What a fascinating thread telling about the story, buildings, schools, trees, Halloween parties, and a lot more in connection with the death of Joan Olive Robinson Hill. It is like reading through the past of River Oaks, Houston and then ending up in today’s River Oaks, Houston.
I am Dane - born in December 1969 (nine month after Joan Olive Robinson Hill died), lives in Turkey (having lived among other foreign countries two times in the US), and even I am arriving late to this thread, I would like to ask a little and add a little:
I first time heard about the story of Joan Olive Robinson Hill and John Robert Hill, when “Murder in Texas” aired on Danish national television station DR (we only had one television station in Denmark at that time) probably in 1982 (when I was 12 years old). About 20 years later, I saw it again. The book and the movie it is – no doubt – Ann Fairchild Kurth Hill’s defense story – to make her seem like a victim and not like a victimizer (to Joan Olive Robinson Hill, whose husband she had an affair too, which – probably – led him to the killing of his wife).
However, the story in fascinated me then and still does (then because of the society murder story, but today because of the loose end in the murder story as well). Nobody has been convicted for the murder of either Joan Olive Robinson Hill or John Robert Hill, and later their child, Robert, later turns against his grandfather. As a historian, I wonder about the many facts there are missing in this story, and what happened to the people involved in the case.
The story of Joan Olive Robinson Hill is some way similar to the story of “Sunny” Martha Sharp Crawford von Bülow, who married the Danish oilman Claus von Bülow (who was born Claus Borberg, but changed his surname to mother’s maiden surname), who is the cousin of my father’s cousins previous husband. In addition, the story of Sunny von Bülow contains many loose ends, and no conviction for her later death.
Here is the “Robert Ashton Hill vs. Davis Ashton Robinson (11/29/1979)” civil case, which someone asked for:
John Robert Hill was from Edcouch, Texas, and I wonder if he was a child or grandchild of R.R. Hill (http://en.wikipedia..../Edcouch,_Texas) – of course knowing, that Hill is not an unusual surname.
Due to the thread, etc., we all know what happened to these persons:
Joan Olive Robinson Hill (1931- 1969 – probably murdered by John Robert Hill)
John Robert Hill (19xx-1972 – shot dead by Bobby Wayne Vandiver)
Myra Hill (19xx-19xx – mother of John Robert Hill)
Davis Ashton “Ash” Robinson (1898-1985 – father of Joan Olive Robinson Hill)
Rhea Robinson (1901-1987 – mother of Joan Olive Robinson Hill)
Lilla Paulus (19xx-19xx – died of cancer – divorced from Claude Paulus)
Claude Paulus (19xx-19xx – divorced from Lilla Paulus)
Bobby Wayne Vandiver (19xx-19xx – shot dead by a police officer – John Robert Hill’s hit man)
I found out of the whereabouts for “Boot” Robert Ashton Hill.
Robert Ashton Hill obtained his B.A. (Columbus College), J.D. (Catholic University of America)and L.L.M. (American University) and he works as an Assistant Team Leader for the Assistant State Attorney of at the Economic Unit at Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office – for the Assistant State Attorney of Special Prosecution Division (before: Economic Crimes Unit), where he handles major frauds. He also serves, as Chief of Legislative Affairs for the Montgomery County State’s Attorney Office Most interesting is however, that he used to be prosecutor in murder cases and other violent cases:
The Murder Of Joan Robinson Hill
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What a fascinating thread telling about the story, buildings, schools, trees, Halloween parties, and a lot more in connection with the death of Joan Olive Robinson Hill. It is like reading through the past of River Oaks, Houston and then ending up in today’s River Oaks, Houston.
