FOIA records show killer buried near Fort Worth after she died in April while serving life sentence in pizza bomber case.
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong’s final resting place is far from her native Erie, where her bizarre criminal exploits captivated the city for decades.
Diehl-Armstrong, who died of breast cancer on April 4, is buried in Lot 346 of Cedar Hill Memorial Park, a cemetery in Arlington, Texas, near Fort Worth.
The interment information is contained in federal prison records the Erie Times-News received last week through a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
The records also show that Diehl-Armstrong, 68, who suffered from bipolar disorder and was known for her confrontational behavior, was difficult until the end.
She died in hospice care while serving a federal sentence of life plus 30 years for her conviction in 2010 in the Erie pizza bomber case. She was last incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth.
“Patient had an anti-social personality, was assaultive to staff and Inmate nursing assistants, and refused any kind of medical care offered to her,” according to a federal Bureau of Prisons’s medical report. “She refused chemotherapy, eating, drawing labs, hygiene and taking medications.”
Several weeks before her death, according to the report, Diehl-Armstrong was still found to be psychologically competent and “continued to refuse chemotherapy and was only eating Jello.”
The FOIA information provides answers in the strange dispute that has developed over the demise of Diehl-Armstrong.
When Diehl-Armstrong died, the federal Bureau of Prisons declined to release details about her death, which led the Erie Times-News to file the FOIA request.
The records show that Diehl-Armstrong died of breast cancer at 4:48 a.m. on April 4 while in hospice care at Kindred Hospital in Fort Worth, and that her body was transferred on that day to the Eternal Rest Funeral Home, in Dallas. Her body was embalmed and placed in a casket on April 16, and buried at Cedar Hill Memorial Park.
The records do not indicate why Diehl-Armstrong was buried at Cedar Hill Memorial Park. The manager of the cemetery did not respond to a request for comment.
The funeral expenses for Diehl-Armstrong, believed to have been paid by the government, amounted to $4,200, according to the records. Those figures do not list the cost of the cemetery plot.
Diehl-Armstrong, an only child of deceased parents, is not known to have had any immediate survivors.
Such a claim is meritless in Diehl-Armstrong’s case partly because all her appeals in the pizza bomber case were decided before she died, Piccinini wrote. She lost every one.
“Her conviction is final and no matters ... were pending at the time of her death,” Piccinini wrote. Of Marvin’s claims about Diehl-Armstrong’s remains, he wrote, “Diehl-Armstrong’s death conclusively terminates any basis for post-conviction relief.”
U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone will rule later on Marvin’s petition. Piccinini wants him to reject the claims without a hearing.
A life ‘deemed futile’
Marvin’s petition is a postmortem extension to the legal appeals related to Diehl-Armstrong, who was connected to the homicides of three men. A federal magistrate judge classified her as a serial killer.
In the pizza bomber case, she was convicted of conspiring in the plot that ended with the death of pizza deliveryman Brian Wells, killed when a bomb locked to his neck exploded after he robbed a bank in Summit Township in 2003.
Diehl-Armstrong pleaded guilty but mentally ill to fatally shooting her boyfriend James Roden in 2003. His body was found in a freezer. And she argued self-defense and was acquitted in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend Robert Thomas in 1984.
Throughout her life, Diehl-Armstrong talked constantly about her criminal cases. Her unbridled garrulousness, known as pressured speech, was considered a symptom of her bipolar disorder, particularly her mania.
Before she died, however, Diehl-Armstrong fell silent.
On March 21, according to the medical report, Diehl-Armstrong “was found by nursing staff unresponsive. She was breathing on her own, vital signs were stable, however she did not respond to verbal stimuli nor to questions.”
At that point, according to the medical report, Diehl-Armstrong was “deemed futile.” She died two weeks later.
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong’s final resting place is far from her native Erie, where her bizarre criminal exploits captivated the city for decades.
Diehl-Armstrong, who died of breast cancer on April 4, is buried in Lot 346 of Cedar Hill Memorial Park, a cemetery in Arlington, Texas, near Fort Worth.
The interment information is contained in federal prison records the Erie Times-News received last week through a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
The records also show that Diehl-Armstrong, 68, who suffered from bipolar disorder and was known for her confrontational behavior, was difficult until the end.
She died in hospice care while serving a federal sentence of life plus 30 years for her conviction in 2010 in the Erie pizza bomber case. She was last incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth.
“Patient had an anti-social personality, was assaultive to staff and Inmate nursing assistants, and refused any kind of medical care offered to her,” according to a federal Bureau of Prisons’s medical report. “She refused chemotherapy, eating, drawing labs, hygiene and taking medications.”
Several weeks before her death, according to the report, Diehl-Armstrong was still found to be psychologically competent and “continued to refuse chemotherapy and was only eating Jello.”
The FOIA information provides answers in the strange dispute that has developed over the demise of Diehl-Armstrong.
