Inconsistencies

Exactly where did the collision occur?


There is conflicting evidence as to exactly where the wreck occurred. On one hand, Reconstructionist John Daily determined that the vehicles were in Browns Curve when they collided. Yet State Trooper Delayne Baldwin stated that the collision was not in Brown’s Curve at all but occurred at the edge of Browns curve.

There is conflicting information when the incidents occurred. Read Yearsly Phelps deposition and Heidi Andersons testimony.


Reconstructionist, Sergeant John Daily, calculates Ollie Sutherland speed at 62 - 69 mph.


John Daily calculated the speed of the Chevy Pickup at approximately 49 - 56 mph, and the Bronco II at 62 - 69 mph.


Cindy Williams noted Years ley’s speed and position when Yearsley passed her just before Skyline and in the straight. Cindy was traveling between 38 and 40 mph. Photo #2 depicts the locations of the Williams’ vehicle when passed by the Yearsley vehicle and when she reached the top of Skyline Hill. Only a little common sense is needed to calculate that the speed of the Yearsley vehicle had to be twice that of the speed of Cindy Williams’. Cindy was traveling at 38 - 40 mph and in order for Yearsley to be in Browns curve when Cindy reached the top of Skyline, he had to be traveling in the 70 - 80 mph range. A little common sense goes a long way.


Take a very close look at photo #3. Ollie was traveling west on Rt 22 on what officials have stated as hazardous road conditions. Black Ice! See that huge curve right before Brown’s Curve? How could Ollie possibly be traveling at well over 60 mph around that curve on black ice prior to reaching Brown’s Curve? How did John Daily conclude that Ollie was traveling at 62 - 69 mph, as stated in his official [lost, found] unsigned unofficial report?


A Federal Reconstructionist was asked this very question and his reply stated that only fewer than three conditions could anyone be traveling at that high rate of speed on these road conditions.


(1) No sharp curves in the area.
(2) No hills to climb!
(3) Must be on a straight stretch of highway.


Ollie Sutherland's vehicle doesn't qualify 2 out of three under these conditions.


The Yearsley vehicle qualifies for all three.




Could Conley & Ollie have been sitting still or not even in the vehicle at all?



There was a Forensic Pathologist in Richmond, Virginia who, after looking over the autopsy report, said there was a good chance the boys were not in the Bronco when they were hit. Also, there was a man named Rick Canope who said that Yearsley told him the Bronco was sitting still when they hit it. When there is a loss of life, it seems that every possible lead should have been followed.


It has always suspected that the Bronco was sitting still when the Yearsley's collided with it. The carcass of a deer was found nearby, and gives way to another plausible theory: that Conley and Ollie had stopped to check out the deer. This article verifies our suspicions that this area, Brown’s Curve, has the highest number of wildlife vehicle collisions in the area - 330 since 1990 - from Skyline down to Brown’s Curve. There was no blood found in the Bronco at ALL.


Reconstructionist, Sergeant John Daily, Determines an L Configuration Impact.



There is conflicting evidence as to whether this collision was head on or a collision from the side, or perpendicular, termed "L configuration". The Reconstructionist, John Dailey, determined that the vehicles did indeed collide in an L configuration. This means that the Bronco was hit on the passenger's side. Mr. Dailey concluded that the impact on the Bronco was at the wheel well or just behind. It is uncertain how he came to this conclusion. John Daily's credentials are many, he has written several books on vehicle accident reconstruction, and has had extensive training in this area, but it appears he missed this one. Why? The photos here will prove that this was a head-on collision. We believe that local authorities are seemingly trying to cover up the facts in this case. They are apparently trying to put Ollie's vehicle speeding, sideways in the road, across centerline to make it appear that they were at fault.


Highway 22 scraped & sanded. Why?



The road was so slick that night that sanding trucks were allowed to clean and scrape the road, for public safety reasons, prior to an in-depth investigation of the site. This possibly destroyed any evidence on the roadway.


The inconsistencies in the way authorities handled this case are numerous. In this accident, no one was killed yet they closed the road for 7 hours to investigate and clear the vehicles. Unbelievable!!!!!!!


Whose Fault was the crash? One minute it's Yearsley. Then It’s Ollie’s?



