Dozens of New Charges in Double Murder Case Announced

WVLT ^ | Last Updated: 11:40 AM Feb 8, 2007 | WVLT

[txlurker]

Knoxville (WVLT) - The District Attorney General of Knox County announced the list of charges facing now five suspects in the double murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom.

The District Attorney General Randy Nichols is not saying whether or not he will seek the death penalty, but he does say the state will seek conviction for all charges filed in a 24-page indictment from the Knox County Grand Jury.

Lemaricus Davidson, 25, faces a total of 46 charges. Davidson was indicted on 16 counts of Felony Murder growing out of rape, robbery kidnapping and theft of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom, 2 counts premeditated murder of Christian and Newsom, 2 counts especially aggravated robberies from Christian and Newsom, 4 counts especially aggravated kidnapping of Christian and Newsom, 20 counts aggravated rape of Christian and Newsom, and 2 counts of theft from Christian and Newsom.

Letalvis Cobbins, 24, faces a total of 46 charges. Cobbins was indicted on 16 counts of Felony Murder growing out of rape, robbery kidnapping and theft of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom, 2 counts premeditated murder of Christian and Newsom, 2 counts especially aggravated robberies from Christian and Newsom, 4 counts especially aggravated kidnapping of Christian and Newsom, 20 counts aggravated rape of Christian and Newsom, and 2 counts of theft from Christian and Newsom.

George Thomas, 24, faces a total of 46 charges. Thomas was indicted on 16 counts of Felony Murder growing out of rape, robbery kidnapping and theft of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom, 2 counts premeditated murder of Christian and Newsom, 2 counts especially aggravated robberies from Christian and Newsom, 4 counts especially aggravated kidnapping of Christian and Newsom, 20 counts aggravated rape of Christian and Newsom, and 2 counts of theft from Christian and Newsom.

Just last night, police in Lebanon, Kentucky, arrested 18-year-old Vanessa Coleman. She faces 40 Tennessee state charges. Coleman was indicted on 12 counts Felony Murder growing out of rape, robbery kidnapping and theft of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom, 1 count Premeditated Murder of Christian only, 1 count Especially Aggravated Robbery of Newsom only, 4 counts especially aggravated kidnapping of Christian and Newsom, 20 counts of aggravated rape of Christian and Newsom and 2 Counts of theft from Christian and Newsom.

Eric Boyd, 24, also arrested in connection with the fatal carjacking, only faces federal charges as an accessory after the fact. He was not indicted by Knox county grand jury.

Felony Murder carries a possibility of death, life without the possibility of parole and life with parole. Especially Aggravated Robbery is a Class A felony that carries a possibility of 15 to 60 years in prison. Aggravated Rape is a Class A felony that carries a possibility of 15 to 60 years of prison.

At a news conference Thursday, Nichols commended the cooperative efforts between several departments and credits that cooperation for the fast pace this case is moving through the court system.

Nichols says he hopes to move the case to trial on the first day it's set.

The four are expected to make their first court appearance within ten to fifteen days.

This is certainly a case garnering a lot of public interest, Nichols recognizes that and says he expects all kinds of requests filed in this case, including a change of venue in order to receive a fair trial. But he says he does hope 12 Knox County jurors will be able to determine the guilt or innocence of these suspects.

[txlurker]

So, if a white news radio jock uses the phrase “Nappy headed”, it gets 2 weeks of constant news coverage.

If two white people are tortured, raped, and murdered by a group of black people, it barely gets a blip in the news.

[Bahbah]

Amazing that this wasn’t in the MSM isn’t it?

Yes, it is. Amazing the lengths to which they will go to present to us a world that doesn't comport with reality while hiding others that don't fit that template. This is a horrendous crime. Had the races been reversed, we would be hearing about it endlessly.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Odds are, forty years from now at least four of them will all be on the dole, living in public housing.

[Mad Dawg]

pictured below

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[ken5050]

Staggering...just unreal..one point I’d liek to toss out for discussion. From everything I’ve read, the dynamics of a female perp with several male perps is very unusual is crimes of a sexual nature. I’d suspect that she may have been the driving force in the whole event. Emasculating a male is an act more prone to females...I’d wager she did that, killed the guy, then she turned the female vic over to her posse as a “reward” for helping her..IOWE..she was the trigger, the ringleader, the “brains” behind the crime..

[txlurker]

Sorry, this was from an email I received and I don’t know how to post pictures. If you read the article at the link, you can see the pictures.

[txlurker]

Frightening. Total disregard for life. The perps are all in their early twenties I believe. How did they get to be so evil? Very scary.

[Villiany_Inc]

I heard about this a couple of days ago.

This was written about over a week ago (dont remember exactly when) on David Duke's website. Very lengthy article. Discusses the lack of media attention to the case.

