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Tuesday October 24, 2006
A Search for the Truth (part 24)
Hey everyone. I will be keeping tonight’s update short and to the point.
We have a few details that need to be addressed.
First being that more then one person informed me that miss information was being given to the families and the public on this case from the beginning. I could not address this until miss information was provided to the public and/or us involving this case, and I had proof of this.
Well now I do!
This is directed to the statement made by Mr. Abbett in the O-A News when he took a cheap shot at me. Mr. Abbett please research your statements in the future before taking such shots at people like myself. We will take the time to research our replies to such statements.
The statement made in the O-A News read as follows: Abbett said. “That’s not uncommon. With a steel-cased bullet, with an impact wound with all the hot gases that come with a gun being fired like that, it’s common for the entrance wound to be larger. It’s not inconsistent, it says right there in the text and in the drawing.”
According to the Firearms Examination/Laboratory results regarding the bullet used in Vaughan’s death it states the following: Item 3A- one manila envelope labeled in part 2 containing 1-fired Winchester brand cartage case, cal. 380 auto. Item 3B- one manila envelope labeled in part 3 containing1-fired Winchester brand cartage case, cal. 380 auto.
The bullet was fired according to the same report from a Walter pistol (item 1) model PPK-S cal.9mm Kurtz/.380
Although I have full trust in the people that have been providing us with information about this bullet and this gun, I needed something more.
I took the liberty to e-mail Winchester direct and find out if they made a steel-cased bullet (as Abbett referred to) in this caliber that could possibly be fired from this gun. Winchester themselves stated in an e-mailed reply (I am not a DA like you Abbett, but I do believe that an e-mail is considered legal document. If I am wrong, please correct me on that point), that they do not make this bullet in question as a steel-cased bullet.
Either Winchester is lying in their response or you made what as a DA I believe you (Abbett) would call a “miss-leading statement”, this was done in a manner to discredit someone’s creditability with the public. I do believe there is a term for that too, however I think our readers will be happy to comment on that for me.
The issue I would like to address is if you would make a “miss leading statement” in a manner to discredit someone’s creditability with the public regarding this case, what did you and/or other officials say to these family members at the time of the original investigation? Were these boys families in fact miss-lead as you attempted to do to us with your statement quoted above?
Have you or anyone from any official’s ever spoke with these boys’ families and presented them with anything that resembles fact? Or is everything that I heard true?
I would like to note to our readers that Abbett stated that I was wrong with my understanding of the autopsy report due to the fact the findings were not uncommon with a steel-cased bullet. He never stated in this statement (nor did it state this in the Laboratory results) that a steel-cased bullet was in fact what they found to be the bullet that killed Vaughan. How would you the readers take this with the current information I provided today?
Then we need to address the fact that Abbett stated that the findings of the autopsy were not uncommon. I have not heard from one source that this is the case. In fact I have only heard that it is not the case, and Abbett was wrong. I am awaiting an e-mail reply on this before making a definite statement as to this being miss leading as well. But at this point, I feel it is very miss leading.
Also it to the best of my knowledge, Abbett is a District Attorney and Jones is the one that teaches Forensics. That being the case, why would Abbett make such a statement instead of Jones?
We have someone researching the background of Jones and his credentials (which I already know are good on paper); we will be doing the same with Abbett. I am looking forward to finding out just how extensive of a background in Forensics he has.
That brings us to the final thing for this week.
Let’s all assume that I am 100% wrong on everything and both Abbett and Jones are 100% right. You gave me the benefit of the doubt; why not give it to them?
I would like to ask our readers to use whatever search engines they would like, and do the following searches as I have them typed below (including quotes): “Sheriff Jay Jones” “Jay Jones Alabama” “Abbett Alabama” “DA Abbett Alabama”
See what you come up with.
If you come up with problems, that will explain a lot with this case. But I am sure that you will only come up with good things.
Does this make you (the readers) think about why if these men have such a good track record on paper they would not want to address issues questioning their handling of this case and why they would have to take cheap shots to try and break us down? Why would they not speak to us and help to clear their name with us as well as any miss understanding’s they feel we may have?
