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Missing Teen
Aline Roberta Cousins of Memphis reported sighting Macy Lynn Lamar in the company of two adult males leaving her apartment complex in a dark (black) American make car.
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Missing teen's mother takes lie detector test Results exonerate the mother, Caroline Blanchard, in any complicity.
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Sheriff Lamar undergoes a polygraph with questionable results
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State social services offices conducted interviews with Macy Lamar's family and associates
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Document: Ransom Note. Received at sheriff's department. Postmark Jackson, MS.
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Document: Letter from Moore Atlantic Realty. Company manages property on which Road House Bar is located. The Road House is known for its illegal gambling facilities.
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Macy Lamar Found
Private investigator David Anderson spotted Macy Lamar in Biloxi, Mississippi. Images from the PI's surveilance are available.
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The following is an example of one of over 250 pieces of electronic mail correspondence between Harberson and Chambeau, a number of which refer to Macy and Charles Lamar.
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A home searched in Shelbyville Tennessee produced a unique gold button traced to the Liz Claiborne line of women's suits manufactured in 1997. A suit matching the button was located in the home where Macy Lamar was found.
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Escaped Prisoners and Accomplice
APBs are issued for Edward Pierce and Anthony Phelps who escaped following a traffic accident in a jail transport van. A later APB is issued for pierce's girlfriend, Victoria Symons.
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Autopsy released for guard killed in prison escape. Detective Shiff's autopsy is made available.
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Pierce sighting and phone calls in New Orleans

  • The car stolen by Ed Pierce is located in New Orleans
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  • On Thursday, Oct. 2, Bryant Whittaker, a DJ at WTUL in New Orleans contacted police after receiving a call from Ed Pierce.
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  • Victoria Symons, Pierce's girlfriend, called her mother at her Oxford home at 11:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4.
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  • Ed Pierce phones his parents on October 12. Pierce left a message on their machine. Audio and text versions available.
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Pierce sighting in Texas
  • Ed Pierce steals van in Texas on October 9, 1997. Available documents include: video surveillance, police report, and news report.
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Pierce sighted and killed
  • 911 Document, The following is a transcript of the 911 call that Las Vegas authorities received regarding Edward Pierce. The call was placed by Mr. Thomas Berry, owner of a thrift shop.
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Internal Review
The prison escape was followed by a review of departmental policies.
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Autopsy Summary
Following his escape from custody, Anthony phelps was found dead from injuries recieved in his escape.
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Aimee Harberson: Sheriff's girlfriend
Sheriff Lamar has supplied investigators with the notes related to appointments he made with county assessor's office worker Aimee Harberson.
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Sheriff Dies in Car Wreck
Simulation: Sheriff's crash simulated with computers. Experts from the state crime lab in Jackson, Mississippi reenact the events leading to the death of Sheriff Lamar.
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Document: Police Report
Details of cotton field crash site. The crash took place on highway 7 heading toward Water Valley at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8.
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Document: Accident Report
Sheriff Lamar's accident analysis report
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Document: Coroner Summary and Autopsy Report
The injuries are consistent with being sustained at the time of the auto accident and no evidence of trauma or injury inconsistent with the accident was found. The postmortem examination showed no evidence of injection or involuntary administration of ethanol or diazepam.
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A note was found on the desk in Lamar's study at his home. The note was left on the center of the desk blotter and was the only item on the desk top, aside from a family photograph.
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Document: Suicide Note Report. Analysis of Sheriff Lamar's suicide note. The signature is Lamar's; the typewriter does not match the one in his study.
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Document: Phone Call to Caroline Blanchard. Sheriff Lamar's ex-wife received the following hang-up call on Saturday, November 15, at approximately 11:25 a.m.
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Miscellany
Web Site: Armstrong and Anderson Investigations. Former detectives from the Yoknapatawpha county sheriff's department use the internet to gather information on Reed Chambeau,a New Orleans-based real estate owner and developer. The web site seeks information on activites connected to a new development on a county landfill.
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