GUILTY MO - Donnie, 64, Sharon, 61, & Taron Luetjen, 15, slain, Camp Cole, 7 June 2009

[Kathee]

UPDATED: More information and the probable cause statement included:

http://crimesceneinvestigations.blog...cole-camp.html

 

[Kathee]

Robbie Blurton waived extradition from Kansas to Missouri and has entered a not guilty plea to killing the Luetjen's. He is due back in court next week.

 

[gaia227]

Sorry if this has been clarified but I am still confused about the 911 call. Someone called 911 on June 7th, the night they were killed, you can hear a man in the background threatening them. Why weren't the police dispatched? The 911 dispatcher answered the call and did what? Ignored it?

 

[SuziQ]

Sorry if this has been clarified but I am still confused about the 911 call. Someone called 911 on June 7th, the night they were killed, you can hear a man in the background threatening them. Why weren't the police dispatched? The 911 dispatcher answered the call and did what? Ignored it?

I think we'd all love an answer to how that call was handled. AFAIK, it's never been addressed by LE or the media.

 

[Marina2]

It seems that they didn't have enough information to dispatch help.

UPDATE (07-05-09): The Cole Camp police department did NOT send an officer out to follow up on the lost 9-1-1 call on June 7th. The department utilizes Phase One technology, that only lets dispatchers know what cell phone tower is nearest to the originating call.

Phase Two technology pinpoints calls using GPS coordinates.

http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2009/06/witness-who-listened-to-cole-camp.html

They probably only heard the voices after enhancing the recording so that the dispatcher only received a call that was disconnected quickly. Upon call back, voicemail was received. What is it that the dispatcher could do at this point? I guess there wasn't anything they could do to help the immediate situation but, was any follow up done at all? Are there criteria they follow wherein a call is dismissed and not investigated? How did they even know of the call existing?

 

[Kathee]

Cole Camp police chief Storm Walker says that authorities believe Blurton acted alone in the Leutjen murders.

 

[Kathee]

Blurton's preliminary hearing has been set for November 30th.

Benton County prosecutor Karen Woodley has not publicly disclosed whether or not she plans to seek the death penalty in the case.

However, at today's (09-08-09) hearing Blurton met with capital crimes division attorney Charles Mooreland and has met with other attorneys who handle capital murder cases for the public defenders office.

The Luetjen family will be honored with a concert in their memory on September 20th at Water Tower Park in CC. All proceeds will help establish The Luetjen Family Music Scholarship.

http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2009/09/preliminary-hearing-date-set-for.html

 

[OkieGranny]

From August 2013:

http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/bl...riple-homicide/d/story/_A6agpRaJka0EwAwfEeQFw

As recommended by the jury that found him guilty of first-degree murder, Blurton was sentenced to death for each of the three murders of Taron Luetjen and her grandparents, Donnie and Sharon Luetjen, at their home in Benton County. The victims were Blurton's aunt and uncle, and his cousin’s daughter.

 

[SweetT]

It seems that they didn't have enough information to dispatch help.

UPDATE (07-05-09): The Cole Camp police department did NOT send an officer out to follow up on the lost 9-1-1 call on June 7th. The department utilizes Phase One technology, that only lets dispatchers know what cell phone tower is nearest to the originating call.

Phase Two technology pinpoints calls using GPS coordinates.

http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2009/06/witness-who-listened-to-cole-camp.html

They probably only heard the voices after enhancing the recording so that the dispatcher only received a call that was disconnected quickly. Upon call back, voicemail was received. What is it that the dispatcher could do at this point? I guess there wasn't anything they could do to help the immediate situation but, was any follow up done at all? Are there criteria they follow wherein a call is dismissed and not investigated? How did they even know of the call existing?

They should be able to see who the cell phone belonged to...or billing info on the cell that called 911 and then from there get an address to go and check on the persons of interest? What if one of the victims had called 911 while being tied up but couldnt talk due to the situation? LE would know that the cell phone belonged to the family etc and could then proceed to their home to check on them...