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Use this thread to post news links about Brittney Wood's disappearance. You can also post timelines, maps, and a list of case players.

I'll start it off with the first news article posted on WS.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Updated: Friday, 20 Jul 2012, 10:43 AM CDT
Published : Thursday, 07 Jun 2012, 3:33 PM CDT

by Letisha Bush


MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - A missing person report has been filed with the Mobile Police Department for 19-year-old Brittney Wood.
Wood's family said, the last they heard, she was going to visit her uncle near the Styx river area.


If you have any information on Wood's whereabouts, call Mobile police at 251-625-9201.


http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/missing-person-report-filed-on-teen


More at the link

This is a non-discussion thread. Post information only. No comments, please.



 
ConcernedOutsider's List of Media Links:

06/07 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...-filed-on-teen
06/07 https://www.facebook.com/WKRG.News.5...23160057704265
06/07 https://www.facebook.com/WKRG.News.5...50942652162500
06/07 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jun/0...0359-vi-132971
06/07 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jun/07/t-ar-3936400
06/07 http://nataleehome.proboards.com/ind...ay&thread=3666
06/08 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jun/0...ach-ar-3941218
06/08 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jun/08/t-ar-3942690/
06/11 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jun/1...od-ar-3953767/
06/11 http://blog.al.com/live/2012/06/cand...gil_for_b.html
06/11 FB page created https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-H...51298481547844
06/11 KlaasKids makes post https://www.facebook.com/pages/Klaas...8060669?ref=ts
06/11 JVM transcript http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP...1/ijvm.01.html
06/12 http://www.local15tv.com/mediacenter...navCatId=20566
06/12 KlaasKids makes post https://www.facebook.com/pages/Klaas...8060669?ref=ts
06/12 https://pibillwarner.wordpress.com/2...ing-near-i-10/
06/13 http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/...a7fZgfvXg.cspx
06/13 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jun/13/s-ar-3967700/
06/13 KlaasKids makes post https://www.facebook.com/pages/Klaas...8060669?ref=ts
06/14 http://blog.al.com/live/2012/06/sear...ssing_tee.html
06/14 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jun/1...729-vi-133724/
06/14 http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/...F7a5eMS3A.cspx
06/14 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jun/14/s-ar-3974586/
06/14 http://www.local15tv.com/mostpopular...0mD-XXETA.cspx
06/14 KlaasKids makes post https://www.facebook.com/pages/Klaas...8060669?ref=ts
06/15 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_1...for-two-weeks/
06/15 http://www.missingpersonsofamerica.c...m-alabama.html
06/16 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...s-to-Grand-Bay
06/18 FB page created https://www.hs.facebook.com/HelpFind...teersPage/info
06/20 RSW and DK Arrested http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/crim...for-sex-crimes
06/20 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...elated-to-wood
06/20 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/crim...for-sex-crimes
06/20 you can view RSW, DK, DW, DPH Jr, and WB arrest herehttp://bcsonline.co.baldwin.al.us/smartweb/jail.aspx
06/20 http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/...7LHKrZMqA.cspx
06/21 http://www.northmobilepost.com/twist...-disappearance
06/22 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...till-has-faith
06/22 http://classic.lagniappemobile.com/a...eID=5550&SID=1
06/22 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jun/2...rn-ar-4024436/
06/22 http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/...xqb7VRE6w.cspx
06/22 KlaasKids makes post https://www.facebook.com/pages/Klaas...8060669?ref=ts
06/23 http://mobiletribune.com/profiles/bl...mystery-many-u
06/23 http://www.examiner.com/article/the-...-brittney-wood
07/02 BW listed with APDS http://dps.alabama.gov/Community/wfA...1-a2ad5cae66c6
07/03 Twitter Acct Find BW created https://twitter.com/fndbrittneywood
07/05 http://www.semmessavers.com/2012/07/...-can-help.html
07/07 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...ects-donations
07/14 DW arrested http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...other-arrested
07/14 http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/...2tsq0lR5Q.cspx
07/14 https://www.facebook.com/FOX10News/p...83682945019729
07/15 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...-investigation
07/15 https://www.facebook.com/FOX10News/p...67419950026049
07/15 http://www.local15tv.com/mostpopular...LK2XNNfsg.cspx
07/15 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jul/1...ed-ar-4138504/
07/15 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

07/16 DK arrested again http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...arrested-again
07/16 http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/...KhLR4AWrw.cspx
07/16 http://blog.al.com/live/2012/07/miss..._woods_br.html
07/16 http://www.northmobilepost.com/missi...other-arrested
07/16 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...ests-connected
07/17 http://blog.al.com/live/2012/07/miss...r_accused.html
07/17 http://www.northmobilepost.com/dusti...rrested-again/
07/17 DPH Jr arrested http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...lative-of-wood
07/17 https://www.facebook.com/FOX10News/p...98137736870495
07/18 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...o-missing-teen
07/18 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jul/1...as-ar-4159315/
07/18 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...rshadow-search
07/18 https://www.facebook.com/FOX10News/p...tal_comments=3
7/18 https://www.facebook.com/FOX10News/p...24062461016558
07/20 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...-reward-fliers
07/20 https://www.facebook.com/FOX10News/p...61554513868550
07/20 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...05044436291092
07/22 WB arrested http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...ex-crimes-case
07/23 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...wood-continues
07/23 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...-investigation
07/23 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jul/2...ap-ar-4191064/
07/23 http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jul/2...ap-ar-4191064/
07/23 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...heads-to-court
07/25 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...old-doing-fine
07/25 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...ney-was-abused

