His wife is quite a piece of work.
http://www.wral.com/news/1595799/detail.html
So I went off on a hunt, to see what there was out on the web about this case. It appears as usual they give tons of press when the event occurs and then nothing, and when it goes to trial and conviction, only a blimp.
It sure would be nice if the media is going to cover an event that when it finally goes to trial that they cover that as well. imho.
Plastic Surgeon: Theer Didn't Ask To Change Looks
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- A plastic surgeon testified Wednesday that accused killer Michelle Theer never asked him to change her appearance so much that she couldn't be recognized.
In other evidence, an official of Ebay online auction service testified that Theer began selling her husband's belongings through the service in March 2001. Her account showed sales of Air Force flight suits and uniforms, computer software, computer games, videos and souvenirs of the Denver Broncos.
Belongings reveal traces of Theer's life as a fugitive
Aug 11, 2002
By Michelle Washington
Her landlady, Cindy Geesey, packed about a dozen suitcases she found inside Theer's rooms at the Regal Apartments and carried them outside.
A pink bag held dog toys and leashes. Some of the cases looked hand-painted.
Months of running and traveling across the country ended here, outside a one-bedroom apartment just blocks from the ocean. When Theer was arrested by U.S. Marshals at her apartment on Monday, she left clothing, pets and traces of her life as a fugitive.
Marshals tracked Theer, who is 31, under a federal warrant charging her with fleeing to avoid prosecution.
She has been wanted in Cumberland County since May. She is charged with the December 2000 murder of her husband, Air Force Capt. Frank Marty Theer. She is accused of conspiring with her lover, Army Staff Sgt. John Diamond, to commit the crime.
Aug 13, 2002
Theer waives extradition
By Michelle Washington
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Michelle Theer told a judge on Monday that she would waive extradition and return to North Carolina to face a murder charge. Theer sat with folded hands, nails painted pearly pink, and seemed calm for most of the hearing, even smiling occasionally. But she lashed out when a photographer snapped several pictures as she signed the extradition papers.
'Quiet' Theer taken to jail
Aug 15, 2002
Michelle Washington
District attorney plans to seek death for Theer
By Michelle Washington
Theer is being held in the female infirmary at the Cumberland County Jail, said Capt. Daryll Morin. Theer had a laser peel, a procedure used to remove wrinkles and scars from the face, the day she was arrested, U.S. Marshals said
Overdue rent left trail to Theer
By Michelle Washington
Gag order in Theer case
Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons imposed a gag order on prosecutors and defense lawyers in Michelle Theer's case onThursday.
The order came during a hearing in which prosecutors formally announced they would seek the death penalty against Theer. Theer, who is 31, was indicted May 21 in the December 2000 murder of her husband, Air Force Capt. Marty Theer.
Five days before the indictment, Theer had disappeared from her apartment in New Orleans. She was arrested in Florida on Aug. 5. She had cut her hair and dyed it blond. Law officers have said Theer had facial surgery.
Former Army Staff Sgt. John Diamond - Michelle Theer's lover - was convicted of murder and conspiracy in Marty Theer's death by a military jury in August 2001.
Kirk Osborn, a lawyer from Chapel Hill appointed to defend Theer, told Ammons he believed Theer was being "tried in the media."
"We'd like to have a gag order that neither side talk about the facts of the case," Osborn said. "There's so much misinformation that's totally untrue."
Oprah Winfrey calls
District Attorney Ed Grannis acknowledged that the case has received a lot of publicity, but he said he and other prosecutors often learned something new about the case by reading the newspaper. Grannis said he had "declined to return 10 phone calls from Oprah Winfrey on down" to reporters seeking information about the case.
Osborn also asked Ammons to prevent law enforcement officers from talking about the case, but Ammons said he had no authority to do so.
"I'd prefer not to enter any order I can't enforce," Ammons said.
Assistant District Attorney Buntie Russ told Ammons that prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Theer because the murder was committed for financial gain.
Russ said Theer had separated from her husband and was living with Diamond in the summer of 2000. Theer returned to her husband that fall to get some of the "substantial sum" Marty Theer would receive for reinlisting in the Air Force, Russ said.
Additionally, Marty Theer had taken out a life insurance policy worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, Russ said, and Michelle Theer was the beneficiary. Prosecutors in Diamond's trial said the insurance policy was worth $500,000.
The insurance company has not paid the claim, although Theer filed for compensation days after her husband's death, Russ said.
Russ said Theer received military benefits after Theer's death. During Diamond's trial, prosecutors asked Theer about the $45,000 the Air Force paid her after her husband's death.
Diamond sentence
Osborn questioned why Theer should face the death penalty when Diamond did not. Military prosecutors did not seek execution in his court- martial.
"John Diamond was the actual shooter and he never faced the death penalty," Osborn said.
Grannis said state prosecutors could try Diamond again in state court, where he could face the death penalty.
Ammons said prosecutors can seek the death penalty against Theer.
Osborn said he and Theer's other lawyer, public defender Matt Cockman, would "vigorously contest" the facts of the case. At one point, Ammons asked Osborn about Theer becoming a fugitive.
"We do have an answer for that, and it's not at all what's being portrayed by the district attorney, and, unfortunately, in the press," Osborn said. He told Ammons he would elaborate at Theer's trial.
Ammons set bond on Theer's conspiracy charge at $1 million cash. No bond has been set on the murder charge. Ammons said it is his practice to set bond for charges other than the murder charge, even in death-penalty cases.
Staff writer Michelle Washington can be reached at 323-4848, extension 372, or washingtonm@fayettevillenc.com
Authorities Looking For Wife Of Slain Air Force Captain
4:51 p.m. EDT May 22, 2002
Death penalty sought against Air Force captain's widow charged in murder
Aug. 16, 2002
Michelle Theer Faces A Cumberland Co. Judge
SERGEANT TO STAND TRIAL ON MURDER CHARGES
6/10/2001
FORT BRAGG -- Staff Sgt. John Diamond is scheduled for a military trial Aug. 20 on charges that he killed his alleged lover's husband, Air Force Capt. Marty Theer, last December.
The Army sergeant was arraigned in military court Friday and told reporters he was being railroaded for a crime he didn't commit.