST FOR STAY TO TAKE MATTER UP ON A WRIT ALSO DENIED.TRIAL RESUMES, WITNESSES SWORN, EVIDENCE INTRODUCED. JACKSON V DENO HEARING HELD IN CAMERA. JUDGE ADMONISHES JURY, COURT IN RECESS UNTIL 10/18/2000. REPORTER PAM FULLER - Oklahoma State Courts Network |
| 2000-10-18-00 00:00 |
Wednesday Trial Day |
"An Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent appeared to be on trial Wednesday as he defended his 12-year investigation into the slaying of a Watonga woman. Agent David Sauls, assigned to the Woodward office, tried to contain his frustration while defense attorney Irven Box worked to show the jurors that officers botched the investigation into the Jan. 2, 1988, stabbing and beating death of Roberta "Bobbie" Daniel, 33, at her Watonga home. Sauls, the case officer, repeatedly defended his investigation that led to the arrest of the victim's husband, Terry Lynn Daniel, 47." - Oklahoman Archives - Thu October 19, 2000 "Investigator questioned in murder trial" |
| 2000-10-18-00 00:00 No DNA testing on 13 brown and white hairs on the victim's hands at the time of trial |
Wednesday Trial Day |
"[Defense Attorney, Irven] Box repeatedly questioned [Agent David] Sauls about the failure to perform DNA testing on 13 brown and white hairs found on the victim's hands. The agent said he requested the testing this year, but it was never done. Sauls said that because of the workload at the OSBI laboratory, requests for testing are not made until closer to the time the case goes to trial. "Don't you think before you take someone's life and liberty away, you should have the test?" Box asked. "If it's necessary," Sauls said." - Oklahoman Archive - Thu October 19, 2000 "Investigator questioned in murder trial" |
| 2000-10-18-00 00:00 Tracks in the snow discussion during trial |
Wednesday Trial Day |
"[Defense Attorney] Box showed jurors a photograph that he said shows footprints in the snow on the east side of the home. He wanted to know who made the tracks. "I don't know if those are tracks," Sauls said, looking at the picture. "I see the indentions." Sauls said he had accounted for all the tracks that were found around the house, but he could not put a name with a specific track." - Thu 10/19/2000 "Investigator questioned in murder trial" |
| 2000-10-18-00 00:00 Broken window ?? |
Wednesday Trial Day |
"Daniel said he found his wife's body when he returned home from work after 11 p.m. A window was broken and the living room was in disarray. However, OSBI criminalist Jerry Peters said there was no way anyone could have climbed through the broken window." - Thu October 19, 2000 "Investigator questioned in murder trial" |
| 2000-10-19-00 00:00 Blood near the body. Spots of blood on floor near grandfather clock, blood in master bedroom shower. A fiber on fishing knife |
Thursday Trial Day |
"Oklahoma County jurors this week have been handed hundreds of pieces to the puzzle that retired District Judge Jack Parr said they would have to put together to determine whether Terry Lynn Daniel, 47, killed his wife, Roberta "Bobbie" Daniel, 33, on Jan. 2, 1988, at their Blaine County home. On Thursday, the puzzle pieces were tiny - drops of blood, hairs, fibers and glass. Jurors spent the day listening to testimony about who found what hair and where and why pieces of glass fell inside and outside of the window, and how far." "Jurors heard about a large puddle of coagulated blood near the body and tiny spots of blood on the floor near a grandfather clock and in the master bedroom shower. A fiber was discovered on the broken handle of a fishing knife that was plunged into the victim's stomach after she was dead." - Fri October 20, 2000 "Blood, broken glass cited in murder trial Prosecution rests in 12-year-old case" |
| 2000-10-19-00 00:00 Prosecution rested case, called 27 witnesses. State claims Daniel killed wife for $500,000 ins. |
Thursday Trial Day |
