TN TN - Julie Lovett, 29, Johnson County, 23 March 2001

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I've been hearing recent news about this woman and thought I'd share that they may be close to finding her remains.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/l/lovett_julie.html

http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=97515

MOUNTAIN CITY — A 10-year missing person case may soon be solved if the statements given by a man who is already serving a life sentence in Virginia are proved to be true.

Johnson County Sheriff Mike Reece said the statements given by Frederick “Freddie” Hammer contain details that connect with the facts of the missing person case of Julie Ann Lovett, who was 29 years old when she was last seen at a Johnson County tavern on March 21, 2001.

“I think the guy is credible,” Reece said Friday.

Reece said his investigators have not yet talked with Hammer. “We are getting our information from the sheriff in Grayson County, Va.”

According to that information, Hammer said Lovett called him from the tavern and asked him to pick her up there.

Reece said it is known that Lovett had a relationship with Hammer’s son.

The sheriff said the information he has received is that Hammer claimed he took her to neighboring Ashe County, N.C., where he disposed of Lovett’s body.

Reece said it appears the crime was committed in Ashe County. He said Ashe County will lead the search for Lovett’s body and the plans are to use cadaver dogs.

Reece is hopeful the case, which is the oldest missing person case in the department’s files, will soon be solved and help bring closure to Lovett’s family.

Hammer is serving a life sentence at Wallens Ridge State Prison in Virginia following his conviction in the Grayson County murders of tree farmers Ron Hudler, his son Frederick Hudler and employee John Miller.

According to reports by WSLS television in Roanoke, Hammer has also admitted to killing Jimmy Blevins in Ashe County in 2007.

Reece said Hammer has claimed he killed 17 people, beginning at the age of 16.

Read more: http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=97515#ixzz1jdXVZyyO

 

[wxbqscotty]

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/15094/1/

http://www.tricities.com/news/article_d8ddba31-2612-5757-98ab-e3a73925f580.html

http://www.thetomahawk.com/Detail.php?Cat=HOMEPAGE&ID=59264

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/freddie-hammer-confesses-to-more-murders/article_c090d56a-7e53-5a66-acb6-a2a56ed4e251.html

This case remains unsolved. Frederick Phillip Hammer is serving multiple life sentences in Virginia. He confessed to killing Julie Lovett. Her remains have not been discovered and he has not been proven as the murder. Any clues or thoughts?

 

[wendybtn]

As many deals as DA's make these days, you think they could offer him an extra privilege or something, move to a prison closer to family, something, after he directs them to and they find her remains. Prayers for the family.

 

[Atombudd]

Julie Ann Lovett​

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Lovett, circa 2001; Frederick Hammer

• Missing Since 03/23/2001
• Missing From Mountain City, Tennessee
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Age 29 years old
• Height and Weight 4'10 - 5'4, 100 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair. Lovett may use the last name McMahan. She has scars on her abdomen and chin and a tattoo of a heart on her left arm. Lovett sustained facial injuries in a car accident before her disappearance and has a metal plate replacing part of her mandible.

Details of Disappearance​

Lovett was last seen in Mountain City, Tennessee on March 23, 2001. She had an argument with her boyfriend that day. She was seen using the pay phone at Big Louis's Market. She then walked south on U.S. 421, stopped at a local bar and used another pay phone. This was the last sighting of her; she has never been heard from again.

The serial killer Frederick Phillip Hammer confessed to Lovett's murder in 2012. A photo of Hammer is posted with this case summary. He has been convicted of four murders, but claims he killed seventeen people in all. Lovett had dated his son.

Hammer claims Lovett called him from Big Louis's Market and asked him to give her a ride, and after he picked her up he killed her and disposed of her body in Ashe County, North Carolina. Authorities have been unable to find evidence to support his story, however, and they're not sure if he was in fact responsible for Lovett's disappearance. Her case remains unsolved.

Julie Ann Lovett – The Charley Project

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