Christian-Newsom Thread

ExArkie · #1 08-23-2008, 06:42 PM

What happened to the Christian-Newsom thread (again). I know the long one was deleted when we were having trouble; but, where is the NEW one? Anyone know?

Search4U · #2 09-19-2008, 11:21 AM

Here's an update:

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/se...nnewsom-carja/

Search4U · #3 09-26-2008, 12:02 PM

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/se...ave-out--town/

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/se...tian-slayings/

jace · #4 09-28-2008, 07:20 AM

I understand the judge's decision to move the trial, but these people will be found guilty even if they try them on the moon; where they've shipped in Martians for the jury once the facts of the case are made known.

royals02 · #5 09-28-2008, 09:29 AM

I remember reading about this case on the 13th Juror website...the gruesomeness of the story of what those poor kids endured at the hands of these monsters is unspeakable. I always look for updates and any info on upcoming trials in this case and it would be great to have a thread. Thanks for the link

Dogmatic · #6 10-02-2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by royals02

I remember reading about this case on the 13th Juror website...the gruesomeness of the story of what those poor kids endured at the hands of these monsters is unspeakable. I always look for updates and any info on upcoming trials in this case and it would be great to have a thread. Thanks for the link

Makes you wonder how many crimes these creeps have committed before being caught on this one, doesn't it.

GA On My Mind · #7 10-05-2008, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Dogmatic

Makes you wonder how many crimes these creeps have committed before being caught on this one, doesn't it.

Yes, it does. These monsters are evil and should be destroyed. The things they did to those poor innocents is horrific. I'll never forget this crime - it is imbedded in my mind and I can't help but think of what those two kids had to endure and I often think of their families and how they are doing. I pray to God that they find some semblance of peace in their lives, although I'm not sure that I could survive something like this, had it been my child.

As one poster mentioned, the old thread had tons of information and links, and it is unfortunate that it's now gone.

We can only hope that the perps get what's coming to them. Personally, I think they should be turned over to the families and friends of the victims, but that's just MO.

FFLady · #8 10-06-2008, 05:50 PM

Hopefully we can keep this thread going.....last I heard on the Knoxville (newspaper) website that they would be tearing down that awful house on Chipman St......

#9 10-07-2008, 03:36 PM

I"m not sure where they will find jurors who haven't heard of this case, but rest assured anyone hearing this for the first time is going to be shocked beyond belief, as so many of us were. I remain horrified to this day at the callous savagery that took place in that house. I can't imagine anyone who hears about it will walk away without seriously questioning how evil such as this exists.

aubrey04 · #10 10-07-2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by FFLady

Hopefully we can keep this thread going.....last I heard on the Knoxville (newspaper) website that they would be tearing down that awful house on Chipman St......

Thank goodness. That is a house of horrors, IMO. It should be condemned, like a few of the defendants will surely be in due time.

Eric Boyd's sentencing hearing is slated for October 15th - a week from tomorrow. I tried to google to make sure it wasn't delayed for some reason or another.. didn't find anything, so I guess it is still on for the 15th.

wnb · #11 10-08-2008, 11:57 AM

Bruce Poston, who recently defended Eric McClean, was appointed by the Court to help defend the first suspect who will be tried. Poston has started by attacking the police work.

#12 10-08-2008, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by wnb

Bruce Poston, who recently defended Eric McClean, was appointed by the Court to help defend the first suspect who will be tried. Poston has started by attacking the police work.

Well when you have no defense, your only hope is finding something wrong with the way the case has been handled. Wonder how this guy sleeps at night.

FFLady · #13 10-08-2008, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by eyeswideopen

Well when you have no defense, your only hope is finding something wrong with the way the case has been handled. Wonder how this guy sleeps at night.

Grasping at the straws......

From what I understand, though, is these Public Defender's have to take cases assigned by the Court. I think all PD's are allowed to decline 3 of them a year (if I'm wrong, feel free to correct me).....It makes one wonder - hell-ov-a-way to climb that corporate ladder and make a name for yourself, having to "defend" someone of this nature....

aubrey04 · #14 10-10-2008, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by wnb

Bruce Poston, who recently defended Eric McClean, was appointed by the Court to help defend the first suspect who will be tried. Poston has started by attacking the police work.

