Saturday, the Christian and Newsom families held private memorials at the gravesites of their beloved children. Five years have passed since the horrific and brutal events led to the ultimate deaths of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom, yet justice for the victims and their families still seems as elusive as it did in January 2007.
Trials for the four defendants provided graphic and horrendous details of the carjacking, torture, rape and murders of the two young adults; ending their...Read Full Story
I’d like to blame the delay in posting this article as due to a severe bout of flu I just endured. In actuality, I have found it extremely painful and distressing to put thought to keyboard.
For those like me who followed the 4 years of murder trials for the gruesome kidnap, torture and rapes of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom, most remember the March 2011 day Judge Richard Baumgartner admitted to drug addiction and was disbarred. The 19-year veteran of the bench was granted a...Read Full Story
~Vanessa Coleman and defense attorney Russell Greene
“You are the jury,” Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner announced this afternoon.
We are one step closer to seeking justice as 12 jurors – 3 men and 9 women – along with 4 alternates – 2 men and 2 women – have been selected for Vanessa Coleman’s murder trial that begins Monday, May 3 . On the jury there are two black women and one black man. As alternates, there are one black woman and one black man
Jury selection...Read Full Story
Those of you familiar with my blogging know I have been following the Christian-Newsom murder trials since the first ‘guest entry’ by David From Tennessee at Trials & Tribulations .
Something about those beautiful young adults, who were so full of life and had such bright futures ahead of them, touched my heart, profoundly.
The carjacking at gunpoint, repeated savage rapes, the horrific beatings, and brutal murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom left most of us grieving in stunned...Read Full Story
Lemaricus Davidson is already on death row for murder. He returned to Judge Richard Baumgartner’s courtroom today to learn his fate on the twenty lesser charges that include kidnap, rape and theft.
In probably one of the most stunning sentences ever handed down, Judge Richard Baumgertner said, “Mr. Davidson in my judgement engaged in one of the most horrendous crimes that has been committed in this county.”
In an apparently unprecedented move in Tennessee, the judge has sentenced...Read Full Story
"He chose pill taking." Letalvis Cobbins, LeMaricus Davidson, George Thomas and Vanessa Coleman were convicted separately for their involvement in the carjacking, raping, torture, and killing of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom four years ago. Blackwood ...
Davidson was sentenced to death; Letalvis Cobbins and George Thomas received life in prison without the possibility of parole; and Vanessa Coleman was sentenced to 53 years in prison. In Davidson's motion for a change of venue, his attorneys, Doug Trant ...
"It's time for the Tennessee Supreme Court to stand up and say what's right. If they don't I don't think I can have respect for them anymore," Gary Christian said. As the long legal process essentially starts over, these parents can only imagine life with ...
WBIR-TVTN Supreme Court responds to Stop Christian-Newsom Retrial petitionsWVLT(WVLT) --The Tennessee Supreme Court responded to an online campaign to stop the retrials of the four defendants charged with the murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom. The court has received over 16000 emails, according to Tennessee ...Emails flood court over Christian-Newsom murder retrialsOak RidgerCan Some of the Christian/Newsom Verdicts Be Saved...
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Saturday marked five years since a young Knoxville couple, Channon Christian and Chris Newsom, were carjacked, tortured and murdered. Their deaths have sparked a string of court cases and controversies that reverberate still. The ...
Former Knox County Judge Richard Baumgartner had presided over the trials of Letalvis Cobbins, LeMaricus Davidson who is Cobbins' half-brother, Cobbins' friend George Thomas and Cobbins' then girlfriend Vanessa Coleman. All four were convicted in separate ...
Early Saturday afternoon, friends and family came together to remember Channon Christian and Chris Newsom on the five year anniversary of their deaths. The Newsom family honored Chris at Woodhaven Memorial Gardens in Claxton. While the Christian family ...
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – January 7, 2012 marks the fifth anniversary of when Channon Christian and Chris Newsom were kidnapped. The couple was raped, tortured and murdered. Nearly five years later, the family says they are still being haunted by a broken ...
The Knox County District Attorney's Office has filed an appeal of a judge's ruling that granted new trials to the four defendants convicted in the murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom. The young couple was carjacked, tortured, raped, and murdered ...
(WVLT) -- Knox Co. Attorney General Randy Nichols has officially appealed the rulings that granted new trials to the four defendants previously convicted in the murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom ... on behalf of Jayson Bailey.
Lemaricus Davidson is a Tennessee man accused of murdering and raping Channon Christian and her boyfriend Christopher Newsom. Find more Lemaricus Davidson news and information here.
Lemaricus Davidson a week later on May 19th, Vanessa Coleman, June 16, 2008...George Thomas, the man accused of shooting Christopher Newsom and burning his body, will be tried last ...
Officer Childress says he went to Lemaricus Davidson's residence on Chipman to serve outstanding warrants on the recently released convicted felon, after Davidson's fingerprint was ...
A11 evidencilg being that Lemaricus Davidson' a pnssible suspect of r.c.A. $ 39-13-202 et. seq. and if you find such properfy or any part thereof to bring it before the court without unnecessary ...