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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

Friday evening September 7,  the rival High School football game of Tullahoma vs. Coffee County Central (Manchester) was beginning.

The Raiders lost 31-21.

What was also underway, was the willful approach  by a known suspect in the sexual assault and brutal  murder of Megan Sharpton to a member of Megan’s family.

Blink On Crime  is intentionally withholding the identity of the suspect as identified in the police report.

The Sharpton family member was aware of the suspects status, and requested assistance at the scene from Tullahoma Police.

The suspect was asked to leave the scene by multiple members of law enforcement.

A  response to a request by Blink On Crime for the incident report revealed the report has not been filed yet,  but is in process.

Kelly Sharpton, Mother of Megan Sharpton, met with media in the Chattanooga area this afternoon following her  most recent failed requests to seek the indictment of Megan’s alleged suspect through District General Attorney J. Michael Taylor.

Chattanooga has not been a high coverage  market for Megan’s case,  but it is an essential constituent region for Robert Cooper, the Attorney General of Tennesse, whose duties include:

Law Enforcement and Special Prosecutions Division

• Handles criminal prosecutions of securities fraud, public corruption and environmental law violations
• Assists the district attorneys general in the prosecution similar types of white collar crime cases
• Handles other types of civil enforcement actions, such as forfeiture
• Defends the district attorneys general and other law enforcement agencies in actions for injunctions, and to obtain access to investigative and prosecution files

Check back  to Blink On Crime  for this developing story.

S. Christina Stoy, Editor In Chief www.blinkoncrime.com discusses the Peterson verdict tonight on the DANA PRETZER SHOW.  PODCAST ADDED- LISTEN HERE

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Drew Peterson, former Chicago policeman and suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, has been convicted of murder in the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

Updated Show Notes Courtesy of Klaasend

Erika Megan Sharpton, called Megan by her family and friends set out the evening of July 1 to interview for a new job on her only day off.

At 24, Megan was committed to her education in her nursing program and she was anxious to secure a position in line with her studies and gain some relevant experience.

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Megan’s partially charred remains were discovered by a motorist at 1:18AM the morning of July 2, 2012 while observing what he thought was a holiday brush fire. Megan was doused with gasoline and set ablaze very shortly before.

Mercifully, she was deceased by that time and investigators believe she met her end somewhere else. The reporter of the grass fire who backed up twice into the gravel pull off area for a closer look identity has not been released.

Finding Megan was the start of the discovery of a deadly lure by a man who is no stranger to the law, and investigators know his identity.

Speaking on the sole condition of anonymity, a source has confirmed to www.blinkoncrime.com that Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) Franklin County Sheriffs Department (FCSD) and law enforcement personnel from surrounding Coffee and Bedford counties have identified a suspect based on a forensic match to evidence found at the scene.

The starry and promising young woman who used to donate items and volunteer for programs that support the underprivileged and homeless was beaten, sexually assaulted and burned from her nude waist down. While several reports of her cause of death indicate blunt force trauma, investigators have not released additional details that would likely only be known to the suspect.

S. Christina Stoy,  Editor In Chief, reached Kelly Hale Sharpton earlier today and asked the bereaved mother if she had been given the information about a DNA match to a suspect.

..”The FCPD has asked that we do not discuss any of the case sensitive details publicly so I cannot address your question directly.  I will say that I met with the prosecutor Michael Taylor and expressed my great concern that an arrest be made immediately based on information I was told.  He declined and I showed him a picture of Megan and I and told him he could not allow this to happen to  someone else and this was Megan’s way of stopping this and I am frustrated with the decision to wait for an indictment of the man who murdered my child.  Chief Fuller and Det Chris Guess have been a phenomenal support and I trust them without reservation and I believe they are equally frustrated..”

Megan had two star tattoos  on her neck to honor her siblings, as well as three others.  She had refused a potential job offer last Fall because her sister was expecting and she was concerned that she would have to leave immediately if she were to go into labor.

When Megan’s mother Kelly saw a post on facebook about the woman found at the base of the bridge had star tattoos, she immediately knew it was her child.

