MS - Jessica Chambers, 19, Panola County, 6 Dec 2014 ; Quinton Tellis Indicted - #13

[bessie]

Interesting...Fox13 is saying Monroe LA Prosecutor says Panola Investigators had DNA in Jessica's case. DA in Batesville will not confirm.

If they had DNA I am confused as to why he was not #1 suspect the whole time and why it would take so long to arrest


https://twitter.com/gcoyfox13

http://www.fox13memphis.com/news/mo...essica-chambers-case_20160225233913/115212029

Classito

*edited to add link to video

DNA is not that hard to get from a person. They allegedly interviewed Quint in the first month of the murder. A DNA sample should have been a breeze to capture. A cup he drank out of, a cig butt, the chair he sit at during the interview. Allegedly DNA basically drops off a person as they move around.

Classito

His DNA should have been in the state database. But DNA alone isn't enough for a conviction. Other evidence has to tie the subject to the crime. Perhaps they did ID his DNA on the car, or item found in or near the car. Since he was an acquaintaince, that wouldn't be enough to charge him because it could have been left behind independent of committing a crime. It might have supplied the lead that directed LE to pursue him further, though. JMO

For reference:

Miss. to Take Inmate DNA Swabs
By Associated Press
Published: 06/27/2003

The Mississippi Crime Lab soon may be using DNA from convicted felons to help solve rape and homicide cases.

Next month, the Mississippi Department of Corrections will start collecting saliva swabs from all inmates for DNA analysis before their release from prison; as of June 13, there were 20,403 inmates.
State legislators in the 2003 session passed a bill authorizing MDOC to collect DNA samples from all felons.

[...]

The DNA eventually will be placed in databases maintained by the state and FBI and compared to DNA left at the scenes of unsolved crimes, said Ken Winter, director of the state Crime Lab.

Universal Citation: MS Code § 47-5-183 (2013)

The Mississippi Department of Corrections is authorized, subject to the availability of funds, to secure a biological sample for purposes of DNA identification analysis from every individual convicted of a felony or in its custody before release from or transfer to a state correctional facility or county jail or other detention facility.

 

[MizStery]

Your post requires a link, either to Twitter or FB. If you were able to read it on FB, then you should be able to copy the FB url.

MizStery, I'm in the process of trying to find the interview.......a link would be helpful, but it's not really a big issue with me if you know what I mean. :laughing: Anyway, so far what I've found is Theresa's Twitter account,
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OK, I found the link to the interview. But it takes me to a blank FB page requesting me to log into FB. I am proud to say though that I will never ever bother with Face Book. It is so far down on my list of acceptable organizations that I should probably cease from commenting any further. :turkey:

Oh Zool we are kindred spirits I do not have a FB account either! I accessed it through my Twitter. I was only able to link to Therese Apel FB from my Twitter feed account to her Twitter FB page link.Now,if you have Twitter you can go to her Twitter account link then go to Therese FB screen like I did.
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:cow:

Hello Bessie,
When I view Therese Apel FB page it is linked through my Twitter account and there is no URL associated with that screen through Twitter.

Since,I do not have a FB account I cannot log on to FB.

If any WS have a Therese Apel FB page they could log on and get a URL.

I hope this post makes sense.

I copied and pasted this from Therese Apel Twitter account. Then I used the following link from Twitter to listen to her 1hour video.

Therese Apel:

So I just answered questions on #JessicaChambers for an hour.


You can still watch. I'm going off the grid now.


facebook.com/ThereseApel.ne&#8230;

https://twitter.com/TRex21

 

[FelicityLemon]

Boone did mention it was jealousy but never said who. Tellis met his wife while in prison (prison pen pal) while he was doing time for burglary. It does not say when but he was with her during 2013. Maybe a year or more before Jessica was murdered.
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/31302957/27-year-old-man-indicted-for-murder-of-jessica-chambers

Classito

Although I had my share of less-than-desirable bfs, I never in a million years thought to actively seek romance with a man in prison. From the beginning, I also thought Jessica's murder was from a female perspective - deliberate to ruin a beautiful girl since there are other ways to kill someone. Could be the wife-who-now-can't testify-against-hubs was involved in some way even if it was to incite. Just my opinion.

 

[bessie]

Link to Therese Apel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TRex21

[video=twitter;702643818768801792]https://twitter.com/TRex21/status/702643818768801792[/video]

Link to Therese Apel's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/ThereseApel.news/?fref=nf

Direct link to the FB interview/Q&A:https://www.facebook.com/ThereseApel.news/videos/vb.724455167581000/1323573537669157/?type=2&theater

 

[bessie]

DVT's family, friends, dogs, cats are ALL OFF LIMITS.

 

[cubbeegirl]

DVT's family, friends, dogs, cats are ALL OFF LIMITS.

Sorry Bessie ...

