Timeline and Media Thread *NO DISCUSSION*

[Ghostwheel]

This article has some conflicting information with what was previously released. Just for reference.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/family-of-missing-teen-waits-for-resolution/article_6dfe1169-6733-5eb8-83a8-1212690fe487.html

 

[Ghostwheel]

Some information about previous convictions:
The Daily Progress reported that court records show that Taylor's criminal record stretches back more than 20 years.

"Virginia Beach court records show Taylor was convicted of statutory burglary and grand larceny in 1992 and sentenced to 10 years behind bars, with all but 4 1/2 years suspended.
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He was convicted of arson in February 2005 and was given a two-year suspended sentence, Albemarle County court records show. His suspended sentence was revoked in June 2011, after he failed to pay $6,300 restitution. His sentence was immediately re-suspended on conditions of good behavior and the requirement that he pay at least $50 a month."

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Authorities-Conduct-Canine-Search-at-Home-of-Suspect-in-Virginia-Teens-Disappearance-219567441.html

 

[bessie]

^^^^^ This is a NON-DISCUSSION thread. ^^^^^

 

[Ghostwheel]

http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/abduction-suspect-appears-in-court/article_55d4637c-048a-11e3-8856-0019bb30f31a.html
Taylor lived in the trailer and ran power from the house to his home, said the owner of the 19-acre plot, Margaret Turner, who is the grandmother of Taylor’s teenage son.

Turner said she began fielding calls “from half of Nelson County” after investigators descended on her property early last week.

“I didn’t know what was going on until the FBI came to see me,” she said. “I don’t know what to think or what to do.”

The house sat vacant for years after she moved to Roseland to live with her daughter and Taylor’s son, Turner said. The couple broke up when their son was a toddler and he lived with Taylor for years before moving in with his mother, she said.

The pair are on good terms and share time with their son, who was with Taylor all day the Monday after Murphy went missing, Turner said.

“What in the world is happening, I don’t know,” she said. “[His son] is crazy about his dad and his daddy loves him, I know that.”

 

[bessie]

Officers, canine units search home of suspect in missing teen case

The News & Advance
Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:45 pm | Updated: 3:13 pm, Wed Aug 14, 2013.
Barrett Mohrmann
More than 20 Virginia State Police officers, 15 vehicles, canine units and ATVs have converged on the residence of Randy Taylor off U.S. 29 in Nelson County today in search for 17-year-old Alexis Murphy.

 

[bessie]

Through Attorney, Randy Taylor Tells His Story

Posted: Aug 14, 2013 5:44 PM CST Updated: Aug 14, 2013 9:01 PM CST

Hallahan says his client wasn't the last person with Alexis on August 3 - but that Taylor knows who was.
"A black male, mid- to late 20s, cornrows and a 20-year-old burgundy Caprice with 22-inch wheels," Hallahan said.
Hallahan says his client readily admits seeing Alexis the night she disappeared.

Alexis Murphy missing: Route 29 the site of several disappearances

By Steve Chenevey
August 14, 2013 - 05:12 pm

While investigators won't say if he's connected to any of the other unsolved abductions, they will say they're taking a fresh look at all of these cases dating back nearly 20 years, trying to close the cases for justice and the victims' families.

 

[Ghostwheel]

Bringing this over for reference from Alexis Murphy Thread #5. BBM:

MoxieThyme, I think your 3 points are spot on.

Here is a link to the crime log for late July 29 through August 4...don't think it's been posted yet...no details, but some interesting activity that week. Would be nice to know exact locations and times of some of these calls.

http://www.newsadvance.com/nelson_c...cle_0de4c79a-0508-11e3-a8b2-001a4bcf6878.html

Aug. 4

Disabled vehicle, River Road; Commercial alarm, Thomas Nelson Highway; Missing person, Wilson Road; Residential alarm, East Branch Loop; Missing person, Courthouse Square; Animal complaint, Crabtree Falls Highway; Commercial alarm, Batesville Road; Disabled vehicle, Thomas Nelson Highway; Commercial alarm, Thomas Nelson Highway; Miscellaneous call, Callohill Drive; Phone call complaint, Courthouse Square; 28 traffic stops

 

[bessie]

Alibi redux: Taylor points the finger again

By Courteney Stuart Published online 5:16pm Thursday Aug 15th, 2013

Ten months after he told the Hook he was the victim of an overzealous investigation into missing Orange County teen Samantha Clarke, Randy Allen Taylor seems to be planning a similar defense in the disappearance of 17-year-old Nelson County resident Alexis Murphy. But while authorities on the case are keeping mum, the former lead investigator in the Morgan Harrington case isn't buying the story.

