Anonymous Tipster Blames Self in Death of Rexdale Henry

Still visibly distraught, an anonymous tipster blames their self for the death of Rexdale Henry.

"I called in a tip to the police about Rexdale, and maybe had I not done that, he would still be here."

Between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm on July 9th, the day Rexdale was arrested, she ran into Rexdale as she was getting ready to visit her Chiropractor, Doctor Hancock, in Philadelphia.

"I parked my car at the Dollar Store across from Jerome Tanks, when Rexdale pulled up beside me.  He let his window down and said, "I like that."  When I ask what he was referring to, he pointed at the Dream catcher hanging from my rear view mirror."

She alleges that as they talked a little more she noticed that his words seemed a little slurred, and he had an open beer can between his legs.

"When he pulled off he headed toward the direction of downtown Philadelphia.  Had he went toward his home in Bogue Chitto I probably would not have called, but since he was headed into town I was afraid he might get into and accident and hurt himself or someone else so I called the police."

"I feel like he would still be here if I had not made that phone call.  Maybe if he had been rude or ugly to me, I would feel different, but he wasn't; he was really nice, and laughing and enjoying life."

THE SUSPECTS

     SHONDRA MAY....THE SUSPECTS

When Shondra May disappeared on February 4, 1986 Law Enforcement thought she was most likely a run-away so they told her family she would probably be back in a few days, but the family knew Shondra and knew there was no way she had run away.

Shondra's mother, sick with cancer, was always concerned about Shondra, and always had Shondra call home before she left work.  

This night was no different.  Shondra called her mother to let her know she was leaving work at 7:40, going by TG&Y to pick up a Valentine card for her boyfriend, Tony Adams, and then heading to the house.  It was around a 15-minute drive home so when 8:30 rolled around and Shondra had not come home, her mother Nell began to worry.  

22 days later, on Shondra's 18th birthday, her naked, hogtied, lifeless body, was found floating in Baker's Creek in Bolton, MS by an off-duty fireman, who happened to be fishing in the area.  

One of the first suspects was William Kenneth McLain, who put the spotlight on himself by inserting himself into the investigation.  A tactic commonly used by serial killers.

Not only was McLain known to Shondra May, but he was also implicated in several other cases, including one in Tuscaloosa Alabama involving the death of Chandra Fehler.

Eerily similar in MO (Mode of Operation) Alabama detectives came to Mississippi to further investigate. 

 Chandra Fehler, a Kindergarten teacher, was a 24-year-old graduate student at the University of Alabama, and was last seen at at the former Riverside swimming pool that was also frequented by William Kenneth McLain.  

Like Shondra May, Chandra Fehler's car door was left ajar.  Her car was found around 200 yards from the pool and her ID and towel lay on the car seat and the interior light of the car was on.  That was June 10th, 1987, the last time Chandra's family would hear her voice.

Four days later Chandra Fehler's cold, lifeless body, hands and feet bound by wire, and weighted down by a concrete block, was found washed ashore by a fisherman who was fishing on the Black Warrior River, which makes me think of The Big Black River which flows close to Baker's Creek. 

Could the similar name of a victim and the similar name of a river, trigger the desire to kill again?

Not so fast.... Kenneth McLain is NOT the only suspect and quite possibly not the guilty party in either murder.  

He may have adored her from afar.  

SUSPECT NUBMER 4, WILLIE MCCURDY CLEARED.

 Many people from Scott County have long suspected Willie McCurdy of being involved in the death of Shondra May.

However, Willie McCurdy, has done everything possible to clear his name.  

Investigator, Michael Frazier, along with investigator Jerry McNeece, of Old Dogs Fresh Eyes, did an informal interview with Mr. McCurdy, trying to get his opinions on what happened or who was involved.

"He would answer questions, but was very reluctant, states Michael, "and I can understand why.  He felt like his reputation was destroyed by this cloud following him all of his life."

"McCurdy gave DNA, Polygraphs, etc... He didn't run from anything we asked of him."

"We also interviewed former deputies who were working during that time,  and one stated that McCurdy helped them look for Shondra all night, and that Willie is innocent.    

  Nothing in this investigation has given any indication that Willie Poe McCurdy had anything to do with the death of Shondra May, but rather that he,  along with many other law enforcement officials, diligently tried to solve this case.  

PART 4 Larry Fisher Shondra May Murder Investigation

Suspect Number 5 eliminated.

Larry Fisher

The 80''s were a tumultuous time in central Mississippi, from the high-profile case of Larry Tiffee, a wealthy businessman from Arkansas who is believed to have been killed in a murder-for-hire scheme cooked up by his wife, Gloria Sanders Tiffee, to the deaths of two innocent teenage girls who were kidnapped and murdered in Meridian Mississippi, the disappearance of Shondra May only added to the heightened fear.

If you were a female, you were not to stop for any law enforcement officers, but rather put on your emergency blinkers and go to the nearest well-lit, public place to pull over.

Around the same as Shondra May's Disappearance, Melinda Gail Weathers and Carol Jean Fomby, from Meridian, Mississippi were found murdered.

Larry Fisher, dubbed "The Blue Light Killer" was arrested and indicted on charges of capital murder in their deaths.

Because of similarities; like the fact that some of the murdered girls, like Shondra, worked at fast food restaurants, people theorized that Shondra had been murdered by Larry Fisher.

Giving more credence to that story was the fact that Shondra's driver's license was missing, which meant she may have been pulled over by someone posing as LE.

However, Larry Fisher was in jail in Meridian Mississippi during the time Shondra Disappeared, eliminating him as a suspect.

However, it does not mean the Larry Fisher case did not give some other predator ideas.

