Right here in my backyard I mean its crazy I would have never thought about anything like this. They found Jones lying in an area overgrown with weeds near an unused railroad track in what authorities called the middle stage of decomposition. Officials Sunday released the name of a 28-year-old woman whose body was found near an unused railroad track in Carson. They said police never searched the apartment Stites shared with Fennell. Sheriff Capers said Saturday evening authorities widened the search to as far as 20 miles from the scene. My son was arrested for the murder of Stacey Stites, said his mother Sandra Reed. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. When deputies arrived they found a female dead inside the vehicle with injuries they say aren't consistent with a traffic crash. It cries for justice, and we achieved it.. That's where Stacey met Jimmy Fennell.. For a 19-year-old thats kind of a big transition., Stites sister Debra Oliver told 20/20 Stacey didnt share any concerns with her. Bastrop Police Chief Allen Campbell says they're not confirming Lee was the one found dead until autopsy. According to Interim Police Chief Anthony Evans, the body was. They thoroughly vetted all the evidence they had, and they cleared him, Fennells lawyer Robert Phillips told 20/20.. She drove Jimmy's truck as she often did, Tanner said. Bastrop County law enforcement officials are relaunching an investigation into the identity of the woman, whose badly decomposed body was discovered along U.S. 290east of Elgin by law enforcement officers 40 years ago. When you have just witness after witness after witness coming it's taking a huge toll out of your client who's told you that, no, he did not do that, she said. Every year, Smithville has their jamboree. ( KTVE/KARD) According to Morehouse Parish Chief Deputy James Mardis, three teenagers are dead after an early morning shooting on Bentley Street in Bastrop, La. Carol Stites, Stacey's mother, and her sisters, Debra Oliver and Crystal Dobbs. I stand on that. Jimmy stated that it was part of a glass that Stacey drank out of, and that it was not in the truck broken like that before. If anyone has. Driver dies in Bastrop, LA collision - Bastrop, LA EzeRoad The last time Carol Stites said she saw her daughter was on the evening of April 22, 1996, right before she and her fianc were about to head upstairs to their apartment. "She had her plans, and now somebody's taken that away," Carol Stites said at the time of the murder. Race played a big part. The original version is as follows:The Bastrop Police Department is investigating the death of a woman. She worked hard for that wedding dress, and we all decided that that's what she should be buried in.. Breaking news for Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties. He took out his weapon. BASTROP COUNTY, Texas The Bastrop County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a teenage woman was found shot dead on FM 1704 last month. A deputy found the woman while doing a routine check of the lot. I have to accept that Im here now for something that I didnt do.. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. The. Sheriff Capers said Saturday evening authorities widened the search to as far as 20 miles from the scene. I sat out here all night.. they aint gonna sleep here tonight either he said confidently. Anthony Bernard Fender, 31, of Tustin, was arrested Monday after a grand jury indictment alleged he sold fentanyl powder that led to the death of a 40-year-old man, officials said. The Bastrop County Sheriff's Office says it got a call just after . A host of celebrities and politicians have rallied behind Reed as well, pushing for him to be removed from death row and be granted a new trial, and bringing national attention to the case. The examiner determined he was deceptive in both answers, according to the examiners report. Bastrop County's tip line is (866) 930-TIPS. There is no further timeline available. Its sit-and-wait now. The all-white jury unanimously decided Reed was guilty. UPDATE: The Bastrop County Sheriff's office confirmed to Fox 7 that Jessica Marie Jefferson Brown died from a single gun shot wound. One is an insurance seller who was trying to convince Stites to purchase life insurance, to which Stites said shes too young and has no need for it, according to the sellers affidavit. It hit a little close to home for me. Fast forward to 2014, and I'm at work and I jump on Facebook. