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2
year sentence from Dallas County for 1 count of Burglary Of A
Building and 1 count of Criminal Mischief, 05/25/88 released on
parole, 05/03/89 returned as parole violator with a new
conviction and new number; #508994, 20 year sentence, Kaufman
County, 1 count of Burglary of a Habitation; 4/15/91 released on
Parole to Smith County.
Summary of
incident
On
08/28/1991, during the daytime hours, the subject murdered a 52
year old white female while burglarizing the victim's residence
in Dallas, Texas. Carpenter kicked in the front door of the
victim's residence and cut the victim's throat.
Co-defendants
None
Race and Gender
of Victim
White
female
David's letter
about tha case end trial
David Carpenter homepage - CCADP.org
August 27, 1999
My name is David Lynn
Carpenter. I was just sentenced to death in the state of Texas.
I was sentenced to death
for the murder of a Dallas woman. Please believe me when I say
"I did not do this!" I know that I'm not too smart where the law
is concerned. But I have reason to believe that the prosecution
coaxed the witness (Mandee McBay) in what to say at my trial.
This took place when they took her to Braums for ice cream and
shopping one weekend. This is in the transcripts ! The first
week of my trial they asked her questions. But the DA didn't like
the answers. So, that weekend is when they decided to take her
shopping and for ice cream. Then the following week they ask her
the same questions and they were inconsistent from the answers she
had previously given. First of all ! I ask that she be excluded
as a witness. We were common law married and had 2 children
together. The defense proved this beyond a reasonable doubt. But,
the prosecution and the judge conspired together to abuse her
discretion. So, that they could use her "Hearsay" testimony.
Which, had she agreed with the law, (in Brooks Vs State) any thing
she had to say as a far as her opinions or hearsay, would have
been off limits. They threatened to take her kids from her if
she didn't. In her testimony she admitted on the stand that she
had threatened my life.
Next witness is supposedly
a direct witness which said she seen a tall skinny man with long
ratty brown hair and no facial hair, run from the scene. She also
stated that she was close enough to the man to see his eyes, but
didn't know if he was wearing a shirt.
This murder was supposed to have taken place in August of 1991,
and she wasn't shown a photo line up until September 1997, where
she was shown 6 photos and only one of the photos was different
from the others in color and texture, but most of all was the only
one with a signature on the back of it dated the day before she
was to view them. You guessed it, mine. She testified that she
spent 10 minutes looking at the photos 'she wanted to be sure'.
If that were the case, then the investigator who gave the photo
line up, lied. He said that she picked out the photo in about 2
minutes.
She also testified that she told Penrod that the reason that she
remembered the man was his eyes 'He had an evil look' But when
Penrod was asked 'Did she say he had an evil look ?' He said ,
'No' ! I believe she was told to say that. The truth will be
the same no matter who tells it ! Witnesses statements were
inconsistent. Even the color of my hair. I got out of prison
in April 1991 and the murder happened in August of 1991.
How could I have long ratty brown hair ? Even the witnesses
brother who was with her that day said that the guy had dark brown
hair. And my hair was bleached out at that time as testified by
2 different States witnesses. Also I have always been a large
person, never skinny (especially to a 16 year old girl). At the
time of my release I was
6' 2" and weighted 230 lbs. And I steadily gained weight as the
photos will show.
Some more evidence were footprints on the outside of the house and
partial of the same print on the inside. They were supposedly
tennis shoes. I never wore tennis shoes. They said they made a
mud of the footprint, but refused to say the size of it, and we
did mention it. There is no physical evidence that would put me
in or around the victims home.
Also the car they say I
was driving, was in fact a pasture for 5 years up until the first
weekend in October. I had to fix it before I could drive it. The
witnesses I wanted, my attorneys wouldn't call in, and she even
had one that was in TDC brought back and never called her. I have
gotten into trouble before and done things I shouldn't have but
never, never would I do anything like this to a person. Yes, the
girl did give me some money but it was to rent a moving truck.
Which I did rent and I did help her move. But thats the only
money that I ever got from her. She did offer to pay me to do a
hit, but I told her she was crazy. She even admitted to it and
said that she offered. Then she changed her story and said that
she did pay me to do it. Then she changed her story again and
said that she only gave me a down payment. She's a liar. I have
a letter from one of her friends admitting she took a lie detector
test and she was a habitual, vindictive liar.
At the end of the
arguments the jury had a conflict. So they were called in and
told how to get the portion of the court records that they wanted
to see. But that it would take some time to find it and translate
it, so they could read it. Well 5 minutes later they called me in
and said guilty. The DA said it was the eyewitness testimony that
done it. How did she know that ? I believe she interfered in
the deliberations. If you would have been there you would have
seen what a circus it was. Plus the DA told this gruesome
theory of how he thinks it happened. They showed pictures of me
while I was incarcerated and even came out and said that I'd been
in prison. That was a violation in its self. If you think you
would want to help me please let me know. I don't have much time,
with this new law.
The bad part of all is
that there were 2 witnesses that were there to testify that the
guy that really done it had confessed to them that he did it, how
he did it and where she lived. One of the witnesses that was
there said that the guy came to her house and had told her son he
did it. After he left, her son told her what he hd said and she
immediately called the police. The police talked to her son and a
report was made. Then about 2 years ago her son was killed and
about the same way as the woman that was murdered. But the boys
mother said that she was told that it was road rage for the reason
that her son was killed. Then there was a girl and her mother
there that he was going to testify that the same boy also told the
daughter that he did it and even showed her the knife that he used.
They even called in the boy and he plead the 5th out of the
prescence of the jury. Then the judge refused to let the jury
know about it. The fingerprints they found were not mine. The
hair they found were not mine. They done a DNA and proved they
were not mine. Please help !
DAVID CARPENTER
ADDITION FROM DAVID'S MOTHER DIANA :
PS Hello, I'm David's
mother. He asked that I type this letter for him and I would like
to add, if they did a mud of the footprint then they would be able
to tell the size and if it were the left or right foot that was
used to kick in the door, right ? Back in grade school they done
some tests on him at Dallas Children's Hospital. It included all
kinds of tests, such as what hand he uses to eat with, what hand
he throws a ball with, and even what foot he uses to kick a ball
with. I told his court appointed attorneys and they didn't even
try to get this information. They could have looked to see when
the car he was supposed to have been in was registered in his name.
None of this came up at his trial. The reason for the murder was
because a man was seeing these 2 women (the hirer, and the
murdered.) The woman (that supposedly done the hiring) and the
man (that got on the stand and testifed that he was very much in
love with the murdered woman, moved in together on the same day
that the woman was murdered. Doesn't this sound a little strange
to you ? Why would a man that was so much in love with a woman
move in with another woman that he had been previously seeing and
had dumped for the one he was in love with ? To me, there would
be a lot of reasonable doubt. I'm not very smart but I believe
all of this would be grounds for a new trial.
We don't have the money to
hire a lawyer or we would have already done so for we know that
our son didn't do this.
If you could help in any
way we would greatly appreciate it.