Wow. I can honestly say I like Mr. Poston from the McLean trial.. (He did take on McLean's case for free in the beginning when the court decided Eric McLean didn't qualify for a public defender but then his personal worth was assessed again and a judge granted it. Otherwise, Poston would have kept on doing it pro-bono). but I guess even a scumbag, like Letalvis Cobbins, deserves a good attorney in the US?

Anyway - you're correct.. He is representing Cobbins.. Here is a link to where Poston says he plans on attacking LE..

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/se...x/?partner=RSS

FFLady · #15 10-13-2008, 03:24 PM

Defense Attorney Phil Lomanaco filed a motion on Wednesday asking for a reduced sentence for Boyd because he helped police find Davidson.

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story...=66340&catid=2

Never ceases to amaze me......

GA On My Mind · #16 10-15-2008, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by FFLady

Defense Attorney Phil Lomanaco filed a motion on Wednesday asking for a reduced sentence for Boyd because he helped police find Davidson.

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story...=66340&catid=2

Never ceases to amaze me......

Oh yeah, Boyd is such an upstanding citizen. Why not give him the key to the city? He did nothing to 'help' police find Davidson. If anything, he did everything in his power to NOT help them locate him. What a monster.

FFLady · #17 10-15-2008, 02:22 PM

Here we go Folks!! The start of partial justice for the Christian & Newsome families....

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oc...orse-than-loo/

wnb · #18 10-25-2008, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by aubrey04

Wow. I can honestly say I like Mr. Poston from the McLean trial.. (He did take on McLean's case for free in the beginning when the court decided Eric McLean didn't qualify for a public defender but then his personal worth was assessed again and a judge granted it. Otherwise, Poston would have kept on doing it pro-bono). but I guess even a scumbag, like Letalvis Cobbins, deserves a good attorney in the US?

Anyway - you're correct.. He is representing Cobbins.. Here is a link to where Poston says he plans on attacking LE..

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/se...x/?partner=RSS

It is reported toward the end of this thread (http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oc...happened-here/) that there will be a hearing regarding the Cobbins trial on November 3. Also Bruce Poston, co-defense counsel, has signed on for another murder trial. It is not known if there is a connection.

wnb · #19 11-07-2008, 08:12 PM

A Knox County judge today delayed the trials for another six months, blaming defense attorney Bruce Poston, who did not show up for hearings Wednesday and today. The prosecution refused to put on the other trials first.

The attorney who will supposedly replace Poston said that he could not "get up to speed" for the original date. When the July 2009 date arrives, he will probably ask for another delay.

Heidi J. · #20 12-01-2008, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by wnb

A Knox County judge today delayed the trials for another six months, blaming defense attorney Bruce Poston, who did not show up for hearings Wednesday and today. The prosecution refused to put on the other trials first.

The attorney who will supposedly replace Poston said that he could not "get up to speed" for the original date. When the July 2009 date arrives, he will probably ask for another delay.

Just delaying the inevitable..

iluvmua · #21 12-04-2008, 02:09 PM

Christian/Newsom Trial dates:
LeTalvis Cobbins- July 6, 2009
Vanessa Coleman- August 10, 2009
Lemaricus Davidson- September 21, 2009
George Thomas- November or December 2009

iluvmua · #22 01-07-2009, 01:07 PM

I can't believe it's been 2 years already
RIP Channon & Chris

Do you think Tru TV will cover the Trials live ?

FFLady · #23 01-07-2009, 03:03 PM

Yep, 1-7-07....worse day for the Christian/Newsome families....

I would hope it would be shown on TV, but I doubt it will...

FFLady · #24 02-02-2009, 05:16 PM

If anyone is interested, here is the latest link. From this page, you can access one of the defendent's (Letalvis Cobbins) transcripts of his statement when first arrested.....interesting stuff...

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/ja...nterviews-out/

Dogmatic · #25 02-02-2009, 06:29 PM

Wow.

Difficult transcripts to read. It's like he barely speaks English.

He sees two people carjacked, blindfolded, and tied up and thinks it's just another day on the farm? Give me a break.