I will be watching for a post from them this week, as well as the comments from our readers. I truly hope they will join us and work with us instead of against us. If they choose not to post for us, that is fine too. We will just have to ask these questions from others till someone answers us. If any of our readers would like to recommend other sources, please feel free to post the sources names, address’ and/or e-mail address below.
Thank you, A.Wallace
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Monday October 16, 2006
A Search for The Truth (part 23)
On a personal note:
A lot of people have been waiting for my reply to this article in the Opelika-Auburn News written by Mitch Sneed.
I have been fighting within myself as to how to respond to this. I am not one to take things lying down. But this is not my fight, or so I tried to convince myself. After a few days of going back and forth, I came to the conclusion that a leopard cannot change it’s spots, and I can’t be something I am not.
That being said, this has been made my battle now (see prepared statement below). It is and always will be Debbi’s fight to know the truth as to what took place with her son’s murder, but statements by both Jones and Abbett made it my fight more then Debbi’s at this point. The two of you gentlemen made some statements, unlike you I will not sit back and let these statements go unanswered.
You (Jones and Abbett) have been, are now and always be welcome to hit me with any questions that you would like as well as make any statements against me that you feel just in making.
But understand that terms like “Wallace’s accounts and claims” (made by Jones) and “There’s nothing to discuss” (made by Abbett) will not go without a response by me. Do not make statements to, about or involving my blog or anything involving my name unless you are willing to stand behind those statements. Because I am the one that will follow through until not only this matter of the boys is put to rest, but will also follow through until I feel that any thing said against my name and/or service has been dealt with to my satisfaction. And yes I was informed by Earl that someone from the Sheriff’s Dept. is following this blog “VERY CLOSLY”, so I am aware that you are reading along. You wanted me, you got me ;) I hope I am what you expected.
Please accept the following as my public statement for any/all public media, blogs official records, etc. and feel free to post/use it as you see fit. I do require that if this statement is used in whole or in part that a link back to TheWeeklyNews.info be included. Without a link back, permission to re-use is not granted.
I would like to address the issues one at a time, I will be addressing them in the order that I see fit not the order that they were presented.
The statement made by Earl Barr in the Opelika-Auburn News on October 13, 2006 (article title “Case closed?”). I understand that Mitch Sneed only had a limited time to interview Mr. Barr and therefore would receive a limited reaction. Especially for those of us that have talked with Earl, we know you do not have a quick talk with Earl. He is a great man, but you need to take the time to listen to him, or you do not get everything. I on the other hand have used the caution to make my calls to Earl on my cell phone to document the time I invested into him prior to making any statements public. I have spent hours at a time talking with Earl and have never heard anything other then what he said in the interview that he supplied to us (the opposite of what was said to Mitch). I spoke with Earl after this interview with Mitch was made public and heard of how Russell runs in the house and locks the door behind him like he is scared of something. This is something I heard many of times before. But what was different this time is how I heard in about a 1 hour talk not less then 5 or 6 times about how there was going to be a law suite, this was about to blow up in someone’s face, the Sheriff’s office is following this article real close (if you look at past post, I already knew this by my site stats) and how he (Earl) could not afford to lose his house and cars. This was not the same man I spoke to in the past. This was not the Earl that everyone knows to be strong willed, the man who knew what he saw, the man that knew what he was told during the original investigation by officials. This was another man. A man that appeared to me to fear something, a man that appeared to put his material possessions before his family and his Bible and man that appeared to be acting as he was told by others not his heart. This statement will not make much sense to some people, but to everyone that knows or knew him it will make a lot of sense. I took the time to get to know him. I recommend that anyone who investigates this story for media or legal reason’s do the same. I want to know who or what changed that man. I want to know why they would take a good man like Earl and cause him to act like this. I want to know.
