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He won’t be forgotten

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He won’t be forgotten

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What happened to Danny

The story

For decades there has been a long forgotten miscarriage of justice involving the death of 19-year-old Danny Lynn Stevens in the custody of the Pasadena Police Department on May 2nd 1976 11:20pm and the subsequent framing and wrongful conviction of Richard Wayne Collins in Harris County, Texas, in 1978. The purpose of this website is to provide a factual, evidentiary foundation for the claim that Danny Lynn Stevens was murdered—and that the only living witness to the motive behind his illegal detention, Richard Wayne Collins, was systematically silenced through falsified legal proceedings, fabricated documents, and judicial manipulation.

Though many of the individuals involved in this case may be unknown to the public, their roles within the Harris County criminal justice system were significant. These individuals included:

Judge Sam H. Robertson, presiding judge of the 262nd Criminal District Court, who oversaw both the capital murder trial of John Henry Quinones and the secret plea hearing of Richard Wayne Collins.
Patricia Ann Robertson, his wife and the court reporter for the same courtroom—creating an inherent conflict of interest and compromising the integrity of the recordkeeping process.
Samuel Adamo, appointed defense counsel, who failed to object to jurisdictional defects, investigate exculpatory evidence, or prevent a coerced plea.
Russell “Rusty” Hardin Jr., then assistant district attorney, who prosecuted the case and took part in plea negotiations that excluded any public record or constitutional safeguards.
D. Lucas, the Houston Police Department officer who received the June 17, 1978 call from Richard Wayne Collins and documented it in a now-recovered call-for-service report—showing Collins not as a suspect, but as a complainant.
John Henry Quinones, the persons who indictment was used to frame Collins and is the true killer of the victim Mohamed Ali Vahdat. Who was convicted of the capital murder and sentenced to death based on overwhelming evidence and recorded confession obtained by Richard Wayne Collins.

This website is grounded in the principle that justice delayed is not justice denied—so long as the truth is finally brought to light. The evidence assembled herein reveals a coordinated effort by public officials to obscure the real cause of a young man’s death and to discredit the only witness who could expose the truth. What began as a custodial death under suspicious circumstances spiraled into a systemic cover-up involving fabricated identities, altered indictments, secret court proceedings, and the suppression of exculpatory evidence.

The ultimate result was not just the wrongful conviction of Richard Wayne Collins, but the preservation of reputations and careers for those who had the most to lose if Danny Lynn Stevens’s death had been exposed for what it was: a CAPITAL MURDER carried out under the color of law.

This website serves as a declaration of fact, an affidavit of evidence, and a call for judicial correction. What follows is not speculation. It is grounded in certified public records, fingerprint analysis, sworn witness statements, recovered archival documents, and audio recordings that were deliberately withheld for over four decades.

Evidence pointing towards Danny’s cause of death being a Homicide: Exhibit A the Autopsy report

The autopsy findings are more consistent with manual or ligature strangulation rather than suicidal hanging, for the following reasons autopsy portion enclosed below:

Complete Circumferential Groove: The ligature mark completely surrounded the neck, which is uncommon in typical suicidal hangings, where the mark often stops near the sides or is incomplete due to the position of the knot and body and the ligature being angled upwards against the body’s weight
Higher Posterior Groove Level: Although the mark was higher in the back, which can occur in hangings, the consistency and completeness of the groove raise suspicion. A strangulation mark from a belt or strap often leaves a uniform, circular indentation.
Location of Groove Beneath the Thyroid Cartilage: In suicidal hangings, the mark is usually above the thyroid cartilage due to upward force. In this case, the groove was beneath it, which strongly suggests horizontal compression, a classic sign of strangulation.

Pale Center and Red-Purple Edges: The central portion of the groove being pale with discolored edges suggests pressure was applied while blood was still circulating, indicating the victim was alive during the constriction—consistent with homicidal strangulation.

Exhibit B. Feet touching the floor:

Scene photos show Danny’s feet were still flat on the ground, meaning he wasn’t fully suspended — making fatal hanging physically implausible. This contradicts the official claim of suicide by hanging.

