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20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: R.I.P. TOMMY BURKETT ()
Date: November 15, 2011 01:36PM

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R.I.P. TOMMY BURKETT

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: FurfaxTownie ()
Date: November 15, 2011 01:51PM

FCPD probably didn't do anything because Marymount is in Arlington County

2807 North Glebe Road Arlington, VA 22207-4299

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: R.I.P. TOMMY BURKETT ()
Date: November 15, 2011 01:59PM

FurfaxTownie Wrote:
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> FCPD probably didn't do anything because Marymount
> is in Arlington County
>
> 2807 North Glebe Road Arlington, VA 22207-4299

NICE TRY. TOMMY LIVED IN HERNDON. THIS IS WHY I SAID MARYMOUNT U OFFICIALS AND THE FCPD.

STEP OFF. TRY HARDER NEXT TIME.

R.I.P. TOMMY BURKETT

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Gonads & Strife ()
Date: November 15, 2011 02:08PM

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: cover up ()
Date: November 15, 2011 02:08PM

FurfaxTownie Wrote:
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> FCPD probably didn't do anything because Marymount
> is in Arlington County
>
> 2807 North Glebe Road Arlington, VA 22207-4299


He went to Marymount and lived in Fairfax. He was murdered in Fairfax and the FCPD covered it up. The Fairfax medical examiner who faked the medical report and ruled it a suicide is the same guy who covered up the Clinton administration cabinet member who was killed at Fort Mercy park on GW parkway; he ruled it a suicide even though there was no gun residue on his hands.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: R.I.P. TOMMY BURKETT ()
Date: November 15, 2011 02:21PM


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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: R.I.P. TOMMY BURKETT ()
Date: November 15, 2011 02:23PM


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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: friskydingo ()
Date: November 15, 2011 03:10PM

From the interviews it sounds like he was just some druggie who probably had other emotional problems and wasn't fitting in at school, so he killed himself.

 

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: R.I.P. TOMMY BURKETT ()
Date: November 15, 2011 08:22PM

friskydingo Wrote:
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> From the interviews it sounds like he was just
> some druggie who probably had other emotional
> problems and wasn't fitting in at school, so he
> killed himself.

IF YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE WHAT YOU TYPED ABOVE THEN YOU ARE A DUMBASS

R.I.P. TOMMY BURKETT

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: BrianSchoeneman ()
Date: November 15, 2011 09:04PM

We are sorry for your loss. Not much any of us can do other than provide sympathy.

PS - contrary to popular belief, caps lock is not cruise control for cool.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/15/2011 09:04PM by BrianSchoeneman.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: R.I.P. TOMMY BURKETT ()
Date: November 15, 2011 11:11PM

PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT VANESSA PHAM'S MURDER?
TOMMY'S MURDER STILL REMAINS UNSOLVED FOR 20 YEARS NOW

R.I.P. TOMMY BURKETT

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: KK6ExKK6Ex ()
Date: November 16, 2011 12:08AM

Hey Burketts person - Post the names of the suspected drug dealing students here.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Not Spike Williams ()
Date: November 16, 2011 01:12AM

Why are you continually typing in CAPS LOCK?? You really think people are going to take you seriously?? The entire point of your post is lost by the annoying facts your are typing in CAPS. In fact I don't even know what this is about except somebody types in CAPS ALL THE DAMN TIME!!!

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: November 16, 2011 01:58AM

How again was the Fairfax County police involved if this took place in Arlington?

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: read much? ()
Date: November 16, 2011 02:49AM

eesh Wrote:
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> How again was the Fairfax County police involved
> if this took place in Arlington?


It took place in Fairfax.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Det Mike Lowery ()
Date: November 16, 2011 09:48AM

Details: Tommy Burkett was a student at Marymount College in 1991, but on Thanksgiving weekend, he was found dead in his parent's Virginia home. Officials deemed it a suicide, but his parents believe he was murdered. There is a belief that he may have been asked to be an undercover narcotics agent for the CIA and that he may have discovered evidence about illegal drugs being sold at Marymount. His murder and staged suicide are alleged to have been covered up by not just the college and by state and federal law enforcement agents. His family wants to know the truth.
The following case, ruled a sucide by the Fairfax County Police Department, represents an abuse of power and a conspiracy of monumental proportions, including the FCPD, the Coroner, the Virgina ME office, Marymount University, DEA, as well as, the FBI and several other governmental departments, to conceal the murder of one 21 year old man...
On November 30, 1991, 21 year old Thomas Burkett left his parent's home in Fairfax County, to visit old high school pals in Centreville, Virgina. Tommy's friend lived approxiamately 7 miles from the Burkett's house. Tommy arrived at his friend's house shortly after 8:00 pm. Around midnight on Dec 1st, Tommy left his friend's house and stopped by an ATM. The ATM camera recorded Tommy making a withdrawl and being approached by 3 white males.
At 2:00 am, Tommy called his parent's to let them know that he was staying over at his friend's and would be home around noon to attend the family's scheduled outing.
At 11:45 am, Tommy's parents left their home to run an errand. As they were leaving, they heard the sound of tires squeling. Though they did not see the car(s), witnesses later confirmed that Tommy's blue mustang was seen being chased by a large, dark car. After his parents returned from their errand, they were surprised that Tommy was not yet home. They waited for him until 2:45 pm and then left to attend a poetry reading...an event which Tommy had promised to go to with his parents.
While the couple was away, witnesses claimed to have seen a dark sedan, occupied by a white male, parked three houses down from the Burketts and blocking the enterance to the Burkett's street, Muirkirk Lane. The car stayed there for approximately 20 minutes. Later in the afternoon, the sedan, unoccupied at this time, was seen parked in front of the Burkett's house. There were no lights on in the Burkett house indicating that someone was inside.
At 5:10 pm, Tommy's blue mustang was seen going westward on Muirkirk St. The car then came to a stop in front of the Burkett's house. The driver, an unidentified white male, idled the car until the all neighbors had gone inside of their homes. At 6:10 pm, Tommy's parents returned home and observed the unoccupied mustang parked in front of the house.Upon entering the home, Tommy's father found his son's beaten body sitting upright on his bedroom sofa and facing the room's door. His feet were crossed at the ankles and his hands lay in his lap. Tommy's jaw had been savagely broken and his right ear was a bloody mess of tissue. His father observed his son's torn clothing, as well as multiple cuts and bruises. A gun lay positioned in Tommy's limp hand and he had a gunshot wound to the head.
The father called 911. Shortly there after, two rescue vehicles were seen heading toward Muirkirk with their sirens on. Witness saw the first ambulance turn down a street adjacent to Muirkirk and stop by the curb, people got out of the ambulance and retrieved something from a small ravine and then drove slowly away without their sirens on. (Later investigations would reveal footprints leading from the Burketts backdoor down toward the ravine. Though no cast was ever made of the shoe prints) The second ambulance proceeded to the Burkett's. EMTs examined Tommy's body and advised the Burketts that he had been dead for several hours. Then, against proceedure, left both the body and the scence.
Next a Fairfax Co. police officer, Darryl McEachern, arrived on the scene, and without even having seen the body or crime scene, announced to the grief stricken parents that "college students kill themselves all the time" and "Dont blame yourself". Without an ounce of investigation or not even having seen the body, this officer had already concluded on his report that Tommy had committed sucide.





