Posted on 07/24/2007 6:35:51 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
A sexual assault suspect arrested after pro-life protesters gave police a photograph showing his vehicle at an abortion clinic where his victim reported getting an abortion has been found dead.
Authorities in Bryant, Ark., have confirmed to WND that Jeffrey Dean Cheshier, 41, was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound by deputies in Garland County who responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in a private driveway.
Cheshier had been arrested after Angela Michael, who runs Small Victories with her husband and children, was able to document for police the fact that Cheshier's vehicle was at an abortion clinic in Granite City, Ill., at the time the victim reportedly claimed to have been taken there for an abortion.
Bryant, Ark., Det. Jimmy Long confirmed it was the photograph from Small Victories that helped secure a case against Cheshier.
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An underage girl had accused him of rape, but she also reported he forced her to go to the "Hope" Clinic for Women abortion business in Granite City for an abortion, so there was no evidence.
The protesters' photograph provided an identifiable license plate number on the suspect's car at the abortion clinic when the victim claimed to have been there, police said.
The executive director of the abortion clinic, Sally Burgess, told KSDK television she knew nothing about this particular case but the business has safeguards in place to protect juveniles.
Authorities said Cheshier had been free on bond pending trial on the various charges against him.
According to reports, a witness heard a "pop like a bottle rocket" and a deputy found the body a short time later. Court officials confirmed Cheshier had been scheduled for trial starting the first week in September, and that the case had not yet been dismissed.
"This unfortunate crime of child rape is played out every day," Angela Michaels said in a prepared statement. "This one just got caught. Unfortunately, it ended tragically. One can only imagine the pain and guilt Cheshier felt after stealing this young girl's innocence that would force a man in the prime of his life to take the coward's way out of his problems."
She told WND the case was a tragedy for all involved.
"We knew this man had to face judgment, to go before a jury and a judge," she said. "We really had been hoping to reach this man, to save this man, to have this man repent of his crime."
The young girl, 13 when the assaults apparently started and now 15, now will have to deal with the trauma of being attacked without an assailant to confront, she said.
And she said equally important are the other victims.
"I think the world needs to take note of this. How many more victims are out there?" she asked. "And why is the abortion industry allowed to cover up these attacks."
The Michaels, for their Christian ministry, have spent more than 14 years outside the Granite City abortion business protesting and taking photographs of abortionists, clinic employees and customers.
The victim had reported to police that Cheshier had been assaulting her over a period of time when officers arrived at the home for a call regarding a domestic disturbance.
Angela Michael said the Granite City clinic is known nationwide because of the circumstances. Its abortionists do late-term abortions and the state of Illinois has no parental notification law.
The ministry parks its ultrasound van on the public street in front of the abortion business and encourages girls to miss their abortion appointments. Angela Michael said she's seen "an abundance" of cases where an older man obviously is forcing an underage girl into the clinic.
Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline also unsuccessfully battled for charges to be developed in many cases apparently involving underage victims.
Kline had cited the 2003 Kansas state statistic that there were 78 abortions on girls under the age of 15. In a state where the legal age of consent is 16, how could 78 girls become pregnant and obtain abortions without a single report of sexual assault, or rape, on a child, he wondered.
He later lost his bid for re-election to an opponent who has expressed support for the abortion industry.
There, fixed it. Ya just gotta read between the lines. ;-)
Then we simply differ on this.
A victim of a similar crime (sans the forced abortion) and circumstances with whom I’ve worked complains to this day - over 25 years later - that she never got the opportunity to confront her attacker.
Now, whose emotionalism do I listen to - yours, or hers?
I think we know the answer.
Well, as they said:
| “We knew this man had to face judgment, to go before a jury and a judge,” she said. “We really had been hoping to reach this man, to save this man, to have this man repent of his crime.” |
They seem to be able to muster a considerably greater amount of compassion than I can after reading the details of what apparently had been going on.
Let me guess, your a pro-abortion Christian?
While I may not feel the need to protest the way they do, I support their right to peacefully protest. I think I would choose their Christian ministry over yours. A hundred some years ago your view would have been fully accepted in the “Christian” South.
I didn’t give you “emotionalism,” DD. I gave you arguments. What are hers?
I listed some of the risks. Let’s hear some of the benefits.
I think you got confused. The people taking pictures that were turned over proving he was at the ‘clinic’ was from “Small Victories”; they are NOT the people who run the ‘clinic’.
The Michaels, for their Christian ministry, have spent more than 14 years outside the Granite City abortion business protesting and taking photographs of abortionists, clinic employees and customers.
I’m sorry, that is not part of any valid Christian ministry that I know of.
How about protecting the innocent? Doing first unto others, as you would have them do unto you? How about the “thou shall NOT MURDER”?
Guess again.
My friend insists she would have been better able to cope with, and get beyond, her feelings of uselessness, despair, and helplessness had she been able to confront her assailant/molester/rapist in a public setting and run him through the ringer.
