A NOTE
Anastasia's killer kept a blog on MySpace, as well as more than one pen-pal scam online, until the Missouri Department of Corrections cracked down and busted him for it. Contrary to what his supporters think, we had little if anything to do with it, as it was a former friend of his who actually sent them the note. The latest lie there that he put on his blog was to tell all his friends how close he and Anastasia were, and how dearly he misses her. This is one of his most poetic whoppers:
That quote about their "friendship" would have been so much more moving if any piece of it had been even somewhat true. Anastasia was frequently a very giving person, this is true, and there were brief periods when she believed Case to be her friend, but the scenario of comraderie and sharing that the killer constructs is simply not true. The scene is an absolute fabrication."There was a night, when I was betrayed and my heart was broken, when she laid my head in her lap as I cried messy, heaving tears. Stroking my hair until I was done and out with them, she then kept watch as I slept with her dampened knees as my pillow and finally awoke brave enough to bear a lack of human contact."A year before his arrest for Anastasia's murder, her killer created a fantasy of the story, placing it 100 years earlier, writing as if he were an observer instead of direct participant, and changing key information and dates; if not physically returning to the actual scene of the crime, he obscenely recreated it in cyber-space to suit his own warped vision.
He killed Anastasia ten years ago. And he continues to kill her even now, by whoring her memory to suit his own purposes. He will continue to kill her until the day he dies himself. He still has no conscience.
1 May 2008 - Word has come in that Anastasia's killer's appeal before the Missouri Supreme Court was rejected and denied on April 29, 2008.
16 December 2007 - Added the killer's police interviews from 24 October 1997 and 29 July 1999, as well as Anastasia's letter to Justin dated 20 October 1997.
19 November 2007 - All pertinent transcripts have been added testimony to the trial transcript list in State v. Case. Most recently, defense counsel Horton Lance's closing arguments. Summaries, analyses, links, and other annotations will be added, but a transcript of testimony and cross-examination of each witness, prosecution and defense, are now available.
16 November 2007 - Added testimony of David Hill to the list of defense transcripts, testimony of Jim Dodd to the list of prosecution transcripts, and the closing statement of David Fry in the overall list of trial transcripts in State v. Case
11 November 2007 - Added testimony of Evelyn Case to the list of defense testionty in the overall list of trial transcripts in State v. Case
26 October 2007 - Added testimony of Edward Friedlander to the list of defense testionty, and Jackson County Assistant Prosecutor Therese Crayon to the list of closing arguments in the overall list of trial transcripts in State v. Case
24 October 2007 - Added four photos to the Candid moments gallery. The photos have been occasionally seen on the main page -- we rotate them periodically, but have just now been set into the gallery.
23 October 2007 - Added the transcript of the testimony and cross-examination of Dawn Wright to the transcript list
22 October 2007 - She was taken from us ten years ago tonight. A decade past, it still hurts, sometimes beyond description.
Transcripts of the testimony and cross-examination of Dr. Chase Blanchard and Diane Marshall have been added to the list of trial transcripts.
21 October 2007 - The following transcripts of the trial State of Missouri v. Byron C. Case are available for view. They currently have little in the way of annotation or analysis, but that will wait till all are available. Currently, transcripts covering testimony and cross-examination of the following individuals are available: Byron Case; Glenn Colliver; Kansas City Detective Albert DeValkenaere; Jackson County Sheriff's Deputy David Epperson; Abraham Kneisley; Tara McDowell; Debra Moffett; Kelly Moffett; Nancy Nolker; Don Rand; Jamie Lee Smith; and Francesca WitbolsFeugen. In addition, the verdict by the jury and the sentencing hearing are included. The following transcripts of testimony are yet to be released online: Johnson County KS Detective Scott Atwell, Dr. Chase Blanchard, John Bruton, Evelyn Case, Jim Dodd, Edward Friedlander, David Hill, Diane Marshall, and Dawn Wright. Also to be included will be closing statements from prosecuting attorneys Therese Crayon and David Fry, and defense attorney Horton Lance.