In an act of gross negligence, no attempt was made by the FCPD to perserve the crime scene. No police tape was put up. The scene was not photographed nor dusted for prints. No samples of blood were taken, even though the pattern of the blood spatter was inconsistant with the position of the body. The bullet from the wall behind Tommy's head was not removed for ballistics neither was the gun examined. No casts were made of the footprints behind the Burkett's home. Tommy's vehicle was not searched for evidence, trace evidence or dusted for prints even though witnesses saw an unidentified man park the vehicle in front of the house at a time when Tommy was already dead. No note on record was made of the staging of the body. Additionally, no note on record was made of Tommy's broken jaw, battered ear, abrasions, bruises and torn clothing.





Additionally, the neighborhood was not canvassed for witnesses and when witnesses did approach the officers, they were told that they (the FCPD) did not want to hear it. When another ambulance arrived to take away Tommy's body, officer Nathan Laney, unabashedly laughed at the parents as Tommy's body was taken away at 7:06 pm. The detective in charge, Thomas Lyons, told the father to 'clean up the mess'. In addition to the crassness of the detective's remarks, this action is in balant disregard for the need to perserve the crime scene intact. 'Cleaning up the mess' would, in fact, destroy crucial evidence. The last officer on the scene was Darryl McEachern. Officer McEachern, the officer who told witnesses that he didnt want their statements, prevented the parents from inspecting Tommy's car and told them that they (the FCPD) had already done so, even though the car was not inspected let alone dusted for prints or blood. McEachern then ordered them to go back inside their house and said that he would 'say a prayer for them' as he drove away. By 7:06 pm, all rescue personnel and officers, except McEachern, had left the scene.
Tommy Burkett was a junior at MU in the fall of 1991. During his fall semester he was repeatedly harassed by students Phillip Howley (the son of a police officer) and Donald Adam McEwen (grandson of a MU trustee). The harassment ranged from theft to vicious assaults. On Nov 16, Howley beat Burkett so bad that his swollen face was unrecognizable.
Campus security failed to report the assault to the Arlington PD and MU officials refused to give copies of the security incident report to the Burkett's after Tommy was found dead on Dec 1st. MU official, Nancy McMahon reportedly told staff not to talk to the Burketts. Incidentially, on Dec 3rd, McMahon presented the Burkett's with Tommy's drivers license, which had been missing from his person when his body was found, claiming that a student had given it to her. She refused to tell the Burketts who the student was. It was later learned that the student had been Phillip Howley.
Eric Hols, Director of Campus Safety, also refused the Burketts copies of the incident reports maintained on the assault on their son. He told the Burketts ""We're not going around asking questions. We're not going to do anything that would hurt the reputations of other students involved in this!"
A couple of days prior to Tommy's alleged sucide, his dorm mailbox had been broken into and his mail, including his paycheck, were stolen. Campus security filed a report and assured Tommy that the Arlington PD would be called into investigate the theft and destruction to campus property. However, the APD was never contacted by MU.
After Tommy's murder, members of the Board of Trustees refused to meet with Tommy's parents to aid in the investigation of death in any way.
Friends and family members find it very odd, as well, that while two ambulances were dispatched to the crime scene...the first one stopped on the way and retrieved an object from the ravine that ran behind the Burkett's home and then quietly left without their sirens..never having went to the Burketts. This same ravine was shown to have footprints leading down to it from the Burkett's backdoor...yet casts were never made of the prints nor was the ravine searched Dr J Byers, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner for the Northern Virginia Region , performed the autopsy on Tommy's body a day after the ME report stating time and cause of death had been signed. The autopsy report on the body listed no visible injuries, with exception to gunshot wound, despite the fact that the body presented with severe jaw truama, right ear trauma and numerous cuts, abrasions and bruises. Contrary to standards of autopsies, Byers, when requested by the Burketts for copies of autopsy photos, claimed that no photos had been taken of Tommy's body, even though Byers had shown Mr Burkett a photo previously. Furthermore, when questioned in a senate hearing about a ruling of sucide that Byers had made on a autopsy conducted on the body of White House Aide, Vincent Foster, in 1994, Byers stated that he had ruled the death a sucide based on truama to the jaw and the presence of gun powder residue. Byer then admitted under oath that in the Burkett case, he had made his ruling of sucide based on the absence of jaw trauma and gun powder residue. Byers also made a similar claim in the autopsy of another 'sucide' victim.
Suspects: None known
Extra Notes: This segment originally aired on the November 11, 1994 episode of Unsolved Mysteries .
Results: Unsolved

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_Burkett

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Alum ()
Date: November 16, 2011 10:33AM

So Marymount University,FCPD, FCRescue all had part in this alleged murder ? I feel for the grieving parents but the story does not jive. What purpose would all those agencies have in covering up the murder by Phillip Howley ? How could they all be that organized to clean the whole crime scene ?

