Christine Sheddy Case: Did Arson Play A Role In Her Murder ?
Pocomoke City, MD– Christine Sheddy was murdered on the Byrd Rd Farm in Pocomoke City on the evening of November 12, 2007.
The series of events that led up to her murder are stupifying.
Of Particular concern is the rash of fires occuring on the farm and within surrounding areas in the time frame of both of Christine’s visits there.
As the September alarms are no longer accessible on the Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Department Site, you are looking at a cached version confirming the call to the farm and the fact that photos DID exist of what was assuredly a major fire. Three different stations responded at a minimum. The Images have been deleted.
The day before the Byrd road chicken house fire on September 20th, the Showell Fire Department extinguished this chicken house fire:
Also a cached version of deleted information from the PVFD site, is this October Alarm Source, through October 23rd, 2007:
Effective October 1, 2007 the Worcester County Fire Marshalls Office takes over.
“..The Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office is responsible for conducting fire investigations of all fires in the County where arson is suspected, the fire is undetermined by the fire department, and/or an injury or death has occurred. The Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office is the local enforcing agency for 3 municipalities and the County…”
Note the October 10th alarm for yet again, a subsequent fire in the chickenhouse on Byrd Road.
On October 11, the neighbors who have already been vicitmized by the Clarence Butch “ Jr” Jackson crew, are victimized again. As you can see the Fire Marshall visits Byrd Road.
What the record does not say, is that the neighbors are awakened at 3 am by the Fire Marshall and Deputy Parnell from the PCPD. They were told if they called the Fire Department one more time for fires on the neighboring property, they would be arrested.
On the exact same day that JR Jackson unsuccessfully seeks peace orders against the neighbors that are simply trying to avoid the menace of his existance at this point are denied on October 13th; there is another chicken house fire. Fire Police and Pocomoke PD are in attendance.
Another outside fire call on October 17th. There is no data past October 23rd on fire activity available for this time frame.
The November calls have been deleted entirely by the Pocomake VFD. The site is managed and maintained by “Choppy Layton” a long time Vounteer Fire Fighter and by all accounts, a solid guy.
What is astounding, is that I am in receipt of an email that confirms a witness gave a statement to Detective Trautman, the original detective in this case, on February 12, 2008.
Should we consider it a coincidence then, that the last time the PVFD site is updated, and apparently when the November alarms were deleted is February 12, 2008?
We have eyewitness accounts of fires on the Byrd Road farmhouse from November 9th through the 13th at a minimum. Fire Police and Marshalls have been to the property. By my accounting, we are talking in the neighborhood of 12 fire alarms to this property alone, starting one month after an emergency outdoor burn ban.
Why hasn’t Clarence Jackson been charged with arson?
Any other suspects? Dead Issue? We know there are surveillance still pictures and security guard witnesses, what did they see?
What is the ratio of alarm calls versus arson arrests?
I digress.
Who was copied on the confirmation email containing a witness statement on February 12, 2008?
Michael McDermott.
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When is the next update? I am patiently waiting. lol
Where did the 27M go?????
It don’t cost 27M to build a new fire house!!! In fact it don’t cost 400k to build that fire house they built.
200k would be pushing it.I don’t give a damn what records they can produce showing costs!!!
I have been sick to my stomach the last few days….Who ever you are that has fostered these total and rediculous lies and fabrications about the PCVC, and others are just plain sick…I see how lynch mobs can be created after this show…….Anyone who thinks that the volunteers consisting of police officers, judges, farmers, blue colar workers and private business owners who just want to serve their community could in any way be involved is beyond reason and can only be believed when someone like you make it up.And then that a computerized system recording every piece of equipment’s respons and detached from the department does not have ALL the data on these events??? Oh yes, You are not any better than a politician grandstanding and you do nothing to help the sheddy family….And yes, I volunteer to make Pocomoke a better place in any way I can, in many organizations, and yes I am a retired police officer and yes I have volunteered to help find Christine…YOU have done nothing but spread lies…..AND YOU KNOW IT!The list is too long………..
Respectfully Sir, you have apparently not read the undisutable facts presented in this case. Had you, I am certain you would be outraged at the position volunteers like you have beeni put in. That is not our doing.
If you can submit proof of a single erroneous report on here, I would be more than happy to make the correction.
B
Blink – I am curious about the skull that was found. Was it missing it’s wisdom teeth and the molar? Did they state whether it was that of a male or female?
Who has it? And when is LE expecting the results back?
#90, I agree. Bonfires, Structure fires, Molotov Cocktails and flue fires…. sounds very pyro to me, too.
#90, Oh, also burning Tia with cigarettes.
