Dear Siobhan





As you know I attended most of the trial and a lot of the pre trial hearings and was there for the unbelievable verdict that was cast by supposedly our best service men and women. I know I am biased towards our family but I also endured 31 years of law enforcement with the most of them in investigations and was astonished by the callous unimaginable verdict that I heard. Phil and Lou's prosecution had more evidence be it mostly circumstantial then I had in numerous murder convictions that I investigated and won. I was astonished by some of the members questions and even more astonished by the results. I can't tell you how bad I fell for both you and Barbara, Joan, Tom, Vivian, Bob and the rest of the family and friends. I also can't believe that the military your husbands' believed in failed them so miserably. Further I can't fathom that some of the members don't want any contact with you, what cowards. I can't imagine how they can sleep at night. I certainly hope that they don't lose a loved one and get the same results that the both of you were dealt. Some of the members that don't want to be contacted I felt were on your side and again don't these people have any moral feelings as to how you and Barbara feel. If they think there wasn't enough evidence to convict Martinez who do they think did this heinous crime? If this is the best the military has to offer, God help the United States of America.

Bruce Johnson
Valhalla, New York