We all know Phillip bullied Tommy. But wouldn't it be more plausible that after another beating Tommy had enough and shot himself ?

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Typical ()
Date: November 16, 2011 12:09PM

Just another example that those who are in power and direct beneficiaries of said power; in this case FCPD, Board of Trustees, and their relatives (looking at you McEwen), collectively shit on those who are weak and powerless.

Violence is the only solution to problems like these.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: You = Idiot ()
Date: November 16, 2011 01:29PM

eesh Wrote:
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> How again was the Fairfax County police involved
> if this took place in Arlington?

You are an idiot.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: You = Idiot ()
Date: November 16, 2011 05:32PM

FurfaxTownie Wrote:
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> FCPD probably didn't do anything because Marymount
> is in Arlington County
>
> 2807 North Glebe Road Arlington, VA 22207-4299

You are another idiot.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: friskydingo ()
Date: November 16, 2011 05:54PM

Yes so how and why did marymount, FCPD, and dea (lol this shit is rediculous) all conspire to cover up a murder of some random, loner, unimportant, druggie, college kid?

I submit that the Burkette's are supper devout Catholics (Marymount) and couldn't accept the fact that their son is burning in hell for killing himself.. So to protect their fragile catholic psyche, they made up this cockamame story in their mind. Like all other lane conspiracy theories, it takes a few unrelated and coincidental threads from the story and puts them together into something rediculous.

Face it, tommy was a bullied druggie that shot himself in the face.

 

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Judge Judy ()
Date: November 16, 2011 06:07PM

I heard, and this could just be a false rumor needless to say, that Tom Burkett was an informant.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: friskydingo ()
Date: November 16, 2011 06:16PM

Judge Judy Wrote:
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> I heard, and this could just be a false rumor
> needless to say, that Tom Burkett was an
> informant.


Why would the dea and the FCPD conspire to cover up the death of an informant?

 

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: sss ()
Date: November 16, 2011 06:45PM

his dad was my english teacher in high school. you could tell he was strung out and bored with life. good guy though.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Your guess is as good as mine ()
Date: November 16, 2011 07:27PM

friskydingo Wrote:
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> Judge Judy Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I heard, and this could just be a false rumor
> > needless to say, that Tom Burkett was an
> > informant.
>
>
> Why would the dea and the FCPD conspire to cover
> up the death of an informant?

Lawsuits perhaps? Lawsuits against them for their failure to protect him.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Huntington ()
Date: November 16, 2011 08:15PM

I went to Marymount, it's Linda McMahon, not Nancy McMahon. When I went there she LIVED and BREATHED Marymount, very close knit community with a lot of money.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Sad ()
Date: November 16, 2011 11:54PM

This is certainly a sad and disturbing story.

If even 1 of the alleged acts of negligent or crooked behavior from school or law enforcement officials is true, I hope the parents soon receive the justice they deserve.

A few possible lessons learned:

--Intervene early and doggedly if you think your child is being seriously bullied, no matter if he is a college student. Challenge and pull him or her from any institution if officials refuse to protect him or her properly.

--Make sure you know your child's friends; try to maintain a close relationship so that your child feels comfortable confiding in you, even if in serious trouble.

--If you get a call at 2 a.m. from your kid, suspect trouble no matter what he or she says.

--Make sure facts in police reports and autopsies related to your loved ones are accurate--elevate them as high as you can.

--Immediately take your own photos of any suspected criminal situation if you can. No matter how horrible this seems in a traumatic situation, it would be better to have too much rather than not enough proof.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Channels 4, 5, 7 & 9 ()
Date: November 17, 2011 12:55PM

Stay tuned for news coverage of this story on channels 4, 5, 7 & 9 in the upcoming weeks.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: R.I.P. ()
Date: November 18, 2011 12:28PM

R.I.P.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: ^ ()
Date: November 19, 2011 11:16AM

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Dead? ()
Date: November 21, 2011 01:16PM

sss Wrote:
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> his dad was my english teacher in high school.
> you could tell he was strung out and bored with
> life. good guy though.

He is dead right?

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: R.I.P. ()
Date: November 22, 2011 12:31PM

R.I.P.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: R.I.P. TOMMY ()
Date: November 23, 2011 09:22PM

R.I.P. TOMMY

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: friskydingo ()
Date: November 24, 2011 11:20PM

BREAKING NEWS!

I solved the mystery y'all























Tommy shot himself in the head after he couldn't take being a loner in college.

End of story.