When Diehl-Armstrong died, the federal Bureau of Prisons declined to release details about her death, which led the Erie Times-News to file the FOIA request.
The records show that Diehl-Armstrong died of breast cancer at 4:48 a.m. on April 4 while in hospice care at Kindred Hospital in Fort Worth, and that her body was transferred on that day to the Eternal Rest Funeral Home, in Dallas. Her body was embalmed and placed in a casket on April 16, and buried at Cedar Hill Memorial Park.
The records do not indicate why Diehl-Armstrong was buried at Cedar Hill Memorial Park. The manager of the cemetery did not respond to a request for comment.
The funeral expenses for Diehl-Armstrong, believed to have been paid by the government, amounted to $4,200, according to the records. Those figures do not list the cost of the cemetery plot.
Diehl-Armstrong, an only child of deceased parents, is not known to have had any immediate survivors.
Such a claim is meritless in Diehl-Armstrong’s case partly because all her appeals in the pizza bomber case were decided before she died, Piccinini wrote. She lost every one.
“Her conviction is final and no matters ... were pending at the time of her death,” Piccinini wrote. Of Marvin’s claims about Diehl-Armstrong’s remains, he wrote, “Diehl-Armstrong’s death conclusively terminates any basis for post-conviction relief.”
U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone will rule later on Marvin’s petition. Piccinini wants him to reject the claims without a hearing.
A life ‘deemed futile’
Marvin’s petition is a postmortem extension to the legal appeals related to Diehl-Armstrong, who was connected to the homicides of three men. A federal magistrate judge classified her as a serial killer.
In the pizza bomber case, she was convicted of conspiring in the plot that ended with the death of pizza deliveryman Brian Wells, killed when a bomb locked to his neck exploded after he robbed a bank in Summit Township in 2003.
Diehl-Armstrong pleaded guilty but mentally ill to fatally shooting her boyfriend James Roden in 2003. His body was found in a freezer. And she argued self-defense and was acquitted in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend Robert Thomas in 1984.
Throughout her life, Diehl-Armstrong talked constantly about her criminal cases. Her unbridled garrulousness, known as pressured speech, was considered a symptom of her bipolar disorder, particularly her mania.
Before she died, however, Diehl-Armstrong fell silent.
On March 21, according to the medical report, Diehl-Armstrong “was found by nursing staff unresponsive. She was breathing on her own, vital signs were stable, however she did not respond to verbal stimuli nor to questions.”
At that point, according to the medical report, Diehl-Armstrong was “deemed futile.” She died two weeks later.
FOIA records show killer buried near Fort Worth after she died in April while serving life sentence in pizza bomber case.
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong’s final resting place is far from her native Erie, where her bizarre criminal exploits captivated the city for decades.
Diehl-Armstrong, who died of breast cancer on April 4, is buried in Lot 346 of Cedar Hill Memorial Park, a cemetery in Arlington, Texas, near Fort Worth.
The interment information is contained in federal prison records the Erie Times-News received last week through a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
The records also show that Diehl-Armstrong, 68, who suffered from bipolar disorder and was known for her confrontational behavior, was difficult until the end.
She died in hospice care while serving a federal sentence of life plus 30 years for her conviction in 2010 in the Erie pizza bomber case. She was last incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth.
“Patient had an anti-social personality, was assaultive to staff and Inmate nursing assistants, and refused any kind of medical care offered to her,” according to a federal Bureau of Prisons’s medical report. “She refused chemotherapy, eating, drawing labs, hygiene and taking medications.”
Several weeks before her death, according to the report, Diehl-Armstrong was still found to be psychologically competent and “continued to refuse chemotherapy and was only eating Jello.”
The FOIA information provides answers in the strange dispute that has developed over the demise of Diehl-Armstrong.
When Diehl-Armstrong died, the federal Bureau of Prisons declined to release details about her death, which led the Erie Times-News to file the FOIA request.
The records show that Diehl-Armstrong died of breast cancer at 4:48 a.m. on April 4 while in hospice care at Kindred Hospital in Fort Worth, and that her body was transferred on that day to the Eternal Rest Funeral Home, in Dallas. Her body was embalmed and placed in a casket on April 16, and buried at Cedar Hill Memorial Park.
The records do not indicate why Diehl-Armstrong was buried at Cedar Hill Memorial Park. The manager of the cemetery did not respond to a request for comment.
The funeral expenses for Diehl-Armstrong, believed to have been paid by the government, amounted to $4,200, according to the records. Those figures do not list the cost of the cemetery plot.
Diehl-Armstrong, an only child of deceased parents, is not known to have had any immediate survivors.
Such a claim is meritless in Diehl-Armstrong’s case partly because all her appeals in the pizza bomber case were decided before she died, Piccinini wrote. She lost every one.
“Her conviction is final and no matters ... were pending at the time of her death,” Piccinini wrote. Of Marvin’s claims about Diehl-Armstrong’s remains, he wrote, “Diehl-Armstrong’s death conclusively terminates any basis for post-conviction relief.”