Debbi and I were given only hours to prepare a statement for the News. This was not a fare way to approach this. Especially sense the paper read, “Attempts to reach Murphy were unsuccessful”. Sorry to do this Mitch, but I personally e-mailed Debbi’s statement to you. There fore that was not an accurate statement. As a former community leader, I can deal with speaking for the public on a moments notice (if I choose to do so), but as a mother who suffered the loss of a son Debbi needs to be allowed time to adjust to the media getting involved once again. Also when calling Debbi’s house, you spoke with her husband. You mad it a point to take statements from the stepmother, why would you not ask any questions from the step farther, especially when you were on the phone with him, had a dead line and needed information? This is by no means looking at all sides of the story. You also spoke to me of the letter we sent out stating that “Vaughan was shot in the back of the head’. There is no medical examiner in this world that will confuse our statement “the temple” for the back of the head. Mitch you spoke of your experience in the police academy to someone in an e-mail today (yes I have read the e-mail), you spoke to me (in an e-mail) of your awards, yet you made a mistake with me like this from day one. Bad move, how would you expect me to provide you with everything I have after something like that? You even stated to me in e-mail that you had no way to contact me (note that you stated this by contacting me in an e mail). Yet the first time we spoke, you called my pager number and I called you back within an hour. Sorry Mitch, but this is the kind of behavior that has been described to me as being of the officials by people of the community, I didn’t expect to experience it from a staff writer of the local paper. Even with this being said, you took offence to the fact that I said I felt like you were playing games. If I were to make the same mistakes with you, you would have felt the same as I do. This is where you need to be honest with yourself, regardless what you say to this publicly. You have to live with you, I don’t!
Now, more than two years after the murders, stories called “A search for the truth” posted on the Internet site http://localnews.yourdesign2.com/ is calling the investigation into question and asking for the case to be reopened. This makes this sound like this has been dormant for over 2 ½ years. It has not. The fact is that I have in my possession letters form D.A. Abbett from 2 or 3 separate dates stating that he stands by the finding of the grand jury and no where it the letters does it state or indicate that your are willing to talk with anyone further.
This brings us to Abbett’s statement “There’s nothing to discuss,” made to Opelika-Auburn News. Mr. Abbett this is where you are wrong and yes that is a statement. As the Distract Attorney you are a public official and as a public official part of your job criteria (you are welcome to correct me if I am wrong) is to serve the public of the communities in which you serve. The taxpayers pay your salary and you have both a moral and legal obligation to provide a service to them. The homicides that took place involving Daniel Foster is considered one of the most horrific scenes in Lee County history. Therefore as a public official it is your obligation that if even one parent of the victims has questions, you see that they are answered. Should you feel that that parent be unable to accept or cope with what took place, you are required to assist that parent in getting assistance in coping with the shock. Being that I (as well as others, I am not dumb enough to retain the only copies) have copies of your letters from the past and the fact that your office signed for a recent letter to which you never even took the time to reply, you can not at this time claim that this is the act of a parent that is not coping and have to acknowledge that this is the act of a parent that does not agree with the findings. This is where your role as a D.A. obligates you to look into things further or provide answers. I have been around the circles enough during my work with the officials and the communities to know just what can be done should a D.A. want it done. If you had answered some questions in the past, I would not be typing this statement today. Now we will be getting answers, the question is will you be providing them? As a note to Abbett, the letter your office signed for and we did not receive a reply to did state that if we didn’t get some answers we will be going to the media, and we gave about 2 months for you to reply.
I liked the statement by Mr. Jones as well. The one that went as follows:
“I’m a bit hesitant to address the issue, because you don’t want to give something that has so much misinformation much credibility,” Jones said. “But with this effort out there to bring attention to it, I feel I almost have to. A lot of what is written there - well there’s no other way to say it - is just wrong. “I’m a public official and a certain amount of criticism comes with the job, but to have this turn into personal attacks, with things out there that are just not true, is a bit over the top.”
