Summary

BLACKTHORNE WAS CONVICTED OF CONSPIRING THE MURDER OF HIS EX-WIFE, SHEILA BELLUSH.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 187657
Story Slug Blackthorne - Trial - Wrap
Location San Antonio, TX
Format PKG
Date 07/06/2000
Archive Time 21:16
TRT 1:21
Supers San Antonio, TX Deborah Bowden, Reporting Jim Bellush, Sheila's brother
Video Description SOT OF HUSBAND, FILE TAPE OF CONVICTED MURDERER, HOME VIDEO OF FAMILY AND THE KIDS, VICTIM HOLDING BABY, FILE VIDEO.
Description BLACKTHORNE WAS CONVICTED OF CONSPIRING THE MURDER OF HIS EX-WIFE, SHEILA BELLUSH.
Script LEAD: TWO MEN FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, A TEXAS MILLIONAIRE...AND THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS...SHARING THE SAME FATE OVER THE SAME CRIME. LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF SHEILA BELLUSH OF SARASOTA. DEBORAH BOWDEN HAS THE VERDICT. SCRIPT: JAMIE BELLISH CALLS IT A SAREAL EXPERIENCE CONSUMING HIM FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. AND WITH ONE WORD A TEXAS FEDERAL JURY GAVE JAMIE WHAT HE SO FEVERISHLY ACHED FOR. (SOT JAMIE BELLISH "Thank you for considering all the evidence, carefully and thank you for delivering the proper verdict.") ALAN BLACKTHORN GUILTY, AND SHELIA BELESHES KILLER JOSE LUIS DEL TORO IS TOO. (SOT JAMIE BELLISH "I was very numb to what he had to say, and i don't know how sorry he really is, it was good to see him taken away and that was it.") JAMIE BELLISH GOES HOME TO NEW JERSEY TOMORROW TO TRY AND TAKE BACK WHATEVER SEMBLANCE OF A NORMAL LIFE HE CAN HAVE, MIXING THEM WITH MEMORIES OF A NIGHT MARE. (SOT JAMIE BELLISH "There is a lot of closure that's gonna be brought about today, and i think that, i certainly hope that the next 38 years of my life are going to be more boring than the first 38 years.") AND THROUGHOUT THIS ALL THERE ARE THE QUADRUPLETS NOW FOR AND A HALF YEARS OLD, AHEAD OF THEM LIES A FUTURE FULL OF WANTING, WONDERING AND EXPLANATIONS THEY MAY FULLY NEVER UNDERSTAND. (SOT JAMIE BELLISH "I just tell em mommies in heaven with Jesus, when there old enough we'll be able to talk about what this is all about, there will be a hollow part of there heart there entire life.") 2100
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