NIT – Michael Cisneros has left Mason City to be with family in the aftermath of a trial that put his life on the line.
Tuesday evening, just hours after a Cerro Gordo County jury found him not guilty in the murder of a young boy, Michael Cisneros contacted the NorthIowaToday.com newsroom and offered an interview.
“Would you like a comment… The only comment that I am going to give there in Mason?” Cisneros asked.
NIT and Publisher Matt Marquardt has agreed to speak with Mr. Cisneros when he is ready to do so.
“I would be more than happy to discuss things with you,” Cisneros explained. “At this time I am trying to [wrap] my head around things and I just need a couple of days to get my head on straight. I am hours away at this time. But [you’re] more than welcome to have my comments and only you and your paper.”
Cisneros faced a lifetime in prison if he was convicted of the crime he was accused of – murder in the first degree – an especially heinous crime considering a small child was lost. He seems to be attempting to put his life back together in these early days since the trial ended.
“Right now I am just enjoying being with my family,” he said.
NIT will speak with Mr. Cisneros on his timetable, when he is ready, and allow him to say his piece.
To the armchair detectives who have commented on this thread, were you on the jury? Did you hear all the evidence? Are you just interjecting your own biases? This is just a sad situation in which no one wins. Leave it at that.
Maybe he will strike up a friendship with Chris Donahoo, if he hasn’t already. They can drink beers together and talk about their close calls with the American Justice System.
What would have been/what was the motive for Cisneros to kill this kid? Makes no sense. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that Snyder Sr. isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed and many things he said just didn’t add up.