MAR 30, 2021
Search warrants reveal new details in Landreth murder investigation (wect.com)
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Timothy Cain and
Jamaal Green are facing murder and armed robbery charges connected to Landreth’s death. Authorities say they stole Landreth’s truck, cell phone, and cash at gunpoint. Amanda Williamson is also facing charges “for transporting [the suspects] to a place of safety and for giving them a place to store evidence,” according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office.
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During the investigation, the detective “received an anonymous tip that the white GMC Sierra vehicle belonging to the victim in this case was parked in front of a residence on Bird Cage Estates Drive in Chadbourn,” according to warrants. Sheriff’s officials say they got permission to search the property and located Landreth’s vehicle. They found blood and hair inside, a bloody cigarette butt, coveralls, a metal file, vice grips, a can of butane, a catalytic converter and a prybar.
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On February 26, Det. Rockenback arrested Cain and took him to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office for an interview. “Mr. Cain was read his Miranda Warning Rights and informed me that he was willing to talk and waived to having a lawyer present,” the search warrant reads. “Mr. Cain stated that he had used and drove his Hyundai car during and after the homicide of Ms. Jacqueline Landreth. Mr. Cain stated that he and his co-conspiritor, Jamaal Green, had put several weapons from the victim’s truck into his car and used his vehicle to drive away from the scene of the crime.”
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Detectives say Mr. Cain told them he had taken and AK-47 and other handguns from Jacqueline Landreth, and given the weapons to someone else to hold for him.
On Feb. 25, Mr. Cain’s cellphone was located abandoned on the side of the James B White Hwy North in Whiteville. Detectives say there were pictures of firearms on the cell phone, “believed to be the firearms taken from the victim’s vehicle after the homicide occurred.”
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