What a liar.

He clearly states he never touched the girl and then his dna shows up all over her body.

Disgusting pigs

FFLady · #26 02-03-2009, 04:40 PM

Hey Dog - did you get the impression (after reading his statements) that he was

errr lying? It seems he kept trying to divert the questions to telling the Det's that he wasn't getting along with his brother, and he wasn't down wit what he was doing!!!

I can bet the Det's were rolling their eyes BIG TIME!!!

Morbid as it may sound, I love reading these types of interrogations....

Dogmatic · #27 02-03-2009, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by FFLady

Hey Dog - did you get the impression (after reading his statements) that he was

errr lying? It seems he kept trying to divert the questions to telling the Det's that he wasn't getting along with his brother, and he wasn't down wit what he was doing!!!

I can bet the Det's were rolling their eyes BIG TIME!!!

Morbid as it may sound, I love reading these types of interrogations....

I didn't even realize until AFTER I read the transcripts that his dna was found on the mortal remains of Channon.

My impression as I was reading the transcripts is that he was trying to cover for Vanessa and himself. i.e. He gave her a glass of water? Yeah right. Not likely.

And all that horse hooey about moving furniture for someone and then wanting to get out of the situation once his brother took it to a level he didn't like. I got the impression he was lying and that he wanted to make it look like he feared his brother and what his brother might do to him. He and his lovely gal Vanessa had multiple opportunities to do the right thing and save those two young lives. They not only opted not to, but come to find out, they participated wholeheartedly in the torture.

It took alot of speed reading to get through the "ya know what I'm sayin, they are doin some crazy chit, effin this and effin that" blah blah blah. Good Lord......unbelievable.

So how much of a stud does it make their ilk to rape a tied up man and a tied up woman? This proves how tough they are? Improves their street rep? I don't get it. Never will

Dogmatic · #28 02-03-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ATLANTIS

I do live in Knoxville..and I have never said this..but I feel I have seen at least one of the defendants in the past. Deja vu.Might just be wishful thinking on my part but I need to look them up and see if I can recall where I might have seen one of them.Of course this would have been a few years back and before the murders..but still it might be interesting for me to recall when I saw one of those jokers and where.

Yes Cobbins is a liar and a thug. I don't see any way he skates through this.

If you did run across one of them, I'm glad you made it out alive. These are not human beings as far as I'm concerned. I don't know what they should be classified as, but to be able to do what they did and show no remorse is unreal.

FFLady · #29 02-04-2009, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Dogmatic

I didn't even realize until AFTER I read the transcripts that his dna was found on the mortal remains of Channon.

My impression as I was reading the transcripts is that he was trying to cover for Vanessa and himself. i.e. He gave her a glass of water? Yeah right. Not likely.

And all that horse hooey about moving furniture for someone and then wanting to get out of the situation once his brother took it to a level he didn't like. I got the impression he was lying and that he wanted to make it look like he feared his brother and what his brother might do to him. He and his lovely gal Vanessa had multiple opportunities to do the right thing and save those two young lives. They not only opted not to, but come to find out, they participated wholeheartedly in the torture.

It took alot of speed reading to get through the "ya know what I'm sayin, they are doin some crazy chit, effin this and effin that" blah blah blah. Good Lord......unbelievable.

So how much of a stud does it make their ilk to rape a tied up man and a tied up woman? This proves how tough they are? Improves their street rep? I don't get it. Never will

No doubt.....

.......and "E" probably thinks he's got it made to only be charged for "carjacking" - I think when all this comes to light, there's no doubt he'll be on needle row with the rest of them...he played a much bigger row than we think.

iluvmua · #30 02-18-2009, 12:38 PM

Lawyer wants off carjacking-slaying case

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/fe...-slaying-case/

FFLady · #31 02-18-2009, 12:43 PM

On one hand, I can't blame him for wanting off. However, I hope this doesn't add yet another delay for the families.

DeeN · #32 02-24-2009, 05:59 PM

Then hire public defenders at the new location?

It seems to me they are going to have to move it- so why not hire attorneys at the new location?