Were his drugs the type you burn, too? I would guess if he has a love of fire, he might lean that way.
Fascinatingly quiet at the Tattler since this chapter posted.
Blink said:
“If you can submit proof of a single erroneous report on here, I would be more than happy to make the correction.”
Honestly, the list of erroneous unsubstantiated reports are too numerous to list.
Why doesn’t blink list just the facts that have been substantiated from actual records, not a website that was never intended to be a record storage device. This would shed real light on the investigation.
BTW. PrivateEYE. You obviously have no knowledge in the constuction trade.
So your answer is “there are too many” so I won’t list any? Now there’s a shiny piece of logic if I ever saw one. One question: Why with multiple fires and destruction of property, threatended neighbors and a dead woman are there no charges against anyone?
B
Has anyone noticed here http://www.co.worcester.md.us/ under Commissioners>Adopted Budget>General Fund how much is alloted to volunteer fire and ambulance? How about the County Commissioners “personnel services”? These figures do not inclued grant monies you folks have mentioned.
Do a quick comparison with another county of comparable size anywhere in our great US of A. FYI, Worcester County, MD has approx. population of 46,543 per wiki.
Prepare to be staggered.
A recent post on the tattler asks where Russ Blake got the money for his beach front condo in florida. He took mayor Mikey with him this summer. Didnt Al Capone R&R in Florida too?
I have decided to rule Domo out as an actual killer, but he was there and he didn’t help christine. He had access to a car and he could have driven christine back to Deleware. He knew she was in Danger. Domo, you SUK!!!
Boo, I am not there from a legal perspective or other.. Equal culpability under the law and all that.
B
#104 (seekingjustice)- I have been following the story, but I don’t remember reading about the skull… Do you, by any chance, remember where the original post is located? thanks…
Yes Blink, the list is too long. Almost every post contains erroneous unsubstantiated reports. I got the doubletalk answer I thought I would get. What part of substantiated do you not understand? You have shown no credibility to me and frankly, I don’t see how you are helping solve anything. I asked you to list the items that are true and pertinent to the Sheddy case. It is such a short list it would be much easier for you to do than for me to list all the un-truths. You work off of rumor and second hand information. You have not even talked to the people you are posting information about. That is truly irresponsible behavior. I wouldn’t blame anyone for not cooperating with you. This whole blog is nothing more than a rumor mill. I only wish there were consequences for people like you. Billy and Stephanie were doing better on their own site.
Everything I have written I consider to be factual, or I would not have written it. You have no idea who I have spoken with, met with, got information from, and the like. There are a few witnesses I reached out to that would not speak to me, your correct. I don’t blame them for a second. They have been victimized repeatedly as a result of what happened on that farm and it is grossly unfair. What fact do you question? What error or errors are you referring to for the third time? If you did your homework on my site of over 180 articles and 16,000 comments, you would see I am happy to correct an error or fact if we get it wrong.
What is also grossly unfair and unacceptable, is that a young Mother, sister and daughter was murdered there, and has anyone considered the possibility that had JR been arrested appropriately, that Christine Sheddy would be alive?
I am thinking if somebody does not step up to the plate, and allow this family to recover Christine Sheddy and bring her murderers to justice, it is a good thing there is such a hefty budget.
B
Dear Mr. Howard, if you are a retired police office…let me ask you this. If you were considering whether a person was truthful to you or not and you questioned him/her….then their response was as evasive as yours. What would your instincts tell you? Hiding something or not wanting their statement to be questioned???
What can I tell you Boo, your too quick on the draw for me, I am gonna have to “dial me down”..
B
Heri,
You need to listen to Blink’s interview with Dana Pretzer for the information on the skull. Not sure if it has been identified yet or not.
It has not.
B
Homegrown, Listen Up…You won’t get the witness names here, might I suggest you speak with the detectives from LE on this case?
Blink,
Repeating lies and mis-information would only leave fodder for your malicious and irreponsible “helpers”.
IF, as you stated above.
“Everything I have written I consider to be factual, or I would not have written it.”
Give me some examples of this “factual” information, and what makes you consider it to be true and in some cases even relevant to Christine’s case, then maybe you can convert me. And if you truly want to be fair and honest, correct some of your posters that you know to be wrong. Surely you know of some of what is posted to be incorrect. It is your responsibility, not mine, to ensure the integrity of your site.
I have zero interest in converting anyone. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I respect that.
There are several articles on here on Christine’s case, all of which my team and I stand behind as factual based on the resources used to gather the information as presented. If you profess there is an error, than point it out. How is that a difficult question?
