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Yoknapatawpha County Mayor's Office
Honorable T. L. Rankin, Mayor 
Citizen's Tip Line for Leads and Information
Leads and Information leading to the safe return of Macy Lynn Lamar
Missing from Oxford Mall, Saturday, September 20, 1997
Citizen's Tip Line Manager, Mickey Nelson
CALL: 601-236-3935
 
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Date/Time/Call Information

Disposition of Call

Wednesday, 10/22/97, 2:30 p.m

Madame Raylene called. Says, "Macy is not dead. Says that what she saw was that "something is buried that has to do with Macy's disappearance" but she can't see exactly what it is. States she is "sure it is something big" but can't state how big

Call information was referred to Detective Nelson.

Friday, 10/24/97, 3:12 pm

Madame Raylene called. "Regular séance" was held. Stated that she has been unable to get any clearer idea on what is buried but that she continues to see "something big" buried. Says she heard the sounds of breaking glass.

Call referred to Detective Nelson's office.

Sunday, 10/26/97, 4:39 p.m.

Mr. and Mrs. W. of Water Valley called from a payphone at the John W. Kyle State Park Visitors Center near Sardis, Highway 315, I-55 Exit 252. They report that while they were hiking in the Park this afternoon about an hour ago they saw a girl matching Macy Lamar's description in the woods with two young men.

Call immediately relayed to dispatch and Detective Nelson's office.

Follow-up Notation:

The park rangers office at John W. Kyle State Park was immediately contacted by the Sheriff's office with the approximate location of the hikers. State Park police were able to locate the girl and two men. Turned out to be a false lead, the hikers were positively identified and not related to the Macy Lamar case.

Tuesday10/28/97

10:12 p.m.

Madamee Raylene called, said she is sure she will be able to see Macy at the séance Friday night. Says she still sees a grave, but it could be in the past or in the future. Says she has reached a "spirit" who has seen Purity Knight.

Call referred to Detective Nelson's office.

Tuesday, 10/28/97, 10:12 p.m.

Mr. Jay T. called. He owns a farm southwest of Oxford off of Highway 328 reporting deer spotters on his property. He says he thinks he saw the truck parked on near an old logging trail earlier in the day and noticed a woman near the truck.

Highway patrol was dispatched.

Follow-up Notation:

Two men were arrested for illegal hunting and trespass on posted private property. The woman is the wife of one of the men. There is no apparent connection to any other case.

Friday, 10/31/97 9:12 p.m.

Call received stating that a woman's body was found in a dumpster behind the Oxford Middle School.

Dispatch immediately sent out patrolmen. Determined to be a prank call. A costumed dummy found with the words, "You have been Tricked by the Best Fraternity on Campus." Inquiries made at the University, no suspects identified. Investigation turned over to University police.

Dispatch immediately sent out patrolmen. Determined to be a prank call. A costumed dummy found with the words, "You have been Tricked by the Best Fraternity on Campus." Inquiries made at the University, no suspects identified. Investigation turned over to University police.

Friday, 10/31/97, 9:49 p.m.

Call received about vandals slashing tires on "Ed Pierce's Car."

 

 

Notified disptach, patrolmen sent on call. Two juveniles apprehended at a pay phone, released in the custody of their parents. Det. Blaisdell of the juvenile division will handle followup.

Saturday, 11/01/97, 11:23 a.m.

Madam Raylene called. States she is exhausted after the séances conducted on 10/31/97. She states she was again contacted by the unidentified spirit from the séance concerning Macy. She states that, "this spirit is warning of a new death by stating repeatedly "another will arrive". M. Raylene insists, "There are men involved and moving earth." She states she does not believe this reference is to Macy.

Call referred to Detective Nelson's office. No suspicious deaths reported.

Tuesday, 11/4/97, 9:10 a.m.

Duane S., manager of the Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas called and said his employees found an auburn wig in a dumpster following the shootout. Says he is sure it was a disguise for Macy Lamarr and that she is probably still in Las Vegas. Wanted information on the reward.

Referred him to the Las Vegas police department. Notified Det. Nelson who called the Las Vegas PD. Said the manager of the Horseshoe is named Peter W. Search of the property following the incident did not produce the wig caller is reporting. LVPD will attempt to locate the caller.

Wednesday, 11/5/97, 11:46 a.m.

John M. of Oxford called. Said he reads the on line files and thought he should call. He ran into Sheriff Lamar last night. Said the Sheriff was acting very strangely. He was intoxicated and mumbling about the election, Macy, his girlfriend. Said he thinks the Sheriff knows something.

Called Det. Nelson, who stated he would interview the Sheriff again about Macy's whereabouts.

Friday, 11/7/97, 2:15 p.m.

Madame Raylene made her usual Friday call to this office. She states she continues to be troubled over another death, but has nothing new to offer. She states that she is not interested in the reward, however, she would like the Sheriff's Department to make a public statement regarding those things that she has been right about in the course of the investigation.

Call referred again to Detective Nelson's office.

Sunday, 11/9/97, 12:11 p.m.

Mr. Paul J. of Pea Ridge Road called to report after reading in the Sunday Eagle of Sheriff Lamar's accident, that at aprroximately 9:30 pm last evening an unidentified vehicle was driving recklessly at high speeds down Pea Ridge Road and on the curve at approx. 3.5 miles from Route 7 lost control and left the road sideswiping Mr. J's mailbox. Mr. J. states that he heard the impact and the screech of tires, but was unable to get to the window in time to see the vehicle. States that his mailbox was set on a steel pole painted white with night vision strips on the pole. The mailbox was uprooted and found approx. 8 feet down the road.

Call referred to Detective Nelson's office.

 

 

 

Follow-up Notation:

 

Detectives and crime lab dispatched to the location. Mailbox and pole recovered by crime lab for testing. Location is approx. 5 miles from the accident site. Ongoing investigation.

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