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department responded around 12:50 p.m. Friday to the 20800 block of South Santa Fe Avenue, near the San Diego (405) Freeway, regarding a person down. On the next morning, the same family members to went to feed the animals and located an area of disturbed ground in the backyard. BASTROP, La. We dont even know that a homicide or a crime occurred. We certainly dont want the family to have some false hope, so were keeping all of that information close to our belts.. Stacey Stites cousin, Heather Stobbs, told 20/20 that as the family was gathering together, she realized, instead of going to Stacey's wedding, now we're going to Stacey's memorial.. Officials Sunday released the name of a 28-year-old woman whose body was found near an unused railroad track in Carson. The Bastrop County Sheriff's Office says it got a call just after 4 a.m. about a vehicle that ran into a tree at the intersection of North Main Street and Old Highway 40. But you leave it to God.. Her body was found just hours later. Well send you the latest headlines every morning and every weekday afternoon. All the latest on Orange County from Orange County. . The sample was taken to UNTs federally-funded DNA lab, where Gill-King and the Forensic Anthropology Unit will build a genetic profile of the woman and enter it into a federal DNA database in hopes that it might match the genetic profile of a family member already in the system. Henry Hsu said Monday. Im proud of the work my entire staff did on this case, Tew said. Officials say the Travis County Medical Examiner will be doing an autopsy to determine the cause of death. [We] think that he was just upset, Dobbs said. Officials said the investigation began. He slammed me up against the back of his patrol car, on the side of it, she said. A woman is found dead inside of a crashed vehicle in Bastrop County but deputies say the fatal injuries were from something else. It was really sad, said Michael Waller. In the sentencing hearing, Reeds defense team says prosecutors presented a series of unadjudicated allegations against Reed. He had the wedding ring in his hand, and he put the wedding ring on her finger, she said. Her normal route to work was on Highway 21 through Bastrop.. Anyone with information on the death was asked to call the Sheriffs Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. If there is no family reference sample or no DNA match, then theres not much they can do, Wescott said. And never once have I ever had a case where I didn't at some point say, gosh, I wish law enforcement would have done whatever it is, X.. We suspected foul play.. APD investigating after dead body found in south Experts for the defense also claim the time of Stites death was hours earlier than the 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. window the prosecution argued at Reeds original trial. I dont know. He found support with local politicians and activists around the country, most famously including Kim Kardashian West. They also questioned why his truck was returned to him within days after the murder. Staceys family also considered whether Fennell might be responsible. Make sure to check back for more details as the trial continues and more information becomes available. Ive kept my gun on me at all times, I didnt even let my daughters stay the night here last night. Mon, February 20th 2023, 10:20 AM PST. I described the man The police automatically knew who he was, Schlueter told 20/20. They presented [pictures of] six Africans Americans on a piece of paper. "Jimmy pointed out a piece of green colored plastic, Bastrop PD Det. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. It was -- from a separate, earlier sex assault complaint against Reed. The lead DNA analyst in the case said the semen found in Stites body had been deposited at the same time as her killing. (KNOE) - UPDATE: The trial of Dr. Tod Lawhon, a Bastrop dentist who shot and killed his wife in 2020, has come to a close. The Innocence Project has brought nine new witnesses in their most recent appeal. Goertz said that the outside agency is speculating that Jane Does death may be linked to the notorious serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, who confessed to hundreds of killings in the 1980s and died from natural causes in 2001 while on death row. Angela Hamby, 12, was raped in September 1989, and prosecutors said that evidence from her case also matched Reeds DNA. Raymerio Lee, known as "Red" by family and friends, has been missing since Monday. ELGIN, Texas The Bastrop County Sheriff's Office has charged a man with murder after an Elgin woman was found buried in a backyard earlier this month. I saw that Rodney had been given an execution date. David Board said there were bodily fluids on the floorboard of the truck. 