"I don't believe in coincidences," says retired Virginia State Police Lt. Joe Rader, who was the public face of the Harrington investigation...

Search For Alexis Murphy Day 12

NBC-29 WVIR
Posted: Aug 15, 2013 5:22 PM CST Updated: Aug 15, 2013 10:35 PM CST

Thursday, after two weeks of searching, investigators made the decision to move their efforts out of Nelson County. They're now basing their operations out of the FBI's Albemarle County office on Pantops.

The FBI has confirmed that several cellphones have been recovered. They are working to determine if one of them belongs to Alexis Murphy. They have not said where the cellphones were found, and there is no indication if anything else from Alexis was found.

Alexis Murphy's aunt: Randy Taylor had no right talking to a girl her age

Nadine Maeser
POSTED: 02:11 PM EDT Aug 15, 2013 UPDATED: 11:53 PM EDT Aug 15, 2013

Trina Murphy says Randy Taylor is trying to make people feel that Alexis is not a victim, but she is. She says Alexis was not perfect and that no child is, but Taylor had no right interacting or talking to a girl as young as Alexis.

Alexis Murphy Update: Lawyer for man accused of abducting missing Va. teen says disappearance may be tied to drug deal

CBS News August 15, 2013 4:45 PM

(CBS/AP) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The man accused of abducting Virginia teenager Alexis Murphy was with her the night she vanished, but his lawyer says he didn't have anything to do with the disappearance -- rather, it may be connected to a drug deal.

"I don't like the way that people are already saying bad things about Mr. Taylor and they don't know anything about the case,"Hallahan told WTVR.

 

[Ghostwheel]

http://www.roanoke.com/news/2150555-12/defense-missing-teen-alexis-murphy-was-in-camper.html

A wooded gully about 10 feet from U.S. 29 was bordered with crime scene tape Wednesday afternoon. Investigators focused on the area for hours, entering the woods with gloves, evidence tags and cameras.

Searching through the gully, one canine handler shouted, “We found it!”

 

[bessie]

The Search for Alexis: Day 13

Posted: Aug 16, 2013 4:13 PM CST Updated: Aug 16, 2013 8:49 PM CST

Thursday the FBI confirmed that several cellphones were recovered. Friday, Murphy's family says an FBI liaison told them the cellphones have been sent to the FBI base camp in Quantico for testing to determine if any belong to Alexis. An FBI spokesperson will not confirm that and also won't say how investigators acquired the cellphones.

Alexis Murphy Update: Family of missing Va. teen skeptical of suspect's version of events, report says

August 16, 2013 2:54 PM
"It's a story that makes no sense," Trina Murphy, Alexis' great-aunt, told the paper.
Trina Murphy reportedly called Taylor's description of the drug dealer "stereotypical." "Of course it would be a black man with cornrows and 22s. Come on," she told the paper.
Trina Murphy says she doesn't think Alexis ever talked to Taylor, although it's possible the two interacted in the small town of Lovingston.

 

[Coldpizza]

Roseland Community Holds Fundraiser for Murphy's Family

The community came together Saturday to raise money for the Murphy family.

