Thursday, June 26, 2008

Cori Baker Case Updated.


The suspect accused of killing a 13-year-old Tulsa girl last year wants the charges against him dropped.

19-year-old Marquis Bullock was the last known person to see Cori Baker alive. That was on November ninth. Investigators believe he picked Cori up from her school in east Tulsa and later killed her.

Cori's body wasn't found until her skeletal remains were discovered near a paintball field in Creek County on March 21st.

Medical examiners were not able to tell how Cori died because there weren't enough of her remains to determine the cause of death.

Bullock's attorney says police have never produced a murder weapon, there is no confession and none of Cori's blood was found in his car.

Prosecutors will be given a chance to respond before the judge makes a ruling.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Sketch released in case of 2 Okla. girls slain


Sketch released in case of 2 Okla. girls slain
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS
Associated Press Writer

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation released this sketch Friday, June 13, 2008, of a "person of interest" investigators want to interview about the slayings of two girls along an eastern Oklahoma country road. a spokesperson said the man was seen standing near a white pickup truck around the time and place the youngsters were shot to death on Sunday afternoon.Authorities released a sketch Friday of a "person of interest" investigators want to interview about the slayings of two girls along an eastern Oklahoma country road.

The man, looking "a little suspicious," was seen standing near a white pickup truck around the time and place the youngsters were shot to death on Sunday afternoon, said Jessica Brown, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

He was described as an American Indian, about 6 feet tall, with black hair and a pony tail. He was driving in a white Ford or Chevrolet single cab pickup with chrome stripping and an Oklahoma license tag.

"We just want to talk to him," she said. "We think he might have seen something to resolve the case."

Several witnesses have come forward, with some saying they saw the man as they drove along the road where the girls were found and others saying they heard gunshots.

"He was stopped on the road, standing outside of his pickup truck doing something," Brown said. "It looked a little suspicious."

Friends and relatives attended funeral services for the girls Friday.

Services for Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, took place at the First Baptist Church in Dewar. The funeral for Skyla Whitaker, 11, was held at the First Baptist Church in Henryetta.

The Rev. Ron King said Taylor's funeral was "the hardest thing I've ever done in my life."

"Do I have the words of comfort? No, I don't," King told mourners. "They were just babies. How do you make sense of this?"

Investigators say they have no explanation for why the girls were gunned down near the small town of Weleetka, a working-class community of 1,000 people, 70 miles south of Tulsa.

The girls, who were best friends, were shot a number of times in the head and chest with weapons of two different calibers, leading authorities to think two gunmen were involved.

Several motives have been explored, including a random thrill killing, attempted abduction, a case of mistaken identity and the possibility that the girls happened upon a crime in progress.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Time Taken Off

For the few of you who read this blog or just drop in from time to time I just wanted to say I am back. There are times when it becomes so very difficult to be a child advocate espicially when you lose your child to abduction and murder. Last week I visited Andi's grave and it still even after 9 years it punches me in the stomach every time I see that huge headstone. It isn't fair and I miss her like crazy. I always wonder what she would be like and what would she be doing. It's still so sad to me. I wonder if the pain will ever receed?

That all being said it is important that you all know I am becoming active again. I am going to try to do my part and when I start to feel overwhelmed I will just back off. It is sometimes hard to gage when you are becoming overwhelmed. One day you seem to be doing fine and the next bam you are hit over the head.

I will be actively helping families and getting busy legislativly.

This image below is of me and Andi and Mel. It was twenty years ago, so please don't give me a hard time about the glasses and hair. *smile*