Deceased/Not Found NC - Elmon Davidson, 20, Greensboro, 12 Aug 1992 *Thompson & Darden guilty*

The Doe Network:
Case File 4219DMNC

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/4219dmnc.html

Elmon Tito Davidson
Missing since August 12, 1992 from Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
Classification: Endangered Missing


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Vital Statistics

•Date of Birth: September 15, 1971
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 20 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 73"; 165 lbs.
•Distinguishing Characteristics: Black male. Black hair; brown eyes.
•Marks, Scars: Tattoo on right arm.
•Dentals: Not available.
•DNA: Available.
•Fingerprints: Available.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Davidson was last seen on August 12, 1992.
Two days later, on August 13, police officers got an anonymous tip that there was a dead body in a Dumpster at the Morningside Homes, an apartment complex in southeast Greensboro, but when officers searched the Dumpster, they could not find a body.

While working on an unrelated shooting at the same apartment complex, police officers heard a similar story about a body being thrown into a Dumpster. They investigated and arrested five people for the killing of Davidson.

No physical evidence was found in the apartment where the killing was reported to have taken place. Defendants said they cleaned the apartment after beating and shooting Davidson. Davidson was bound, beaten, tortured and shot inside a southeast Greensboro apartment before his body was dumped in a trash bin and disappeared, witnesses said.

Police officers ordered a search of the city dump, where the Dumpster would have been emptied. The city spent 26 days sifting through 10,000 tons of garbage in the 600-acre landfill, but they still did not find Davidson.



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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Greensboro Criminal Investigation
336-574-4048

Agency Case Number: 1992-179914

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/2384/1235
NamUs profile: Fingerprints: Available elsewhere Dental: not available DNA: testing complete.

There are very few articles about Elmon. However, there is a lot about the man who was convicted of murdering him.

Elmon has been missing 18 years today. Come home soon.

More information in Charley Project:

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/d/davidson_elmon.html

Bumping for Elmon as we approach the 28th anniversary...

A more recent podcast episode on Crime N Dumplins talks about some of the details of Elmon's case. You can find it here: MURDERED: Elmon Tito Davidson Jr - Crime N Dumplins

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Davidson, circa 1992; Charles Anthony Walker

• Missing Since 08/12/1992
• Missing From Greensboro, North Carolina
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race Black
• Date of Birth 09/15/1971 (52)
• Age 20 years old
• Height and Weight 6'1, 165 pounds
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• Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Davidson has a tattoo on his right arm.

Details of Disappearance​

Davidson was last seen in Greensboro, North Carolina on August 12, 1992. Authorities believe he was tortured and murdered that day and his body dumped in a trash bin.

Five suspects are believed to have been involved in Davidson's murder. One of them, Charles Anthony Walker, was sentenced to death. Prosecutors portrayed Walker, a local drug dealer, as the mastermind behind the conspiracy to murder Davidson. A photo of him is posted with this case summary.

According to witness testimony, Walker asked his girlfriend, Pamela Haizlip, to lure Davidson to her apartment. He was angry because Davidson allegedly tried to burglarize the apartment the previous day.

Walker and two accomplices, Jesse Thompson Jr. and Rahashar Markell Darden, went to Haizlip's apartment where Davidson was waiting, tied him up and beat him. Walker then left. Thompson and Darden slashed Davidson's throat and shot him.

He was still alive, however, and the men went and found Walker and told him this. Walker then returned to Haizlip's apartment and shot Davidson in the neck.

He and another accomplice, Antonio Wrenn, allegedly wrapped Davidson's body in trash bags and disposed of it in a dumpster. In spite of a month-long search of the local landfill, it was never found.

Walker was charged with first-degree murder and all of the others except Thompson testified against him. Haizlip was never charged.

Thompson was given a life sentence and came up for parole the first time in 2005. Darden (who was only fourteen years old at the time of the murder, but stood trial as an adult) pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was served six years in prison. Wrenn was put on probation for his role as an accomplice.

There was no physical evidence against Walker at his trial and most of the case rested on the testimony of his co-conspirators. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1995.

Walker was nearly executed in December 2004, but his execution was stayed only hours before he was scheduled to die. In 2006, his conviction was overturned and a new trial was ordered after an appeals court ruled the police had concealed evidence that could have helped his defense.

In September 2007, Walker pleaded no contest to being an accessory to murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He was sentenced to thirty years in prison, with fifteen years' credit for time served. A no contest plea does not admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence to convict.

Foul play is suspected in Davidson's case due to the circumstances involved.

Investigating Agency​

• Greensboro Department of Criminal Investigation 336-574-4048

Source Information​

• NamUs
• The Greensboro News and Record
• The Winston-Salem Journal
• North Carolina Department of Correction

Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated March 4, 2010; casefile added.

The details of Elmon's murder are horrific

Walker went on to commit more crimes after being released from prison.