B
#114 blink…LOL…Sorry, I didn’t mean for you to have to work harder than you ALREADY DO, having to delete me…Oops!!!
Boo,
I wouldn’t expect relevant information to be posted here. But what is posted here should be fair and truthful. Will you agree with me on that?
Thanks mjh. Will do.
Blink – I am still hoping for answer to my question #104.
BTW – what LE are supplying info to? The city and county thing has me all confused. LOL
Im sorry I dont understand your question.
B
Homegrown – Relevent, fair and truthful is what Blink is all about. I believe Freedom of Speech is important to us here. What is it that you don’t think is fair or truthful? I think Blink has asked you that like 3 times. Why won’t you answer?
I would like to know if there is any legal action Christine’s family can take towards McDermitt and/or the town??
That is not my area, no idea
B
Homegrown, if you could be more specific on what has been posted that is unfair or untruthful, and supported by truth I would absolutely agree with you, yes. Many of us make observations that might be way off, blink may correct us directly or she may pass the post over, there are so many articles, so many cases, I may be way off base on some of mine…or not!!
Candice,
I think I asked Blink the first question. You all are doing just what you are good at, Spinning everything around. Freedom of speech isn’t always freedom of truth. You have no right to come into a community and spin a bunch of lies. She says she relies on her team, well I think she needs to get a new team. It’s a good thing you guys aren’t getting paid. I intend to do what I can to tie you up on here until you start taking responsibility for ensuring everypost on here is fair and honest. You say you are in contact with LE. I would like for some member of LE come on here and vouch for you, then I might back off.
You are doing a disservice to the Sheddy case and this community unless you dispel the untrue rumors.
Thats my freedom of speech.
Well I do respect you for finally coming clean. Your NOT going to “tie anyone up on here”. I have been FAIR and asked you repeatedly what you state is untrue in any one of the articles on Christine.
You have no answer because there isn’t anything. Your angry about some issue having something to do with you personally, and my team and I have nothing to do with it. I stand by what I have stated emphatically. Your welcome to spend your time proving me wrong, and in that instance, I will gladly correct anything that needs correcting. What you are not welcome to do, is waste anyone’s time further.
B
To everyone, You may not see my posts on here much longer. We’ll see how much they believe in freedom of speech.
You absolutely have freedom of speech, I am under no obligation to give you a format to do so on my site.
Name is on the door, close it on your way out.
B
Homegrown,
I have been a contractor for over 10years i think i have more then enough construction knowledge.That’s MHIC not your shady fly by night wannabe contractors.This isn’t a dispute between me and you about what i think or you think.It’s what i know!!!Don’t waste your time argueing the facts with me you will be proved wrong.Also your more then welcomed to come out and watch how a real contractor performs and does not rip people off!!!
Christine is coming home soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did I miss how construction got involved in this?
B
Homegrown, if you had an example, I am sad you didn’t just give it.
If you are talking about the brainstorming and opinions of people who are just visiting and aren’t specifically on Blink’s team….
Every web-site in the world has that.
Blink DOES correct us when we present something as a FACT and are wrong. She gives us more leeway in brainstorming and opinions.
Blink, I say let old “homegrown” rant and like some of the others who’ve tried this…will lose interest soon enough and go torment elsewhere.
Personally I don’t believe he’s a retired police officer. Way he presents himself in the posts appears and presents the points nothing like I would normally see the officers where I worked put out a report, or statement, etc. Too rambly and “me, me” oriented. Mainly throwing blame which is what the bad guys do…not the good guys…right???
Blink said:
“You absolutely have freedom of speech, I am under no obligation to give you a format to do so on my site.
”
You believe in freedom of speech, but just when it’s your speech.
“Name is on the door, close it on your way out.
B”
This sounds eerily similar to a statement that was reportedly made to someone on the tattler.
If you do shut me down. I think I can muster a team to continue what I have started on here. I obviously have you a little stumped.
Let me just be clear on maybe my last chance. I want to see justice done in the disappearance of Christine Sheddy, but I do not believe that your means of doing this justifies the end.
I gave you a fair challenge in a previous comment, lets see if you take me up on it.
If that is some kind of a threat, your a seriously poor representation of the kind people of Pocomoke City.
What are you talking about fair challenge? A fair challenge would be you proving anything I have reported is erroneous. Stop insulting me and my readers with this drivel.
Your not a fan, we get it.
B
I feel compelled here….Blink seems to be singled out by a commenter who says; “You are not any better than a politician grandstanding and you do nothing to help the sheddy family” and another commenter who states; “Why doesn’t blink list just the facts that have been substantiated from actual records, not a website that was never intended to be a record storage device.” and commenter’s from another site who demanded to see “credentials”.