Megan fought her attacker like a banshee.  A t 5’9″ banshee was no match. (more…)

Morgan Harrington disappeared from the John Paul Jones arena on October 17, 2009.  Morgan’s remains were located and recovered the morning of January 26, 2010 on the Anchorage Farm in Charlottesville, VA.

Reported exclusively on www.blinkoncrime.com,  Morgan’s alleged attacker was tied via DNA to a sexual assault in Fairfax, VA in September 2005.

With the help of a multi media campaign,  the FBI, Virginia State Police and Fairfax Police are asking for the publics help to catch her killer.

Revised Sketch of Harrington Suspect

Metallica offered this public service announcement:

Metallica Statement On Harrington Case

FBI Press Release:

Editor In Chief,   www.blinkoncrime.com will be on location through Tuesday June 12  to bring you updates in the following cases over the next 2 weeks:

Isabel Celis Abduction BREAKING NEWS: Docs Show Blood In Bedroom Police Eye Family AND Neighbor Part 2

It is not coming out in the”wash” for Isabel.  There are suspects.   She continues to be missing and presumed abducted.

Jerry Sandusky: “Touched”  His Victims, Judged By His Peers.  The Sandusky Trial Begins

9 Non-sequestered jurors chosen and  judge decides victims must  be named.

Natalee Holloway and Peruvian Convicted Murderer Joran van der Sloot’s  Not So Excellent Adventure To The US For Extortion: Is it Justice Disguised or Justice REFINED?

While the thought of Joran passing through  customs via US Marshalls on US soil skeeves me out,  Is it the home away from prison that Joran wishes to tell the truth for??   Natalee deserves justice.

Kyron Horman Missing For 2 Years Yields Civil Suit:  Parents Divided SO Who IS United??

Kyron’s mother files a civil suit against defacto suspect and step mom, Terri Horman.

www.blinkoncrime will continue to be moderated while blink is on location.

Now facing aggravated kidnapping, first degree murder and felony flight charges, Adam Christopher Mayes has been named on the FBI Most Wanted Fugitive List.

Earlier this week, the discovery of Jo Ann “Jodi Bain” and her eldest daughter  Adrienne Bain, buried on the property Mayes recently rented in Mississippi resulted in the arrest of his Mother Mary Frankenfreak Mayes and his matrimonially status- challenged wife, Terre.

All In The Family

This afternoon Scarey Terre’s charges were upgraded to include first degree murder.

Adam Mayes, who was a prior brother in law to Jodi’s husband and father to the girls, Gary,  is allegedly responsible for abducting  Jodi, Adrienne, Alexandria and Kyliyah from the home in the early morning hours of April 27th.

Adam does not have a criminal history.

Gary Bain did not hear the family leave, and assumed that the girls were in school.  When he did not reach Jodi later in the day, he alerted police.

The cause and manner of death of Jodi and Adrienne Bain have not been released, although murder charges have been filed.

However, probable cause warrants for the arrest of Adam and Terre Mayes, say Jo Ann and Adrienne  Bain died at their home in Whiteville, TN.

Warrants say  Mayes killed Jo Ann and Adrienne in an adjacent garage to the property at 8590 Whiteville-Newcastle Rd in Hardeman County because  Mayes believes Alexandria and Kyliyah are HIS DAUGHTERS and they were set to move to Arizona.

A multi-state and multi-agency manhunt is under way for the location of Alex and Ky Bain.

In a press conference this afternoon, the award for the location of the Bain girls and the whereabouts of Adam Christopher Mayes has topped $170,000.

Mayes’ mother-in-law told The Associated Press that Mayes thought he might be the girls’ father and it caused trouble in the marriage to her daughter, who’s jailed in the case.

“She was tired of him doting on those two little girls that he claimed were his,” Josie Tate said in an exclusive phone interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday. In an earlier interview, Tate’s daughter Bobbi Booth said Teresa Mayes suspected her husband was having an affair with Jo Ann Bain.

(Editors Note: An example of when you do not want the Mamaw speaking out for you.)

Tipsters are warned NOT to approach Mayes, but to call the tipline:

1-800-TBI-FIND.