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However, after two years on Texas" death row, an appeals court overturned Kleasen"s conviction in November 1977, ruling that the search of his home was illegal and that key evidence had to be excluded. The police investigation led to the scenario that the missionaries Gary Darley (20) and Mark Fischer (19) were shot dead after having agreed to meet Kleason for dinner. Police discovered Fischer"s bloody watch and bullet-punctured name tag in Kleasen"s trailer but bodies never were foundation
Investigators also discovered blood and tissue on a bandsaw in the taxidermy shop where Kleasen worked.
Prosecutors at Kleasen"s 1975 murder trial alleged he dismembered the victims and buried the remains. Robert Kleason upon his release from prison stayed a brief time in a Buffalo, New York mission.
The local police had to be posted near the mission for Kleason"s protection. He only congregated with the other people living in the mission during church services prior to eating.
During this time, the local Buffalo television channels updated the story every night on their news broadcasts.
In 1990, Kleason moved to Barton-upon-Humber, Humberside, England. When local authorities became aware of the gun collection and his legal problems, they prosecuted. He was given a three-year prison term in 2000 for possession of illegal firearms and munitions and began to serve time in an English prison.
Kleason had also previously served time in a United States. federal prison for firearms violations and in New York for assault.
In 2001 he faced extradition to the United States after deoxyribonucleic acid analysis and other forensic tools were used to obtain new evidence. Kleasen fought extradition, due to England"s objection to the death penalty.
Texas promised not to seek the death penalty, but England was unsure that they would honor their assurances. Before he could be extradited, Kleason died on April 21, 2003 of heart failure.
He was 68 years old. Being too scared to leave she stayed only to come up with an escape plan with a close friend.