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And I said, I know you do, Stites remembered. Well send you the latest headlines every morning and every weekday afternoon. lawmakers champion bills raising penalties for fentanyl dealers and accountability from online platforms, Mallard, shot in neck and cheek, gets second chance at life, Boats set sail from Balboa Pier to Ensenada for 75th annual race. Officers had been called to their home multiple times over the years in response to verbal arguments, Hsu said. Body found in roadside bushes in Bastrop - KNOE Brown said when Reed learned of Stites murder, Reed told him he was afraid because he knew he was a Black male having sex with a white girl in Bastrop, and how that could be seen as unacceptable. I thought maybe [the] truck broke down or something., Carol Stites said she immediately called Fennell to let him know, and he said hed be down in just a minute., He's getting dressed, he's tucking in his shirt, Tanner said. Fennell was given two polygraphs in the months following Stites death. One of Stites coworkers at H-E-B came forward in 2014, and in an affidavit she claimed Stites told her she was having an affair with Reed. On the day that her body was found, Sheriff Maurice Cook refused to comment on the evidence or . Family of woman found dead in Bastrop County grave demands answers - KEYE It was awful, Oliver said. The woman was identified as Shalynn Jones, according to the Los Angeles County coroners office. She says he told her that if she told anybody, he would hunt me down and kill me.. The Bastrop Police Department is investigating the death of a woman. Your email address will not be published. This is the one who attacked me. Your email address will not be published. In May of 1998, a Bastrop County jury convicted Bastrop resident Rodney Reed of the murder of a young Giddings woman, Stacey Stites. Early on I was somewhat upset, just for knowing her. She notices that he looks he's just woke up. Alicia Slater, one of Stites coworkers at H-E-B came forward in 2014, and in an affidavit she claimed Stites told her she was having an affair with Reed. Sign up here for our free newsletters. Dr. Michael Baden, a physician and board-certified forensic pathologist known for investigating the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as the Jeffrey Epstein and George Floyd autopsies, testified there are two reasons he believes Stites was likely killed earlier. An autopsy on the body was performed by the Travis County Medical Examiners office at the time, but there was no finding on the cause of death nor on her identity. Louisiana woman arrested after child found dead in bucket The jury took less than a day to come back with a decision in the Stites case, sentencing Reed to death for her murder. He was charged on Friday with murder with a bond set at $1 million. Anyone with information on the death was asked to call the Sheriffs Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. She was lying face down. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. All the bridal stuff was still sitting on my dining room table, she said. Lake sturgeon can grow to lengths of 8 feet and weigh up to 300 pounds. Later the same day, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals indefinitely stayed Reed's execution. He was raised in the church that I was raised in, she said. And her voice will be heard, Oliver said. Stites said her daughter wanted to make more money to pay for her wedding, so she got a job at a local H-E-B grocery company. Jimmy then pointed out one of the tennis shoes that was lying on the passenger floorboard. That defendant divulged details of the bodys condition and location to sufficiently convince law enforcement at the time that he was the party responsible for the death, the district attorney offices motion for inquest read. He's had the same values I was raised with. The sheriff's office said he had unexplained puncture wounds to his body and neck and he was unable to talk. It'll be there. It is unknown what the dispute was about, Hsu said. Jurors are being selected on Tuesday, April 25, for the trial of Bastrop dentist, Dr. Tod Lawhon, who is accused of shooting and killing his wife just before Christmas day in 2020. 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Family mourns teen they say was found dead in Bastrop, 10-year-old shot during argument, Marion man arrested, Black mans decapitated remains found after he warned his mom he was targeted by truckloads of white guys, KNOE Sunday Night Forecast with Jake Lambright, KNOE Sunday Evening Forecast with Jake Lambright, KNOE Saturday Night Forecast with Jake Lambright. Hopefully theyll patrol the area a little more, like I said weve been hearing gunshots a lot more around here. After 10 years of hard time in a Texas prison, hes serving Christ in the mission field of the street of Austin. During Thursday's press conference, they also said Brown was working her 2nd job, delivering newspapers to homes along a rural road in Bastrop County when she was murdered. MyNewsLA.com wont sell your information and you can unsubscribe at any time. Detectives are actively following up on leads. They say now, all they can do is hope police find answers soon. Investigation and conviction in 1996 murder raises questions Rodney Reed, the man whose DNA matched that found in Stites body, was convicted of her murder and has sat on death row for 22 years.
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