VA - Alexis Murphy, 17, Shipman, 3 Aug 2013 - **ARREST** - #3

[astridxx]

http://www.nbc12.com/story/23116059/12-investigates-randy-allen-taylor

"Taylor admitted to The Hook he called Samantha Clarke several times before she disappeared.

He says it was to warn her about some other people."

Yeah right. Creep.

 

[nursebeeme]

In March 1996, Alicia Showalter Reynolds, 25, disappeared in Culpeper County; her car was located on the shoulder of U.S. 29, and witnesses described seeing a white male between the ages of 35 and 45 in a pickup truck. Her body was found in the Lignum area of the county about two months later.
Investigators also have long suspected that the deaths of two female hikers in Shenandoah National Park in October 1986 may be related to the first two of eight so-called Colonial Parkway murders that occurred from 1986 to 1989. The victims were found in the area of the Colonial Parkway near Williamsburg.
The Shenandoah hikers and the first two of the Parkway victims, all women, showed remarkably similar injuries, according to investigators.
The search for Murphy continued last night amid pleas from her family for her safe return.
The FBI asked that anyone with information about Murphy and Taylor, or about Showalter and Harrington, to please call authorities at (434) 263-7050.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/s...cle_eb3261b0-0329-11e3-bdf7-0019bb30f31a.html

much more at link

 

[Eclipse33]

Nurse, is there a link that provided this information? I must have overlooked it.

 

[forestchilde]

Saw this on the news last night & wondered if something similar could have somehow been used to entice Alexis to go with/follow RAT: http://www.news4jax.com/news/slider...g-gas/-/475880/21404958/-/m3ss16/-/index.html

Expand upon that...how would it entice her? Do you mean he did the sliding? Or possibly told her someone else had entered her car and took something (when it was possibly him?) and then offered comfort/advice to her? Still don't see him being able to lure her without force. If she had her cell phone and thought someone had robbed her I'd think she'd call mom or dad...or go back into the store. I am also guessing it would be on the surveillance video as well.

 

[nursebeeme]

Nurse, is there a link that provided this information? I must have overlooked it.

what information? could you elaborate a bit?

 

[CluelessWonder]

Taylor was charged with burglary in late 1992 and sentenced in May 1993. He got a sentence of 4.5 years, which would include any time served. In 1992, Virginia inmates earned GCA (good time allowance). Class I felons received 50/50 credit. Class II received 20 days for 30 days, and Class III felons received 10 days for 30 days. So his sentence would have been reduced by 1/3 to 1/2. That would put him back on the streets before Alicia Reynolds was killed. According to one report, the incidents on 29 started in January 1996. I suspect we'll know exactly when he was released by the end of today.

You can find the sentencing info here on Page 32:

http://www.slcatlanta.org/Publications/HSPS/GoodTime.pdf

 

[nursebeeme]

yes, I hope the media can dig up his release date.

 

[astridxx]

I can't wait until they fill in the gaps of time from communication being cut after 7.15p on Saturday and then the car being found Tuesday. So many things could have happened. IMO AM was the type to tweet about some creep following her so she may have either been overtaken QUICKLY or she had some familiarity with the guy.

Also, it may be worth everyone's time to keep their eyes both up, ahead and below them when they're searching -- there was a boy here in Northern VA whose body was passed by several times by searchers because he was somehow up against a tree (dead).

 

[Dr. Terminus]

I can't wait until they fill in the gaps of time from communication being cut after 7.15p on Saturday and then the car being found Tuesday. So many things could have happened. IMO AM was the type to tweet about some creep following her so she may have either been overtaken QUICKLY or she had some familiarity with the guy.

Also, it may be worth everyone's time to keep their eyes both up, ahead and below them when they're searching -- there was a boy here in Northern VA whose body was passed by several times by searchers because he was somehow up against a tree (dead).

This is what's been bothering me too. I feel like it happened very soon after she left the gas station. All of AM's SM accounts were inactive after her being shown on surveillance. It also appears that she had zero contact with family after that.

 

[CluelessWonder]

I was confused to see "O" for the class of felony in 1992. I am thinking that stands for "One." If that's the case, he would have received 30 days GCA per month.

 

[Just K]

didn't we see the word sedan somewhere relating to the 29 stalker?



http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/article_7945f6ac-0365-11e3-9eb7-0019bb30f31a.html

Wonder if his sedan is burgundy/maroon...like the one in the driveway?

about that neck tattoo and the noticeable camo SUV... IMO, he thinks it makes himself look innocent...like someone not trying to hide his identity.

 

[Bsublime]

This Virginia Beach possibility is scary. I spent last night making a spreadsheet on women who have gone missing around Rt29. There are already too many. But someone already noted that Virginia Beach and nearby Newport News have a lot of missing people. I had been excluding them.

