Mark Crawford Trial: 1999 - Evidence Of A Body, Suppressed Evidence And Conflicting Testimony, Enter The Feds

I have been quiet up until now; however, I feel the need to address some of the present comments being posted by people who claim to know me, my case and my business.

First I will address Mark Thompson??? Who the heck are you? You are posing (for some unknown reason) as someone who knows me intimately, i.e. "I rode with him on the private plane that took us too (misspelled) Mississippi with his mistress. I even remember the time when mark craford (misspelled) (after nick's disappearance and before he was found) sitting in the entranceway of my mothers apartment and when she was waiting for the gate to open he asked her if she had a family burial plot and drove off in his black bmw."

Let me say here and now that I do not know who you are! We are not friends and never hung out together. You never, to the best of my knowledge, ever set foot inside my plane to Mississippi or anywhere else. Therefore, I can assure anyone interested that I never met your mother either. As for the black BMW that you say I owned, I respond that I have never even owned a BMW, black or otherwise. I believe that you are pulling together unrelated facts of which you have no personal knowledge to somehow bolster your stature by claiming to be privy to something you were not. Someone I knew owned a black BMW, but to the best of my recollection I never even drove that car, not even once, certainly not anywhere with you, whom I do not know. So to you Mark Thompson, who ends your comments with "all the innocent involved are in my prayers to this day and will remain so for the rest of my years," I say that you and I and God know that you are a liar and a hypocrite; and since I am not guilty of Nick's murder and am therefore "innocent," I thank you for your hypocritical prayers.

To RJA I say this; you indicated in your posting that you were there "in June 1996 when the search warrant was conducted at the warehouse on Jacoby Lane." Maybe you were, maybe you weren't, that is irrelevant, what is relevant is, that "IF" you were there then you are deliberately misrepresenting the evidence in the case, i.e. "receipts for the car tarp, the duct tape, the water hose were located in Mark Crawford's SUV" and " there was duct tape around the tailpipe of Mark Crawford's SUV." Had you truly been in on the investigation as you claim, you would have known what anyone who read the papers knows and that is, that the receipts for said items in quote were not found in the SUV, and that the SUV that you so intently want to be mine belonged to Beckcum by his own court testimony. Were you truly involved in the case you would have known that all the evidence given at my three trails centered on the testimony of both Beckcum and Johnson stating that on the day of the murder I allegedly was driving a red Mercedes 500 SL. So I seriously doubt that you are anything other than a casual observer, maybe in Law Enforcement, maybe not even that.

Next, you stated "Mark Crawford robbed Mr. Brueggen's corpse of jewelry prior to burying him in a shallow grave." Here are the facts as presented in court concerning that.

According to the testimony of both Beckcum and Johnson, it was Johnson who took a ring off Nick's corpse at the request of Beckcum. As for the burying of Nick's body, William Noel testified in my San Antonio trial that he buried the body at the instruction of Mike Beckcum, those are the facts according to the court records. Those



are not my facts; these are the facts as they were presented in court. So if you are so pathetic that you have nothing else to do but slander me after fifteen years by acting as if you know things you do not, maybe you need to turn off Walker Texas Ranger and look in the mirror and ask yourself why you need to lie about me, or anyone for that matter, to feel better about yourself.

In addition, both you, RJA and Mark Thompson, have alleged that I robbed and cheated people. I will say this concerning that. I have been a liar, a cheat, a thief and an adulterer, I am not proud of that. However, no one who ever worked for me did so without getting paid. I always paid my employee's and regardless of what you think or can say unchecked on this site, that's the truth. And I beg you to continue hanging yourself with your lies so that I can see your faces in a court of law.

To Chuck Rogers, I have searched my memory and have concluded that I don't know you or what I did to make you hate me so deeply, even after fifteen years. But I recognize that I must have done something terrible for you to hold a grudge this long and whatever I did I sincerely apologize for it. One of the hardest things about being in prison is the inability to make right the things you've done wrong. Again, you seem like a decent person and I apologize for whatever it was I did to offend you.

