Stacey often gets lost in the dialogue about the case. It's important that actual justice be served, but JUST as important that we not lose sight of the woman who died. Thank you for covering this case.
This is simply so pitiful!! I know I've said it before but I honestly will NEVER understand people whatsoever!! Talk about devastating!! My heart goes out to her mother!!! Off topic wonderful makeup!! Your videos are awesome!!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!!
Additional info; On 2015. The Innocence Project was able to use its power to force the DA to investigate more items for DNA, including Stacy’s clothes. Reed’s DNA was found on it. Since it was a literal facepalm to The Innocence Project they spun a defense and said that the real killer had changed her clothes from the previous night, the night Reed claimed to have been with her. Judge agreed with them on this case
People often make a big deal of finding a short person's vehicle with the seat pushed all the way back, making the assumption that someone taller must've driven... but I am 5'2" and ALWAYS push my driver's seat ALL the way back when I get where I am going. It makes getting back in a little easier. So if something happens to me, my seat will be PUSHED all the way BACK. If it's up close like it is when I'm driving, and I'm not in the car, THAT would be suspish.
Another point that needs to be made is no one saw Stacey leave for work. Yet the state claims she left for work and was abducted while driving the truck to work by a superhuman Rodney Reed who had no transportation and somehow left no trace of himself in the truck that was actually never processed nor is there any record of the truck ever being turned in as evidence to the Austin DPS crime lab. There is evidence that the truck was given back to Jimmy the very next day after Stacey's body was found. The sales receipt on the truck when he sold it says it was sold on April 24, 1996, which is a day after Stacey's body was found. He sold his truck to Gold's Chevrolet.
You gonna keep the vehicle your fiance was murdered in & body found? That was his only transportation he needed a vehicle I wouldn't want that one either. Superhuman with gloves on? His dna was found on her clothing after the innocence project got it tested in 2015. The man's guilty get over it
I live in a small town in Texas and unfortunately the idiotic “views” of black people is still very present in today’s time. My best friend is a gorgeous black woman who isn’t comfortable coming to my home because she’s afraid of the possibility of being targeted by local residents or police. It’s a damn shame that we still have people in the world that have ignorant backwoods thinking in 2021! Makes me furious! I do believe that he did not get a fair trail. Yes he’s a piece of crap but he still has a right to a FAIR trail and to be judged by a panel of his PEERS. Rant over lol
I've been watching nothing but your videos lately for my true crime fix and can't get over how amazingly researched they are, you're amazing! As for this case, I do not believe that he got a fair trial at all, but I keep going back and forth on whether I think he's guilty. Yes, there's a lot of evidence against him, but I think there are too many things that don't line up. ESPECIALLY the beer cans and the fact the belt hasn't been tested. Oh and the lividity! I think if Reed isn't guilty, Jimmy found out about the affair, and was drinking with his cop friends and getting angry about it, and decided to kill her. Maybe she went to pick him up from drinking and he killed her and his friends helped him cover it up. Maybe she was left in the back of the truck while they figured out what to do, and that's where the lividity happened. Salmela was one of the first on the scene, that could explain the not wearing gloves and improper handling of DNA; if he was involved, improper handling would explain away any evidence with his DNA or prints. Then four months later he apparently kills himself, it looks suspicious IMO. but if it truly was a suicide, then I think the question is WHY was he suicidal? Maybe out of guilt? Hell, maybe he wasn't there (only Hall was mentioned to have been drinking with Jimmy), but he helped cover it up. There are just TOO MANY aspects that don't make sense if Reed did it. Then again, it fits his MO. Although, I did just have the thought that what if Jimmy found out about the affair, knew who it was, looked him up at work, saw his record and waited until she saw him again and did a copy cat? I don't know, that one I haven't thought through too much, its 3am here in Australia and I should probably sleep (I say like I'm not going to continue watching your videos lol)
Thank you for your video! 💜 I haven't heard of this one, another sweet and beautiful young lady taken so soon in life. Btw, Love your look! 💜 Love and Blessings to you and your loved ones!!! 💜
Some facts to consider against Rodney: 1.) Stacey’s family never knew she and Fennel were fighting. 2.) The seat of the car where Stacey was murdered at was fixed to fit Rodney’s size. 3.) Jimmy probably would not have known how to fix the car seat for Rodney’s size. 4.) On the initial interview, Rodney said she did not know Stacy and signed a form about it. 5.) Only when confronted that his sperm was found did he change his story. 6.) Stacey’s family did not know she was seeing Rodney 7.) Did Jimmy clean the car before he traded it? If he did not, it would mean that he has full on confidence that he was never involved in the murder. 8.) Rodney lived close to where Stacy’s body was found 9.) Rodney uses the same tactic with a previous rape accusation of him. That he did not know the lady. But when confronted that his semen was found on the girl, he said that they were intimate. And he was acquitted of the charge because of this. 10.) All 7 previous rape cases against Rodney had dna kits consistent with Rodney’s. In these rape cases included was a 12 year old, a disabled person and a murder victim 10.5) There are photos circulating online that James Slaughter was the one who raped the 12 year old. In truth, it’s an affidavit for a search warrant…which later excluded James as the culprit 11.) Rodney was only found to be a suspect a few years later after the Stacy’s death. 12.) Rodney was not convicted of the other rape cases because it was put on pause 13.) Jimmy did not point to Rodney Reed as a suspect. 14.) Jimmy to Connie Lear was not a rape charge. But inappropriate sexual misconduct. Seems like the judge disagreed that it was rape. 15.) The 12 year old girl in Bastrop in which Reed’s semen was found was also sodomized, similar to Stacy. 16.) Of the two assault/rape cases against Rodney, one happened 6 months before he was convicted, while the other was 6 months after he was convicted to Stacy murder. 17.) Reed was known by authorities to roam the streets at night and sometimes walk along the railroad tracks. He also occasionally sold drugs, which led to his arrest for delivery of cocaine in April 1997. By sheer coincidence, the DNA match from Reed’s alleged rape in May ’95 to the Stites case had come back positive for Reed the day he turned himself in on the petty drug charge. 18.) To believe Reed’s story it should be noted that Stites carried his semen home to her racist cop boyfriend that night, didn’t shower the next day and then went to work. 19.) Where are the notes, the photos, the stray hair, the little gifts that may have Stites’ fingerprints? 20.) The initial investigation was done by a different deprtment which Fennell had no contact with. The investigation was also done by a Texas ranger who outside either police stations. And the prosecution was done by somebody outside either police stations. 21.) The biggest indication that Fennell did not kill Stacy was that prior to the night of her murder she let Stacy borrow his truck to work. 22.) If anyone accused of a rape-murder can explain away their semen by claiming an illicit affair, as unlikely as the couple might seem, that would really clog the appeals courts. 23.) The beer can dna has been exonerated by court due to Reed’s experts continually performing sensitive dna testing that excluded Stacy, Hall and Selmela’s dna. If we include this as main evidence, then we include it as an even weaker evidence to the evidence where Reed’s saliva was found on her breasts.
Very nice recap. Also, how do Reed and Stacy conduct a 6 month affair and Reed leaves no prints in the truck! He said she picked him up and they would have sex in the truck.... 🤔
@@sabiazeritis873 that 99.99999 thing is a full blown lie. Yes SOME shitty people use the racist card to get out of shit but they wouldn’t use it if it was SUPREMELY known that police can be soooo racist
@@Seraphina.Is. Okay black man victim smdh the SUPREMELY is the full blown lie. Grow up accept responsibility for YOUR ACTIONS. The gravy train of sympathy is OVER we are all on to your lies & bullshit.
Lately with my life has been all over the place, so I listen to your videos while moving around the house, walking my dogs, driving, errands, etc. Have you thought about doing MP3 audio? Also, you did AMAZING telling this story.
I've definitely considered maybe a podcast but I don't think I have time, currently, to add anything like that to my life. I do appreciate you listening tho!
Thank you for remembering Stacey 💕 she sounds like a beautiful lady! Well seems like both Rodney and Jimmy are guilty of being yucky humans. Im not sure I believe Rodney that it was an affair. With his past history. I’m a little concerned that perhaps Rodney had sex with Stacey a few days before as he said but not consensually and was possibly an attack and Stacey spoke to Jimmy about it and maybe wanted to report it and Jimmy didn’t believe her and possibly attacked her out of anger maybe killing her. But I honestly don’t know. I don’t understand the lack of testing. That’s ridiculous. Personally I think they both are guilty for something tho. Just not 100% which way I go. The families opinion speaks volumes tho. I feel so sad for the family of Stacey. Sending love to them!💕 I’m so sorry this has happened!
@@BRATTERSTEIN I’m definitely not a professional. But it doesn’t make sense for one or the other. They both seem guilty. I hope my theory is wrong tho. Being attacked twice. 😣 I pray it wasn’t like that!
Stacey did have a baby when she was 15yrs old. Her name is Demi. Her mother Carol, illegally had the baby adopted and kept it a secret from her father, who didn't find out he had a daughter until years after Stacey was murdered. The father's name is Greg Corner. He was actually a 23yr old grown man when he was having affairs with Stacey and Carol Stites allowed the relationship to continue. When Stacey got pregnant, Carol was gonna file statutory rape charges against Greg Corner but eventually she didn't because she had allowed the relationship btwn Stacey and Greg to continue. From whatI heard, Stacey was mad at Carol abt her adopting her baby to a family from the church they went to. Up until she was murdered by Jimmy.