At the time she was abused, she was 14 and 15 - and the SOB was in his late 30’s, and a relative. A year or so after she demanded he put an end to the abuse(she was 16 or so at the time), she started giving him grief and advised that she was going to inform her immediate family and see if something could be done (again, she was 16 or so and didn’t know the legalities/court proceedings, etc.)
Her abuser responded by basically trying to buy her off with the offer to buy her a used car, pay for a trip - whatever. When she still said “no,” because she felt used and tormented,...he did himself in.
As stated, to this day my friend insists she wanted to confront him publicly. She believes he beat her twice - once with the abuse, itself, and once by “cheating” (her term) her out of being able to make him pay (as opposed to him paying her off) for the abuse.
As it happens, the guy who killed himself is not the guy who committed the rape. The Arkansas Register retracted their story the NEXT day.
I was going to post this on my website and myspace, but when I tried to verify it, I found all of the links to the original story had been removed.
So I called the Arkansas paper and they told me about the mistake.
The suicide was a stock broker / accountant from Newport, Arkansas.
The sexual abuser was a factory worker from BRYANT ARKANSAS.
So the story was withdrawn and corrected almost immediately on 7/19.
Angela Michael, on the other hand, is NEVER wrong.
So she refuses to correct the story.
Worldnet Daily is the only one that is publishing it so far.
The family sent out a press release on Monday that said this:
PRESS RELEASE
TO: ALL MEDIA OUTLETS
Monday, July 23, 2007
SUBJECT: Angela Michael’s press release concerning the death of Jeffrey Dean Cheshier our Son, Brother, Father, Uncle & Cousin
To Whom it may concern;
You are receiving this notice because you have reported or published press releases from Angela Michael and Small Victories in the past.
As of July 22, 2007 Angela Michael has seen fit to announce on her website http://www.smallvictoriesusa.com/ and via a press release to various media outlets, the fact that our Son, Brother, Father, Uncle & Cousin, Jeffrey Dean Cheshier from Newport Arkansas was found dead in his vehicle on July 17, 2007 an apparent victim of suicide.
Contrary to what Ms. Michaels reports, she had no right or authorization to release this information.
Some of the information she has released was incorrect or downright false and defamatory. Some, of the information was never intended to be released to the public, may in fact compromise the investigation that is ongoing, and will cause her sources to be investigated.
Further release of this information by Angela Michael may result in legal action against her and her sources.
We therefore ask that you refrain from reporting or publishing any further information regarding our Son, Brother, Father, Uncle & Cousin that has not been released directly by our family or the governmental authorities involved.
Please respect the privacy of the family and the victim in this matter.
We will not entertain calls or other inquiries from the media concerning this incident.
Thank You,
The Cheshier Family
Newport Arkansas
Just thought you might want to know.
Try to find another article other than the Death Notice for Jeffrey Dean Cheshier in Arkansas that is not EXACTLY like Angela Michael’s account.
Let me guess. You're a complete idiot?
While I may not feel the need to protest the way they do, I support their right to peacefully protest. I think I would choose their Christian ministry over yours. A hundred some years ago your view would have been fully accepted in the “Christian” South.
You know nothing of my views. You have your head firmly ensconced so far up your @$$ that you are suffering from oxygen depravation and your braincells are going "AHHHHHH!" as they expire.
Get a clue.
You need to go read your Bible.
You must really like Big Brother.
I support protests outside abortuaries.
I do not support compilation of dossiers on people entering/leaving them, nor the staff.
If you support that, then you have become what you despise.
He had none to begin with.
Private individuals compiling publically available information with no violation of privacy occurring is not analogous to the state violating individual privacy to compile closely-held information.
Big Brother accusations do not fly.
Angela Michael could give a rats tail about the young girl unless she can promote herself at the same time. If you really want to know who the real Angela Michael is, go to mttu.com
I’m all for protecting the innocent. I am not for instituting jackboot tactics, no matter how noble the cause.
You need to go read your Bible.
53 posted on 07/24/2007 6:35:03 PM CDT by sauropod (Dorothy Parker, on Ernest Hemingway: “Deep down, he’s really superficial.”)
Sorry Pod, you need to read your Bible. Christians are called to protect the innocent. We are not called to be timid, nor are we to suffer sins in silence. Too long have we kept quiet when things don’t necessarily impact or involve us. We have to be involved, to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. That’s what the good Samaritan parable is about - if you read it. Helping those who can’t help themselves. “Love Thy Neighbor”. Maybe that will help you remember a few things.
No where did anyone say taking pictures of people going into or out of abortionariums is a “jackbooted tactic”. It’s a public street where there is no expectation of privacy. Some would consider turning over money tables and chasing people out of a church to be “jackboot tactics” as well.
The real tragedy is that he didn’t ace himself before he raped his niece.
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