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3 Years of Freedom

Wednesday September 27, 2006
3 Years of Freedom!

Today marks the three year anniversary of the disappearance of Mary Lee Grobe from her home in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She was completely denied her freedom three years ago. Her wishes were coldly ignored. Her family was torn apart.

Today also marks the three years anniversary of undeserved freedom of the man responsible for all this grief!

The Truth is Sometimes Painful!

“Help me remove my rose-colored glasses”

Anne Bird loved her brother, Scott Peterson, very much. She faithfully stood by him and defended him while the evidence that he was guilty of the murder of her beautiful wife and son continued to accumulate. Others could see the facts but she was in denial. The book, BLOOD BROTHER 33 Reasons My Brother, Scott Peterson, is Guilty by Anne Bird has some very thought-provoking comments we would like to share.

“The problem was really quite simple: I still refused to accept the possibility that Scott was guilty. Dr. Tucker’s job, as I saw it, was to help me remove my rose-colored glasses. Until I was finally able to remove fact from fiction, I wouldn’t find my way back. She was eager to help me find my way, but she never forced it: She wanted me to get there on my own.” states Anne. Page144

On page 174, Dr. Tucker told Anne, “Tell yourself the truth,” and suggested Anne put her thoughts down on paper. Anne compiled the list of 33 reasons.

After much thought, Anne states, “I had gone from doubting his guilt to suspecting him of premeditated murder. If that seems like a leap, take another look at the list. And think about the damaging evidence that came out in the trial.” Anne told Dr. Tucker, “I want to do the right thing. Some day my children are going to grow up and ask me what happened, and I’m going to want them to know that I behaved morally, that I was a decent human being and did the right thing. Laci and Conner did not deserve this. The Rochas did not deserve this. And the Petersons did not deserve this.” P. 180-1

Mary Lee Grobe did not deserve this! The Grobe family, The Cardwell family, The Collins family,The Frisco Texas Grobe family, The Caldwell family, The Williams family, And the Poplar Bluff Missouri Community did not deserve this. No one deserved the pain this has caused!

Now, you can do something to help! Remove the rose colored glasses! Put the coward behind bars before he strikes again!

Make sure years from now people, especially family, will say you behaved morally and you were a decent human being and did the right thing.

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Why so Many Missing From Missouri?

Why so many missing from Missouri?

Abigale Lynn "Abby" Woods from Lonedell, Missouri, 09/15/2006
***Abby found alive and well on 09/19/2006***
Amanda Jones from Jefferson County, Missouri, 08/14/2006
Bianca Piper from Foley, Missouri, 03/10/2006
Shawn Hornbeck from Richwoods, Missouri, 10/06/2002
Christian Ferguson from St. Louis, Missouri, 06/11/2003
Cermen Lamunt Toney Jr from East St. Louis, Ill , 11/06/2005
Anquiatte Parker from East St. Louis, Ill , 11/06/2005

We know of two other wonderful persons who are missing:
Mary Lee Grobe from Butler County, Missouri, 9-27-03
Teresa Lynn Butler from Risco, Missouri, 1-25-06

And there are many, many more. We don't hear much about them on the news. Many people have forgotten them but not the people who loved them. Missouri has a real problem. When is someone going to take steps to protect Missouri Citizens and hold the criminals accountable for their evil deeds?

Missouri Casenet, Butler & Ripley Counties

http://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/base/welcome.do

State of Missouri
Office of the State Courts Administrator

36th Judicial Circuit (Butler & Ripley Counties)

Freeman, Samuel A.
36R010501328-02
Defendant

Guilty, Murder 1st Degree { Felony A RSMo: 565.020 }

09/09/2006
Docket Entry:
Jury Reached Final Verdict
Docket Entry:
Jury Verdict - Guilty
Text:
Jury returns verdict of guilty to charge of Murder 1st Degree with punishment of life imprisonment without eligibilty for probation or parole. Court orders defendant held without bail for formal sentencing on 11-16-06 at 3:00 p.m. Court requests Probation and Parole prepare PSA report
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Poplar Bluff Missouri
DAR Newspaper
Sunday Sept 10,2006
By: Michelle Friedrich

Assistant Attorney General Kevin Zoellner said "For 14 years, Mr Freeman got away with this crime, He married, helped raise children. For 14 years, he had his freedom." "Laura Wynn didn't get married, have kids. She didn't get the 14 years this man got. Today his freedom ends"

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Chipman Murder Trial Delayed Yet Again

Chipman murder trial delayed yet again
Thursday, September 7, 2006
By SACHA CHAMPION Statesman Staff Writer

BLOOMFIELD -- She was raped and murdered. The culprit then burned her body to conceal evidence linking him to the crimes.
And now more than a year later, the Acorn Ridge teen accused of raping and murdering 12-year-old Miranda Celeste Dowdy of Poplar Bluff has been granted yet another continuance and isn't scheduled to appear in court until November.
"We really want to get something going on this because this has been dragging on for a while," said Welborn. "Sometimes it seems things are going really slowly, but it's going as fast as it can."
Welborn said last month that 19-year-old Steve Chipman had requested that a psychiatric evaluation be done and that some delays were occurring while awaiting those test results.