Backgroundon store video of girl being pulled by hair of head by bailbonds man

 On _____ Phillip Peterson was arrested by Scott County Law Enforcement on a charge of illegal narcotics possession. 

According to anonymous sources, Peterson called Heather Michelle Thompson (the girl in the video being pulled out of a store by the hair of her head.) to come and pick up his truck to keep it from being impounded.  

Heather Thompson came and got the truck and while Phillip Peterson was in jail she continued to ride around in his truck.  

According to law enforcement, Peterson has a history of loaning people his truck and then he has trouble getting it back, yet refuses to press charges. A search of the NCIC database shows no history of the truck ever being reported stolen.  Peterson was told that if he wanted law enforcement to get his vehicle back he must press charges, and Peterson stated he was not going to make a police report.  

Once, Peterson got out of jail he was not able to get the truck back from her so the bonding company put him back in jail (without surrendering his bond or at least no record can be found).

Bonding agent then went into the store where Heather Thompson was and with her arms behind her back began walking her toward the door.  According to Heather, the bonding agent showd a badge when he walked into the store, but when she got to the door she saw that he was not in an official law enforcement vehicle so she tried to run back into the store and that is when the bonding agent grabbed her by the hair of the head and took her out to the parking lot where he held her by placing one knee on one of her sides and the other knee on her cheek and held her in this position for around an hour.

She was pregnant and told him he was hurting her, and when police arrived them made him let her up and sent for an ambulance (even though she said she did not need one) because they wanted to make sure she was ok.  

PLUMBING PROBLEMS? HELP IS A PHONE CALL AWAY.

 I ALWAYS use baby wipes to remove makeup because I dislike staining my bath cloths.  Unfortunately, someone ran out of toilet paper, saw them in the bathroom, did their deed, and flushed them down my toilet.

Ugh is backing up into my tub, and overflowing onto the Pergo style floors I put down just a few short years ago.  I'm nearly broke, and all the contractors I call are out of my immediate price range.  Fortunately for me, I found a plumbing contractor right here in Little Rock, Mississippi.

Not only was JAMES SEWER ROOTER SERVICE half the price of other local contractors, he was quick, efficient, friendly, courteous, and gave me a miniature flashlight and a  Calendar to boot.  Now that is what I call service.

If you have plumbing problems save yourself some money and call JAMES SEWER ROOTER SERVICE@ 601-479-1039.  It's a crappy job, but someone's got to do it!  

James has been servicing the Newton County area for over 18 year

WHY IS THIS CROOKED PROBATION OFFICER STILL ON THE FORCE? DONNA STRUKIN vs VICKY PATRICK.

 THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF ARTICLES TITLED:

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY. 4/29/2023

Donna Sturkin VS Vicky Patrick

We've watched it on TV, witnessed it personally, or been a victim of law enforcement corruption or abuse leaving us to ask the question, "Why do they keep bad personnel on the force?"

Most of us believe that Law Enforcement's purpose is to protect and serve, and while they may do that, in actuality, their job is to uphold and enforce the law.  

So what happens when Law Enforcement breaks the laws they are sworn to uphold? Unless it makes big headlines, like in the case of Christopher Epps, former Commissioner of MDOC, who was sentenced to 19 years in Federal Prison, it may get swept under the rug. 

This brings me to the Central Mississippi case of Donna Sturkin VS Vicky Patrick, where Sturkin sued Patrick on the basis Sturkin was subjected to regular, repeated harassment, coercion, punishment, and false reporting by Defendant Patrick.. Sturkin v. Patrick, CAUSE NO. 3:16-CV-434-CWR-FKB, (S.D. Miss. May. 10, 2019)

Donna Sturkin, a resident of Scott County Mississippi entered the Eighth Judicial District Drug Court whose purpose is to reduce the incidence of alcohol and drug use, addiction, and crimes committed as a result.

Donna was placed on probation and had to adhere to all of the requirements of drug court, including drug and alcohol testing, and payment of fines. Failing to meet any of those requirements could result in her receiving the maximum amount of prison time for her crime. 

Donna's probation officer was Vicky Patrick, a deputy sheriff hired as a probation officer in 2005, and a former employee of the Leake County Sheriff's Department.

While in the Drug Court Program, Donna underwent regular testing for drugs and alcohol and attended periodic court appearances.  

As Donna's probation officer, Patrick's job was to conduct home checks, make sure Donna maintained gainful employment, collect urine samples for random drug and alcohol screens, and report failures to the drug court judge.

Soon after becoming Donna Strukin's probation officer, Vicky Patrick began extorting Sturkin with demands that included allowing Patrick to steal goods from the store where Donna worked.  In addition to that, Donna was also required to provide Patrick, as well as her friends and family, with free hotel rooms at the hotel where Donna was employed. 

If Donna failed to meet Officer Patrick's demands, Officer Patrick threatened that Donna would be sent to the Mississippi Department of Corrections to serve the maximum prison sentence.  

On several occasions, after Donna failed to comply with Officer Patrick's extortion demands, Patrick lied and reported to the circuit court judge that Donna had tested positive for alcohol consumption, and as a result, Donna was sent to the county jail on three different occasions.

Donna reported this improper behavior to Marcus Ellis Jr. the coordinator of the drug court and Officer Patrick's supervisor.  Ellis told her to take up any problems she had with Patrick herself.  Although Ellis stated he did not remember the conversation, he stated in an affidavit that is exactly how he would likely have responded at the time.