 

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PARENTS AGAINST CORRUPTION AND COVERUP
Posted by: Anatomy of A Coverup ()
Date: December 17, 2011 08:33AM

PARENTS AGAINST CORRUPTION AND COVERUP
http://www.beyondweird.com/conspiracy/cn08-90.html

[INLINE] [INLINE]
Tommy Burkett, murdered in Herndon, Va. Dec. 1, 1991
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Anatomy of A Coverup
FBI Coverup in Tommy Burkett Case
Virginia State Officials Aid in Coverup
State Medical Examiner's Role
Fairfax County Talks to "Unsolved Mysteries"
Another Fairfax County "Suicide"
Local Officials Not Helpful
Marymount University
Fairfax County Police Investigator
Fairfax County Homicide And Suicide Stats
The Dean Heath Case (Norfolk)
The Debbie Fitzjohn Story (Fairfax County)
GloboCopWatch

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On December 1, 1991, Tommy Burkett was found dead in his Herndon,
Virginia home with multiple injuries--a fractured jaw, a battered
right ear, and abrasions on his chest. He also had a bullet wound to
the head, supposedly self-inflicted from a .357 Magnum that was in the
room. The exit wound was 1/4" by 1/2". The autopsy revealed no powder
burns nor powder debris. The gun's cylinder was unlatched, and there
were no prints on the gun or cartridges. The police did not talk to
witnesses who observed Tommy's car being chased that afternoon , saw
his car returned to the house hours after he was already dead, and
observed other cars at the scene.

The investigating officer from the Fairfax County Police lied
repeatedly concerning his activities; the medical examiner's signature
was forged on the report identifying manner and cause of death one day
prior to an autopsy; and the pathologist denied the existence of
photos of the injured right ear even though he had previously shown
them to Tommy's father. After appealing to the Virginia State Medical
Examiner and The Governor, the parents appealed to the Justice
Department.

The FBI at first refused to investigate, but after Janet Reno received
over 4000 signatures on a petition, they opened an investigation. In
their 20-month "investigation" they never spoke to the investigating
officer and accepted the word of the local medical examiner, Dr.
Donald Haut that his obviously forged signature was his own(Wm.
Megary, the FBI supervisor, said "Anyone can sign anyone's name to
anything."). They took walls from the Burkett house which held blood
spatter far removed from the death scene but did no DNA testing,
although they did acknowledge it was human blood and the pattern was
consistent with gunshot injuries. FBI investigator Robert Pocica
refused to accept tips from "Unsolved Mysteries" and refused to
interview reporters who had received threats after covering Tommy's
story. He did not obtain or test the gun, nor did he obtain and
compare fingerprints collected by the expert hired by the family (the
FCPD did no fingerprinting other than the gun, did not test the gun,
did not remove the supposed "fatal" bullet from the wall nor do any
other forensic tests). In short, the FBI followed the same script as
the FCPD with the obvious intention of clearing the local cops of any
wrongdoing. This is the pattern established by the feds in cases like
this. (See the "Primetime" segment of Dec. 13, 1995 on FBI
investigations of local police misconduct.)

_________________________________________________________________

Return to Top of Page.
Anatomy of A Coverup *
FBI Coverup in Tommy Burkett Case *
Virginia State Officials Aid in Coverup *
State Medical Examiner's Role *
Fairfax County Talks to "Unsolved Mysteries" *
Another Fairfax County "Suicide" *
Local Officials Not Helpful *
Marymount University *
Fairfax County Police Investigator
The Dean Heath Case (Norfolk) *
The Debbie Fitzjohn Story (Fairfax County)*
GloboCopWatch

e-mail: tburkett@clark.net

* Items previously appeared in the PACC newsletter, The Bulldog.

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

We have a new web site dealing with the case of our son, Tommy Burkett,
and with other similar Virginia cases.
The address is
http://www.clark.net/pub/tburkett/pacc/PACC.html

Tom Burkett & Beth George

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Date: December 17, 2011 10:51AM

an "undercover narcotics agent for the CIA?" When the hell did the CIA give a crap about narcotics?

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: ThePackLeader ()
Date: December 17, 2011 03:00PM

Ditto. I've heard of some seriously shady "Suicides" before, including in this area, but what would being an "Undercover (CIA) narcotics agent" entail?


Just to add, if what the Unsolved Mysteries program showcased is in fact true, then I would say that it's a case of the police department royally screwing up, and then not wanting to admit it. From the get-go they probably never wanted to admit that there was a drug ring in the area, and on many occasions I've noticed how conveniently even to this day they omit certain reports from their standard releases, and I've known of plenty of cases involving wealthier residents where nothing ever proceeded in terms of a case, all due to their standing. Furthermore, cooking the books is not an unknown facet of certain aspects of law enforcement, and while I think that FCPD is overall a good force, I wouldn't put it above some rotten apples to do some dumb crap related to such. FCPD has proven in the past that it can come up with some very stupid enforcement ideas.

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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/17/2011 05:04PM by ThePackLeader.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: REST IN PIECE ()
Date: December 17, 2011 03:14PM


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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Open-Faced Club Sand Wedge ()
Date: December 17, 2011 04:42PM

I was like 1-2 years old when this happened. He lived on the other end of my street, maybe 7-10 houses down the road. I remember hearing about it. Last I heard they had never cleaned the blood off the walls, because they're convinced it was foul play.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: friskydingo ()
Date: December 17, 2011 06:03PM

Im an undercover CIA narcotics officer, I know the truth. Im risking my life by coming forward, but the real facts must be made known to the public.

PM me if interested.

 

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: 703 ()
Date: December 17, 2011 06:25PM

So sorry for the parents. This is hyped conspiracy theory. Let this young man rest in absolute peace. To the public, let it go with your urban legend fixation. He committed suicide as it was indicated.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: friskydingo ()
Date: December 17, 2011 07:01PM

703 Wrote:
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> So sorry for the parents. This is hyped
> conspiracy theory. Let this young man rest in
> absolute peace. To the public, let it go with
> your urban legend fixation. He committed suicide
> as it was indicated.


