Wife charged after husband shoots her boyfriend

[RB TexLa]

Wife charged after husband shoots her lover.
06:10 PM CDT on Friday, March 30, 2007

Associated Press

FORT WORTH — A Fort Worth man who killed his wife's lover after finding them together has escaped murder charges from a grand jury.

Instead, the Tarrant County grand jury indicted Darrell Roberson's wife, Tracy Roberson, accusing her of causing the shooting by claiming she was being raped.

The 35-year-old wife is charged with manslaughter in the death of Devin LaSalle. Police say Roberson invited LaSalle to her home in December with a text message that said "I need to feel your warm embrace!"

Prosecutors say Darrell Roberson arrived home and found his wife—clad in only a robe and underwear—with LaSalle outside in a pickup truck. They allege Mrs. Roberson told her 38-year-old husband she was being raped, so he fired four shots as LaSalle tried driving away. One bullet struck LaSalle in the head.


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/033107dnmetlasalle.170d3cc1.html


Story from December says police have 911 tape saying different. Don't know if it came out or if it does say different.

One bullet hit Mr. LaSalle in the head. He was pronounced dead at 2:40 a.m. in front of the Robersons' house. Mrs. Roberson tried to tell her husband that she was being raped, but he didn't believe her story, according to a recording of the 911 call that police have not released.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-arlshooting_19met.ART0.North.Edition1.3db2425.html


She faces up to 20 years.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. **tch!

serves her right.

on edit: I know that's harsh, but I'm frickin sick and tired of these types giving all women a bad name :mad:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. I have a simpler fix:

Men should avoid, at all costs, romantic and sexual entanglements with married women. Especially if they are married to someone else.

Nothing good ever comes from these entanglements. Nothing. The situation above couldn't make that clearer.

[billbuckhead]

7. It doesn't justify murder

A murder made only possible by easy access to guns.

[silverojo]

12. Murder is quite common in countries where guns are banned

Murder can be accomplished with many weapons, even your bare hands.

Should we ban bare hands, too? :eyes:

[billbuckhead]

30. Any proof of this dubious assertion? USA's even behind India in murder

Is this the gun "enthusisast" version of tell a lie often enough and people eventually believe it?

Here's reality. Read it a weep for America. <http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita>

[billbuckhead]

33. No answer? Which countries?

:spank:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

20. I am neither trying to absolve guns...

or blame women. That said, at the simplest level, messing with married women is a Very Bad Thing. Nothing good ever comes of it.

[billbuckhead]

29. Even worse comes out of murder

Wanna bet she was trying to leave her husband cause he threatened her with guns?

[silverojo]

11. Women should avoid such situations, too

Or are you implying that only women can be devious...?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

21. Gimme a break.

n/t

[Monk06]

13. You are absolutely right. Just ask Greg Allman ............

Ain't but one way out baby, Lord I just can't go out the door.
Ain't but one way out baby, and Lord I just can't go out the door.
Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know.

Lord you got me trapped woman, up on the second floor;
If I get by this time I won't be trapped no more.
So raise our window baby, I can ease out soft and slow.
And lord, your neighbors, no they won't be
Talking that stuff that they don't know.

Lord, I'm foolish to be here in the first place,
I know some man gonna walk in and take my place.
Ain't no way in the world, I'm going out that front door
Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know.
Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know.
Cause there's a man down there,

Freely
Lord, it just might happen to be your man...
Lord, it just a might be your man,
Oh baby, I just don't know...

[pennylane100]

10. Are you serious?

A man kills another man because someone told him a lie. Did I miss the sarcasm symbol in you post or are you really that out of touch with reality.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

25. she lied and said she was being raped

He should be going to jail too, of course, but I wasn't commenting on his behavior.

[Canuckistanian]

2. I don't know why I click on these links

I keep expecting reasonable explanations of the subject lines.

This doesn't help.

[billbuckhead]

3. Guns making America better

How does this guy not get charged with murder?

[Canuckistanian]

5. Of course, how could I miss it?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[krispos42]

9. The husband was stopping a rapist from escaping

Or at least he believed he was, according to the story. The police homicide unit and the grand jury had over three months to process this.

A rapist who, he would have to believe, broke into people's homes and raped them. Perhaps killed them, to leave no witnesses. Probably a serial rapist, at that, as violent rape of strangers is not usually a stand-alone attack.

And the father had three young children in the house as well.

If the husband was operating under that information, true or false, then he was acting in a manner that protected society from those that prey upon the innocent.

This would be one of those 'justifiable homicides', even if the guy was wrong. If the guy was wrong, it is because his wife lied to him, and she is responsible for the lover's death, not the husband.

[michreject]

16. exactly

The husband is not being charged, and rightly so.

[Forrest Greene]

6. Maybe We Could Convince

...Mexico to just take Texas back?