07/28 Brittney’s name is added http://missingkids.com/missingkids/s...Country=en_US&
07/29 http://blog.al.com/live/2012/07/brit...ns_keep_p.html
07/30 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...ing-two-months
07/30 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...01&status=true
07/30 http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/...ng_JE23ug.cspx
07/31 someone post about possible sightings of BWhttps://www.facebook.com/lacey.rosen...05077676216881
08/02 DK arrested 3rd time (can be seen here) http://www.mobileso.com/whos-in-jail/
08/02 DK arrested 3rd time http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...-mobile-county
08/02 https://www.facebook.com/FOX10News/p...51694331531030
08/02 http://mobile.al.com/advmobile/pm_29...tguid=OBdgUzHg
08/02 https://www.facebook.com/WKRG.News.5...51065718872500
08/03 http://blog.al.com/live/2012/08/uncl..._brittney.html
08/03 http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/...NXB3OgXeQ.cspx
08/03 Fox Updated with video of DK in court http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...-mobile-county
08/03 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz22ZxUnqHR
08/03 DK bond set http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...-gets-25k-bond
08/13 http://interactives.fox10tv.com/phot...brittney-wood/
08/16 Holland, Wood, and Brownlee appear in court http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...-abuse-charges
08/16 https://www.facebook.com/FOX10News/p...81959808585279
08/18 http://blog.al.com/live/2012/08/thre..._river_default
08/22 WENDY WOOD HOLLAND ARRESTED http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/aug/2...ed-ar-4392982/
08/22 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/loca...ex-crimes-case
08/22 posting on 08/22/2012 about Wendy Wood Holland’s arrest https://www.facebook.com/FOX10News
 
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/17200/0/
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Brittney Wood, Missing, Alabama Department of Public Safety

Brittney Wood, NCMEC


June 7, 2012

Tillman's Corner Teen Missing for a Week

Family and friends traveled from Tillmans Corner to search the woods near Styx River. "This was the last place her phone was 'pinged'," says her father Wallace Hanke. "They found the signal bouncing off one of these towers and we haven't talked to her in over a week. We need some help finding her."

"Her uncle has committed suicide and supposedly he was the last one she was with and so we're worried about that," says Hanke. "I'm hoping to God and I really don't think he would hurt my baby," says Brittney's mother.

June 8, 2012

Two-day search of Styx river area yields no evidence in disappearance of missing Mobile woman

“I think (not finding anything in Styx River) is in itself a clue that we can take and move forward with the investigation,” said Brad Dennis in a phone interview on Friday. Dennis is the National Director of Search Operation for the KlaasKIDS Foundation, a California-based organization helping with the search.

Woman's Torso Found, Not Missing Mobile Teen

A spokesperson for the Mobile Police Department told WKRG News 5 that the gruesome discovery is not Brittney Wood, 19, who has been missing from Tillmans Corner since last week.

(We later learned the victim was Jaren Lockhart of New Orleans.)

June 9, 2012

Mobile police continue search for Brittney Wood

The family of Brittney Wood filed a missing person report on June 2, Levy said. Wood’s family told police that the last time they saw her was May 30.

According to reports from WKRG-TV5, Wood told family members she was headed to a house near Styx River to visit her uncle, Donnie Wood. The family told the station that Donnie Wood returned home near Fairhope on Friday and shot himself. Brittney Wood has not been seen since, the station reported.

June 11, 2012

Jane Velez-Mitchell: Young mom vanishes after visiting uncle

HLN Transcript

Jane Velez-Mitchell: Uncle of missing teen kills himself

Video

Candlelight Vigil Held for Missing Teen

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Family and friends lit candles at Travis Road Baptist Church Monday night as a sign of unity in prayer asking God to bring Brittney Wood home.

June 13, 2012

Search intensifies for Brittney Wood

ROBERTSDALE, Alabama -- "I just want to find her and bring her home." Sonya Ayers will do anything to find her missing niece. "We just want to know either way we find her. We just got to find her."

June 14, 2012

Searchers look for missing teen, Brittney Wood near Styx River

ROSINTON, Alabama -- Searchers fanned out Wednesday in the Styx River Basin in Baldwin County seeking clues to the whereabouts of Brittney Wood, a 19-year-old single mother from Mobile reported missing June 2...

[Brad] Dennis said that Wednesday’s search focused on an area where Wood’s cell phone was “pinged” after she went missing.

Search ends; still no sign of Brittney Wood

On this the last day of the search, one person very important to Brittney showed up for the first time. Her older brother Derek.

"I love you more than anything. Please come home." Brittney disappeared while Derek Wood was in Mobile Metro Jail. He was released last night. He believes if Brittney is watching she will reach out to him. "I want her to call my cell phone. *advertiser censored*-xxxx I love you and miss you. Please call me."

MPD Offers Numbers to Give Tips on Missing Teen Brittney Woods

Mobile police are asking the public to send any tips or information regarding missing teenager Brittney Wood by way of the following telephone numbers: Mobile police, 251-208-7211; CrimeStoppers, 251-208-7000, or by text to 274637 with the keyword CRIME 411.