I just recently got into your videos. Love the Freaks reference. Love true crime. Btw, I know you said you loved watching old Lifetime. Some of my favorite TV/Lifetime movies that were based on true crimes: A Killer Among Friends (Missy Avila), Gone in the Night (Jaclyn Dowaliby), Nightmare in Columbia County (Shari Faye Smith), Innocent Victims (the Eastburn murders, prior to the crazy epilogue), A Killing In A Small Town (Candy Montgomery/Betty Gore). Some possible future video ideas!
police will often have their seatbelts bucked up behind them as they are driving because it allows for a quick exit from the vehicle if a situation occurs which requires the officer to make a sudden and quick exit from their vehicle. such as a car chase where the suspect ends up needing/ deciding to get out of their vehcl3 and try to escape on foot. this is a situation where every second matters and something that seems so small such as those mere seconds it would take for the officer to unbuckle his seatbelt, can actually make a major difference in the possible outcome. with the seatbelt bucked behind them, it's just one less thing the officer needs to do in a high-stress situation. i will literally pull into my driveway and go to get out of my car without realizing I still have my seatbelt on, now imagine a high-stress situation where you have so many things going through your head, your seatbelt probably wouldn't be at the top of your list of things to worry about in that moment lol. but anyways, the seatbelt might have been bucked because whoever had been driving wanted to be able to get out of the car quickly if they ended up needing to. (and the reason it is bucked behind people rather than just not bucked up at all, is because ) a lot of cars will beep or ding at you if the seatbelt is not bucked while a person is sitting in a seat, and b) leaving it unbuckled, still can end up interfering as the person is exiting the vehicle. i.e. your arm getting caught on the seatbelt or your ankle getting snagged, etc) i obviously don't know for a fact that this is why the seatbelt was bucked in this specific scenario. but hopefully, it can give you a possible answer to your question lol
First time watching. I don't generally like the make up /crime combo because I feel like it cheapens the lives of the victims. It feels disrespectful. So, I watch a lot of tc TH-camrs but don't even try those with make up (after giving 4-5 individuals a chance). Surprisingly, I DO feel genuine compassion from her. I only watched because I follow this case but I'm about to go check out more of her content. As for the case, I have no idea what happened. It's almost impossible when this young woman was (likely) dating two abusive rapists. The fiance had a more power over the situation, and the racial motivation. Either could have done it. I do know that Rodney Reed did not get a fair trial. He deserves a retrial with competent representation. What he allegedly did to the 12 year old and others certainly earns him life in prison morally. Those cases should have been thoroughly procecuted. If he'd been given an appropriate sentence for the first, he wouldn't have been out to commit the others (possibly including Stacey). Our broken system has multiple reasons to justify prison : reformation & rehabilitation, punishment, justice for the victim, keeping dangerous people off the streets. The problem, which I won't go into here, is when people are allowed to profit from prisons. Rodney may belong in jail but Stacey deserves justice. The idea that he's a serial killer so we should let him rot even if he didn’t vomit this crime allows a criminal to go free. Patten of behavior is important but each case should be based on the facts of that case. Sentences should be based on specific convictions. We don't get to mix & match. Stacey deserves justice. There has yet to be enough investigation to determine what that looks like. We need to fight for forensic testing. We need to get to the truth of Stacy's murder. It's just devastating to me to think about how young she was. Just 19. She had everything ahead of her.
I've said it before but I think it's showcased especially in this video; Your ability to both empathize with the victim, but also separate yourself from your feelings when necessary, all while being both personable AND laying out the facts in an objective and fair way is amazing. Its such a delicate balance and you nail it every single time.
The seatbelt being locked in after finding the drivers seat pushed far back could be because they didn't wear a seatbelt and didn't want the ding to go off
I’m only midway through the video but I’m gonna guess that the seatbelt was buckled because they didn’t want to wear it but they didn’t wanna hear the beeping when your seatbelts off and you’re driving
I feel like Rodney is definitely a shit person, but I also agree that he may not be the shitty person that killed that beautiful woman. And he definitely did not receive a fair trial. Plus the fact that her husband did what he did after, really bothers me and truly makes me lean closer to believing he is truly guilty of her murder. Thoughts definitely go out to her family and for her!
The transcripts from the hearing have been released and posted in the advocates for rodney reed fb group for you to see. The group is a public group and the files are available for you to upload
Soon as you said that he was a cop and they didn’t really dig into suspecting him and gave him his car back that he then sold and they didn’t go retrieve for evidence. The fact that he was a cop and especially from the dawn of time they have been covering for each other and there’s been known corruption in the Police force not all but it’s way to many not to say 🤷🏼♀️. And the fact that they didn’t pull phone records to see where their phones pinged off which towers at whatever time or if it was turned off is insane. The fact that they’re DNA was at the crime scene on beer cans like why wasn’t that looked into thoroughly. Like you said one bad apple spoils the bunch.
It’s so hard not to automatically think he is guilty, UNTIL I listened to this video. I automatically think about the horrible things he has done to many innocent girls/women. So honestly I think he is an abomination of a human being and needs to be in prison period‼️BUT I am really on the fence now about the guilty murder conviction. He does deserve a new trial in regards to the murder of Stacy. My heart felt condolences to her family. I truly can’t relate to their heartache as I lost my son to violent crime that is still unsolved. 🙏✝️
the police department is definitely covering up for jimmy, the police department most of the time does that (even churches). tho yes Rodney may not be a good person with that being said he shouldn't be in prison for something he has not done, it should be the killer, I just hope that justice will be served, and yeah, it's definitely heartbreaking that Stacey's name is being forgotten because of Rodney.
You mean all three police departments that were involved in this case? The Basdrop police department voluntarily handed the case to the Texas Rangers, because they felt like they shouldn't be dealing with a case where the main suspect is a police officer. Usually when you try to cover something up, you want as few people involved as possible. the claim that Reed was framed is also beyond ridiculous because no one ever pointed the finger at Rodney Reed, not even Jimmy Fenell who was the main suspect in this case for many months. Reed only got connected to Stites' murder after he tried to rape another woman and his DNA matched the DNA found in Stites' body. So the entire "frame job" relied on Reed committing another crime. A frame job usually involves pointing the finger at the person who is supposed to be framed. When it comes to the DNA evidence it is true that sperm can survive longer inside a woman than the prosecution claimed in the initial trial, however, they did not find Reeds DNA inside Stacy Stites but also on her body. This would mean that a woman, who - according to the defenses own witness - was extremely afraid of her husband finding out about her affair, had sex with Rodney Reed and didn't even take a shower afterwards. The defense even requested more DNA testing and the results produced even more evidence against Reed than they had during the initial trial. To his claim of a consensual relationship: No a single person outside his own family was able to confirm that claim and Reed has tried to use the same defense in several other rape allegations against him. Does anyone believe that all those women had consensual relationships with Reed and all turned on him and accused him of rape, including the 12 year old girl. And by coincidence the MO in these cases is very similar to the murder of Stacy Stites The evidence against Reed is overwhelming and if you think he's innocent, you must be a moron.
@@PhedelCastro no saliva on Stacey's chest. False testimony by Wilson Young at trial using his own lab report that says the breast swabs were not tested.
@@isislaz linked comments are deleted but go check the case study. It’s right there. Reeds defense also did independent testing on the breast swabs and found Reeds DNA in the saliva.
Idt the people from the past should’ve been able to give statements. If his witnesses weren’t able to be called to the stand then the other women shouldn’t have been able to either.
The other women were called to the stand during the penalty phase of his trial after his conviction. They were not part of the guilt/innocence phase of the trial. The allegations were used to put him on death row, 3 of which David Board pinned on him at trial to which 2 of them had other men named as the purpetrators and Board didn't make those two cases his priority at all.
After living in a very very FD up town with police officers that are not the best (not all are bad) I have seen this so much in the south. I do not believe he was given a fair trial and I do not personally believe Rodney is guilty. However, I do not believe he is a great human being. But the justice system needs to quit just locking up the first easy target that they see and do their jobs!! Rest In Peace Stacey. ♥️
I'll admit that when you started listing off Rodney's arms-length list of rapes and the constant denials of knowing the women..... I was like.... *SLAM THE METAL DOORS! DUDE IS GUILTY AF* but as I continued to listen and heard about other facts. Mainly the beer cans, the belt, the truck being given back *and sold the next day* and I feel the truck and the belt were not thoroughly tested. Oh and the lividity. That's a biggie too! She was moved! *BOTTOM LINE* I have reasonable doubt and if nothing else Rodney deserves a new trial. I am on the fence whether he's guilty because of his past history but at the very least he deserves a new trial with *ALL THE EVIDENCE* laid out and let the chips fall where they may.
The beer cans were subjected to more precise testing by Reeds expert, Dr. Johnson, and ruled out the cops and Stacy. The initial test wasn't dna in the way you're lead to believe. They were tested for a very generic marker, similar to blood typing. The beer cans are a non-issue. The levidity Dr. Baden claims is on Stacey's front is actually sunburn, a chemical process independent of blow flow. I don't suggest viewing the crime scene photos, but the "lividity" that 'pay me enough and I'll testify Ron Goldman fought for 10 minutes with a severed jugular vein' Baden claims exists is only on her body parts exposed to the sun.
Read the 129 page decision written by Judge J.D. Langley. Rodney Reed absolutely got a fair trial. Stacey Stites was the innocent young who did not a fair trial. And now she's being trashed and her character is being attacked! Absolutely disgusting!
First: was he in jail for any of the previous sexual assaults and batteries? Second: if he was why the hell would they ever let him out?? The lives of so many young ladies and women that could've been saved of this horrible trauma.
The fact that his DNA was found inside of Stacey's body is evidence enough for me. There's no way he's not linked to what happened to her, especially considering his history and the other DNA of the police on the beer cans.