I still have a lot more research to do but here is what I am tracking

Highly Possible:

Alice Showalter Reynolds 3/25/1995 Culpeper, Va found deceased
Carmelita Shomo 2/23/1996 Manasses, VA escaped/survived
Anne Carolyn McDaniel 9/20/1996 Orange, Va found deceased
Linda Lunsford 12/26/1996 38 Midlothian, VA Missing
Unknown Woman 9/23/2005 26 Fairfax, VA escaped/survived
Joan Renee Cook 1/24/2010 45 Salem, VA Missing http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95867&highlight=Joan+Renee+Cook&page=9
Samantha Anne Clark 9/13/2010 21 Orange, VA Missing
Lauren Susann Smith 11/21/2011 22 Madison County Missing [ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155559"]VA VA - Lauren Susann Smith, 22, Madison County, 21 Nov 2011 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community[/ame]
Alexis Murphy 8/3/2013 17 Shipman, VA Missing

 

[Eclipse33]

I am pretty sure that the last known place Morgan Harrington was seen was crossing the Ivy Road Bridge~ which puts it even closer than you previously mentioned!

 

[katinva]

Why was her car on Cannery Loop? Thats on the opposite side on 29. Was she looking for something/someone? Maybe she did believe him about fixing her car and thought his house was there instead of across the road. We dont know for sure that it was her driving but her car was spotted there.....I dont know why he would drive there either.

 

[astridxx]

I was confused to see "O" for the class of felony in 1992. I am thinking that stands for "One." If that's the case, he would have received 30 days GCA per month.

Class O is a class "other."

 

[Bsublime]

These are some that I am putting in the "less possible" category. The group seems split on Morgan. I don't think she fits and then there is the DNA. Others seems to have pretty strong suspects in their cases or are a little too far from the area.

Sarah Lee Murray 2/18/1997 14 Kenbridge, Va. Missing http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102359&highlight=Sarah+Lee+Murray

Hattie Gertrude Brown 5/16/2009 48 Halifax, Va. Missing

Dashad "Sage" Smith 1/4/2013 19 Charlottesville, VA Missing

Heather Hodges 4/16/2012 22 Rocky Mount, VA Missing http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169692&highlight=Heather+Hodges

Virginia Morgan-Harrington 10/20/2009 17 Charlottesville, VA found deceased

Margaret Stamper-White 5/13/2008 37 Crimora, VA Missing http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68653&highlight=Margaret+Stamper+White

Rachel Nicole Good 10/18/2003 20 Elkton, VA Missing http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117312&highlight=Rachel+Nicole+Good

 

[nursebeeme]

Why was her car on Cannery Loop? Thats on the opposite side on 29. Was she looking for something/someone? Maybe she did believe him about fixing her car and thought his house was there instead of across the road. We dont know for sure that it was her driving but her car was spotted there.....I dont know why he would drive there either.

I think it could have been him doing a u turn. (resident said it went out the wrong exit <---- will have to find the article to bump it up)

 

[astridxx]

I think it could have been him doing a u turn. (resident said it went out the wrong exit <---- will have to find the article to bump it up)

Yes, I believe he was most likely in her car at that time, just going off her inactive SM profiles -- or, she could have been trying to "lose" him. IMO.

 

[teknoge3k]

NEW DETAILS JUST IN ABOUT THE ALEXIS MURPHY CASE!

1. Both Randy Taylor and Alexis Murphy were spotted on the Liberty Gas Station surveillance camera.

2. Randy Taylor has his first court appearance today at 1:30. I will be in court for that and post all the updates right here.

3. Alexis Murphy's cell phone is still missing.

4. Investigators say they have a lot of information and evidence that supports the arrest of Randy Taylor.

5. Randy Taylor was a person of interest in this case from early on in the investigation. At one point that list of POI's contained roughly between 8 and 10 people.

6. Investigators from Orange County, where Samantha Clarke went missing, have been in Nelson County. However, investigators say there is not a joint investigation going on at this point. They say their focus is bringing Alexis home.

Source: Parker Slaybaugh, ABC13

 

[Just K]

http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/a...cle_a66b51f0-03c3-11e3-9a97-0019bb30f31a.html

that puts him out of jail around the 1996 time frame. This is good to know

Yes, but what about the 2 for one days served. Could he have been out as early as two years and three months.

here is the actual record:
CR93001326-01
Filed:
05/24/1993
Commenced by:
Waiver
Locality:
COMMONWEALTH OF VA
Defendant:
TAYLOR, RANDY ALLEN
Sex:
Male
Race:
White Caucasian (Non-Hispanic)
DOB:
06/19/****
Address:
NORFOLK, VA. 23513
Charge:
STATUTORY BURGLARY
Code Section:
18.2-91
Charge Type:
F
Class:
O
Offense Date:
10/02/1992
Arrest Date:
10/02/1992


So, now it will be another four hours of checking counties/cities towns along the State Rd 158 and 64 corridors. UGH!!!!

Anyone up for it? I have to go to work.
Suffolk Co
Williamsburg
Norfolk
Newport News
Hanover

and all those townships in between

I checked Goochland, Henrico & Richmond and found nothing but I see there are two sites and neither list all of the same on both sites. Stupid system...Virginia needs a Statewide versus jurisdictional database!!!!