Jones, months before this letter I personally called your department twice and left messages for you both times. As we know almost every police and Sheriffs department in the country has it so that even phones with caller ID blocking on it will show the number. Therefore it would be in the records of your departments phone logs if this were the case. Both these calls went unanswered. I cannot say if you did or did not get the messages, I can say that I did not get a call back. As said with Abbett above, if you were to reply then, I would not be typing this statement now. You even made note to the affect that this (my articles) has so much misinformation and that is why you are a bit hesitant to address the issue. This should be even more of a reason for you to address the issue, a reason to clear up any “misinformation” that may be getting posted and a reason to show who is right and who is wrong. Your information, statements (even ones against me), etc. are welcome on my postings. You can feel free to send anything you wish to me at LocalNews@WorldBreak.com and I will post it word for word as it was sent if you would like. But do not even start to try and go after me for providing me with “misinformation” when you will not return a phone call. As a law official you know that if only one side of the story is told, only one side will be heard. You want your side heard, then speak up and say it, I will be happy to share it as I did other information. But when you will not speak up, don’t complain when you hear about it being one sided. I would expect that from children, we are grown men and need to give each other the respect that grown men deserve. I gave you that respect with two phone calls; you return it with a statement like this. That is not respect! You stated “I’m a public official and a certain amount of criticism comes with the job. I was a public figure at one time and I too know about the criticism that comes with the job. That is why I made sure as a public figure, I spoke up and made my voice heard if there was something that warranted my attention. I know your not a fool and I would expect you to do the same, therefore I can only assume that you thought that Debbi and I were not worth your attention.
This was in the paper (it was not clear if it was said by Jones or was just added in as part of the article, but it was not done as a direct quote), and it is WRONG: Wallace’s accounts and claims are based on documents that have been provided to him by Debbi Foster-Murphy, Daniel Foster’s mother. He said he has tried to talk with Abbett and Jones but that his calls and a registered letter requesting information have been ignored. None of you know just who I have and have not spoken with, therefore I have no idea just how you came up with this information. But here are some facts for you to consider. Before even starting this article, I spoke with Debbi back and forth for a few months until I was sure I wanted to take this on. Yes Debbi has supplied me with a lot of information. But Debbi is not the only person in that county. I have spoken with not less then 12 people form that area in the course of this article. Some of which were witness to police investigations, both on and off the crime scene. I have had the autopsy reports reviewed by others, whose knowledge in this area far surpasses my knowledge. I have in my possession letters that were sent out from Abbett’s office on his letterhead and with his signature which helped me to come to my personal conclusions. I have in my possession a copy of unofficial (therefore not admissible to any court of law and/or as cause to reopen this case) of some case sensitive documents. What I do not have in my possession is any form of information supplied by or on the behalf of either the Sheriff’s Dept. or the Attorney Generals office in their defense to what has been placed in my articles, even though I have made attempts to get such information.
Please note that all information listed above that I have in my possession has been copied and is also in the hands of others should I be unavailable and it be needed.
I would like to add that I know that the response that was received by the Opelika-Auburn News, Abbett and Jones in relation to this article is not what was expected. In fact I have been receiving copies of the same replies and they are in favor of the fact that this case needs to be looked into further. What I find amusing is the fact that anyone thought that the voices of the people would not speak up. I don’t mind making a name for myself with this one, but we can put this to rest by simply making everything available to the parties needed.
In closing I would like to say that I am willing to admit that I could have been able to make a mistake in some things along the way with this article, after all I am human and humans WE ALL do make mistakes. If this is the case, please help me to see where my mistakes are and I will be more then happy to correct them, be the corrections in my favor or not.
I do have a direct question for Abbett and Jones. Is it a fact that it was said that Vaughn had to reload the gun after his first attempt failed? I have heard this and would like to confirm if it is true or not. Please confirm.
As always, I would like to ask EVERYONE to post their comments below or send them to us at LocalNews@WorldBreak.com
Thank you, A.Wallace
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Monday October 2, 2006
Loving Heart Memorials
After almost a half a year of working with the article “A Search for the Truth”, I’ve come to learn a lot that I never knew before. I learned just how many people out there would like to find justice for their loved ones, I learned how little compassion people have for those trying to keep the memory of a loved on alive. I even had the un-pleasuring experience of seeing how the dollar is more important to some people then doing the right thing.
It was saddening to see how I had to make corrections to someone’s memorial for their son cause the person charging for the work had no idea what they were doing.