Allegedly his dna was found inside of her. And allegedly the dna they found was 3 spermatozoa, which would confirm Rodney's story to which he said he had sex with her a day or two before she was murdered.
His history? Unproven allegations does not equate to having a history. He was tried and acquitted in one of those allegations that the state was still allowed to use in the penalty phase while three assault cases were pinned on him during his trial by David Board.
@@isislaz his DNA was also matched to other rape cases including a 12 year old. He tried the same thing on a woman who successfully fought him off and that’s how he was found for the Stites case. He’s a serial rapist and a murderer who, for what ever reason, has a bunch of people who want to set him free. He needs to have his sentence fulfilled. Hopefully soon.
@@PhedelCastro There was no dna matches in those cases. David Board claims to have lost those rape kits from those cases that happened long before Stacey's death and didn't submit the alleged rape kit evidence until 1997 when Rodney became a suspect in Stacey's murder. Rodney's dna was already in the database from his charges that he was acquitted of in 1991 in Wichita Falls. So there was no dna.
You wanna know abt Angela Hamby's story (the 12yr old) you can hear it from her best friend who was there at the time she was raped and she and Angela both knew James Slaughter, who Angela told David Board, who was the cop who was over that case, that James raped her. But you can hear the story here. th-cam.com/video/uatb7dGqLTI/w-d-xo.html
Ok, this woman is a DISGUSTING piece of trash. You are believing the word of someone who is supposedly recalling her best friends rape. Who on this planet believes that it is in any way acceptable for a person to publicly comment on that poor girls most horrifying moment?! It is below deplorable, but somehow she's not below lying to make herself feel important?!
I think if he was to be given another trial it could have a different outcome. I think he should get another one, this time without evidence being withheld, his witnesses being able to take the stand and the people from the past not being able to give their statements
You said Bastrop, Texas, and I automatically cringed. Honestly, he sounds like a POS, but I still don’t think if the witnesses were allowed to testify, and all of the suppressed evidence was shown, that the outcome would have been different, in that town, in the 90’s. I’m not sure the outcome would be different if he got a new trial, now, in that county.
This is just my opinion but I've always thought jimmy killed her and he did so when he did because he knew that they had recently been together and as a cop knew he could frame Rodney and had he's help him but like I said its just my opinion
Having previous victims give an Impact Statement is so wrong!! IF they had been subpoenaed to be witnesses, that's a different issue, not necessarily right, but would be more appropriate.
The all white jury is relevant to mention because of the lynching that happened in Vidor tx. If you were around then or remember this story, omg, it was beyond belief that anyone would even think to do those things to another human being.
You really should look more into those penalty phase allegations, esp since you followed Lisa Tanner's narrative in his Wichita Falls case in the Connie York allegations. Rodney did not deny knowing Connie York nor did he deny having sex with her. What Connie York did was told a made up story and tried to stage a crime scene so that her live in boyfriend wouldn't find out that she messed around on him. The problem was she claimed Rodney broke into a window he was too big to fit through and the glass got on the outside of the window when he allegedly broke in. Plus she told a bunch of bad lies. That's how he got acquitted. There was no secret relationship claim. He claimed to have had a ONS with her after she came and picked him up after a pool party and she took him to her house. Connie also knew his BM, Lucy Eipper, at the time.
What a tragedy. I truly feel so bad for her family and all of the loses they have suffered. I hope that the family is finding healing in the best way possible. I also hope that they are able to have a relationship with staceys daughter. I feel like having Stacey daughter can be healing in it’s own way. I don’t know how I feel about this case. It seems like both Rodney and Jimmy were both predators who made several women their pray. Her murder seemed to me like a crime of passion. It’s possible that Rodney did it but I’m not sure what motive he would have had. I lean more towards it being jimmy. Now this is complete speculation on my part but hear me out. It’s been said that jimmy was out with friends drinking the night before Stacey’s death. What if him and his two police friends whose dna are on the beer cans saw Stacey with Rodney together? What if they were in Jimmy’s truck drinking and driving and they picked Stacey up. Where there clearly would be anger. He takes his friends home or two their cars sooner than they expected causing them to leave their beer cans. Him and Stacey then got into a altercation where they were fighting. He could have killed her and then went home to think of his plan to get rid of staceys body or he killed her at home and then kept her body in the truck causing the weird fluid on the floor and the lavidied ( I’m not sure how to spell that weird.) he then left when Stacey would have normally left for work not to throw anything off. He could have either gotten someone to pick him up, walked or taken some sort of taxi back home. I hope that my theory makes sense. My daughter keeps distracting me. Either way I feel like the police didn’t do the stuff they were supposed to do. How do you give the truck back that fast? Even if they dusted for fingerprints im sure there is so much more evidence that they missed. I feel absolutely terrible for Stacey and her family. They didn’t deserve any of this.
Yeah, the truck should've been impounded. A cadaver dog would've been appropriate at that time, too, I would think. If Jimmy is now a known rapist and corrupt cop, anything is possible if he had help.
Maybe seatbelt was belted because of the annoying sounds the car makes if u don't buckle up. I used to buckle my seatbelt behind me when I didn't use it because the darn DING DING DING the car made the whole time I was driving. Just a thought
He was not given a fair trial to be proven guilty of murder. I do think he was a sex offender, especially due to the 12 year old case. But this seems so much like the cops framed him and they should have been the ones charged.
just a food for thought question... where is any evidence stacey and rodney had an affair? phone records, emails, diary entry and any eye witness reports from her friends, family, coworkers, etc.? or even eye witness reports from someone non-biased like a neighbor or anyone from The public that may have saw them together before her murder. I do believe the case should be re-investigated because there are so many unanswered questions but I do not believe that Rodney Reed should ever be let out of prison because of crimes he committed Towards the other women and little girl.
There were witnesses who did know Stacey and they were either turned away by law enforcement, ignored, intimidated, or they were told they tried to get the reward money when they came forward. Some were scared of law enforcement cuz they know Stacey's fiancee was a cop at the time.
Also some said they didn't think their information was important to come forward because at the time, Rodney wasn't a suspect. There were some who did give statements that would've implicated Fennell like Ronnie Reveal and Jose Cornado, but investigators kept those statements hidden.
Apparently it was dead drops and coded messages. There is no way on Earth 2 people can have a romantic tryst for 6 months and NEVER call, write, or be seen with each other. Reeds "witnesses" coming forward 25 years later have not provided a SINGLE fact that wasn't already in every news article...Stacy lived 30 miles from Bastrop, making a no communication affair IMPOSSIBLE. Rodney Reed is guilty, he raped and murdered Stacy Stites.
I think that regardless of innocence or guilt, he did not get a fair trial and should be granted a new one! If I had been on the first jury and found out later everything that had been suppressed or mishandled, I would not feel comfortable convicting him without answers to all of those things! The beer cans being found by her body is some serious reasonable doubt that needs to be answered. I feel really bad for Stacy that she might have had an affair with and was engaged to sexual predators. She paid the ultimate price in this situation 😢
Beer cans are a red herring. Reeds expert did more discerning testing and ruled out the cops and Stacy. It turns out they were just trash someone tossed out the window, 100% unrelated.
No idea about his guilt or innocence, but I do not feel he got a fair trial. There is no way an all white jury could or should be considered a jury of his peers. I am very surprised that they got away with that in the first place. What the heck was the defense attorney doing? At the very least he deserves a new trial I think.
Okay, so Rodney definitely deserves another trial. I think behind bars is exactly where he belongs but just because he’s a sexual predator, not necessarily for Stacy’s murder. I have no idea if he did it or not. Jimmy is a POS and was fully capable of murder. I just don’t know! This is a tough one. So much was botched in the investigation. They need to reopen it. Poor Stacy. It’s so sad how her life was cut so short.
How? His sperm was on her. A woman said he attacked her on the same road, same time of night. He was accused 7 different times of SA. All these women and police are out to get Rodney? Nah. He was called in for questioning because he was so known for assaulting women who he claimed ALL accused him out of spite.
nope not just you guys.....he did not get a fair trial even though he is an asshole he very obviously was the scapegoat.....wayyyy to many unanswered questions for sure......Rodney deserves a new trial for sure, while he sits in jail of course; because his other crimes should keep him there....notice I said "should" her poor family just a terrible situation
@@LadyPamela63 Sigh. He attacked someone on the same road at the same time of night close to this murder. He's a liar and a known assaulter. He's guilty. And a different police department investigated him and investigated the fiance thoroughly. Why is it harder to believe a KNOWN offender with his sperm on a dead woman did this than all these outrageous conspiracy theories?
Yes, because moms would never lie for their child. His record with women says it all. GUILTY AS SIN! This was such a spit in the face to that poor woman. This wasn't a race issue. Don't make it one😡
@@smith4407 and that's exactly what they did. Lucy is his BM of two of his sons. She also is friends with his first accuser, Connie York, who told a bunch of bad lies which is the reason he was acquitted of her claim.
No, you are right. Most of the claims of innocence assume a conspiracy theory that dozens of people including Federal judges conspired to protect Jimmy. What I don’t understand is why all those people didn’t protect him when he was charged with rape.
He is undoubtedly guilty. The incredible steps that would have had to be taken to frame him is just short of physically impossible. 3 police agencies would have had to conspire, Fennel would have had to stage the body site and get the 30+ miles back home to Giddings in time to get the call from Stacey's mother before 7 AM. No one could have known how long it would take HEB employees to call her mother, and if Fennel didn't answer, her mom would know for certain Fennel was guilty....
First of all, no I do not think that Rodney got a fair trial in any way. An all white jury??? Second, I am leaning towards thinking that Jimmy did this.
