Terry Hoyt, board member of CVUI, has long carried on the memory of her murdered daughter in good work devoted to helping others. Below is one example of her good work:
Mother of Murdered Daughter Cries Out for Attention From State Leaders to the Horrific Plight of the Dying Man in an Illinois Prison Falsely Imprisoned for Killing Her
Chicago, IL: Terry Hoyt, the Mother of young Dorianne Warnsley, brutally murdered in downstate Illinois in 1994, issued the following statement about the inexcusable medical neglect at the hands of the scandal-ridden Illinois Department of Corrections Health Care system being suffered by Montell Johnson, falsely convicted and serving a life sentence for her daughter’s murder:
“Montell was falsely convicted’ of Dorianne’s murder, although another man confessed 4 times. That man was given a 15-yr. plea bargain and served less than 6 yrs., for shooting my daughter 3 times, beating her with a hammer, and stabbing her with a screwdriver. Montell was my daughter’s friend and I know he did not murder my daughter. I know who murdered my daughter, as well as the circumstances involved.
“I have been asked by many people why I fight for Montell Johnson and my answer will always be the same – “He is not guilty of murdering my daughter”. I did not get any justice for my daughter or her children, and certainly do not want revenge. Montell should be allowed to go home and live his final days with his mother. I am calling on Governor Blagojevich, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, and IDOC Director Roger Walker, to take immediate action before its too late.
“I know that Montell’s mother tries to see him whenever she is allowed, but has been denied visitations for months at a time. He can’t even talk anymore because of his deteriorating Multiple Sclerosis, and has been nearly immobile for a long time. He is starving to death because no one will take the time to feed him. When his mother is allowed to see him, she feeds him and communicates with him through a code of ABC’s she has devised. With his MS, he cannot feed himself nor take care of himself in any manner, yet he is handcuffed to a hospital bed and obviously not being taken care of physically. The handcuffs are causing him severe pain on top of everything else he is suffering. He has been to the hospital in Dixon and Chicago in the last week, having been diagnosed with at leas t four badly infected bedsores to his bones, on his backside. When told at the Chicago hospital to take him through the Emergency Room, the correctional institute guards immediately drove him back to the Dixon CC.
“Montell’s family has been told that he only has 3-6 months to live, his mother is only allowed to see him 2-3 times per week. This is outrageous, criminal, inhumane, and cruel and serves no purpose whatsoever.
“I am pleading to all citizens of Illinois, as well as the rest of the country. We have inmates in our “correctional” institutions being abused and dying.
“My daughter was heinously murdered. I know how it feels to fight for what’s right and have the doors shut in your face by the ‘system’, so I am pleading with you, Governor Blagojevich, Attorney General Madigan, and Director Walker - let Montell get back to the hospital, for surgery he so desperately needs, then home for the last days of his life. He is an innocent man and he has suffered enough. He does not have any more time to wait.”
For more information on the case of Montell Johnson, please visit: www.montelljohnson.blogspot.com