Donna's sister, Kathy Marler, also tried to call Ellis and tell him about what Officer Patrick had done, but she was not allowed to speak with Ellis, and shortly thereafter, Officer Patrick called Donna at the jail and told her if her family continued to call Drug Court, Donna's sentence would be extended for every phone call.

In a matter unrelated to Patrick's extortion of Donna Sturkin, Officer Patrick was fired from Drug Court.

When Donna Strukin learned Officer Patrick had been fired, she again called Ellis to discuss her experience with Officer Patrick.  Ellis investigated and found that Donna's allegations regarding Patrick's extortion demands were true.  Ellis also informed Donna that she had NOT failed any of her alcohol consumption tests.  

Donna sued Officer Patrick and a jury awarded her damages and attorney's fees.

"To me, this is not over, cries Donna Sturkin, because from the beginning it wasn't about money.  It was and still is about the fact that she should never be allowed to carry a badge or have any sort of authority over anyone after blatantly violating my civil rights and the civil rights of others who were too afraid to come forward and stand up for themselves.  

You can read the full judgment summary of this case here:  https://law.justia.com/cases/mississippi/court-of-appeals/2020/2019-ca-01512-coa.html

Not only did Officer Vicky Patrick violate Donna Sturkin's civil rights, but she also broke the law.  She committed the crime of extortion and perjury by lying to a judge about Donna failing an alcohol and drug screen so she could maintain control over Donna and continue with her criminal activity. 

Worse than that, she deprived Donna, whom the Drug Court was supposed to be helping turn her life around, of her freedoms and portions of her life she can not get back.

While Donna was sent to the county jail 3 times because Officer Patrick falsified her drug and alcohol screens, I can find no record of Patrick being punished nor charged with perjury or other crimes.

Shockingly, Officer Patrick currently works for MDOC as a Probation/Parole officer, supervising people and determining whether prisoners go back to prison for violation of parole or probation.

Would a bank robber ever be allowed to be president of a bank?  Absolutely not, so why would we ever allow someone who has abused their power over people that are at their mercy and control, to be over others who are in a similar situation.

She should never be allowed to work in this capacity again, and according to the law, should be in jail for her crimes, not supervising people who have possibly committed lesser crimes.

We want Prisoners, innocent or guilty, who are under the control of Law Enforcement to come out as better people, not be subjected to crooked officers like Vicky Patrick.  

There is a high probability this was not Vicky Patrick's first extortion of a probationer, nor her first time to lie on one, but according to other probationers, it was a matter of routine. (More about that in the next article.) 

A high-stress job that officers don't know if they will come home from, officers of the law are human, they have normal human emotions of anger and sadness, and most often encounter the worst that mankind has to offer.

Crooked officers, like Patrick, cost other law enforcement officers their lives, destroy the public trust, and hurt morale within the departments they work for.  

If victims never report it or newspapers don't report on bad officers, then it is possible, like, in the case of Patrick, they stay on the force.  

In Epps case, it is a high probability that was not his first crime, and by the time a crooked officer of the law is caught, they have probably committed many more crimes they were never reported for, allowing them to work their way through the system, sometimes, all the way to the top.

Vicky Patrick is now one of the highest-paid probation officers in the state.  Either MDOC failed to do a proper background check on Vicky Patrick or Patrick is working her way to the top.

If you have been victimized by Vicky Patrick or other crooked law enforcement officials, then please report it so the good guys don't get lumped in with bad, and bad officers don't continue to victimize people under their control.

We take tips and keep all sources confidential.  If you have been the victim of crooked law enforcement, I will help guide you to people you can trust to help get them off the force so they don't do to others what they have done to you.

Next is the story of someone who says that Officer Patrick sent them to prison by falsifying drug and alcohol screening tests, and they still suffer emotionally because of what Officer Patrick put them through, but they are not the only ones..................

Contact:  MuddyMississippiJustice@gmail.com or call 601-745-6276

SHONDRA MAY: INTERVIEW WITH TONY ADAMS

On May 29, 2022, I Found and interviewed Tony Adams, Shondra May's boyfriend, before she was kidnapped and murdered by an unknown assailant. 

Unable to reach Tony Adams by phone, I did some research and eventually found where he lived.  When I arrived, I first went to the front door and didn't get an answer so I went around through the garage, and his wife opened the door and I explained who I was they were gracious enough to let me in their house for an interview.  

We sat down in their living room and began our talk about the night Shondra went missing.  

"I was at home watching TV at my mama and daddy's house", says Tony, "when I got a call from Shondra's aunt, that lived right there beside Shondra, asking me if I had seen Shondra." 

 "Well, no, I replied, and she informed me they had found Shondra's car up at the top of the hill and the door was open and she was gone.  

They called that night, and you know, of course, they didn't have cell phones back then, they called mama and Daddy's house and we were watching tv and they were looking, and they said, is she over there, had I seen her and I said no.  they said well they found her car up there and I'm telling the best I remember,  they found her car was over there on the hill, the door was open and she was gone. Anyway, I hurried down there as fast as I could. 

I felt very anxious, this was very unusual to me, you know, her car door open and she is not there, I knew something had happened.  

Did she ever tell you she was afraid, or someone was following her or anything like that?

How long had ya'll been dating?

"We had been dating about six months, I was in love, you know I thought I was deep in love, I guess I was.  I don't know how many days I stayed at her parents house, but I didn't come back home for several days, you know, hoping something would break, something would happen.

Did you ever have a feeling about who you thought might have done it?

"I was clueless, although you start suspecting people, I had no idea who might have done it."

Tony's wife.  "We were talking awhile ago about how surprised he was, you know he always knew how anxious Shondra's mom was always worried about talking about Shondra's mom and bout how she was always worried about when Shondra would get home, and he mom was real sick at that time too.  

