I know Ann Kurth lived here in Austin in the mid 90's because a good friend of mine owned a landscaping company and she hired his company to do a ton of work for her and she continuously made changes at the last minute right before the job was complete. She claimed to be "elated with their work" but she had paid half up front with a check and he made the mistake of holding onto it at her request for a few days and then he just decided to deposit both of the checks together. Right before he and his workers left she told him how pleased she was and gave him the other half also in the form of a check which was common in the 90's, he then deposited them that afternoon and within a few days he received notice from his bank she had put stop payment on both of the checks but the first one she had put the stop on it the very day she handed it to him and let them do two weeks of work knowing the entire time that she had no intention of paying. I've seen his work and its beautiful and he is hired by many people who live in the nicest neighborhoods in Austin and surrounding areas so it wasnt his work she didnt like it was actually being an honest decent person she seems to have an aversion to. I saw the movie and I noticed so many odd facts that just didnt make any sense such as John Hill staying in the car while Joan went to find the boy and Ann just so happened to be that close to the parking lot where he drove straight up to, running into him at the pool that night while her sons who probably werent even really there at the camp, just her waiting to meet up with John, because why would anybody leave their kids in a hotel room alone at a kids camp and go out to the pool? They should have paid Sam Elliot and the woman who played Ann shock her and after the wreck while she's sitting on the exam table when she says "John you said you killed Joan, say it isnt true, they should have told Sam Elliot to say "well of course I did honey at your insistence, dont you remember hiding the syringe for me at your place where we grew the cultures". I firmly believe they started the affair while she was married and worked at the clinic and then John read in the papers that poor Joan was divorcing for the second time and he saw an opportunity and he took it. I believe Ann got mad and that's why she left that job and when Joan and John started having problems he called Ann again and they met somewhere and started the affair again. He clearly was not a one woman man but nobody ever died until she came into the picture, she taught her lap dog to kill and when he wanted a new master she came up with a story to protect herself because this time it was her head on the chopping block and I'm sure she was trying to prevent prosecution for being an accessory to murder because nobody can possibly be that dumb. If she expects people to believe she didnt know what the cultures that he or they grew in her home were for than shes crazier than I originally thought. Every aspect of Joan's life made the papers and then Ann married him just a few weeks after poor Joan dies, that's just tacky to say the least. I don't know what to believe regarding Ash being blamed for the well deserved murder of John Hill because its obvious Ann knew he was going to kill Joan and possibly at Ann's direction so I half to wonder if either Ash is really innocent or if he did have it done why would he spare Ann? If it weren't for Ann constantly nagging I firmly believe John would have just kept Ann, literally kept her as a kept woman as she had been for a long time. So what suddenly changed that was so drastic that made John kill poor Joan, Ann told him get rid of her or Ill get rid of you once and for all, I can hear that poor excuse for a woman telling him she didnt care how he got Joan out of the picture but to get it done or they were done. That woman is the biggest drama queen Ive ever seen, she's worse than all of the Kardashians combined. The one photo that sticks with me is her sitting on the bench waiting to testify smiling for the cameras as if to say "look at me a man murdered the beautiful and perfect Joan Robinson to be with me". She looked as if she was proud of it!! I also believe she actually thought she would step into Joan's shoes, probably literally tried to wear a few pair that may have been packed away, and be a socialite in Joan's world, as if they would accept someone like her. I'm not a person who judges people by the size of their bank balance and the fact she wasn't wealthy and in the limelight all of the time like Joan was is not why I cant stomach the woman, her lack of morals, lack of judgement, deceitful dishonest nature and I could go on for hours is why I'd love to see her move out of Texas or just as far away from Texas and me as she can get. I've been told she owns a boutique of some kind in downtown Austin which was probably purchased, like everything else she owns, with the money she received in the divorce from John which is ultimately Joan's money no doubt. Another irritating part of the movie was Ann picking up the phone after John was murdered and hearing classical music, she tried everything possible to keep the story alive. Writing a book, going into a storage facility she claimed John owned about ten years after his murder and trying to publish private documents, it wouldn't surprise me if she was disappointed when he was murdered because then she wouldn't be able to call the police every other day with a new story of how John was supposedly threatening her. Ive often wondered if John had not of been murdered and actually been convicted in the second trial if Ann would have ultimately been convicted once John testified against her. Racehorse Haynes would have brought details to light that turned her "babe in the woods" routine upside down. If he truly did try to kill her which she claims and we all know how credible that it lol lol, well when two people murder someone together the bond will either grow stronger but if the relationship goes south one will try or will succeed in killing the other because then there is no witness/coconspirator to testify against the other. There is a photo of the car she claims he tried to kill her in by wrecking it and chocking her but how often does a person die when the side of the car is crashing along side a guardrail and he wasn't a modest man, remember he handled that poisoned pastry to Joan in front of an entire room of Houston socialites, I believe he would have been bold enough to attempt or succeed in an organized manner. If the facts and accounts of his character, with the exception of Ann's, that have been released to the public are accurate he doesnt seem to be the kind of man to lose control easily or if at all. I'm in law enforcement and a poisoner doesnt deviate from that form of murder. I've learned people will use a gun, knife, axe or anything they can get their hands on but a poisoner does not deviate from their method except possibly the type of poison. I am not a know it all and that is a definite fact but I have been in law enforcement long enough to have learned quite a bit and one thing I am absolutely positive of is Ann Kruth or Nolan, whichever she uses, I can only assume it depends on who and what lie she is telling at that moment, is as guilty as John Hill. It wouldn't surprise me if a journal surfaced someday written by John Hill himself expressing his regrets for murdering Joan to be with that sorry excuse for a woman. One aspect of this case that has bothered me for many years is I am 100% positive she went by the last name of Nolan at one point and oddly enough there is another movie on Lifetime called "The Girl Next Door" where a young girl named Ann Nolan meets a police officer and they start an affair and he convinces her to murder his wife. It too is based on a true story but the true story is about a liquor story owner and he did have an affair with a younger woman but left her and reconciled with his wife. The young and former mistress was unbalanced to say the least and took it upon herself to kill the wife out of spite and jealousy, it's been proven by diaries and journals that the man and his wife were the happiest they had been in years after the reconciliation but the writers of the movie are known to do their homework and the use of the name Ann Nolan is believed to be a backhanded slap in the face to Ann "Kurth". Two sources confirmed Kurth is actually Nolan. I will say this much about Ann Nolan/Kurth, she really gets around and seems to cause trouble and stir up drama everywhere this unbalanced, dishonest deprived poor excuse for a woman lands. If I should find this boutique I guarantee all of you Ill come back here and give you all of the details. I would be very curious to see what she looks like in this day and age. She must have been delusional to believe she could actually even begin to compete with the beautiful and truly wonderful woman Joan Olive Robinson was. I despise adding the name "Hill" to her name, my heart just breaks for her when I think about how she must have felt when John left her shortly before Christmas to be with Ann and how scared and confused she must have felt. I think we can all take some comfort in knowing how much she loved her parents and how much they treasured her and knowing they lived right around the corner from her in her time of need when he moved out. I must have a small vindictive streak in me because I can only smile when I think of how horrible Ann felt when he moved out soon after to spend Christmas alone, I can only hope her boys were spending the holidays with their father and sadly I find some peace out of knowing how jealous she must have been lol. I guess I am a bit mean and I say sadly because I'm referring to what kind of person I must be but when my husband left me for another woman for a short time it was the worst time of my life and thats another reason I take this case so personal.
