GA - Vanita Richardson, 19 & Truvenia Campbell, 30, thrown from bridge, Rome, May 2020

[FerrariRose]

Still no leads in the case.

One week since half-sisters’ homicides in Rome: Family aching for answers, GBI working to get them

 

[Marg from Oz]

this list might be helpful for you
usually only a handful from the list get used though

Websleuths Lingo

Thanks for that. Much appreciated.

 

[Marg from Oz]

Double post

 

[carbuff]

Still no leads in the case.

One week since half-sisters’ homicides in Rome: Family aching for answers, GBI working to get them

From the article, an answer to the question about how the two women were related:

"At a vigil for the sisters Monday night in Rome, Truvenia Campbell’s mother, Donna Campbell, pleaded with everyone to space themselves apart and observe social distancing as they gathered outside her home to mourn and celebrate the sisters – half-sisters who had the same father and different mothers." (bolded by me)

And farther down:

"Donna said Truvenia had epilepsy since infancy. Vanita watched out for her."

"investigators are not ready to disclose if they have an idea, yet, of who might have been with the women, how the women were killed--possibly by two people, according to investigators--or the motive."

 

[fred&edna]

GBI arrests man on obstruction charge, double homicide investigation continues


The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested a Rome man yesterday evening on an obstruction charge at the Callier Forest Apartments on Dodd Boulevard.

Desmond Lavonte Brown, 28, whose listed address is on Cave Spring Street bonded out of the Floyd County Jail after being arrested on a misdemeanor obstruction charge by the GBI.

GBI spokesperson Nelly Miles said the agency is not ready to report any updates but described the case as very active.

The Rome Police Department was requested by the GBI to pull over a vehicle in the location around 2 p.m. yesterday, according to E-911 traffic. Brown is charged with entering a vehicle after being told not to do so by police and the resisted officers and was restrained.

The report lists the GBI as the prosecutor and references a case file for more information.

The charges stem from an investigation into the double homicide, although Brown is only charged with misdemeanor obstruction.

 

[Steph8angels]

Obstruction of justice - Wikipedia

For review on above Arrest

 

[carbuff]

Maps looks like around 5 miles from the street he lives on to the area where the bodies were found.

 

[watcher9]

another link on the arrest.

GBI Arrest Man for Obstruction, Double Murder Investigation Sill Ongoing

 

[Cortne]

2 arrested in connection to stepsisters found dead under bridge in Rome

 

[fred&edna]

2 arrested in connection to stepsisters found dead under bridge in Rome

From your link

"Desmond Lavonta Brown, 28, and Devin Lashawn Watts, 36, are both charged in the case, but not with the murder of Truvenia Campbell and Vanita Richardson. "

Maybe additional charges will come with forensic testing results (or other evidence)? Brown is already out on bond.

 

[Herat]

What an awful crime

 

[Steph8angels]

Both these arrests of the two with connections have some violent criminal history.
What connection do they have to the stepsister's the victims.

I am trusting GBI to find those responsible 4 these horrific murder's.

Justice4Vanita&Truvenia

Prayers for their family and beloved ones.

 

[Steph8angels]

GBI Confirms Arrest Made This week Are Tied to double Murder

The GBI has confirmed that the two arrest made this week, Desmond Lavonta Brown, 28, and Devin Lashawn Watts, 36, are in connection with the double murder in Rome last week,

The GBI stated, “These arrests were the results of search warrants executed on apartments and vehicles based on leads that were developed and tips received from the GBI Tip Line. This investigation remains active and ongoing.

Anyone with information pertaining to this this case is urged to contact the GBI at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477).”

 

[jenn83]

I was a police officer in this city for 12 years. All the addresses for the suspects and victims are in a bad part of town. High drug and high crime areas. Just fyi.

 

[Steph8angels]

Justice4Vanita&Truvenia
Still awaiting official charges of their homicides.

Review- MSM end of May


GBI investigators say they are close to solving murder of women found under bridge

ROME, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation believes it is getting closer to solving the brutal killings of two young women.

Vanita Richardson, 18, and Clarice Truvenia Campbell, 30, were found thrown off a bridge in Rome last week. They both had bags over their heads.

Police arrested two men in connection with their deaths but on less serious charges. On Friday, the assistant special agent in charge of the investigation told Channel 2 anchor Justin Wilfon that those men are considered suspects in the homicides.

Desmond Brown, 28, and Devin Watts, 36, have been arrested and charged. They are considered suspects in the homicides.

“I think we’re starting to paint a pretty good picture of what happened to those two victims,” GBI assistant special agent in charge Brian Johnston told Wilfon. “We can say that they were brutally murdered, and we definitely want to hold those responsible for that accountable.”

The GBI said there are key pieces of evidence they’re still waiting on to help solve this case.

“We’re actually seizing and looking at evidence directly related to these girls’ murders and so we feel pretty confident that we’re going to be able to hold all of those accountable,” Johnston said. “The activities that they participated in during the course of this investigation and prior to us becoming involved in this investigation led to the arrests.”

The GBI has collected forensic evidence in the case, but investigators are waiting on test results from the lab.

Anyone with information pertaining to this this case is urged to contact the GBI at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477).”