Officer Baldwin told Conley's uncle, Jack Boothe, - and he presented a sworn statement - that it looked like the Yearsley vehicle was in the wrong lane, and was traveling at the higher rate of speed. Mr. Baldwin also told him that there was no sign of alcohol on or about the Bronco, or Conley and Ollie.
During John Sutherland's visit to the mortuary the day following the collision, as far as Officer Delane Baldwin was able to determine at that point, Ollie's car spun out of control, causing the crash and resulting in the unfortunate fatalities of himself and Conley Lane.

What happened to cause a complete reversal of the facts in this case? Something is definitely going on that hasn’t been revealed. Jackson Hole officials aren't talking either.



Prosecuting Attorney Steve Weichman called to the hospital. Why?



The Asst. Prosecuting Attorney Steve Weichman, currently Prosecuting Attorney of Teton County, was called out to the hospital to assist in and guide the investigation, which is highly irregular. He also told the State Trooper not to take blood samples until he arrived. Again highly irregular. WHY? Then he would only allow the Trooper to take one vial of Yearsley's blood when two is the norm for an intoxicated driver. He knew Yearsley was intoxicated! Why were blood samples taken from Darrell Beck, assumed passenger, if you did not have suspicions that he may have been driving the vehicle? Highly unusual!


NONE of the Occupants in the Yearsley vehicle were ever required to give a statement. WHY?



Has there ever been I have never heard of a case where there was injury to property or personal injury where the persons involved did not have to make a statement to the police, or fill out a report? In this case two boys died, and those persons who may have been responsible were never questioned at any level. Yearsley was back at work on Monday, after being involved in a double fatality. How can that be? The police do not bother to question any of the persons involved in a double fatality? The Erby's were eyewitnesses and were never questioned. They were directly behind the Yearsley vehicle, possibly, and never gave a statement. Un-Real!!!


Why did Asst. Prosecuting Attorney Steve Weichman handle these fatalities with such malfeasance?


Who was in the collision?



Ollie’s father, John Sutherland was told by the Coroner, Bob Cambell, and by the Deputy Sheriff Gene Ferrin, that an “older couple” had driven the other vehicle.


In fact, the other vehicle, Yearsley's Construction Company Chevy pickup, contained four very young citizens of Jackson who had been drinking heavily at the Yearsley Company Christmas Party. They were rushing back to Jackson from the Mangy Moose Bar to the Rancher Bar to continue the party, as stated in their testimony.


David Yearsley
Darrell Beck
Wendi Yearsley (Phelps)
Heidi Anderson


Were Ollie and Conley drinking that night?



Deputy Gene Sheriff Ferrin told John Sutherland that Ollie had lost control of his car on black ice covering the section of Wyoming Highway 22, and had crashed head-on into a vehicle in the oncoming lane of traffic. He mentioned that it was a bad stretch of road, that there had been other fatalities there in the past, and that the speed limit was lowered from 55 to 45 mph in that area in the winter. He told Ollie's father that no one really knew what happened but it was clear the tires on Ollie's car were not suitable for the slick roads and icy conditions prevalent in Wyoming in the winter. He speculated that other contributing factors were the ice itself, Ollie's unfamiliarity with the road, his lack of experience in driving in severe winter conditions, and a general lack of knowledge of required caution under the conditions. He also told Ollie's father that there were no signs of drinking on Ollie's part, and no alcoholic beverages or alcoholic beverage containers in the vehicle.


At the Jackson Mortuary, Coroner Bob Campbell made a separate and distinct point of telling Ollie's father that there were no signs of alcohol involvement in the crash, and no signs of drinking on Ollie's part.


From coroner Bob Cambell's subsequent testimony in court, he stated he had found liquor bottles, beer cans, and other "evidence'" of drinking when he searched Ollie's room the night of the accident, a full day before he said on the phone that Ollie had not been drinking, and just three days before he said the same thing in person.


Why was there no mention in the autopsy report of alcohol as a factor, or a condition in Ollie's death? Caffeine was mentioned, but not alcohol: why not?



Trooper Baldwin searched Ollie Sutherland’s motel room and reported that there was no sign of drinking in the room, and certainly no alcohol containers.