I underrstand that, I have one in college and I have a tracker on my phone where I can pin point his location, he knows I do it, but I'm just saying, we didnt' ahve anything like that back then , you just called your parents.  The fact that she called her mother shows you right there her intentions were to come home. 

I met Shondra through a friend, a distant cousin of mine,  at a ballgame.  Someof the edinburg boys would go to the Leake Academy ball game, and then one of my friends dated one of her friends, I guess that is really how I met her. 

When ask if they ever heard anything about who it might have been they said the news had an interview with Neil Brandford, who was the investigator at the time and he said he knew who done it.  He thought it was William Kenneth McLain, but Bradford is dead now.  

Bradford was someone I didnt' like because you know , he put a lot of pressure on me, you know before they ever found her, and almost ever time we talked they seemed to insinuate I knew something.

You know, you are already in a very uspet condition, and then to have somebody try to make you feel like you know something about somethign, like he wasn't being compliant. 

It was valentines so you would not have been meeting her early.

Wife:

It was close to valentimes, but he, his mom and dad and little siter were all at the house watching the same movie, but Tony still went and took a lie detector (polygraph test).  I would do anythign to help, you know, like I'm talking to you, and I 've kind of let it go, but you know, I dont like to talk about it. It was devestating, and it still brings feelings back, but I would like for it to be settled and know who done it. 

I forgive them, which it ain't for me to forgive, (ask him forgive who) I do wish they would find out, but it is very doubtful they ever will.  

The sheriff back then, I didn't like him either, he was bad, and I think after that he got in some kind of trouble. That man was mean, I mean he treated me bad. The state people that gave me the polygrapy was real nice and ironically, his last name was Valentine. 

The would try and trick me.  They would say we want you  to do this, go down to jackson, and then they gave me a polygraph, which I would have done anyway.

I was about 18 then, maybe 19, I was working at the time, but my dad was in the logging  usiness so I started working when I was 17.  I started to school when I was five so I graduated when I was 17 1/2.

I've talked to I don't know how many people, investigators, you name it.

According to Angela, the worst was the investigator who took his DNA.  "you know, this was after we had kids and everything and they would not come to the house, they made him meet over at Sunrise community, and took his DNA.

"I told Angela, I ain't ever meeting with anyone else again unless I have a witness.  

"It scared me, because he was so adamant about me not telling my wife or anyone about it, and he got really mad because I told her." "It seemed legitimate, he did a mouth swab, but was just kind of strange, how it went down."

After Tony met him and gave his DNA we got kind of worried about it, like what was the motive behind it, he was in an unmarked car.  He tole me, "You can't tell nobody."

"I was so worried about it because it was so underhanded how it was done, states Angela, so I told Tony to call me and keep me informed .

"The investigator talked to me later about the DNA, you know, like they have some DNA, but I don't know. 

Her best friends were Stephanie Thornton and Tammy Thompson.

Tammy is the one I kind of met her through.  

There were times when she was working, I would go down there and follow her home to make sure she made it safely, she would go up her driveway and I would go home.  and this one time, Thank the Lord I didn't do it that night, I mean I guess I should not say that because I might have caused this not to happen, but I'm thinking what would they have done if I hadn't been at home... 

Angie:  If he hadn't been home...

What driveway did she use?  Did she go up the first or the second driveway?

"She always went up the first drive way. It would be a hard turn to turn into the second drive way from the direction she would have been coming."

"One of the times I followed her from work she went on up her drive way, and of course I slowed down, and I touched my brakes for some reason, and I looked in my rearview mirror and there is a drive way across the road, I think her grandma and grandpa lived up there, anyway, my tail lights lit up enough that I could see the taillights of a vehicle, and I thought to myself, someone is parked in their driveway.  You know, the vehicle wasn't on, it was just sitting there with the lights off. and best I remember that was a long driveway. It wasn't like it was sitting at their house.

"It was enough to make me think, "What is somebody doing there?" Of course, I didn't think about nobody being out to get somebody. Looking back, that is one thing that makes me think somebody could have been watching her moves at that point.

Did she ever ask you to follow her home?

"No, I would get off work, and go by there, I guess go by there to get something to eat and maybe get to see her for a little bit, because you know her mom and dad did not let her go out much on the weekends.  She was only allowed to go out once, you know, like a Friday or Saturday night.

It was long distance to call me, you know, she would have had to drive up to Walnut Grove if she wanted to call me. I didn't get to talk with her much when she was at work.

I didnt' like her working down there, I can tell you that.  Her mama and daddy made her work, I guess, you know, going to a private school." 

Tony currently works as 

Tony's wife worked as a teacher for 28 years, teaching high school English and Journalism, and also teaching middle school some.  She is a former employee of Neshoba Central in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and taught at Edinburg for almost twenty years until it was consolidated.  1

We Want Answers... The Death of Chancey Lee Dansby

Forty-two year old Chancey Lee Dansby was found face down on Highway 49 In Newton County Mississippi, the alleged victim of a hit-and-run. His obituary states he was an avid outdoorsman who loved the outdoors; hunting, fishing, and riding 4-wheelers.

According to Chancey's widow, Michelle Kyzar Dansby, she and Chancey were split up at the time, and Chancey was living with a friend and visiting with a woman named Donna and her boyfriend in Lake Mississippi near the Newton County/Scott County line.

Chancey decided to leave Donna's house and go for a ride on his bicycle.

A neighbor, Josh Parks, had been riding on his golf cart earlier, and passed Chancey riding on his bicycle. The next thing he knew, he heard Donna's boyfriend screaming, "Help! Help! He's been hit."  Josh ran over and Chancey was laying in the road injured. When Josh got there he said it looked like the side of Chancey's face had been hit with brass knuckles.

