I had seen Chris's web
site that his mother set up and I decided that I wanted to check him
out. Before doing anything I got an e-mail from his mother asking me to
look into his case for my book. In reading her e-mail I realized
that it was not a mother that felt her son was innocent because he was
her son but a mother who knew her son was innocent because the
evidence says he is innocent.
Here is his letter to me and his plea for help. After reading his
letter I think you will feel this kid may be innocent. I have a
link at the end to his sight and if you go there you will probably
agree with me.
Dear Mr. Gaylord
Hello and greetings and may God bless you and keep you safe and
continue to use you in His Services.
Sir I just received your letter and I thank you for taking out the time
to sit and write me and inform me of your work and proposed future
project and I would love to be able to assist you in any information
that you seek to insure the manuscript of your book is properly a clear
representation of the life some of us are forced to live within these
facilities, but please bear with me after 12 years, entering at the
tender age of 18, I think all I would have to share would be gruesome
and explicit but true to the nature of my experience while being
incarcerated.
Mr. Gaylord, most inmates will tell you just one side of the story and
that's ,theirs however I will not sit here and discredit all of the
guards that I've met because all of them are not bad or dog
like, they have a job just as the same as the police officers in
society
but when respect is shown the respect is given.
The Crazy old white man from the hood? ...Okay...
You sound sincere and real and that I like in all people, a true
sense of humor. You wrote a book about the streets? A
book that speaks the truth about the streets and the ills of all it's
even the unsaid about the hidden objectives of the beast? When did you
write this book? You are right, there is an ininvisible
underworld
right before us but many are so blind of dumfounded or brain washed
to the point that they either see it but refuse to acknowledge it
aloud.
Self denial is our second greatest enemy next to our own
ignorance
in failing to want to grasp hold to a book or educate ourselves.
The Castle of Hope For Lost Souls. This sounds interesting.
I wanted to form such a group also under the name of
L.A.S.T. C.H.A.N.C.E. each letter is an abbreviation. I
wanted to speak to troubled youths, drug addicts, ex-cons and abusive
spouses. I have a need to help the youth before they eventually
become a resident here within these facilities. I want to educate
the public about the youths and how to deal with them before it becomes
a problem that the community fears and have to deal with. Lack of
communication and miseducation from school boards and police training
set the wrong ground work for a troubled street and honestly believe
this, there's no doctor of scholar out there anywhere who could tell me
or anyone else about the mind of a criminal, convict or criminal
profiler unless they have
either done a crime of have been forced to live a life as I have.
You mentioned you're researching for your new book, Prison - a place
you don't want to go. It is going to tell stories on some who you
feel are innocent and are in prison. That's beautiful and I would
love to support and ne a part of this. If you would only allow me
to prove to you first that all I say is true and I have documentary
facts to support my claim of actual innocence. I ask that you
only give me a chance. I have nothing to hide or lie about and
sir you will see that if you give me a chance.
You're on a low budget ($0.00). You are funny and
I like that. Thanks for uplifting my spirit today. My
mom e-mailed you concerning my case but you were already
considering looking into my case when she e-mailed you. Wow!
Yes Mama is a sweet little old lady and I'm blessed, she has
jokes too, for an old person that is.. (Lee's comment - He must not
realize that I am probably older than his mother.)
I just wish the courts or the media would take the time
out to reopen my case for an investigation in the conduct of the police
officer and for failing to properly evaluate all of the facts in this
case. I only ask that they question the trial lawyer for
her failure to investigate my case and all of the evidence. I
ask that the trial prosecutor be questioned to why he fabricated a case
against me. Mr. Gaylord , only if you knew what all of the
evidence
all of the evidence I had that could prove my innocence and I am sure
my trial lawyer knew it too but failed to utilize it.
You asked me to send you my story. Tell me what all you need and
I'll forward it to you sir. Tell me exactly what you need for
your research for the story and I will be more than happy to send it
all to you.
Well sir, I hope to hear from you soon and please note that many guys
will lie about their crimes, but in my case I can prove
it to you that I did I'm actually innocent. Lee I was 12 years
old when I saw a murder take place and I mean it effected me deeply
because the police locked a man up who did not do it and he was
sentenced to
2 counts of murder and life for each. I vowed I would never
be placed in a position like him and boom here I am. He was
actually innocent and I wanted to help him but who cared he was
innocent? Not the judge, the police or prosecutors or his own
lawyer. Now this man died a year ago while in prison. Now
he is finally of free mind, body and spirit.
Until I hear from you , please take car and thank you.
Yours truly
Kris Chris
(received 8/2/02)
Excerpt from letter received 10/11/02
I seem like a good man, Lee, I was born to be
just me, I don't look at myself as a valuable or important being, I'm
just
human and a simple man who experienced a little too much before my
time.
But I thank you for your acknowledgment and it is warm to
know that someone has noticed me. I want/no I need to help all of
those that I can to stay out of this concrete living hell. If
anyone
wishes to write me and talk to me about their problems and situation.
I
would love to be an ear to listen to them and hopefully be of some
guidance
in their lives.
I would love to start L.A.S.T.C.H.A.N.C.E. (Let's All
Save The Children, Humanity And Needle Creative Energy) I feel
that we all as a whole have a responsibility to insure that we extend
our hands
to the fallen and assist them up from the pitfalls in our society and
even
those who have fallen victim to the ills of the ignorance that led them
to prisons. I strongly believe that if we continue to allow our
brothers
and sisters, our sons and daughters, nieces and nephews to go through
life
without giving them the love, respect and family support then we
will
have failed them and they will in turn seek this gift elsewhere which
could
lead to negative influences in their lives. I say humanity
because
we as a people, a nation of great force that was created in the image
of
God, the body of the world, we are human/a family unknown to each
other, but if we all could come together and share our problems and
help
build our lives and assist each other to rebuild theirs then we become
a
FAMILY. I ask that we Needle creative energy like looking
through
the eye of the needle we think it is easy to pin the thread but
once
we try to achieve this feat we find that it is even more difficult than
it
looks, so with a collective group of responsible supportive caring
people
who would take the time and be patient we could achieve this feat spear
head/guide
each other when the time arises . There's a great deal of energy in
each
being, some have misdirected, some have been just held back and bottled
up.
There are so many people in this world that have many of the
talents
but failed to utilize them because that creative energy has been held
back,
some have been criticized, humiliated, mentally abused and fear
stricken
that they tend to limit their growth and there's so many of the
lost
souls out there and in here that have a beautiful mind and heart but
fear
of being hurt, rejected or subjected to that familiar abuse that
they've
endured in the past that drove them to activate that psychological
defense
shield.
I've been through a hell of a lot, Lee, in my lil
short life and I've experienced so much that I could relate to the
hidden pain and frustrations of others. That's why I don't
believe in hitting
females of children. If only parents knew that
beating/whooping/spanking
their children would make the child become in the future only if they
understand the wounds that they inflict will scar the child for life or
many years to come and if they could peak into the future a lot of
parents would wish they never have done to their child what they had
done to them by their
parents.
IF you are a troubled youth and are mad at the world,
write Chris and let him know how you feel. He is where you may be
on your way to. Chris was sentenced to life in prison for a
murder he did not commit. This could happen to you. If you
are doing the
crime can you do the time? Chris wants to help you. He is
on
your side. I am on your side.
Christopher B. Dunn 181654
Jefferson City Correctional Center
P.O. Box 597
Jefferson City, Mo. 65102
