Thursday, March 5, 2015
Dark Ghost Journal March 4, 2015
Just a few days after my daughter was born on Monday March the 2nd at 10:30 pm an weighed in a 6 pounds 16 ounces. I went out for a smoke. Gas station across the street alarm going off but no cars on lot or around back so I went to check it out and found nothing doors still locked and no broken windows. I called the police and was told that they would send a car to look in to it. Also I possibly save a retired private detective`s life he was in for double pneumonia. He was out side smoking and got to feeling very weak I ran and got a nurse and while she was tending to him I ran and got a wheelchair and took the old fellow up to his room. I talk with him a bit and got him to give up his cigarettes at least till he gets home and got him to give the his last pack to the nurse till he is discharged. The later helped a man to find I lost keepsake that belonged to his sick wife a small gold baby ring that she had since she was two it had fallen off the keychain. He had to get take some important in to his wife's doctor but did not want to go in with out it cause he new it would upset his wife. I told him I would find it go take in what the doctor needs. I found it and waited for him in the main lobby a few minutes later he returned and I gave him the ring.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Dark Ghost Journal Feburay 19th, 2015
Police say Cameron Shepherd is not believed to be in danger; he may have had assistance leaving. Authorities confirmed he has run away from home before, calling him a "repeat offender."
Some think he may travel to Rock Spring, Georgia.
Shepherd is five feet and two inches tall, and has brown hair and brown eyes.
He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a gray jacket and gray tennis shoes.
Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to call police at 423-698-2525.
He's from Rossville GA, and he lived behind Bi-Lo in Rossville.
I went out looking for this kid today. News says he is not believed to be in danger, which to me makes no sense because they believe the boy had help leaving. For all they know, the one that help the kid leave could be some pervert, and also the temperatures have not been above freezing since this kid went missing. The cold has already claimed one life here in Chattanooga Tennessee, and if this child is out in it - he could be the next. I pray that does not happen.
The news also said that the boy is a repeat offender runaway, but, something in my gut is telling me that there are a few questions that someone should be asking, yet it seems to me that no one is asking them.
Question one: "Why does this young boy of 13 keep running away?" Since this boy keeps running away, there has to be a reason. Now granted, there are a large number of thing that could be the reason, but there are also a few that I think should be looked into. E.g., "Are his parents on drugs?" "Is the boy being beaten at home?" or "Is he just a rebellious boy with teen angst?"
The other question that people should be asking is: "Why did this young teen wait till the weather was deadly cold to run away?" Yes this is a young kid we are talking about, but even a child knows that this kind of weather we have been having here in Chattanooga can kill you - I mean temperatures in the teens and twenties, rain, ice, and light snow, kids know that is not safe to be out in.
Something else bugging me about this case, is that an Amber Alert was not sent out. Yes he is a runaway, but he is still just a young teen that may have had help leaving. If he wanted to go or not, this still counts as kidnapping as my understanding of the law goes. Now if this kid is in a bad living situation and this person is trying to help this kid, the way he went about it still is illegal, and there are legal ways they could have helped this boy if that was the case.
What ever the case may be I will continue my search for this kid since some seem to think he could be heading to Rock Springs, Georgia I will search that small town this weekend.
UPDATE : February 24 2015
The kid has been found but there are still many unanswered questions.
Why did this boy of 13 runaway?
Why did he wait to they weather turned deathly cold with ice and snow falling?
Who was this person the police think help the boy to runaway?
Also I am glad the young teen was found but this raises a new question?
Where was he found?
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Tennessee mask Laws
There is nothing in the Tennessee State Code forbidding the simple wearing of a mask or disguise without criminal activity or intent. It is only addressed at all in the section regarding civil rights intimidation. I can't find a mention of masks in the Chattanooga City Code at all, & if Hamilton County has a separate code, I can't find it online.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-309 (2011)
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-309 (2011)
39-17-309. Civil rights intimidation.
(a) The general assembly finds and declares that it is the right of every person regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion or national origin, to be secure and protected from fear, intimidation, harassment and bodily injury caused by the activities of groups and individuals. It is not the intent of this section to interfere with the exercise of rights protected by the constitution of the United States. The general assembly recognizes the constitutional right of every citizen to harbor and express beliefs on any subject whatsoever and to associate with others who share similar beliefs. The general assembly further finds that the advocacy of unlawful acts by groups or individuals against other persons or groups for the purpose of inciting and provoking damage to property and bodily injury or death to persons is not constitutionally protected, poses a threat to public order and safety, and should be subject to criminal sanctions.
(b) A person commits the offense of intimidating others from exercising civil rights who:
(1) Injures or threatens to injure or coerces another person with the intent to unlawfully intimidate another from the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured by the constitution or laws of the state of Tennessee;
(2) Injures or threatens to injure or coerces another person with the intent to unlawfully intimidate another because that other exercised any right or privilege secured by the constitution or laws of the United States or the constitution or laws of the state of Tennessee;
(3) Damages, destroys or defaces any real or personal property of another person with the intent to unlawfully intimidate another from the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured by the constitution or laws of the state of Tennessee; or
(4) Damages, destroys or defaces any real or personal property of another person with the intent to unlawfully intimidate another because that other exercised any right or privilege secured by the constitution or laws of the United States or the constitution or laws of the state of Tennessee.
*****(c) IT IS AN OFFENSE FOR A PERSON TO WEAR A MASK OR DISGUISE WITH THE INTENT TO VIOLATE SUBSECTION (b).*****
(d) A violation of subsection (b) is a Class D felony. A violation of subsection (c) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(e) The penalties provided in this section for intimidating others from exercising civil rights do not preclude victims from seeking any other remedies, criminal or civil, otherwise available under law.
Friday, June 27, 2014
The Truth about Tothian
There is a man in the RLSH community going by the name Tothian, a man I have known now for two and half years. I once called this man a friend and he even helped Mystery Man and I out when we were going through financial troubles - which we did not ask him to do - but then he threw it in our faces. So if this man ever offers to send you some money, no matter how much he says he wants to send, I would advise not taking it. I helped him as best I could build up his forum called the Heroes Network by linking it on my craigslist ads, my blog, and my Twitter account. I told any new RLSH I met about the site. There were times when he would talk about shutting down his forum and I would talk him out of it thinking that we needed his forum. Before he deleted me from his forum he started using Icons on there I had found for my forum. When I found out my grandma had lung cancer he called and talked to her and was praying for her and wished her well. Now Tothian says that he does not wear a mask, but that is a false statement on his part for he does wear a mask but one that can not be seen. He wears a mask of false friendship and kindness. I pray you to allow me to tell about the real man behind this mask, to tell you the truth about the man whom calls himself Tothian.
Tothian will start out being a nice guy and all, but get to know him, in time you will see that is not who he really is. He slow shows his true colors. He will start making little harmless jokes about you even though you will not like the jokes you will over look them cause you think they are all in good fun but then he starts doing this in front of other with out any regard how it will make you look to others. Tothian will also ask you not to do things and sometimes chew you out for doing things but then will turn around and to them himself. This is that mask just starting to crack. After that he will began to do things to make himself feel big and you feel small, then when you try to talk to him about it he will just tell you to quit acting like a little girl or he will try to blame it on his OCD which he uses as a crutch to try and justify his bad behavior. There was this one time he was trying to make me look foolish in his chat room so I left and went to mine and others moved to my chat room. He then accused me of turning people against him, when truth be told if he wants to see who is turning people against him he needs only to look in a mirror.
On his Forum the Heroes Network he calls himself the President when he was not elected to that position and acts more like a power mad dictator if it was not for his (at the time) live in girlfriend and Vice president Showstopper his forum would not be what it is now. Now what did Showstopper get for all this? A place to stay and how did he treat her? Like crap that is how. I have heard him yell and carry on at her and tell her I want you the **** out of my house. When I would talk to him he would talk about calling the cops to get her out of his house. He was going to throw her out one time and he found her writing a suicide note saying not to blame Tothian that she was the one at fault. This guy does not do patrols at night any more when the crimes really go done ne he has it in his head that any time you go out that is a patrol and he says the reason he does not go out any more is because of Showstopper.
When I made my own forum the Heroes Alliance that stressed him out - the guy claiming to want to make more leaders then followers. Said I was going to split the community then he tried to tell me that since I made my forum that he could shut his down and send ShowStopper back to her abusive parent's home where she would likely kill herself and that that blood would be on my hands and I quickly told him what that was bull crap. That is how he treated others on his forum like my childhood friend and partner in crime-fighting Mystery Man. I brought Mystery Man to the Heroes Network for a while he and I where moderators on there and thing where great. Then we started to notice things about Tothian. Things such as how any one he did not like he would call them evil and a villain but he never said it in a post he would only say this about them in chats or on the phone so that there was no proof of him saying it. Then he would also delete people off the forum over small things like calling him by this name on FaceBook or cutting his name short and these where people who where going out there and going after the criminals in their areas of operation. One other thing, Tothian would like to do is try to get me to prank call others in the community and after bugging to do one I finally did just to get him to finally leave me alone about it. Now Mystery Man a number of times wanted to leave the Heroes Network and every time I would talk him out of it is only now that I was wrong to do so. There was one time that Mystery Man said that he would no longer take part in the conference calls cause all we did on there was shoot the breeze and that was true that is all we did but cause Mystery Man posted that Tothian took Mystery Man's Moderator status away and I tried to speak out against it and for that my Moderator status was taken and it was then I made the Heroes Alliance.
