2008
August: Rod Buchan's stepson finds *advertiser censored* on Jarred's computer (see video, 5:46 mark).
Source Buchanan said his own stepson was playing on Harrell's computer last year and found some pornographic pictures. He told the adults in the family, but it was "kinda brushed under the rug," and no one reported it, Buchanan said. Source
August 1-November 1: Estimated Date. LE believes that on or between these dates, Jarred Harrell is guilty of committing the offense Lewd & Lascivious Molestation of a Child Under 12 and Producing/Performing Sexual Performance of a Child (12 counts).
Source (page 8)
Sept-Dec: Estimated Date. Jarred Harrell moves in with RB's stepdaughter and her fiancé. Talking about stepson finding *advertiser censored* in 2008: Later that year, Harrell moved in with Buchanan's stepdaughter and her fiancé at an apartment a few miles away. Source
2009
August 4: Roommates kick JH out.
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August 9: Roommates find *advertiser censored* on computer.
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August 10: Roommates bring computer to Jacksonville Sheriffs Office, who determined it was out of their jurisdiction.
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August 13: Computer then turned over to CCSO by JSO.
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September 25: Computer turned over to SAG Cyber Crimes Unit. They were not able to begin taking it apart to do forensic testing on it until October 9.
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October 5: Jarred Harrell's mom (AD) and stepdad (GLD II) move out of their house on Gano, to Callahan, FL.
Source It is believed they took the dog and the shed with them.
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October 9: SAG Cyber Crimes Unit begins forensic testing on Jarred Harrell's computer.
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October 19: Somer Thompson disappears.
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October 21: Somer Thompson's body found in GA.
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October: (Week Somer disappeared and her body found IIRC) RB tells Clay County detectives that Jarred Harrell was living in the house on Gano.
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November 12: Analysis completed November 10; SAG returns computer to CCSO with report.
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Unknown Date: Jarred is asked to provide DNA. He is uncooperative, and in January, FBI visits his father in Mississippi.
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2010
January 6: Estimated date. FBI asks Harrell for DNA. (I believe article was posted on 2/17; that is date comments began.
LUCEDALE, Miss. Loretta Harrell answered a knock at her ranch-style home in the deep Mississippi woods six weeks ago to find two strangers standing outside. Source
January 24: Estimated date. Jarred Harrell moves to Meridian, Mississippi.
"His family said Harrell just moved back to Mississippi a few weeks ago." Source (I read that it was 2 1/2 weeks before his arrest, which was on 2/11, so I estimated that he moved around January 24.)
February 11: Jarred Harrell arrested in Meridian, MS, on child *advertiser censored* charges.
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February 11: Homes on Gano Avenue, Orange Park, FL, in Callahan, FL, and in Meridian, MS, were searched along with a vehicle in Meridian, MS.
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February 18: Florida Governor Charlie Crist asks Mississippi Governor to extradite Jarred Harrell.
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February 20: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour agrees to extradite Jarred Harrell.
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February 23: Jarred Harrell extradited from Mississippi to Florida.
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February 24: Jarred Harrell appears before judge. Arraignment set for March 10. Bond $1 million.
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February 24: Jarred Harrell new charges added:
Lews and Lascivious Molestation and Direct/Promote Sexual Performance by a Child plus original charge of Possess Photograph of Sexual Performance by a Child (
CCSO Inmate inquiry indicates Total Bond as $1,600,003.00) Media reports indicate that Harrell is being held
without bond.