June 16, 2012

Search for teen moves to Grand Bay

GRAND BAY, Ala. (WALA) - Stephanie Hanke is Brittney Wood’s stepmother. She described the 19-year-old as loving and spunky...

New evidence sent that hunt to Grand Bay. According to Hanke, police believe that’s where she was last seen...

“Just give us a call and let us know you’re okay, because we’re not going to stop until we find you. We love you, we miss you; your baby needs you," Hanke said. "We’re not going to stop until we find you.”
 
June 20, 2012

Our Search Continues for Brittney Wood After Three Weeks

Disaster & Victim Services Chaplain Tony Dickey said 19-year-old Brittney Wood's cell phone last pinged a phone at a Travel Centers of America truck stop located in Grand Bay.
Dickey said the signal came at 1:40 a.m. on May 31st; the morning after her disappearance.


June 21, 2012

Twist in Brittney Wood's Disappearance

Authorities are looking into the possibility that the arrests could be connected with Brittney’s disappearance. Her brother mentioned her possibly being scared and in hiding when he was interviewed earlier this month. If the charges against her family members turn out to be true, this could be the motivation she has to be in hiding.

June 22, 2012

Brittney Woods Mom Still has Faith

As of Friday, Wood hasn’t seen her daughter in 22 days.
"She was happy as she could be. She wasn't upset at all. She walked out of my yard carrying a blue bag and just i thought she was going to a friend's (house.) That was the last time I saw her,” said Wood

June 23, 2012

Brittney Wood Case Shrouded in Mystery...

Wood has been missing for almost three weeks, and a national organization KlaasKIDS Foundation even came into town and organized a search near Robertsdale, Alabama, across the bay
from the city of Mobile. It was believed her cell phone signal was detected in that area. Police aren't saying why the search is now focused in the opposite direction, in South Mobile County near Grand Bay, Alabama.

Few Leads in Case of Missing Teen Mom

Wood’s family reported her missing June 2 after she "packed her bags and walked out of the house” May 30.
"She left with personal items with the intent of being gone at least overnight and that was not unusual,” [Mobile PD Cpl Chris] Levy said.

"How long she intended to leave, there is no way to know until we find her.

"We believe her cell phone went to that area [Styx River],” Lowery said. "We don’t have any information to believe she was with the cell phone at the time.”


"All we reported to the family is that we had information through our investigation that puts [Wood] in the Grand Bay area or south Mobile County at or around same time [Holland] is committing suicide,” Levy said.

Regardless, the MPD has devoted a detective to the case.

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November 29, 2012

Holland Indicted on More Sex Charges
BAY MINETTE, Ala. (WALA) - Wendy Wood Holland, the 33-year-old aunt of the missing Brittney Wood, appeared in court Thursday. Her trial on child endangerment charges was supposed to be held.

Instead, she was indicted by a grand jury on more sex crime charges: sodomy of a child less than 12, sex abuse of a child less than 12 and sexual torture.

Brittney Wood's Aunt Arrested on Three Felony Sex-Related Charges
BAY MINETTE, Alabama "Because we received additional information we presented that to a grand jury in addition to the child endangerment charge," Baldwin County Assistant District Attorney Teresa Heinz said.

Brittney Wood's Aunt Accused of More Sex Crimes
BAY MINETTE, Ala (WKRG)Her trial never happened. Instead she was re-arrested on felony charges and led to jail in handcuffs. "Any time we have child victims things come out in piecemeal. That's been the case here."

Wendy holland now joins her stepson Donald Holland, Jr., her nephew, Derek Wood, Dustin Kent, Randy Wood and William Brownlee with charges ranging from incest and rape to sodomy and sexual abuse


August 22, 2012

Fifth Relative of Missing Mom Arrested

Wendy Wood Holland is charged with endangering the welfare of a child.
 
Map


Includes latest search area plus links.
 
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/special_reports/special-report-missing-brittney
Updated: Monday, 29 Apr 2013, 10:19 PM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013, 8:19 AM CDT
Andrew Perez
Photojournalist: James McConatha

The search continued as authorities arrested relative after relative in connection to an alleged child sex ring involving Brittney's family and friends. Investigators said they had been looking to talk to Brittney about the sex crimes before she even went missing.

"We oftentimes look for that golden nugget. That one person that can make the difference in your case," said Detective Eric Winberg, former lead investigator on the family sex abuse investigation in Baldwin County. "In this particular case, Brittney Wood was that person. She was the person that could tell the whole story."

2 videos & more at link
 
More arrests, warrants in child sex ring
FOX10-TV
Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 9:58 PM CDT
Published: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 7:40 PM CDT


The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office arrested James Cumbaa and charged him with first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy and sexual abuse of a child less than 12.

Deputies have also signed warrants on Nelson “Butch” Morgan Nelton for first-degree rape and sexual abuse of a child less than 12.
continued with video at the link

BREAKING: Multiple Suspects Face Charges of Sexual Abuse
WPMI Local 15-TV
Updated: Tuesday, October 22 2013, 09:59 PM CDT 8:30 P.M.
UPDATE: Charges for Wendy and Mendy Holland are reduced to sodomy 2nd.
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) Authorities say a new victim is involved in a bizarre sex abuse investigation. Seven suspects face new sex abuse charges.