U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone will rule later on Marvin’s petition. Piccinini wants him to reject the claims without a hearing.
A life ‘deemed futile’
Marvin’s petition is a postmortem extension to the legal appeals related to Diehl-Armstrong, who was connected to the homicides of three men. A federal magistrate judge classified her as a serial killer.
In the pizza bomber case, she was convicted of conspiring in the plot that ended with the death of pizza deliveryman Brian Wells, killed when a bomb locked to his neck exploded after he robbed a bank in Summit Township in 2003.
Diehl-Armstrong pleaded guilty but mentally ill to fatally shooting her boyfriend James Roden in 2003. His body was found in a freezer. And she argued self-defense and was acquitted in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend Robert Thomas in 1984.
Throughout her life, Diehl-Armstrong talked constantly about her criminal cases. Her unbridled garrulousness, known as pressured speech, was considered a symptom of her bipolar disorder, particularly her mania.
Before she died, however, Diehl-Armstrong fell silent.
On March 21, according to the medical report, Diehl-Armstrong “was found by nursing staff unresponsive. She was breathing on her own, vital signs were stable, however she did not respond to verbal stimuli nor to questions.”
At that point, according to the medical report, Diehl-Armstrong was “deemed futile.” She died two weeks later.
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong’s final resting place is far from her native Erie, where her bizarre criminal exploits captivated the city for decades.
Diehl-Armstrong, who died of breast cancer on April 4, is buried in Lot 346 of Cedar Hill Memorial Park, a cemetery in Arlington, Texas, near Fort Worth.
The interment information is contained in federal prison records the Erie Times-News received last week through a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
The records also show that Diehl-Armstrong, 68, who suffered from bipolar disorder and was known for her confrontational behavior, was difficult until the end.
She died in hospice care while serving a federal sentence of life plus 30 years for her conviction in 2010 in the Erie pizza bomber case. She was last incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth.
“Patient had an anti-social personality, was assaultive to staff and Inmate nursing assistants, and refused any kind of medical care offered to her,” according to a federal Bureau of Prisons’s medical report. “She refused chemotherapy, eating, drawing labs, hygiene and taking medications.”
Several weeks before her death, according to the report, Diehl-Armstrong was still found to be psychologically competent and “continued to refuse chemotherapy and was only eating Jello.”
The FOIA information provides answers in the strange dispute that has developed over the demise of Diehl-Armstrong.
When Diehl-Armstrong died, the federal Bureau of Prisons declined to release details about her death, which led the Erie Times-News to file the FOIA request.
The records show that Diehl-Armstrong died of breast cancer at 4:48 a.m. on April 4 while in hospice care at Kindred Hospital in Fort Worth, and that her body was transferred on that day to the Eternal Rest Funeral Home, in Dallas. Her body was embalmed and placed in a casket on April 16, and buried at Cedar Hill Memorial Park.
The records do not indicate why Diehl-Armstrong was buried at Cedar Hill Memorial Park. The manager of the cemetery did not respond to a request for comment.
The funeral expenses for Diehl-Armstrong, believed to have been paid by the government, amounted to $4,200, according to the records. Those figures do not list the cost of the cemetery plot.
Diehl-Armstrong, an only child of deceased parents, is not known to have had any immediate survivors.
Such a claim is meritless in Diehl-Armstrong’s case partly because all her appeals in the pizza bomber case were decided before she died, Piccinini wrote. She lost every one.
“Her conviction is final and no matters ... were pending at the time of her death,” Piccinini wrote. Of Marvin’s claims about Diehl-Armstrong’s remains, he wrote, “Diehl-Armstrong’s death conclusively terminates any basis for post-conviction relief.”
U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone will rule later on Marvin’s petition. Piccinini wants him to reject the claims without a hearing.
A life ‘deemed futile’
Marvin’s petition is a postmortem extension to the legal appeals related to Diehl-Armstrong, who was connected to the homicides of three men. A federal magistrate judge classified her as a serial killer.
In the pizza bomber case, she was convicted of conspiring in the plot that ended with the death of pizza deliveryman Brian Wells, killed when a bomb locked to his neck exploded after he robbed a bank in Summit Township in 2003.
Diehl-Armstrong pleaded guilty but mentally ill to fatally shooting her boyfriend James Roden in 2003. His body was found in a freezer. And she argued self-defense and was acquitted in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend Robert Thomas in 1984.
Throughout her life, Diehl-Armstrong talked constantly about her criminal cases. Her unbridled garrulousness, known as pressured speech, was considered a symptom of her bipolar disorder, particularly her mania.
Before she died, however, Diehl-Armstrong fell silent.
On March 21, according to the medical report, Diehl-Armstrong “was found by nursing staff unresponsive. She was breathing on her own, vital signs were stable, however she did not respond to verbal stimuli nor to questions.”
At that point, according to the medical report, Diehl-Armstrong was “deemed futile.” She died two weeks later.
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