More @ link

 

[Knitty]

Mom finally 'at peace' after 3 arrests in brutal murder of Rome sisters

A week after the sisters' bodies were found under the a bridge over the Etowah River, detectives arrested Desmond Brown and Devin Wattson on obstruction and theft charges, but but neither was charged with murder. Until Thursday, when the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced a third suspect had also been arrested.

That suspect, Christopher Pullen, is also accused of malice murder, felony murder and a long list of other charges.

...

Meanwhile, investigators said they have more arrests to make in this case, so they still won't release a possible motive, how the women were killed or any evidence retrieved from Richardson’s car, which was finally recovered after months of being missing.

All three suspects - Desmond Lavonta Brown, 28, Devin Lawshawn Watts, 36, and Christopher Leedarius Pullen, 23 - have been charged with felony murder and are in the Floyd County Jail.

 

[Steph8angels]

Thank you @Knitty
For this breaking news of arrest and charges.
Justice for these beautiful girls.
Prayers for their family and loved ones.

GBI charges 3 men in deaths of 2 women thrown from Floyd County bridge

Investigators said Vanita Richardson, 18, and Clarice Truvenia Campbell, 30, had been thrown from the bridge in May. They both had bags over their heads.

The GBI announced Thursday that Desmond Lavonta Brown, 28, Devin Lashawn Watts, 36, and Christopher Leedarius Pullen, 23, have been charged with felony murder in their deaths.

Investigators said they recovered Richardson’s car from a location in the city of South Fulton. It had been missing since the time of the women’s deaths.

The three men are also being charged with a long list of other crimes. The bureau has not said what the motive was behind the killings.

The men are currently being held in the Floyd County Jail.

More @ link
WS/TOS

 

[Dénouement]

Glad there have been arrests and charges

 

[Dénouement]

Killed over a wallet


the case started at a birthday party for Desmond Brown at his home on Cave Spring Street on the 12 of May.

According to testimony Brown was partying with several people including Richardson, Campbell, Devin Watts and Christopher Pullen.

Reports said that after Campbell and Richardson left the party, Brown discovered that his wallet was missing, and assumed that the sisters must have stole it.

Brown, Watts and Pullen proceeded to get into Brown’s Volkswagen Phaeton and set out to get his wallet back. The men went and picked up the sisters before going for a ride. Wilson said that Brown was the driver with Pullen riding in the passenger seat and with Watts in the back seat along side Campbell and Richardson.

Authorities used cellphone records to show that the vehicle traveled to Alabama along backroads from Rome and pack. At one point during the drive Brown pulled over to question the women about the missing wallet. After getting back in and driving more Brown pulled over again and ordered them out, this time by gunpoint. This is where things went bad and Campbell began to fight back.

Wilson said that Brown shot Campbell multiple times before turning the gun on Richardson and shooting her twice. Their bodies were loaded in the truck of the car. The suspects began to drive again, making multiple stops before the final destination for the sisters. Wilson said that the men stopped at a Mapco on U.S. 411 to buy three pairs of gloves, a water and cigar. They also stopped at Callier Forest Apartments to sell synthetic marijuana before traveling to the bypass where they dumped the sister’s bodies over a bridge.

snip

During the trip, while stopping to eat, Brown’s mother called to notify him that she found his wallet, it was sitting behind the TV in the living room.

Wilson said that Pullen, who was riding with Brown, said that Brown became mad and said, “I just got two bodies for nothing.”


More at link including photos

Details into Murder of Sisters Released in Court this Week

 

[oviedo]

Killed over a wallet


the case started at a birthday party for Desmond Brown at his home on Cave Spring Street on the 12 of May.

According to testimony Brown was partying with several people including Richardson, Campbell, Devin Watts and Christopher Pullen.

Reports said that after Campbell and Richardson left the party, Brown discovered that his wallet was missing, and assumed that the sisters must have stole it.

Brown, Watts and Pullen proceeded to get into Brown’s Volkswagen Phaeton and set out to get his wallet back. The men went and picked up the sisters before going for a ride. Wilson said that Brown was the driver with Pullen riding in the passenger seat and with Watts in the back seat along side Campbell and Richardson.

Authorities used cellphone records to show that the vehicle traveled to Alabama along backroads from Rome and pack. At one point during the drive Brown pulled over to question the women about the missing wallet. After getting back in and driving more Brown pulled over again and ordered them out, this time by gunpoint. This is where things went bad and Campbell began to fight back.

Wilson said that Brown shot Campbell multiple times before turning the gun on Richardson and shooting her twice. Their bodies were loaded in the truck of the car. The suspects began to drive again, making multiple stops before the final destination for the sisters. Wilson said that the men stopped at a Mapco on U.S. 411 to buy three pairs of gloves, a water and cigar. They also stopped at Callier Forest Apartments to sell synthetic marijuana before traveling to the bypass where they dumped the sister’s bodies over a bridge.

snip

During the trip, while stopping to eat, Brown’s mother called to notify him that she found his wallet, it was sitting behind the TV in the living room.

Wilson said that Pullen, who was riding with Brown, said that Brown became mad and said, “I just got two bodies for nothing.”


More at link including photos

Details into Murder of Sisters Released in Court this Week

just animals IMO. good police work to get them quickly and to have all this evidence.
JMO