Exhibit C: Photos obscure injuries:

Crime scene images conspicuously avoid showing Danny’s neck, and when visible, it is obscured by a shirt collar that may not have even been his. This appears to be an intentional effort to conceal neck trauma or defensive injuries.

additionally: in this photograph his shoulders are raised not slumped downward and relaxed like in a typical hanging death, this suggests Danny’s body was staged hanging in the state of rigor mortis he had been dead at minimum 4 Hours to 24 depending on conditions

Additional crime scene photo of Danny hanging

Exhibit D : No resuscitation attempted:

The ligature was never removed, not even during the autopsy, and the report confirms no CPR was attempted because he was deemed “obviously dead.” But police claimed Danny was alive and restrained in a straitjacket just 15 minutes earlier. Officers are not medical professionals and had a clear duty to intervene and attempt life-saving measures. Their failure suggests either willful neglect or foreknowledge that he was already dead — by other means.

Exhibit E : Blame deflected to family,

Enabled by local funeral home: The Pasadena Funeral Home, an establishment centered in Pasadena and who regularly worked with local law enforcement, submitted sworn affidavits supporting police claims that Danny’s family had tampered with his body , leaving scratches on his neck. keep in mind these affidavits would not be necessary had they properly photographed the injuries on his neck But the funeral home has never explained why a body was left unattended, allowing access to a non-registered family member — a serious violation of protocol. No one was held accountable,

Exhibit F: Funeral homes early involvement

The Pasadena funeral home’s cooperation raises serious concerns of complicity in the cover-up as they also were the ones to transport the body to be autopsied despite the medical examiner being on the scene. The body was evidence and in the custody of the medical examiner who’s duty was to transport the body. A serious break in chain of custody

Exhibit G: Chief Medical Examiner’s role and history of misconduct

The autopsy was conducted just hours after Danny’s death by Dr. Joseph Jachimczyk, Harris County’s Chief Medical Examiner — and it was done with no independent witnesses present. Dr. Jachimczyk would later become notorious for his role in the Wanstraths triple homicide, where he falsely ruled three execution-style murders as a murder-suicide, despite no gun being found at the scene. He also ruled the strangulation death of the Wanstrath family matriarch — by pantyhose — as a suicide, even though that method is rarely self-inflicted. These proven false rulings expose a pattern of covering up homicides, often benefiting law enforcement or politically connected individuals.

Together, this overwhelming body of evidence points to Danny Lynn Stevens being murdered in custody, not dying by suicide. The autopsy, photos, police conduct, funeral home involvement, and Jachimczyk’s documented pattern of deception all suggest a deliberate effort to erase the truth and protect those responsible.

Why was Danny detained in Pasadena jail in the first place ?

The death of Danny Lynn Stevens was not a random tragedy — it was the end result of a chain of reckless assumptions, tunnel vision, and ultimately, desperation by law enforcement officers to protect themselves from accountability.

At the center of this chain reaction was Richard Wayne Collins, a teenager at the time who, during a police encounter in 1976, falsely gave Danny’s name out of spite, in connection to the theft of a car. because they had just gotten into a fight. Importantly, the offense in question was auto theft, not auto burglary. But officers, fixated on clearing a string of unsolved auto burglaries they’ve been investigating in the area, seized on this lead that seemingly fit their investigative findings and misconstrued Richard’s false statement and added supplemental information only they knew to wrongly implicate Danny as part of a larger organized theft ring.

Once Danny was in custody, officers likely pressed him for a confession, determined to connect him to the string of unsolved crimes, crimes he had nothing to do with. When he didn’t break, the pressure escalated. Based on the evidence and timeline, it’s plausible that Danny was physically assaulted or tortured in custody in an attempt to extract information or a confession. But he never gave one — because he was innocent.

Why would the police kill a teenager over some petty burglaries ?

Pasadena police were known for being ruthless, may god help you if you crossed them the police reports are conflicting. It may be that Danny made them feel like fools for falling for his false name or it may be true that he escaped somehow and that angered the officers and they beat him and choke him severely or it could be that they choked him while trying to extract a confession from him, which has been corroborated to have happened to at least 2 individuals One being Richard Wayne Collins 1981 when they try to force him to name his alleged partner. The other being a man who remains anonymous at the moment but swears that one of the officers involved in Danny’s case Almost killed him in the 70’s.
its possible an officer or officers tried to strangle a confession out of him and at some point, officers went too far, resulting in injuries that could not be concealed. Given the absence of booking photos for his alleged “felony escape” charge he received when he allegedly managed to run out of the police station, and the absence of no formal booking record, of his alleged “failure to identify to a police officer” charge when he narrowly evaded being identified by an officer. it appears Danny was never formally processed. The likely reason? He was too visibly injured to be presented to a judge or documented without raising suspicion. If a photograph had been taken, his injuries would have exposed the abuse.