After a time Tothian talked me in to abandon the Forum I had made and return to his promising that he would stop and would try to do better as a forum leader but it did not take long for him to not just go back to his old self but worse then before. Now Tothian has it in his mind that he is the Arch Angel Michel in human form and he has said this often, but I never believed it nor will I ever but cause I finally told him this he saw fit to loose his venom on me saying that because I do not believe he is the arch angel that that shows faithlessness. Then this man says that because I call myself Dark ghost that that name opens doors and until I abandon my dark faithless ways more bad will happen to me. Now like I have said before I have a grandma who we found out is fighting cancer and he says this to me like my name is the reason she has cancer. Now since my faith was bought up allow my to clear this up. I have faith in GOD and that he sent he one and only son Jesus Christ in to this world who was born of a virgin to die on the cross so that my sins could me wash away. I am PROUD to have Christ in my heart and in my life and I know that when my day of judgment comes that my name will be in the Lamb's Book of Life. Now as for Tothian I told him that he has no right to judge me which he has denied doing but because he was judging me based on my name that he was no better then another RLSH whom was doing the same thing only a few months ago. With that Tothian commanded me in the name of Jesus to leave the community and to stop talking to all the people I had met thanks to him. Well I am not going anywhere I am here to stay for it was God that lead me to this path and it is God and only God that can take me off of this path and as for not talking to those I have met thanks to him well he has no say who I can and can not talk to.
Now this just thing that I have experienced with him I have talked to a another RLSH by the name of Knight Hawk who has told me that Tothian has called her late at night after she has asked him not to call that late; when he did he woke everyone in her home and did not care and even mocked her for not being able to have calls at all hours of the night so she asked him to never call or text her again. Well Tothian kept contacting her and she reported him to the police and they told him to leave her alone or they would file a warrant for his arrest and have him form his area to hers to face charges of harassment. He texted her yet again asking her if she was a villain for calling the cops on him and she again went to the police who gave him a final warning and Tothian said "Bring it on." I remember one time Tothian and I were talking about what is the cops started arresting RLSH he told me that he would kill himself before he would let the cops take him in and then he tells a cop to bring it on when he is warned to leave a female RLSH alone or they will issue a warrant for his arrest. Now me I have Tothian block on both Twitter and Facebook but he is still able to see my posts so that means that he has another account set up to spy on others with or that he has some telling him when I make post about him. Geist told Polarman that Tothian was calling the landline all hours of the night when he was told only call the cellphone because the family needed to keep that line open incase the hospital called with news of a family member in case the member takes a turn for the worst Geist never gave Tothian that number he looked up Geist's real name then got them out of the phonebook.
Now Tothian is a man that will ask you to respect his privacy and boundaries but yet when it comes to your own privacy and boundaries he could not care less to the point that he has sexually harassed female RLSH and tries to push his sick foot fetish on to just about everyone that he talks to. Tothian is also the kind of man who thinks just cause he says it makes it true. He even went as far to tell someone that he will no longer talk to them cause this person has contenued to talk to me and telling people who are on my friends list on Facebook to block me and if they do not then he blockes them. Now I am not write this for any other reason but to show Tothian's true colors. Forget about all the forums and all that junk, heck forget the whole blasted community for right now as a matter of fact. Now I have no plans to publish this unless Tothian start trying to say I am evil, calls me a villain or reviles my true identy and info which would be putting me and my friends and family in danger.
In the time since he and I have parted ways he has been making up lies about me. Here is one lie Tothain is trying to spread about me. He is telling people that I treated my ex-girlfriend badly and he knows damn well that is a lie. Since he is spreading that lie please allow me to tell you the truth about me and Lonestar. I moved to Florida to be with her leave my family, friends, and a job I had for a year and a half. Well when I first got there things were great for a week so then I started looking for a job that that is when she started treating me like a piece of shit no matter what I did it was never good enough for her. Then I got a job and she just got worse even though I bought her any thing she ever asked of me. The was this one time I was really bad sick. I tried to get up and go to the bathroom but my leg gave out and I tried to make it on my hands and knees but sadly I did not I puked and shit all over the hallway then went to the bathroom. Her father forced her to take me to the ER and he helped me to the car and on the way there all she did was bitch cause we had to replace the carpet. A few weeks later after I had gotten better she called saying she had a blow out on the way home from work so I went to help her. I got there but all she did was yell and curse at me but I still went to changing her tire and she then started yelling and cursing at me even more. Well this guy she knew from work "just happened" to live right there he show up and she as sweet as can be with a big smile on her face says " Oh hi Josh" she turns to me and says "Ok you can go home now." I later found out that while she and I were together she was cheating on me with this Josh guy. Tothian knows all of this yet he chooses to lie and say I treated her badly.
Now all that you have read above are first and secound experiences, but now do a search for him on the net and you find some of his misdeeds and proof of his ego out in cyberspace. Below is what I have found about him on the internet and had I researched him sooner I would not have ever had a conversation with the this man and I would not have definded him like I once did.
Tothian has it in his head that he is the Archangel Micheal in human forum well lets look at that starting with the Ten Commandments and see just how many this "archangel in human forum" has broken.
1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.
2.Thou shalt not make unto three any graven image.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Well if any one has even known Tothian for a good while we know that he has broken this commandment. He is always saying "God damn it" and "Jesus Christ" when he in angry, frustrated, or up set.
4. Remember the Sabbath day. To keep it holy.
The Sabbath day is Saturday that is in the Bible which is the word of god. Tothian has it in his head the Sunday is the Sabbath day. So if Tothian is treating Sunday and not Saturday as the Sabbath day then how is he keeping the Sabbath day holy?
5. Honor thy father and thy mother.
Well when ShowStopper first moved in with he says he kept her hide in his room for a few days. Now he lives in Mom and Dads home and he did not tell them about her living there that is not honoring then.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Well again anyone that has known Tothian long enough knows that he has broken this commandment. he has talked about his one night stands he has had and he is not married to Showstopper and he has talked him and her and their foot fetish . How he like to smell and lick Showstopper;s feet and one time he was saying how she sound like a mature women while they were in the act.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou Shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Well we Tothian has done this like the lie he told about Dark Ghost treating an ex-girl badly when he knows himself that is a lie and has, before he and Dark Ghost parted ways, told people the it was the girl that treated him badly.
10. Thou shalt not covet.
Well Frank Castel and his King Solomen sword he saw that and said : oh you have one of those I want one of those I have always wanted one of those"
Now that is six out of the ten Commandments that Tothian has broken now if he was truly the archangel Michael in human form he would not have broken even one of these commandments but I just showed you that he has broken six of them. Now I am not perfect I have broken one or two of the commandments before and I have asked Father God in Heaven to forgive me and with every prayer I still do.
Now you would think that an "archangel in human form" would know the Bible and would not put himself in Jesus' place in the Bible. Well Tothian has done just that by say that he is going to lead the rebel Christens in a battle against the Anti-Christ and that he is going cast the Anti-Christ in to the lake of fire' Well in the Bible in the Book of Revelation chapter 10 verse 10 through 14 "And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful." The in Relelation chapter 19 verse 11 though 21 it says "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh."
On urbandictionary.com when you seach his name the first thing that you will see is that he has post himself that he is the leader of the real life superheroes. Now I always thought that a true leader lead by example. Tothian is not the leader the RLSH as the RLSH has not real leader but if Tothian thinks himself a leader then I dare say that he is a piss poor leader I mean his you look at your history any leader who acted like Tothian does was rebaled against and over thrown by the very people they lead.
On superheroeslives.com Tothian wrote that he definds freedom well that is what he claims but if you are on his forum Heroes Network then you will see that is not the case cause as I have said earlier he wants things his way but yet he again puts on the mask of a good leader by acting like he will hear you out but then he feeds you a load of bull about why that is a bad idea and then also is you speak out against something he has done that you do not agree with then will start doing what he can to embarassing you in front of others and the more you disagree with him the worst he gets till he starts lashing out at you. So I ask where is the freedom on his forum?
On z-thetribe.blogspot.com I learned that Tothian made treats to call another RLSH's place of work and make false claims the this RLSH had plains to report to work and shoot up the place. Here is a quote between Tothian and this other RLSH."You're fat and you're a faggot. That's why you have to post so many pics with you and all the women you meet. If you don't be my friend, I'll tell everyone you're a nut with a gun who wants to shoot everybody."
On the RLSH.net aother RLSH who has been around for a long time in the community and has worked with and hung out with him said "Tothian has a history of mental illness, manipulating others, attention seeking and highly irrational behavior. He gains people's trust and uses personal information from private conversations to create drama and controversy." This can be seen on page two of the thread Big Announcement. I would have to say that in my time knowing Tothian I now see what this person mean and I completely agree with them.
If you are reading this that means I have learned one, two, or all of these things has happened and if Tothian has given out my infomation then below you will find all that I have leaned about him no matter how small it may be.
