Polygraphs, dogs, but no sign of missing Mississippi family (Day #16)

The Clarion Ledger ^ | February 21, 2004 | By Lora Hines

[WKB]

VAUGHAN

[Letitring]

I don't know, seems most land deal things are settled in court. Wonder how the will read, and if there is a clause, or something in it, that would make that adopted son a reinstated heir, if something happened to the original heirs? I just don't see how it would benefit the adopted, cut off, Son, if the heirs die, unless there is a clause. (unless he did it for pure spite, revenge, or something else, like that) No harm intended, just don't see how the theory fits, in this case. Still, it seems as if it's their best motive, at present.

Wonder how long ago the Uncle died?

[Letitring]

Greg Lott. WOnder if he's been interviewed?

[Letitring]

Hum, seems the Hargons have been living in Madison County, Ms., for a Looooooooooooonng time. Perhaps that 'farm' is more than that term implies.

[rebelgirl10]

Some of the people who first saw the scenes (friends of the family, I work with one of them) said there were shell casings from a 22 by his truck and a pool of blood by the open door of the truck. They think he came home to a crime that morning, his cigarettes (which he always carried with him) were on the counter with some money as they would be when he first gets home, walked to the back of the house and discovered intruders or something and had to run from gunfire to his truck to retrieve his gun, where he may have been seriously wounded. From word of mouth from people who saw the scene the first day. It looks like one person may be seriously hurt or worse, and the wife and child may have been abducted... The house is fairly close to the interstate and the road that runs by their house is fairly busy for such a rural location. The nearest neighbors house is about 500 yards away... Michael didn't own or have a 22.

[Gritty]

Anyone heard what kind of shell casings?

The day this broke somebody was on who said they were ".22 automatic" casings. I haven't heard anything since.

If they found such casings, they could have come from a semi-auto rifle or pistol, or any kind of a .22 rifle for that matter, but unlikely from a revolver unless there was a 'reload' involved.

The same source said there were guns in the house but they were locked in a gun safe.

Theory? It sounds to me the husband was confronted at the truck, was bleeding and ran back into the house, followed by the assailant(s). There apparently was a blood trail from one to the other. The family reputedly kept the doors locked most of the time and especially at night, so he must have gone out to the truck for whatever reason and left the front door open when he did. Then he was attacked and ran into the bedroom, where he was subdued. It must have happened so fast nobody could call 911, much less get the gun safe opened. JMHO.

It's too bad he didn't take a gun with him.

[MississippiMan]

Since we know he ate breakfast at 6:30 AM with the friend, could've been attacked/shot while getting out of his truck upon arriving home, then fled into the house?

MM

[Gritty]

Quite possibly.

Whatever happened, it happened quickly and was likely planned.

[WKB]

Earnest Lee Hargan (left out of a will) and Benny Fisher.


Don't know about Earnest Lee
but Benny is an old black man who has trouble
even speaking.
My money is on Earnest Lee

[WKB]

Greg Lott. Wonder if he's been interviewed?



Talk to yourself a lot there do you, letitring? :>)

[WKB]

Wonder how long ago the Uncle died?

Ask and you shall receive

Charles Philip Hargon
Camden

Charles Philip Hargon, 78, of Camden died Jan. 16, 2004, at G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Jackson.

Funeral services were held Jan. 19 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial the Canton Cemetery.

Survivors include: his brother, John Hargon of Dallas; and two sisters, Mable Anderson of Canton and Barbara Beasley of Vicksburg.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Yoo-hoo. Over here. Insider.

[El Gran Salseron]

Who am I?

Someone on this thread was kind enough to post back to the original thread about your son. I have been reading that thread for the last couple of hours to see what transpired and the final outcome. :-)

I am just an interested party who read the first day's posts of your son's situation but then lost track. I had no idea that the situation carried for such a long period of time.

This thread reminded me of that earlier situation since the dreaded Ole Miss is right next door to the Alabama Crimson Tide so I decided to inquire about it. :-)

If you need more background than that then I'll tell you the following:

I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. I attended both LSU and UNO. I now live in Houston, Texas.