I absolutely 100% agree that he did NOT have a jury of "his peers." Anyone thinking rationally would have to agree. That's a reasonable assumption. I don't know if he's guilty. I THINK he is. And I'm glad I wasn't on that jury, quite honestly. His history suggests he is CAPABLE of this crime. But there are issues that are concerning as to whether we saw and heard ALL the evidence, particularly evidence that would benefit his defense. I hope that makes sense. I BELIEVE he's guilty. But there is enough doubt that giving him the death penalty is WRONG. Especially with the beer can DNA. That alone would constitute "reasonable doubt" for MOST jurors. If Jimmy is involved, I personally believe he used his cop buddies to commit the murder to keep his own hands clean. This one is tough for me.
I am not sure how much research you have done to understand the case. Seat belts get buckled by police officers and they sit on them, so the seatbelt alarm doesn’t go off and they need to get out of the car faster. The truck was never signed to the DPS for forensics it was given back to Jimmy Fennell straight away, he even testified that he was able to swap the truck at Gold Chevrolet in Giddings on the 24th of April 1996 and his dad handled the transaction, even the prosecutor at the time stated I quote ‘Well he needed a ride’, so it was the next day after Stacy was found. That mucus discharge you are talking about happens in dead bodies hours after death as the muscles relax. Plus one rape case I have an issue with your narration is the 12-year-old because I actually can link you to the affidavit The 12-year-old you say was raped by Rodney knew her attacker and named him James Slaughter who was a footballer even her best friend Joie Monfort testified that she told her the same thing. There is an affidavit written on September 7, 1989, by David Board that states that swabs taken from her at Seton Hospital matched James Slaughter including pubic hair, and its even signed by a district judge on the 1st of November 1989 for Slaughter to be issued a warrant. I am not sure whether you actually know that Bayardo the pathologist later stated he wasn’t sure the belt was the killing instrument because the blood print actually around the neck had already sat in when the belt was tied around her, meaning she was already dead by the time the belt was put around her neck, and also there was no sodomy evidence in his report but only on the evidence stand. Am not sure that you are aware that when they checked her first, she had no cigarette burns and they were discovered after post-mortem examination because the burns were not in the autopsy or crime scene which means it was done after the body was collected.
Not all of Stacey's family believe Rodney is guilty. And Stacey's brother was autistic and I heard his death was accidental. I'll have to ask Heather abt that.
I am sure not all of the family believes that but from the reports and interviews i saw, her mother and i believe sisters do. as far as for her brother, again, the reports i saw said suicide.
@@BRATTERSTEIN there are several of Stacey's family members who believe Rodney is innocent. It's mainly her immediate family, her mother Carol and her three sisters, who believe he is guilty. (The third sister, Brenda, has not been in the media and I didn't even know she had a third sister until I talked to Heather and she told me abt Brenda). Crystall Dobbs and Debra Oliver are the main sisters who believe Rodney is guilty and call themselves victims advocates for "Rodney's victims" but accept Fennell as their brother despite his victims. And Connie Lear is not his only victim. And they also accept Greg Corner, who fathered Stacey's baby when she was 15 and he was a 23yr old grown man. Greg is also against Rodney. Also Greg's hair was found on Stacey's body but no one mentions that part.
Something no one addresses. You've seen clips of the crime scene video. They show CSI processing the scene and taking vaginal swabs from Stacey's body at the scene. They did tests for semen on the swabs at the scene which would've turned the swabs purple to detect presence of semen. The swabs did not turn colors. It stayed white. No coloring showed up on the swabs. So there is a question of whether or not there was really any semen present inside of Stacey. Also, please note, Stacey was far from a goodie two shoes like the media wants to make it sound like. She was actually far from it. She was 15yrs old when she had her daughter Demi, by a 23yr old man named Greg Corner. Carol Stites allowed the relationship to continue even though she knew Greg was a grown man abd Stacey was underage. Carol was going to bring charges against Greg when Stacey got pregnant, but she withdrew them. Instead, she had the baby illegally adopted because she didn't tell Greg Stacey was pregnant. Greg didn't know he had a daughter until years after Stacey's murder and by then, Demi was a grown woman.
@@BRATTERSTEIN she wasn't a goodie two shoes is what I am saying. Read her cousin's affidavit, Calvin "Buddy" Horton. Other than him saying he saw Stacey with Rodney at a Dairy Queen, he also tells abt how she and her mother Carol, lived with his parents and he was asked to help them find housing because they had problems with Stacey's behavior that Carol was already having problems with. She wasva wild child. Also she was messing with several men behind Jimmy's back. Not just Rodney. And I believe he knew abt the other men but when he found out abt Rodney, that was the last straw for him. He used to work as a jailor for Bastrop PD before he went into the academy, so he had connects to keep tabs on Stacey whenever she went to Bastrop and they wpuld follow her around. And also the original person they were planning to frame for Stacey's murder was David Lawhon. He is the man serving time for Mary Ann Ardlt's murder. She was the other woman found dead in the same area as Stacey a few weeks after Stacey. He took a plea deal in Ardlt's murder so they had to find another person to frame because they were gonna get Lawhon for both murders. There is also cross contamination btwn Stacey and Mary Ann Ardlt. The investigators put Mary Ann Ardlt's panties on Stacey before Mary was murdered to frame Lawhon because Lawhon did know Stacey but never had sex with her. He was messing around with Mary tho. But supposedly Mary's murder was a hit because she was divorcing her common law husband, who had connections to law enforcement.
@@GenXfrom75 because they're trying to create a narrative to say she wouldn't have been messing around on Jimmy when that was far from the truth. They use that to try and say she wouldn't have been messing around with Rodney.
@@isislaz that's an issue that can fairly be discussed. Absolutely. But it's NOT okay to suggest that her not being a "goody-two shoes" somehow played ANY role in what happened to her. You can make your point without sounding like you're demonizing the VICTIM of such an awful, brutal crime.
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Stacey often gets lost in the dialogue about the case. It's important that actual justice be served, but JUST as important that we not lose sight of the woman who died. Thank you for covering this case.
This is my sentiment exactly.
I love how in almost every video one of your pets are hanging out behind you just chilling.
Chilling and not Killing 😅😂
My bf just screamed from the other room "ONE OF US!" 🤣🤣🤣
well, that just made my day.
@@BRATTERSTEIN 🥰👍👏one of us 👏one of us 👏one of u ..??!!what do u mean is it a cult??!!how dare u lol ,rip Stacey ,A 💔case😞🇬🇧
Thank you for covering this case 🫶🏻
This is simply so pitiful!! I know I've said it before but I honestly will NEVER understand people whatsoever!! Talk about devastating!! My heart goes out to her mother!!! Off topic wonderful makeup!! Your videos are awesome!!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!!
i know, man. her poor family. it's so awful.
@@BRATTERSTEIN Yes it is!! I genuinely feel so bad for her family!!
Additional info;
On 2015. The Innocence Project was able to use its power to force the DA to investigate more items for DNA, including Stacy’s clothes. Reed’s DNA was found on it.
Since it was a literal facepalm to The Innocence Project they spun a defense and said that the real killer had changed her clothes from the previous night, the night Reed claimed to have been with her. Judge agreed with them on this case
Seat belt buckled is something my brother has always done to keep the DING DING DING of the car reminder to put the seatbelt on. 🤷🏼♀️ just a thought
I'm so happy to meet like this. Thanks for keeping it chill 😊
Love your opinion of a jury of your peers!
People often make a big deal of finding a short person's vehicle with the seat pushed all the way back, making the assumption that someone taller must've driven... but I am 5'2" and ALWAYS push my driver's seat ALL the way back when I get where I am going. It makes getting back in a little easier. So if something happens to me, my seat will be PUSHED all the way BACK. If it's up close like it is when I'm driving, and I'm not in the car, THAT would be suspish.
Oh! See, i'm glad you commented this because I had no idea!
@@BRATTERSTEIN I've had a couple other short folks say they push their driver's seat back too lol
They were staging the crime scenes
I love the hand thing you do in the intro..😎❤️ ONE OF US..🤟❤️🔥
Another point that needs to be made is no one saw Stacey leave for work. Yet the state claims she left for work and was abducted while driving the truck to work by a superhuman Rodney Reed who had no transportation and somehow left no trace of himself in the truck that was actually never processed nor is there any record of the truck ever being turned in as evidence to the Austin DPS crime lab. There is evidence that the truck was given back to Jimmy the very next day after Stacey's body was found. The sales receipt on the truck when he sold it says it was sold on April 24, 1996, which is a day after Stacey's body was found. He sold his truck to Gold's Chevrolet.
You gonna keep the vehicle your fiance was murdered in & body found? That was his only transportation he needed a vehicle I wouldn't want that one either. Superhuman with gloves on? His dna was found on her clothing after the innocence project got it tested in 2015. The man's guilty get over it
Estoy haciendo una maratón nocturna con tus videos :D. Abrazo desde Buenos Aires, Argentina!
Absolutely convinced Jimmy done it and Rodney because of his reputation was set up to take the blame .
Definitely possible.
I live in a small town in Texas and unfortunately the idiotic “views” of black people is still very present in today’s time. My best friend is a gorgeous black woman who isn’t comfortable coming to my home because she’s afraid of the possibility of being targeted by local residents or police. It’s a damn shame that we still have people in the world that have ignorant backwoods thinking in 2021! Makes me furious! I do believe that he did not get a fair trail. Yes he’s a piece of crap but he still has a right to a FAIR trail and to be judged by a panel of his PEERS. Rant over lol
That's really sad. The world and people really can be such a bummer.
