Hamilton’s letters
With Hamilton in jail, Joyce searched his room in her mother’s home. She found a stash of letters Hamilton had been corresponding with her son, Patrick, for years.
In a letter dated Feb. 6, 2006, written from a halfway house, Hamilton asked Patrick,
“I’m wondering what to tell your mom.”
He said he’d be able to leave the halfway house between July 24 and August 1, 2006, and he’d like to move to Arkansas. He wrote:
“I don’t really know what all to say right now. I guess I just need to hear from you and what’s on your mind.”
By the fall, Hamilton was installed at the farm, and Patrick was telling him how to manipulate Joyce, his brother and Grandma. On October 12, 2006 Patrick wrote:
“Mom has changed a lot since Dad died, and I cannot say why, but brain lesions or a stroke could well explain that. For now, use your best judgment, be as helpful, compassionate and understanding as you can be. Whatever happens, we can come out of it better working together to handle it.”
Hamilton apparently confessed to Patrick that he was having an affair with his brother’s wife. On October 26, 2006, Patrick wrote:
“Here’s what you already know, you are there because I want you there, and I trust you, and none of that shit matters to me. Within certain limits, I have to respect my family’s opinion too, but I consider you a part of my family as well, and if Mom tried to oust my brother, I’d buck her, just as if she tried to oust you for no reason. If there was a reason, we’d work to resolve things. The fact that you have a good helpful attitude just makes all this much easier ”¦
“I figured it would be just a matter of time before you ended up at Grandma’s, but I think that’s the best solution for everyone. That, more than loaded guns, shows how much my family loves and trusts you!
“All you gotta do is help hold the place together until I get there ”¦”
To Joyce, these letters proved what she suspected: Her incarcerated son, Patrick, had sent Hamilton to the farm, and it wasn’t to learn how to raise cattle.
Guilty
The Monday after Kenneth Hamilton and Laurel Alexander were arrested, they had a bail hearing.
Joyce told her story to the judge: She believed that when Hamilton showed up at her older son’s door with a gun, his intention was to kill him.
She believed that her murderous son, Patrick, had sent Hamilton to infiltrate the family, gain their trust, and then kill her, so that Patrick could inherit the family farm. She believed Patrick’s words, in the letters he wrote to Hamilton, were evidence of the plot.
Hamilton, as a convicted felon, was sent back to prison for possessing a firearm. He was sentenced to five years, with two years suspended.
Laurel Alexander’s bail was set at $150,000. She was eventually found guilty of furnishing a firearm to a felon and received a 5-year suspended sentence.
Ox Drover
Thanks, guys, yep ME TOO!!!!! I’m glad for the sake of EVERYONE, the Public, Jessica’s family and my own family. I am so grateful to God that this whole miserable protest went well and that He gave wisdom to the board members…plus it doesn’t hurt that I have the most well connected parole lawyer in Texas who is known to the board and has an 80% success rate in getting folks OUT so I imagine when they see that HE has presented a protest and was hired by the perp’s family that maybeeeee, just maybeeee, they might want to give what his protest packet says a close look.
Wounded1
Ox Drover, just today I listened to your podcast from March 2012 on the Aftermath Radio site telling the story about your son and your tragic life dealing with him, and it has left me shaken. Your story has to be the worst thing a mother could ever have to endure. I really worry that I could be in similar danger you feel you are in because my sister is a sociopath. Since my father’s death several years ago she has had total control over our elderly mother, and I am concerned that she may do whatever it takes to exclude me from inheriting any money from my mom when she dies. I live in a different state from the rest of my family and I worry she may send a hit man to do the job, since I don’t think she would want to risk getting caught. Then I googled your name thinking I would like to email you to discuss my situation further, and saw an obituary for a Joyce Alexander from Arkansas that passed away January 27, 2014. There was no writeup nor any condolences or memory book entries, so I thought that was strange. I also noticed that this thread’s last comment was by you on January 11, 2014. But I am really hoping that is not you, and that you are still living and staying safe from your son. Please respond to this thread to let us know you’re okay. My concern for myself is that I don’t know how my mom’s will is written, whether or not my sister would profit if I were to precede my mom in death. So that has me worried and I can’t get any straight answers out of them, so was thinking about contacting her lawyer to ask how the will is stated just for my own peace of mind. My sister and my mom have kept the estate documents in their own little world, and not let me or the other siblings in on it, so we are in the dark. I don’t know what to do or who to turn to. My husband thinks I’m worrying about something that will never happen, but how do I know what she is capable of? She lies, manipulates, steals and is a parasite, so she has all the hallmarks and tools to get what she wants. Plus she has a lot of friends in low places. It just occurred to me that maybe you had the obituary written to fake your own death so your son won’t continue to haunt you. Such a tragic life you have lived through…I really hope you’re okay. If you don’t want to appear on this site for privacy reasons, maybe you can let Donna Anderson know. Thank you and keeping my fingers crossed that you’re alive and well.
Donna Andersen
Wounded1 – I last heard from Joyce about 2 weeks ago. So rumors of her demise are highly exaggerated.
Wounded1
That’s good to hear, Donna. Thanks for letting me know. I hadn’t heard any rumors but just ran across an obit online that seemed like it could have been her, but that’s a relief to know it wasn’t. Thanks again.
slimone
Joyce,
Hurray, yipee, hurrah….BIG brass band playing LOUD!!!!!!!!!!
Me doing a happy dance.
Slim
OpalRose
Greetings Joyce and all – I was waiting to hear as well and expecting it by Dec 31…..
And now the news is wonderful – all that tireless work has paid off. Best regards and wishes to you and all those who literally and virtually support you. Thanks so much for sharing your story, your path to knowledge, and this good news.
Vicki Kuper
Congratulations, and best wishes for your continued safety from your son, for many years to come.
IAfraud