cluciano63
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Hoe is searching in water, or even on land a month later, searching for a live person?
Hoe is searching in water, or even on land a month later, searching for a live person?
Hoe is searching in water, or even on land a month later, searching for a live person?
:goodpost: Needed more than a thanks. This makes a lot of sense.Could have been those other cell phones that were recovered. If he's been stealing and reselling phones, or fencing phones that others stole maybe that was his lure rather than pot? AM had posted on one of her social media sites about a fancy leading edge phone that she wanted; maybe he told her he could sell her one cheap.
We tend to see him as an obvious creepy guy partly because we're looking back knowing what he's done. But at the hearing, he was calm and well-spoken, and since he's somebody she kind of knew, I doubt if she'd have had any reservations about buying something from him.
They could be searching for any evidence which links RAT to Alexis and her disappearance.
Interestingly, the charge of abduction/kidnapping against RAT is listed as a Class 5 felony which is the least on the scale. This gives some hope that LE doesn't have evidence which suggests Alexis was murdered - at least not at the time the charge was filed.
:goodpost: Needed more than a thanks. This makes a lot of sense.
I don't usually put much stock in "kidnapped for the sex trade" theories but there seems to be some room in this case to think something like that might have happened and there might be hope she's alive.
Yeah, after seeing that photo, I am a whole lot less optimistic.
If Taylor kidnapped/abducted for the purpose of prostitution then I believe he would be facing a Class 2 felony. Nelson Co. states he is facing a Class 5 felony. Also of note, Class 5 felonies can be charged when there is no law outlining a specific crime. Example...abduction with intent to??? If the intent of the abduction had not previously been defined within law, it can still be charged, but only as Class 5.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-48
§ 18.2-48. Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose.
Abduction (i) of any person with the intent to extort money or pecuniary benefit, (ii) of any person with intent to defile such person, (iii) of any child under sixteen years of age for the purpose of concubinage or prostitution, (iv) of any person for the purpose of prostitution, or (v) of any minor for the purpose of manufacturing child *advertiser censored* shall be punishable as a Class 2 felony. If the sentence imposed for a violation of (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) includes a term of confinement less than life imprisonment, the judge shall impose, in addition to any active sentence, a suspended sentence of no less than 40 years. This suspended sentence shall be suspended for the remainder of the defendant's life subject to revocation by the court.
Yeah, after seeing that photo, I am a whole lot less optimistic.
If Taylor kidnapped/abducted for the purpose of prostitution then I believe he would be facing a Class 2 felony. Nelson Co. states he is facing a Class 5 felony. Also of note, Class 5 felonies can be charged when there is no law outlining a specific crime. Example...abduction with intent to??? If the intent of the abduction had not previously been defined within law, it can still be charged, but only as Class 5.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-48
§ 18.2-48. Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose.
Abduction (i) of any person with the intent to extort money or pecuniary benefit, (ii) of any person with intent to defile such person, (iii) of any child under sixteen years of age for the purpose of concubinage or prostitution, (iv) of any person for the purpose of prostitution, or (v) of any minor for the purpose of manufacturing child *advertiser censored* shall be punishable as a Class 2 felony. If the sentence imposed for a violation of (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) includes a term of confinement less than life imprisonment, the judge shall impose, in addition to any active sentence, a suspended sentence of no less than 40 years. This suspended sentence shall be suspended for the remainder of the defendant's life subject to revocation by the court.
18.2-47
§ 18.2-47. Abduction and kidnapping defined; punishment.
A. Any person who, by force, intimidation or deception, and without legal justification or excuse, seizes, takes, transports, detains or secretes another person with the intent to deprive such other person of his personal liberty or to withhold or conceal him from any person, authority or institution lawfully entitled to his charge, shall be deemed guilty of "abduction."
B. Any person who, by force, intimidation or deception, and without legal justification or excuse, seizes, takes, transports, detains or secretes another person with the intent to subject him to forced labor or services shall be deemed guilty of "abduction." For purposes of this subsection, the term "intimidation" shall include destroying, concealing, confiscating, withholding, or threatening to withhold a passport, immigration document, or other governmental identification or threatening to report another as being illegally present in the United States.
18.2-108.01(B)
B. Any person who sells, attempts to sell or possesses with intent to sell or distribute any stolen property with an aggregate value of $200 or more where he knew or should have known that the property was stolen is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
From the Albemarle Circuit Court records and a document shown by RAT's attorney this is what I pick up are the charges so far concerning Alexis:
Both the above charges will go to the grand jury on September 24.
(His probation violation charge will be heard in December which is unrelated to Alexis' disappearance.)
Links:
Suspect: Randy Allen Taylor -- Background - Page 11 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community
http://ewsocis1.courts.state.va.us/CJISWeb/CaseDetail.do (this link will time out - it is the Nelson County Circuit Court Case Information)
http://www.vcsc.virginia.gov/VCC_book_fel.pdf
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-47
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-108.01
Yes, he is being charged by the definitions within section 18.2-47.
I listed 18.2-48 as an indication of him not being charged within that definition which has to do with abduction for purposes of prostitution or the like. The thoughts of sex trafficking and such were being mentioned so I wanted to clear that up. If that were the case I believe he would have been charged under 18.2-48.
However, it is within the section referenced in his charge, 18.2-47, within subsection C that states "Abduction for which no punishment is otherwise prescribed shall be punished as a Class 5 felony."
Not disagreeing with you, but trying to gain better understanding.... According to the court records he has been charged with Abduction by Force/Intimidation, 18.2-47... which is defined in part, as "with the intent to subject him[her] to forced labor or services".... perhaps, this could be the initial charge, that they know to be the case but need additional evidence, which they are currently seeking in these searches, to bump it up to the one you describe? I'm asking/wondering is all... thinking out loud if you will... that maybe they have circumstantial evidence to make them strongly believe this to be the case, but need something more to charge the higher felony abduction, so charge him with the lesser one for now?