"Special prosecutors Robert Beal and Jeremy Stilwell say these pieces of the puzzle will lead to a first-degree murder conviction for Daniel. If guilty, he faces life in prison or life in prison without parole." "The prosecution rested late Thursday after calling 27 witnesses. Testimony for the defense will begin this morning. The state claims Daniel killed his wife for $500,000 in insurance money because he was having financial trouble. Estimates are that the insurance money has grown to $1 million with the interest. The money has not been paid, pending a verdict." - Fri 10/20/2000 "Blood, broken glass cited in murder trial Prosecution rests in 12-year-old case" |
| Defense Attorney Irven Box points finger at Donald Wayne Robinett as the killer |
| 2000-10-19-00 00:00 Robinett picked up videotapes day of murder and talked on Daniel's home phone to Terry Daniel No tests on Robinett, muddy boot prints or pickup tracks Terry said wife alive after Robinett left |
Thursday Trial Day |
"Defense attorney Irven Box has found something wrong with just about everything state and county law enforcement officers did or didn't do during their investigation. He claims this is one of the worst botched investigations he has ever seen." "Box even points the finger at Donald Wayne Robinett, a friend of the Daniel, as the killer. Robinett was at the Daniels' home on the day of the slaying to retrieve videotapes. Box said Robinett went into the house and talked to the defendant on the telephone. Robinett's fingerprints were found on the telephone in the kitchen." "Robinett, now of Midland, Texas, denied that he and the victim were involved romantically. Box accused Robinett of changing his story and blamed investigators for not testing blood samples and investigating Robinett's muddy boot prints and pickup tracks. David Sauls, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation's case agent, said Robinett was eliminated partly as a suspect because Terry Daniel first said he saw his wife alive after Robinett's visit." Fri 10/20/2000 "Blood, broken glass cited in murder trial Prosecution rests in 12-year-old case" |
| 2000-10-19-00 00:00 No DNA analysis on Robinett's blood |
Thursday Trial Day |
"Robinett, who was at the Daniels' home the day of the slaying, testified he was suspected of having a sexual relationship with the victim and then killing her." - "In 1994, agents obtained a blood sample from Robinett for DNA analysis, but the test never was conducted." - Tue 10/24/2000 "Jury to resume deliberations Watonga man accused of killing wife" |
| 2000-10-19-00 00:00 Hair on victim's hands belonged to daughter, Brooke Shephard and animals, probably cat Blood by grandfather clock, and in shower belong to animals |
Thursday Trial Day |
"[Mel Hett, a criminalist for the OSBI] Hett and State Medical Examiner Dr. Fred Jordan said they agree that hairs were found on the victim's hands. Jordan testified that he sent the OSBI eight hairs on her left hand. Hett said he only received three. Box wants to know what happened. Hett said the hairs he received belonged to the victim's daughter, Brooke Shephard, and animals, probably cats. Small bloodstains by the grandfather clock and in the shower also belonged to animals." "Terry Daniel's blood was never identified at the scene. There was testimony that with the severity of the victim's injuries, blood would have gotten on her killer. No bloody clothes thought to be the killer's ever were found." Fri 10/20/2000 "Blood, broken glass cited in murder trial Prosecution rests in 12-year-old case" |
| Oklahoma County Jury began deliberating on Monday, October 23, 2000 |
| 2000-10-23-00 00:00 |
Monday Trial Day |