Tell that to his nutjob parents who posted this shit

 

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: ????? ()
Date: December 17, 2011 07:25PM

Open-Faced Club Sand Wedge Wrote:
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> I was like 1-2 years old when this happened. He
> lived on the other end of my street, maybe 7-10
> houses down the road. I remember hearing about
> it. Last I heard they had never cleaned the blood
> off the walls, because they're convinced it was
> foul play.

He lived near the cul-de-sac/dead end of Muirkirk right?

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Clarification ()
Date: December 18, 2011 08:07AM

703 Wrote:
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> So sorry for the parents. This is hyped
> conspiracy theory. Let this young man rest in
> absolute peace. To the public, let it go with
> your urban legend fixation. He committed suicide
> as it was indicated.

The parents believe there's more to the story, they are the ones pushing this issue.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: lewlewis ()
Date: December 18, 2011 04:22PM

CIA? Suicide stage as Murder? Drugs at Marymount? It has all the readings of the parents who can't accept their son was unhappy and killed himself. They keep trying to not face the fact the guy offed himself. C'mon - the CIA doesn't solicit for undercover drug sellers....Maybe local police would but it sounds pretty sad that the parents can't let go.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: friskydingo ()
Date: December 18, 2011 04:23PM

There might be a break in the case in another thread, read further...

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/40/770007.html

 



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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: 9th st res ()
Date: December 18, 2011 08:14PM

unfortunately, thats not possible. i had his dad as my teacher at oakton. tommys mom passed away a few years before i had him, and mr. burkett died a few years back as well. both without a clue about what really happened.

for the year i had him, he never once mentioned his son or anything that happened. he was extremely quiet and you really felt awful for the guy.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: 9th st res ()
Date: December 18, 2011 08:15PM

talking about friskydingos quote

"Tell that to his nutjob parents who posted this shit"

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Tommy Lives ()
Date: December 21, 2011 03:56AM

Tommy's memory lives on inside each and every one of us.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: R.I.P. ()
Date: December 21, 2011 08:46PM

R.I.P.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: um viewer ()
Date: December 22, 2011 05:18PM

this guy was killed on my 22nd birthday, the guys who killed them well i hope they got killed in a justifiable homicide and went to hell

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: JohnP ()
Date: May 03, 2012 11:05PM

@friskydingo Why does this all enrage you sooo much? Do you have personal attachments to this case? You also might want to get into therapy. You obviously have anger issues.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: R.I.P. ()
Date: November 23, 2012 04:31AM

R.I.P.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Priapus ()
Date: November 23, 2012 07:27AM

It was twenty years ago today,
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years,
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
We hope you will enjoy the show,
We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
Sit back and let the evening go.
Sgt. Pepper's lonely, Sgt. Pepper's lonely,
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: BEH ()
Date: November 23, 2012 03:37PM

Yes I'm lonely wanna die
Yes I'm lonely wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why.

In the morning wanna die
In the evening wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why.

My mother was of the sky
My father was of the earth
But I am of the universe
And you know what it's worth
I'm lonely wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why.

The eagle picks my eye
The worm he licks my bones
I feel so suicidal
Just like Dylan's Mr. Jones
Lonely wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why.

Black cloud crossed my mind
Blue mist round my soul
Feel so suicidal
Even hate my rock and roll
Wanna die yeah wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Duh? ()
Date: November 23, 2012 03:37PM

Priapus Wrote:
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> It was twenty years ago today,
> Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
> They've been going in and out of style
> But they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
> So may I introduce to you
> The act you've known for all these years,
> Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
> We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
> We hope you will enjoy the show,
> We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
> Sit back and let the evening go.
> Sgt. Pepper's lonely, Sgt. Pepper's lonely,
> Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

It happened 21 years ago. This post is a year old.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Tommy Burkett ()
Date: August 01, 2013 08:34AM

I have located Adam McEwen (one of the perpetrators) involved in the death of Tommy Burkett and the cover up. It can be found here:

http://www.yatedo.fr/p/Adam+McEwen/normal/de08909623553ce6aa1a87ba475842fc

Note in the education section Marymount University is listed from 1991 (when the murder occurred) to 1995.

I am going to try and contact General Dynamics Electric boat and send them info about their current "employee."

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Herndonite ()
Date: August 01, 2013 01:38PM

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When you find him, ask Adam if he remembers/recognizes this house.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: You're welcome ()
Date: August 01, 2013 04:54PM

Adam McEwen is on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/adammcewen

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Jackpot ()
Date: August 01, 2013 05:06PM


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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Random ()
Date: August 01, 2013 06:21PM

Interesting follow up about halfway down this page, apparently by Tommy's father. One of the Marymount board members at the time ended up a convicted felon. Whatever happened to Phil Howley?

http://www.kycbs.net/ConnecticutConnection.htm

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Joan lind ()
Date: May 03, 2014 10:21AM

Cover up, cover-up, cover-up. My son, also, also died under very mysterious circumstances in Miami Dade County detention Center in 1995. He was 21. The DEA and FBI never ever gave me the real circumstances under which he died. The cause was told to me; however, it was all convoluted and as I'm far as I'm concerned, a lot of lies. What was my son's life worth to the DEA FBI and BOP? NOTHING. NOTHING AT ALL. With a gifted IQ, he could have meant something in this world, but because of the cover up, I will never know the truth.
My quilt square, with so many others, was on the Washington Mall back in 1995, and it was the day we could all get together with our sorrows and remembrances.

God rest My Jeffrey's soul, and God rest Tommy Burkett's soul. Unfortunately, we will never know what really happened to these young men.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: vpat ()
Date: May 13, 2014 11:29AM

This is so sad and tragic and obviously mishandled. The cops son and the universerity guys grandson come on. It is sad that the parents passed without knowing the truth. The facts just don't make scense to suicide. and to call the parents nutjobs are you perhaps personally involved somehow to take it so personally yourself.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Oh wow! ()
Date: May 14, 2014 04:12PM

I think I may have met Tommy at a high school football game in 1987. Was his local girlfriend named Colleen? Anyone?