I've been watching nothing but your videos lately for my true crime fix and can't get over how amazingly researched they are, you're amazing!
As for this case, I do not believe that he got a fair trial at all, but I keep going back and forth on whether I think he's guilty. Yes, there's a lot of evidence against him, but I think there are too many things that don't line up. ESPECIALLY the beer cans and the fact the belt hasn't been tested. Oh and the lividity!
I think if Reed isn't guilty, Jimmy found out about the affair, and was drinking with his cop friends and getting angry about it, and decided to kill her. Maybe she went to pick him up from drinking and he killed her and his friends helped him cover it up. Maybe she was left in the back of the truck while they figured out what to do, and that's where the lividity happened. Salmela was one of the first on the scene, that could explain the not wearing gloves and improper handling of DNA; if he was involved, improper handling would explain away any evidence with his DNA or prints. Then four months later he apparently kills himself, it looks suspicious IMO. but if it truly was a suicide, then I think the question is WHY was he suicidal? Maybe out of guilt? Hell, maybe he wasn't there (only Hall was mentioned to have been drinking with Jimmy), but he helped cover it up. There are just TOO MANY aspects that don't make sense if Reed did it. Then again, it fits his MO. Although, I did just have the thought that what if Jimmy found out about the affair, knew who it was, looked him up at work, saw his record and waited until she saw him again and did a copy cat? I don't know, that one I haven't thought through too much, its 3am here in Australia and I should probably sleep (I say like I'm not going to continue watching your videos lol)
You never know WHO YOU can Trust... Not even a fiancé or spouse..R.Ip
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Your channel is going to get huge. I can just tell! Get ready!! 💖💖
Thanks Brittany! Dude, I understand that Rodney is a POS, but I think Jimmy did it
I go back and forth a lot on the point.
Thank you for your video! 💜 I haven't heard of this one, another sweet and beautiful young lady taken so soon in life.
Btw, Love your look! 💜 Love and Blessings to you and your loved ones!!! 💜
Thank you for your comment Emily
I just met you! And I jumped off the video I was watching too to check this out! So here I go….taking a dive!
omg hi!
@@BRATTERSTEIN hey 👋 girl!! lol loving your content!! Thanks for all your hard work I for one appreciate it very much 💐🙋♀️🦋
Some facts to consider against Rodney:
1.) Stacey’s family never knew she and Fennel were fighting.
2.) The seat of the car where Stacey was murdered at was fixed to fit Rodney’s size.
3.) Jimmy probably would not have known how to fix the car seat for Rodney’s size.
4.) On the initial interview, Rodney said she did not know Stacy and signed a form about it.
5.) Only when confronted that his sperm was found did he change his story.
6.) Stacey’s family did not know she was seeing Rodney
7.) Did Jimmy clean the car before he traded it? If he did not, it would mean that he has full on confidence that he was never involved in the murder.
8.) Rodney lived close to where Stacy’s body was found
9.) Rodney uses the same tactic with a previous rape accusation of him. That he did not know the lady. But when confronted that his semen was found on the girl, he said that they were intimate. And he was acquitted of the charge because of this.
10.) All 7 previous rape cases against Rodney had dna kits consistent with Rodney’s. In these rape cases included was a 12 year old, a disabled person and a murder victim
10.5) There are photos circulating online that James Slaughter was the one who raped the 12 year old. In truth, it’s an affidavit for a search warrant…which later excluded James as the culprit
11.) Rodney was only found to be a suspect a few years later after the Stacy’s death.
12.) Rodney was not convicted of the other rape cases because it was put on pause
13.) Jimmy did not point to Rodney Reed as a suspect.
14.) Jimmy to Connie Lear was not a rape charge. But inappropriate sexual misconduct. Seems like the judge disagreed that it was rape.
15.) The 12 year old girl in Bastrop in which Reed’s semen was found was also sodomized, similar to Stacy.
16.) Of the two assault/rape cases against Rodney, one happened 6 months before he was convicted, while the other was 6 months after he was convicted to Stacy murder.
17.) Reed was known by authorities to roam the streets at night and sometimes walk along the railroad tracks. He also occasionally sold drugs, which led to his arrest for delivery of cocaine in April 1997. By sheer coincidence, the DNA match from Reed’s alleged rape in May ’95 to the Stites case had come back positive for Reed the day he turned himself in on the petty drug charge.
18.) To believe Reed’s story it should be noted that Stites carried his semen home to her racist cop boyfriend that night, didn’t shower the next day and then went to work.
19.) Where are the notes, the photos, the stray hair, the little gifts that may have Stites’ fingerprints?
20.) The initial investigation was done by a different deprtment which Fennell had no contact with. The investigation was also done by a Texas ranger who outside either police stations. And the prosecution was done by somebody outside either police stations.
21.) The biggest indication that Fennell did not kill Stacy was that prior to the night of her murder she let Stacy borrow his truck to work.
22.) If anyone accused of a rape-murder can explain away their semen by claiming an illicit affair, as unlikely as the couple might seem, that would really clog the appeals courts.
23.) The beer can dna has been exonerated by court due to Reed’s experts continually performing sensitive dna testing that excluded Stacy, Hall and Selmela’s dna. If we include this as main evidence, then we include it as an even weaker evidence to the evidence where Reed’s saliva was found on her breasts.
Wow
Very nice recap. Also, how do Reed and Stacy conduct a 6 month affair and Reed leaves no prints in the truck! He said she picked him up and they would have sex in the truck.... 🤔
I've always thought he did it, they always use the racist excuse & 99.999% means their guilty & playing the victim
@@sabiazeritis873 that 99.99999 thing is a full blown lie. Yes SOME shitty people use the racist card to get out of shit but they wouldn’t use it if it was SUPREMELY known that police can be soooo racist
@@Seraphina.Is. Okay black man victim smdh the SUPREMELY is the full blown lie. Grow up accept responsibility for YOUR ACTIONS. The gravy train of sympathy is OVER we are all on to your lies & bullshit.
Girl as soon as I seen you post I jumped off the other video I was watching.
you're the sweetest!
I need “that is tight, you are tight” merch! ✨💚
I KNOW!
Lately with my life has been all over the place, so I listen to your videos while moving around the house, walking my dogs, driving, errands, etc. Have you thought about doing MP3 audio?
Also, you did AMAZING telling this story.
I've definitely considered maybe a podcast but I don't think I have time, currently, to add anything like that to my life. I do appreciate you listening tho!
I've been binge-watching your videos while work has been slow and the ones I have watched today oh my goodness I do think this case was mishandled
Thank you for remembering Stacey 💕 she sounds like a beautiful lady!
Well seems like both Rodney and Jimmy are guilty of being yucky humans.
Im not sure I believe Rodney that it was an affair. With his past history. I’m a little concerned that perhaps Rodney had sex with Stacey a few days before as he said but not consensually and was possibly an attack and Stacey spoke to Jimmy about it and maybe wanted to report it and Jimmy didn’t believe her and possibly attacked her out of anger maybe killing her. But I honestly don’t know. I don’t understand the lack of testing. That’s ridiculous.
Personally I think they both are guilty for something tho. Just not 100% which way I go.
The families opinion speaks volumes tho.
I feel so sad for the family of Stacey. Sending love to them!💕 I’m so sorry this has happened!
That's an interesting theory. I hadn't really considered that.
@@BRATTERSTEIN I’m definitely not a professional. But it doesn’t make sense for one or the other. They both seem guilty. I hope my theory is wrong tho. Being attacked twice. 😣 I pray it wasn’t like that!
Also - just wanna say I've been binging you all day since finding you by looking up Dennis DePue
Awe hi! Welcome. I was just revisting the video the other day because I loved that makeup so much.
Stacey did have a baby when she was 15yrs old. Her name is Demi. Her mother Carol, illegally had the baby adopted and kept it a secret from her father, who didn't find out he had a daughter until years after Stacey was murdered. The father's name is Greg Corner. He was actually a 23yr old grown man when he was having affairs with Stacey and Carol Stites allowed the relationship to continue. When Stacey got pregnant, Carol was gonna file statutory rape charges against Greg Corner but eventually she didn't because she had allowed the relationship btwn Stacey and Greg to continue. From whatI heard, Stacey was mad at Carol abt her adopting her baby to a family from the church they went to. Up until she was murdered by Jimmy.
Did you post the link to the 911 call?
I was 100% on board with Rodney being guilty until you mentioned the part about the beer cans and everything after that.
Woo hoo! Thanks for a new video!!
woo! thanks for watching!!
I just recently got into your videos. Love the Freaks reference. Love true crime. Btw, I know you said you loved watching old Lifetime. Some of my favorite TV/Lifetime movies that were based on true crimes: A Killer Among Friends (Missy Avila), Gone in the Night (Jaclyn Dowaliby), Nightmare in Columbia County (Shari Faye Smith), Innocent Victims (the Eastburn murders, prior to the crazy epilogue), A Killing In A Small Town (Candy Montgomery/Betty Gore). Some possible future video ideas!
police will often have their seatbelts bucked up behind them as they are driving because it allows for a quick exit from the vehicle if a situation occurs which requires the officer to make a sudden and quick exit from their vehicle. such as a car chase where the suspect ends up needing/ deciding to get out of their vehcl3 and try to escape on foot. this is a situation where every second matters and something that seems so small such as those mere seconds it would take for the officer to unbuckle his seatbelt, can actually make a major difference in the possible outcome. with the seatbelt bucked behind them, it's just one less thing the officer needs to do in a high-stress situation. i will literally pull into my driveway and go to get out of my car without realizing I still have my seatbelt on, now imagine a high-stress situation where you have so many things going through your head, your seatbelt probably wouldn't be at the top of your list of things to worry about in that moment lol. but anyways, the seatbelt might have been bucked because whoever had been driving wanted to be able to get out of the car quickly if they ended up needing to. (and the reason it is bucked behind people rather than just not bucked up at all, is because ) a lot of cars will beep or ding at you if the seatbelt is not bucked while a person is sitting in a seat, and b) leaving it unbuckled, still can end up interfering as the person is exiting the vehicle. i.e. your arm getting caught on the seatbelt or your ankle getting snagged, etc)
i obviously don't know for a fact that this is why the seatbelt was bucked in this specific scenario. but hopefully, it can give you a possible answer to your question lol
First time watching. I don't generally like the make up /crime combo because I feel like it cheapens the lives of the victims. It feels disrespectful. So, I watch a lot of tc TH-camrs but don't even try those with make up (after giving 4-5 individuals a chance).