Real Name: On File
Home Address: On File
Home Phone #On File
Cell Phone # On File
The home he live in was built in 1976 and is a 2118 square foot property class 2 home that sites on lot number 4 and is owned by Emery R and Barbara
Toth. It was sold to them on 10-25-1989 for $49500.00
Also to read what all he did to his Ex girlfriend just check out her own blog post about him http://showstopper-reverend.blogspot.com/2014/06/what-happened-to-me-aka-truth-about.html
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Murderd Street Woman
Melissa Michelle Ward
Case Number: 04-087386
Race: White
Sex: Female
DOB: 04-12-1971
Age: 33
Height: 5’1”
Weight: 90
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Case Status: Unsolved
On 11-02-04 Melissa Michelle Ward was reported missing to the Chattanooga Police Department.
Ms. Ward had been arrested in the past on prostitution and drug charges and her death may have been related to association with criminals
Missy was last seen on 10-29-04 at about 1900 hours, when she got into a late model red Ford Pick-up Truck with a white camper top, at the BI-Lo parking lot on 23rd Street. The drive of the vehicle was described as a W/M, salt and pepper hair, in his 50’s. Missy was last seen wearing a blue dress and no shoes.
On December 05, 2004 the decomposed body of Melissa Ward was found on Cash Canyon Road.
From the News Channel 3 web site
HAMILTON COUNTY, TN. (WRCB) -- A man charged with raping two young girls this summer is being looked at in connection with a murder from six years ago.
Earlier this month 46-year-old Christopher Johnson was charged with allegedly raping and kidnapping a relative and one of her friends.
Channel 3 and our partners at the Times Free Press have learned from multiple sources that Johnson has been interviewed in connection with the murder of Melissa 'Missy' Ward.
Ward's remains were found in a remote area of Lookout Valley in 2004. Her case went cold until two weeks ago when the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office suddenly reopened it.
Dawn Johnson says she was shocked to learn her sister's 6-year-old murder case was not only reopened, but that detectives interviewed a man she's never heard of before.
"She looked up to me," Johnson says. "She would say all the time that she wanted to be like me."
The last few weeks have been bittersweet for Johnson.
"I'm excited because hopefully we'll have closure," she says. "Hopefully they'll catch the person that did this."
Two weeks ago, after receiving new information, detectives searched the area off Cash Canyon Road where Ward's remains were found in 2004.
Johnson says investigators told her in 2004 they were looking for a serial killer.
"They were telling us it could be a serial killer," she says.
The Sheriff's Office won't officially go that far. Johnson says her sister had a drug problem and one prostitution arrest in Hamilton County, but that shouldn't matter.
"She didn't die because she was a prostitute or a drug addict," Johnson says. "She died because she was with the wrong person."
After two days of searching the woods again, detectives pulled out. Sheriff Hammond won't say exactly what someone said that led them back to the original crime scene.
"There's some sensitive information that we need to keep quiet about for the case," Hammond says. "We can't comment."
Although the sheriff's office won't officially name a suspect, Channel 3 has learned from multiple sources that Christopher Johnson has been interviewed in connection with the murder.
To Dawn Johnson it's all still an unfolding mystery. She just wants to know what happened.
"You see on TV people say 'why'," Johnson says. "You think, 'that's so crazy', but I want to know why she was targeted."
Johnson says her sister was last seen getting into a red pick-up truck outside a grocery story.
Christopher Johnson appeared in court two weeks ago on his latest charges, he is still in custody.
From the Chattanoogan.com site
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office investigators are looking into new evidence involving the 2004 murder of Melissa Ward. They are also searching for the possiiblity of additional bodies near where that of Ms. Ward was found in the Tennessee River Gorge. On Thursday, prisoners helped clear a wooded area at the search site.
On Dec. 5, 2004, bones were located at 1580 Cash Canyon Road in a wooded area that were later identified through a forensic examination as belonging to Ms. Ward.
The victim had been reported missing by her family to law enforcement on Nov. 2, 2004.
Authorities said, "A ground search is being conducted of the area where Melissa Ward’s remains were located in December 2004. Interviews with persons of interest are being conducted by investigators in an attempt to bring closure to this active homicide investigation."
The body had been found by attorney Bryan Hoss in a remote area off Cash Canyon Road.
A month later, then-Sheriff John Cupp said it was that of 33-year-old Melissa Michelle Ward.
He said Ms. Ward had been arrested in the past on prostitution and drug charges. He said her death may have been related to association with criminals.
Sheriff Cupp said she had been murdered.
Attorney Hoss and his wife were looking at a lot near the Tennessee River that was for sale.
Case Number: 04-087386
Race: White
Sex: Female
DOB: 04-12-1971
Age: 33
Height: 5’1”
Weight: 90
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Case Status: Unsolved
On 11-02-04 Melissa Michelle Ward was reported missing to the Chattanooga Police Department.
Ms. Ward had been arrested in the past on prostitution and drug charges and her death may have been related to association with criminals
Missy was last seen on 10-29-04 at about 1900 hours, when she got into a late model red Ford Pick-up Truck with a white camper top, at the BI-Lo parking lot on 23rd Street. The drive of the vehicle was described as a W/M, salt and pepper hair, in his 50’s. Missy was last seen wearing a blue dress and no shoes.
On December 05, 2004 the decomposed body of Melissa Ward was found on Cash Canyon Road.
From the News Channel 3 web site
HAMILTON COUNTY, TN. (WRCB) -- A man charged with raping two young girls this summer is being looked at in connection with a murder from six years ago.
Earlier this month 46-year-old Christopher Johnson was charged with allegedly raping and kidnapping a relative and one of her friends.
Channel 3 and our partners at the Times Free Press have learned from multiple sources that Johnson has been interviewed in connection with the murder of Melissa 'Missy' Ward.
Ward's remains were found in a remote area of Lookout Valley in 2004. Her case went cold until two weeks ago when the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office suddenly reopened it.
Dawn Johnson says she was shocked to learn her sister's 6-year-old murder case was not only reopened, but that detectives interviewed a man she's never heard of before.
"She looked up to me," Johnson says. "She would say all the time that she wanted to be like me."
The last few weeks have been bittersweet for Johnson.
"I'm excited because hopefully we'll have closure," she says. "Hopefully they'll catch the person that did this."
Two weeks ago, after receiving new information, detectives searched the area off Cash Canyon Road where Ward's remains were found in 2004.
Johnson says investigators told her in 2004 they were looking for a serial killer."They were telling us it could be a serial killer," she says.
The Sheriff's Office won't officially go that far. Johnson says her sister had a drug problem and one prostitution arrest in Hamilton County, but that shouldn't matter.
"She didn't die because she was a prostitute or a drug addict," Johnson says. "She died because she was with the wrong person."
After two days of searching the woods again, detectives pulled out. Sheriff Hammond won't say exactly what someone said that led them back to the original crime scene.
"There's some sensitive information that we need to keep quiet about for the case," Hammond says. "We can't comment."
Although the sheriff's office won't officially name a suspect, Channel 3 has learned from multiple sources that Christopher Johnson has been interviewed in connection with the murder.
To Dawn Johnson it's all still an unfolding mystery. She just wants to know what happened.
"You see on TV people say 'why'," Johnson says. "You think, 'that's so crazy', but I want to know why she was targeted."
Johnson says her sister was last seen getting into a red pick-up truck outside a grocery story.
Christopher Johnson appeared in court two weeks ago on his latest charges, he is still in custody.
From the Chattanoogan.com site
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office investigators are looking into new evidence involving the 2004 murder of Melissa Ward. They are also searching for the possiiblity of additional bodies near where that of Ms. Ward was found in the Tennessee River Gorge. On Thursday, prisoners helped clear a wooded area at the search site.
On Dec. 5, 2004, bones were located at 1580 Cash Canyon Road in a wooded area that were later identified through a forensic examination as belonging to Ms. Ward.
The victim had been reported missing by her family to law enforcement on Nov. 2, 2004.
Authorities said, "A ground search is being conducted of the area where Melissa Ward’s remains were located in December 2004. Interviews with persons of interest are being conducted by investigators in an attempt to bring closure to this active homicide investigation."
The body had been found by attorney Bryan Hoss in a remote area off Cash Canyon Road. A month later, then-Sheriff John Cupp said it was that of 33-year-old Melissa Michelle Ward.
He said Ms. Ward had been arrested in the past on prostitution and drug charges. He said her death may have been related to association with criminals.
Sheriff Cupp said she had been murdered.
Attorney Hoss and his wife were looking at a lot near the Tennessee River that was for sale.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Missing From Chattanooga Tennessee
Name: Nely Velasquez Diaz
Date of Birth: June 30th, 2004
Age Went Missing: 5
Date Went Missing: March 5th, 2010
Age Now: 10
Gender: Female
Race: Hispanic
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Missing From: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Details: Nely was abducted by her non-custodial mother. They may be in the company of an adult male and possibly heading to Guatemala, Mexico the picture above was digitally altered to show what she might look like today.
