We still have more questions than answers, and I feel it is going to be that way for a while. I do learn something new about this case and the people involved every single day. I try to verify it then share it with you. This is definitely a marathon, not a sprint.
So let's go over what we know so far, shall we?
A major thing we know is that a source of information we were using, myself included, is biased and unreliable. The Tumblr/Reddit blog is riddled with conspiracy and finger pointing without any facts to back it up. We live and we learn.
We have also learned that the timeline that has been called into question does very much allow time for a murder. We have learned that Edward Hitchens (he testified that he spoke with Jessie and witnessed her leave in a white van with 2 unidentified males at 5:30pm on August 12, 2016, the day she was murdered.) might not be trustworthy. I would like to speak with him myself, but his reliability has been called into question. In fact, even though he testified on behalf of the defense, Vonda's lawyer had to file a motion for a material witness bond to ensure Edward Hitchens would even show up for his appearance in court. So I don't think reliability is going to be the first thing on his resume. I would like to know why he would be willing to lie for Vonda's cause, what did he have to gain from that? With every answer comes a new question it seems.
We know that Jessie dropped Gary off at work that morning, at 6:30 am so she would have the car to take C to Johnson City for his surgery that morning. She also had, and kept, a WIC appointment at the Health Department for her and the kids that day around 1-2pm that same day. People reported "C" wasn't whining or fussy.
We know after this Jessie went to Laughlin where Vonda worked and Vonda left work early and took Jessie and the kids to Gary's place of employment, Imery's, to leave the car with him. This meeting is shown on the surveillance footage from Imery's that day.
From there, Jessie, her sons, and Vonda went to Food City on Snapps Ferry. They are seen leaving the parking lot in Vonda's car at 3:37 pm.
This is the last undeniable account for Jessie on the day of her death.
From there it is all Vonda and Edward Hitchen's word.
Gary got off work at 7:10 pm that evening.
Jessie's body was found at 7:30 pm by an elderly man walking his dog.
We know Vonda picked up William's then-girlfriend, Brittney Brown's daughter, E, from Sharon Burgner's house. Sharon said she saw no blood in Vonda's car when she put E inside.
Vonda brought "E" back to her house.
We know Jessie's mother, Tammy, arrived at Vonda's house that evening looking for Jessie. Vonda told Tammy she hadn't seen Jessie since loaning her the car to run errands earlier. Both of Jessie's kids were inside the house with Vonda, E, and her husband, Roger. We know that Tammy went to the police department and was there when Jessie's body was discovered. The injuries were so bad to Jessie's face that they were only able to identify her with pictures of a tattoo Tammy showed them at the police department.
The police came out later that night and took possession of Vonda's car and sent it to TBI for processing.
We know TBI found Jessie Morrison's blood in Vonda's Pontiac Sunfire. It was found in various places. The headliner, the sun visor, behind the air conditioning vent, in the floorboard, the seat, the console, and the emergency brake
We know they did conduct a search of her home. I'm not sure of the date that happened, but it did happen.
We know from testimony from the lead investigator that Vonda had put a towel over the seat of her car. We also know from the lead investigators testimony that the blood appeared to have been wiped.
We know from the autopsy report that this wasn't done using just bare hands. There was an unidentified object used that was never found. We know Jessie fought back, so she wasn't immediately knocked unconscious, which would have made it easier to believe that Vonda did this alone, she fought back though. She fought hard.
We know that none of Vonda's DNA was found on Jessie's body according to lab reports. We also know there are still test being done, though. There are a lot of unknowns when it comes to the DNA testing and I feel it will remain that way until after Vonda's appeal hearing. I think after that they will do some more forensic testing.
We know that a lot of people that were connected to Jessie (other than her family) have had run-ins with the law and usually multiple times. A criminal record for drugs doesn't make a murderer. If you have a criminal record for domestic assault, kidnapping, etc. That is going to make me take a second or third look. I think humans are creatures of habit and escalation.
A lot of murderers have no criminal background at all though. I know the state had 6 character witnesses for Vonda at her hearing to reduce bond. That reduction was denied. Every single person I have spoken to that knows Vonda speaks of how she could NEVER have committed this crime. That she was too kind, too loving, too helpful.
I think sometimes, especially as women, those are the characteristics that lead women to commit murder. We are the ultimate protectors of our children and our children's children. I don't know one woman, no matter how sweet, that wouldn't kill if they thought someone was interfering with what they thought what was best for their children or grandchildren.
I think anyone is capable of murder.
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