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James Harry Reyos: Wrongfully Convicted Native American Gets Released, Awaits Exoneration

by Scott Lomax

A man convicted more than twenty years ago, in the USA, for the violent murder of an Irish Priest is confident his name will be cleared within weeks.
James Harry Reyos, a Native American, was jailed for thirty-eight years in 1983 for savagely killing Father Patrick Ryan, a Catholic Priest born in Ireland, whose body was found in a motel room in Odessa, Texas, on 21 December 1981. He had been bludgeoned to death, with his hands being bound in what appeared to be a homosexual assault and murder.

Reyos has recently written a letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, arguing that he should be granted a full pardon on the grounds of innocence. His legal team believe he has a ninety eight percent chance of being successful. Reyos believes within a month and a half that his name will be cleared. He argues he could not have committed the murder because he was two hundred miles away at the time Father Ryan died, which was after 20:00 on 21 December but was thought to have occurred no later than midnight.

Father Ryan checked into the Sand and Sage Motel, under a false name, at around 20:00. At this same time Reyos was, according to a friend, sat drinking with him in a bar in the town of Roswell, two hundred miles away. Petrol receipts confirm he was in the Roswell area at this time. Although Reyos cannot prove his whereabouts from shortly after 20:00 until midnight, he was caught speeding at 00:15 on 22 December only fifteen miles outside Roswell. Reyos could not have traveled two hundred miles to kill Father Ryan, committed the crime and then drive approximately two hundred miles back all in four hours. It was estimated the crime itself would have taken half and hour to have been committed. The man in the next room to Father Ryan checked in at 21:00 and heard nothing all night, suggesting Father Ryan was already dead by this time. If so Reyos has a perfect alibi.

There was no physical evidence linking him to the scene of the crime. In fact, according to reports produced by the FBI and a Texas Crime Laboratory, there were a number of hairs and fingerprints around the body belonging to someone other than Reyos. He volunteered to undertake a lie detector test, and passed.

Reyos has recently been released from prison, and lives in an apartment block in Austin, Texas but he is still, in the eyes of the law, a brutal killer. He is looking forward to being exonerated so that his movements are not limited and so that he can live a life without being labeled a murderer.

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Law & Enforcement James Harry Reyos: Wrongfully Convicted Native American Gets Released, Awaits Exoneration by Scott Lomax A man convicted more than twenty years ago, in the USA, for the violent murder of an Irish Priest is confident his name will be cleared within weeks. James Harry Reyos, a Native American, was jailed for thirty-eight years in 1983 for savagely killing Father Patrick Ryan, a Catholic Priest born in Ireland, whose body was found in a motel room in Odessa, Texas, on 21 December 1981. He had been bludgeoned to death, with his hands being bound in what appeared to be a homosexual assault and murder. Reyos has recently written a letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, arguing that he should be granted a full pardon on the grounds of innocence. His legal team believe he has a ninety eight percent chance of being successful. Reyos believes within a month and a half that his name will be cleared. He argues he could not have committed the murder because he was two hundred miles away at the time Father Ryan died, which was after 20:00 on 21 December but was thought to have occurred no later than midnight. Father Ryan checked into the Sand and Sage Motel, under a false name, at around 20:00. At this same time Reyos was, according to a friend, sat drinking with him in a bar in the town of Roswell, two hundred miles away. Petrol receipts confirm he was in the Roswell area at this time. Although Reyos cannot prove his whereabouts from shortly after 20:00 until midnight, he was caught speeding at 00:15 on 22 December only fifteen miles outside Roswell. Reyos could not have traveled two hundred miles to kill Father Ryan, committed the crime and then drive approximately two hundred miles back all in four hours. It was estimated the crime itself would have taken half and hour to have been committed. The man in the next room to Father Ryan checked in at 21:00 and heard nothing all night, suggesting Father Ryan was already dead by this time. If so Reyos has a perfect alibi. There was no physical evidence linking him to the scene of the crime. In fact, according to reports produced by the FBI and a Texas Crime Laboratory, there were a number of hairs and fingerprints around the body belonging to someone other than Reyos. He volunteered to undertake a lie detector test, and passed. Reyos has recently been released from prison, and lives in an apartment block in Austin, Texas but he is still, in the eyes of the law, a brutal killer. He is looking forward to being exonerated so that his movements are not limited and so that he can live a life without being labeled a murderer. About the Author: Scott Lomax has been helping Reyos on his case. For further details please contact S. C. Lomax at sclomax@sclomax.co.uk -- http://www.sclomax.co.uk Please see our list of Contributors.	Yahoo! 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