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Zak1447 ()
Date: August 20, 2014 07:15PM

When I first read about Tommy Burkett's case on unsolved mysteries and a couple of other sources on the web, I felt that what happened is indeed quite bizarre on how officials and the faculty members at the university acted. Even brings up a lot of questions in my mind about it. For instance, why did the officials just simply left the crime scene unpreserved, immediately jumped to conclusion ruling his death as a suicide and then left the scene as it was when they had arrived at the Burkett's residence? I heard of a couple of cases where there's a sloppy investigation conducted..but this one's far from that given the circumstances. Thought of four seperate theories:
1) Sloppy crime scene proceedure and investigation.
2) A suicide staged to make it look like a murder.
3) A murder staged to make it look like a suicide.
4) Sloppy crime scene staging.

In the Burkett's case..the first and second theory would of course be ruled out. Which leaves the last two in question. Staged crime scenes is not new. The second theory enlisted on crime scene staging is unlikely and improbable, but it is a possibility to take into consideration under some circumstances. I hope that this case gets resolved sometime so the Burkett family relatives and friends gain some closure.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Chuck H. ()
Date: October 11, 2014 10:42PM

It would be great if a new investigation would be opened. There are to many bits of information that makes no sense. Justice is for all Dead or Alive

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: G funk ()
Date: January 02, 2015 12:58PM

Can someone please post a link to this unsolved mysteries episode, I can't find it anywhere!!

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Tommy Burkett ()
Date: February 10, 2015 07:20PM


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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: GBW ()
Date: February 10, 2015 07:38PM

His father was my English teacher at Oakton High School. Ran into him a year or so after the death at a video store in Sully Plaza and he was a broken down man. Felt really sorry for him. RIP Thomas Burkett and Tommy Burkett.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: heyya ()
Date: February 10, 2015 08:16PM

Oh wow! Wrote:
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> I think I may have met Tommy at a high school
> football game in 1987. Was his local girlfriend
> named Colleen? Anyone?

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: revenge is a bitch ()
Date: February 11, 2015 01:45AM

Don't worry, payback is coming for all those involved in Tommy's murder.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: XYZ!@# ()
Date: February 11, 2015 01:24PM

revenge is a bitch Wrote:
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> Don't worry, payback is coming for all those
> involved in Tommy's murder.


Oh sure it is. I believe you.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Revenge is near ()
Date: February 11, 2015 06:19PM

XYZ!@# Wrote:
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> revenge is a bitch Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Don't worry, payback is coming for all those
> > involved in Tommy's murder.
>
>
> Oh sure it is. I believe you.

You gettin scared? We're closing in on you.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: grungyjoe ()
Date: February 11, 2015 07:25PM

Where did Burkett go to high school?

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Phil78 ()
Date: February 13, 2015 02:54AM

Tommy went to Chantilly High School. He graduated in 1988.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: VPMy7 ()
Date: February 14, 2015 10:51PM

Revenge is near Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> XYZ!@# Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > revenge is a bitch Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Don't worry, payback is coming for all those
> > > involved in Tommy's murder.
> >
> >
> > Oh sure it is. I believe you.
>
> You gettin scared? We're closing in on you.

Closing in?? really?? I have no idea what you think you are closing in on.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: David Martin ()
Date: February 18, 2015 10:03AM

For a summary of this case in its larger context see my April 2014 article, "News Suppression in Action," at http://www.dcdave.com/article4/020704.htm. I live in Chantilly and got to know the Burketts quite well. They were fine, decent people. What happened to them, unfortunately, could have happened to anyone.

Unfortunately as well, their web site, http:www.thepacc.org, with the PACC standing for the national organization that the mother, Beth George, was the moving force behind, Parents Against Corruption and Cover-up, has now literally gone to the dogs. If you click on it now you get "People Against Cruelty to Canines." Through use of the Wayback Machine you can still see the Burketts'page at http://web.archive.org/web/20010202055900/http://www.thepacc.org/.

People who have not looked into the actual facts of this case should not weigh in here. Opinions based upon ignorance are worthless and a waste of time for the forum's readers.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Phil78 ()
Date: April 15, 2015 05:16AM

I recently discover the Tommy Burkett story that was broadcast on Unsolved Mysteries back in 1994 is available on Vimeo

Here is the link

https://vimeo.com/104517602

Also worth of mention: just click on the play button on the left-hand side of the screen (similar to YouTube).

Also at the end of the video; it stop with Robert Stack saying "the FBI...".
Most likely the sentence was going like this: "The FBI had announce that it will review the Burkett case".

Keep in mind that this was aired in November 1994. In late 1995-early 1996, as we all know, the FBI came to the conclusion that the FCPD already established: no wrongdoing, Burkett commited suicide.

I watched the video and I must confess that I was outraged by such contempt from the so-called "authorities" in front of Tommy Burkett's parents.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: This again ()
Date: April 16, 2015 10:47AM

Yawn.

Same old stuff.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Open Your Eyes ()
Date: July 15, 2015 12:58PM

With no gun residue on his hands, and a revolver with the Empty bullet chamber open when the body was found? It is very obvious that it was not a homicide.

Multiple agencies involved in a cover-up? You find that implausible? Open your eyes! That's by far not the first time that has happened. Especially if it's true that he was a DEA informant. They don't give a crap about anything but their investigation and will go to great lengths to keep from blowing their investigation.