"No one heard anything when the accident happened, no tires screeching, nothing.", says Michelle.

911 was called and the first official to the scene was Pete Lingle, a Shift Sargent with the Scott County Sheriff's Office in Forest, Mississippi.  Officer Lingle told Michelle that when he arrived Chancey was face down in the road.  "I turned him over and and tilted his head back until the paramedics got there or else Chancey would have drowned in his own blood." Chancey was transported to the University Medical Center in Jackson where he later died on August 20, 2022, after his sister, Nicole Dansby Pinter, had to make the hardest decision of her life, and remove him from life support.  

Michelle later ran into officer Lingle at a gas station.  "He told me there was a video from The Hornets Nest store in Lake, and the hit-and-run vehicle was a red, flatbed truck, but they could not make out the tag number. There was something on the back of the truck, like a jug, but they could not make out what it was. 

"I just feel like something else happened to him because the road was straight and you could easily see traffic from both ways, and my kids heard he was beaten and robbed. I think someone hit him with a blunt object.  I was told he had stolen and sold his father's tractor and that he had money on him.  The Newton County Sheriff's Office has jurisdiction, and I want someone from there to call me, and explain to me what happened and let me see the video or release the video of the truck so I can put my mind at rest."

"We had been married about a year when he got caught with a firearm, and because he was a convicted felon he went back to prison.  We were both hooked on drugs, and when he got out he still had a drug problem, and I did not want to go back to that so I had to stay away from him, but I still cared deeply for him because he was with me through some of the darkest times of my life."  

"The last time I saw him was a few months before he died, and he and his girlfriend, Lisa, came by my house to see my kids, but he was suppose to bring divorce papers with him, and I made him leave because he did not bring them, and I could not be around him and keep my sobriety."

"I just feel like he was a convicted felon so they don't care about what happened to him, but he was still a human being, and deserves justice. Me and his family deserve justice."

"Although I was still legally his wife, no one in power reached out to me when he died.  I was never questioned, called, nothing. I called The Highway Patrol in Meridian, and they gave me a number to call to talk with the investigator's office, but he has never returned my call."  

I reached out to the Newton County Sheriff's Office and the Scott County Sheriff's Office, and tried to reach other family members, but have yet to receive a reply on this case.  When, and if I do, I will give an update.

My strangest case yet.... What happened to Molly Ruth Netherland?

                   

                          Molly Ruth Netherland

                 Missing from Kemper County

 It was a cold, clear night in January 2022. I had been to Philadelphia and was on my way home.  As I passed the Pearl River Resort Casino, I saw several police cars on the right side of the road with their lights on. Nothing unusual for a Saturday night.

As I got a little further down the highway, I passed a figure dressed in dark colored clothing walking alone on the right side of the road.  Although they had on a jacket with a hoodie, I determined from the shape of their body it was likely a woman. 

"0h my goodness," I thought.  "It is so cold outside they are probably about to freeze", and then I thought about the lady in Meridian that froze to death under a bridge.   

"I don't pick up hitch-hikers," I reminded myself, but as I got a little further down the road, I checked the temperature: 28 degrees.  I wondered at what degree a person freezes to death, so I ask Siri.

At 50 degrees and under a human can get hypothermia and die, but under 32 is freezing.

I decided to turn my car around and check on them. At first I breathed a sigh of relief.  I didn't see them anywhere and I surmised that someone had picked them up, but a little further down the road there they were.  

I had a dilemma.  Should I pick them up or not. I decided if it was a girl I would give them a ride, and if not, I could at least see if there was someone I could call for them.  

Although her head was shaved, I determined it was a girl, so I asked her why she was walking on such a cold night, and she said she had gone to sleep on the bathroom floor at the casino and they had kicked her out.  

I told her to get in the car and asked her where she needed to go.  She said Bogue Chitto and I asked where that was. Wiping tears from her eyes, she gave me some kind of vague directions and I decided I would not drive there that time of night, but instead would take her home with me.

I asked her name and she told me it was Cherokee Bell.

My nephew Justin was there and so was my friend Arlie so I felt it would be safe to take her to the house.  

Before I went to town, I had cooked a big pot of chicken-n-dumplings so when we got home, I fixed her a warm bowl of dumplings and she ate it like she was really hungry, and I knew the warmth was helping her defrost. 

She asked if she could she have another bowl and I said, "Sure."  Then she said, "You are the mother I never had."

If you know me, you know I like to talk so that opened up the conversation, and the first thing I wanted to know was why she was walking down the road on a freezing night and no one from her family had come to pick her up.

  

 TERRY BELL, A RETAIL SUPERVISOR AT PEARL RIVER RESORT,

DIED FROM STAB WOUNDS DURING A FIGHT WITH HIS SISTER.

She then proceeded to tell me that she had manslaughter charges pending against her because she and her brother had been drinking one night and got into a fight.  He was beating on her, so she stabbed him with a knife, and he died.  After that she said her mother and the rest of her family would not have anything to do with her, and that she currently lived with her cousin. 

I could tell from our conversation that she felt remorse about her brother so I told her, "We all make mistakes and God can forgive you and wipe the slate clean."

As we settled into more conversation, she asked me what I did for a living, and I told her I was an insurance agent. 

Then she mentioned a nice woman she knew of that use to go and visit the prisoners at the Neshoba County jail, but her following words blew me out of the water. 

"You remind me of that missing white woman.(she did not say which white woman). My cousin killed her, and I just think it is horrible to kill someone for money."

