Just absolutely disgusted: From a daughter with disabilities to a homeless boyfriend ... it's all society's most vulnerable who are being exploited and victimized in this case.
From the official EPD FB page (
https://www.facebook.com/Evansville...1076485176/1397834470233824/?type=3&theater):
"The victim, 41 year old James Martin, told police he was held against his will by at least two people for several hours
on July 21st. During his confinement at an address in the
1100 block of N 3rd, Martin said WOLLNER repeatedly hit him with a metal pipe and that an
unknown woman assaulted him with her hands and feet. .... Martin was then driven to 403 E Iowa. Someone in the home called 911 .... Police arrived and heard WOLLNER, who is in a relationship with a family member of Aleah Beckerle , say “now tell them what you told me”.
Police took Martin to headquarters to be interviewed. During the interview, Martin made statements implicating himself, but the investigators quickly believed he was not giving the statement of his own free will.
All BBM.
So the LE have known about the false confession, and that Mr. Martin was forced into it, since July 21st, or for over 2 weeks now, but the public had no idea. I continue to suspect there is so much more that LE know about but have not released to the public, for a good reason.
"
On July 30th, police were contacted by a person who had knowledge of the incident and also provided police with a video of the victim. In the video, the victim is seen bleeding from the head.
A female voice is heard demanding information about Aleah. Later in the video,
an unknown male voice is off camera talking to Martin about lying about who beat him."
So, LE have known where the assault took place on the evening of the 21st, and where he was driven to later in the evening. On the 30th, they obtain a video in which "a female voice is heard demanding information about Aleah," and the search warrant for Aleah's mother's phone was granted 2 days later (August 1st). If the voice in the video were that of Ms. Beckerle, LE would likely recognize it. Now, that alone may not be enough to convict someone of intimidation, etc., but may be enough to compel a judge to issue a search warrant for the person's phone, so that LE can confirm the person's location at the time of the incident (i.e., intimidation, assault, criminal confinement, etc.) from the phone's/service provider's location history. Based on these types of information, LE could take the person into custody, IMO.
It sounds like the person who provided the video to LE may be ready to cooperate with LE (plus, it sounds as though there was another person present: The owner of the "unknown male voice"). As for Ms. Wollner, she already has 10 court cases (of which 8 are criminal, with 2 civil cases) currently pending, and then now this. Plus, she has such a length rap sheet, I suspect that she was already on probation of some sort. Perhaps she will change her mind and start talking, especially if LE agrees to reduce or drop some of the charges.
So there is Ms. Wollner, the person who provided the video to LE, the owner of the unknown male voice and the person to whom the "female voice" belongs (by the way, from the article: "an
unknown male voice" vs. "a female voice" ... any significance?). The more people know what happened, the more likely someone is going to talk, IMO.
), I am afraid I have been quite sloppy in posting comments. My apologies. Specifically, contrary to what I stated in the above post, I now realize that Mr. Martin is not involved with a family member of Aleah's. In addition, I see that I made several typos. Again, I apologize ....