I am not one to live in a fog or see things through rose-colored glasses as the saying goes, but I do believe that there should be some morals when it comes to doing business and dealing with people.
With that being said, Debbi (Daniel’s mother, one of the boys from A Search for the Truth) and I will be launching our own place for online memorials next week.
As with any service we will expect to make some profit off it, but we will commit to helping those that we can in the process, conducting business with the morals and compassion that needs to be applied in a service like this. We will be committing to providing these families and the loved ones they have lost with the respect that they deserve.
Loving Heart Memorials will be the first one of it’s kind. I am sure there will be many to follow, but none like what we will be providing. With the owners being a mother who experienced a loss herself and wants nothing but the best for her son’s memories and myself who committed many work hours over the last 22 weeks to assist this mother in finding justice of her child’s murder. Debbi knows what the pain is and I know how much it takes to fight for what is right. Who is better to provide such a service?
If between Debbi and myself we can’t under stand what you’re going through and find it in our hearts to see that you get the best for your loved ones, then no one will.
So if you’re looking for a way to immortalize the memory of a loved one, consider visiting us at LovingHeartMemorials.com and let us help set you up with a memorial that will be within your budget and still show the respect that your loved one deserves.
Debbi and I would both like to thank you for your time in reading this. And if we may be of service to you, please visit us at LovingHeartMemorials.com
Have a great and blessed day.
By A. Wallace TheWeeklyNews.info/YourDesign2.com
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A Search for the Truth (part 22)
Previously we covered the requirements to be a Sheriff in lee County Alabama.
This week I would like to see just how minimal those requirements are. To do so, we will take a look at what the Guide to State Residency Requirements is on Policy and Practice at U.S. Public Colleges and Universities of ALABAMA ad compare them to what is required to become a Sheriff.
You will see that it is much harder to be considered a resident for a local College then if is to be a Sheriff and have the responsibility of protecting both the College students as well as the public of Alabama.
By the end of this article, you’ll see just how the system is designed to make our children’s futures harder and how they have a full disregard for our safety.
Please add your comments after the facts below. These laws affect all of us no matter where we are located. By allowing rules like these to be applied, we also allow people like Jones to disregard information as he did in the case of the murder of these three boys.
Facts below are provided in accordance with the College Entrance Examination Board for Alabama and the Lee County Sheriffs Dept (through both public statements and their web site).
Requirements for residency by a College Student as apposed to requirements to become a Sheriff:
Collage: The Alabama universities surveyed require applicants to have had a permanent abode in Alabama for at least twelve consecutive months preceding registration. No person who moves to Alabama for the primary purpose of attending college shall be considered to have demonstrated intent to establish Alabama domicile, and will generally not be considered eligible for resident classification.
Sheriff: You are required to be a resident of the county for 24 hours.
College: The University of Alabama notes that a student reaches the age of majority at 19 years and may then apply for residency one year thereafter, at age 20. At that time, the student must have (for 12 months) severed all ties to the former state and have the intent to remain in Alabama indefinitely.
Sheriff: Applicants must be eighteen years-of-age
College: Evidence of Domicile, Including but not Limited to: voter and vehicle registration; Alabama driver's license; filing of an Alabama resident tax return; ownership of real or personal property in Alabama and payment of state taxes thereon (home, auto, boat, etc.); full-time permanent employment in Alabama; maintenance of checking/savings and investment accounts as well as safe deposit boxes; in-state address shown on selective service registration, insurance policies, stock and bond registrations, last will and testament, annuities, retirement plans, hunting and fishing licenses; and possession of business or professional licenses in Alabama.
Sheriff: We could not find anything stating requirements that someone running for Sheriff has any requirements to show proof of residency.
College: Exceptions to the rule above include (but not limited to) U.S. military personnel on active duty stationed in Alabama and Full-time faculty members and employees of a State of Alabama agency or institution.
Sheriff: There is no need for an exception, just be a resident of the county for 24 hours.
There are a lot more examples that I can provide, but I think that the few examples above get the point across.
