Murder Ordained - Lorna Anderson granted parole
Lorraine
I was a bit surprised by this. Two members of the parole board met last
week and decided to wait until they full board met to make the final
decision. I thought that met that one voted for and one against.
However, the article states that it was a unanimous decision.
Board grants parole to Lorna Anderson Moore
By Tim Hrenchir
The Capital-Journal
Published Friday, February 2, 2007
Lorna Anderson Moore will soon be free.
The Kansas Parole Board announced today it had granted parole to Moore,
53, a former Emporia church secretary whose illicit love affair with
minister Tom Bird triggered the murders of their spouses in 1983.
Parole Board administrator Colene Fischli said board members Paul
Feleciano, Patricia Biggs and Robert Sanders voted 3-0 Wednesday to
grant parole to Moore, an inmate at Topeka Correction Facility.
Moore will be released once the Kansas Department of Corrections
approves a plan specifying conditions of her parole, Fischli said.
Corrections Department spokesman Frances Breyne said today that the plan
will include requirements involving such matters as where Moore will
live and how often she must report to a parole officer.
Moore had met Jan. 25 with parole board members Biggs and Sanders, who
put off action on her possible parole so that the full, three-person
board could review the case. Fischli said cases are often deferred for
full board review when they involve inmates who have been convicted of
serious crimes and are being considered for release for the first time,
as Moore was.
A parole board administrative assistant said earlier this week that the
board probably wouldn’t make a decision on Moore’s parole until late
this month. However, Fischli said, all three parole board members met
Wednesday and voted unanimously to parole Moore.
Moore was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in 1988 after pleading
guilty to second-degree murder in the 1983 slaying of her husband,
Martin Anderson. She had been convicted earlier, in 1984, of soliciting
the murders of her husband and of Sandy Bird, the wife of Tom Bird.
Tom Bird in July 1983 killed his wife, pushed her car over an embankment
near Emporia, then placed her body in the car, authorities said. Her
death was initially ruled an accident.
Martin Anderson was fatally shot in November 1983 after he, his wife and
their four daughters -- who ranged in age from 2 1/2 to 8 -- pulled to
the side of a highway in Geary County after she complained of feeling
ill. Lorna Anderson Moore got out of the family’s van, said she couldn’t
find her keys and asked her husband to help find them. Martin Anderson
was shot by a masked gunman while looking for the keys.
Moore later confessed to her role in her husband’s murder and said Tom
Bird killed him. Tom Bird denied killing anyone and was acquitted in
Geary County District Court of a first-degree murder charge in the
slaying of Martin Anderson.
The story was the subject of a 1987 television miniseries, “Murder
Ordained.”
Tom Bird was convicted in 1984 of the first-degree murder of Sandy Bird.
He was paroled in June 2004 and went to live in Wyandotte County with
his wife, Terri, a schoolteacher he married while he was in prison. He
was released from state parole supervision last July.
Moore was denied release by the parole board in 1988, 1995, 1998, 2000
and last February.
Moore’s name was Lorna Eldridge when she first was sentenced to prison.
She married Randy Eldridge in 1985, and they were divorced in 1990. She
married Terry Moore in December 2004.
Terry Moore, plus Lorna Moore’s, father, Loren Slater, and three of her
four daughters were among people who appeared at a public hearing in
Wichita in December to ask parole board members to release her. Terry
Moore said she earned her associate’s degree while in prison, has been a
leader in inmate drug treatment programs and is active in a United
Methodist women’s group behind bars.
Nine people -- including Moore’s work-release employer, Toni Boyles --
appeared in December at a parole board public hearing in Topeka seeking
Moore’s release. Boyles said Moore had been “the epitome of the perfect
employee” in working since April at A Place in Time, a small business
Boyles operates at Tecumseh.
Tom Bird in July 1983 killed his wife, pushed her car over an embankment
near Emporia, then placed her body in the car, authorities said. Her
death was initially ruled an accident.
Martin Anderson was fatally shot in November 1983 after he, his wife and
their four daughters -- who ranged in age from 2 1/2 to 8 -- pulled to
the side of a highway in Geary County after she complained of feeling
ill. Lorna Anderson Moore got out of the family’s van, said she couldn’t
find her keys and asked her husband to help find them. Martin Anderson
was shot by a masked gunman while looking for the keys.
Moore later confessed to her role in her husband’s murder and said Tom
Bird killed him. Tom Bird denied killing anyone and was acquitted in
Geary County District Court of a first-degree murder charge in the
slaying of Martin Anderson.
