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The death of Joan Robinson Hill at 38 years old led to her husband, John Hill, becoming the first person to be indicted by the State of Texas on the charge of murder by omission. The case precipitated a series of events that included the 1972 murder of John Hill and, two years later, the fatal police shooting of the man accused of that murder. She died following a short illness on March 19, 1969. Autopsy examinations failed to determine a cause of death beyond an infection from an unknown source. Her father, Ash Robinson, subsequently accused Hill of poisoning his daughter, and petitioned the district attorney to prosecute her husband for murder. Hill's murder trial was held in February 1971 but ended in a mistrial. As a second trial was approaching, Hill was gunned down by an intruder at his home. A suspect, Bobby Wayne Vandiver, was arrested and indicted for the murder, but was killed in a shootout with police before his trial. Two other suspects, Marcia McKittrick and Lilla Paulus, were convicted as accomplices to Hill's murder and served time in prison. The case was the subject of Thomas Thompson's 1976 book ''Blood and Money'' and the 1981 made-for-television film ''Murder in Texas''. ==Background== (詳細はHouston Chronicle'' as "one of the city's leading plastic surgeons". The couple had a son, Robert Ashton "Boot" Hill, born on June 14, 1960.〔Thompson 1976, pp. 52–53〕 John and Joan Hill became a regular part of Houston's social scene,〔 but largely led separate lives.〔 Joan focused on her equestrian career while John devoted his spare time to performing and listening to music.〔Thompson 1976, pp. 49–52〕 By 1968, the Hills had begun to have significant conflicts in their marriage.〔 After beginning an extramarital affair with a woman named Ann Kurth in the fall of 1968, Hill left his wife and began divorce proceedings against her, but withdrew the petition when the couple reconciled shortly before Christmas of that year.〔Thompson 1976, pp. 82–87〕 John continued to see Kurth after returning to live with his wife.〔Thompson 1976, pp. 87〕 Robinson Hill died on March 19, 1969, at Sharpstown General Hospital after contracting an illness that was initially thought to be influenza.〔 Her symptoms included fever, vomiting, nausea, and diarrhea.〔 She was first treated at home by her husband, but admitted to hospital when her condition worsened.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Death of Joan Robinson Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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