I will say to you Chuck and to the others that if you really believe that I killed Nick then you certainly have all the rights in the world to have ill feelings about me, however that does not give you the right to add lying to mix. I also believe that if you will for one moment stop and ask yourself this question, "What if Mark is not guilty?" And if you can put aside your anger and ask yourself that question, then ask yourself the next, "Then who is? And doesn't Nick's son have the right to know who killed his father, and why it was covered up."

Truth is, I'm in prison and have no reason to lie, nor do I really care what any of you think. MY two sons were with me the day of the murder and as a result of that unspoken of FACT, one of them became an attorney himself, he is happily married and has given me four wonderful grandchildren.

As a result of this tragedy, my wife has, after rightfully throwing me out in 96', accepted my apology and remains ever my closest ally.

As a result of this tragedy my daughter fell in love with and married the most successful attorney in South Texas, a man who recently built her and her two children the palace a princess like her deserves, the palace I wanted to build for her.

As a result of all this tragedy my youngest son has carved out his own career as a Welding Inspector in the refineries, and to top it all off has married a girl from Ingleside that I remember as a child. How cool is that!

As a result of this tragedy my family has went on without me and has risen to achieve their own greatness and abounded the heights of a happiness that allows me to easily accept my fate such as it is.

As a result of the FACT that my family knows in their heart that I am not guilty of murder (irregardless of what people can say on the web) has brought us together as a family in ways you could not even recognize and I am ever grateful.

In closing I will say that in the near future I am going to release to the public all of my legal work, a lot of which was suppressed by the prosecution from your view, up until now. I will also be printing new and startling information that I believe will spill the wine of truth out and onto the table of reality concerning this horrid murder and the



steps that were taken to gain a conviction, at any cost.

To those kind people, Jesse, Joe and the kid (of course I remember you and am proud of you for not falling back into the cycle of crime and it's prisons) I thank you for defending my honor, and I will endeavor to be worthy of it regardless of my final outcome.

To others who know me and know my heart, I say to you that I have not wasted my time while here, so do not feel sorry for me, I am well. I have written six complete novels which I have given away to friends and family (one of which my son has chosen to publish). I have also become a skilled artist (oils and ink) and created a plentiful amount of artwork which I have likewise given away to family and friends.

Again, I will say to all of you, that I don't give a big rats butt what you believe or don't believe concerning me, however, as I have already stated I think that Nick's son AND my own two sons have the right to know the truth about this crime. I will not rest until it is so.

Until then, I am here and my pen is the sound of one hand fighting.

Hie est enim sanguis meus.

Mark Crawford husband of Teresa, father of Azteca, Marco and Christian,

grandfather to Felicia, Tommy, Maya, Isabella, Sophia and little Azteca, and a man blessed beyond all comprehension.

TO RJA,



#1 There was NEVER a reciept found for the car cover because the car cover came with Mark Crawfords Mercedez when he purchased the car... #2 Mark Crawford DID NOT own a SUV..Mike Beckcom owned the SUV. #3 Mark Crawford was found NOT GUILTY for murder...He was NEVER convicted of murder.RJA if you really are a pig detective like you claim then i can see why Mark Crawford kicked yalls butt in state court because just like in the trial yall cant get yalls facts straight lol...and for the record,Mark Crawfords family is living it up ;)

I did time with Mark. I know the guy and he is not what you would think. He is kind in a place of hate, he is level headed in a place of unbalance. You only hear what the news wants you to hear. After doing two years with the man I now know him better than his own children. The trial was a set up, he was cheated, and if he had another day in court he would not stay behind bars!! Let freedom ring as he goes home to his long waiting children!!!

The A&E show does not show all the lies that were told in the cort room by the two real murders. thats why it was dismissed in texas.