Although I felt some apprehension, I had two able bodied men at my house and one of them had a big gun, so I felt safe letting her spend the night on my couch.  

I wanted to question her some more, but when I got up the next morning she was gone.  

I called the Neshoba County Sheriff's department so see if they knew of a missing white woman and they said no.

I immediately started searching google for a missing white woman from Neshoba County but could not find anyone.  Then I went to Facebook and searched for a missing white woman.

I pulled up a post of a woman missing from Kemper County, the next county over, named Molly Ruth Netherland."

When I saw Molly's picture, she had short blonde hair like mine, and although she was older, I could see a resemblance. I felt in my gut this was the missing white woman Cherokee Bell was talking about. 

I looked on a map and found Bogue Chitto (although Cherokee never said which cousin murdered the missing woman),and saw that it was not far from where Molly disappeared.  

I surmised that if a person went from Bogue Chitto to Meridian they would likely take the back road, Highway 495 South, the road Molly disappeared on.  

On Thursday, September 2, 2021, Seventy-Nine-year-old dementia patient, Molly Ruth Netherland, disappeared from her Kemper County home, never to be heard from again.

 Molly was last seen around 6:30 pm sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch of her Old Jackson Road home, enjoying a cool breeze, a quiet country view, and an Almond, chocolate-covered, vanilla, Haagen-Dazs ice cream bar. Next to her chair was a basket she put collectibles in, such as rocks and sticks.  

Molly's sister, Ginger McKee, was busy inside finishing up the laundry.  Around 7:15 Ginger went out on the porch to check on Molly, but Molly was gone.  Ginger figured she had walked down the 1/2 mile long, winding, dirt driveway looking for sticks and stones and anything else she might find for her basket of collectibles.

Ginger waited and waited and when Molly did not return, she took her car and went to look for her, but could not find her so they called the Sheriff and reported her missing.

"The Sheriff's Department did everything they could possibly do to find her including Thermal cameras, a helicopter, Sonar, and search and rescue teams, all to no avail.

The best lead came from a tracking dog that followed her scent to the end of the driveway, right onto Old Jackson Road, and then South on Highway 495 toward Meridian. 

According to Sheriff Moore the dog followed her scent for 15 miles, all the way to the Lauderdale County line.  The tracking dog can track a person's scent whether they are on foot of in a vehicle.  It is believed that she was picked up by someone in a vehicle.

Over the last week she had talked about going to Pascagoula, her former home place, to look for some papers.  In her demented state she would have been confused and easily fooled.

Kim Turner, one of Molly's stepdaughters says, "Molly was always busy doing something and used to drive an Asbestos x-ray truck across the country doing x-rays.  My dad, Gary Crawford was from Sandtown and when he passed in August of 2020 Molly didn't' want to be by herself so she moved to Kemper County to live with her sister Ginger."  

Crystal Gale Crawford, another one of Molly's stepdaughters says, "Molly did not have any money or ID on her when she went missing.  I took care of Molly and my father for a long time and continued to take care of Molly after my father, Gary Crawford passed away.  I cry myself to sleep every night. If you find her, please mention the name Gary Crawford and tell her we love her."

It is hard enough to lose a loved one, but to have them missing and not know if they are dead or alive or where they are is sheer torture.

Molly is a white female with short, gray hair, 5'5", 125 lbs, blue eyes last seen wearing white jogging pants, a white shirt, crocks and a dark colored sweatshirt. 

Whether Molly was the missing woman Cherokee Bell was talking about or someone else, her story led me to this sweet, wonderful woman who has been missing for too long, and needs to be found.  Please pray for the family.

If you have information leading to Molly's whereabouts or info that leads to the arrest and conviction of anyone that may have abducted or harmed her, you can leave tips with: Muddy Mississippi Justice at 601-745-6276 or 601-842-7461 or email us at MuddyMississippiJustice@gmail.com.  

Also, you can reach The Kemper County Sheriff's Department: 601-743-2255 or Crime Stoppers: 855-485-8477.

 There is a $5,000 dollar reward being offered.

One Suspect in Newton/Neshoba County Double Homicide Confesses

 Double Slaying Suspect Confesses 

April 29, 2022

According to the Newton Appeal,  

https://www.newtoncountyappeal.com/double-homicide-case-heads-grand-jury#sthash.V7YO50DG.dpbs

Shaunna Reynolds and Austin Harrell, arrested in the double slaying of Breanna Strickland Stokes, 26, of Union, and Kaitlyn Goolsby, 21 of Sebastopol, Mississippi, will be presented before a Grand Jury next month in Newton, County.

Shaunna Reynolds waived her right to a Preliminary hearing (a sort of mini-trial where evidence against a suspect can be presented before a judge, and the judge determines if there is enough evidence to proceed). 

Brett Maze reported that Judge Justin Chaney determined there was enough evidence to send Harrell, 27, to a Grand Jury. 

Harrell is also charged with felony arson, in connection to a burned truck believed to have been used in the murders, discovered in the Whynot Community of Lauderdale, County. Muddy Mississippi Justice was able to e-mail this tip to Sheriff Joedy Pennington, 

On March 4, 2022, Stokes and Goolsby's bodies were discovered by an undisclosed female on Choctaw tribal lands, at a dump site close to the intersection of Mac and McDill Road in the Conehatta Community.  Decomposition was evident due to the murders being committed on February 25th.

The Newton Appeal reported that according to Harrell's statement,  with Harrell driving, Harrell and Reynolds left Sebastopol headed to Philadelphia to pick Goolsby and Strickland up from a hotel off Highway 16.  On the way to Philadelphia, they stopped at a Dollar General in Sebastopol and bought two box cutters.