Date of Birth: August 23rd 1973
Age Went Missing: 15
Date Went Missing: March 16th 1986
Age Now: 41
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Missing From: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Details: Tonnetta was last seen walking home from City High School at approximately 2:55 p.m. on March 16, 1989 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was headed to her family's residence in the 600 block of Hamilton Avenue at the time. A witness observed Carlisle's abduction approximately one-half block from Carlisle's home at approximately 3:00 p.m. A woman on Ruth Street near Hamilton Avenue glanced up the hill and watched Carlisle walking down the street. Several unidentified suspects jumped out of a tan and yellow van, forcibly pulled Carlisle inside the vehicle and then drove away. The witness told authorities that she and her husband chased the vehicle and called law enforcement with its license number. Carlisle's mother filed a missing child report with authorities eight hours later when her daughter failed to return home. The two cases were not connected for some time. The license number of the vehicle involved in the abduction was traced back to Jeffrey Jones. Jones had been released from prison for a rape conviction shortly before Carlisle disappeared. He committed suicide and was found deceased inside his van on March 18, 1989, two days after Carlisle was last seen. There has been no trace of her since that time. Tonnetta enjoys pizza and fast food items. She liked rap music and the musical artist Bobby Brown at the time of her 1989 disappearance. Her case remains unsolved. Eyes Brown Hair Black Sex female. Now Foul play has been suspected in this case.
Name: Francis D. Cownover
Date of Birth: March 21, 1953
Age Went Missing: 34
Date Went Missing: November 26, 1987
Age Now: 61
Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Hazel
Missing From: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Crownover was reported missing by her boyfriend with whom she had been living with in Hamilton County, Tennessee, for one month, on December 4, 1987. He claimed on November 26, 1987, they went to bed together and when he woke up the next morning, she was missing. He also stated he checked with her friends and no one else had seen her either.
She left a note saying she would call, but she never did. Crownover left all her clothes and most of her personal items at Duenas’s house. She had also left her vehicle, but took $200.00.
Name: Paula Michelle Burnette
September 21, 1996, Bobby Caudill, Paula's father, reports Paula missing and indicates that she was last seen on September 17, 1996 about 6:00 a.m. October 1996, Paula Burnette's driver's license was found in the 9500 block of Harrison Bay Road, Harrison, Tennessee. Two months after she was last seen, her estranged husband, Donald Ray Burnette, took an Amsouth branch bank manager and her family hostage. After driving them around the countryside all night, he forced the woman to rob her own bank. A month later, Donald Ray Burnette and an accomplice, James Travis White, were arrested. April 1997, Paula Burnette's purse/address book washed into a Chattanooga home's backyard in the Tyner community. July 1997, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, the Hamilton County STARS, and the Volunteer Special Tactics and Rescue Services group, searched the old Savannah Valley Water Plant.
Crownover was reported missing by her boyfriend with whom she had been living with in Hamilton County, Tennessee, for one month, on December 4, 1987. He claimed on November 26, 1987, they went to bed together and when he woke up the next morning, she was missing. He also stated he checked with her friends and no one else had seen her either.
She left a note saying she would call, but she never did. Crownover left all her clothes and most of her personal items at Duenas’s house. She had also left her vehicle, but took $200.00.
Date of Birth: June 15, 1975
Age Went Missing: 21
Date Went Missing: September 17, 1996
Age Now: 39
Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Missing From: Chattanooga, Tennessee
September 21, 1996, Bobby Caudill, Paula's father, reports Paula missing and indicates that she was last seen on September 17, 1996 about 6:00 a.m. October 1996, Paula Burnette's driver's license was found in the 9500 block of Harrison Bay Road, Harrison, Tennessee. Two months after she was last seen, her estranged husband, Donald Ray Burnette, took an Amsouth branch bank manager and her family hostage. After driving them around the countryside all night, he forced the woman to rob her own bank. A month later, Donald Ray Burnette and an accomplice, James Travis White, were arrested. April 1997, Paula Burnette's purse/address book washed into a Chattanooga home's backyard in the Tyner community. July 1997, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, the Hamilton County STARS, and the Volunteer Special Tactics and Rescue Services group, searched the old Savannah Valley Water Plant.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Murder of Warren Ransom Body on Hooker Rd.
Warren Ransom was a single dad with tow sons, was well liked by his friends and neighbors and everyone in the neighborhood knew him. He even ran a candy store out of his home, Now Warren was not in a gang fact of the matter was that he disliked gang activity. Due to one son having to have special care due being hit by a car a few years ago he was also a stay at home father even sold weed to make ends meet because the help and aid provided was not enough to see that his kids had what they needed and make ends meet. this past Saturday he was found dead around 4:30 pm on 1200 Hooker Road an area known to be a gang territory namely the Bloods if I remember correctly. He was spotted by a driver.Pieces of white paint or plastic were on a nearby fence, and it appeared that a vehicle had wrecked into the fence. Police said the victim's white 2003 Chevrolet Impala was found behind a business at 1401 E. 34th St. It had damage as though it had been in a wreck. A large amount of blood was in the vehicle. The stereo was missing.. His car and cell turned up at A1 towing; it had been abandoned on Washington Ave. At first he looked as he had been beaten but once he was on the autopsy table it was discovered he had been shot in the head. Now some one had to have seen or heard something around that area. Now Mr. Ransom was last see Friday at his home then that fallowing Sunday was found dead. The was a good man stuck live in a bad area. Please is you saw, heard, or know anything that can help close this case and give his sons a little peace by knowing the person that killed their father is met justice contact the Chattanooga Police or me at my email dark.ghost.0001@gmail.com , facebook, or twitter which the links for are on the side. THE KILLER HAS BEEN ARRESTED Justice has been served.
The man is named Marcus Birt. It was an act of God that this case was solved. While he has not been officially charged...the gun and Marcus Birt's bloody clothing has been recovered. A witness said on the day the body was found that Birt was seen with a small silver firearm and he had blood on the back of his shirt and on his hands. The witness said Birt was limping. He said Birt made the statement that he was "grazed." The witness said Birt was trying to sell a car CD player, but was unable to sell it. The face from the CD player was then discarded. Police retrieved the CD player face. Police said they believe that Birt took the CD player out of the blood-covered car after killing the victim. Birt was arrested for robbery in 2002 and again in 2011. He got three-year sentences both times. Birt was arrested on Monday at his home on East 34th Street but was not charged until Thursday by the Chattanooga Police Fugitive Unit along with U.S. Marshals.
He faces charges of
- Criminal Homicide
- Especially Aggravated Robbery
- Unlawful Possession of Firearm
Theory : People are saying it was three guys. They beat him up really bad and they made him get in his car and was forcing him at gun point to drive to his house where they planned to rob him and then kill anyone inside the apartment. When Warren got to Hooker Rd he jerked his wheel and intentionally wrecked his car. When he jerked the wheel of the car Marcus Birt panicked and shot him.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Dark Ghost Journal 1/7/2014
Dark Ghost Journal 1/7/2014
I now have a new cell and I went ahead and got a smart phone one of those androids. I have found that I was silly not to have gotten on sooner as them seem to be a lot more useful to my then the basic flip open cell phone. I have found a lot of useful apps that are free and I have yet to look at those that cost money to get but I soon will but as for the free ones I have now downloaded. Scanner radio which allows my to listen to the Chattanooga Police Department and the to a source I have in the department I have the codes they use on the radio all he ask was to a meeting of the two of us which after to more privet things have been settled I have promised to keep. Another app I have gotten is the Voice translator. Now what this does is the is I meet someone who does not speak English I just activate this app and select the language I need and then speak in to the phone and the phone then repeats what I said in the selected language. The final app I have downloaded it called Mobile Patrol. Now the Mobile Patrol add is great as it has news feeds, alerts, inmates search, NCMEC link for Tennessee, shows who has warrants on them, shows the Most wanted for the Hamilton county, and let me give a crime tip no matter were I am in the city. Now the phone came with some very useful apps on it also. A camera , a sound recorder, a Flashlight app. and the Google search app that can search by voice command. All these apps have a use on my phone and those that do not I plain on deleting so that I can free up space for when I find more useful apps to make me a more effective crime fighter and detective for the people that call Chattanooga Tennessee home for as long as I give them my best then I have not failed.
I now have a new cell and I went ahead and got a smart phone one of those androids. I have found that I was silly not to have gotten on sooner as them seem to be a lot more useful to my then the basic flip open cell phone. I have found a lot of useful apps that are free and I have yet to look at those that cost money to get but I soon will but as for the free ones I have now downloaded. Scanner radio which allows my to listen to the Chattanooga Police Department and the to a source I have in the department I have the codes they use on the radio all he ask was to a meeting of the two of us which after to more privet things have been settled I have promised to keep. Another app I have gotten is the Voice translator. Now what this does is the is I meet someone who does not speak English I just activate this app and select the language I need and then speak in to the phone and the phone then repeats what I said in the selected language. The final app I have downloaded it called Mobile Patrol. Now the Mobile Patrol add is great as it has news feeds, alerts, inmates search, NCMEC link for Tennessee, shows who has warrants on them, shows the Most wanted for the Hamilton county, and let me give a crime tip no matter were I am in the city. Now the phone came with some very useful apps on it also. A camera , a sound recorder, a Flashlight app. and the Google search app that can search by voice command. All these apps have a use on my phone and those that do not I plain on deleting so that I can free up space for when I find more useful apps to make me a more effective crime fighter and detective for the people that call Chattanooga Tennessee home for as long as I give them my best then I have not failed.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Tennesse Weapons Laws
Tennessee is not a traditional open carry state. However, Tennessee is a shall-issue state that issues a carry permit that allows both open and concealed carry. Articel I section 26 of the state constitution states that the citizens of this State have a right to keep and to bear arms for their common defense; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime.
