Pardon my snips, but when I went to bed last night I thought the accelerant down throat and gash on forehead stuff was rumor and that mom disputed that. But now I see that this info actually comes from dad and is sourced several places.
I think as someone suggested, burns around and in the mouth (chemical burns, not from the blaze) would be recognizable to first responders. As to whether that would preclude her from speaking. Accounts I have read suggest she attempted to speak, whispered or attempted to whisper to someone on scene. That is not the same thing as speaking as in carrying on a conversation.
http://kfor.com/2014/12/13/investig...-in-car-moments-before-teen-was-burned-alive/Family members say someone poured an accelerant down her throat and nose before setting her and her car on fire.
However, officials say those details are still unclear.
Police believe lighter fluid or another accelerant was poured down her throat and she was then set ablaze.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jessica-chambers-death-police-in-murder-probe-examine-cctv-footage-of-her-last-known-sighting-9917379.html
[FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]Family members say she had lighter fluid poured down her throat before she was knocked out and torched. Burns reportedly covered 98 percent of her body, and she died from her injuries at a hospital in Memphis.
[/FONT]http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/mom-jessica-chambers-mississippi-teen-burned-death-seeks-killer-n266191
essica's sister, Amanda Prince, said it's the family's understanding from police that someone was inside Jessica's car before the attack. The assailant may have poured accelerant down her throat and nose and set her on fire. It's unclear if she was knocked out first or if she fought back, but there was a gash on her head, Ben Chambers and Prince said.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/12/08/mississippi-woman-set-on-fire/20082929/
They squirted lighter fluid down her throat and in her nose, and apparently they knocked her out,” Ben Chambers told television station WDBD-TV. “She had a big gash on top of her head.
“When the fire department got there, she was walking down the road on fire ... only part of her body that wasn't burned was the bottom of her feet.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...fluid-and-burned-alive-in-the-us-9914925.html
Pardon my snips, but when I went to bed last night I thought the accelerant down throat and gash on forehead stuff was rumor and that mom disputed that. But now I see that this info actually comes from dad and is sourced several places.
I think as someone suggested, burns around and in the mouth (chemical burns, not from the blaze) would be recognizable to first responders. As to whether that would preclude her from speaking. Accounts I have read suggest she attempted to speak, whispered or attempted to whisper to someone on scene. That is not the same thing as speaking as in carrying on a conversation.
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http://kfor.com/2014/12/13/investig...-in-car-moments-before-teen-was-burned-alive/
I can't put my hands on it right now, but there's another link where LE indicated early reports by the family were misleading. I'll look around a little more, but the point is that nothing is certain at this time.
sbm bbmAnother thought provoking question - how well did JC's parents really know WHAT was going on in her life? ....
Teens are good at keeping secrets and telling only what they want. The style life poor Jessica was living was so gang influenced, IMO, she told her parents little. IMO....
Is she married to Mister? Or was she? Any marriage/engagement announcements in the Panolian about that?
Here's a link to the post where I quoted the reports.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=11292510
In short, Sheriff Darby stated that most of what the family said about accelerants was untrue. That was on Dec 11 during the press conference.
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When we read about someone 'turning their life around' does that translate into action?
Or is it just talk, whether coming directly from horse's mouth, or repeated by friend, family member, or a social agency/faith based org. staff?
IDK about any of the above.
RIP Jessica.
Here's a link to the post where I quoted the reports.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=11292510
In short, Sheriff Darby stated that most of what the family said about accelerants was untrue. That was on Dec 11 during the press conference.
Yep and just when you finally figure out that Rachel and Denise are one and the same, we learn she goes by two different last names. Tudor and Mister. SMH
Darby clarified that they've been unable to confirm forensically if accelerant was actually poured on Jessica.
9:24 AM - 11 Dec 2014
https://twitter.com/claychand/status/543093921828855808
Um, this is confusing. I would think that an accelerant was indisputably poured on her or into the car as she was in it. That would seem to be very clear. Just based on the level and severity of her burns.
This not only addresses that LE are not confirming that any accelerant was poured down her throat, but seems to indicate that LE is unsure if accelerant was poured anywhere on her body.
okay . . . .
Here's a link to the post where I quoted the reports.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=11292510
In short, Sheriff Darby stated that most of what the family said about accelerants was untrue. That was on Dec 11 during the press conference.