Surprisingly, I DO feel genuine compassion from her. I only watched because I follow this case but I'm about to go check out more of her content.
As for the case, I have no idea what happened. It's almost impossible when this young woman was (likely) dating two abusive rapists. The fiance had a more power over the situation, and the racial motivation. Either could have done it.
I do know that Rodney Reed did not get a fair trial. He deserves a retrial with competent representation.
What he allegedly did to the 12 year old and others certainly earns him life in prison morally. Those cases should have been thoroughly procecuted. If he'd been given an appropriate sentence for the first, he wouldn't have been out to commit the others (possibly including Stacey).
Our broken system has multiple reasons to justify prison : reformation & rehabilitation, punishment, justice for the victim, keeping dangerous people off the streets. The problem, which I won't go into here, is when people are allowed to profit from prisons.
Rodney may belong in jail but Stacey deserves justice. The idea that he's a serial killer so we should let him rot even if he didn’t vomit this crime allows a criminal to go free.
Patten of behavior is important but each case should be based on the facts of that case. Sentences should be based on specific convictions. We don't get to mix & match.
Stacey deserves justice. There has yet to be enough investigation to determine what that looks like. We need to fight for forensic testing. We need to get to the truth of Stacy's murder.
It's just devastating to me to think about how young she was. Just 19. She had everything ahead of her.
I've said it before but I think it's showcased especially in this video; Your ability to both empathize with the victim, but also separate yourself from your feelings when necessary, all while being both personable AND laying out the facts in an objective and fair way is amazing. Its such a delicate balance and you nail it every single time.
you are so kind, dude. thank you so much!
The seatbelt being locked in after finding the drivers seat pushed far back could be because they didn't wear a seatbelt and didn't want the ding to go off
The power trip shirt ❤️
fuhk yeah. rip riley gale
I've noticed that there are some parts where you are running out of breath, I hope you're okay, brit. please take some rest too.
lol thank you. I am just in terrible shape lol
I’m only midway through the video but I’m gonna guess that the seatbelt was buckled because they didn’t want to wear it but they didn’t wanna hear the beeping when your seatbelts off and you’re driving
Ma'am are you using a Cole Sprouse mirror cause I love it
lol!!! no. it’s skeet ulrich from scream!
I feel like Rodney is definitely a shit person, but I also agree that he may not be the shitty person that killed that beautiful woman. And he definitely did not receive a fair trial. Plus the fact that her husband did what he did after, really bothers me and truly makes me lean closer to believing he is truly guilty of her murder. Thoughts definitely go out to her family and for her!
i know. it's definitely a complicated case.
@@BRATTERSTEIN I have to tell you, I truly appreciate how you always reply, I love the interaction! I’m so glad I found your channel!!
i am so glad you found my channel too!!!
The transcripts from the hearing have been released and posted in the advocates for rodney reed fb group for you to see. The group is a public group and the files are available for you to upload
i have actually seen them! thank you!
You might wanna look at the Rachel Cooke case out of Georgetown. Fennell is a person of interest in her disappearance.
Soon as you said that he was a cop and they didn’t really dig into suspecting him and gave him his car back that he then sold and they didn’t go retrieve for evidence. The fact that he was a cop and especially from the dawn of time they have been covering for each other and there’s been known corruption in the Police force not all but it’s way to many not to say 🤷🏼♀️. And the fact that they didn’t pull phone records to see where their phones pinged off which towers at whatever time or if it was turned off is insane. The fact that they’re DNA was at the crime scene on beer cans like why wasn’t that looked into thoroughly. Like you said one bad apple spoils the bunch.
It’s so hard not to automatically think he is guilty, UNTIL I listened to this video. I automatically think about the horrible things he has done to many innocent girls/women. So honestly I think he is an abomination of a human being and needs to be in prison period‼️BUT I am really on the fence now about the guilty murder conviction. He does deserve a new trial in regards to the murder of Stacy. My heart felt condolences to her family. I truly can’t relate to their heartache as I lost my son to violent crime that is still unsolved. 🙏✝️
the police department is definitely covering up for jimmy, the police department most of the time does that (even churches). tho yes Rodney may not be a good person with that being said he shouldn't be in prison for something he has not done, it should be the killer, I just hope that justice will be served, and yeah, it's definitely heartbreaking that Stacey's name is being forgotten because of Rodney.
Explain the wet saliva found on Stacy Stites chest that was positive matched with Rodney Reeds DNA.
I go back and forth on this point but I definitely get feeling this way.
You mean all three police departments that were involved in this case?
The Basdrop police department voluntarily handed the case to the Texas Rangers, because they felt like they shouldn't be dealing with a case where the main suspect is a police officer. Usually when you try to cover something up, you want as few people involved as possible.
the claim that Reed was framed is also beyond ridiculous because no one ever pointed the finger at Rodney Reed, not even Jimmy Fenell who was the main suspect in this case for many months. Reed only got connected to Stites' murder after he tried to rape another woman and his DNA matched the DNA found in Stites' body. So the entire "frame job" relied on Reed committing another crime. A frame job usually involves pointing the finger at the person who is supposed to be framed.
When it comes to the DNA evidence it is true that sperm can survive longer inside a woman than the prosecution claimed in the initial trial, however, they did not find Reeds DNA inside Stacy Stites but also on her body. This would mean that a woman, who - according to the defenses own witness - was extremely afraid of her husband finding out about her affair, had sex with Rodney Reed and didn't even take a shower afterwards. The defense even requested more DNA testing and the results produced even more evidence against Reed than they had during the initial trial.
To his claim of a consensual relationship:
No a single person outside his own family was able to confirm that claim and Reed has tried to use the same defense in several other rape allegations against him. Does anyone believe that all those women had consensual relationships with Reed and all turned on him and accused him of rape, including the 12 year old girl. And by coincidence the MO in these cases is very similar to the murder of Stacy Stites
The evidence against Reed is overwhelming and if you think he's innocent, you must be a moron.
@@PhedelCastro no saliva on Stacey's chest. False testimony by Wilson Young at trial using his own lab report that says the breast swabs were not tested.
@@isislaz linked comments are deleted but go check the case study. It’s right there. Reeds defense also did independent testing on the breast swabs and found Reeds DNA in the saliva.
Idt the people from the past should’ve been able to give statements. If his witnesses weren’t able to be called to the stand then the other women shouldn’t have been able to either.
That's kinda what I think too.
The other women were called to the stand during the penalty phase of his trial after his conviction. They were not part of the guilt/innocence phase of the trial. The allegations were used to put him on death row, 3 of which David Board pinned on him at trial to which 2 of them had other men named as the purpetrators and Board didn't make those two cases his priority at all.
After living in a very very FD up town with police officers that are not the best (not all are bad) I have seen this so much in the south. I do not believe he was given a fair trial and I do not personally believe Rodney is guilty. However, I do not believe he is a great human being. But the justice system needs to quit just locking up the first easy target that they see and do their jobs!! Rest In Peace Stacey. ♥️
agreed.
I'm sad I'm late to the party. But better late than never.
glad you're here!
I'll admit that when you started listing off Rodney's arms-length list of rapes and the constant denials of knowing the women..... I was like.... *SLAM THE METAL DOORS! DUDE IS GUILTY AF* but as I continued to listen and heard about other facts. Mainly the beer cans, the belt, the truck being given back *and sold the next day* and I feel the truck and the belt were not thoroughly tested. Oh and the lividity. That's a biggie too! She was moved! *BOTTOM LINE* I have reasonable doubt and if nothing else Rodney deserves a new trial. I am on the fence whether he's guilty because of his past history but at the very least he deserves a new trial with *ALL THE EVIDENCE* laid out and let the chips fall where they may.
exactly!
b4ubcomeold, very well stated! I totally agree!
@@foxymama2003 Thank You kindly Foxymama2003! I appreciate that! Thanks for your comment!
The beer cans were subjected to more precise testing by Reeds expert, Dr. Johnson, and ruled out the cops and Stacy. The initial test wasn't dna in the way you're lead to believe. They were tested for a very generic marker, similar to blood typing. The beer cans are a non-issue.
The levidity Dr. Baden claims is on Stacey's front is actually sunburn, a chemical process independent of blow flow. I don't suggest viewing the crime scene photos, but the "lividity" that 'pay me enough and I'll testify Ron Goldman fought for 10 minutes with a severed jugular vein' Baden claims exists is only on her body parts exposed to the sun.
Agreed!!
Absolutely crazy. 🤯🤯
agreed.
Read the 129 page decision written by Judge J.D. Langley.
Rodney Reed absolutely got a fair trial.
Stacey Stites was the innocent young who did not a fair trial. And now she's being trashed and her character is being attacked!
Absolutely disgusting!
