Here are the words from the murderer, and the judge on sentencing day. I will be adding Rocky, Cindy, and Marissa's monologues soon. This is from audio recorded by the court, and transcribed by me.
11/17/11
Steven Blaylock: If I may, your honor. I don’t know what my guidelines are for speaking here today, I was not told…..
Judge Adler: Well as far as I’m concerned you can say anything you’d like to say, as far as your lawyers advice, I don’t know.
Thank you. This one is daily bread, Something I would like to share, ‘The journey is not always easy. Sometimes giving up seems easier than going on, but when things get difficult, we can rest a while and renew our strength.’ I just found that comforting. Um, Todays title was the companion on the road. Which means the Lord will always be with you, and
I am not some born again Christian. Neither was Lori. A born again Christian or a conventional. She did not believe in religion. Conventional religion. She was in her words, a scientist. That’s what she believed in, she believed in evolution. Anyone who knew her well enough knew that.
I get the paper, in the jail, I’ve read all the articles, this one struck me. As a lot of it did, this is a quote from one of her coworkers, and friend. I will not mention her name, she knows who she is, everybody knows who she is. “The first day I met her”, meaning Lori, “she was skipping down the back hall at the hospital, I’ll always remember Woody skipping, I will not remember her rotting in the river.” Sometimes married people speak of things. And yes we did speak of how we would like to be in the afterlife. After I helped her with her Aunt Arlene, when we first got together, I was the one who went and picked up her ashes, at the funeral home, I was the one with her, that drove her to Eugene, I was the one with her at the funeral services. Or as Lori liked to call it the ‘fiasco’ as it turned out. We went out and visited Uncle Ernie’s site.
Lori had some preconceptions of being cremated, until that day, until that fiasco came about, this is how the subject of how we always envisioned ourselves after the, inevitable I guess you could say happened … Her mother was cremated, she had her ashes in the house… Lori thought she wanted to be cremated in.. but… somewhere…her.. she… really wanted… Everyone that knew her, and a lot of people did… She loved space, she’s was an astrologist. She really wanted her ashes spread in space by NASA. Obviously that wasn’t going to happen, I mean maybe it would, I don’t know.
She also loved the servicemen and women, of this nation, everybody knew that. Everybody that knew her knew that. Her second option would be buried at sea. You’d be seeing her casket slid off into the ocean. ……..This was Lori, she’s very unique, This may sound like wild, I don’t want to say accusations, but this may sound wild, but this is what Lori wanted. If at all possible..Well, that wasn’t possible.
I’m not trying to justify my actions here with what I’m about to say, and this was no preconceived, (big sigh) it was what happened, what I did, and I’m very sorry, If I could change what happened that day I would. She made the comment, instead of being stuck in the ground, if I can’t have my ashes spread in space, if I can’t go to sea, I would rather feed my friend to the fish. Yes she said that.
Cindy crying “you make me sick” and running out of the courtroom.
That’s all I have your honor.
Judge Adler: All right, is there any other, uh, does the defense have anyone else who’s going to say anything?
McKalb: No your honor we submitted letters to you which I believe you’ve read from Mr. Blaylock’s children.
Judge: Right I have received letters from Nash and Marley Blaylock. Those are the defendants two children right?
McKalb: Yes, yes
Judge: I read those letters, I understand you didn’t run them through the state. Is there anything else? Anything else from the State?
Flaherty: No your honor.
