The crime happened in Wyoming . Three innocent people shot dead in a bar by one man.
This was my first penpal and I wanted to find out more about him,by this time the internet was just starting to get used a lot by regular people so all the Information I wanted was there for me to see. Marty’s story differed only slightly from what was reported. He never denied doing what he had done,but , he did give it a more emotional slant.
He had gone into the bar that day and he had shot them all , two men, one woman. he talked about this openly but he did say that his paranoia was in overdrive that day,due mainly to drug and alcohol misuse,he had thought that they were talking about him and after going to use the bathroom he came out with his gun, made them lay on the floor and shot them. After he had committed the murders he had called his mother and she in turn called the police . He was caught quickly and sentenced to death. This sentence was later commuted to life and he resides in a Wyoming penitentiary today . The first picture I ever received from him, was of him in his marines uniform, along with a picture of his then young daughter who in a way was another victim of what her father had done. I’m not going to name her , as I’m sure her life is hard enough. How do you explain that your father is a killer
In his letters he spoke about his conditions on death row and that there was only himself and one other man.
He was always hopeful about his appeals and wrote as soon as his sentence had been commuted . He had a lot of remorse over what he had done and regret at how his life had turned out. Don’t get me wrong he never thought he should be free , he believed that he deserved to be punished . He wishes that he had tried harder to be a better person after he had left the military .a better son,father and husband
Every letter he writes , he signs off Love, Heart and Soul .