And no - I do not subscribe to all of David Duke's views on things.
What is that saying about a broken clock being right twice a day...

[Mad Dawg]

NO problem. I did get the pictures.

This is the kind of thing that makes me believe in demonic possession. How very evil it is!

But I was imagining just now what it would be like if the couple had been armed. We'd end up with two white kids and several wounded or dead black people - and THEN we'd see hate crime charges.

Don't get me wrong. I wish they HAD been armed. But we are so messed up these days that self-defense and taking reasonable precautions is regarded as evil.

To post pictures, it helps if they are on a web site. If you go to the picture and right-click on it you should be able to get the URL of the picture. As in
http://media.graytvinc.com/images/victims-suspects-stack.jpg

So now you make a tag, thus":
img src="[url address]" enclosed between less than and greater than characters.
[<] [img src="http://media.graytvinc.com/images/victims-suspects-stack.jpg"] [>]

So when I take away the [ ]brackets we get:
The victims and the fine upstanding citizens who are charged with this atrocity

[arthurus]

Why would MSM bother with this? To MSM it is like reporting on what the guy at 13245 Magnolia Avenue had for breakfast. It is the normal everyday workings of the world. Nothing exciting there at all. It’s bears doing it in the woods. It’s a small dog nipping a man’s pants cuff. Allegation of white males involved in such an action against some member of a Protected class, however, calls for New Laws and convictions of everybody around whether involved or not. Does anyone else detect a hint of classic racism in this attitude? It is just what black folks do so it is not newsworthy...

[arthurus]

For at least a time, they will all be living in publicly owned housing.

[arthurus]

rent free

[Jaded]

This is sick beyond description.

[mewzilla]

Murder in Black and White

[mewzilla]

Scant Coverage of Brutal Crime Called 'Journalistic Malpractice'

[mewzilla]

The Truth About Who Suffers

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I've seen threads pulled on this subject.

The animals.

The victims.

Graphic warning!

The charges as of April 22.

Charges Of Defendants (Warning - Graphic)

Vanessa Coleman's Charges

1) Did unlawfully kill Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of a Kidnapping of Hugh Christopher Newsom

2) Did unlawfully kill Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of a Kidnapping of Channon Christian

3) Did unlawfully kill Channon Christian during the perpetration of a Kidnapping of Hugh Christopher Newsom

4) Did unlawfully kill Channon Christian during the perpetration of a Kidnapping of Channon Christian

5) Did unlawfully kill Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of Rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom

6) Did unlawfully kill Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of Rape of Channon Christian

7) Did unlawfully kill Channon Christian during the perpetration of Rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom

8) Did unlawfully kill Channon Christian during the perpetration of Rape of Channon Christian

9) Did unlawfully kill Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of the Theft of property of Christopher Newsom

10) Did unlawfully kill Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of the Theft of property of Channon Christian

11) Did unlawfully kill Channon Christian during the perpetration of the Theft of property of Hugh Christopher Newsom

12) Did unlawfully kill Channon Christian during the perpetration of the Theft of property of Channon Christian

13) Did unlawfully, intentionally and with premeditation kill Hugh Christopher Newsom

14) Did unlawfully, intentionally and with premeditation kill Channon Christian

15) Did unlawfully, knowingly by the violence and by putting Hugh Christopher Newsom in fear, take from the person Hugh Christopher Newsom, Car keys, driver's license, hat, shoes and other items to the Grand Jurors unknown, the further kinds, types, brands and descriptions thereof to the Grand Jurors unknown, where Hugh Christopher Newsom suffered serious bodily injury, and taking accomplished with a deadly weapon

16) Did unlawfully, knowingly by violence and by putting Channon Christian in fear, take from the person of Channon Christian, a Toyota 4-Runner vehicle, purse, shoes, clothing and other items to the Grand Jurors unknown, the further kinds, types, brands and descriptions thereof to the Grand Jurors unknown, where Channon Christian suffered serious bodily injury, said taking accomplished with a deadly weapon

17) Did unlawfully and knowingly remove and confine Hugh Christopher Newsom, so as tp interfere substantially with the liberty of said Hugh Christopher Newsom, and further that said acts were accomplished with a deadly weapon

18) Did unlawfully and knowingly remove and confine Hugh Christopher Newsom so as to interfere substantially with the liberty of said Hugh Christopher Newsom, and further that said acts resulted in the Hugh Christopher Newsom suffering serious bodily injury

19) Did unlawfully and knowingly remove and confine Channon Christian so as to interfere substantially with the liberty of said Channon Christian, and further that said acts were accomplished with a deadly weapon

20) Did unlawfully and knowingly remove and confine Channon Christian so as to interfere substantially with the liberty of said Channon Christian, and further that said acts resulted in the Channon Christian suffering serious bodily injury

21) Did unlawfully and intentionally and knowingly and forcibly, while armed with a weapon, sexually penetrate Hugh Christopher Newsom to-wit: anal penetration

