12-23-2014, 04:06 PM
Sheriff Darby gives case update
Not very enlightening, but here it is:
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While investigators are still mum on the specifics of the probe into the death of Jessica Chambers, they say they're making slow and steady progress.
Coroner Gracie Gulledge said the cause of the young woman's death was thermal injury. Officials immediately classified it as a homicide.
With several agencies including the Panola County Sheriff's Department, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, the ATF, the State Fire Marshal's office, and the US Marshals Service involved, Sheriff Dennis Darby said a lot of the investigation operates on looking at the same information, witnesses, evidence and statements from many different angles.
"We've got all these agencies combined together, and we're coordinating everything and getting everyone to look over our work and we're looking over theirs," Darby said on Tuesday. "Some of these people don't give you good information sometimes, and we compare the stories and when we find discrepancies, and those people are the ones we need to recall."
Darby said authorities are narrowing the list down to some "possible people of interest that could lead us somewhere better than where we are."
"There's still crime lab and DNA stuff that we're working on and waiting on," he said, adding that there is still analysis into some aspects of the fire.
Not all of the agencies involved in the case still have heavy presences on the ground, however, as many of them need access to their equipment.
Meanwhile, the reward remains at $17,800 for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the person who killed Jessica Chambers. Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-729-2169.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/.../20807807/
Not very enlightening, but here it is:
While investigators are still mum on the specifics of the probe into the death of Jessica Chambers, they say they're making slow and steady progress.
Coroner Gracie Gulledge said the cause of the young woman's death was thermal injury. Officials immediately classified it as a homicide.
With several agencies including the Panola County Sheriff's Department, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, the ATF, the State Fire Marshal's office, and the US Marshals Service involved, Sheriff Dennis Darby said a lot of the investigation operates on looking at the same information, witnesses, evidence and statements from many different angles.
"We've got all these agencies combined together, and we're coordinating everything and getting everyone to look over our work and we're looking over theirs," Darby said on Tuesday. "Some of these people don't give you good information sometimes, and we compare the stories and when we find discrepancies, and those people are the ones we need to recall."
Darby said authorities are narrowing the list down to some "possible people of interest that could lead us somewhere better than where we are."
"There's still crime lab and DNA stuff that we're working on and waiting on," he said, adding that there is still analysis into some aspects of the fire.
Not all of the agencies involved in the case still have heavy presences on the ground, however, as many of them need access to their equipment.
Meanwhile, the reward remains at $17,800 for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the person who killed Jessica Chambers. Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-729-2169.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/.../20807807/