I could have left it alone, yet, if she was innocent, by the grace of God, it could have been me.  That hooked me. 

I was curious and skeptical.  I was curious enough to continue asking questions, and skeptical to the point that if I asked a few questions, I would be satisfied she was guilty and move on.  I figured this would be a short-term project, and that I would satisfy my conscious that at least I looked into it, putting the nagging guilt complex to rest.

I wrote letters to Gary McDaniel, (a private detective that was successful in helping prove her son's innocence, in 1999).  Gary was reluctant to spend the time educating yet another person on her case that would probably lose interest and therefore waste his time, as happened in the past.  I kept writing and finally Gary began working with me.  Cocurrently, I contacted Jan, who is Ginny's life support in hope, love and prayer.

In the mean time, I also got in touch with Ginny on death row, and began asking her hundreds and hundreds of questions.  It seemed like with every question she answered, it lead to many more.  Things didn't add up.  After several months, my appetite grew beyond anything that Ginny was able to supply me with.  I wanted something more concrete. 

I contacted the court clerks office and sent over $2000  for copies of court transcripts, life insurance policies, financial records, canceled checks, tapes, pictures, videos and much more.  I wrote the FDLE (Florida's version of the FBI) and got their records.  End the end; I had thousands of pages of evidence.  For months, I meticulously studied, read, reread, outlined, and examined every single document to find clear convincing evidence concerning Ginny's guilt.  I found none. 

Yeah, I read, found out and put together some pieces of Ginny's life that she is not proud of.  Yet, it would be a gross injustice to murder her for her mistakes.  Geez, we've all made mistakes.  

Instead of this information leading to her guilt, another disturbing picture began to unravel.  Detective work from one document contradicted another.  Evidence was 'lost' or disregarded that would support her innocence by the police.  The records reflect the only 2 witnesses that testified against her were liars.  Their court transcripts give subtle clues as to the inconstancy of their stories.  There is much more.  Please ready the 'Fast Facts' to bring you up to speed.

I felt a warrior for Ginny.  I'd read more documents under intense scrutiny than an army of attorneys had read.  However, there is a dark side of advocating for an innocent person on death row.  What I'm about to say, Ginny knows all too well. 

No one in the system seems to care once a person is convicted.  Time comes to a stand still.  The 'guilty' is separated and untouchable.  Locked away into the deep crevices of nomads land.   Even in the face of clear and convincing evidence, it is of little value.  First, you have to get someone to listen.  No one really does.

Even her state paid appeal attorneys get shifted around once they are familiar with the case. Then, the new guy has to start all over.  Important information gets lost in the process.  The system wears a person down.  It drowns them in a sea of disappointment.  Ginny has seen a lot of her supporters except Jan and Gary come and go because of a system that turns a deaf ear to their efforts.  Even myself was burned out from facing her ongoing disappointment.  I too distanced myself.  Not from Ginny, but rather from her association of a system that sucked the life out of hope.  To think of Ginny meant to be reminded of a hopeless world.  However, I've finally come around again.  I am here for Ginny, even in the face of a severe and hopeless taskmaster.  I am here because by the grace of God, it could happen to you or me. 

So, if you've come here looking for the truth about Ginny, you can find it if you are willing to invest the time.  Yet, finding the truth is the easy part, it is what you will do with the truth that is much harder in the face of a cold, indifferent and seemingly paralyzed system.  Kathi Stringer

The Following Timeline was complied through the investigative work of Gary J. Mc Daniel in the case of Virginia Larzelere.

More here:

Virginia's daughter Jessica reacts to her mother's death
sentence in May 1993

Fast Facts

Virginia Larzelere awaits death under her sentence in a Florida state prison. We need your help so an innocent woman can escape death by poisonous needle or electrocution.

In mid January we were surfing the Internet when we came across a story about Virginia. We read the fragmented material and decided to investigate her case because she was running out of time. 

Like you, we do not believe everything we read on the Internet. So we decided to do our own investigation. We reviewed hundreds of documents, court transcripts and empirical evidence and interviewed her lawyers and friends. 

What we have found supports her innocence. But we cannot save her alone. We need your help. Following are some highlights of what we found:

  The media sensationalized this case from its inception with useful headlines that sell papers rather then the pursuit of truth. 

Laurie Goering of the Chicago Tribune writes recently that Florida has reversed the convictions of 20 Death Row inmates, more than any other state in the nation. She says that "Many of the inmates were released from Death Row on evidence of prosecutorial errors, lying by witnesses or confessions by others." The Tribune article states that last year, 75 percent of the  death-penalty cases brought before the appeals court were overturned, and that Florida has by far the largest number of Death Row cases where an inmate was granted a new trial either because prosecutors withheld evidence suggesting innocence or because they knowingly used false evidence. In part because of such problems, says the Tribune, Florida's reversal rate of Death Row convictions on direct appeal averages almost 50 percent,  according to the American Bar Association. Recently retired Supreme Court Judge Gerald Kogan, now president of the Miami Alliance for Ethical Government, is quoted as saying, "We have innocent people on Death Row. I don't know how many, but anybody who understands the justice system knows innocent people are convicted every day."

Police were zealous to find the "murderer" because of political pressure, and acted on what was best for them rather than the evidence. They had  their own preconceived notions from the moment they arrived on the murder scene and examined only the "evidence" that fit their theories. 

Police admit in transcripts of taped interviews that Virginia offered them the killer's DNA, the fresh blood and skin from under her nails minutes after they arrived.  She had contact with the killer.  Yet, police refused to take skin samples from her saying they could not use them.  This is very disturbing since this evidence would have cleared her. They were not interested.

On the day of the murder police lied on a Supplementary Report for case building and then again days later on other documents and finally police lied to a Judge to get a search warrant.  They found nothing.

Despite the biased media coverage, the court did not change the venue as is commonly done. 

The prosecutors elicited information from immunized witnesses (witness who escaped prosecution on other pending criminal cases in return for their testimony) who fabricated responses to fit police theories while under duress. Her conviction was based on what these people said--not physical evidence.

Virginia's defense attorney's did not summon the 40-plus defense witnesses available. Instead, they brought the trial to conclusion after only four-five minutes of defense testimony. 

People possibly involved in the murder could not keep their stories straight. They also enjoyed bragging about their participation in the crime. 

Virginia's complaints about her attorney proved correct when he was convicted for perjury, embezzlement and drug money laundering. He is now serving an 54 month sentence.

We have read media hype that Virginia took out 7 separate insurance polices that would give the reader the impression she went behind Norm's back and collected policies from whom ever would give them to her.  The facts are here. 

Because of all of the above, Virginia was convicted through the efforts of prosecutor misconduct, jury infractions and prejudice. 

A writer who claims to have investigated this case wrote a book that is biased and ignored evidence in Virginia's favor. At first glance the book appears authentic and takes advantage of the unguarded curious reader. However, our examination of the book and the evidence showed that the book is hugely inconsistent with actual court testimony and FBI lab reports. 

In sum, we discovered through careful examination that the truth was not heard by the jury. As a result, an innocent woman will die without your help. 

Time is short and her life is at stake.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

This is a short summary of the facts. Naturally, you will want to understand in more detail what happened and judge for yourself. The rest of this web site will answer your questions. You can also read the Virginia Larzelere Story Here.

We hope that you, too, will be convinced of Virginia's innocence and will become part of the team to free an innocent woman. It may be the most important thing you ever do in your life. 

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