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Brother of suspect in Mobile, Baldwin county sex abuse investigation charged with rape
By Theresa Seiger | tseiger@al.com
on October 22, 2013 at 11:41 AM, updated October 22, 2013 at 11:56 AM
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Just before 1:40 p.m. on Monday, officers were called to a reported sexual assault on Camelot Drive West, said MPD spokesman Sgt. Christopher Levy.

The case involves a juvenile girl who knew Homer Brownlee, Levy said. The charges imply the girl is between 12 and 15 years old.
Brittney Wood turns 21, trials delayed
By Andrew Perez Photojournalist: Andy Vo
Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 10:08 PM CDTPublished: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 3:55 PM CDT

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Family and friends are celebrating the life of missing mother Brittney Wood, who turns 21 years old Wednesday September 25
Search for Brittney Wood continues
By April Douglas Photojournalist: Marcus Powe
Updated: Monday, July 23, 2012, 5:23 PM CDT - Published: Monday, July 23, 2012, 11:04 AM CDT

."The challenge that we face is trying to determine what took place that night and where," said Dennis. "We all still believe someone knows something that took place that evening of May 30 or the 31. We believe there are still people out there that saw Brittany during that time frame. We need them to come forward."
Special Report: Missing Brittney - The Untold Stories
By Andrew Perez Photojournalist: James McConatha
Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 10:19 PM CDT - Published: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 8:19 AM CDT

In a series of Facebook messages investigators believe are between Brittney and one of the alleged victims, Brittney writes on May 27, "Hey beautiful. How are you? Tell me what's going on. I don't know what's true and what you said."
The alleged victim then identifies relatives Randall Scott Wood, Dustin Kent, and Donald Holland as abusers - writing in part: "They raped me."
The conversation continues for quite some time, sharing heartbreaking details. Brittney, however, ends it saying in part, "I love you. I'm sorry."

"I feel that that was their attempt to reach out to one another and say, 'Hey, this is what's going on here,'" said Det. Winberg.

The alleged victim then writes repeatedly to Brittney on May 28 and again on May 30, with no response.
May 30 was the last time Brittney was seen alive, traveling with her uncle, Donald Holland, to a home in the Styx River area in Baldwin County.

Photos: Missing Brittney
 
VIDEO -- Tuesday night, October 22, 2013
News › Mark Heim | mheim@al.com
Brittney Wood family
Members of Brittney Wood's family have been arrested and charged with a variety of things, including rape and sodomy of an underage victim.

New Sex Charges Involving Brittney Wood's...
WPMI-Local 15TV
Updated: Wednesday, October 23 2013, 11:10 AM CDT

"For an everyday person, you just can't understand why a family operates the way they operate, you just can't," MCSO Cpl. Terri Hall said, "I can't think of a word to describe this family."

SARALAND POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Randall Scott Wood, (Brittany Wood's maternal uncle) 1. Rape 2nd 2. Sodomy 2nd 3. Enticing a child into a building or dwelling
MOBILE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE:

  • James Cumbaa 11/17/80: (relative by marriage of Brittney Woods) 1. Rape1st, 2. Sodomy 2nd 3. Sexual Abuse of a Child less than 12
  • Nelton "Butch" Morgan, 8/3/66: family friend of Brittney Woods) 1. Rape 1st, 2. Sexual Abuse of a Child Less than 12
MOBILE POLICE DEPARTMENT:

  • Wendy Holland, 08/15/79: (Brittany Wood's maternal Aunt) 1. Sodomy 2nd
  • Mendy Holland, 8/15/79: (Brittany Wood's maternal Aunt) 1. Sodomy 1st, 2. Sexual Abuse of a Child Less than 12
  • William "Billy" Brownlee, 3/19/64: (friend of the deceased Donald Holland) Rape 1st (x2) Sodomy 1st Sexual Abuse of a Child less than 12
  • Dustin Kent, 5/27/76: (Brittany Wood's uncle by marriage) 1. Rape 1st 2. Sodomy 1st 3. Production of Obscene matter of person under 17 4. Sexual Abuse of a Child less than 12
Read More at: http://local15tv.com/shared/news/fe...ase-multiple-agencies-make-arrests-5024.shtml
Relatives of missing mom arrested on sex charges
WPMI-Local 15-TV
Updated: Wednesday, October 23 2013, 06:59 PM CDT
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Her mother, Chessi Wood, was part of Tuesday night's roundup. But unlike the others charged with sex crimes against children, her alleged crime was an old traffic violation, something she was quick to point out.

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A lot of the information that has been gathered for this case has been revealed in interview rooms at the Child Advocacy Center. Director Pat Guyton says they've never seen a case quite like this. "In my 25 years of being here at the Child Advocacy Center," he said, "I have never seen a case like this involving so many alleged perpetrators and so many alleged victims within one family grouping that keeps expanding and expanding, expanding..."

