Mr. David L. Shue, formally married to Mary Gryboski, Doctor Ann Gryboski’s younger sister, just recently reached out to Hyannis News after hearing about the recent decision to let Dr. Gryboski off without even a trial; he sent the following well thought out article response to our reader postings on the Hyannis News website:
I am not a resident of Your fine state, I am a resident of Colorado. The reason I am writing this is to add a perspective to this case that no one, and I mean no one associated with this case, wants to deal with. As I stated, I live in Colorado, a place that Pat Lancaster came to hunt Elk many years. You see I was his brother-in-law for 17 years. I divorced Ann Grybosky's younger sister in 1999 because I could not put up with the dominating personality of my ex-wife. My ex-wife, had a gift when it came to getting her way. If she did not get her way then there was any number of problems she would start. After 17 years of being the “Black Sheep” of the family, the one who owned guns, taught my kids to shoot, and would actually eat venison and Elk, I divorced and moved to Colorado, the state I grew up in. In the 17 years I was exposed to the Gryboski family, every female member has the same talent for manipulation, including the mother. The father is a very nice man and had a very successful medical practice in Boston, I like him very much still. I believe the shooting of Pat was calculated and performed in cold blood. Pat was a very forceful man with his voice, I have never seen him touch his wife. I have however seen the oldest child go at his mother in the past and Pat stepped in. I was continually chastised for owning weapons and teaching my children the proper use of them. It was even mentioned that either Pat or I would harm our wives. It didn't happen that way, I moved away from a bad situation and Pat paid for staying in a bad situation with his life! I can not begin to understand the reasoning for not taking this case to trial, I am so glad I live in a state other than Massachusetts. I am totally convinced Ann Gryboski shot her husband in cold blood and had her son hit her to make her story stick. We will never know since the case is not getting to go to trial, and Pat Lancaster is still dead. (David Shue)
As the result of some timely research, Hyannis News was able to get a hold of Mr. Shue at his home near Steamboat Colorado, and we had a very insightful pleasant conversation about Patrick Lancaster, Ann Gryboski, her sons and family, along with his thoughts on the unfortunate decision not try the murder case.
David L. Shue:
Over the phone Mr. Shue is a careful soft spoken man with a noticeable slow western drawl. His voice emanates a relaxed tone uncommon to us “Yankees” up here in the Northeast. It’s a voice that honestly expresses a careful sagacious look at life; it’s a voice typical to the western countryside, a far away culture much different than the hectic paces and aggressive grabbing familiar to those struggling to survive in our congested region with our traffic, noise, and constantly busy life styles; Mr. Shue didn’t waste words… short on nonsense, but long on time. We spent about an hour on the phone, pleasantly and respectfully expressing his serious concerns about the case.
“At the very least I owe it to Pat to give my side… he didn’t deserve to die… and he didn’t deserve this negative treatment from the press [just] to get her off. It’s not fair to him to have his name tarnished.”
He went on to describe a version of Patrick Lancaster untold over the months following his murder.
More on Patrick Lancaster:
Mr. Shue referred to Patrick Lancaster as “Pat” and described him as a good friend, a brother-in-law, loving husband, hard working, opinionated, and one who gave back to the community by donating his time to children’s causes. He was the only one from any of the extended Gryboski family who was open to and made efforts to stay in touch with David Shue after he needed to file for a divorce from Mary Gryboski in order to get away from her manipulative ways back in 1999; the divorce was finally finalized in 2000 he related with a sigh of relief.
“Pat was pretty down to earth… but he was a go-getter, taught classes, worked as a contractor… always busy!” Pat and Dave spent a lot of time together discussing life. Pat often visited Dave in Colorado, over 10 times alone they went on hunting trips together.
Mr. Shue expresses with enthusiasm how Pat was always so very proud of Ann, being a young physician and all… “He used to brag on her all the time,” he explained with a western twang, “he would go on and on and on about her…” They also talked about their kids, their kid's school, their jobs, life, and just basically spent time together catching up.
After his divorce from Mary Gryboski, and his subsequently being further cut off from the Gryboski family, Patrick Lancaster was the only one who would still call, reach out to him; he was still emailing right up to the time of his murder, discussing his hip surgeries and catching up.
But Hyannis News learned that Dave Shue and Pat Lancaster talked about one shocking bit of information that should have been brought out in the murder case, but wasn’t, until now…
The untold story of Dr. Ann Gryboski’s dark depressive personality:
According Dave Shue, Pat Lancaster opened up to him about Ann Lancaster having a battle with depression, and that early on in their relationship she had made at least one attempt at suicide. He went on to say that this information could be easily validated by medical records kept at Lexington and Boston area medical facilities where she received treatment after the incident. When he first heard of the suicide attempt from Pat, Dave Shue had many questions, but it was painful to Pat and he would not discuss too many details beyond his obvious concern for her well being. According to Shue, Gryboski’s mother and father, along with other family members, went to great lengths to keep the suicidal episode a closely guarded secret.
Mr. Shue described Ann Gryboski as being reserved and even snobbish when she was around him, she didn’t seem to care too much about his blue collar western personality and would snub him in casual conversation.