Given the information above, if you were moving to Lee County Alabama, would you rather run for Sheriff or go to College and continue your education?
Running for Sheriff sounds pretty good to me. It provides an income quickly and is a lot easier to get in to then College.
Could that have been the view of the people in the Lee County Sheriff’s Dept? Could that have been one of the flaws that allowed the investigation of these three boys to be handled so poorly?
During the investigation that took place in 2004, Sheriff Jones was offered the assistance of the Opelika County Police Dept. and refused it. He did not refuse it after a verbal conversation. The people from Opelika County Police Dept. took the time to go to the crime scene and offer their help. After arriving at the scene, they were sent away.
Sheriff Jones has a pretty extensive background, but if he had to apply for Collage as a Resident, he may have had a little more feeling and compassion for the people of the community and accepted the assistance from other law agencies.
Sheriff Jones also has a background based on drug bust that involved the assistance of out side offices. His record of solving crimes like break-ins of people’s homes is something to be desired at best. But break-ins are something he would have to solve on his own. Could that be part of the reason?
If the best part of Sheriff Jones background involved the assistance of others, it would raise question as to why he would turn away help when faced with the biggest homicide case that faced the county in years.
If Sheriff Jones has enough education to be teaching Forensics at the local College, I cant find any reason the he would over look the fact that there were so many conflicts within Vaughan’s autopsy reports. Conflicts that I with limited training in law enforcement and procedures picked up on with out any delay.
I still have trouble getting past the fact that Vaughan was close enough to Jones to run his campaign to become Sheriff in 1998, yet Jones seemed to not know anything about Vaughan driving a truck that was reported stolen nor did he seem to have knowledge of the extensive amount of guns that Vaughan had.
I became a public figure in my area in 2002, and to this day I know all the people that were a big part of my making it to the top. I know what they are into and I follow how there doing in the communities. Mind you, I stepped out of the spotlight in 2003. Therefore I have no logical reason to keep up to date on these people.
Jones is still in office as the local Sheriff and should have more of a reason then me to know who is affiliated with him. Also given the fact that Jones is getting ready to run for Sheriff again in the near future, it is even more important for him now then before to show that he is looking to do the right thing and find justice in this case.
Yet Jones seams pretty content in his current position. What Jones is relying on at this point is the support of the large commercial companies, the local political figures, the local law firms, etc. After the failure to conduct the investigation of these 3 boys properly, threats made to local citizens involved in this case and additional problems. The support of the people of the area will not be there for Jones. But the support of the large firms may be enough to keep him in office.
This is why we need the local papers and news shows involved. We need to get the corporate world of the area on our side, show them that the people have a voice and they do not own us. We need to speak up and do our part or the next Sheriff Jones may be protecting your local town.
If you have not done so yet, please e-mail TheTruth@Akpcsales.net and ask for your copy of the letter we are sending out. You will need to print about 26 copies, sign them and mail them on October 10th.
These letters will help to prevent people like Sheriff Jones from ignoring the citizens, covering up their mistakes and hurting us as a hole. Jones is just one man the fight is only starting with him being in the spot light, there will be more.
As part of the new service Debbi and I will be launching next week (temporary site is up and can be viewed at www.LovingHeartMemorials.com) we will also be setting up as part of that service “A Search for the Truth” as an extension of this article. This will allow others like Debbi to get their voices heard, get the support of others and with God’s will, find the Truth for their loved ones.
This fight started in Alabama, but will continue till it reaches your local community and makes your life the best it will be. But for it to continue, we need your involvement with posting comments and sending in the letters.
I would like to thank everyone for following along with this case. One voice may be like a breeze passing by, but many voices will be like the thunder from the sky. It’s time to unite and create that thunder, shake their roofs and let them know that hell will rise if our angels are not allowed to rest with peace. The peace of knowing that Justice has truly been served and “A Search for the Truth” has finally come to an end for their loved ones who are still with us.
Thanks again, A. Wallace
Written by A. Wallace Researched by Cindy (Thanks for the help Cindy) TheWeeklyNews.info/YourDesign2.com
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