 

[southernyankee]

Unfortunately JC associated with the dregs of society: thieves, addicts, pushers, cookers, hookers, batterers ...you name it and you'd find probably that JC was acquainted with that person. I don't wish to degrade JC but it is necessary to understand just exactly where she stood within the Panola Co. crime environment. Keeping that in mind, that is one of the reasons why there are some many possible suspects.

This post was percolating in my mind for a while this evening + then I was like, JC? There's another JC who had a carpentry gig but also apparently associated with the "dregs of society" about 2000 years ago; the company he kept wasn't necessarily a negative reflection on his character, either, y'know.

 

[southernyankee]

His DNA should have been in the state database. But DNA alone isn't enough for a conviction. Other evidence has to tie the subject to the crime. Perhaps they did ID his DNA on the car, or item found in or near the car. Since he was an acquaintaince, that wouldn't be enough to charge him because it could have been left behind independent of committing a crime. It might have supplied the lead that directed LE to pursue him further, though. JMO

This is a really important point and I don't think we should just glaze over it... there is so much that we (the public) are not privy to yet, and with good reason before any trial or related legal action moves forward. At this point it doesn't look like we have any confirmed answers as to whether any usable DNA was certainly collected from the crime scene, and if it was, we don't have any information on public record as to the source of that DNA (not only where it was found, but also whether it was hair, saliva, touch DNA, etc).

BUT, we do have this information, as written in The Clarion-Ledger this week:

Authorities said because of the lack of street chatter, the indictment relied heavily on data collection. "The technological data we had available to us was undoubtedly what helped us solve this case," Champion said.... It was a final deep review of the technological data that led them to what they needed on Tellis.
(http://www.clarionledger.com/story/...chambers-indictment-news-conference/80851896/)

So even if DNA or other physical evidence was collected in this investigation, the technological data that was uncovered had to have been strong enough to pave the way for the indictment. And it sounds like that was no easy feat.

 

[PeterThomasFan]

Nancy Grace last night was a complete and utter disgrace IMO. What episode isn't though? It's like they just re-hashed the first time Jessica's story aired way-back-when. So much disinformation and over-sensationalism. I can't believe people watch this garbage!

 

[cady]

In my opinion, NG can't "confirm" anything. I watched. She was recycling old hearsay (walking, speaking, lighter fluid, etc). I seriously do not remember it being said that the car "crashed" into the tree. Is there evidence of that? I don't think that Nancy did her homework...or that she has even bothered to follow the case since Dec. of 14.No one corrected her on any of her misstatements. I may have missed it, but I don't recall her stating from the beginning that this happened a year and a half ago. She tried to make it BOMBSHELL news, as usual. Supposedly she was a terrific prosecutor...but if she prosecuted like she hosts her show, I question the fairness of her prosecutions. JMO

 

[MizStery]

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So much disinformation and over-sensationalism. I can't believe people watch (NG)this garbage!

In my opinion, NG can't "confirm" anything. I watched. She was recycling old hearsay (walking, speaking, lighter fluid, etc). I seriously do not remember it being said that the car "crashed" into the tree. Is there evidence of that? I don't think that Nancy did her homework...or that she has even bothered to follow the case since Dec. of 14.No one corrected her on any of her misstatements.*
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JMO

*Footnote:
I read this by Therese Apel on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/TRex21

This is how Therese Apel responded to her followers on the inaccurate reporting on the NG program.Especially,since Champion had just clarified in his presser that NO lighter fluid was fed or squirted down JC nose or mouth. Also, Therese seemed taken aback that she was only asked two questions during the entire taping.

@msPhalangeR *I (Therese)let them (NG)know by email during the taping that the story wasn't accurate. I don't know why they didn't tell it accurately. &#128533;

:cow:

 

[Foxfire]

*Footnote:
I read this by Therese Apel on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/TRex21

This is how Therese Apel responded to her followers on the inaccurate reporting on the NG program.Especially,since Champion had just clarified in his presser that NO lighter fluid was fed or squirted down JC nose or mouth. Also, Therese seemed taken aback that she was only asked two questions during the entire taping.

@msPhalangeR *I (Therese)let them (NG)know by email during the taping that the story wasn't accurate. I don't know why they didn't tell it accurately. &#55357;&#56853;

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Thanx for sharing Mizstery.. I was just getting ready to post Therese Apel's facebook page where she addressed the NG show when I saw your post.
https://www.facebook.com/ThereseApel.news/?fref=nf <scroll down for NG comment>

 

[d4j]

Nancy Grace last night was a complete and utter disgrace IMO. What episode isn't though? It's like they just re-hashed the first time Jessica's story aired way-back-when. So much disinformation and over-sensationalism. I can't believe people watch this garbage!