Arriving in Philadelphia, they picked up Goolsby and Stokes, and all four of them headed back toward Sebastopol. They made a sudden stop on Highway 21 in Neshoba, County, where Stokes, still in the truck, was murdered by being stabbed in the neck with what is believed to be one of the box cutters purchased at Dollar General in Sebastopol.  

With Stokes dead body still in the truck, Harrell, Reynolds, and Goolsby headed to a dump site in the Conehatta Community near Mac/McDill road.  

Once they arrived at the dump site, they ushered Goolsby out of the truck and had her sit on a cushion, and then proceeded to slash her throat.  

Leaving both deceased bodies at the dump site, Harrell and Reynolds had three weeks to dispose of any evidence, including burning the truck they most likely used in the commission of the crime.

An undisclosed individual tipped Muddy Mississippi Justice that Reynolds and Harrell were about to be arrested in their hide-out in Newton, MS when police were able to ping a new cell phone that was arranged to be given to Reynolds.

Tanya Gatewood, Harrell's mother, has been charged with Accessory After the Fact.  Accessory after the fact is a crime committed by helping an individual who has committed a crime, escape or avoid arrest or assist them in some way in covering up a crime the accessor was aware they committed.  

Reynolds and Harrel are both charged with capital murder, which can bring the death penalty.  

Its likely one will try and testify against the other in exchange for life in prison.

https://www.newtoncountyappeal.com/double-homicide-case-heads-grand-jury#sthash.V7YO50DG.dpbs

BLO Austin Harrell and Shaunna Reynolds in Connection to Double Homicide in Newton County Mississippi

 Austin Harrell and Shaunna Reynolds are persons of interest in connection with the double homicide that left two young women dead in the Connehatta Community of Newton County, Mississippi.

Harrell has a felony arrest warrant pending for arson.

Harrell and Reynolds are well known in the Meridian area, as well as throughout East Central Mississippi.

Reynolds, his girlfriend, is believed to be traveling with him.  

If you know the whereabouts of these two individuals or any information concerning this double homicide, please contact the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations at 601-482-1085 or The Newton County Sheriff's office at 601-635-4401

Names Released of Murdered Girls From Newton County, Mississippi

The names of the two girls murdered In Newton County Mississippi and whose bodies were dumped on The Choctaw Reservation in Conehatta Mississippi have been released by The Choctaw Police Department.

They are 21 year-old Kaitlyn Goolsby and 26 year-old Breanna Strickland.

If you would like to make a donation I will be posting arrangements for Breanna Strickland and you may make a donation to the funeral home, if you would like.  

Please be in prayer for the families.  

Jerry Maurice Gray Update, and Arrangements

  

 After eight days of worry, stress, and tears; trying to figure out where Jerry might be and if he was ok, Jerry's wife, Trice Dixon Gray, received the heartbreaking news no one wants to hear.

    Jerry Maurice Gray went missing on February 13, 2022, but it wasn't until Sunday, February 20, 2022, after a Silver Alert was sent out, that his wife was notified he had been at the Jackson, Mississippi morgue since February the14th.  

    Details are sketchy, and so much of what happened between the time he went missing,  and notification of his death leave a lot of unanswered questions in the hearts and minds of those who knew and loved him.

                                  Obituary Information

    Jerry Maurice Gray was born on January 11, 1980 and is survived by his wife of 15 years, Trice Dixon Gray; 3 young children: Jydesiny Gray, 16, Jacelyn and Jakalyn, 6 year old twins; his mother, Hattie Wells; Father, Jerry Lee Gray; Sister Shemeka Gray; Brother Kendrick Gray; Special cousin Brandi Wells; and a host of nieces and cousins.

                  Funeral Arrangements are as follows:

    Wake will be Monday, February 28, 2022 at 4 - 6pm at Beck Funeral Home in Louisville, MS followed by a graveside service on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 1pm at the Louisville Memorial Cemetery.  

    Well loved by family and friends, Jerry was a sweet, soft spoken, kind person, and will be missed by all who knew him.

If you would like to make a donation to the family you can do so via Cash App.  Trice's cash app name is:  $2014InflatedDreams

    We will be doing an update as more details become available.

 MICHAEL FRAZIER JOINS MUDDY MISSISSIPPI JUSTICE AS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATOR.

Muddy Mississippi Justice welcomes Michael Frazier as a new team member, administrator, and active investigator on murdered or missing Mississippi victims of crime. Michael will be interviewed on WLBT Channel 3 in Jackson at 6 PM on Thursday, December 2, 2021 concerning the Shondra May Case.

Michael was a deputy sheriff in Scott county under William Richardson, then a police officer for the Pearl Police Department, and a member of the Metro Narcotics Team.

He brings with him 30 years of experience as a security contractor which includes 10 years of active law enforcement. He was also a departmental trainer in the sheriff's office.

Michael is the current owner of Trinity Tactical Response Combative, where he teaches firearms and defensive tactics to Federal Protection Service Officers, as well as regular law-enforcement and security personnel. He also does protective detail for security companies when they have an active threat.

All sources are kept confidential. You may reach Michael at 601-842-7461 or me at 601-745-6276 or email: MuddyMississippiJustice@gmail.com The above messaging systems are preferred to Facebook messages.

Missing or Murdered? The Jerry Lee Armstrong Story

PLEASE NOTE: This site does not condone violence of any kind, and Johnnie Armstrong wants to see the killers of his brother in a court of law and wants his brother's body returned to the family for a proper burial. This is Jerry's story as told to me by his brother Johnnie.