Pepper Spray is completely legal in Tennessee and has no restrictions what so ever.
The laws in Tennessee are mostly silent on Tasers and stun guns. This means that the weapons are largely unregulated and legal to possess.
Batons are perfectly legal to own in TN, and they are also legal to carry, but in that case you are required to have training under state law and proof of that training
Tennessee's criminal code provides the following exception to the crime of carrying a concealed weapon: "(9) By any person possessing a club or baton who holds a certificate that the person has had training in the use of a club or baton for self-defense that is valid and issued by a certified person authorized to give training in the use of clubs or batons,"
May 17, 2013: Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed SB1015 today making Tennessee the Seventh state to enact Knife Rights most important legislative initiative, Knife Law Preemption.
SB1051, sponsored by Senator Mike Bell and with its companion bill, HB0581, sponsored by Representative Vance Dennis, repeals all existing local knife laws on the books in Tennessee and prevents cities and towns from enacting any new knife laws more restrictive than state law. The original bills also addressed those state laws by including a repeal on the ban on switchblades, dirks, daggers, stilettos and knives over four inches in length, but because of petty political reasons that section was stripped from the bill. The preemption section that remained and has now been signed into law is arguably more important and a huge step in the right direction. However, Knife Rights is committed to passing commonsense repeal of the ban on these knives next year.
Pepper Spray is completely legal in Tennessee and has no restrictions what so ever.
The laws in Tennessee are mostly silent on Tasers and stun guns. This means that the weapons are largely unregulated and legal to possess.
Batons are perfectly legal to own in TN, and they are also legal to carry, but in that case you are required to have training under state law and proof of that training
Tennessee's criminal code provides the following exception to the crime of carrying a concealed weapon: "(9) By any person possessing a club or baton who holds a certificate that the person has had training in the use of a club or baton for self-defense that is valid and issued by a certified person authorized to give training in the use of clubs or batons,"
May 17, 2013: Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed SB1015 today making Tennessee the Seventh state to enact Knife Rights most important legislative initiative, Knife Law Preemption.
SB1051, sponsored by Senator Mike Bell and with its companion bill, HB0581, sponsored by Representative Vance Dennis, repeals all existing local knife laws on the books in Tennessee and prevents cities and towns from enacting any new knife laws more restrictive than state law. The original bills also addressed those state laws by including a repeal on the ban on switchblades, dirks, daggers, stilettos and knives over four inches in length, but because of petty political reasons that section was stripped from the bill. The preemption section that remained and has now been signed into law is arguably more important and a huge step in the right direction. However, Knife Rights is committed to passing commonsense repeal of the ban on these knives next year.
Important/Relevant Gun Laws
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What is Illegal to Own Tennessee Code § 39-17-1302 makes it illegal to own a switchblade knife or any other implement for the infliction of serious bodily injury or death, which has no common lawful purpose. Restrictions on Carry
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Monday, August 12, 2013
Dark Ghost Journal Monday August 12th, 2013
Dark Ghost Journal Monday August 12th, 2013
Just got back from patrol. It was it a rainy night in the city of Chattanooga Tennessee. The threat of a storm was present as thunder and lightning filled the air. I may found a drug dealer and his prime location for selling his poison saw he was at this truck stop/gas station for some time holding his back pack stayed on his cell phone telling some one his location man showed up talked to him look like the exchanged something got a good look at the guy with the back pack. White, very short brown hair with receding hair line, goatee, average height and build ride a blue sports motorcycle. Talk to a few people in the store the say he is there almost ever night buys gas and hangs around out side a lot. I must investigate further next time I am down there I will take my camera so that I can take some photos for evidence and try telling him to his source. Also found a back road that connects two of my patrol areas. I will use the back road to save time on patrols. Also found a man having to ride his bicycle from work to his home across to the other side of town it was about to storm so I gave him a ride home put his bicycle in the back seat of the car was worried it was not going to go in at first but I manage to get it in.
Just got back from patrol. It was it a rainy night in the city of Chattanooga Tennessee. The threat of a storm was present as thunder and lightning filled the air. I may found a drug dealer and his prime location for selling his poison saw he was at this truck stop/gas station for some time holding his back pack stayed on his cell phone telling some one his location man showed up talked to him look like the exchanged something got a good look at the guy with the back pack. White, very short brown hair with receding hair line, goatee, average height and build ride a blue sports motorcycle. Talk to a few people in the store the say he is there almost ever night buys gas and hangs around out side a lot. I must investigate further next time I am down there I will take my camera so that I can take some photos for evidence and try telling him to his source. Also found a back road that connects two of my patrol areas. I will use the back road to save time on patrols. Also found a man having to ride his bicycle from work to his home across to the other side of town it was about to storm so I gave him a ride home put his bicycle in the back seat of the car was worried it was not going to go in at first but I manage to get it in.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Jameika Porch a Life cut too Short
Age: (at disappearance) 4 years
Height: 3'6"
Weight: 38 lbs
Build: Medium
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Sandy
Race: Black
Missing from: Chattanooga, TN
Date Missing: 8-14-94
Jameika Porch was abducted from her grandmother’s home in Chattanooga, Tennessee at 1708 Tunnel Boulevard. in the middle of the night on August 14, 1994. She had been sleeping in the same bed as her eight-year-old cousin when someone came in and carried her out through the window, without waking her cousin. Tim Carroll of the Chattanooga Police Department says they initially looked at it as a missing person case, and a possible abduction. "The grandmother woke up, and the child was missing, she thought, she just assumed that her daughter had come to pick the child up." Chattanooga police immediately launched an all out search for the girl, using dogs, and search and rescue teams. Investigators later learned that Jameika had actually disappeared from her bedroom sometime in the early morning hours of August 14th. The girl's aunt, who also lived there, heard noises in the house around 5 or 6 in the morning. Whoever took Jameika may have come in through the back door, where a window payne could be removed near the door knob. Police say it was a well known way to get into the house if you didn't have a key. In the days and months that followed, national exposure of the case brought in tips from across the country. Despite the information, the searching, and help from others like the F.B.I., none of the leads panned out. Then on October 21st, 1999 A worker from a tree trimming service had found it at 1548 Riverside Drive, at the Riverside Industrial Park. Police brought in Cadaver dogs to start searching the area. The next day, a class from the Chattanooga Police Academy helped find the rest of the remains. Authorities have recovered about 60 percent of the skeleton with the help of cadaver dogs, he said. "Given that the bones may have been there for five years, that's about what you'd expect," he said. "Bones can be displaced over time by dogs and other animals or flooding," he added D-N-A proves it was the body of Jameika Porch, according to Police Lt. Tim Carroll. "It was ruled a homicide. It was a ligature strangulation, and you know, that's terrible a 4 year old, a 4 year old child being murdered that way." All these years, the big question remains: who killed Jameika Porch. Police have potential suspects, but not enough to make an arrest. That's why Lt. Carroll says investigators need your help. Genetic experts are testing a skeleton discovered two miles from where a pajama-clad girl disappeared from her grandmother's house five years ago to determine if it is the missing child, police said. A Hamilton County forensic anthropologist has determined that the bones belonged to a 4- or 5-year-old child of African descent, and the bones have been sent to a private lab for verification, said Chattanooga police spokesman Ed Buice.
UPDATE:
I finally got a tip on this case via email on this case. The tipster told me that they was at someone's home and was told that young Jameika Porch was sold to settle a drug debt. Now I would like to find and talk to the girls mother Joyce Porch as word has it the is was she herself that sold the child for it was she that had the debt. I was told by this same tipster that the cousin was not asleep but saw someone pick Jameika Porch but due to not have her glasses on could not see clearly.
Also thanks to an Anonymous post to this post I know that Joyce Porch was a know user of Crack Cocaine.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Taking down a drug dealer
Ok lets just say that there is a drug deal that you want to get off the street.
