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"Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Bored at Home ()
Date: April 02, 2020 03:24AM


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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: FCPS Parent ()
Date: April 02, 2020 07:34AM

He looked like Jim Morrison, probably big into Black Sabbath. Her parents probably shouldn't have allowed their 12 year old to date a 16 year old. No doubt he smoked dope.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: father time knows ()
Date: April 02, 2020 07:45AM

Ahh the good ole days... when it was likely the kid was killed by a creepy white dude instead of some bored nigger that rode the metro for free to and from the crime scene.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Smokers are Peaceful ()
Date: April 02, 2020 08:24AM

FCPS Parent Wrote:
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> He looked like Jim Morrison, probably big into
> Black Sabbath. Her parents probably shouldn't have
> allowed their 12 year old to date a 16 year old.
> No doubt he smoked dope.


So the dope made him do it? You're a dope. Talk to a cop about people who smoke dope. They are the least combative of all users. Alcohol on the other hand. A lot of them need(and get) a wood shampoo from the cops.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Ballou valedictorian ()
Date: April 02, 2020 10:11AM

father time knows Wrote:
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> Ahh the good ole days... when it was likely the
> kid was killed by a creepy white dude instead of
> some bored nigger that rode the metro for free to
> and from the crime scene.

“....but....but...he was a good kid and planned to finish high school and rap.....”

-dead nigger moms

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: New FFX CO POLICE ()
Date: April 02, 2020 10:13AM

Love how the “new” ffx county police closes cold cases by pinning them on a dead guy based on hearsay.....


Bring back 80’s ffx co police that profiled niggers

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: law and order back in the day ()
Date: April 02, 2020 10:19AM

New FFX CO POLICE Wrote:
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> Love how the “new” ffx county police closes
> cold cases by pinning them on a dead guy based on
> hearsay.....
>
>
> Bring back 80’s ffx co police that profiled
> niggers


+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

When I was growing up here, you didn't fuck with the popo. They were still a bunch of good ol' boys, but they wouldn't give it a second thought to shoot you dead if you gave them a reason. And it were a nig, expect to be profiled 24/7.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Doubting Thomas ()
Date: April 02, 2020 12:46PM

Was it solved? Or did the police just end their investigation by blaming some dead guy?

It wasn't like the crime wasn't investigated, or that the killer turned out to be someone unconnected to the victim, or that scientific advances gave us evidence not available at the time. The suspect was someone the police suspected at the time. My guess is that the police even talked with the suspects known associates at the time. There's a reason the guy wasn't charged. Most likely that reason was they knew they'd lose the case if it went to trial.

Time passes. Physical evidence that supports the suspect's defense is lost. Potential witnesses who would testify for the defendant have forgotten things or have moved on. The suspect's defenses may themselves have been forgotten. Then the suspect dies. So now that pesky need to prove the defendant did it beyond a reasonable doubt is gone.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: What a dork ()
Date: April 02, 2020 01:08PM

FCPS Parent Wrote:
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> He looked like Jim Morrison, probably big into
> Black Sabbath. Her parents probably shouldn't have
> allowed their 12 year old to date a 16 year old.
> No doubt he smoked dope.




I’ll bet your scared of people that are different from you.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Questions remain ()
Date: April 02, 2020 01:11PM

I agree with Doubting Thomas above. Doesn't sound to me like they have really solved anything, they sure haven't convicted a dead man without a trial.

I an understand if the police are confident the deceased suspect guilty, but maybe they could elaborate on how they reached that conclusion. Are the witnesses credible? Was there physical evidence?

And who was this Jimmy Edwards and how did he die? Did he have a criminal history?

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: FCPS Parent ()
Date: April 02, 2020 03:18PM

Questions remain Wrote:
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> I agree with Doubting Thomas above. Doesn't sound
> to me like they have really solved anything, they
> sure haven't convicted a dead man without a
> trial.
>
> I an understand if the police are confident the
> deceased suspect guilty, but maybe they could
> elaborate on how they reached that conclusion. Are
> the witnesses credible? Was there physical
> evidence?
>
> And who was this Jimmy Edwards and how did he die?
> Did he have a criminal history?

Did you see that picture of him? Of course he had a criminal history. Weed definitely, I'd bet LSD too. And this 12 year old was following him around. Probably the devil or his dog or a ufo told him to do it.

Agreed that the cops are patting themselves on the back for blaming a guy who probably did it but they couldn't prove it while he was alive. Dead in his 40s, that's what the dope gets you.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Questions remain ()
Date: April 02, 2020 03:26PM

FCPS Parent Wrote:
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> Questions remain Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I agree with Doubting Thomas above. Doesn't
> sound
> > to me like they have really solved anything,
> they
> > sure haven't convicted a dead man without a
> > trial.
> >
> > I an understand if the police are confident the
> > deceased suspect guilty, but maybe they could
> > elaborate on how they reached that conclusion.
> Are
> > the witnesses credible? Was there physical
> > evidence?
> >
> > And who was this Jimmy Edwards and how did he
> die?
> > Did he have a criminal history?
>
> Did you see that picture of him? Of course he had
> a criminal history. Weed definitely, I'd bet LSD
> too. And this 12 year old was following him
> around. Probably the devil or his dog or a ufo
> told him to do it.
>
> Agreed that the cops are patting themselves on the
> back for blaming a guy who probably did it but
> they couldn't prove it while he was alive. Dead in
> his 40s, that's what the dope gets you.


Drug overdose was my guess too, early 40's is really young to die.

I'm sure he smoked pot, a lot of people did in those days. I wouldn't like it to the murder though without evidence.