22) Did unlawfully and intentionally and knowingly and coercively, while armed with a weapon, sexually penetrate Hugh Christopher Newsom, to-wit: anal penetration

23) Did unlawfully and knowingly sexually penetrate and cause bodily injury to Hugh Christopher Newsom, to-wit: anal penetration

24) Did unlawfully and forcibly sexually penetrate Hugh Christopher Newsom, to-wit: anal penetration while being aided and abetted by one or more persons to the Grand Jurors unknown

25) Did unlawfully and coercively sexually penetrate Hugh Christopher Newsom, to-wit: anal penetration while being aided and abetted by one or more persons to the Grand Jurors unknown

26) Did knowingly and forcibly, while armed with a weapon, sexually penetrate Channon Christian, to-wit: anal penetration

27) Did knowingly and coercively, while armed with a weapon, sexually penetrate Channon Christian, to-wit: oral penetration

28) Did knowingly and coercively, while armed with a weapon, sexually penetrate Channon Christian, to-wit: vaginal penetration

29) Did unlawfully and knowingly sexually penetrate and cause bodily injury to Channon Christian, to-wit: anal penetration

30) Did knowingly and forcibly, while armed with a weapon, sexually penetrate Channon Christian, to-wit: oral penetration

31) Did knowingly and forcibly, while armed with a weapon, sexually penetrate Channon Christian, to-wit: vaginal penetration

32) Did unlawfully and knowingly sexually penetrate and cause bodily injury to Channon Christian, to-wit: anal penetration

33) Did unlawfully and knowingly sexually penetrate and cause bodily injury to Channon Christian, to-wit: oral penetration

34) Did unlawfully and knowingly sexually penetrate and cause bodily injury to Channon Christian, to-wit: vaginal penetration

35) Did unlawfully and knowingly and forcibly sexually penetrate Channon Christian, to-wit: anal penetration, while being aided and abetted by one or more persons to the Grand Jurors unknown

36) Did unlawfully and knowingly forcibly sexually penetrate Channon Christian, to-wit: oral penetration, while being aided and abetted by one or more persons to the Grand Jurors unknown

37) Did unlawfully and knowingly and forcibly sexually penetrate Channon Christian, to-wit: vaginal penetration, while being aided and abetted by one or more persons to the Grand Jurors unknown

38) Did unlawfully and knowingly and coercively sexually penetrate Channon Christian, to-wit: anal penetration, while being aided and abetted by one or more persons to the Grand Jurors unknown

39) Did unlawfully and knowingly and coercively sexually penetrate Channon Christian, to-wit: oral penetration, while being aided and abetted by one or more persons to the Grand Jurors unknown

40) Did unlawfully and knowingly and coercively sexually penetrate Channon Christian, to-wit: vaginal penetration, while being aided and abetted by one or more persons to the Grand Jurors unknown

41) Did unlawfully and knowingly obtain and exercise control over property; to-wit: car keys, driver’s license, hat, shoes and other items to the Grand Jurors unknown, the further kinds, types, brands and descriptions thereof to the Grand Jurors unknown, of the value of Five Hundred and 00/100 ($500.00) Dollars or less, of Hugh Christopher Newsom

42) Did unlawfully and knowingly obtain and exercise control over property, to-wit: a Toyota 4-Runner vehicle, purse, shoes, clothing and other items to the Grand Jurors unknown, of the value of at least Ten Thousand and 00/100 ($10,000) Dollars but less than Sixty Thousand and 00/100 ($60,000) Dollars, of Channon Christian without her effective consent, with intent to deprive the said Channon Christian

Added counts to Letalvis Darnell Cobbins (Alias Rome), Lemaricus Devall Davidson (Alias Slim) and George Geovonni Thomas (Alias Detroit, Alias “G”)

(These defendants face all previous charges listed for Vanessa Coleman as well)

43) Did lawfully kill Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of Robbery of Hugh Christopher Newsom

44) Did unlawfully kill Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of Robbery of Channon Christian

45) Did unlawfully kill Channon Christian during the perpetration of Robbery of Hugh Christopher Newsom

46) Did unlawfully kill Channon Christian during the perpetration of Robbery of Channon Christian

Eric Boyd Charges

Federal accessory to carjacking . He is not charged in the Knox County indictment. Boyd, who faces trial in federal court in July, could receive up to 15 years if convicted.

I have to get back to class, just stopped in on a break. I hope this thread is still here when I come back.

[17th Miss Regt]

This whole matter can be resolved in about 30 minutes with 125 feet of rope.

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No. Taking away the brackets won’t help. When you check into their backgrounds you’ll see some have arrest records as long as your arm. Convicted felons and ex-cons. From carjacking to armed robbery.

[txlurker]

Thanks so much for the links.