9:29:10
Well Mr. Blaylock, I’m not going to have a LOT to say this morning but I did have a few things to say, you’ve been convicted of murder, the jury found unanimously that you intentionally killed Lori Blaylock. And I’m not gonna, I’m not here today to comment on the evidence, uh, in any way. But that is the verdict of the jury, and you’re being sentenced (begin someone’s cell phone ringing in the court! A catchy tune) today for the murder of Lori Blaylock. Only you know why you killed your wife. Only you know exactly how you killed your wife. Uh, I’m going to comment on a couple things that I think are rather remarkable about this case though, and um, one thing I found (Cell phone rings again!)remarkable during the trial and am going to comment just a little bit, OK whoever has that cell phone can leave now. (we’re sorry your honor) Is it off?(yes) Um as I indicated I’m not going to comment on much of the evidence but I am going to comment on about a couple of other things
one is uh, one aspect of the evidence in this case were the um, recorded interviews you had with the police, and I think something that is remarkable is unbelievable lack of emotion, that I observed, even if the facts were as you claimed in your letter that they were, I think anyone would have thought you might express some emotion. There was in my view no emotion whatsoever, no concern whatsoever, um, I found that remarkable. And I have to say your statement to the court this morning, is even more remarkable. Here you are with her family and friends here, with an opportunity to apologize or provide some type of explanation, and what you decide to do is come up with this bizarre story about how she wanted to be buried at sea, to justify your act of dumping her body in the Santiam River. I didn’t know you could top um, what you’ve displayed so far in this case, but you did today. Uh, another aspect of this case that I think is remarkable are the number of people affected by
this case. I’ve been doing this a long time, I’ve had lots of other cases, I’ve had other murder cases over the years, and they’re always a tragedy for a lot of people, but this case, because of who Lori Blaylock was, obviously this was a case that affected more people than we normally see, this courtroom is packed today, it’s been packed, and uh, obviously the evidence was there was a huge search party out searching for her which I don’t know that this community has ever seen. But your actions in murdering your Lori Blaylock obviously affected her family, her friends, her coworkers, and other members of this community. Your actions also affected your own family, and I appreciate the letters from your children, they’re victims too, Your children are victims of your act, your actions, and other members of your family, I know you have members of your family here as well, and they are victims of this. So you not only victimized Lori Blaylock, her family, friends, but your ow
n family as well. And even today I don’t hear any remorse from you. I have nothing else to say about it, I’m going to the uh, mandatory sentence as requested by the State and, your lawyers agreed IS the mandatory sentence, so there’s no great mystery as to what the sentence is going to be. Under ORS163.115, you’re sentenced to prison for the remainder of your life. And I’m ordering that uh, [percented to that statute] and ORS37.700 that you are to be confined for a minimum of 25 years, which is 300 months, without the possibility of parole, release with post prison supervision, released on work release, or any temporary relief or employment in a forest or a work camp, or for any reason whatsoever, under any other statute. I’m imposing you to carry the assessment of $607.35 conviction fee, Is there anything further?
Defense council [waive advisory in climate of pure rights this morning]. If there’s nothing further, then that’s it.
Judge Adler: Well as far as I’m concerned you can say anything you’d like to say, as far as your lawyers advice, I don’t know.
Thank you. This one is daily bread, Something I would like to share, ‘The journey is not always easy. Sometimes giving up seems easier than going on, but when things get difficult, we can rest a while and renew our strength.’ I just found that comforting. Um, Todays title was the companion on the road. Which means the Lord will always be with you, and
I am not some born again Christian. Neither was Lori. A born again Christian or a conventional. She did not believe in religion. Conventional religion. She was in her words, a scientist. That’s what she believed in, she believed in evolution. Anyone who knew her well enough knew that.
I get the paper, in the jail, I’ve read all the articles, this one struck me. As a lot of it did, this is a quote from one of her coworkers, and friend. I will not mention her name, she knows who she is, everybody knows who she is. “The first day I met her”, meaning Lori, “she was skipping down the back hall at the hospital, I’ll always remember Woody skipping, I will not remember her rotting in the river.” Sometimes married people speak of things. And yes we did speak of how we would like to be in the afterlife. After I helped her with her Aunt Arlene, when we first got together, I was the one who went and picked up her ashes, at the funeral home, I was the one with her, that drove her to Eugene, I was the one with her at the funeral services. Or as Lori liked to call it the ‘fiasco’ as it turned out. We went out and visited Uncle Ernie’s site.
Lori had some preconceptions of being cremated, until that day, until that fiasco came about, this is how the subject of how we always envisioned ourselves after the, inevitable I guess you could say happened … Her mother was cremated, she had her ashes in the house… Lori thought she wanted to be cremated in.. but… somewhere…her.. she… really wanted… Everyone that knew her, and a lot of people did… She loved space, she’s was an astrologist. She really wanted her ashes spread in space by NASA. Obviously that wasn’t going to happen, I mean maybe it would, I don’t know.