Read More at: http://local15tv.com/shared/news/fe...s-missing-mom-arrested-sex-charges-5049.shtml
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Brittney Wood Family Tree
WPMI-Local 15 TV

Sheriff's official on multiple family members of Brittney Wood arrested: 'I can't even think of a word to describe this family' (videos, gallery)
By Mark Heim | mheim@al.com
on October 22, 2013 at 11:31 PM, updated October 23, 2013 at 9:00 AM
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Hall confirmed there are two victims in the case between the ages of 6 and 13 years of age. "They're doing well," she said. "They're receiving counseling at the Child Advocacy Center."
7 Brittney Wood family members, friends face Mobile County sex abuse charges (updated)
By Theresa Seiger | tseiger@al.com
October 22, 2013 at 7:22 PM, updated October 23, 2013 at 2:28 PM

Five of seven people connected to missing Mobile mother Brittney Wood and facing new child sex abuse charges in Mobile County pose for mug shots in Mobile and Baldwin counties. From top left: Nelton "Butch" Morgan, 47; Dustin Alton Kent, 36; Wendy Wood Holland, 33; Randall Scott Wood, 42; and William "Billy" Brownlee, 49. (Courtesy of the Mobile and Baldwin County Sheriff's Offices)
 

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New arrests deepen mystery of missing teen
Updated: Wednesday, October 23 2013, 09:31 PM CDT
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI)

Pat Guyton is director of the Mobile Child Advocacy Center and thought he'd seen everything. But he says Tuesday night's roundup of friends and members of the Brittney Wood family takes this case to a new level.

"We have never had a case like this where there are so many alleged perpetrators within the same family," he said, "molesting, allegedly, so many children within the extended family grouping."

"I believe there are people walking around today who know what happeend to Brittney Wood," said Guyton. "I don't know who they are, but I believe the circumstances surround her DEATH... I believe there are people walking around today who know what happened to Brittney Wood and have a good idea what happened to Brittney Wood. They may not have been involved but they have a good idea what happened to her. And while this case is not directly involved with the Brittney Wood case, there are certainly some indirect indications that lead us back to the disappearance of Brittney Wood."

Read More at: http://www.local15tv.com/shared/new...-myster-missing-teen-brittney-wood-5050.shtml

More arrests expected in child sex ring

FOX 10-TV
By Chasity Byrd
Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 8:39 PM CDT
Published: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 6:21 PM CDT
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"We've found additional victims, and we have four suspects that have picked up 13 additional felonies," said Sgt. Chris Levy...

"This deal, many people probably assume this was back when we made the last arrest but we're not finding that. We're finding more victims as we continue on," Levy said...

"What we have here is a group of people who have a culture, whey believe this type of behavior is acceptable. We're not allowing that to be acceptable, we're going to continue to investigate it until we can stop the behavior," said Levy.
Brittney Wood's Aunt: Suspects Know Something
WKRG News 5
Posted: Oct 23, 2013 5:58 PM CST Updated: Oct 23, 2013 7:30 PM CST
By Allen Carter
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Kim Aikin is Brittney's aunt on her dad's side. She believes there are several more victims. She also thinks Brittney was a victim herself.

“I think someone knows. If they didn't participate in her death. I think they know. It's time for her to come home now. Its time for her to come home,” said Aikin.

Investigators say Brittney's disappearance is unrelated to the sex abuse case.
Brittney Wood family friend wanted in Mobile County sex abuse investigation
By Theresa Seiger | tseiger@al.com
October 23, 2013 at 4:27 PM, updated October 23, 2013 at 4:29 PM

Records from Mobile County Metro Jail show authorities have yet to book Nelton Lloyd "Butch" Morgan, 47, a Wood family friend.

Morgan is facing charges of first-degree rape and sex abuse of a child less than 12. Court records show he is also wanted on a pair of outstanding warrants signed in 2012 after he failed to pay fees associated with a 2011 conviction on charges of public intoxication and resisting arrest.

Nelton Lloyd "Butch" Morgan, 47, poses for a mug shot following a September 2011 arrest on charges of resisting arrest and public intoxication. He is wanted by investigators in Mobile County on charges of first-degree rape and sex abuse of a child less than 12. (Courtesy of the Mobile County Sheriff's Office)
 

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Brittney Wood Mom: Relatives are Guilty
Tuesday, October 29 2013, 10:18 PM CDT

"I can only speak for myself. And all I can say is I haven't touched no one," said Chessie Wood. "They gonna put me in the paddy wagon, and then go get all the monsters and put them in the van with me and then throw me in front of the TV camera in front of the jail over a 9 year old suspended drivers license!"

"They didn't just hurt their children, they hurt mine too," said Wood. She alleges Brittney Wood and her son were abused.

(video at the link)
Child-sex saga: 6 Brittney Wood family members, friends granted bail
By Michael Dumas | mdumas@al.com
October 24, 2013 at 3:52 PM,
updated October 24, 2013 at 4:18 PM

Dustin Kent, Mendy Wood Kent, Wendy Wood Holland, James Cumbaa and William “Billy” Brownlee had hearings before York, who levied bail amounts of $60,000 per class-A felony and $30,000 per Class-B felony, with the stipulation that, should any individual make bail, they would be required to wear an ankle monitoring device.

Randall Scott Wood was released on bail Wednesday night, according to Mobile County Metro Jail records.
 
