then investigators got a telephone call from sandy s sister. she told them about a conversation she had with sandy a year before her death. sandra had indicated to her sister, if anything ever happens to me, i ve left a note for you in the china cabinet at the home. please just get it and read it. with a warrant, investigators searched the duysts home. this china cabinet not only held china, but it seemed to be like a repository, if you will, for family paperwork. so, i just began searching this china cabinet from top to bottom. on the very bottom shelf, way in the back behind some dishes, there was a white envelope, and all it said on it was the name of sandra s sister. and i immediately retrieved it from where it was. it was sealed. i didn t open it up at that point. the note was immediately sent to the crime lab, where it was opened by forensic analysts. it proved to be nothing less
he was an insurance salesman, making a lot of money. they had three kids. sandy had her own business boarding horses in a stable on their land. sandy was very good with horses. she loved the horses. her favorite place was to be in the barn, very favorite was to be there. out of any place, you could tell she just beamed when she was in the barn. but sandy soon learned the horse business can be dangerous. sandy said one of the horses got spooked and kicked her in the head. bleeding profusely and barely conscious, sandy was able to crawl to her neighbor s house for help. after the accident, sandra started to experience extreme difficulties, mood swings, severe depression. after about a year, it got to the point where i believe that
than a voice from the grave. to anyone interested in what happened to me, look first to david duyst. he could be my killer. for the first time, sandy described what really happened in the horse stable 18 months earlier. on november 19th, my accident was no accident. david beat me with a hammer ax. he came up from behind while i was in dexter s stall. he hit me repeatedly. i figured he would come back to kill me. the only information that we had prior to this that mrs. duyst had always indicated that this she was kicked by a horse. so, now we have to begin kind of looking at this whole circumstance and trying to validate that. i would never commit suicide. he may have killed me. respectfully, sandra a. duyst. investigators sent the note to a forensic document examiner who compared the handwriting to
exposed to the spatter event. then, investigators got a telephone call from sandy s sister. she told them about a conversation she had with sandy a year before her death. sandra had indicated to her sister, if anything ever happens to me, i ve left a note for you in the china cabinet at the home. please just get it and read it. with a warrant, investigators searched the duysts home. this china cabinet not only held china, but it also seemed to be like a repository, if you will, for family paperwork. so, i just began searching this china cabinet from top to bottom. on the very bottom shelf, way in the back behind some dishes, there was a white envelope, and all it said on it was the name of sandra s sister. and i immediately retrieved it from where it was. it was sealed.
people, pretty conservative and well thought of. he was an insurance salesman, making a lot of money. they had three kids. sandy had her own business boarding horses in a stable on their land. sandy was very good with horses. she loved the horses. her favorite place was to be in the barn, very favorite was to be there. out of any place, you could tell, she just beamed when she was in the barn. but sandy soon learned the horse business can be dangerous. sandy said one of the horses got spooked and kicked her in the head. bleeding profusely and barely conscious, sandy was able to crawl to her neighbor s house for help. after the accident, sandra started to experience extreme difficulties, mood swings, severe depression. after about a year, it got to the point where i believe that she was in such a state that