First thing that should be done is to inform the police but should they prove to be of know help or informing the police is not an option for some reason then please keep reading. To take out a drug dealer you are going to need a few things. 1. Video or photo camera 2. Audio recorder 3. Note book and pencil 4. 2 or 3 USB drives 5. binoculars Now the best way to take out a drug dealer is to get proof and then make sure that proof gets to the right people and here is how. 1. Know your target: Watch your target follow them around for afew day if you can but you must great take care not to be seen. By your target. This so so that you can get to know more about your target. You should make note of the car/truck/SUV that they drive color, make, model, and plate number. You should also note where they go the type of place the address thing like that how long they stay at each location. This will help you find out when and where they sale their drugs maybe even where they get the drugs wich they sale. It will also make sure that your target is not a undercover cop. Keep track of all this on an audio recorder for later to write down in a notebook 2. Observation: now that have a basic idea of your targets movements time to make some other notes. Now you should use some binoculars to keep a safe distance as to not be found out by your target. While observing your target note such thing as the number of guys if any they have watching out for them, what drugs they are dealing, what kind of weapons they keep on them if you can. While observing your target try to get some video of picture evidence. Make sure to get a good shot of your targets face, car, plate, and transactions. Again keep track of all this on an audio recorder to so that you can later write your observations in a notebook. 3. Keep all your data: Save and make 2 or 3 copies of ever thing you vidoe, photos, and audio recrodings even make a copy of your notebook on you computer and save all this to some USB drives. Now I say to use USB drive cause they are easy to hide for save keep but you should not hind then all in the same place. 4. get your evidance tio the right people: now make some copies of your all your data on to some DVDs and them to the city and county police. Now that you have done all this I shouold say to only confront the deal as a last resort but if it does to come to that then you must be ready any and evey thing that could happen know that there is more then a good chance that they could and will most likey pull a gun or a knife. There is also a very good chace that the dealer will not be the only one you will be face he may have backup. Make sure to be smart about it and try to do it when there are a few by standers as possible. |
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
A Ghost at Chattanooga's Riverbend Festival.
Ok I grew up in Chattanooga Tennessee area and have been going to the Riverbend Festival since I was a kid. In fact it was something that had happened at Riverbend the was in part why I became Dark Ghost and it was the final push I needed you might say. A few years I had taken my Grandma so watch the Country singer that was preforming that night and she can could not walk a lot so once we found a place to set up our chairs she would stay there and I would run to get her drinks and food while we were there. It was already dark and the show on the Coca-Cola stage had not been going long and my Grandma asked me to go get her a diet-coke. I went to this one concession stand thank I knew had bottled cokes. It was a long line and after I was there maybe 20 to 40 minutes there was only two or three people in line ahead of me ant in the back of the line I hear I girls voice yelling "stop" don't touch me" I look back and I see this young girl 14 maybe 16 years of age and the older drunk guy in his mid to late 20s groping her. I look around and I see this cop walking over and she saw them too cause she tried to call them over but the cop just kept walking. At this point I am next in line only one person ahead of me so I look back there and tell the girl that she can in front of me which she did. The drunk guy the get mad at me saying thing I will not put in this blog but mostly meaning why am I trying to keep him from getting lucky? I told him that anyone could see the girl is under age so unless he would like to be swimming in the Tennessee River that he best just shut up. Then that cop the had walked by starts on me for making a threat to the drunk guy I looked at the cop and told him why I said what I had and that I saw the girl trying to get him to help and him just walking by and how I now have his name and badge number and that his boss will be hearing about this. I got my Grandma's coke and then walked the girl back to her mom. I told her mom what happened and gave her the cops information. In the years since then I kept going to Riverbend and I saw that the problems kept getting worse. One year I was there a man walked in to one of the porta-potties that were there and a group of guys tried to push it down the hill and in to the river.
This year I went to Riverbend again after hearing about the brawl the happened on just the third night of the festival. Now the news media reported that the Friends of the festival the group that holds the Riverbend Festival had brought in a privet security company to help the police this year. I was there on the last night and I was not all that impressed with the security was I was able to get past it with a stun gun, mace, a baton, a pocket knife, my mask, and other parts of my gear. Also while I was there I saw that the police still seem to have no regard for the people attending Riverbend. I saw two guys in cuff being taking take out be the police the fist time the cops run over this one girl. I could not got the cops name or badge number else I myself would have reported him that girl was almost trampled had I not gotten her out of the way. Since I saw how thing were on inside the festival I started walk patrolling the outside and I only saw one cop out there and there were a lot of people not attending Riverbend that were there to see the fireworks at the end of the night. Having not seen but the one cop cover the outside of the festival I thought it best the I stay to patrolling outside as well. The only trouble I came across was a drunk guy that acted like he was looking for a fight with an older gentleman after a cigarette he seemed to claim down.
This year I went to Riverbend again after hearing about the brawl the happened on just the third night of the festival. Now the news media reported that the Friends of the festival the group that holds the Riverbend Festival had brought in a privet security company to help the police this year. I was there on the last night and I was not all that impressed with the security was I was able to get past it with a stun gun, mace, a baton, a pocket knife, my mask, and other parts of my gear. Also while I was there I saw that the police still seem to have no regard for the people attending Riverbend. I saw two guys in cuff being taking take out be the police the fist time the cops run over this one girl. I could not got the cops name or badge number else I myself would have reported him that girl was almost trampled had I not gotten her out of the way. Since I saw how thing were on inside the festival I started walk patrolling the outside and I only saw one cop out there and there were a lot of people not attending Riverbend that were there to see the fireworks at the end of the night. Having not seen but the one cop cover the outside of the festival I thought it best the I stay to patrolling outside as well. The only trouble I came across was a drunk guy that acted like he was looking for a fight with an older gentleman after a cigarette he seemed to claim down.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Citizen Arrest Laws in Tennessee
In Tennessee, it has been held that a private citizen has the right to arrest when a felony has been committed and he has reasonable cause to believe that the person arrested committed it. Reasonable grounds will justify the arrest, whether the facts turn out to be sufficient or not.
Tennessee law sates that a person placed under citizen's arrest may not sue the arresting party if it turns out no felony has been committed
What Are Felony Crimes in Tennessee?
Capital Crime Crimes such as kidnapping, rape, arson or murder are capital crimes. Felons who have committed any of these crimes are likely to get either the death penalty or life imprisonment.
Class A Felony Class A felonies include manslaughter, sexual crimes, drug crimes such as possession of drugs or drug use, or burglary. Criminals who have committed a class A felony will most likely spend no less than 15 years in prison and no more than 60 years in prison.
Class B Felony
Class B felonies are theft of at least $60,000 or more, possession of at least 0.5 grams of cocaine, robbery or burglary. Felons who have committed a class B felony generally spend no less than eight years in prison and no more than 30 years in prison.
Class C Felony Class C felonies include crimes such as fraud, white collar crimes, and drug crimes including the possession of 20 to 99 plants. Felons who have committed a class C felony usually spend no less than three years in prison and no more than 15 years in prison.
Class D Felony Class D felonies in Tennessee include computer tapering, DUIs, aggravated assault or failure to pay child support. Felons who have committed a class D felony are likely to spend no less than two years in prison and no more than 12 years in prison.
Class E Felony
Class E felonies in the state of Tennessee are crimes such as computer fraud or aggravated gambling promotion. Felons who have committed a class E felony are likely to spend no less than one year in prison and no more than six years in prison.
Sentencing for Felonies
Class A - It has a probable sentence of imprisonment of about 15 to 60 years with an extreme fine of $50,000 for most of the offenses as well as $500, 000, 00 for the substance offenses.
Class B - This kind of felony has a probable sentence of imprisonment of about 8 to 30 years with an extreme fine of $25,000 for most of the offenses as well as $100,000 for the substance offenses.
Class C - It has a probable sentence of imprisonment of about 3 to 15 years with a great fine of $10,000 for most of the offenses as well as $100, 000, 00 for the substance offenses.
Class D - Tennessee felonies in the class D has a possible sentence of imprisonment of about 2 to 12 years with an intense fine of $5,000 for most of the offenses as well as $50, 000, 00 for the substance offenses. Class E - Felony charges in this type is charged with probable sentence of imprisonment of about 1 to 6 years with an extreme fine of $3,000 for most of the offenses as well as $5, 000, 00 for the substance offenses.
Tennessee law sates that a person placed under citizen's arrest may not sue the arresting party if it turns out no felony has been committed
What Are Felony Crimes in Tennessee?
Capital Crime Crimes such as kidnapping, rape, arson or murder are capital crimes. Felons who have committed any of these crimes are likely to get either the death penalty or life imprisonment.
Class A Felony Class A felonies include manslaughter, sexual crimes, drug crimes such as possession of drugs or drug use, or burglary. Criminals who have committed a class A felony will most likely spend no less than 15 years in prison and no more than 60 years in prison.
Class B Felony
Class B felonies are theft of at least $60,000 or more, possession of at least 0.5 grams of cocaine, robbery or burglary. Felons who have committed a class B felony generally spend no less than eight years in prison and no more than 30 years in prison.
Class C Felony Class C felonies include crimes such as fraud, white collar crimes, and drug crimes including the possession of 20 to 99 plants. Felons who have committed a class C felony usually spend no less than three years in prison and no more than 15 years in prison.
Class D Felony Class D felonies in Tennessee include computer tapering, DUIs, aggravated assault or failure to pay child support. Felons who have committed a class D felony are likely to spend no less than two years in prison and no more than 12 years in prison.
Class E Felony
Class E felonies in the state of Tennessee are crimes such as computer fraud or aggravated gambling promotion. Felons who have committed a class E felony are likely to spend no less than one year in prison and no more than six years in prison.
Sentencing for Felonies
Class A - It has a probable sentence of imprisonment of about 15 to 60 years with an extreme fine of $50,000 for most of the offenses as well as $500, 000, 00 for the substance offenses.