Prosecuting child sex abuse: inside the Brittney Wood family saga
By Michael Dumas | mdumas@al.com
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on October 25, 2013 at 5:49 PM
updated October 25, 2013 at 5:53 PM


In a phone interview with the Press-Register/AL.com, Mobile County Assistant District Attorney Nicki Patterson – who is the lead prosecutor in the above cases, and specializes in handling child cases – shared some insights into how she and her colleagues balance protecting the young victims and bringing predators to justice.

“This is a more layered group than we have seen or uncovered here in Mobile,” Patterson said.

“Family members sharing their children, unfortunately, is not new,” she said. “It is not that unusual from what we know.”

“If you’re getting to a third generation and people are still choosing to abuse, sometimes these networks take place,” she said.
Sex abuse suspect arrested by Marshals in Mississippi
Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 4:41 PM CDT
Published: Friday, October 25, 2013, 4:32 PM CDT


GRENADA COUNTY, Miss. (WALA) - U.S. Marshals have arrested a man wanted in connection to an alleged child sex ring that has been investigated for more than a year. Nelton 'Butch' Morgan is facing charges in the case involving the family of missing Mobile mother Brittney Wood. A warrant was signed for his arrest on charges of rape and sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.
 
Magnolia Springs woman arrested in ongoing sexual abuse investigation
Monday, November 4, 2013 2:32 pm
By John Underwood

ROBERTSDALE – Another arrest has been made in Baldwin County, reportedly part of an ongoing sexual abuse investigation involving the family of a missing woman last seen in the Styx River area more than a year and a half ago.

In a press release issued Monday, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Jennifer Gonzales Moore, 32, of Magnolia Springs on charges of production of child *advertiser censored* and second degree sexual abuse.

The charges stem from an ongoing investigation by the Sheriff’s Office, the Baldwin County District Attorney’s Office and the Baldwin County Department of Human Resources in the Holland sexual abuse investigation.
(cont. at the link)

11th arrest made in Baldwin, Mobile county sex abuse investigation

By Theresa Seiger
November 04, 2013 at 3:20 PM

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Jennifer Gonzales Moore
(Courtesy of the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office)


Jennifer Gonzales Moore, 32, is facing one count each of production of child *advertiser censored* and second-degree sex abuse, according to records from the Baldwin County Corrections Center.
(cont. at the link)
11th person in alleged sex ring arrested
By Andrew Perez
Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 10:47 PM CST
Published: Monday, November 4, 2013, 2:02 PM CST


While FOX10 News has learned Moore is an active assistant with the local cub scouts, authorities said her charges stem from child victims connected to a sex ring investigation involving family and friends of missing mother Brittney Wood.

“They’ve had horrific things done to them,” said BCSO Major Anthony Lowery about the children involved. “Horrific things. Anytime that more charges are added we understand it was something else that was done to them.”
(Video at the link)
 
Wood-Holland family to face judge
By Andrew Perez
Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 9:39 AM CST
Published: Monday, November 11, 2013, 7:41 PM CST

New details about a child sex ring investigation surrounding the Wood and Holland family are expected to be released in Mobile Judge Jay York's courtroom at 8:30 a.m.

Investigators told FOX10 News the dozens of different sex abuse charges stem from numerous child victims that were tortured, filmed, and in many cases raped over the course of several years.
Thanks to reedus23 for this summary of charges and possible sentences:

Randall Scott Wood
2nd Degree Sexual Abuse - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Incest - Class C Felony - 1 to 10 years
New Charges
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Enticement - Class C Felony - 1 to 10 years

Donnie Holland Jr.
Incest - Class C Felony - 1 to 10 years
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sexual Abuse - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year

Dustin Kent

Incident 1
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
1st Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Incident 2
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Incest - Class C Felony - 1 to 10 years
Incident 3
1st Degree Rape (Mobile County) - Class A Felony - 10 to life
1st Degree Sodomy (Mobile County) - Class A Felony - 10 to life
New Charges
First Degree Rape - Class A Felony - 10 to life
First Degree Rape - Class A Felony - 10 to life
First Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
First Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Production Obscene Matter - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Abuse of Child < 12 yrs old - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years

Derek Wood
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Probation Revocation - n/a

William Brownlee
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
2nd Degree Sexual Abuse - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year
Failure to Appear - Traffic - n/a
2nd Degree Sodomy - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
New Charges
First Degree Rape - Class A Felony - 10 to life
First Degree Rape - Class A Felony - 10 to life
First Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Abuse of Child < 12 yrs old - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Unrelated Charges
Burglary - Unknown what degree
Criminal Mischief - Unknown what degree

Wendy Wood Holland
Endangering Welfare of a Child - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year
1st Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Torture - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Abuse of Child < 12 yrs old - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
New Charges
First Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life

Chessie Wood
1st Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
1st Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Abuse of Child < 12 yrs old - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
Failure to Appear - Traffic matter - unrelated

Mendy Kent
1st Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Abuse of Child < 12 yrs old - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years

Nelson "Butch" Morgan
1st Degree Rape - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Abuse of Child < 12 yrs old - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years

James Cumbaa
1st Degree Rape - Class A Felony - 10 to life
1st Degree Sodomy - Class A Felony - 10 to life
Sexual Abuse of Child < 12 yrs old - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years

Jennifer Moore
2nd Degree Sexual Abuse - Class A Misdemeanor - Not more than 1 year
Production Child *advertiser censored* - Class A Felony - 10 to Life

UNRELATED BUT CONNECTED

Homer Brownlee
2nd Degree Rape - Class B Felony - 2 to 20 years
 
Prosecution alleges friends, family of Brittney Wood 'passed their children back and forth' for sex
By Michael Dumas
November 14, 2013 at 4:34 PM, updated November 14, 2013 at 4:56 PM

MOBILE, Alabama -- Six defendants in what prosecutors allege is an inter-family ring involving children being "shared" for sex were in front of District Court Judge Jay York on Thursday for preliminary hearings.