First: was he in jail for any of the previous sexual assaults and batteries? Second: if he was why the hell would they ever let him out?? The lives of so many young ladies and women that could've been saved of this horrible trauma.
He wasn’t given a fair trial. That’s my personal opinion
The fact that his DNA was found inside of Stacey's body is evidence enough for me. There's no way he's not linked to what happened to her, especially considering his history and the other DNA of the police on the beer cans.
Allegedly his dna was found inside of her. And allegedly the dna they found was 3 spermatozoa, which would confirm Rodney's story to which he said he had sex with her a day or two before she was murdered.
His history? Unproven allegations does not equate to having a history. He was tried and acquitted in one of those allegations that the state was still allowed to use in the penalty phase while three assault cases were pinned on him during his trial by David Board.
@@isislaz his DNA was also matched to other rape cases including a 12 year old. He tried the same thing on a woman who successfully fought him off and that’s how he was found for the Stites case. He’s a serial rapist and a murderer who, for what ever reason, has a bunch of people who want to set him free. He needs to have his sentence fulfilled. Hopefully soon.
@@PhedelCastro There was no dna matches in those cases. David Board claims to have lost those rape kits from those cases that happened long before Stacey's death and didn't submit the alleged rape kit evidence until 1997 when Rodney became a suspect in Stacey's murder. Rodney's dna was already in the database from his charges that he was acquitted of in 1991 in Wichita Falls. So there was no dna.
I do think the DNA is very damning given his history.
You wanna know abt Angela Hamby's story (the 12yr old) you can hear it from her best friend who was there at the time she was raped and she and Angela both knew James Slaughter, who Angela told David Board, who was the cop who was over that case, that James raped her. But you can hear the story here.
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Ok, this woman is a DISGUSTING piece of trash. You are believing the word of someone who is supposedly recalling her best friends rape. Who on this planet believes that it is in any way acceptable for a person to publicly comment on that poor girls most horrifying moment?! It is below deplorable, but somehow she's not below lying to make herself feel important?!
I think if he was to be given another trial it could have a different outcome. I think he should get another one, this time without evidence being withheld, his witnesses being able to take the stand and the people from the past not being able to give their statements
I agree. I don't know if it would be the same outcome but I think for a fair trial.
@@BRATTERSTEIN yea, I agree
He should not have been on the streets to be allowed to do this in the first place. Violent offenders are not given enough monitoring
You said Bastrop, Texas, and I automatically cringed. Honestly, he sounds like a POS, but I still don’t think if the witnesses were allowed to testify, and all of the suppressed evidence was shown, that the outcome would have been different, in that town, in the 90’s. I’m not sure the outcome would be different if he got a new trial, now, in that county.
yeah, that's a good point but we just don't know :/
This is just my opinion but I've always thought jimmy killed her and he did so when he did because he knew that they had recently been together and as a cop knew he could frame Rodney and had he's help him but like I said its just my opinion
Kristen cook hi ,I 💯 agree!imo Jimmy killed/had a hand in staceys murder,rip Stacey. 😞💔🇬🇧
i think it's definitely possible.
Aaahhh this one is rough 😔
it really is.
Having previous victims give an Impact Statement is so wrong!! IF they had been subpoenaed to be witnesses, that's a different issue, not necessarily right, but would be more appropriate.
Can you cover Christian Andreacchio please
Aww man I'm late !!
I uploaded late today!
Oh my gosh this is such a sad case. I don't think Rodney Reed got a fair trial, not that he was an angel but I'm not convinced he murdered Stacey.
The all white jury is relevant to mention because of the lynching that happened in Vidor tx. If you were around then or remember this story, omg, it was beyond belief that anyone would even think to do those things to another human being.
You really should look more into those penalty phase allegations, esp since you followed Lisa Tanner's narrative in his Wichita Falls case in the Connie York allegations. Rodney did not deny knowing Connie York nor did he deny having sex with her. What Connie York did was told a made up story and tried to stage a crime scene so that her live in boyfriend wouldn't find out that she messed around on him. The problem was she claimed Rodney broke into a window he was too big to fit through and the glass got on the outside of the window when he allegedly broke in. Plus she told a bunch of bad lies. That's how he got acquitted. There was no secret relationship claim. He claimed to have had a ONS with her after she came and picked him up after a pool party and she took him to her house. Connie also knew his BM, Lucy Eipper, at the time.
Seatbelt buckled to disable the seatbelt alarm.
smart. i hadn't thought of that.
What a tragedy. I truly feel so bad for her family and all of the loses they have suffered. I hope that the family is finding healing in the best way possible. I also hope that they are able to have a relationship with staceys daughter. I feel like having Stacey daughter can be healing in it’s own way.
I don’t know how I feel about this case. It seems like both Rodney and Jimmy were both predators who made several women their pray. Her murder seemed to me like a crime of passion. It’s possible that Rodney did it but I’m not sure what motive he would have had. I lean more towards it being jimmy. Now this is complete speculation on my part but hear me out. It’s been said that jimmy was out with friends drinking the night before Stacey’s death. What if him and his two police friends whose dna are on the beer cans saw Stacey with Rodney together? What if they were in Jimmy’s truck drinking and driving and they picked Stacey up. Where there clearly would be anger. He takes his friends home or two their cars sooner than they expected causing them to leave their beer cans. Him and Stacey then got into a altercation where they were fighting. He could have killed her and then went home to think of his plan to get rid of staceys body or he killed her at home and then kept her body in the truck causing the weird fluid on the floor and the lavidied ( I’m not sure how to spell that weird.) he then left when Stacey would have normally left for work not to throw anything off. He could have either gotten someone to pick him up, walked or taken some sort of taxi back home. I hope that my theory makes sense. My daughter keeps distracting me. Either way I feel like the police didn’t do the stuff they were supposed to do. How do you give the truck back that fast? Even if they dusted for fingerprints im sure there is so much more evidence that they missed. I feel absolutely terrible for Stacey and her family. They didn’t deserve any of this.
Yeah, the truck should've been impounded. A cadaver dog would've been appropriate at that time, too, I would think. If Jimmy is now a known rapist and corrupt cop, anything is possible if he had help.
Not 100% sure about Rodney’s guilt or innocence, but I do believe that he did not get a fair trial. Jimmy is a piece of crap either way 😡
Maybe seatbelt was belted because of the annoying sounds the car makes if u don't buckle up. I used to buckle my seatbelt behind me when I didn't use it because the darn DING DING DING the car made the whole time I was driving. Just a thought
oh, maybe. i hadn't even thought of that.
It's called staging the crime scene. Both scenes were staged.
He was not given a fair trial to be proven guilty of murder. I do think he was a sex offender, especially due to the 12 year old case. But this seems so much like the cops framed him and they should have been the ones charged.
Yeah, I definitely get that.
I wish I could personally message you about a case.
You can DM me on Instagram if you'd like!
@@BRATTERSTEIN thank you! I don’t have Instagram but I will make one to message you.
just a food for thought question... where is any evidence stacey and rodney had an affair? phone records, emails, diary entry and any eye witness reports from her friends, family, coworkers, etc.? or even eye witness reports from someone non-biased like a neighbor or anyone from The public that may have saw them together before her murder. I do believe the case should be re-investigated because there are so many unanswered questions but I do not believe that Rodney Reed should ever be let out of prison because of crimes he committed Towards the other women and little girl.
that's a good question and I am honestly not sure of the answer.
Rodney didn't have a phone and this happened in 1996 before everyone had internet and email addresses. No smartphones either.
There were witnesses who did know Stacey and they were either turned away by law enforcement, ignored, intimidated, or they were told they tried to get the reward money when they came forward. Some were scared of law enforcement cuz they know Stacey's fiancee was a cop at the time.
Also some said they didn't think their information was important to come forward because at the time, Rodney wasn't a suspect. There were some who did give statements that would've implicated Fennell like Ronnie Reveal and Jose Cornado, but investigators kept those statements hidden.
Apparently it was dead drops and coded messages. There is no way on Earth 2 people can have a romantic tryst for 6 months and NEVER call, write, or be seen with each other. Reeds "witnesses" coming forward 25 years later have not provided a SINGLE fact that wasn't already in every news article...Stacy lived 30 miles from Bastrop, making a no communication affair IMPOSSIBLE. Rodney Reed is guilty, he raped and murdered Stacy Stites.
I think that regardless of innocence or guilt, he did not get a fair trial and should be granted a new one! If I had been on the first jury and found out later everything that had been suppressed or mishandled, I would not feel comfortable convicting him without answers to all of those things! The beer cans being found by her body is some serious reasonable doubt that needs to be answered. I feel really bad for Stacy that she might have had an affair with and was engaged to sexual predators. She paid the ultimate price in this situation 😢
yeah, that's where I land too.
Beer cans are a red herring. Reeds expert did more discerning testing and ruled out the cops and Stacy. It turns out they were just trash someone tossed out the window, 100% unrelated.
No idea about his guilt or innocence, but I do not feel he got a fair trial. There is no way an all white jury could or should be considered a jury of his peers. I am very surprised that they got away with that in the first place. What the heck was the defense attorney doing? At the very least he deserves a new trial I think.
I haven’t finished the video yet but… how was Rodney not in prison for all those assaults?!
Okay, so Rodney definitely deserves another trial. I think behind bars is exactly where he belongs but just because he’s a sexual predator, not necessarily for Stacy’s murder. I have no idea if he did it or not. Jimmy is a POS and was fully capable of murder. I just don’t know! This is a tough one. So much was botched in the investigation. They need to reopen it. Poor Stacy. It’s so sad how her life was cut so short.
Can we refer a case for you to do ?
leave it in the comment section of any video~
It was appropriate
Jimmy did that shit. Rodney wasn't an angel but it sounds like they wanted to persecute a black man instead of a cop.