Was he a Satan worshiping Charlie Manson type? We don't know. He may have been an otherwise good guy who snapped and killed in a crime of passion. Not excusing him, but that's a very different story than a serial killer murdering a random stranger.

I pray for Karen Lee Spencer and I hope the police have the story right.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: If she floats she is a witch ()
Date: April 02, 2020 03:48PM

Doubting Thomas Wrote:
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> Was it solved? Or did the police just end their
> investigation by blaming some dead guy?
>


I seem to recall several other "cold cases" that were closed in recent years in FFX County by blaming the crime on a deceased person. Will try to find some of them and post here.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: If she floats she is a witch ()
Date: April 02, 2020 03:48PM

Doubting Thomas Wrote:
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> Was it solved? Or did the police just end their
> investigation by blaming some dead guy?
>


I seem to recall several other "cold cases" that were closed in recent years in FFX County by blaming the crime on a deceased person. Will try to find some of them and post here.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Teen Back Then ()
Date: April 02, 2020 04:48PM

Questions remain Wrote:
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> I an understand if the police are confident the
> deceased suspect guilty, but maybe they could
> elaborate on how they reached that conclusion. Are
> the witnesses credible? Was there physical
> evidence?

From the article.

"Fairfax County police on Wednesday announced that they have solved the nearly 50-year-old slaying of a 12-year-old girl, determining that a now-dead man who was 16 at the time of the killing was the perpetrator. The man died in 1997.

The Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office ruled in December that there would have been enough evidence to charge James “Jimmy” Edwards in the killing of Karen Lee Spencer of Huntington if he were alive, police said.

In the summer of 2018, two independent acquaintances of Edwards revealed to detectives that he had told them he had killed a girl and buried her in a field when he was in his teens, police said."

Edwards died in 1997 and the witnesses came forward in 2018?
Are the witnesses credible, indeed.
I hope the police elaborate.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: 3WCWM ()
Date: April 02, 2020 05:00PM

Making a thread that's just a link is a dick move.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Commonwealth Attorney ()
Date: April 02, 2020 05:06PM

3WCWM Wrote:
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> Making a thread that's just a link is a dick move.


Thank you Sheriff.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Needs to see more ()
Date: April 02, 2020 08:45PM

Teen Back Then Wrote:
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> In the summer of 2018, two independent
> acquaintances of Edwards revealed to detectives
> that he had told them he had killed a girl and
> buried her in a field when he was in his teens,
> police said."
>
> Edwards died in 1997 and the witnesses came
> forward in 2018?
> Are the witnesses credible, indeed.
> I hope the police elaborate.

How often when a convict was rotting in jail or was facing a life sentence have we heard of people coming forward and recanting their testimony, confessing to have committed the crime, or confirming the convict was actually innocent? The response to this by police, prosecutors and usually by the courts is always the same. Too Little and Too Late. There is almost always a reason to doubt these post conviction claims or proof of innocence. So long as there is less than irrefutable proof, it isn't good enough.

So lets apply that same standard to this new evidence claim by police. These people did not claim to have witnessed the event. They did not claim to have helped Edwards cover up the evidence of the crime. There is no claim these people had special knowledge of the crime that would not have been known to the general public. That alone means whatever the police have falls far short of irrefutable evidence.

These two people say Edwards confessed to committing the crime and other evidence supports this. Well Edwards was a suspect in the original investigation. We are not told what the police have now beyond the mere confession that makes them so sure. Plus we are told nothing about the people to whom the confession was made, what their relationship was to Edwards both at the time of the crime, the time of the confession and later, whether they were contacted in connection with the original investigation and what they said then, the circumstance of the alleged confession(s) or what motivated two supposedly independent people to come forward in 2018 with reports about a confession supposedly made more than 20 years earlier.

It doesn't take much more than a confession to charge someone with murder. Charging and convicting are two different things. Even a first year law student would have little trouble proving reasonable doubt based on what the police are offering.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Why complain so much? ()
Date: April 02, 2020 08:58PM

3WCWM Wrote:
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> Making a thread that's just a link is a dick move.

Do you think anyone finds your shtick funny?

Everyone else participated in the thread without problems.

Go away, you tiresome old queer.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: 3WCWM ()
Date: April 02, 2020 10:03PM

Why complain so much? Wrote:
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> 3WCWM Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Making a thread that's just a link is a dick
> move.
>
> Do you think anyone finds your shtick funny?
>
> Everyone else participated in the thread without
> problems.
>
> Go away, you tiresome old queer.


Fuck you, you bag of shit. Eat a bat dick and die of The Rona.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: 50 yrs ()
Date: April 03, 2020 12:58AM

It takes FFX police 50 years to solve a case that would take a week by any 12yo with a brain.

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Somebody butthurt ;-) ()
Date: April 03, 2020 09:51AM

3WCWM Wrote:
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> Why complain so much? Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 3WCWM Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Making a thread that's just a link is a dick
> > move.
> >
> > Do you think anyone finds your shtick funny?
> >
> > Everyone else participated in the thread
> without
> > problems.
> >
> > Go away, you tiresome old queer.
>
>
> Fuck you, you bag of shit. Eat a bat dick and die
> of The Rona.





LMAO. The tiresome old queer is triggered!

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Re: "Nearly 50 years after girl’s slaying, Fairfax police say they’ve solved case"
Posted by: Find a Grave ()
Date: April 03, 2020 10:23AM

FCPS Parent Wrote:
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> He looked like Jim Morrison, probably big into
> Black Sabbath. Her parents probably shouldn't have
> allowed their 12 year old to date a 16 year old.
> No doubt he smoked dope.


Her dad died in 1970 and her mom died in 1977

Health and money issues within the family contributed to a lack of supervision.

All 3 are buried at National Memorial Park in Falls Church.

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