"The four-man, eight-woman jury began deliberating about 1:30 p.m. Monday." - "After five days in trial, jurors Monday listened to three hours of closing statements before they were escorted to lunch and started their deliberations. They were taken to dinner at 6 p.m. and returned to the jury room. Retired District Judge Jack Parr sequestered the jurors about 9 p.m. Monday. Jurors had to call family members to deliver clothes before they were taken to a local hotel." - Tue 10/24/2000 "Jury to resume deliberations Watonga man accused of killing wife" |
| 2000-10-24-00 00:00 |
Tuesday Trial Day |
"Retired judge Jack Parr called the jurors into the courtroom Tuesday afternoon because they had not reached a verdict. Jury forewoman Cherlyn Patterson told the judge their vote was 11 to 1, but she was not allowed to say which verdict the majority wanted." "Juror Sheila Farley was the only juror crying while the judge read his final instruction. He ordered jurors back to the jury room to try again to come up with a verdict. Farley nodded her head in agreement when Parr read a portion of the instruction, which stated "no juror should ever concur in a verdict which in good conscience he or she believes to be untrue." - Wed October 25, 2000 "Family backs accused father Jurors stalled 11 to 1 in Watonga murder" |
| Terry Lynn Daniel found NOT GUILTY in the death of his wife, Roberta Daniel |
| 2000-10-25-00 00:00 Oklahoma County Jury found Terry Daniel NOT GUILTY |
Wednesday Trial Day |
"Murder defendant Terry Daniel is a free man." - "On Wednesday, an Oklahoma County jury found him not guilty of the 1988 brutal slaying of Roberta "Bobbie" Daniel, 33, at their Blaine County home." - "Jurors deliberated for 17 hours over three days to reach a verdict in the first-degree murder trial." - "Jury foreman Cherylin Patterson said deliberations were intense. She said 11 of the jurors were in favor of an acquittal most of the time. "It was an ordeal for everyone," Patterson said. "We did a lot of talking, a lot of discussing. Jurors were sequestered Monday and Tuesday. They were determined to continue deliberating until they reached a verdict, Patterson said." Thu 10/26/2000 "NOT GUILTY Jury clears man in wife's death Former Watonga jeweler given 'new life' after trial" |
| 2000-10-25-00 00:00 Terry Daniel's said he was previously offered five year suspended sentence plea deal that he refused offer |
Wednesday Trial Day |
"I have a whole new life ahead of me now," Daniel, 47, said after the verdict. "I'm going home and thank my family. I'm going to thank God. The system of justice still works." Daniel broke into a smile as he was handed a cell phone so he could tell the verdict to his parents, John Floyd and Juanita Daniel of Woodward. "I love you all. Bye," he said as he turned to receive hugs from family members who stayed at his side throughout the eight-day trial." - "Once the case was moved to ensure Daniel got a fair trial, he told The Oklahoman he was offered a five-year suspended sentence if he agreed to plead no contest. He refused the offer because he said he was not guilty." 10/26/2000 "NOT GUILTY Jury clears man in wife's death Former Watonga jeweler given 'new life' after trial" |
| 2000-10-26 00:00 Court Docket Record: State of Oklahoma v. Terry Lynn Daniel No. CF-1995-6003 (Criminal Felony) $250,000.00 Bond to be refunded to person who posted bond |
-------- | 10-26-2000 CTFREE - DANIEL, TERRY LYNN 32156693 Oct 31 2000 11:28:07:377AM - $ 0.00
AMENDED MINUTE: PARR/ DEFT FOUND NOT GUILTY. CASH BOND EXONERATED. REFUND TO PERSON WHO POSTED BOND.
JOHN & JUANITA DANIEL
PO BOX 335
WOODWARD, OKLA
73802
580-256-6076
2316/2949 10-27-2000 DISBURSED - 32152468 Oct 27 2000 9:12:57:000AM - $ 0.00 CHECK# 321596 PRINTED TO JOHN OR JUANITA DANIEL IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 250,000.00. INCLUDING: $ 250,000.00 AC90 - (FORMERLY HC01) CASH BONDS FOR DANIEL, TERRY LYNN 11-01-2000 RECCM - DANIEL, TERRY LYNN 32177267 Oct 31 2000 11:02:35:763AM Unrealized $ 7.00 RECEIPT FOR CERTIFIED MAIL/JOHN DANIEL SIGNED SAME 10-30-2000($ 7.00) Oklahoma State Courts Network |
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