The cases involving each of the six defendants, related by either blood or fellowship to missing Mobile woman Brittney Wood, were bound over to a grand jury by the judge during a proceeding that required two tables be placed together to accommodate all of the accused. The respective attorneys for William Brownlee, Dustin Kent, Mendy Kent, Wendy Holland, Nelton Morgan and James Cumbaa had to stand behind and beside them in the cramped space.

During testimony, investigators recounted the allegations of sex abuse from two underage victims -- one boy, one girl -- which involved individual and group acts between the children and the defendants. According to the testimony, the earliest of the alleged abuses came when the boy was as young as 7 and the girl as young as 9, and in cases of some defendants continued for several years.

&#8220;This was the normal family interaction for them.&#8221;
[Assistant District Attorney Nicki Patterson]
Disturbing Details Provided Of Wood Family Sex Ring
Posted: Nov 14, 2013 11:19 AM CST Updated: Nov 14, 2013 5:55 PM CST
By WKRG Staff

&#8220;What you are faced with is children who grew up almost believing that this was normal, that this is what this family did. It's not like &#8216;let&#8217;s get together for Thanksgiving and carve a turkey.&#8217; This was the normal family interaction,&#8221; said Assistant District Attorney, Nicki Patterson.

Detective Corley also said on the stand that twin sisters, Mendy Kent and Wendy Holland have an incestuous relationship, and one of the victims was forced to watch their sexual encounters.

Judge York is sending all cases to a grand jury.

(Much more at the links)
 
Experts search for sex crime evidence in Wood case
By Andrew Perez
Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 10:40 PM CST - Published: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 10:09 PM CST

FOX10 News got hold of a search warrant that showed Mobile Police confiscated Holland&#8217;s Dell computer tower and a smart phone Thursday, November 14 after two men confessed to watching homemade child *advertiser censored*.

MPD: Wood family member search warrant issued

By Andrew Perez Jessie Miller
Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 10:34 AM CST -- Published: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 9:52 PM CST

Authorities and relatives tell FOX10 News investigators were specifically looking for electronics and child *advertiser censored* videos allegedly taken by suspect Wendy Holland.

Sources say some of the 11 suspects charged have been opening up about an elaborate child sex ring involving family and friends of Wood while in jail.
 
Letters point to motive for murder
Authorities to also reopen suicide investigation

By Andrew Perez
Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 1:15 AM CST
Published: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 8:00 PM CST

In a letter obtained by FOX10 News apparently written to Donald&#8217;s wife, the sender writes &#8220;Brittney wrote a letter with a lot of evidence on it pertaining to Jennifer, her, you, Mendy, and (child victim). She said if anything happened to her to give it to the police.&#8221;
The letter goes on to say, &#8220;(no-name) is scared to give the letter up,&#8221; and &#8220;you need to &#8230; get that letter that Brittney wrote. This can seriously (expletive) you up.&#8221;
At least one of the letters was found at Wendy Holland's residence
Timeline: The search for Brittney Wood hits the one-year mark
Theresa Seiger By Theresa Seiger
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on May 30, 2013 at 2:28 PM, updated November 21, 2013 at 8:17 AM

May 30 marked the one year anniversary of her disappearance.

May 30, 2012: Family members last see Brittney Wood, the mother of a 2-year-old who was then 19. She says she's going to the Styx River area in Baldwin County to visit her uncle, Donald "Donnie" Holland. He committed suicide on June 1.

June 2, 2012: A missing persons report for Wood is filed with the Mobile Police Department three days after she was last seen.
 
Most of this is a consolidation of the following 3 posts. Edits, additions, and corrections wanted.
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/05/timeline_the_search_for_brittn.html Timeline: The search for Brittney Wood hits the one-year mark

link to dates, charges, jurisdiction per defendant: Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - AL AL- Brittney Wood, 19, Mobile, 31 May 2012 - #11


link to possible sentences per charge per defendant:
Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - AL AL-Brittney Wood 19, Mobile, 5/31/12 Media Links, Timeline, Maps *NO DISCUSSION*


5/30/2012 7:20pm-7:30pm Brittney Wood, 19, last seen leaving home Wednesday. Brittney is picked up by Donald.
5/31/2012 12:07a, Ping from Brittney's phone Styx River area
5/31/2012 1:07am Last ping until 8am from Donald's phone Tillmans' Corner
5/31/2012 1:37am Last ping from Brittney's phone - Grand bay.
Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - AL AL- Brittney Wood, 19, Mobile, 31 May 2012 - #10


6/1/2012 Donald attempts suicide with Brittney's handgun. He was under investigation for possible sex crimes at the time of his death.
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/w/wood_brittney.html
6/2/2012 Missing person report filed. http://blog.al.com/live/2012/06/mobile_police_continue_search.html
6/4/2012 Donald Holland dies
6/7/2012 First MSM coverage http://www.fox10tv.com/news/missing-person-report-filed-on-teen Missing person report filed on teen.
6/11/2012 - http://youtu.be/yIi3xWcMakk HLN &#8220;girls at the condo&#8221; episode.