18 October 2007 - We are in the process of adding a list of transcripts of testimony, cross-examination, and statements during the trial State of Missorui v. Byron C. Case. Some have been highlighted, some will be annotated and summarized. There are currently 12; more will follow.
8 April 2007 - Added a PDF file of the response to Byron Case's most recent appeal here.
5 April 2007 - Added an aerial view of the crime scene.
4 April 2007 - Added the transcript of Byron Case's tacit admission of guilt.
2 April 2007 - Added an old story to the news accounts of the trial pages.
21 October 2003 - Added a new page about Anastasia's killer.
1 June 2003 - Added an old story to the Sunshine Law lawsuit page.
16 May 2003 - Placed a new portrait of Anastasia on the home page.
15 September 2002 - Modified the News accounts page; created pages to cover stories about the murder and subsequent investigation; stories about the arrest, trial, conviction, and sentencing of Anastasia's killer; and stories about the related Sunshine Law lawsuit brought by Anastasia's father and its aftermath.
19 May 2002 - Added more news stories about the ongoing Sunshine Law lawsuit to the News accounts page.
16 May 2002 - Added the Pitch Weekly feature story to the News accounts page.
3 May 2002 - Added news stories about the murder conviction of Byron Case to the News accounts page.
30 April 2002 - Added eight news stories about the Sunshine Law suit brought by Anastasia's father related to her murder on the News accounts page.
23 June 2001 - Added a new link to the Waking to Tears website on the main page.
14 June 2001 - Added five news stories about the arrest of Anastasia's accused killer on the News accounts page..
24 August 2000 - Details of the Sunshine Law lawsuit filed by Anastasia's father added to front page and news accounts page.
8 July 2000 - Added a new news story to the news accounts page. Also changed the portrait of Anastasia on the home page.
8 September 1999 - Revised the News accounts page.
21 October 1998 - Added a new poem to the tributes page, an open letter from Anastasia's family, and a personal note from the author of this site.
30 August 1998 - Added a news story to the news accounts page.
24 August 1998 - Added some more candid photos to the portrait gallery page.
21 August 1998 - Added two more candid childhood photos to the portrait gallery page.
9 July 1998 - Added an article to the news accounts page.
29 June 1998 - Added a map to and a map of Mt. Moriah Cemetery to the biography page.
2 June 1998 - Added two new photos to the photo gallery page, and added a link to Siouxsie and the Banshees to the links page.
18 Mar 1998 - Added new photos to the photo page, and added a page of her artwork.
16 Feb 1998 - Added a link to the KCPT Store of Knowledge on her Biography page.
3 Feb 1998 - See a resolution passed by the Missouri State Senate November 21, 1997, shown on the tributes page.
20 Jan 1998 - Expanded the Wallace & Gromit links, added more voice clips, and added some graduation photos to the photos page.
18 Jan 1998 - Added a new link to the links page, and added Anstasia's voice to the sounds page.
11 Jan 1998 - Added more of her favorite WAV files, added two photos, added links to her sisters' pages, added a new poem, and added a new story from the Star.
7 Jan 1998 - Changed the Links page to add a picture of Terry Pratchett (one of her favorite authors) and added a link to some of her favorite WAV files.
5 Jan 1998 - Edited the news accounts page.
1 Jan 1998 - Added a JPEG of a comic drawing of Anastasia with "Pinky and the Brain", done by Rick Stasi, and added a map to the news accounts of her death.
17 Dec 1997 - Added information about the reward for information; added biography and links page, moving data from the main page.
14 Dec 1997 - Added news accounts of the murder.
5 Dec 1997 - Moved the web page to a new site at home.swbell.net/rockpf/Anastasia.html (no longer active).
27 Oct 1997 - Web Counter added to main page (with our thanks to the now-defunct Countmania for their donation), and link added to main page for Wallace & Gromit.
26 Oct 1997 - Link added to poetry page for the Poetry Exchange on her poetry page, and links added to main page for Amnesty International, The Beatles, The Cure, Pinky & The Brain, Neil Gaiman, and Terry Pratchett.
25 Oct 1997 - The memorial was originally created at www.wws.net/anastasia/aewf.htm (no longer active).