I am Dane - born in December 1969 (nine month after Joan Olive Robinson Hill died), lives in Turkey (having lived among other foreign countries two times in the US), and even I am arriving late to this thread, I would like to ask a little and add a little:
I first time heard about the story of Joan Olive Robinson Hill and John Robert Hill, when “Murder in Texas” aired on Danish national television station DR (we only had one television station in Denmark at that time) probably in 1982 (when I was 12 years old). About 20 years later, I saw it again. The book and the movie it is – no doubt – Ann Fairchild Kurth Hill’s defense story – to make her seem like a victim and not like a victimizer (to Joan Olive Robinson Hill, whose husband she had an affair too, which – probably – led him to the killing of his wife).
However, the story in fascinated me then and still does (then because of the society murder story, but today because of the loose end in the murder story as well). Nobody has been convicted for the murder of either Joan Olive Robinson Hill or John Robert Hill, and later their child, Robert, later turns against his grandfather. As a historian, I wonder about the many facts there are missing in this story, and what happened to the people involved in the case.
The story of Joan Olive Robinson Hill is some way similar to the story of “Sunny” Martha Sharp Crawford von Bülow, who married the Danish oilman Claus von Bülow (who was born Claus Borberg, but changed his surname to mother’s maiden surname), who is the cousin of my father’s cousins previous husband. In addition, the story of Sunny von Bülow contains many loose ends, and no conviction for her later death.
Here is the “Robert Ashton Hill vs. Davis Ashton Robinson (11/29/1979)” civil case, which someone asked for:
http://tx.findacase....41856.TX.htm/qx
John Robert Hill was from Edcouch, Texas, and I wonder if he was a child or grandchild of R.R. Hill (http://en.wikipedia..../Edcouch,_Texas) – of course knowing, that Hill is not an unusual surname.
Due to the thread, etc., we all know what happened to these persons:
Joan Olive Robinson Hill (1931- 1969 – probably murdered by John Robert Hill)
John Robert Hill (19xx-1972 – shot dead by Bobby Wayne Vandiver)
Myra Hill (19xx-19xx – mother of John Robert Hill)
Davis Ashton “Ash” Robinson (1898-1985 – father of Joan Olive Robinson Hill)
Rhea Robinson (1901-1987 – mother of Joan Olive Robinson Hill)
Lilla Paulus (19xx-19xx – died of cancer – divorced from Claude Paulus)
Claude Paulus (19xx-19xx – divorced from Lilla Paulus)
Bobby Wayne Vandiver (19xx-19xx – shot dead by a police officer – John Robert Hill’s hit man)
I found out of the whereabouts for “Boot” Robert Ashton Hill.
Robert Ashton Hill obtained his B.A. (Columbus College), J.D. (Catholic University of America)and L.L.M. (American University) and he works as an Assistant Team Leader for the Assistant State Attorney of at the Economic Unit at Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office – for the Assistant State Attorney of Special Prosecution Division (before: Economic Crimes Unit), where he handles major frauds. He also serves, as Chief of Legislative Affairs for the Montgomery County State’s Attorney Office Most interesting is however, that he used to be prosecutor in murder cases and other violent cases:
http://www.montgomer...conomicUnit.asp (work)
http://www.avvo.com/...ll-1547577.html (lawyer license)
Robert Ashton Hill may be this person living in Washington D.C. If so, he is today married to a Denise:
http://dc.blockshopp...ifer_street_nw/
However, little known about the other “major” persons in this story:
Ann Fairchild Kurth Hill (19xx-, John Robert Hill’s second wife – one state she died in 1990 and another state she lives outside Austin)
Connie Hill (19xx-, John Robert Hill’s third wife – no one seems to know her whereabouts)
Effie Brown (about 1903-, the housemaid – no one seems to know her whereabouts)
Marsha McKittrick (19xx-, Bobby Wayne Vandiver’s driver – no one seems to know her whereabouts - the name is not Macia McKittrick)
Mary Jo Wood (19xx- - Lilla Paulus’ daughter, who turned against her mother)
What happened to these people afterwards and where are they today (it could also be nice to get filled in the missing facts - years, etc.)?