Faced with this reality — a severely injured teenager in their custody, no confession, and the threat of exposure — the officers likely made a calculated decision to eliminate him as a witness. Rather than risk their reputations, careers, or legal consequences, they staged a suicide, leveraging the controlled environment of the padded cell, and isolated from the view of any witnessss such as potential detainees from their respective jail cells.

They later leaned on corrupt or cooperative officials — such as Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jachimczyk and the Pasadena Funeral Home — to cement the narrative.

The motive was self-preservation. These were distinguished officers, possibly with decorated careers, political connections, and reputations to protect. A scandal involving the torture and death of an innocent teen — based on a false lead from another teen who wasn’t even fully aware of the consequences of his statement — would have been career-ending, possibly criminal. Which was Demonstrated when almost exactly 1 year later Joe Torres Campos was beat and while handcuffed tossed into buffalo bayou by HPD officers who also showed little regard for human life.

Rather than face consequences Pasadena chose to fabricate records, shift blame, and create a phantom identity (“Bruce Wayne Parker”) with the help of the Harris county district attorney's office who would do what is in their best interest to bury the paper trail along with the truth especially during the Joe Torres scandal. Investigations into Danny’s death were likely still taking place at that time.

How did they justify the probable cause for his arrest in their “official story” if Richard gave them false information?

They created a fictitious identity: “Bruce Wayne Parker.” This ghost persona was used to justify Danny’s illegal detainment and implicated him in much more crimes than the one car theft falsely stated by Richard all to erase any trace of who implicated him and make the charges appear credible and serious to justify the prolonged detainment while “investigating“

Why make this false identity and how do we know it’s false and connected ?

This identity was not entirely fictional—a fingerprint from “Bruce Wayne Parker’s” court documents matches the right thumbprint of Richard Wayne Collins, confirming that Richard was the real person falsely entered into the system under this alias. This forgery was the first step in erasing Richard’s credibility and proximity to the truth.

and as the only person aware of the original lie that led to Danny’s death—and as the only innocent civilian and material fact witness implicated in Danny’s death, he could question the official story with the truth of the probable cause of his detainment so his connection had to be eliminated, But his knowledge made him a threat to the DA’s office and a liability.

Folder of Fictitious Bruce Wayne Parker criminal case documents & more

Richard Wayne Collins story

What happened ?

In 1978, The Harris county district attorney's office seized the opportunity to destroy his credibility permanently through a fraudulent murder conviction with the help of multiple attorneys even the appointed defense attorney the The evidence is staggering

Evidence: a fraudulent indictment & transfer order

The indictment used to convict Richard was originally issued for someone else—John Henry Quinones. Richard’s name was manually typed over Quinones’s and initialed by judge Sam H Robertson after the grand jury process, making the indictment facially void. And the change being reflected onto government computer systems only after Collins signed the confession to directly shooting and killing Mohammed Ali Vahdat despite the fact that 2 weeks prior John Henry Quinones was found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder involving 1 gun and only 1 bullet. he was coerced into signing this false confession as the prosecutor threatened to pursue a sentence of life imprisonment. Resulting in Collins signing for 5 years TDC
Transfer orders were falsely altered, including one that misclassified Richard’s case as “capital” just to move it into Judge Sam H. Robertson’s court—whose wife, Patricia Ann Robertson, was the court reporter for the case.