Pat Lancaster also told Shue that at one point a few years ago Dr. Gryboski suddenly became very interested in handguns, trained to shoot, and obtained a license to carry a pistol at all times. As for guns, Pat had his hunting rifles, but had no interest in owning or having a license to carry pistols. Pat did not own a handgun, according to Shue.
The Gryboski Matriarchal Family Dynamic:
The times that he spent with the mother and father of Dr. Ann Gryboski, Dave Shue remembers always feeling uncomfortable when visiting during his 17 year marriage with their daughter Mary… He was this Western Man, very different, worlds away culturally than this family of a successful Boston Physician. Conversation was difficult and he felt they did not accept him for being with their daughter due to his relatively lower degree of education. Ann Gryboski’s mother was particularly cold to him and after the divorce the entire family cut him off completely, making his attempts at child visitation a virtually impossible “nightmare.” Dave has two grown children with Mary Gryboski, a boy age 20, and a girl age 18. He remembers that the Grandmother and the rest of the Gryboski woman were particularly manipulative, possessing what he called the “Gryboski dominating manipulation gene.” They could care less for his children's need to be with him, as well as his need to be with his children. His entire relationship with the Gryboski Klan was painful to say the least.
Dr. Ann Gryboski has 4 sisters and one brother. Dave and Mary were the only siblings ever involved in a divorce.
Because of his bad memories with the Gryboski Klan not accepting him, Mr. Shue does not plan to return to Massachusetts any time soon. The whole experience was one of rejection and culture shock for him. His only wish is that Pat Lancaster could have escaped the poisonous Gryboski dynamic before he was murdered.
And Mr. Shue feels very strongly that this case was a deliberate calculated murder.
The truth about Chris, the son that was home fighting with his father as his father was Murdered:
“Chris is a big boy! He's much taller and heavier than Pat…” The last time Dave Shue saw Christopher, he was in his last years of High School, almost 6 feet tall and weighing 200lbs (Pat Lancaster was only 5’ 7” and weighed about 165lbs). He described Chris as quick tempered, with a feisty personality, who loved to play ice hockey. Dave knew Chris well, and his own son, Chris’s cousin, was about the same age, they all went on hunting trips together. On one occasion, Dave was able to watch one of Chris’s hockey games and remembered that Chris was very upset and angry over the outcome of the game; he felt targeted by opponents on the ice trying to take runs at him because of his large size; on the ice Chris targeted these other players with cheap shots in order to get back at them.
THE MURDER:
When Dave Shue first learned about the murder, he immediately began to suspect foul play. His gut feeling and knowledge of the entire family was telling him the Pat Lancaster was purposefully “set up and provoked.” He feels the entire argument on Easter Sunday was orchestrated. Pat Lancaster had recently communicated that his hip surgeries had left him very weak and unable to move around without a great deal of pain and difficulty- he was vulnerable to attack, and Chris was one to do it.
As for Ann Gryboski, Dave believes that Ann wanted to kill Lancaster all along and that’s why she chose to shoot him in the gut, instead of the upper body area which would have been a much easier target. Gryboski chose the gut area because she knew he would most certainly die, and die slowly. Mr. Shue went on to point out that as a doctor she knew she could have likely saved his life after a shot to most any other area of the body. Another thing that bothers Mr. Shue is that people usually take a while to bleed-out from a gut shot and according to reports Lancaster was already dead when police arrived, that’s because Gryboski was using that time to further orchestrate a cover-up and initiate the “battered woman, self defense” part of her plan. (In all of his years knowing Pat Lancaster, Mr. Shue never once saw him hit or raise a hand at Ann… He never even heard rumors of such a thing… and feels very strongly that Pat was not capable of it)
As for the marks on Ann’s face, he believes that the son purposefully hit her in advance to add credibility to her plan.
According to Mr. Shue, Ann Gryboski is certainly capable enough to carry out such a murder plan- one he believes strongly in- there certainly was foul play... Gryboski had a documented level of instability due to her previous attempt to take a life- her own. Mr. Shue also described her as being extremely intelligent and easily able to fool others through manipulation in order to get her way. But it was the whole gut shot detail that clinched it for him; a trained doctor would not have sat there and “cradled” the victim as she professes. Her story does not make sense.
When Dave Shue learned that she was getting off without a trial he was shocked and it brought up many of his own frustrations from the abusive manipulation he suffered at the hands of the Gryboski women.
Mr. Shue was also very surprised that the DA’s office would not talk to him about this case. He tried to reach out as a witness and they never questioned him. He felt there existed some level of favoritism already enabling the Doctor to escape any type of culpability. The outcome of the case bothered him so much he began to go online and research some more about the facts on his own. He found and began reading Hyannis News, learned that we were not necessarily fixated on the Gryboski defense, but rather asking questions of our own.
Hyannis News will continue a second part interview with Mr. Shue in an effort to draw out more information on this murder and why it never went to trial.
Mr. David Shue is now remarried and has adopted his wife’s children as his own. He works at the Craig’s Station Coal Fire Power Plant in Colorado, where he services their fleet of work vehicles.
He feels that Pat is looking down on him, happy to have someone standing up to protect his good name. He misses Pat and thinks he is a great guy.
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(Posted by Tom Knapp, 13 October, 2007 19:09:00)