The People magazine article begins on page 44 with words (that I just love) from Jessica's grandmother, Willie Beardain.
"When she was cheering, she knew she looked good. And when they threw her up, she was so light you just about had enough time to go get you a hotdog before she'd come back down." It's an image she clings to, in part, because the alternative is too unthinkable: Jessica, just 19, was ambushed on a rural Courtland, MS road, soaked in fuel, set on fire and left to stumble blindly snip
Ben Chambers' snip,"This is beyond murder. This is a revengeful, hateful killing." snip
...despite a source at the scene reporting that Jessica whispered the name Eric or Derrick - a claim DA John Champion says he has heard but can't confirm.
Snip Police reconstructed a timeline of Jessica's whereabouts after she left home snip A local woman at the gas station who says she is afraid to share her name tells People she suspects fear has silenced anyone with information. "If you know something and you want to tell it, how do you know you're not going to end up just like her?"
Snip The blaze that engulfed her was so fierce it turned her black Kia white, incinerated her clothes and blinded her. "I imagine her contact lenses melted to her eyeballs," says Lisa. snip Prosecutor Champion calls the attack "very, very personal. Someone meant to cause her great pain."
Jessica's dad says she and her car were burning for at least 30 minutes before the fire department was called.
When questioned about the duo, of DT and GM aka Boone Mista, Champion says that aside from Alsanai, Rudd and Sanford, "no one's been eliminated" as a suspect.