cemented their common-law relationship by formally marrying him in a prison ceremony. i don t know. i ve tried to understand that before and all i can make of it is domestic violence in its severest form. the brainwashing, the abuse that just makes that person just not even think for themselves because it s so plain to see. you know. two murders, seemingly unrelated, but unmistakably connected by a series of microscopic clues. detectives all over this country are solving murder cases that are 20 or 30 or 40 years old based on science that didn t exist seven or eight years ago. so my expectation is that gary ackley, one, was not a very intelligent fellow and two, there was not this blitz of information from the media about murder investigations that would have never given him any pause to consider the fact that he was
her purse and her keys were on the end table and her car was in its stall. there was no sign of forced entry or any disturbance. but there were signs that someone other than arlene had been there. she was a very neat housekeeper. and there were ashes spilled all around the ashtray on the coffee table. that s something she just never did. there was various blankets, i looked at those. then i pulled them back. and i noticed in the area on the upper left-hand side on the pillow and on the sheet underneath that, they were blood stains and i tested that and they were indeed positive for blood. the comforter didn t have any blood but the sheets underneath did. this meant someone pulled the comforter over the sheet after the blood was dry, which would have been about 30 minutes later. on the bathroom floor were some
despite the mountains of forensic evidence against him, arlene jensen s daughter julie refused to believe that ackley killed her mother. so after his conviction, she cemented their common law relationship by formally marrying him in a prison ceremony. i don t know. i ve tried to understand that before and all i can make of it is domestic violence in its severest form. the brainwashing, the abuse that just makes that person just not even think for themselves because it s so plain to see. two murders, seemingly unrelated, but unmistakably connected by a series of microscopic clues. detectives all over this country are solving murder cases that are 20 or 30 or 40 years old based on science that didn t
daughter and they had two children together. when questioned by police, ackley said he loved his common law mother-in-law and was devastated by her murder. but family members said that was a lie. well, he didn t like her. and it was no secret she didn t like him. but no one in the family did like him. their relationship can best be described as being acrimonious. arlene jensen was concerned about the welfare of her daughter whom she believed was at least verbally and psychologically being abused by gary ackley. arlene also didn t like the way ackley treated her grandchildren. when she would express those concerns, particularly in the presence of gary ackley, it became quite apparent that he didn t want her anywhere around. and ackley s fights with arlene were well-known to neighbors and family members. they got into a disagreement during which gary ackley called her at a minimum a bitch and
lived alone and worked as a seamstress. her son reported her missing five weeks earlier when she failed to show up for work. he found the door ajar. her purse and her keys were on the end table and her car was in its stall. there was no sign of forced entry or any disturbance. but there were signs that someone other than arlene had been there. she was a very neat housekeeper. and there were ashes spilled all around the ashtray on the coffee table. that s something she just never did. there was various blankets, comforters on top of the bed. i pulled them back and noticed in the area of the upper left-hand side on the pillow and on the sheet underneath that, they were indeed positive for blood. the comforter didn t have any blood but the sheets underneath