Shall I add fuel to this fire? Marlin was a good friend of mine. I was the primary legal investigator for Marlin starting on April 6, 1991 and ending on October 26, 2005 when the State of Missouri executed an innocent man.
I have been reading these negative comments and I see words like "what I heard" or "it seemed to me" or "what I observed" or "that does not appear". I'm sorry but this really pisses me off. I attended his arraignment, his preliminary hearing, his trial, his prison cell(s), his execution and his funeral/burial.
I happened upon this site to see what drivel people have been spewing forth (excluding those who actually act like they have some sense here. But there is one I do have to reply to....
TO: ANGELA JOHNSON in Fort Campbell, KY >>
"What this man did to these young girls and their cousin"...First of all, this man is named Marlin Gray. Secondly, he professed his innocence from day one. Thirdly, the State of Missouri, all eyewitness(es), forensics, lab tests, physical evidence and alibi witness(es) stipulate he was never on the bridge at any time during or after the tragic incident. Robin Kerry is still mysteriously missing. The body they found in the slough down in Caruthersville, MO 3 weeks later and 275 miles downstream was never forensically (DNA or dental records) proven to be that of either one of the sisters. There was no evidence of any rape or other trauma on the body (The ME stated: There is little to no decomposition on the body and no visible marks of trauma that would befit a body who has traveled this far down the river.". And its because of one-sided media circus articles is how this whole drama has unfolded to fool many other narrow-minded and very uninformed people such as yourselves.
"So Marlin Gray got to speak to the crowd? All his victims got to do was beg for their lives and scream for help">>> Hmm...since I investigated this case thoroughly I do not remember seeing your name on any eyewitness list, nor do I know of you being a psychic who can prove such an allegation. Begging for their lives or screaming for help is pure and simply your own one-sided delusional perception of what you think might have happened. Unless you were there on the bridge, you neither have the right nor the authority to make such a broad and sweeping statement. Thank you...