Who trained the cops at the scene?!? Barney Fife?
Lol
I strongly think Rodney is innocent, but that’s just me.
How? His sperm was on her. A woman said he attacked her on the same road, same time of night. He was accused 7 different times of SA. All these women and police are out to get Rodney? Nah. He was called in for questioning because he was so known for assaulting women who he claimed ALL accused him out of spite.
@@heathernikki5734 I, personally, think her husband was involved. I also think they might’ve been having an affair, which could explain the sperm.
@@heathernikki5734 and I didn’t say he was innocent in all the cases, I just think he’s innocent in this case.
nope not just you guys.....he did not get a fair trial even though he is an asshole he very obviously was the scapegoat.....wayyyy to many unanswered questions for sure......Rodney deserves a new trial for sure, while he sits in jail of course; because his other crimes should keep him there....notice I said "should" her poor family just a terrible situation
@@LadyPamela63 Sigh. He attacked someone on the same road at the same time of night close to this murder. He's a liar and a known assaulter. He's guilty. And a different police department investigated him and investigated the fiance thoroughly. Why is it harder to believe a KNOWN offender with his sperm on a dead woman did this than all these outrageous conspiracy theories?
Her husband did it
Definitely possible.
Yes, because moms would never lie for their child. His record with women says it all. GUILTY AS SIN! This was such a spit in the face to that poor woman. This wasn't a race issue. Don't make it one😡
Lucy Eipper and Caroline Rivas both dropped their charges.
@@smith4407 Well tell that to Lucy and Caroline.
@@smith4407 There was no rape kit in Angela's case. David Board said he "lost" it
@@smith4407 and that's exactly what they did. Lucy is his BM of two of his sons. She also is friends with his first accuser, Connie York, who told a bunch of bad lies which is the reason he was acquitted of her claim.
@@smith4407 I don't need to look at Sean's video
@@smith4407 showing me Sean's video doesn't do any good since I know way more abt the case than he does.
Seatbelt=
Stop the dinging
It seems like I am the only one who thinks they got it right and Rodney is guilty
There seem to be seeral people in the comments who agree with you.
No, you are right. Most of the claims of innocence assume a conspiracy theory that dozens of people including Federal judges conspired to protect Jimmy. What I don’t understand is why all those people didn’t protect him when he was charged with rape.
I do have a name for you Kirsten sidwell new castle Indiana I had not heard of it
Nah, he did it. But he should be granted a new trial due to Brady Rules
He is undoubtedly guilty. The incredible steps that would have had to be taken to frame him is just short of physically impossible. 3 police agencies would have had to conspire, Fennel would have had to stage the body site and get the 30+ miles back home to Giddings in time to get the call from Stacey's mother before 7 AM. No one could have known how long it would take HEB employees to call her mother, and if Fennel didn't answer, her mom would know for certain Fennel was guilty....
First of all, no I do not think that Rodney got a fair trial in any way. An all white jury???
Second, I am leaning towards thinking that Jimmy did this.
I really go back and forth but it definitely wasn’t a fair trial.
@@BRATTERSTEIN His defence team should be moving for retrial or do you call it mistrial? It's probably different from here in the UK.
He could have worn gloves..people drink and then throw the cans in the truck..could havecfalle out during the assault...
I absolutely 100% agree that he did NOT have a jury of "his peers." Anyone thinking rationally would have to agree. That's a reasonable assumption. I don't know if he's guilty. I THINK he is. And I'm glad I wasn't on that jury, quite honestly. His history suggests he is CAPABLE of this crime. But there are issues that are concerning as to whether we saw and heard ALL the evidence, particularly evidence that would benefit his defense. I hope that makes sense. I BELIEVE he's guilty. But there is enough doubt that giving him the death penalty is WRONG. Especially with the beer can DNA. That alone would constitute "reasonable doubt" for MOST jurors. If Jimmy is involved, I personally believe he used his cop buddies to commit the murder to keep his own hands clean. This one is tough for me.
I agree with everything you've said here.
I am from Texas and live there today. I think saying what you said is excusing what he did repeatedly.
The alleged semen was 3 spermatozoa. How do you get 3 spermatozoa in 12hrs?
Not only was it here in Texas, it was in a very racist area.
That's what I am saying.
I am not sure how much research you have done to understand the case. Seat belts get buckled by police officers and they sit on them, so the seatbelt alarm doesn’t go off and they need to get out of the car faster.
The truck was never signed to the DPS for forensics it was given back to Jimmy Fennell straight away, he even testified that he was able to swap the truck at Gold Chevrolet in Giddings on the 24th of April 1996 and his dad handled the transaction, even the prosecutor at the time stated I quote ‘Well he needed a ride’, so it was the next day after Stacy was found.
That mucus discharge you are talking about happens in dead bodies hours after death as the muscles relax.
Plus one rape case I have an issue with your narration is the 12-year-old because I actually can link you to the affidavit
The 12-year-old you say was raped by Rodney knew her attacker and named him James Slaughter who was a footballer even her best friend Joie Monfort testified that she told her the same thing. There is an affidavit written on September 7, 1989, by David Board that states that swabs taken from her at Seton Hospital matched James Slaughter including pubic hair, and its even signed by a district judge on the 1st of November 1989 for Slaughter to be issued a warrant.
I am not sure whether you actually know that Bayardo the pathologist later stated he wasn’t sure the belt was the killing instrument because the blood print actually around the neck had already sat in when the belt was tied around her, meaning she was already dead by the time the belt was put around her neck, and also there was no sodomy evidence in his report but only on the evidence stand.
Am not sure that you are aware that when they checked her first, she had no cigarette burns and they were discovered after post-mortem examination because the burns were not in the autopsy or crime scene which means it was done after the body was collected.
Not all of Stacey's family believe Rodney is guilty. And Stacey's brother was autistic and I heard his death was accidental. I'll have to ask Heather abt that.
I am sure not all of the family believes that but from the reports and interviews i saw, her mother and i believe sisters do. as far as for her brother, again, the reports i saw said suicide.
@@BRATTERSTEIN there are several of Stacey's family members who believe Rodney is innocent. It's mainly her immediate family, her mother Carol and her three sisters, who believe he is guilty. (The third sister, Brenda, has not been in the media and I didn't even know she had a third sister until I talked to Heather and she told me abt Brenda). Crystall Dobbs and Debra Oliver are the main sisters who believe Rodney is guilty and call themselves victims advocates for "Rodney's victims" but accept Fennell as their brother despite his victims. And Connie Lear is not his only victim. And they also accept Greg Corner, who fathered Stacey's baby when she was 15 and he was a 23yr old grown man. Greg is also against Rodney. Also Greg's hair was found on Stacey's body but no one mentions that part.
Something no one addresses. You've seen clips of the crime scene video. They show CSI processing the scene and taking vaginal swabs from Stacey's body at the scene. They did tests for semen on the swabs at the scene which would've turned the swabs purple to detect presence of semen. The swabs did not turn colors. It stayed white. No coloring showed up on the swabs. So there is a question of whether or not there was really any semen present inside of Stacey.
Also, please note, Stacey was far from a goodie two shoes like the media wants to make it sound like. She was actually far from it. She was 15yrs old when she had her daughter Demi, by a 23yr old man named Greg Corner. Carol Stites allowed the relationship to continue even though she knew Greg was a grown man abd Stacey was underage. Carol was going to bring charges against Greg when Stacey got pregnant, but she withdrew them. Instead, she had the baby illegally adopted because she didn't tell Greg Stacey was pregnant. Greg didn't know he had a daughter until years after Stacey's murder and by then, Demi was a grown woman.
Sounds like Stacey was groomed by a predator. Hardly see how that makes her far from a good person.
@@BRATTERSTEIN she wasn't a goodie two shoes is what I am saying. Read her cousin's affidavit, Calvin "Buddy" Horton. Other than him saying he saw Stacey with Rodney at a Dairy Queen, he also tells abt how she and her mother Carol, lived with his parents and he was asked to help them find housing because they had problems with Stacey's behavior that Carol was already having problems with. She wasva wild child. Also she was messing with several men behind Jimmy's back. Not just Rodney. And I believe he knew abt the other men but when he found out abt Rodney, that was the last straw for him. He used to work as a jailor for Bastrop PD before he went into the academy, so he had connects to keep tabs on Stacey whenever she went to Bastrop and they wpuld follow her around. And also the original person they were planning to frame for Stacey's murder was David Lawhon. He is the man serving time for Mary Ann Ardlt's murder. She was the other woman found dead in the same area as Stacey a few weeks after Stacey. He took a plea deal in Ardlt's murder so they had to find another person to frame because they were gonna get Lawhon for both murders. There is also cross contamination btwn Stacey and Mary Ann Ardlt. The investigators put Mary Ann Ardlt's panties on Stacey before Mary was murdered to frame Lawhon because Lawhon did know Stacey but never had sex with her. He was messing around with Mary tho. But supposedly Mary's murder was a hit because she was divorcing her common law husband, who had connections to law enforcement.
who the f*ck cares if she was a "goody two-shoes" OR NOT!? She was raped, murdered, and deserves justice. WTF?
@@GenXfrom75 because they're trying to create a narrative to say she wouldn't have been messing around on Jimmy when that was far from the truth. They use that to try and say she wouldn't have been messing around with Rodney.
@@isislaz that's an issue that can fairly be discussed. Absolutely. But it's NOT okay to suggest that her not being a "goody-two shoes" somehow played ANY role in what happened to her. You can make your point without sounding like you're demonizing the VICTIM of such an awful, brutal crime.