However, I have always felt a camaraderie with people from the SEC and the South because even though there is friendly rivalry between all SEC schools there is still that feeling of camaraderie when an occasion arises where we have to "pull together."

As I understand it, ( and possibly that is a misperception on my part, ) your son is/was a recruiter for the Alabama Crimson Tide/athlete/athletic so he can't be all bad. :-)

I was a standout athlete in high school but a knee injury dashed my hopes of being the next John Unitas. :-)

Also, although I have been occasionally wondering about the outcome of your son's situation but in September/October I was not privy to "How to follow up on or find a previous thread?"

I do believe that I did post on the first day of your original thread but did not go back and verify that. I didn't read the first day's posts today because I had already read them. I think I said something about prayers, the necessity to post a pic and maybe asked where this was occurring. You may want to check my posts, ( if that is possible, ) or go back and read the original thread to see if it shows up. If memory serves me correctly I think I would have been in the first 50 posts or certainly no further down than the first 100.

I have no hidden motives or suspicions.....just concern for a fellow SEC member. There's really nothing more to it than that. :-)

BTW, how is your son doing now?

[Letitring]

Listen to this. Make any sense to you?

SNIPPED:Family members say they last heard from Michael Hargon, 27, Saturday.

"We got a call from our son-in-law Saturday, probably around one o'clock," Hirtz told CBS News Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith Thursday. "He said we need to come right away ... he said, 'It's Rebecca. And there's blood — you need to come.'"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/20/national/main601340.shtml

[LadyPilgrim]

You're very kind to respond. I'll send you freep mail!

[Letitring]

LOL. Yes, yes I do talk to myself a good bit. :)

[El Gran Salseron]

"I'll send you freep mail!"

OK.

[Letitring]

What do you think about that? 1 o'clock. AM or PM? Is it bad reporting, mistaken time, what? Makes no sense if his SON-in-law was able to telephone his inlaws at 1, report his wife seriously hurt, instead of dialing 911? Good grief.

[El Gran Salseron]

You should watch yourself very carefully and if you start answering yourself.....seek immediate help! :-)

[Letitring]

Look at this. SNIP:

Good folks, I've never known Michael to be in any kind of trouble, said Greg Harkins" Harkins who has made a rocking chair for every President since Nixon has known three generations of the Hargon family of Yazoo County.

"People are scared. If that sort of thing could happen to them like that, you know it could happen to anybody." Harkins lives just across the Big Black River from Yazoo County east of Canton.

For the first time we got to go inside the house where 27 year-old Michael Hargon, his 29 year-old wife Rebecca and their four year-old son James Patrick, disappeared from last saturday.

Bill Hirtz, father of the missing woman gave us a tour. "There was blood on the floor, you can see the drops of blood, some on the side wall, it looks like Mike probably got a hold of the gun, turned a couple of shots, away from the bedroom where his wife was at. One shot went down you can see.

Rebecca Hargon's sister Elizabeth Moore, who lives about two miles away from the house where they disappeared, told us Michael was seen alive as late as last Saturday morning. "Yes, Michael went over to his uncle's house, who died recently and talked to a man who worked for his uncle. The story of the missing family is now being followed by ABC,


http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=1651896&nav=2CSfKv1t

Photos at above link.

[Letitring]

ROFLOL. Look here. SNIPPED:

The dogs found a scent in the woods, but authorities were unable to find anything. The trail seemed to end at a volunteer fire department at Deasonville, less than a mile away from the house. One of the dog handlers, Joe Canfield, who owns a four year old bloodhound named Kirby, said the dogs picked up the scent from an item that was used in the house by the missing family.

Two dogs went south from the house then circled around back to the north before apparently losing the trail. Warren Strain, spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, indicated Friday it could be a longer investigation than originally expected.

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=1657408&nav=1L7tKylm


This case gets increasingly odd.