GUILTY SC - HT, 4, Johns Island, 13 Feb 2018 *Arrest*

[losangeles24]

Yep, that's from yesterday. View attachment 130284

Just came to post it myself. From here http://media.graytvinc.com/documents/02.15.2018+arrests.pdf

I can see him being able to pass for a Hispanic. In fact, I've known Hispanics that actually look "whiter" than this guy, so it's believable.

Yup I agree, he could pass for Hispanic.
However,hasn't it already been said,that the description of the Hispanic male with tattoos,was by a neighbor who saw him in the neighborhood days prior and not the same guy kidnapped H?

 

[Henry2326]

Are those the charges only for Mississippi? The cars were stolen in GA and perhaps S.C. If they only apply to Mississippi or Alabama I wonder what the property would be?

He was driving a stolen car in all 3 states...

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[GigTu]

They are faint, but i can see both tattoos on his face. An earlier mugshot from 2016 reveals zero tattoos. That means from 2008 to 2016 he remained fairly gentle looking. In 2018 he is shown with these multiple tattoos, including his neck and chest.

Something drastically changed in the last year and a half or so for this evil, violent man. There are no excuses for staking out their home from the woods then harming a woman and abducting her daughter. None. But I am curious to hear thus guy's story to learn what drove him to this horrible act.

 

[Abp5]

He was driving a stolen car in all 3 states...

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That makes sense. I was thinking about where he stole them not that he was still in possession of them. Thanks!

 

[NewMama]

Oh, this breaks my heart. She was beaten so severely that she was too disoriented to go pick up her children. Thank goodness the other children were okay. This is a mother’s nightmare.

http://www.crimeonline.com/2018/02/...person-who-beat-her-mother-police-chief-says/

 

[Elainera]

Yup I agree, he could pass for Hispanic.
However,hasn't it already been said,that the description of the Hispanic male with tattoos,was by a neighbor who saw him in the neighborhood days prior and not the same guy kidnapped H?

I'm also confused. Are there two guys or just this tattoo guy? The two descriptions given were very different.

 

[Dushi]

I'm also confused. Are there two guys or just this tattoo guy? The two descriptions given were very different.

As CrimeOnline previously reported, South Carolina authorities released a sketch of a tattoo-faced man on Wednesday afternoon, in connection with HT, a young girl who disappeared from her Johns Island home on Tuesday. Police indicated that the man in the sketch was only a person of interest at this time, but are asking the public to be on the lookout.

However, the person of interest in the sketch will likely be cleared, according to authorities, after they found H in Alabama on Wednesday afternoon, in a blue Chevrolet Impala with convicted felon, Thomas Lawton Evans. Authorities later reported that the vehicle was reported stolen in Georgia.


http://www.crimeonline.com/2018/02/...person-who-beat-her-mother-police-chief-says/


Sounds like two different men IMO

 

[cujenn81]

Oh, this breaks my heart. She was beaten so severely that she was too disoriented to go pick up her children. Thank goodness the other children were okay. This is a mother’s nightmare.

http://www.crimeonline.com/2018/02/...person-who-beat-her-mother-police-chief-says/

Also from that article :

"It’s still unclear how or why Evans targeted the T family, but police report that the father was out of town training with the U.S. Coast Guard when the incident occurred. According to The Birmingham Times, the area in which authorities found H and the suspect is a well-known human trafficking route."

THANK GOD THAT LE FOUND HER WHEN THEY DID! [emoji1316]

 

[Elainera]

As CrimeOnline previously reported, South Carolina authorities released a sketch of a tattoo-faced man on Wednesday afternoon, in connection with HT, a young girl who disappeared from her Johns Island home on Tuesday. Police indicated that the man in the sketch was only a person of interest at this time, but are asking the public to be on the lookout.

However, the person of interest in the sketch will likely be cleared, according to authorities, after they found H in Alabama on Wednesday afternoon, in a blue Chevrolet Impala with convicted felon, Thomas Lawton Evans. Authorities later reported that the vehicle was reported stolen in Georgia.


http://www.crimeonline.com/2018/02/...person-who-beat-her-mother-police-chief-says/


Sounds like two different men IMO

It does, and that means the man with the tattoos is not the guy they just arrested, TE? Tattoo guy is still only a POI?

But the headline of the article is ‘No doubt’ man found with missing girl, HT, was same person who beat her mother, police chief says. This sounds like TE with the tattoos, in his 30s, stocky built, is the same as the skinny guy in his 20s mom described? If so I assume she was not able to give a more accurate description due to her injuries and the shock, which is completely understandable of course.

The reporting is utterly confusing. :gaah:

 

[Gardener1850]

They are faint, but i can see both tattoos on his face. An earlier mugshot from 2016 reveals zero tattoos. That means from 2008 to 2016 he remained fairly gentle looking. In 2018 he is shown with these multiple tattoos, including his neck and chest.

Something drastically changed in the last year and a half or so for this evil, violent man. There are no excuses for staking out their home from the woods then harming a woman and abducting her daughter. None. But I am curious to hear thus guy's story to learn what drove him to this horrible act.

