Posted on 01/11/2007 4:34:32 PM PST by SmithL
Investigators believe Channon Christian was held hostage and raped repeatedly for several days before being killed, a federal marshal said today.
The news came on the same day that authorities captured three men sought for questioning in her death and that of her boyfriend, Christopher Newsom.
Authorities believe she and Newsom were abducted after a weekend carjacking in North Knoxville that ultimately led to both their deaths, said Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Rich Knighten of the Western District of Kentucky.
"They did some really nasty things to this lady," Knighten said.
Newsom was shot and his body burned, Knighten said. He said he didnt know how Christian died.
Federal and local authorities nabbed Letalvis Cobbins and a friend, George Thomas, about 10 a.m. Thursday in Lebanon, Ky. Knoxville investigators had received information that Cobbins had a relative there.
Lemaricus Davidson was arrested about 3:35 p.m. in Knoxville by KPDs Special Operations Squad, U.S. marshals and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents.
Cobbins, Davidson and Thomas are suspects in both killings, Knighten said.
Davidson, 25, was arrested at an empty house at 1800 Reynolds St. He was crying and offered no resistance.
Davidson and his brother Cobbins, 24, had been wanted for questioning in the slayings of Newsom, 23, and Christian, 21.
Police previously had not mentioned Thomas. He was called a "person of interest" by Knoxville police as of Thursday night.
None of the three men have been charged in connection with the slayings.
However, Cobbins has been charged with being a felon in possession of a weapon, based on evidence discovered at the Chipman Street house where Christians body was found Tuesday.
Newsom, of Halls, and Christian, of West Knox County, had been dating since November. They told their parents they planned to join friends in an apartment off Washington Pike on Saturday night to watch movies.
At 12:24 p.m. Sunday, a railroad employee on a passing train alerted police about a body along Norfolk Southern tracks between Ninth Avenue and Cherry Street. It was Newsom's body.
At 2 p.m. Tuesday, police armed with a search warrant entered a nearby rental home at 2316 Chipman St. and found Christian's body. Her 2005 Toyota 4-Runner had been found Monday abandoned two blocks away at the intersection of Chipman Street and Glider Avenue.
More details as they develop online and in Fridays News Sentinel.
How perverted.
The problem is we wait to long to put the dogs, and they are dogs, to death. It should not take more than a couple of months including all appeals. Throw in some lawyers and judges and the obstruction of justice on behalf of criminals would abate.
Agree, absolutely. . .and would up the ante, for an even swifter karma here; and by whatever means.
Hmmm that's an idea.
A bump for justice.
Absolutely!!
In any abduction...fight for your life immediately, never ever be taken, no matter the threat, no matter the weapon, even if it means fighting 'to death'. And there needs to be a 'gentle' but firm way of teaching this to children.
Even adults instinctively think that cooperating will save them. So not true.
The sad part is, these animals will live a long life in prison and actually enjoy it. They don't care about anything, and this state doen't dare punish them. Let the jury hand down two death sentences on each and it just means they'll die of old age ejoying their dope and life on "the down low"
"Prosecutor: Carjacker faces death penalty"
Let me correct that headline. Carjackers face a long life in a taxpayer funded, luxury pound for bipeds. Tennessee has the death sentence but not the death penalty in %99.99999999 of cases. Idle threats aren't worth diddly squat
Hang Them..........with a long rope and drop !!!!
They'll lose their heads.
Thanks for the update.
A Knox County jury on Tuesday [August 13, 2019] declared Eric Boyd guilty in the 2007 murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom.
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