Evidence: Secret plea hearing, Missing transcripts, conflict of interest; Judge and court reporter married

The plea hearing was secret, undocumented, and possibly unrecorded, conducted without a jury, without a signed indictment, and without public oversight—a structural due process violation. It was held at 3:30 PM, a time when courtrooms are routinely closed to the public, ensuring that no observers, family members, or witnesses were present. This timing further concealed the irregularities and bypassed the Sixth Amendment’s public trial guarantee. Critically, the court reporter was the presiding judge’s wife, creating a direct conflict of interest. Under Texas Rule of Evidence 504(b) and Texas Family Code § 6.702, a spouse cannot be compelled to testify against their partner, meaning that even if the misconduct were exposed, Patricia Ann Robertson could not have been forced to testify against Judge Sam Robertson. This arrangement not only enabled secrecy—it legally immunized it, ensuring that no independent witness existed to confirm or challenge the hearing’s legitimacy. Had an independent court reporter been present, they would have been ethically bound to report such egregious procedural violations. But in this case, the roles of gatekeeper and accomplice were held by the same family

Exculpatory evidence was suppressed

including the 1978 HPD call-for-service report that shows Richard voluntarily turned over the murder weapon as a complainant, not a suspect. This evidence alone would have exonerated him.

Transcript of June 17, 1978 call for service

Service number: m-24693 Found property Location: 4300 telephone road #22

Complainant: Richard Wayne Collins Address: 7003 avenue C Age 19 Phone number: 926-8003 Type premises: blue top motel room Date: 6:17:1978 1:15 pm sat

Property: (1) Böhmische Waffenfabrik A.G In prag pistol model 27 Kal 7.65

Ser# 244983 + case Turned into property room tag number. 1-245-16

Officer received call to blue top motel at 4300 telephone road at 1-pm on 6/17/1978 in regards to see complainant about stolen car and assault. When arrival officer talked to above complainant which stated that he found himself at blue top motel room 22 today but did not know how he got to the room and does not remember anything since Thursday. Complainant then stated his 1969 el Camino silver Texas tag AE 1685

Was now missing. Complainant told officer that he remembered an unknown male and unknown female being with him but did not know who they were or anything about them. Also found in bathroom by complainant was the above pistol there was no clip in pistol and complainant did not know where it came from or who it belonged to.

Officer checked at motel office and manger stated the complainant checked in on Friday 6/16/1978 at 2:15 pm and a unknown male was with him and an unknown female was as in the truck. Complainant had payed in advanced.

Officer saw in complainants room a wine bottle and four glasses with wine in them. Complainant told officer that last thing he remembers was taking his truck to Ike’s transmission at 6940 Beltford.

645 3248 to be worked on. Officer contacted transmission shop. Talked to the Ike (illegible) who stated complainant brought car in on Monday, picked it up Thursday. only problem is one of his employees took all keys to cars to see which key

Closing statement

Every step in the case against Richard Wayne Collins bears the mark of intentional manipulation, procedural fraud, and systemic misconduct. The only rational motive for this extreme level of fabrication and risk was to bury the last living witness to the motive behind Danny Lynn Stevens’ death.

If Richard had been allowed to remain free, credible, and vocal, he could have exposed the fictitious identity used in Danny’s detention, the forged paperwork, and the officers responsible. By branding him as a murderer, they ensured that no one would believe him. His reputation was destroyed, his freedom was stripped, and his voice was silenced—not because he was guilty, but because he knew the truth.

This is not just a wrongful conviction. It is the continuation of a conspiracy that began with the murder of a teenage boy in a jail cell and ended with the judicial execution of another boy’s future. The full record & evidence to altered court files to the missing transcripts—demands urgent scrutiny and constitutional relief. And Danny deserves justice and to be remembered, not forgotten and for what these monsters did to him to never be forgotten doomed to be repeated again.

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He won’t be forgotten

He won’t be forgotten

What happened to Danny

The story

Evidence pointing towards Danny’s cause of death being a Homicide: Exhibit A the Autopsy report

Exhibit B. Feet touching the floor:

Exhibit C: Photos obscure injuries:

Exhibit D : No resuscitation attempted:

Exhibit E : Blame deflected to family,

Exhibit F: Funeral homes early involvement

Exhibit G: Chief Medical Examiner’s role and history of misconduct

Why was Danny detained in Pasadena jail in the first place ?

Why would the police kill a teenager over some petty burglaries ?

How did they justify the probable cause for his arrest in their “official story” if Richard gave them false information?

Why make this false identity and how do we know it’s false and connected ?

Richard Wayne Collins story

What happened ?

Evidence: a fraudulent indictment & transfer order

Evidence: Secret plea hearing, Missing transcripts, conflict of interest; Judge and court reporter married

Exculpatory evidence was suppressed

Closing statement

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