The Streets Elements Auto Club hosted Saturday's event to help the family out a bit.

http://www.wset.com/story/23247579/roseland-community-holds-fundraiser-for-murphys-family

 

[4MYGUYS]

Family hold out hope

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/s...cle_743a529a-a13c-528e-b351-699d329cccf2.html

 

[Coldpizza]

Search intensifies Saturday for missing teen

Investigator Billy Mays, of the Nelson County Sheriff's Office, said crews are focusing along U.S. 29 and a 10-mile stretch of the Rockfish River, as well as other back roads.

http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/article_0da8c692-126d-11e3-95f7-001a4bcf6878.html

 

[margarita25]

"Shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, members of the Lake Monticello Water Rescue Team pulled their kayaks and raft ashore beneath the bridge at Drumheller Lane in Shipman. They had just finished a 10-mile trek down the river.
Several members of the crew trudged along the riverbed, when one asked for a pair of goggles and then took a closer look in the water. He surfaced to shout, “It’s a red sweater. Wasn’t she last seen wearing a red sweater?”

http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/article_0da8c692-126d-11e3-95f7-001a4bcf6878.html

 

[Ghostwheel]

http://www.nbc29.com/story/23325250/alexis-murphys-cell-phone-foundBBM:

"The Commonwealth Attorney's Office of Nelson County and the Investigative Partners in the Murphy investigation are announcing that one of the phones located has since been positively identified as that of Alexis Murphy. Since this is an on-going sensitive investigation, where evidentiary items and search information is sealed; no further discussion will be entertained. This sole release of information is only being made to advise the public that we no longer need assistance looking for that one item.

 

[Coldpizza]

Families of Alexis Murphy & Morgan Harrington Meet, Share Grief

"My daughter was not misplaced, Alexis was not misplaced. They were stolen; they were ripped from their lives," Harrington said.

The families joined for support in the search for Alexis and to draw attention to the 14 missing and murdered persons cases in central Virginia since 2009. This includes Samantha Ann Clarke, an Orange County woman who was last seen in September 2010, and DaShad "Sage" Smith, a Charlottesville transgender teen who disappeared in November 2012.

Randy Allen Taylor and charged him with abduction in connection with her disappearance. The case will go before a grand jury on September 26.

http://www.nbc29.com/story/23433560/families-of-alexis-murphy-morgan-harrington-meet-share-grief

 

[Coldpizza]

Nelson Investigators: Person of Interest Contacted in Murphy Case

"We know quite a bit about the person of interest," said Trina Murphy, Alexis' great-aunt, "but we just can't say who it is or where they are or anything like that because it would jeopardize the investigation."

http://www.nbc29.com/story/23497472/nelson-investigators-person-of-interest-contacted-in-murphy-case

 

[bessie]

Murphy Family 'Relieved' with Randy Taylor's Indictment

Posted: Sep 24, 2013 12:27 PM CST
By Rachel Schaerr
When reached by phone, Murphy's mother says she's 'relieved' the case against Randy Taylor is moving forward.
"I just want him, Randy Taylor, to know -- just tell the truth. The truth is more important than anything. Just tell the truth," pleaded Laura Murphy.

Randy Taylor indicted in Alexis Murphy case

Posted on: 1:11 pm, September 24, 2013, by Scott Wise and Jerrita Patterson, updated on: 01:36pm, September 24, 2013

NELSON COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) – A Nelson County grand jury indicted Randy Taylor on two felony charges, according to the Nelson County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. One for the abduction of Alexis Murphy and one connected to the theft of an ATV.

Taylor, who remains locked up at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Jail, is due back in court next month

 

[Coldpizza]

Trial Date Set for Alexis Murphy Abduction Suspect
Posted: Oct 23, 2013 12:10 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 23, 2013 7:03 PM EDT

The trial for Randy Taylor, prime suspect in the case of missing Nelson County teenager Alexis Murphy, is set for February 3, 2014. The trial is set to run two weeks and the commonwealth's attorney says he has about 50 witnesses who will take the stand.

http://www.nbc29.com/story/23768403/alexis-murphy-abduction-suspect-in-court

 

[Coldpizza]

Call to action: Friends, family of Central Virginia victims come together after Jamisha Gilbert’s death

Preceding a moment of silence, Shavers read off the names of nine victims, all of whom have disappeared in the past four years along a path that roughly follows Route 29 from Northern Virginia south to the Roanoke area: Morgan Harrington, Alexis Murphy, Cassandra Morton, Samantha Clarke, Jamisha Gilbert, Dashad “Sage” Smith, Heather Hodges, Bethany Decker and Cara Marie Holley.

http://www.c-ville.com/call-to-acti...ople-gather-after-another-death/#.UrX8-dKqAVw