Class B - This kind of felony has a probable sentence of imprisonment of about 8 to 30 years with an extreme fine of $25,000 for most of the offenses as well as $100,000 for the substance offenses.
Class C - It has a probable sentence of imprisonment of about 3 to 15 years with a great fine of $10,000 for most of the offenses as well as $100, 000, 00 for the substance offenses.
Class D - Tennessee felonies in the class D has a possible sentence of imprisonment of about 2 to 12 years with an intense fine of $5,000 for most of the offenses as well as $50, 000, 00 for the substance offenses. Class E - Felony charges in this type is charged with probable sentence of imprisonment of about 1 to 6 years with an extreme fine of $3,000 for most of the offenses as well as $5, 000, 00 for the substance offenses.
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Taken After Dawn Holly Bobo
Holly Bobo was last seen Darden, Tennessee on April 13, 2011 just after 7:30am on a Wednesday. She lived on Swan Johnson Road and was a nursing student at the University of Tennessee's Martin Campus. She woke up early that morning to study for a test. A neighbor heard a scream coming from the Bobo home at 7:40am and had someone call Holly's mother, Karen, at work. Meanwhile at 7:50, Holly's 25 year old bother Clint woke up because he heard the dogs barking. He noticed Holly's car was still parked at the home, and he checked her room but she was not there. Karen called the house to ask if everything was okay, and when she found out Holly's car was still in at home she realized some thing was wrong and called 911.
After Clint spoke with his mother, he looked out the window and saw Holly and a man dressed all in camouflage walking towards the woods. He called Holly's cell phone, but no one answered and it went to her voice mail. It was opening day of turkey hunting season and Clint knew Holly's boyfriend, Drew Scott, would be turkey hunting. Because the man with Holly was dressed like a turky hunter, he thought the man must be Scott. When Karen called the house, Clint said the he'd seen his sister with Scott. However, Karen knew Scott was in fact hunting on the other side of Decatur County. She told Clint to take a gun and go after the man. Clint took a pistol and went to the garage, and noticed a puddle of blood near Holly's car. He thought it was from a turkey Scott had shot and he wasn't alarmed until a neighbor came and said her son had heard screams. Only then did he call 911. As he was calling the police arrived, responding to Karen's call.
Clint described the man with Holly as 5'10 to 6'0 tall, 180 to 200 pounds, dressed in non-insulated comauflage clothing . He couldn't see the man's face or hands but thought he might have been wearing gloves and a cap. Investigators believe he was a member of the local community and familiar with the rugged terrain. They think he abducted Holly as she was about to get into her car. Searcher found several items of interest, including Holly's lunch box found on the side of the road on Friday about eight miles from her home and her cell phone was found
Holly is a first cousin of the Country music star Whitney Duncan, and Duncan has been active in publicizing her disappearance.
Holly's family believes her kidnapper was waiting around the corner in the car port watching the reflection on Holly's car. And when Holly rounded the corner, that's when they think he struck. Dana Bobo, Holly's father, said camouflaged man who kidnapped his daughter from their Darden home knew the family’s daily routines. "It might have been somebody close that kind of knew our routine when I left, and when she left, and when my daughter left to go to school," Dana Bobo said.
This year the search was renewed after a neighborhood dog reportedly dug up a purse that is believed to belong to Holly Bobo on Wednesday, but it is unclear exactly where the purse was found just a mile from Holly Bobo's home but after seeing it in person Karen Bobo said it wasn't Holly's.
UPDATE
One week before her abduction Holly Bobo was singing at a coon hunt and there is video of it and as it turns out there were 21 sex offender there in attendance that day. Now two years later a new clue has came to light. When Holly Bobo seemingly vanished from the face of the earth, Then without warning well turns out maybe not, because whomever took Holly Bobo forgot to turn off the victim's cell phone after leaving her house. Through the use of GPS tracking, a map has been composed of the abductor's route. It's a map that, astonishingly, leads back near the scene of the crime.
UPDATE
I slightly raised the blinds and looked out this window and saw Holly," Clint Bobo said. "It appeared to be Holly kneeling down and [Holly's boyfriend] Drew. They looked like they were kneeled down, facing each other in the garage, and they were talking back and forth. Holly sounded very upset and heated. He was doing much of the talking, and she would answer back and things like that. I couldn't make out hardly any of the words. The only words I could make out from here were Holly saying, 'No, why?'"
Clint Bobo said he figured Holly and her boyfriend Drew were breaking up.
At this time, Karen Bobo called home after she heard from a neighbor that there was a scream.
It's important to note that Clint Bobo didn't hear that scream, and Karen Bobo didn't tell her son there was a scream.
They were not on the same page. "I said, 'Clint, that's not Drew. Get a gun and shoot him.' And I remember him saying, 'You want me to shoot Drew?' So I hung the phone up again, and I think at that point I fell on the floor," Karen Bobo said.
Clint Bobo knew that Holly's boyfriend Drew was turkey hunting that morning, so he thought it was obviously Drew he saw wearing camouflage and talking with his sister. He said it appeared to be a serious conversation and maybe even a break-up talk. "And I don't want to call 911 and say, 'My sister and her boyfriend are breaking up,'" Clint Bobo said.
So, Clint Bobo didn't act, but went to check again. This time, he saw Holly walking into the woods with the man in camouflage. "The only thing I could see was his right arm, which was hanging down," Clint Bobo said. "I saw them up to about where those two trees are, and from that point I never saw them again."
Holly Bobo walked into the woods with the man in camouflage who Clint Bobo was sure was Drew, who was hunting that morning and it is now believed he may have had a gun or knife, and they continued up this path. On the other side of these woods there is a logging road where you can easily park a vehicle. The dogs, we know, pursued and then stopped. Why would they stop right there? Because the odds are she got into a vehicle
This is a theory backed up by, of all things, a map. Holly Bobo's abductor forgot to turn off her cell phone, so with GPS tracking, that phone can be tracked along a strange, back roads journey that ends in a surprising and upsetting possibility. The map shows that if police had immediately blocked four roads near the Bobo home, like Karen Bobo had begged them to do, they would have likely caught the abductor in the act.
UPDATE
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has determined that the non-profit organization “Without Warning” did not investigate the case of missing Tennessee woman, Holly Bobo, to law enforcement standards as reported by Nashville television station WSMV which aired several stories during newscasts this month as well as a special documentary which aired May 12, 2013.
While speaking to TBI Special Agents, each member of the private investigative team admitted that they regurgitated information they had heard and read in order to talk about the case on television. In addition, the founder of “Without Warning,” Sheila Wysocki, wrote in an email to a TBI Special Agent, “You all have to realize that we have been able to make any story surrounding this case a ratings winner and online success which was the goal. In return, someone may come forward to be the hero and give you all the right information to resolve this case.” Each member of the team stated the information provided to them came from the victim’s family.
Since the stories aired, TBI has gone through the appropriate legal channels to obtain the information provided to “Without Warning” as well as video footage from WSMV. No information contained in the documents and video has led to any new evidence in the two year old investigation. The majority of documents contained in the binders are print outs of social media sites, comments posted on various internet websites, personal notes, public records, news articles and a production shooting schedule.
By their own admission, members of “Without Warning” said they had no geolocation information about Holly Bobo’s cell phone after her disappearance including the exact locations and times the phone “pinged” as reported by WSMV. The source of the incorrect and unofficial cell phone information has stated that he told “Without Warning” members the information was not accurate when he provided it to them. TBI has obtained emails exchanged between members of the “Without Warning” team where they discuss the inaccuracy of the times, but used them as factual information regardless.
“The erroneous television reports have led to false leads, public concern and have wasted valuable state resources,” said TBI Director Mark Gwyn. “The most important thing, after finding Holly Bobo and the person responsible for her disappearance, is maintaining the integrity of this investigation should it ever go to trial. In addition, TBI is concerned that WSMV never confirmed any facts reported in the stories with our agency. Never have we seen such irresponsible and unprofessional journalism on an active and open TBI investigation that has been so harmful to the case.”
The 24th Judicial District Attorney General Hansel McAdams, the prosecutor responsible for handling the case, stated, “Without Warning and WSMV have had no regard for the truth and their careless use of misleading information has been detrimental to this case.”
TBI refutes several other allegations made in the reports including that the crime scene was contaminated by people, horses and helicopters, that there is dash cam video from a law enforcement vehicle of the subject, and that there were 21 sex offenders registered at the coon hunt that Holly attended shortly before her disappearance, and that an eyewitness was stripped searched. Further, there is no evidence to suggest that Holly Bobo is a victim of sex trafficking.
TBI’s Criminal Investigation Division Deputy Director Jeff Puckett said, “In 31 years of working at TBI, there has never been a case where this amount of local, state and federal resources have been dedicated to a single investigation. A typical TBI case file for a complicated homicide contains two volumes. The Holly Bobo case file is currently 27 volumes and contains more than 1500 investigative reports. There are more than a 100 judicial documents, including search warrants, subpoenas and court orders, and law enforcement has organized in excess of 100 ground searches. A dollar amount of resources dedicated to this case by law enforcement is too large to estimate.”