The Kid...you have no clue of what your saying...I saw what this scumbag did to peoples lives, he controlled them, and then destroyed them...He cheated everyone...and why, MONEY...The scum bag deserves what he gets...LET HIM ROT IN HELL

Mark Crawford was a dirty businessman I witnessed firsthand just how dirty he was. I saw the faces of the pissed off employees after their checks wouldn't be honored. I rode with him on the private plane that took us too mississippi, he traveling with his mistress...I even remember the time when mark craford (after nicks disapperance and before he was found) sitting in the entrancway of my mothers apartment and when she was waiting for the gate to open he asked her if she had a family burial plot and drove off in his black bmw...he's a speedbump on society that embodies the sad morals of today's society "human greed before human need" I hope he rots in prison all the while getting man-rammed...and I hope too one day he may feel one iota of the choas and depression he inflicted on innocent people such as nicks son who no longer has his father and his own family who has to live with the shame of the family name...all the innocent involved are in my prayers to this day and will remain so for the rest of my years.

Nick Brueggen was a thief who messed with the wrong person

Crawford was the typical, low-life con artist. He found that Brueggan was cooperating with the Feds, and decided to stop him. He did that by locking Brueggan in that box, and gassing him with the exhaust of a vehicle. Then he was buried behind the "warehouse" on Jacoby Lane. There were other criminal activities Crawford had going. Crawford's where he should be, and hopefully that's where he remains.

I had the great fortune of assisting the area law enforcement during the investigation. I was, then, a reserve peace office. It was June 1996 that I was notified of a man contacting Aransas Co. Sheriff's Office and advising them that he assisted and witnessed the murder of Nick Brueggen. I was there in June 1996 when the search warrant was conducted at the warehouse on Jacoby Lane. I also assisted in digging up Mr. Brueggen' body. He was tightly wrapped in a grey car tarp. I knew the young man Mark Crawford hired to dig the hole. Mark Crawford claimed to the young man, the hole was to be used to create a concrete foundation base for a large satellite dish. Receipts for the car tarp, the duct tape, the water hose were located in Mark Crawford' SUV. There was melted plastic and duct tape around the tail pipe of Mark Crawford' SUV. I cannot attest to Mark Crawford' life before he committed this murder. What I can attest to is; that under Mark Crawford' direct order and supervision Mark Crawford, Michael Beckom & Kirk Johnson kidnapped, brutalized and murdered Nick Brueggen in cold blood. As a final assault on Mr. Brueggen, Mark Crawford robbed Mr. Brueggen' corpse of jewelry prior to burying him in a shallow grave. To THE KID, I offer this: Mark Crawford is a cold and calculating individual who is exactly where he needs to be. To Joe Davila, we make bad choices in life, no one is infallible; Nick Brueggen & Mark Crawford were both thieves. Brueggen stole & embezzelled money. Mark Crawford stole money and ended the life of a fellow human being. My only disappointment was that Mark Crawford was not sentenced to death. Eye for an Eye; Tooth for a tooth.

I had the great fortune of assisting the area law enforcement during the investigation. I was, then, a reserve peace office. It was June 1996 that I was notified of a man contacting Aransas Co. Sheriff's Office and advising them that he assisted and witnessed the murder of Nick Brueggen. I was there in June 1996 when the search warrant was conducted at the warehouse on Jacoby Lane. I also assisted in digging up Mr. Brueggen' body. He was tightly wrapped in a grey car tarp. I knew the young man Mark Crawford hired to dig the hole. Mark Crawford claimed to the young man, the hole was to be used to create a concrete foundation base for a large satellite dish. Receipts for the car tarp, the duct tape, the water hose were located in Mark Crawford' SUV. There was melted plastic and duct tape around the tail pipe of Mark Crawford' SUV. I cannot attest to Mark Crawford' life before he committed this murder. What I can attest to is; that under Mark Crawford' direct order and supervision Mark Crawford, Michael Beckom & Kirk Johnson kidnapped, brutalized and murdered Nick Brueggen in cold blood. As a final assault on Mr. Brueggen, Mark Crawford robbed Mr. Brueggen' corpse of jewelry prior to burying him in a shallow grave. To THE KID, I offer this: Mark Crawford is a cold and calculating individual who is exactly where he needs to be. To Joe Davila, we make bad choices in life, no one is infallible; Nick Brueggen & Mark Crawford were both thieves. Brueggen stole & embezzelled money. Mark Crawford stole money and ended the life of a fellow human being. My only disappointment was that Mark Crawford was not sentenced to death. Eye for an Eye; Tooth for a tooth.