Conley and Ollie stopped by a Conley's and Tony Mathews apartment at around 9:30 PM that night. Tony Mathews testified in the civil trial that the two boys sat down at the kitchen table and ate their take-out food from Wendy's. Conley was about to get into the shower at 9:30PM. The collision occurred at approximately 11:00pm. A question, which was not asked by Jim Lane's lawyer: had these boys been drinking that night? Tony Mathews has told Jim Lane personally that they had not been drinking at all.


Yet mysteriously, Ollie's BAC returned as .17 and Conley's BAC was .2
Darrell Beck, assumed passenger, stated he was too drunk to drive. His BAC returned as a .01 Makes one wonder, doesn't it?


We believe we know he answer to this question. See Lab BAC Reports.


Who was driving the Yearsley vehicle?



Darrell Beck was also found at the scene pinned between the steering wheel and the driver’s seat. He had to be extracted from the vehicle. Daryl Beck's facial injuries are consistent with and match the damage to the Chevy's windshield on the driver’s side. Daryl Beck's chest, cervical, kidney, pancreas injuries, often associated with hitting the steering wheel in a car accident, consistent with him being the driver. State Trooper Delane Baldwin & Trooper Wilson indicated at first that he believed Darrell Beck was the driver due to his injuries, and the fact that he was pinned between the steering wheel and the driver’s side seat, and had to be extricated from the vehicle.


Where was Conley's body found?



According to the EMT report by Steven Poole, Conley was found 20-30 feet from the road.


In Andy Mixell’s interview with Delane Baldwin, Baldwin states it (Conley’s body) was found 11 feet off of the roadway.


Bruce Simon states there was someone in the snow bank that he had not seen. That was quite a way from the vehicle, perhaps 40, 50 feet, something like that. 30-50 feet, and he could visualize where it was. It was quite a ways off the road. …”


Where was Ollie's body found?



Highway Patrolman Baldwin’s deposition states that when he arrived at the scene, both Conley and Ollie were outside of the vehicle. Of course Trooper Baldwin was one of the last officers to arrive at the scene, therefore he was put in charge of the investigation. Now that's consistent with most everything else!!


Bruce Simon was the first one on the scene. While assessing the situation, he looked inside (the Bronco) and offered assistance. He yelled several times, is anybody there, is anybody in there, do you need help? He was looking in the passenger side window in the Bronco. Of course, it was dark, but there were lights around. He remembers it not being totally dark, being able to look into the Bronco. There was nobody in the Bronco. He could see the whole inside of the Bronco, front seat and back seat, and didn’t see any blood that he could remember.


Mike Pyle, another one on the scene, states that he saw the kid, the one smaller guy still in the vehicle. He was bent over the front seat; his head and his chest were kind of in the back seat. His feet were still in the driver’s side. And then the paramedic guy he got him out. There may have been a third person that was helping at that point, because he knew that he (this other guy, the EMT) actually jumped up in the back or in the vehicle. He got the door open, the driver door, and then he was on the driver’s side.


Where Ollie & Conley Pedestrians?



Why were all of Conley & Ollie's clothes destroyed? This is certainly destruction of evidence. It is not customary to destroy victim’s belongings. When Jim Lane arrived in Jackson he went straight to the Coroner's office and spoke with Bob Cambell. He asked for Conley's belongings and Bob Cambell told him that they had been destroyed. This is a very suspicious act on the part of the coroner? All Jim Lane received from authorities was Conley's boots & belt buckle. Forensic scientist could have determined whether the victims were struck as pedestrians with a vehicle, or were inside the vehicle when the collision occurred. Also noteworthy is the fact that photos were taken of Conley on the side of the road. The photo shows Conley with no coat on and his shirt off. Why was his shirt taken off? Another question to be answered.


Judith Erby Searches and removes item from the vehicle, at the scene


The police also allowed a person, namely Judith Erby, to search the truck for articles, while a police officer was in the vehicle. Two young men are dead, and the police allowed someone to remove evidence from the vehicle involved in their deaths. EMT Sees civilians rummaging through the Yearsley vehicle the next day at the pound.

 

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