Kathryn Casey

Dec 29, 2013 2:23 PM EST

im glad you got a chance to talk about this case.I remember reading about this and seeing it on the news.I just finished your book and now i really believe he killed her.When you need to know the truth about a case, read the book, cause the newspapers and tv dont give you the true story but you did. thank you for writing such great books.

- bonnie west

Feb 01, 2014 8:08 PM EST

I just finished Shattered and it was my first book by you, but it won't be the last. I found your name on Ann Rule's site so I thought I'd give it a try. This is an excellent true crime book. Such a tragic story that is so well written. My heart goes out to Belinda's family. Thank you for this story.

- Kate

Jul 03, 2014 8:18 PM EDT

This is my favorite book ever. I couldn't put it down, and when I finished it, I picked it up and read it again. I think, just from reading about Belinda and how David Temple treated her, got me hooked. I have read this book about 50 times. Kathryn Casey does so much work on the background of both Belinda and David--there was never a doubt in my mind David killed Belinda for Heather Scott Temple who he later married. Heather Scott Temple seemed to take a lot of pride that David killed her so he would be free to marry her--she is just as bad of a person as he is and I wondered if she had a hand in some of it. Even though David thought he'd gotten away with murder, it caught up with him in time and Heather even had to testify. It is the BEST book I have ever read

- KathyTravis

Jul 22, 2015 10:18 PM EDT

Do you feel any differently now that a judge has recommended a new trial and that multiple instances of prosecutorial misconduct have been discovered in this case? I am no fan of Kelly Siegler, never have been, and am even less so now. She seems to just want to win; she does not seem interested in the truth.

- Kelley Smith

Feb 05, 2016 5:25 AM EST

I came here to see if Ms. Casey had commented on the new developments. I felt sick to learn that this murderer is getting a new trial. It appears Belinda's mother passed away last year, very sad, but at least she won't have to endure another trial of the man who characterized Belinda's family as "white trash". I've always felt so bad for the Lucas family, how they were treated by the Temples, how they apparently were kept away from their grandson. I hope they put DMT away (again).

- Mary Johnson

May 01, 2016 11:36 AM EDT

I have read many of your books and love them. My only observation in the "Shattered" case that makes me question whether David Temple did it is the phone beside Belinda in the closet. I don't think that was ever explained but would support the intruder theory. Every other piece of evidence supports that David did this. Your thoughts?

- Teresa Newbrough

Dec 02, 2016 7:17 PM EST

OMGosh! She grabbed the phone to call 911 and dropped keys as she ran up stairs to escape husband! She didn't get a chance to dial- he was athletic and her 8mo preg. Diving in her closet he fired at her head. he even stated later that he tried to straighten her legs out after finding her. No preg. nor most women wear shoes once they walk in the door so that says it happened right away prob. right after she set the soup down. No one goes to store with a sick kid if they don't have to. Did he even need cat food? Did anyone ck last time was bought? Did they look for the gun with a metal detector? Question the kid- better.

- mmartin

Mar 26, 2017 10:25 AM EDT

Yes, this man is guilty n former prosecutor Kelly Zeigler has been working on solving cold case murders with great success. She is smart n very intelligent. I believe strongly that a man like David Mark Temple is a real heel for cheating on a wife who is about to give birth n deserves his punishment.
Instead of a divorce he killed her n then quickly married this Heather...too quickly n she is raising his son n furthermore keeping him away from his wife's family...
She reportedly gushed about how much he l9ved her to kill for her.
So i think she knows or believes he did kill.
As for Kelly I have watched her over the yrs solve cold cases with hard work and determination. Even more so you make sure they had the rt. person.
She should not be on trial.
As to his son who was 3 at the time of the murder, he took a SICK boy out to a drug store. If his wife was al8ve he would not have taken a sick boy out of the house...his wife would have cared for him.
He made sure surveillance cameras saw him to establish a defense.
This will be a miscarriage of justice if he is not retried and convicted.
AND don't forget they were both teachers at the same school.
How could those 2 sneak aro7nd while his wife is about to give birth....and someone who worked with?
It's sick.
And don't forget his son has not been allowed to see how maternal grandparents.
He has been fed a crock of lies n is not old enough YET to question it.

- Donna

Jul 16, 2019 9:55 PM EDT

I am hoping the investigators have noticed that David is left handed and possibly right eye dominant. The back glass broken the way it was makes sense to me in that scenario. He’s definitely left handed.

- Suzanne Thompson

Jul 27, 2010 6:04 PM EDT

I just finished your book and enjoyed reading it. I found it to be extremely well researched and on the level of books by Ann Rule. (In my opinion, that's a big compliment!) I wish you the very best and would love to read other books you have written or will write in the future. Best wishes to your continued success.

- Glenda Gail Crenshaw

Aug 12, 2010 11:54 AM EDT

As you know from me asking you multiple times, I was eagerly awaiting for Shattered to be published. It was an awesome read. Spell binding to the point I read much too late two nights to finish it. The depth of your research is a marvel within itself. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thnx for a great read.

- Judith Briggs

Oct 03, 2010 8:13 PM EDT

I bought and read your book, "Shattered". I had followed the trial and watched for your book to come out, despite fact that the true crime is not what I usually read. I could not put your book down, read it in two sittings. You seemed to talk to everyone close to the families, the situation, and did a tremendous job. What I appreciated most was how well you introduced the reader to Belinda. Anyone who reads "Shattered" will come away feeling as if they truly got to see and know the lady she was. I think she'd be so grateful to know someone (you) put HER STORY out there, showed the world the fine, loving and good woman she was. She deserved so much better from life! Despite never meeting her, I feel now as if I have, and I thank you for writing this book. God bless her soul and her son, her entire family.

- Lisa

Oct 15, 2010 7:07 PM EDT

I just reread my post and want to include a blessing for baby Erin. Let's never forget he murdered his own flesh and blood that horrible day. Rest in peace Belinda and Erin.

- Lisa

Dec 10, 2008 10:08 AM EST

Can't wait for the book. This is one I'll be first in line for!

- Diane C.

Dec 10, 2008 1:10 PM EST

Don't blame you, but I wish you'd hurry up and get the book done! LOL

- Carol Freeman, Utah

Jul 11, 2009 8:14 PM EDT

I still wait for more information about this case. David was arrested for crimes in the Katy area at the time my parents cars were broken into and I was only a couple years behind David at Katy High. He was known as a hot-head in school and when I heard he was doing these things, I didn't like him even more since we seemed to be victims of his antics. Circumstantial proof is even more real to me since I live down the street from the store he went to by "pet food" from. No one would go out of their way to get pet food from that store, or take their child who isn't feeling up to par to the park that far away. There is a neighborhood park not far from their house he could have gone to, and a grocery store less than quarter mile from their house! Finding the weapon would be ideal of course, but I believe 100% that he is guilty and so glad to see the signs "Who Killed Belinda Temple?" off the businesses in the area because I used to think, "why Is this going on so long?". It took the national coverage of Lacy Peterson, whose case was so similar to Belinda and her baby, to make someone wake up? This should have gained national coverage from the start. He was a bully and a self centered jerk in school. Hope your book addresses all these things. Thank you!

- Katy High School grad from 89

Feb 05, 2011 10:06 PM EST

I am reading Shattered now. I googled Heather Scott and was appalled to see she actually married the murderer....but then why would it be surprising that a piece of white trash like her, who flirted and had an affair with 2 married men, one of which had a pregnant wife, would end up marrying a murderer? May they rot in hell together where they belong.

- Someone who feels great sorrow for the Lucas family