It absolutely breaks my heart to know that trying to find a murdered loved one (my apologies to Christine’s family for such a harsh word) has turned into finger-pointing to the one person who when approached, volunteered to help this family. Personally, I don’t need anyone’s credentials when they are trying to comfort, bring closure to, and actually be doing something in an alleged murder case that was tossed aside by authorities. I don’t care if it’s my next door neighbor, who has absolutely no credentials, but has the tools, connections, time, willingness, heart, and compassion to help find a murdered “anyone”. If it helps find a murdered daughter then I don’t care who you are. Take the helm….because there are so few people willing to do so. Reminds me of school volunteers where nobody wants to chair an event, then some parent says “fine, I’ll do it”….from then on everybody is pointing out what is wrong with the event and criticizing the only person who finally agreed to step up.
Whatever credentials detectives brought to the table on Christine’s case, actually said to me imo; “We are selective in who deserves to be looked for”. But Christine’s family wasn’t looking for her “character”….they wanted someone to help find their daughter.
There are many great people in the City of Pocomoke that I absolutely hurt for. Fire fighters and police officers are of such value that it saddens me to know that some may have taken personal offense to some “issues” that would cause one to go “hmmmm”. “Instances” do not make a department…those that remain true and dedicated always shine and are the true representatives and heroes! It does not mean that some things that cause one to go “hmmmmm” don’t exist. Because there may be a murdered daughter in this City does not equal a black mark in my book. How the case was handled and how Christine was disregarded as a valuable human being worthy of someone’s time to consider the possibility of foul play, does.
Personally, I am not here to “blog”, trash people, or discuss what I had for dinner. Like many, I am here because I care. I am here because of the quality control of this site. I stand by my weeks of web-site searches before I chose this one. I stand by many months of Blink hitting-the-mark on other cases. I stand by a web-site owner that is so much more than that and I don’t care if it comes with slippers, track shoes, or heels!
Thank you Pam, my team really deserved to see that and I value your contribution on this site.
B
YOU GO B!
From your original post:
“What the record does not say, is that the neighbors are awakened at 3 am by the Fire Marshall and Deputy Parnell from the PCPD. They were told if they called the Fire Department one more time for fires on the neighboring property, they would be arrested.”
Can you Expound on the above?
Can you dispute this post on another blog?
Anonymous said…
“If you mean the new detectives being “Blink” – no the neighbors did not talk to her at all.
How do I know this? I’m a neighbor!”
That is correct, I did not speak to that neighbor. I RESPECTED THEIR PRIVACY. My colleague did who was with me though, at length. You will also note I never said I did, furthermore I have never shared the contents of that conversation publicly, nor will I.
B
From your original post above:
“”"What is astounding, is that I am in receipt of an email that confirms a witness gave a statement to Detective Trautman, the original detective in this case, on February 12, 2008.
Should we consider it a coincidence then, that the last time the PVFD site is updated, and apparently when the November alarms were deleted is February 12, 2008?”"”
This wouldn’t be an insinuation with no data to back it up, would it?
I did back it up, you forgot the part about the email date, I have it, I am not going to publish the name of a witness for you, you have to be joking. How about this, you can think I am FOS, and the people that know the truth will think you are.
B
homegrown-you’re obviously a pissed off local…curious if you’re going to bang on the doors of your local government demanding these truths you so desire…??
From your original post:
“”The day before the Byrd road chicken house fire on September 20th, the Showell Fire Department extinguished this chicken house fire (with picture of a big Chicken house fire).”"
Showell is 30 some miles away from Pocomoke. What does this have to do with this case? There are a lot of chicken houses on the eastern shore. Occasionally one catches on fire. Could this be embellishment or sensationalism? Just asking.
Uh, hmm. How do I put this? People that start fires sometimes have cars in which to drive somewhere and light a fire. I have a job for you. Maybe you can tell us who the Tin Broker is locally, and then maybe you could study how many chicken house fires ( NON Controlled) have occurred and how many were actually rebuilt. I’ll start you off. Parsonsburg this past April. Declared Arson.
B
From your post above:
“Note the October 10th alarm for yet again, a subsequent fire in the chickenhouse on Byrd Road.”
I see an entry in the log just a bove this post for a chicken house fire on Hayward Rd. These two roads do not connect. Is this one of the 12 fires?
From your post above:
“We have eyewitness accounts of fires on the Byrd Road farmhouse from November 9th through the 13th at a minimum. Fire Police and Marshalls have been to the property. By my accounting, we are talking in the neighborhood of 12 fire alarms to this property alone, starting one month after an emergency outdoor burn ban.”
