Key players in the trial (l-r): assistant district attorney Heath English, defense attorney Ricky Morris, Judge Quillian Baldwin and defendant Teresa Mangham Burousas. (Photos: Walter Geiger)
Burousas found guilty of voluntary manslaughter
The murder trial of Teresa Burousas was completed Tuesday in Pike superior court with Judge Quillian Baldwin on the bench. He found her guilty of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm in commission of a crime. Burousas was sentenced to 20 years with 10 years to serve in prison and 10 years on probation with credit for the two years she has already served.
Even if he did hit her- and I don't believe he did, because I know people who worked closely with her and she never mentioned it or showed any physical signs- her life wasn't in any danger when she put two bullets in him.
Oh, and the forgery before she killed him- guess that was an accident, right? I'm sure it had nothing to do with fore-thought. Why'd she meet him at the end of the driveway? She didn't want blood in her house?
So what about the forgery? Will there be a trial for that? What about the house arson?
Casey Anthony, O.J. Simpson, Donna Johnson, now Teresa. I don't know whether I believe in our justice system anymore.
she was obviously able to prove that he was beating her to the judge or she would have received the maximum sentence of 20 years in jail instead of 10 with probation.
all i can say to those men out there who think their wife is a punching bag is be careful, you never know when the switch will flip.
IN MEEK WE TRUST?
Where's the evidence that she was ever abused? Any police reports? Nope. Police calls to the home? Not one. Bruises, black eyes or broken bones? None of those. Reports to co-workers or stories shared in confidence with friends? None of that, either.
It was Teresa's big secret or big lie.
She forged his signature, drained money out of his account that morning, spoke to him on the phone that day like nothing ever happened- or was about to, met him at the end of the driveway, pumped two bullets into him, made up a story about being attacked by two hippy-looking strangers and stuck to it until she KNEW she was caught in a lie. That's when she came up with story number two about being a pitiful abused wife.
She didn't know what else to do, her lawyer said. She knew to plan her husband's death, to drain his bank acount beforehand and to lie about it after.
Teresa's switch flipped a long time ago, but it wasn't Buzz who flipped it. It's a shame we're not talking about flipping a switch for an electric chair, because she killed that poor little man in cold blood.
we don't know first hand what happened that day or what caused teresa to break. the judge heard it and believed it.
Where's Buzz' money, by the way? Why'd she forge his name and drain his account that morning? Why make up a lie and stick to it until she had no other choice to admit it wasn't true? If she lied once, why not try a different one to cover it up?
Teresa isn't as pure as the new-fallen snow, nor is her family. Where there's smoke, there's fire. Oh yeah, there's that, too...
in either case, it's sad that a man lost his life and that a once wonderful person was driven to such extremes either by life or the actions of a man who was otherwise also a very nice person.
Where's the first bit of truth- other than Teresa said so AFTER the story about the two strangers attacking her didn't work?
There are no police reports, no secrets shared with friends, no bruises, xrays, doctor visits, broken bones or any other evidence to support that Teresa was battered by her husband.
A dead man can't tell his side of the story, so all we have to go on is the word of a woman who lied at least once to cover up the fact that she killed her husband.
How in the world can this be.....It just makes no sense at all.Everyone is prison today will tell you they didn't do the crime. So I guess we should free them all cause you know they are telling the truth. I mean why would they lie.
After all, Teresa got off light with a manslaughter conviction on a murder rap, no charges on felony theft and forgery, and whomever ordered the arson of her house is still walking the streets. Meanwhile, Buzz is STILL dead.
Buzz will be dead a lot longer than Teresa is in prison.