Couldn't Knoxville pay for the trial even though it may be in a different location?

aubrey04 · #33 02-26-2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by iluvmua

Lawyer wants off carjacking-slaying case

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/fe...-slaying-case/

I can't blame him. Who would want to defend these pigs? Didn't Eric McLean's lawyer, Bruce Poston, ask to be removed from Cobbins defense team too? ..

I just looked it up Green took over for Poston when Poston was allowed to be removed.

http://www.volunteertv.com/news/headlines/34084269.html

This case is pure evil! I will read more of Cobbs police interview later - I started to read it but this crime is so depraved that I can only read in small doses..

Dogmatic · #34 02-26-2009, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by aubrey04

I can't blame him. Who would want to defend these pigs? Didn't Eric McLean's lawyer, Bruce Poston, ask to be removed from Cobbins defense team too? ..

I just looked it up Green took over for Poston when Poston was allowed to be removed.

http://www.volunteertv.com/news/headlines/34084269.html

This case is pure evil! I will read more of Cobbs police interview later - I started to read it but this crime is so depraved that I can only read in small doses..

I don't believe the problem is that they don't want to defend these pigs. It's because they are receiving death threats FOR defending these pigs.

We might just see these pigs back out on the street if the good citizens of Knoxville don't let the wheels of justice turn.

These five filthy animals deserve representation. If they don't get it, they will be back among us to kill again.

RayStar · #35 02-26-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Dogmatic

I don't believe the problem is that they don't want to defend these pigs. It's because they are receiving death threats FOR defending these pigs.

We might just see these pigs back out on the street if the good citizens of Knoxville don't let the wheels of justice turn.

These five filthy animals deserve representation. If they don't get it, they will be back among us to kill again.

They need to move the case to a state way up north and keep the lawyers names and faces out of the press. I don't want them back with the public.

Dogmatic · #36 02-26-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by RayStar

They need to move the case to a state way up north and keep the lawyers names and faces out of the press. I don't want them back with the public.

The citizens need to stop making death threats on the lawyers that are doing their jobs.

Let the wheels of justice turn, albeit slowly, and the end result should be fine.

The people making those death threats may very well be trying to achieve an acquittal based on poor representation.

If the threats are being made by law abiding citizens, they sure aren't very smart ones.

iluvmua · #37 02-28-2009, 01:19 AM

Lawyer defends woman's role

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/fe...s-womans-role/

Dogmatic · #38 03-02-2009, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by iluvmua

Lawyer defends woman's role

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/fe...s-womans-role/

Oh boy, now my eyes are really rolling back in my head.

So we are being asked to believe that the lovely and domestic Vanessa cooked up a storm for the marauding murderers, and took Channon a glass of water. For being such violent individuals, two of them were sure concerned about making sure Channon had enough water to drink. (eye roll) She peeked in on Channon after knowing that her boyfriend had "had sex" with her, took her water and then peeked in again to see one of the men strangling Channon in a closet. But, no worries, Vanessa just went about her busy day in the kitchen making biscuits, gravy and eggs.

The only problem with this magical little tale of innocence is that the autopsy reveals different information.

Bottom line: Vanessa is just as violent as the rest of them. No one that wasn't would be able to cook and hang out in a house where an innocent young lady was being tortured, raped, sodomized, beaten, and mutilated,then stuffed in a garbage can to die.

aubrey04 · #39 03-02-2009, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dogmatic

The citizens need to stop making death threats on the lawyers that are doing their jobs.

Let the wheels of justice turn, albeit slowly, and the end result should be fine.

The people making those death threats may very well be trying to achieve an acquittal based on poor representation.

If the threats are being made by law abiding citizens, they sure aren't very smart ones.

I agree with you. I do not know why people add fuel to the fire by hurling death threats at the lawyers. It's not like this crime was devastating enough for the Christian and Newsom families without this added stress.

I just hope that these trials get under way soon because this has to be unbelievably painful for the families. It is bad enough when a family has to sit through the trial of one or two killers, but five trials!

Death threats or not, I doubt many lawyers would want any of these sickos as a client.

FFLady · #40 03-03-2009, 02:55 PM

Trancripts of Ms Vanessa Coleman's interrogation.......

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/ma...y-on-slayings/