Diane Newton King Murder Case

Diane Newton King had said to her mother that she needed alone time with Brad. It was speculated that Diane was going to leave Brad and take the children with her. “She [Freida Newton, Diane’s mother] was afraid of what she might say about the man her daughter married. She thought Diane wanted to confide in her about her crumbling marriage, but she was afraid of what that might start” (P. 520 M). Diane was with her mother, trying to bring up the subject but not knowing how, so instead they ignored it and watched television. Even if Brad had not murdered Diane, Diane collected enough memories of lacking love and fatherhood expressed by Brad King and would have not stayed in that marriage. Diane may have worried about her image and what it would

His off-putting personality and odd demeanor made previous co-workers in the criminal justice field have such a strong feeling that Brad was the murderer; they even called the police department to share their knowledge of him. As soon as news broke about Diane an old co-workers of Brads called the department and told them she knew, she didn’t have proof, but she knew Brad murdered Diane. The officers did not pick up on these off putting characteristics of Brad. Again, he did not ask about his wife’s well-being, her location, his children or their location. As a criminology professor and previous officer, Brad King should have known the lasting affects witnessing a murder could have on their children yet there is no mention of them while he is being

Simpson when writing his portions of Eye of The Beholder using the “if I did it” game. Brad felt he was smarter than the detectives and general population as he explained how he would have examined the scene differently. In the time leading up to the arrest of Brad King following through to his prison life, Brad was finally able to get the attention he thought he deserved. When adjusting to prison life, Brad had no issues. The shift from a police officer putting people into jail and prison versus becoming an inmate should have been a struggle for Brad, yet it was not. “‘You know what I noticed?” John Van Vleet said one day. “He’s getting along too well in prison. It’s not that he doesn’t dislike it. He does dislike it. It’s like he institutionalizes too easy, and he’s only been there a few months. I get queasy feelings about that” (P. 518 T). Brad was looked up to, he was the ultimate inmate. Not only did he turn his back on the criminal justice system and become like the inmates, he was like an in-house lawyer for everyone. Brad had the knowledge of the criminal justice field that most inmates did not. “He can be a prison lawyer, get all the attention, while somebody clothes and feeds him, takes care of all the little bullshit things of everyday life” (PG. 518 M). He was famous among the other inmates, finally getting the attention he so desperately