Click here to see Jerry's photo's and other information.  http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/a/armstrong_jerry.html

On December 23, 1977 around 7 PM Jerry Lee Armstrong rushed home from his job at a service station in Coldwater Mississippi where he worked pumping gas and fixing tires.

Tonight was the night of the Christmas Dance, and he was bursting with excitement when he got home. He took a shower, put on a green suit with a yellow shirt, and sat down to eat with his family.

He had been dating 18 year old Angela Cole for roughly 2 years, and the dance at the National Guard Armory in Hernando Mississippi would make for a night to remember.

"Can I borrow your car?" Jerry ask my brother James, who was a year older, as we sat around the table."

 "It was a white 1973 Pontiac LeMans, 2 door with red and black stripes on each side, and James had only owned the car about 3 or 4 months."

"Jerry was about 3 years older than me, says his brother Johnnie Armstrong. He was a really good guy; He was an honor student, a football star, and all he did besides that was work, go to Vo-Tech, and go to see his girlfriend, Angela.  He never started trouble and got along with everybody, both white and black. He was a quarter back in high school football, and some of the white guys didn’t like it, but he got along with them so it wasn't a problem.

Never the type to argue with anyone, Jerry would just walk away if someone got smart with him. Even though he was still in school, he took care of mama and daddy, and worked to help them pay the bills. So when he ask to borrow James's car, there was no hesitation on James's part, because he knew Jerry would be responsible with it."

"According to people who saw him at the dance, Jerry and Angela made it to the dance together and left together. It looked like they had a good time and there were no fights between them or anyone else."

"After they left the dance, Jerry and Angela stopped in Hernando and ask to borrow a gun from Tony Miller. Jerry had an older brother named McKinley, and Tony Miller was his girlfriend's brother. Jerry said some white people had been following him and trying to kill him with his girlfriend in the car."

"Tony Miller, tried to give Jerry a gun, twice, but Jerry changed his mind and would not take it. Tony told him, "I’m going to follow you to a dark corner and make sure you are OK." Jerry said, "No, I'm fine", and headed North to East Hernando (almost to Olive Branch) to Angela's house."

After he took her home, he was never seen or heard from again. The white 1973 Pontiac LeMans, 2 door with red and black stripes, license number; DAY 458, has also never been recovered.

There are varying stories as to whether Angela was with him or not, but according to Johnnie, Jerry's brother, she seems afraid to talk about it. Maybe with good reason.

"When we tried to report him missing, the sheriff at the time said we had to wait 72 hours, but after the 72 hours was up they still would not investigate."

"The reason they would not investigate might be because they were the ones that did it", says Johnnie.

Anthony Hillard, one of Jerry's friends, told Johnnie 3 or 4 patrol cars had pulled Jerry over to the side of the road where it was dark, got him out of the car, and put him in the sheriff's Deputy's car.  

"It was all planned ahead of time, but the problem was they got the wrong guy. Their real target was Jerry's best friend, Johnny Cross."

 "Johnny Cross drove a white 2 door LTD, and with the cars being similar they thought they had Johnny. Johnny had been dating a white girl named Bonnie Scott. After Jerry was killed, Johnny left town and it was 7 or 8 years before he returned because they told him they would get him next. He still don’t want to talk about it."

According to Johnnie Armstrong, Jerry's brother, when the FBI, and Allen Thompson, with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation,reopened the case in 2000 and 2007 they told him it was a hate crime and the whole murder was planned out.

"Many of my brother's case files are missing, but the FBI says the sheriff's deputies killed him and took his body and his car and buried it in a gravel pit at the corner of College Road, and Bethel Road in Olive Branch."

"The MBI searched the pit, there is still machinery there, but houses are built on top of the pit now so they probably were not able to do a full search", says Johnnie.

"Some of those people are kin to the former sheriff, so I don’t go talk to them, he will have you killed. They say he is the one who dug the grave, but nobody in this county will talk on him. The FBI tried to get him for drugs, said he is the most dangerous guy in DeSota county, but everyone is afraid of him.  

"Everyone gonna talk on him when he die."  

"I heard they dug the car up and took it to Martin Brothers in Sardis and had it junked."

"My mom lived 10 years after Jerry's death, but died in June of 1987. She lost so much weight worrying, the worry just took her down. Dad is still living and he is 83, and the ones who killed Jerry will have to answer to God one day, but it would bring our family much peace, If we could find his body and give him a decent burial."

"I really believe the sheriff deputies killed him, because in 1982 mamma had sent me to town , and I was young and going to get me a drink. When I started down 51 highway, Warren Looney tried to pull me over and I out run him and he shot at me. He told my dad, “We just killed one of your sons and you almost had another one dead."

"I tried to get them to do something, but back then black folks were kind of scared, I was told I could not come to town, he said, “You come to town n*****I’m gonna kill you.  I heard he died of a heart attack."

"We were getting all kinds of threatening phone calls. One time a white man called my dad and said, "Meet me at the corner of Glade and Ranch road, I’m gonna kill you tonight n****r." My dad drove there but the man never showed up."

"I can look at Angela and tell she knows what happened, but she won’t tell, maybe out of fear or maybe she is protecting someone.  

You can tell she is holding something in her heart.  One 4th July I went out there to talk to her and her mom and dad told me to leave.  As I was leaving, I met two county deputies; they pulled me over and told me", "You don't want the same thing to happen to you that happened to your brother so don’t’ come out here no more."

Johnnie believes his brother James was also killed by police, but it was ruled a suicide.

If you have any information on this case please contact; Johnnie Armstrong at: 901-826-7162

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigations at 662-934-3029

The Desoto County Sheriff's Department at 662-429-1470