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| The body of Chris Newsom was found the afternoon of Sunday, January 7, 2007 adjacent to railroad tracks, several blocks away from 2316 Chipman St., in East Knoxville. He had been castrated, doused in gasoline, burned alive, and shot three times. | The body of Chris Newsom was found the afternoon of Sunday, January 7, 2007 adjacent to railroad tracks, several blocks away from 2316 Chipman St., in East Knoxville. He had been castrated, doused in gasoline, burned alive, and shot three times. | ||
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| The police found Channon Christian the afternoon of Tuesday, January 9, 2007. She had been repeatedly gang raped, forced to watch the torture of her boyfriend, tortured herself and murdered. Her urine saturated body was found stuffed into a trash can in the kitchen of the Chipman St. house. Both of her breasts had been cut off, and chemicals were found in her mouth. | The police found Channon Christian the afternoon of Tuesday, January 9, 2007. She had been repeatedly gang raped, forced to watch the torture of her boyfriend, tortured herself and murdered. Her urine saturated body was found stuffed into a trash can in the kitchen of the Chipman St. house. Both of her breasts had been cut off, and chemicals were found in her mouth. | ||
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On the evening of Saturday, January 6, 2007 23 year old Chris Newsom and his long term girlfriend, Channon Christian were out on a dinner and movie date in their hometown of Knoxville, TN when the couple was carjacked, abducted to a derelict house at 2316 Chipman St., where they were tortured, raped and murdered.
The Crime
The body of Chris Newsom was found the afternoon of Sunday, January 7, 2007 adjacent to railroad tracks, several blocks away from 2316 Chipman St., in East Knoxville. He had been castrated, doused in gasoline, burned alive, and shot three times.
The police found Channon Christian the afternoon of Tuesday, January 9, 2007. She had been repeatedly gang raped, forced to watch the torture of her boyfriend, tortured herself and murdered. Her urine saturated body was found stuffed into a trash can in the kitchen of the Chipman St. house. Both of her breasts had been cut off, and chemicals were found in her mouth.
The Suspects
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.
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.
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.
Media Blackout
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This case is particularly noteworthy for the fact that it was sparsely reported outside the Knoxville, TN area. Despite the fact that the sheer depravity of these crimes would be of interest to a much greater audience, as evidenced by the mass circulation of this story on underground, internet-based information sources. For a time, a video associated with this story was the number one viewed video on google.
The race of the victims and suspects is seemingly of greater significance then the crime itself in determining newsworthiness. Cultural hyper-sensitivity to matters of race relations have become so abysmally deformed that major media outlets deliberately self-censor significant stories with facts inconvenient to the dominant atmosphere of political correctness, rather then risk slightest appearance of "insensitivity".
This story was virtually unreported in the United States, while the insignificant, albeit ill conceived offhand remarks of Don Imus were a national media sensation.
See Also
- Torture
- Rape
- Murder
- Language and thought
- Media blackout
- Political Correctness
- Campaign Against Political Correctness
External links
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_5284207,00.html
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_5274125,00.html
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_5274125,00.html
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=41179&provider=top
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1766206/posts
http://www.volunteertv.com/special/headlines/5169732.html
http://www.volunteertv.com/special/headlines/6162871.html