Complete News Article:
http://www.dailystatesman.com/story/1167286.html

After 12 Years Justice for Lela Warner's Family

Man Charged With 1994 Death Of St. Louis County Woman

By Jeff Small(KSDK) TV

A 12-year-old murder mystery in St. Louis County may have just been solved. Police believe they now know who raped and murdered a woman in 1994.

A DNA match led to Lela Warner's alleged killer. Tuesday, charges were filed against Stanley Johnson, who is already behind bars for burglary and stealing charges. News of the charges came as a surprise to Hulen Rogers, the first cousin of 68-year-old Lela Warner.

"I never thought they would catch anyone because it went too long," Rogers said.

Complete News Article:
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=103154

New public administrator appointed for Buchanan County

New public administrator appointed for Buchanan County

New public administrator appointed for Buchanan County
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The Associated Press
Aug 30, 2006 3:34 PM (7 days ago)
Current rank: Not ranked
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder appointed a new Buchanan County Public Administrator on Tuesday, a week after Bonnie Sue Lawson resigned amid an investigation of funds missing from clients' accounts.

Charles Lau is a former tax auditor for the Missouri Department of Revenue. As public administrator, he will act as guardian, conservator, personal representative and representative payee for certain citizens, such as minors, the mentally incompetent and those with disabilities.

Lau's appointment, which clears the way for the office to be put on the November ballot, came after the state learned the vacancy prevented distribution of Social Security checks.

"This is kind of rushed," Buchanan County Clerk Pat Conway said.

Lawson remains at the center of a city, state and federal investigation after the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received complaints dating to December 2005.

Police have said that Lawson, who served about 500 clients, took money from at least three accounts without authorization or court orders.

"I want to commend Charlie Lau for stepping up to serve his community during this time of change in Buchanan County," Kinder said in a release. "Lau will have his hands full as he takes on the difficult task of cleaning up the damage and restoring confidence in the (office)."

www.examiner.com

Justice for Poplar Bluff After 14 Years

Poplar Bluff Cold Case
By: CJ Cassidy KFVS 12TV
Sep 5,2006

POPLAR BLUFF, MO --With a little help from technology, a murder suspect now prepares to face a jury; 14 years after the crime took place.

Laura Wynn's murder attracted a lot of attention when it happened back in 1992, because of the gruesome nature of her death.

Then, 13 years after her death, police tracked down the man they believe sexually assaulted and killed her, all thanks to a DNA match.

Next week, that suspect, 40-year old Samuel Freeman heads to court for a jury trial.

"The crime occurred on May 7th, 1992," Asst. Polar Bluff Police Chief Gary Pride remembers. That crime, was the brutal sexual assault and strangulation of 31-year old Laura Wynn.

Hours later her mother and landlord would find her partially nude body in her apartment.

At the time, police pieced together how her killer got in.

"She came home. When she entered her apartment door an intruder followed her in," Pride says.

Thirteen years later investigators would put a face to that intruder.

"We sent specific items back to the lab to be retested for DNA with technology that exists today, and that's when we got our match," Pride says.

Police say that match, using DNA taken from the crime scene, points to Samuel Freeman, now forty years old.

A Supply Sgt. with the Missouri National Guard, he's been behind bars since his arrest almost a year ago, awaiting his trial.

"Both of them had frequented the bar she had left from both been there that night," Chief Danny Whiteley explains.

Like investigators who hope to close the book on Wynn's murder, her aunt Carol Helton also has a book she keeps close.

That, is a collection of memories from Laura Wynn's life and death.

When Helton spoke with Heartland News last year, she said she hoped to leaf through these pages someday, without being overcome by raw emotions.

"It would be nice if we could have some closure because it's been so long, and we can just never forget. not knowing where her murderer was," Helton says.

Wynn's mother passed away five years after her daughter was killed, so Helton says it will be especially hard on her to go through the trial by herself.

Meanwhile defense attorneys Stephen Walsh and Dan Moore say their client was a victim of circumstance.

They say they're "cautiously optimistic the jury will find their client not guilty."

Jury selection is set to start Tuesday, and the trial will begin soon afterwards.

The members of that jury will be chosen from Ripley County.

http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=5351999

Should polygraphs be admissible in Court?

Should polygraphs be admissible in Court?

Most of the law enforcement communities highly trust polygraphs and other means to determine if someone is telling the truth. They use the results to help them determine which direction to focus their attention.

We thank KFVS12 and CJ Cassidy for running the informative spot about polygraphs and agree they should be admissible in court. The research about them indicates they are highly reliable so why not use them as part of the evidence against a criminal or the defense of an innocent person.

Why do the criminals in this country have more rights than the victims? Why do we reward criminals with freedom just because they know how to beat the current system? Criminals know how to cover and dispose of evidence to keep from being arrested. Of course the ultimate judge knows exactly what happened.

Which of Mary Grobe's son's in Poplar Bluff did NOT PASS the tests asked by law enforcement (2 polygraphs, and voice stress test)? There lies the answers to finding Mary Lee Grobe!


Go to http://www.kfvs.com/
Click on news, click on the video Lie Detector Technology by CJ Cassidy.
or
http://www.kfvs.com/Global/SearchResults.asp?qu=Lie+Detector+Technology&x=14&y=9