For this reference to a burn ban to be valid one month after it began you should include the dates of the ban. Burn bans are usually discontinued after a dry spell has ended. This is important to your post because, if the fires in question were accidential or a “Bon Fire”, there may not have been a vilolation.
They were burning property that did not belong to them. Perhaps you could review your ordinances in that regard. There were multiple children and animals at that dwelling, not to mention the volunteers put at risk. I note you did not mention that I provided proof there are pictures of the September 2oth fire. Perhaps you might use one of your inside contacts to aquire them?
The burn ban was approximately Aug 1st (removed from site) through August 20th.
I never said they were in violation of a burn ban. That was your assumption. Why would the Fire department be called at all if they “weren’t in violation”. I guess it does not bother you one of the good residents of Pocomoke was tormented and went to signifcant expense to just protect themselves or their property for these people to get away with it.
Here’s a little light reading for your afternoon.. Looks like things did not originate here as you say:
http://www.marylandcorruption.com/rico3098.htm
Blink,
I see 4 entries on the log for fire responses on Byrd Rd for the month of Oct, 2007. Two of these were on the same date which would indicate a callback or rekindle. Where are the other 8 of the 12 alarms that you make reference to?
Homegrown…should we call you Keven? Just askin’….
not Keven.
B
Blink,
I am not saying that some of this stuff didn’t occur. All I am saying is you insinuate stuff with no basis. Your posts and replies are all circumstantial. You have a wild imagination, If you think anybody can make even a meager living by burning down someone else’s chicken house and then haul it to the scrap yard for cash. Even that bunch of caracters out there was smarter than that. One could say they had other reasons, but that would be entirely supposition at this point and would make me just as bad as you. I have no desire to work for blink, but why don’t you go to the local salvage yards and see who was selling burned up tin from chicken houses?
You have been clear on your opinions, I think we all got it. Post a contradictory, verifiable fact, or move on.
B
Blink said:
I’m sorry, but an email that was sent the same day that something on a web site changed does not connect the two, from what you have shown it could very well be a coincidence. This is what is flawed in your thinking. Prove it, then post it. I’m just not going to let you get away with this. Show me an email sent to the administrator of that web site asking him to take it down, then you will have something. You are wrong, wrong, wrong.
Again, that is not what I said. Is the breakdown here you not processing information correctly?
That article STATES THE WORD COINCIDENCE, as in COULD IT BE ONE?
B
Blink, just to be fair, I did put in one of my posts upthread that 12 fires occured DURING the burn ban, my bad I missed that you printed one month AFTER Just FYI. I did understand the number of fires correctly.
Boo- I am not going to moderate comments for accuracy, that is not my job. If a poster makes a mistake someone is invited to politely correct their own info or someone else can. I back the content of the piece and nobody is going to be bullied on here for their opinion as long as it not redundant, is respectful, and based on fact.
B
And BTW, I am not FOS. You still have not shown facts to answer my questions. Maybe you do know a lot about this case and maybe you can’t post the good stuff on here, but don’t post the garbage either.
Have a nice Day.
B
Blink said,
“That article STATES THE WORD COINCIDENCE, as in COULD IT BE ONE?
B”
This is exactly my point. You have admitted what I have been sayin. Posting hypothetical or circumstantial stuff that cast doubt over innocent people is wrong. Give it to LE and let them muddle it, we don’t need that on here to solve this case. You wouldn’t do that in your town or to your family, so why are our feelings different.
I have posted the facts, you see them differently. Isn’t there always the possibility that the missing data from the site could be put back up? Respectfully, I will be the judge of what goes on my site. I am way over belaboring this issue.
B
I am still curious about the Mustang??? If it didn’t belong to Fab then why the professional eprint srubbing??
Who said it did not belong to her? It definately did.
B
142 – should be scrubbing
I’d hate for my life to depend on your “facts”
I dont understand what that means.
B
Homegrown is obviously a “regular” from the Tattler. The Tattler is a local publication which is quite obviously filled with local people, some of which are involved in this case up to their eyelids. I think it is very telling that Blink has been able to elicit such judgemental and angry responses from this group.
Thou doth protest too much methinks!!!!!!!!
From the link on corruption.
This sentence makes me quiver inside:
“Worcester County has an extensive pattern and history of political corruption and criminal activity at all levels of local government…”
It goes on to mention the courts, county, city and town Boards of Commissioners and law enforcement agencies…
Wow, if that is true… it is like a punch in the gut.
How does one find justice in a county where every level of local government engages in corruption and criminal activity…?
If the fire department is the one non-corrupt and non-criminal agency, how do they manage to stay clean in that environment?