TBI’s investigation into Holly Bobo’s disappearance is open and ongoing. Multiple TBI Special Agents are assigned to work on the case which they do not consider to be a cold case. There is a $85,000 government and private citizen reward fund for information leading the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for Holly Bobo’s disappearance as well as a reward being offered by a Memphis citizen urging the subject turn himself into authorities for $100,000 and a $250,000 reward for Holly Bobo’s safe return. Information about Holly Bobo’s disappearance should be reported to 1-800-TBI-FIND (1-800-824-3463)
UPDATE
The family of missing Tennessean Holly Bobo on Tuesday accused the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation of ignoring their pain after what they call a “very inappropriate, very unprofessional” tweet by the agency’s spokeswoman.
The tweet, by TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm, referred to a story on Saturday detailing the TBI’s criticism of a Brentwood nonprofit’s involvement in the investigation and WSMV-Channel 4 reports on the group’s findings.
Helm posted a picture on Twitter showing The Tennessean’s story about the controversy with the caption, “Great way to start off my day and the coffee is brewing.”
Bobo’s mother said Tuesday that the tweet appeared to be “sounding victorious,” while her daughter remains missing.
“I do feel like the big picture has been lost and that picture is finding my daughter,” said Karen Bobo, standing on the steps of the state Capitol. “If this is an example of how TBI feels about my daughter’s case, then I do think there is a conflict of interest.”
Helm later apologized and said the tweet was from her personal account. The tweet has since been deleted.
“The tweet from my personal account was referring to the content of the article, not directed at the case,” she said in an email. “If it was construed as hurtful which was not its intention, I apologize. It does not reflect any opinion of TBI or my work, only my own personal thoughts after hours.”
Helm’s personal account does not indicate her connection to the TBI, though her more than 400 followers include many members of the media, government agencies and police departments.
Bobo went missing from her Decatur County home April 13, 2011, after she was last seen walking into the woods with an unidentified man wearing camouflage. Her family has consulted with private investigators to provide outside opinions and they have begun an online petition drive to form a statewide task force that deals solely with missing persons cases.
The Channel 4 story purported to reveal new details about the case, including information about Bobo’s cell phone, the strip searching of her brother and possible video footage of the suspect after her disappearance, details the TBI said were false.
Bobo’s mother said she expects the TBI to take action on the “very inappropriate, very unprofessional” tweet.
“I did take this personal,” she said. “I do feel that this was put out without regard for the feelings of Holly’s family.”
Update 2013
The frustrating search for missing nursing student has Holly Bobo heated up again with startling new revelations from private investigators. Bobo's cell phone emitted a signal near her Tennessee home approximately two hours after her brother saw a camouflaged man leading her into the woods in 2011, according to WSMV.
When charted across on a map, Bobo's cell phone indicates a path through her hometown of Parsons on April 11, 2011 after 8 a.m. Stunningly, the signal pops up again at 9:58 less than a quarter mile from her home, according to investigators from Without Warning Fight Back who spoke to the station.
The potential breakthrough comes amid growing pressure on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations from Bobo's family. Her relatives want a new task force to investigate all missing persons cases in the state, WREG reported.
Police had already found her cell phone in perfect condition discarded along a highway north of Parsons.
Bobo's 25-year-old brother Clint has been interrogated for more than 17 hours, because he was the last person to see Holly. He recently spoke to the media for the first time about his experience, noting that he has received death threats from strangers who accuse him of killing his sister.
UPDATE
Feb 28, 2014
Gwyn said that the searches are going on in not only Decatur County, but surrounding areas as well.
Gwyn would not release any particulars about what is happening during the search Friday, but he also said that he is "hoping to return Holly home safely to her home."
Gwyn said that the search effort is going to continue into the night and will last into Saturday and possibly the next few days.
Gwyn says that he thinks that the information that has been revealed in this case recently is "vital".
Gwyn also said that it took investigators a "long time" to make it to where they are and will not release any details that can jeopardize the case.
Currently, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating.
UPDATE
Posted: Mar 03, 2014 10:13 AM PST Updated: Mar 03, 2014 10:15 AM PST
Reported by Carley Gordon
DECATURVILLE, TN (WSMV) -
The man whose property is at the center of a TBI search in connection with the disappearance of nursing student Holly Bobo had bond set at $1 million Monday in an unrelated aggravated assault charge.
appeared in Decatur County General Sessions Court on Monday after his arrest on Friday hours after TBI and FBI agents began searching his property.
Decatur County General Sessions Judge Rick Woods raised the bail from $250,000 that was set by the county's judicial commissioner on Friday night.
Adams was upset at a reporter who took a photo of him as he was led from the courtroom after the arraignment.
"Don't take picture of me, man," Adams said to a reporter from The Jackson Sun newspaper. "I'm not the one."
According to reports, the Bobo investigation was not mentioned in court. Authorities have not said whether the assault charge is related to the disappearance of Bobo in April 2011.
According to the arrest warrant, Adams held a black revolver to the head of Amber Bray at his Holladay home and threatened to kill her. The affidavit also said that Adams pulled a knife on her while threatening to "gut" her.
Bobo was last seen on the morning of April 13, 2011, where she was seen by her brother being led away from her Darden, TN home.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation began executing search warrants on Adams' home and property off Highway 69 south of Interstate 40 on Friday afternoon.
Adams had been released from the Benton County jail on Feb. 26 on drug charges.
The Jackson Sun reported that Adams did not have a lawyer at the arraignment hearing. He said he needed to contact his grandfather to arrange to hire a lawyer but had not been able to make a telephone call since Saturday night.
Decatur County officials transferred Adams to the jail in Chester County. Officials said the Decatur County jail was overcrowded.
Copyright 2014 WSMV (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.
UPDATE
(CNN) -- Friends and family of Holly Bobo, last seen in 2011, waited three years for news. Their worst fears have now been confirmed.
A man has been indicted on charges of kidnapping and murder in the case of the Tennessee woman, authorities announced Wednesday.
Zachary Adams, 29, is being held without bond.
A Decatur County grand jury handed down a two-count indictment of especially aggravated kidnapping and first-degree murder.
"As this investigation continues, we are still asking for the public's help and support to help us continue to seek out justice regarding the disappearance of Holly Bobo," Mark Gwyn, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, told reporters.
Because the investigation is ongoing, Gwyn declined to comment on whether any human remains have been found.
Bobo, a nursing student, was last seen in April 2011. She was 20 years old.
Her brother told authorities he saw a man in camouflage leading her away from their home in the small town of Darden.
The Bobo case rocked the largely rural swath of central Tennessee, from those who knew the young woman to others who rallied behind the effort to find her.
Hundreds of volunteers -- some on horseback and foot, others on all-terrain vehicles -- turned out to hunt for clues in Decatur, Henderson, Henry, Carroll and Benton counties. Many more attended memorial services or offered supportive thoughts online via groups on Facebook.
The TBI and local and federal authorities have spent hundreds of manpower hours on the case, Gwyn said. More than $450,000 has been offered in reward money.
Adams, who is being held at the Chester County jail, is set to appear in court on Tuesday. Prosecutors are evaluating whether they will seek the death penalty.
"Obviously, they're devastated," Gwyn said of the Bobo family.
"They've been devastated for three years. But, hopefully, this is the beginning of closure for the Bobo family, and they deserve that.".
UPDATE: From the Chattanooga Times Free Press
Jason Autry, 39, was indicted by a special grand jury on charges of first-degree murder and especially aggravated kidnapping.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn said at a Tuesday news conference in Decaturville that authorities have not found Bobo's body. However, he said they have sworn statements from witnesses who saw Bobo alive with Autry and Zachary Adams after Bobo disappeared from her home near Parsons in Decatur County on April 13, 2011.
Adams was indicted in March on the same charges that Autry now faces, and is currently being held without bond in the Chester County Jail.
Autry is currently serving a three-year sentence in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in a separate case.
Gwyn said Adams and Autry were longtime friends. He declined to say whether there was any previous connection between Bobo and Autry.
District Attorney General Hansel McCadams said prosecutors could seek the death penalty in both cases.
Gwyn hinted that still others could be charged in the case.
"We believe there are other individuals out there with information about possible involvement," he said. "They can expect a knock at their door soon."
Bobo family friend Tammy Ramey attended the news conference wearing a "Justice for Holly" T-shirt and spoke afterward with reporters. She said she was not surprised to hear that Autry was charged because rumors that he was involved have been going around town ever since Bobo disappeared.
Ramey said she did not know Autry personally but has read about him in the newspaper.
She said she was encouraged to hear from Gwyn that they are still investigating other people as well.
"We want all that's involved," she said.
The family's pastor, Don Franks, also spoke with reporters after the news conference. He said he was with Bobo's parents earlier in the day when they were informed of the new charges.
"It's tough. And as more facts are revealed it gets even tougher," he said. But he added, "They are more determined than ever to have justice for Holly."
Gwyn also said that the grand jury on Tuesday indicted Adams on an additional charge of coercing a witness.
An affidavit of a TBI agent filed earlier this month with the Decatur General Sessions Court says Adams told another inmate to relay a message to his brother to keep quiet.
Adams said "tell my brother he is the one who started this ... and if he doesn't shut his mouth he will be in the hole beside her," the affidavit states.
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