tex murphy under a killing moon i cant get pen

#TEX MURPHY UNDER A KILLING MOON I CANT GET PEN TRIAL#

Tex McIver is set to be sentenced May 23 but his attorneys have already indicated they plan to appeal the conviction. The lingering questions over money likely won’t be answered any time soon.

#TEX MURPHY UNDER A KILLING MOON I CANT GET PEN TRIAL#

And testimony at the trial made clear that he was already financially strapped before his wife's death. Tex McIver is sure to have accumulated substantial legal bills as part of his defense, which was led by some of Atlanta's most prominent criminal defense lawyers. It’s not known whether Austin will now inherit anything from Diane McIver’s estate. Anne ALYSSA ALYSSA ALYSSA am leaving the ranch and everything else I have to Austin,” Diane McIver told at least five people, including the boy’s mother, Anne Schwall, who testified at the trial.Īustin, who was 10 when Diane McIver died, was exceptionally close to “Mommy Di,” and she wasn’t shy about her love for the boy. Atlanta, GA - Anne Schwall, a family friend of the McIvers, takes the witness stand during the tenth day of trial for Tex McIver before Fulton County Chief Judge Robert McBurney, Monday, March 26, 2018. The discussions over their wills would continue for several years, and though Diane McIver told others of her plan to leave much of her estate to Austin, an updated will was never located. Tex McIver wanted his son from a previous marriage to be named as a beneficiary.īut Diane, who had no children of her own and was estranged from her family, insisted the McIvers’ godson, Austin Schwall, inherit the bulk of her estate.

The McIvers discussed - and initially disagreed - on who would inherit their holdings following their deaths, according to testimony and emails shown during the trial. “That means the property would remain in the estate.” “Even if there’s a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship, he forfeits that and it’s treated as though he pre-deceased her,” Akin said. “There’s significant issues relating to the Georgia slayer statute relating to the administration of Diane McIver’s estate and I’ll be working to resolve those issues,” Oliver told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Īttorney Morgan Akin said Diane McIver’s estate should now be treated as though her husband died first. Mary Margaret Oliver, the current executor of Diane McIver's estate, testifies at the Tex McIver murder trial on Apat the Fulton County Courthouse. Though Tex owned the ranch before he and Diane married, in November 2005, he deeded half of the property to his wife. Each of the McIvers owned 50 percent of the ranch, according to property records. The McIvers had what’s called a “joint tenancy with right of survivorship,” meaning Tex McIver could still keep ownership of 50 percent of the property. The McIvers were traveling from the ranch the night of the shooting and jurors were shown numerous pictures of the sprawling, western-themed property, which features a wine cellar, a pond, a stable stocked with horses and a separate 'saloon' entertaining area. HYOSUB SHIN / McIver, 75, will most likely be barred from things like Diane McIver’s life insurance policy and retirement benefits.īut some estate lawyers said that he could still be entitled to half of the couple's beloved Putnam County ranch, which played a starring role in his six-week long trial. Tex McIver has enlisted an estate liquidation company to sell more than 2,000 of his deceased wife’s clothing and jewelry items. DecemAtlanta - More than 2,000 of Diane McIver’s clothing and jewelry items in a warehouse showroom of Peachtree Battle Estate Sales and Liquidations are ready for an estate sale next week.

Tex murphy under a killing moon i cant get pen