The story was the subject of a 1987 television miniseries, “Murder
Ordained.”
Tom Bird was convicted in 1984 of the first-degree murder of Sandy Bird.
He was paroled in June 2004 and went to live in Wyandotte County with
his wife, Terri, a schoolteacher he married while he was in prison. He
was released from state parole supervision last July.
Moore was denied release by the parole board in 1988, 1995, 1998, 2000
and last February.
Moore’s name was Lorna Eldridge when she first was sentenced to prison.
She married Randy Eldridge in 1985, and they were divorced in 1990. She
married Terry Moore in December 2004.
Terry Moore, plus Lorna Moore’s, father, Loren Slater, and three of her
four daughters were among people who appeared at a public hearing in
Wichita in December to ask parole board members to release her. Terry
Moore said she earned her associate’s degree while in prison, has been a
leader in inmate drug treatment programs and is active in a United
Methodist women’s group behind bars.
Nine people -- including Moore’s work-release employer, Toni Boyles --
appeared in December at a parole board public hearing in Topeka seeking
Moore’s release. Boyles said Moore had been “the epitome of the perfect
employee” in working since April at A Place in Time, a small business
Boyles operates at Tecumseh.
tiny dancer
"Lorraine" <remtox...@remyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ooa7s2h9800c06gk3...@4ax.com...
> Finally.
>
> I was a bit surprised by this. Two members of the parole board met last
> week and decided to wait until they full board met to make the final
> decision. I thought that met that one voted for and one against.
> However, the article states that it was a unanimous decision.
Kind of shoots to hell snyder's *statistics* on male vs. female killers.
Lorna didn't even *kill* anybody, yet she did more time than Tom Byrd.
thanks for the update, I've seen this movie so many times and always
wondered what happened to lorna.
td
James Dolan
tiny dancer <tinyda...@hotmail.com> wrote:
|"Lorraine" <remtox...@remyahoo.com> wrote in message
|news:ooa7s2h9800c06gk3...@4ax.com...
|> Finally.
|>
|> I was a bit surprised by this. Two members of the parole board met
|> last week and decided to wait until they full board met to make the
|> final decision. I thought that met that one voted for and one
|> against. However, the article states that it was a unanimous
|> decision.
|
|Kind of shoots to hell snyder's *statistics* on male vs. female
|killers.
maybe you should learn the *meaning* of the words that you emphasize.
|Lorna didn't even *kill* anybody, yet she did more time than Tom
|Byrd.
do you understand the distinction between a confessed murderer and an
unconfessed one, and how this figures into a system of justice that at
least tries to give people a chance to defend themselves against
criminal accusations?
--
cro...@earthlink.net
FREE whilst behind bars while having plenty of time to study, while other
real regular normal non-criminals have to work several jobs and study in
spurts and take several extra semesters/years to get degrees
Calla
> Finally.
>
> I was a bit surprised by this. Two members of the parole board met last
> week and decided to wait until they full board met to make the final
> decision. I thought that met that one voted for and one against.
> However, the article states that it was a unanimous decision.
>
> Board grants parole toLornaAndersonMoore
> By Tim Hrenchir
> The Capital-Journal
> Published Friday, February 2, 2007
>
>
> The Kansas Parole Board announced today it had granted parole to Moore,
> 53, a former Emporia church secretary whose illicit love affair with
> minister Tom Bird triggered the murders of their spouses in 1983.
>
> Parole Board administrator Colene Fischli said board members Paul
> Feleciano, Patricia Biggs and Robert Sanders voted 3-0 Wednesday to
> grant parole to Moore, an inmate at Topeka Correction Facility.
>
> Moore will be released once the Kansas Department of Corrections
> approves a plan specifying conditions of her parole, Fischli said.
>
> Corrections Department spokesman Frances Breyne said today that the plan
> will include requirements involving such matters as where Moore will
> live and how often she must report to a parole officer.
>
> Moore had met Jan. 25 with parole board members Biggs and Sanders, who
> put off action on her possible parole so that the full, three-person
> board could review the case. Fischli said cases are often deferred for
> full board review when they involve inmates who have been convicted of
> serious crimes and are being considered for release for the first time,
> as Moore was.
>
> A parole board administrative assistant said earlier this week that the
> board probably wouldn't make a decision on Moore's parole until late
> this month. However, Fischli said, all three parole board members met
> Wednesday and voted unanimously to parole Moore.