The power wielded by universities is much the same. They are all about money and reputation. I personally know of one which covered up numerous events (I first learned this from a long-time university employee), especially the numerous suicides. The suicides were kept under wraps until one student committed suicide off campus.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Open Your Eyes ()
Date: July 15, 2015 01:39PM

My apologies, I thought when hitting "Reply" that this commentary system automatically linked the comments. They didn't, so to clarify, my previous comment:

Posted by: Open Your Eyes ()
Date: July 15, 2015 12:58PM

With no gun residue on his hands, and a revolver with the Empty bullet chamber open when the body was found? It is very obvious that it was not a homicide.

Multiple agencies involved in a cover-up? You find that implausible? Open your eyes!

...was a Reply to:

Posted by: Alum ()
Date: November 16, 2011 10:33AM

So Marymount University,FCPD, FCRescue all had part in this alleged murder ? I feel for the grieving parents but the story does not jive. What purpose would all those agencies have in covering up the murder by Phillip Howley ? How could they all be that organized to clean the whole crime scene ?

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Cedric ()
Date: July 28, 2015 03:38AM

All the disparaging comments about this dead man from scumbags like FriskyDingo seem to support the idea of murder. Even if he did commit suicide (which I don't believe) why would anyone speak so poorly of a dead man? It seems that some people in Fairfax are still bitter about this dead guy. He must have really pissed somebody off...

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Phil78 ()
Date: July 31, 2015 06:37PM

Cedric Wrote:
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> (...) " Even if he did commit suicide
> (which I don't believe) why would anyone speak so
> poorly of a dead man? It seems that some people in
> Fairfax are still bitter about this dead guy. He
> must have really pissed somebody off..."


Cedric raise a very good point here. While reading on Tommy's case; It bring some legitimate questions in mind. How come up to this day:

- No one who knew Tommy back then never came in the open and said "The Tommy Burkett I knew was..." or anything along these lines.

FYI: By people who knew Tommy, I mean for example co-students at Marymount at the time or fellow co-students from Tommy's days in high school back in the 1980's.

The other question that came up is:
- How come no other member of Tommy's family carried the torch after the death of Thomas Burkett Sr. in 2006 ? this one is really upseting.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Phil78 ()
Date: August 01, 2015 12:55AM

To clarify my previous post about the fact that no one in the family continued to push to get the case reopen, I must say that I found very odd that:

- How can someone, in a somehow deliberate way, ignore what happen to a member of your own family? Like Cedric said: there is something that does not add up.

The reason why I mention fellow co-students from different eras ( the 80's in high-school and Marymount in the early 90's) is because it would be interesting to hear what kind of guy was Tommy. A parallel could have been drawn and that could help to understand Tommy's personality

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Phil78 ()
Date: August 05, 2015 03:26AM

please take note that the video that I found on Vimeo is no longer available.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: zak1447 ()
Date: November 23, 2016 07:38AM

I had re-read this case very recently. After all these years gone by, it got me to wonder, if there is any piece of solid piece of concrete evidence as proof of foul play taken place in Tommy Burkett's death and if there is any hard evidence that points to corruption and cover-up. If so, the evidence and facts of this case can be taken into account by contacting someone in FCPD homicide division who never worked or handled the Burkett case. If nothings been done, then the next step is to go to someone higher in command in the department to discuss this matter. If still nothing's been done about it, then the next thing to do is take it up to either the District Attorney's office or the FCPD's Internal Affairs Bureau. If there are no results from this, then the next step to take is to go to the Virginia State Police's Bureau of Criminal Investigation division. Then from there, would be to contact someone who is in the Virginia State Police Dept's Professional Standard's office. Also, the FBI nowadays have a Public Corruption Unit. It's the bureau's new priority to combat corruption at all levels. If there is no proper action by anyone regarding to substantiated amount of evidence in this case, just got to take it to someone above their head each time.

Idk, perhaps it will never be known as to what truly happened to Tommy Burkett. Maybe there is nothing else that can be done. Just couldn't help but wonder about some other possibilities.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Vince Foster ()
Date: November 23, 2016 08:30AM

We know exactly what happened. A deadbeat drug dealer offed hisself. No loss to society. Dumb Friends & Family still in denial. End of story.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: ebU47 ()
Date: November 23, 2016 02:32PM

Is this another victim of the Clintons' empire?

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: zak1447 ()
Date: November 23, 2016 06:33PM

Vince Foster wrote:
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>We know exactly what happened.
>A deadbeat drug dealer offed himself.
>No loss to society.
>Dumb friends and family still in denial.
>End of story.

Ok...but if the cause and manner of death was really self-inflicted, how do you explain the body being found in an upright position on the sofa? How can someone shoot himself while on the couch and put the gun on top of his own hands, and remain sitting up in an upright position? That's just not likely. Not to mention, how many suicides are there that involve staging in the process? Plus, where did anyone get the idea that he's a drug dealer? Was there any narcotics found in Tommy Burketts home? car? or anywhere inside the dorm where he was staying in at the university?? How often does something like this happen, and what are the statistic total percentages out there of cases that have evidence based conclusions of suicides staged to make it look like homicides? Did the fairfax county police officials really preserved and processed the crime scene? Did they at all conducted a complete and thorough investigation before writing it off as a suicide?

This just leaves me having questions in mind because how his death was handled by others outside of family and friends was very strange acting, yet seemingly bizarre. I mean, if the family and friends are really in denial here, then there could be a legitimate reason for it. If there was a significant amount of both forensic, physical, and circumstantial evidence that would support the conclusion that it was a suicide...then why wasn't it ever mentioned? If there was a legitimate investigation conducted in this case, then there has to be forensic evidence findings that would rule out homicide, in order to determine it as a suicide. People who kill themselves would do it for a reason, and that reason would have to be found in order to support the conclusion of it being a suicide, no one should just write it off.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: zak1447 ()
Date: November 23, 2016 07:13PM

ebU47 wrote:
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Is this another victim of the Clinton's empire?


