He escaped serving prison time after judge ruled he would ‘not fare well’. In 1909, duPont, in an effort to please his Francophile new wife, began construction on the Nemours Estate. Pierre S. "Pete" du Pont IV (pictured above) was governor of Delaware from 1977-1985 and ran for president in 1988. “Delaware became the early habitat of the du Ponts. 1. Du Pont heir Robert Richards made national news in March 2014 when it came out that he had previously pled guilty to raping his three-year-old daughter. Deniz Çam is a wealth reporter at Forbes Magazine, where her work includes billionaires’ philanthropy and influence in politics. © 2020 Forbes Media LLC. Yet, despite the family ties, there was no love lost between the cousins. Alfred then cut off contact with her and all of their children except for his eldest, Madeleine duPont. The comments below have not been moderated. American college basketball coach John Wooden won a record 10 national championships over a 12-year span at UCLA. John Dickinson was an American statesman, delegate to the Continental Congress and one of the writers of the Articles of Confederation. After Brown, she worked for Brain World Magazine and then interned at Forbes. Du Pont was found to be mentally ill but guilty of third-degree murder in early 1997 and was sentenced to 13 to 30 years in prison. Biden’s office had originally charged Richards with two counts of second-degree rape, punishable by a minimum prison term of 20 years, according to a local news report from 2014. By this time, he was deaf and could see out of only one eye after being partially blinded in a hunting accident. DuPont married again a year later to Jessie Ball. The only member of The Forbes 400 convicted of murder, he died in jail in 2010 at the age of 72.

Balignasa was jailed for 25 years but was freed on parole by 2014. Murderer: Christopher Moseley, Lisa's third husband whom she met when she employed him as a gardener and then married in 1989, ordered the contract killing of his stepson's girlfriend Pati Margello in 1998. Live: What The Presidential Election Results Mean For Your Money, EY & Citi On The Importance Of Resilience And Innovation, Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing For Change, Daredevil Free-Skier Lexi duPont Recalls Near-Death Experience, Offers Advice For Potential Suitors, Billion-Dollar Clans: America's 25 Richest Families 2016, New On Netflix: 'Minions,' 'Danger Mouse' And An Original Ricky Gervais Comedy, Delaware's Business Competitiveness: Where It Ranks Best And Worst, America's Oldest Billion-Dollar Family Fortunes, American Dreams: Richest U.S. All three met Moseley and agreed to tempt Miss Margello out for a night on the town. What is known, he said, is "to the best of our knowledge, all of the glass is original and none has been replaced or added.". The fun of 'The Pole Family' might be its mystery, Greek monument at Tatnall was once a 1920s Wilmington gas station, Claymont Christmas Weed has a wacky, 25-year history, Contact Patricia Talorico at (302) 324-2861 or ptalorico@delawareonline.com and on Twitter @pattytalorico.