Odessa American article dated 7/22/08:
Clark hearing postponed
by Christine Stanley
A pre-trial hearing for a West Odessa man charged in connection with the slaying of his wife has been postponed until Sept. 4.
The court is allowing Jan David Clark's son, Christopher, more time to secure funds to hire his father an attorney. Clark's court-appointed attorney, Lawrence Barber, has said Clark has enough assets to pay for counsel out of his own pocket.
Clark has been behind bars since February after telling sheriff's investigators that his wife, Susan Kay Clark, died while he was trying to rid her of a demon.
According to a probable cause statement, Clark said he was holding his wife's face to the floor of their carpeted master bathroom at 3547 Ferguson St. when the exorcized spirit from her body entered his, causing him to kill his wife.
Preliminary autopsy results showed Susan Kay Clark was suffocated. Investigators found the 59-year-old woman, known by family and friends as "Nanny," wrapped in a bed sheet on her back with a cross and a sword placed atop her body.
In a February jailhouse interview, 60-year-old Clark said he was innocent, claiming he shared a cell at the Ector County Detention Center with 10 demons.
"I was moving ahead of the Lord's timing," Clark said at the time of his wife's death. "We were locked in combat for three hours. She's small but mean. That night was the first time I had ever spoken in tongues."
Dave Clark's father was Dr. J.T. Clark, an Odessa dentist who was the city's mayor from 1960 until 1962
Clark hearing postponed
by Christine Stanley
A pre-trial hearing for a West Odessa man charged in connection with the slaying of his wife has been postponed until Sept. 4.
The court is allowing Jan David Clark's son, Christopher, more time to secure funds to hire his father an attorney. Clark's court-appointed attorney, Lawrence Barber, has said Clark has enough assets to pay for counsel out of his own pocket.
Clark has been behind bars since February after telling sheriff's investigators that his wife, Susan Kay Clark, died while he was trying to rid her of a demon.
According to a probable cause statement, Clark said he was holding his wife's face to the floor of their carpeted master bathroom at 3547 Ferguson St. when the exorcized spirit from her body entered his, causing him to kill his wife.
Preliminary autopsy results showed Susan Kay Clark was suffocated. Investigators found the 59-year-old woman, known by family and friends as "Nanny," wrapped in a bed sheet on her back with a cross and a sword placed atop her body.
In a February jailhouse interview, 60-year-old Clark said he was innocent, claiming he shared a cell at the Ector County Detention Center with 10 demons.
"I was moving ahead of the Lord's timing," Clark said at the time of his wife's death. "We were locked in combat for three hours. She's small but mean. That night was the first time I had ever spoken in tongues."
Dave Clark's father was Dr. J.T. Clark, an Odessa dentist who was the city's mayor from 1960 until 1962
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Last I heard, Chris was suing his father for mismanaging his funds.
Jan David Clark and his sister are the sad result of very abusive parents. None of the Jim Turner Clark / Bobbie Jean Clark offspring were unaffected by the evil that was so carefully hidden from public view. And to this day much of the truth has been kept covered with the help of the local judiciary and other city leaders. The Jan David issue reflects just one of many other hidden nightmares which was called the Clark Clan. With this first public expose resulting in the arrest and confinement of one Jan David Clark, the chickens are now coming home to roost. Congratulations to all the Clark supporters and enablers in Odessa, Texas! Unfortunately this sickness has been visited on at least some the Clark's grandchildren.
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