I doubt it. I don't think his death would be linked to a political conspiracy. A while ago when I first read about the Burkett's case, I had wondered if his death has met a similar fate to the Don Henry and Kevin Ives case. At first, I thought maybe Don Henry, Kevin Ives, and Tommy Burkett all had a similar outcome. All three of their deaths were just written off as suicides when there is some evidence to the contrary that points to suspicion of foul play. However, considering the circumstances of questions remaining unanswered in these cases, Idk what else to think of it other than finding it quite weird as to what happened.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: FollowthecLueS ()
Date: November 24, 2016 03:41AM

Sun dog behind Ted Britt ford . Fairfax is up to somthing big hiding in plain sight , cocaine meth who knows what is being cooked up there .

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: ConcernedCitizen ()
Date: November 10, 2017 07:22PM

I think that Tommy Burkett was probably murdered by this Northern Virginia based drug he cover up could have be related to maintaining the deal the kingpin Bulbuena got for turning on the lawyer Morris. It could be that Balbuena's deal was put in jeopardy if Tommy's death was investigated further. Belbuena's deal is mentioned in the additional article below.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/08/24/va-drug-kingpin-who-cooperated-has-nine-years-cut-from-sentence/a59079f7-8704-45c0-b034-b631c7a506e1/?utm_term=.23d5a37d6db0

Or the whole Tommy part was orchestrated and covered up by person(s) that didn't want to get pulled into the orbit of the trial.

Such as the corrupt law enforcement officers working for Bulbuena and Morris, mentioned in the articles

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Augiedog ()
Date: November 12, 2017 07:24PM

Has anyone ever pointed out that Marymount is not in Fairfax county and the cops can't charge his with suicde.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: 669h4 ()
Date: November 13, 2017 05:04AM

Augiedog Wrote:
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> Has anyone ever pointed out that Marymount is not
> in Fairfax county and the cops can't charge his
> with suicde.

He went to school at Marymount and was killed in Herndon.

Did you not read the entire thread you stupid fuck?

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: RIP Tommy ()
Date: November 13, 2017 06:34AM

sad, scary and creepy.
I hope the mutherfukahs that killed him pay for their sins.
Shitty police work was common during this era. Remember how the cops thought Seth Ferranti walked in the water to commit suicide???
Acid dealer in lake Braddock area.
Sadly, if a family wants an investigation that differs from “official findings,” the family has to come up with the $$$$ to do it.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Htp3w ()
Date: November 13, 2017 04:28PM

lol

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH HE DIED LIKE A BITCH LOL
Posted by: BILL WAGGONER ()
Date: November 13, 2017 04:31PM

LOL HE DIED LIKE A BITCH AND NOT A THING OF VALUE WAS LOST IM GLAD YOUR DEAD TOMMY YOU WERE A USELESS SACK OF SHIT

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: tanglefoot ()
Date: November 13, 2017 08:52PM

Tommy liked the cock

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: The Facts Tell the Truth ()
Date: November 15, 2017 01:33AM

Let’s see now...Frisky Dingo changed his name to Vince Foster on here, or even more lame, he has two accounts so he can yank his itty bitty weenie off thinking he is upsetting folks here. You lose Frisky Dingo Vince Foster. You cannot upset a single person here who sees what an imbecile and troll you are. Go back to your little corner behind your computer screen where you can hide your face that nobody wants to see anyway.
Seems Bill Waggoner on here has major self esteem issues and an inferiority complex which is no wonder considering the most likely fact that he IS inferior to Tommy Burkett when Tommy was alive and even in death. You have always been inferior to Tommy and always will be, Billy ‘ol boy. And, if that’s not enough, ‘ol Bill also has no self esteem because he has never amounted to much in this world, never done anything of any importance or value. And, wow, what a sour puss of a face you have there Bill with the green skin of jealousy toward Tommy your entire life. Sad, quite sad, really. And last but certainly not least, is twisted Tanglefoot who doesn’t even know the difference between his butt and a whole in the ground and only knows about cock because that’s what he drools over and can only get his own rocks off by trolling websites where the subject of the conversation is a person who is now deceased and it’s the dead you think about when you have at it with yourself because nobody else will have you.
So, guys, troll all you want, hide behind your little screen writing words you don’t have the balls to say out loud verbally because, you see, nobody cares about what you say. You are the slimey sludge in a pond that no one cares to even look at.
Now to the educated, sensible, and worth talking to folks on here, let’s get back to the important subject which is one who is worthy of our thoughts and time...Tommy Burkett. A really decent and remarkable young man who took the time in his own life while he was here to help others who needed a friend and words of encouragement, care, and inspiration. He valued life so much so that when a friend was distraught and contemplating suicide, Tommy held his friends hand and guided his friend to a place of safety and self worth, helping his friend to discover and see the amazing life they were given and all the wonderful qualities they possessed to make a difference in the world. Tommy loved his parents and sister, was very close to them. Tommy was a mild mannered kind soul on a little on the quiet side who loved driving his blue Ford Mustang, loved playing his guitar and riding horses. Tommy was a lover of life who had plans to live it to the fullest and in the best way he could for himself and others. A druggie he was not. What Tommy got high on was living life to its fullest. He never got the chance to experience all the major milestones in life because he was denied the right to live by the murderous hands of others who need to be held accountable for their heinous actions.

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Re: 20 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH TOMMY BURKETT WAS BEING ABUSED AND HARRASED WHILE MARYMOUNT U OFFICALS AND FCPD DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM
Posted by: Lucy Furr ()
Date: November 15, 2017 05:48AM

tanglefoot Wrote:
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> Tommy liked the cock


Good for him, since he's getting plenty in hell!

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