She also loved the servicemen and women, of this nation, everybody knew that. Everybody that knew her knew that. Her second option would be buried at sea. You’d be seeing her casket slid off into the ocean. ……..This was Lori, she’s very unique, This may sound like wild, I don’t want to say accusations, but this may sound wild, but this is what Lori wanted. If at all possible..Well, that wasn’t possible.
I’m not trying to justify my actions here with what I’m about to say, and this was no preconceived, (big sigh) it was what happened, what I did, and I’m very sorry, If I could change what happened that day I would. She made the comment, instead of being stuck in the ground, if I can’t have my ashes spread in space, if I can’t go to sea, I would rather feed my friend to the fish. Yes she said that.
Cindy crying “you make me sick” and running out of the courtroom.
That’s all I have your honor.
Judge Adler: All right, is there any other, uh, does the defense have anyone else who’s going to say anything?
McKalb: No your honor we submitted letters to you which I believe you’ve read from Mr. Blaylock’s children.
Judge: Right I have received letters from Nash and Marley Blaylock. Those are the defendants two children right?
McKalb: Yes, yes
Judge: I read those letters, I understand you didn’t run them through the state. Is there anything else? Anything else from the State?
Flaherty: No your honor.
9:29:10
Well Mr. Blaylock, I’m not going to have a LOT to say this morning but I did have a few things to say, you’ve been convicted of murder, the jury found unanimously that you intentionally killed Lori Blaylock. And I’m not gonna, I’m not here today to comment on the evidence, uh, in any way. But that is the verdict of the jury, and you’re being sentenced (begin someone’s cell phone ringing in the court! A catchy tune) today for the murder of Lori Blaylock. Only you know why you killed your wife. Only you know exactly how you killed your wife. Uh, I’m going to comment on a couple things that I think are rather remarkable about this case though, and um, one thing I found (Cell phone rings again!)remarkable during the trial and am going to comment just a little bit, OK whoever has that cell phone can leave now. (we’re sorry your honor) Is it off?(yes) Um as I indicated I’m not going to comment on much of the evidence but I am going to comment on about a couple of other things
one is uh, one aspect of the evidence in this case were the um, recorded interviews you had with the police, and I think something that is remarkable is unbelievable lack of emotion, that I observed, even if the facts were as you claimed in your letter that they were, I think anyone would have thought you might express some emotion. There was in my view no emotion whatsoever, no concern whatsoever, um, I found that remarkable. And I have to say your statement to the court this morning, is even more remarkable. Here you are with her family and friends here, with an opportunity to apologize or provide some type of explanation, and what you decide to do is come up with this bizarre story about how she wanted to be buried at sea, to justify your act of dumping her body in the Santiam River. I didn’t know you could top um, what you’ve displayed so far in this case, but you did today. Uh, another aspect of this case that I think is remarkable are the number of people affected by
this case. I’ve been doing this a long time, I’ve had lots of other cases, I’ve had other murder cases over the years, and they’re always a tragedy for a lot of people, but this case, because of who Lori Blaylock was, obviously this was a case that affected more people than we normally see, this courtroom is packed today, it’s been packed, and uh, obviously the evidence was there was a huge search party out searching for her which I don’t know that this community has ever seen. But your actions in murdering your Lori Blaylock obviously affected her family, her friends, her coworkers, and other members of this community. Your actions also affected your own family, and I appreciate the letters from your children, they’re victims too, Your children are victims of your act, your actions, and other members of your family, I know you have members of your family here as well, and they are victims of this. So you not only victimized Lori Blaylock, her family, friends, but your ow
n family as well. And even today I don’t hear any remorse from you. I have nothing else to say about it, I’m going to the uh, mandatory sentence as requested by the State and, your lawyers agreed IS the mandatory sentence, so there’s no great mystery as to what the sentence is going to be. Under ORS163.115, you’re sentenced to prison for the remainder of your life. And I’m ordering that uh, [percented to that statute] and ORS37.700 that you are to be confined for a minimum of 25 years, which is 300 months, without the possibility of parole, release with post prison supervision, released on work release, or any temporary relief or employment in a forest or a work camp, or for any reason whatsoever, under any other statute. I’m imposing you to carry the assessment of $607.35 conviction fee, Is there anything further?
Defense council [waive advisory in climate of pure rights this morning]. If there’s nothing further, then that’s it.