>
> Moore was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in 1988 after pleading
> guilty to second-degree murder in the 1983 slaying of her husband,
> the murders of her husband and of Sandy Bird, the wife of Tom Bird.
>
> Tom Bird in July 1983 killed his wife, pushed her car over an embankment
> near Emporia, then placed her body in the car, authorities said. Her
> death was initially ruled an accident.
>
> their four daughters -- who ranged in age from 2 1/2 to 8 -- pulled to
> the side of a highway in Geary County after she complained of feeling
> find her keys and asked her husband to help find them. MartinAnderson
> was shot by a masked gunman while looking for the keys.
>
> Moore later confessed to her role in her husband's murder and said Tom
> Bird killed him. Tom Bird denied killing anyone and was acquitted in
> Geary County District Court of a first-degree murder charge in the
> slaying of MartinAnderson.
>
> The story was the subject of a 1987 television miniseries, "Murder
> Ordained."
>
> Tom Bird was convicted in 1984 of the first-degree murder of Sandy Bird.
> He was paroled in June 2004 and went to live in Wyandotte County with
> his wife, Terri, a schoolteacher he married while he was in prison. He
> was released from state parole supervision last July.
>
> Moore was denied release by the parole board in 1988, 1995, 1998, 2000
> and last February.
>
> She married Randy Eldridge in 1985, and they were divorced in 1990. She
> married Terry Moore in December 2004.
>
> four daughters were among people who appeared at a public hearing in
> Wichita in December to ask parole board members to release her. Terry
> Moore said she earned her associate's degree while in prison, has been a
> leader in inmate drug treatment programs and is active in a United
> Methodist women's group behind bars.
>
> Nine people -- including Moore's work-release employer, Toni Boyles --
> appeared in December at a parole board public hearing in Topeka seeking
> Moore's release. Boyles said Moore had been "the epitome of the perfect
> employee" in working since April at A Place in Time, a small business
> Boyles operates at Tecumseh.
>
> Tom Bird in July 1983 killed his wife, pushed her car over an embankment
> near Emporia, then placed her body in the car, authorities said. Her
> death was initially ruled an accident.
>
> their four daughters -- who ranged in age from 2 1/2 to 8 -- pulled to
> the side of a highway in Geary County after she complained of feeling
> find her keys and asked her husband to help find them. MartinAnderson
> was shot by a masked gunman while looking for the keys.
>
> Moore later confessed to her role in her husband's murder and said Tom
> Bird killed him. Tom Bird denied killing anyone and was acquitted in
> Geary County District Court of a first-degree murder charge in the
> slaying of MartinAnderson.
>
> The story was the subject of a 1987 television miniseries, "Murder
> Ordained."
>
> Tom Bird was convicted in 1984 of the first-degree murder of Sandy Bird.
> He was paroled in June 2004 and went to live in Wyandotte County with
> his wife, Terri, a schoolteacher he married while he was in prison. He
> was released from state parole supervision last July.
>
> Moore was denied release by the parole board in 1988, 1995, 1998, 2000
> and last February.
>
> She married Randy Eldridge in 1985, and they were divorced in 1990. She
> married Terry Moore in December 2004.
>
> four daughters were among people who appeared at a public hearing in
> Wichita in December to ask parole board members to release her. Terry
> Moore said she earned her associate's degree while in prison, has been a
> leader in inmate drug treatment programs and is active in a United
> Methodist women's group behind bars.
>
> Nine people -- including Moore's work-release employer, Toni Boyles --
> appeared in December at a parole board public hearing in Topeka seeking
> Moore's release. Boyles said Moore had been "the epitome of the perfect
> employee" in working since April at A Place in Time, a small business
> Boyles operates at Tecumseh.
>
> http://cjonline.com/stories/020207/bre_moore.shtml
Her behavior was sooooo very deviant before she was incarcerated, that
I find it hard to believe she is a reformed woman. She still is
pretty good looking for her age...how long will it be before she tries
to use her feminine wiles to snare another man (other than her current
husband)? I just don't know if people's basic nature can change that
much.
http://www.dc.state.ks.us/kasper2/offender.asp?id=14470
btw - I stumbled upon the fact that her eldest daughter (the one who
still remembers her father being shot down in cold blood) was
convicted for theft a few years ago. She was one of the most vocal
people advocating for her mom to get released.
http://www.dc.state.ks.us/kasper2/offender.asp?id=71889