I can't really tell if those are tattoos or bruises or shadows or just dirt... One strange thing is that his neck tattoo which is clearer in the older mugshots is barely visible here. Maybe this is just a bad quality picture but I'm reminded of the murderer in a NC case* last year that had make-up covering his neck tattoos when picked up. I wonder if TE employed the same tactic to try to cover his tattoos? I'm still on the fence on if I think he was the same guy seen by the neighbors in the woods or not. Although LE previously said the guy with tats was only a POI and may not be the same person as the suspect, I haven't seen a clear statement since H was found on whether they are still looking for the POI with the face tats. It would not surprise me if TE acted alone, nor would it surprise me if he had an accomplice. :dunno:

*ETA: Here is the case I was talking about: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...-68-Mills-River-26-July-2017-*Arrests*/page11

 

[Elainera]

I can't really tell if those are tattoos or bruises or shadows or just dirt... One strange thing is that his neck tattoo which is clearer in the older mugshots is barely visible here. Maybe this is just a bad quality picture but I'm reminded of the murderer in a NC case last year that had make-up covering his neck tattoos when picked up. I wonder if TE employed the same tactic to try to cover his tattoos? I'm still on the fence on if I think he was the same guy seen by the neighbors in the woods or not. Although LE previously said the guy with tats was only a POI and may not be the same person as the suspect, I haven't seen a clear statement since H was found on whether they are still looking for the POI with the face tats. It would not surprise me if TE acted alone, nor would it surprise me if he had an accomplice. :dunno:

Are there any older photos of TE with the face tattoos? If not could they have been fake?

 

[Gardener1850]

Are there any older photos of TE with the face tattoos? If not could they have been fake?

The older pictures I have seen don't have any tats on his face, only the one on his neck and some visible on his chest. IF he has face tats now, they could be recent or they could have been fake I suppose. :thinking:

 

[Ontario Mom]

Yup I agree, he could pass for Hispanic.
However,hasn't it already been said,that the description of the Hispanic male with tattoos,was by a neighbor who saw him in the neighborhood days prior and not the same guy kidnapped H?

I believe H's mama told LE the man who assaulted her was a skinny Hispanic guy in his mid 20's. If she didn't have a chance to get a real good look at him, then I can see why this guy would fit that description.

 

[Chelly]

He had it together well enough to:
Get out of Charleston
Ditch a car in Georgia
Steal another car in Georgia
Drive 7 hours to AL
And get away from a couple of cops in AL

No small feat. I don't think he was high.

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Agree. Perhaps he was on a mission.

 

[deoneta]

I doubt this crime can ever make "sense". My theory is that burglary was the attacker's first agenda. He may have believed the mother was dead or close to death. He has a history of hostage taking. Maybe he thought taking H as a hostage would be useful as a bargaining chip with LE. Speculation and MOO.

 

[Chelly]

Oh that's right. But didn't mom say her attacker was a skinny hispanic guy?

Good question. :thinking:

 

[Gardener1850]

[h=1]FBI knew HT suspect Thomas Evans was out of state early Wednesday morning[/h]

The FBI knew a man suspected of kidnapping 4-year-old HT and savagely beating her mother, B., was no longer in South Carolina nine hours before an Alabama police chief located the suspect and rescued the girl Wednesday.

Affidavits filed by the FBI Thursday in their federal kidnapping case against Thomas Evans, Jr., show authorities were alerted at 7:30 a.m. February 14 to a man matching Evans’ description and wearing a blue shirt trying to use B. T.’s debit card at a gas station in Greensboro, Georgia.
The FBI says Evans took the debit card and kidnapped HT after attacking the child’s mother as she walked inside her home around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, Feb. 13.

B. T. told investigators she had just returned home from dropping off two of her children at school when she was attacked from behind by a man with a knife as she was walked in her front door. Mrs. T. told investigators she told H to run and hide when the man attacked her.

According to the FBI, Evans tied up Mrs. T., and repeatedly assaulted her, causing facial fractures, brain bleeding, and other significant injuries that have required surgery and extensive treatment.

B. T.'s condition and HT's disappearance were not discovered until nearly 6 p.m. Tuesday evening, after police learned that the children she'd dropped off at school that morning had not been picked up that evening.
(Read the FBI's full complaint against Evans below. Having trouble viewing the document on your phone? CLICK HERE)

Read more: http://abcnews4.com/news/crime-news...vans-was-out-of-state-early-wednesday-morning

 

[Gardener1850]

FBI Criminal Complaint: https://www.scribd.com/document/371610533/Thomas-Evans-Jr-FBI-Complaint

 

[TTF14]

Also from that article :

"It’s still unclear how or why Evans targeted the T family, but police report that the father was out of town training with the U.S. Coast Guard when the incident occurred. According to The Birmingham Times, the area in which authorities found H and the suspect is a well-known human trafficking route."

THANK GOD THAT LE FOUND HER WHEN THEY DID! [emoji1316]

Holy cow. Maybe that and robbery was the motive. This whole thing is going to show up on an ID Discovery show.

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

I doubt this crime can ever make "sense". My theory is that burglary was the attacker's first agenda. He may have believed the mother was dead or close to death. He has a history of hostage taking. Maybe he thought taking H as a hostage would be useful as a bargaining chip with LE. Speculation and MOO.

I was going to suggest the same thing. When I read he has a very recent history of hostage taking (while in prison), I immediately thought the same - that she was a hostage. But the fact that they were in a corridor known for trafficking gives me a sickening pause. And then I start to think about the myriad of other missing children... young adults... women... men... (see http://charleyproject.org/ for starters) and where they might be...

It is so great that the little one seems to be physically unharmed and will be back to her routine soon, and it sounds like her mother will live. That is so so great. But I can't help but wonder if it is painful for families whose daughters are still missing when they hear a rare story like this... For all the mothers and families who don't get this kind of news after someone goes missing, I hope they still find glimpses of love and grace...