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. What does this have too do with the price of tea in China?

:eyes:

[LiberalHeart]

8. This was discussed quite a bit earlier today in this thread....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=541568&mesg_id=541568

Lots of feisty comments.

[librechik]

14. Texas Justice

Almost as entertaining as Florida Justice!

yikes

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. This is key. Mrs. Roberson tried to tell her husband she was being raped, but he didin't believe

her story according to a recording of the 9/11 call.

So if this is true, the husband never killed the man because he believed his wife was being raped, and therefore, why is she being charged with manslaughter, if the cry rape (a horrible thing), didn't enter into it?

It sounds from this, that the state of Texas wants to brand a big scarlet letter on her.

[michreject]

17. Is there a link

to the text of the 911 call? I'd like to read it.

[NashVegas]

19. Can't Find the Transcript, But Here's an Account of the Affadavit

When Roberson spotted his wife and LaSalle, he pulled directly in front of LaSalle's truck and demanded that he get out of the vehicle, the affidavit said. Tracy Roberson was still in the pickup with LaSalle when he was shot while trying to drive away, according to the affidavit.

According to the affidavit, when Tracy Roberson got out of the truck, she and her husband called 911 and Darrell Roberson said, "I can't believe you're on me."

Darrell Roberson did not believe that his wife was being raped, according to the affidavit.

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:YHw0M-y2hG0J:www.siliconvalley.com/mld/dfw/news/16273568.htm+%22Tracy+Roberson%22+%22911%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us&client=firefox-a

[michreject]

22. Thanks.

If I'm reading this right, the affidavit mentions statement made by the wife who is trying to deflect her charges to her husband. She can then walk and her husband goes to jail. Is this correct?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

23. According to the link that the OP posted, the 911 call isn't available to the public yet.. From the

link

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-arlshooting_19met.ART0.North.Edition1.3db2425.html

according to a recording of the 911 call that police have not released.

[michreject]

28. Then how did this get released?

This is key. Mrs. Roberson tried to tell her husband she was being raped, but he didin't believe


her story according to a recording of the 9/11 call.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

31. How did it get released? My guess if this is true, it was leaked. eom

[NashVegas]

18. Oh, Boy

I read the December version of the story (linked above):

After her husband left, Mrs. Roberson sent Mr. LaSalle a text message: "Hi friend, come see me please! I need to feel your warm embrace. If ur unable too I completely understand!!!"

Mr. LaSalle drove to her home in his Chevrolet Silverado pickup. When he knocked on the door, Mrs. Roberson answered wearing only underwear and a robe.

The couple went to Mr. LaSalle's truck, parked in front of the house.

While they were in the car, Mr. Roberson called home repeatedly but got no answer. Police determined that he called his wife 19 times between 1:33 and 2:12 a.m. Finally, his 7-year-old daughter answered.

The girl searched the home but couldn't find Mrs. Roberson. She told her father that she had heard a knock on the door earlier and thought her mother was still outside.

Mr. Roberson drove home to Arlington and shined his high beams on the Silverado. Police said he saw Mr. LaSalle kissing Mrs. Roberson's chest as the couple sat in the truck.

Mr. Roberson approached with a handgun and yelled at his wife to "get your out of the car." Mr. LaSalle tried to speed away – he hit the accelerator hard enough to leave tire marks on the pavement – and Mr. Roberson fired four shots into the truck, police said.

One bullet hit Mr. LaSalle in the head. He was pronounced dead at 2:40 a.m. in front of the Robersons' house. Mrs. Roberson tried to tell her husband that she was being raped, but he didn't believe her story, according to a recording of the 911 call that police have not released.

Lt. Miller said it's not clear whether any of the shots were intended for Mrs. Roberson. She told detectives that her husband was shooting at the truck "to hurt whomever."

Something tells me that he didn't believe that lie in the first place.

[JNelson6563]

27. Interesting

So she has her boyfriend come over at 1:30 in the morning and goes out into the driveway to have sex with him in his truck while her kids are in the house.

What a sordid tale. Those poor kids.

Julie

[Nikia]

26. Reading the article, it seems that she lied after her husband shot

Her boyfriend dead.
If that is the case, her lie does not matter. Her husband didn't shoot the man for that reason. She may have lied because of the shock of the whole situation and fear that he would shoot her next.
If she was screaming from the truck "Help, I'm being raped" before he shot there might be a case if it was shown that her husband actually believed her.
With how the article is presented though, it doesn't seem like they have a case against her and there is no reason that her husband wasn't brought to trial.

[krispos42]

34. Maybe LaSalle was trying to stop a kidnapping

Supposedly the wife was in the truck with LaSalle when LaSalle hit the gas and tried to flee.

[ecstatic]

32. sounds like the jury is imposing their own personal beliefs and not

sticking with the facts. (Based on the last few posts that reveal the actual sequence of events)