I agree and don't normally watch the show but I will if the topic is Jessica Lane Chambers.
Maybe the best that can be said is that the show has the national audience to help keep the case under the spotlight--
even if that audience is going to be getting some questionable "information."
That Jessica's father and Ms. Therese Apel were on the show made it worth checking it out to me.
Just my own very respectful opinion.

Ms. Apel commented on her twitter that it was an "Interesting experience."
https://twitter.com/TRex21

 

[southernyankee]

"A man who said he is Tellis' cousin told us the family can't believe he was involved.

"Kind of everyone is down and can't believe he did it. So everyone is just waiting," said Willie Market."

http://wreg.com/2016/02/24/tracking-the-history-of-accused-killer-quinton-tellis/

First of all - I know this is an incredibly unpopular sort of thing to say, but I can empathize with how people who know perps in other capacities can feel lost/sad/disappointed/confused/disoriented and the like when news of an indictment breaks. Even people who are capable of heinous acts can't be totally terrible all the time...which makes it all the more unnerving, I guess. "How could he have done Awful Thing X? He was always such a Nice Quality Y guy to me...it doesn't make sense!"

People are trying to wrap their minds around it and as they try to rectify their own limited experience with the news, it's probably pretty scary... because one of the unspoken implications is: if I believed this person was all right, how do I know who else is or isn't? Can I trust my own instincts about other people? It can shake your basic beliefs about other people + your own judge of character skills to the core. Never mind feel devastating + disappointing. It's just all-round a totally sad thing - and it never had to happen. Ugh.

But the other side of the coin is: Does QT's recidivism not mean anything to anyone - to him, his friends, his family? I get that crime is rampant in Panola County. But even the escalating slaps on the wrist didn't seem to have any effect on this guy.

 

[Classito]

His myspace page.
https://myspace.com/quintontellis/photos

Classito

 

[southernyankee]

His myspace page.
https://myspace.com/quintontellis/photos

Classito

...man, if there's anything that makes me feel like I could relate to how way older generations feel when confronted with the oddities of Internet culture + social media...it's MySpace pages in 2016.

Thought process: ... --> ??? --> ... --> LOL --> (pause) wait, what did I just see --> why is he posing with a box of Wal-Mart brand cornflakes? --> why am I thinking about this, I need to go to bed...?

Well, thanks, Classito. To use Therese Apel's phrasing, that was an "interesting experience."

 

[ATasteOfHoney]

First of all - I know this is an incredibly unpopular sort of thing to say, but I can empathize with how people who know perps in other capacities can feel lost/sad/disappointed/confused/disoriented and the like when news of an indictment breaks. Even people who are capable of heinous acts can't be totally terrible all the time...which makes it all the more unnerving, I guess. "How could he have done Awful Thing X? He was always such a Nice Quality Y guy to me...it doesn't make sense!"

People are trying to wrap their minds around it and as they try to rectify their own limited experience with the news, it's probably pretty scary... because one of the unspoken implications is: if I believed this person was all right, how do I know who else is or isn't? Can I trust my own instincts about other people? It can shake your basic beliefs about other people + your own judge of character skills to the core. Never mind feel devastating + disappointing. It's just all-round a totally sad thing - and it never had to happen. Ugh.

But the other side of the coin is: Does QT's recidivism not mean anything to anyone - to him, his friends, his family? I get that crime is rampant in Panola County. But even the escalating slaps on the wrist didn't seem to have any effect on this guy.

Personally, if I were going before the News, LE, social media to state how surprised I was at another's actions (or alleged actions-even if they are family/blood relative), they would NOT have a repetitive history of crimes.
And this dude does.

 

[steelman]

This guy was a serial killer in the making. He has the ability to murder people and keep his mouth shut about it. He also thoroughly enjoyed watching his victim suffer to the greatest extent possible, thus the dousing and lighting of the gasoline. I wouldn't be surprised a bit to find out that he's killed other people beside these two. They may find a few more unsolved murders that end up being tied to this guy. I'd also be willing to bet that he abused animals his entire life.

He's a poster child for the death penalty.....................so carry on.

 

[gregjrichards]

I'm so pleased there is finally an arrest in this horrific case.

 

[tezi]

This guy was a serial killer in the making. He has the ability to murder people and keep his mouth shut about it. He also thoroughly enjoyed watching his victim suffer to the greatest extent possible, thus the dousing and lighting of the gasoline. I wouldn't be surprised a bit to find out that he's killed other people beside these two. They may find a few more unsolved murders that end up being tied to this guy. I'd also be willing to bet that he abused animals his entire life.

He's a poster child for the death penalty.....................so carry on.

I agree with everything you said above Steelman. I do believe that he is a serial killer in the making, if he isn't one already.

I get my local news out of Monroe, LA and I don't remember the hearing about the girl he allegedly killed there. But, there is so much violence there, it could have escaped me hearing about it.