Important message board posts about the Ronda Reynolds case, with responses from Ronda’s mother, Barbara Thompson:
Re: INSURANCE CLAIM:
Thu Nov 14
Response: Ronda
worked in Security at Wal-Mart when she married Ron Reynolds. Her job had been
to travel to different stores training the security personnel. When she left in
Aug. of 98 and went to work at the Bon Marche, as
part of her separation package she was offered the option to carry a $50,000
life insurance policy. She had a certain time frame (ending sometime in Dec.)
to convert by sending in her acceptance card and premium. That
payment and conversion card were received by the insurance company on
The Sheriff's Dept. has released the proof to me that only
one payment was made, that it was, in fact, made by
Ron Reynolds and received
Fri Dec 6
Response: The insurance company did not do their own investigation. When I talked to them, although they were sympathetic, they could not give me any confidential information because I was not the executor.
I do find it strange that if Ron awoke at
When I questioned a representative of the insurance company’s investigations department, he admitted that he found that strange also, but he told me that, because they had already paid the policy, it wasn't financially feasible for the meager sum of $50,000 to investigate it. So, what he is telling us is that you can phony up an insurance beneficiary card and as long as it is $50,000 or less, they won't go back and investigate it once they’ve paid it, because that costs them too much money. Doesn't matter about right or wrong, murder or anything else, it is the almighty dollar. So people who murder for insurance appear to be safe if they stay under the $50,000 amount.
Re: ELECTRIC BLANKET:
Fri Dec 6 12:51:51 PST 2002: Did detectives ever think to do tests on the electric blanket to determine if it was there when the gun was fired OR placed there after the fact, which would show intent to cover up time of death? That seems an obvious thing to do.
Response: The crime scene photos I received show the blanket and show blood on the blanket. To my knowledge no tests were done on the blanket, and I wasn't told if the plug was tested for prints. We do know that an electric blanket changes the process of Rigor and Lividity, but to what degree is a variable that has evaded forensic scientists. Yes, there is a possibility that the electric blanket was turned on to attempt to cover up the actual time of death -- and that is one of the things we are investigating.