6/19/2012 Randall Scott Wood arrested, Baldwin County: Charges of second-degree sex abuse, second- degree sodomy and incest
6/19/2012 Dustin Kent arrested, Baldwin County: Charges of first-degree sodomy and second-degree rape
7/13/2012 Derek Wood arrested, Baldwin County: Charges of second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy.
7/16/2012 Dustin Kent arrested,, Baldwin County: New charges of second-degree rape, incest and second-degree sodomy
7/17/2012 Donald &#8220;Paul&#8221; Holland, Jr arrested, Baldwin County: Charges of second-degree sex abuse, second-degree rape and incest
7/22/2012 William Brownlee arrested, Baldwin County: Charges of second-degree sodomy and second- degree sex abuse
8/02/2012 Dustin Kent arrested,, Mobile County: Charges of first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy
8/16/2012 Derek Wood, Scott Wood, Bill Brownlee Court hearing.
8/22/2012 Wendy Wood Holland arrested, Baldwin County: Charge of endangering the welfare of a child
10/12/2012 Derek's bond revoked for monitoring violation. Derek is spotted by LE but ditches the ankle monitor and eludes arrest.
10/15/2012 Chessie pleas for Derek to turn himself in. http://youtu.be/1_9mT02QeB8
10/18/2012 Derek turns himself into authorities.
10/22/2012 Dustin Kent court hearing - http://youtu.be/OEEfPQS7hLw
10/25/2012 Dustin Kent re-arrested for bond condition violation http://www.fox10tv.com/news/bsco-dustin-kent-arrested-for-violating-probation
10/29/2012 Dustin Kent court hearing for bond condition violation. http://blog.al.com/live/2012/10/judge_declines_to_revoke_bail.html
11/29/2012 Wendy Wood Holland court hearing, trial delayed & arrested on 3 new charges, Baldwin County: Charges of first-degree sodomy, sexual torture and sex abuse. http://youtu.be/VAd-t1LuOtk
5/30/2013 Friends, family remember Brittney 1 year later http://youtu.be/HXqu929eveA
6/27/2013 Wendy Wood Holland's bond is reduced and she is released http://youtu.be/U7ZK6V0OfY4
6/27/2013 Chessie Wood arrested, Mobile County: Charges of sodomy and child sex abuse http://videos.al.com/mobile-press-register/2013/06/raw_chessie_wood_talks_about_h.html
7/1/2013 Chessie pleads not guilty in court after posting bail Friday night. http://youtu.be/ds5Ql54-ZEk
9/25/2013 Brittney turns 21. http://youtu.be/LZSvtWGjB7A

10/22/2013 Dustin Kent arrested,, Mobile County: New charges of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, production of obscene matter of a person under 17 and sex abuse of a child less than 12
10/22/2013 William Brownlee arrested Mobile County: Charges of first-degree sodomy, sex abuse of a child less than 12 and two counts of first-degree rape
10/22/2013 Randall Scott Wood arrested, Mobile County: Charges of second-degree rape, second- degree sodomy and enticing a child into a building or dwelling
10/22/2013 Wendy Wood Holland arrested, Mobile County: Charge of first-degree sodomy
10/22/2013 Mendy Wood Kent arrested, Mobile County: Charges of sodomy and child sex abuse
10/22/2013 Nelton Morgan arrest warrant issued, Mobile County: Charges of sodomy and child sex abuse
10/22/2013 James Cumbaa arrested, Mobile County: Charges of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy and sex abuse of a child less than 12
10/22/2013 Chessie Wood arrested for traffic violation
10/22/2013 Chessie speaks while handcuffed walking to central booking with 6 others http://videos.al.com/al/2013/10/brittany_wood_family.html
10/29/2013 Chessie Wood press conference - says Wendy knows what happened to Brittney. http://blog.al.com/live/2013/10/chessie_wood_accused_of_child.html

11/1/2013 Nelton Morgan apprehended in Mississippi and extradited back to Mobile.
11/4/2013 Jennifer Gonzales Moore arrested, Baldwin County: Charges of second-degree sexual abuse and production of child *advertiser censored* http://youtu.be/jkNvGYI2e2c
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/11/11th_arrest_made_in_baldwin_mo.html
11/14/2013 Preliminary hearing for Brownlee, Dustin, Mendy, Wendy, Morgan & Cumbaa standing room only for all their attorneys. (Scott's will be held separately.) http://youtu.be/Tan39RfksnA
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/11/prosecution_alleges_friends_fa.html
11/14/2013 Search warrant executed at home of Wendy Holland. http://www.fox10tv.com/news/alabama.../mpd-wood-family-member-search-warrant-issued
11/25/2013 Judge denies bond reduction for Wendy & Mendy. http://blog.al.com/live/2013/11/brittney_woods_aunts_denied_bo.html

Repost from main thread. DH DOD added. WWH search warrant added. Added DK bond condition violation arrest & hearing. Added a few more links.
 

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