OR - Leah Freeman, 15, found murdered, Coquille, 28 June 2000

[chicagofa13]

I wonder if they were asked to not show it...again??? And here I was running my mouth telling people!! OOps.

 

[Kimster]

I feel the same way you do! It did say on Interceder that it was going to air. It was part of a media release. Then they took it off because it doesn't come up on the search anymore.

VERY disappointing!

 

[teedie2]

This is on Interceder:

Please be aware that 20/20 will indeed not be airing their story on the Leah Freeman case this Friday. Because so... http://fb.me/FedmNSyr - @Michelle_Ellis

 

[Kimster]

This is on Interceder:

Please be aware that 20/20 will indeed not be airing their story on the Leah Freeman case this Friday. Because so... http://fb.me/FedmNSyr - @Michelle_Ellis

THANK YOU! :blowkiss: I didn't see that tweet yesterday when I was looking! At least I know I wasn't seeing things! LOL

Their reasoning makes sense.

 

[Kimster]

It would have determined whether the 28-year-old Coquille man could be released on his own recognizance from the Coos County jail or have his $2 million bail lowered.<snipped>

http://theworldlink.com/news/article_c6549bf0-b553-11df-ab18-001cc4c03286.html

 

[Kimster]

A lack of physical evidence was one obstacle.

Slowness of Coquille police to summon the county's Major Crime Team may have been another.

And what about the shadowy figure who allegedly urged witnesses to keep silent?<snipped>

http://theworldlink.com/news/local/article_881dac76-b271-11df-acaa-001cc4c002e0.html

 

[Kimster]

Timeline at this link

http://theworldlink.com/news/local/article_0646a3d6-b273-11df-863f-001cc4c002e0.html

 

[chicagofa13]

Thank you for posting those Kimster, I was coming to do it and as usual you are a step ahead!!

The hearing for bail reduction is canceled at HIS attorney's request.

http://www.kcby.com/news/local/101908018.html

...snip

Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier confirmed in a press release that the hearing was off, but told KCBY by phone that he did not know why the request had been made by the Defense attorney's.

...snip...

 

[Green Apple]

That's really interesting that it's at HIS attorney's request. I wonder...is that good or bad? There's so much in this case that does not make sense.

I do hope that there is more progress for justice soon, though. Ten years is too long to wait!

 

[Kimster]

That's really interesting that it's at HIS attorney's request. I wonder...is that good or bad? There's so much in this case that does not make sense.

I do hope that there is more progress for justice soon, though. Ten years is too long to wait!

Welcome to Websleuths! What an honor to see your first post on Leah's thread! :blowkiss:

 

[Kimster]

When Mary Geddry moved to Coquille in 2003, she said, Leah Freeman invariably came up in the first moments of her conversations with people in town.

“I hadn’t lived here a month before I heard, ‘We have an unsolved murder here,’&#8201;” Geddry said.

Partly, Geddry said, that’s because it’s a small town, with 4,200 people and two stoplights. But what also kept the case alive in Coquille was the community’s growing frustration with its police department, over the Freeman murder and other issues. Some felt that Freeman’s family wasn’t getting justice because it wasn’t prominent enough, that they were just “little people,” Geddry said.

“Eventually, the little people stood up,” she said. “There was this uproar, uprising.”

<snipped>

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cm...4065-46/leah-case-coquille-freeman-police.csp

GREAT article on how we can help families of victims in our own communities!!!

 

[Green Apple]

Thanks for the welcome! . I've been reading up on this case recently after I learned about the recent arrest. I live in Eugene, but grew up just outside of Coquille and I remember this horrible event well. I was happy to find this forum with up to date info on the case. It really has been bothering me (since first hearing about it) and I keep praying and checking every day to see if there is any more progress. I just pray that very soon we will have our answers and there will be justice for Leah.

 

[Kimster]

Thanks for the welcome! . I've been reading up on this case recently after I learned about the recent arrest. I live in Eugene, but grew up just outside of Coquille and I remember this horrible event well. I was happy to find this forum with up to date info on the case. It really has been bothering me (since first hearing about it) and I keep praying and checking every day to see if there is any more progress. I just pray that very soon we will have our answers and there will be justice for Leah.

I live near Eugene too.

What did you think of the article above your last post about the community keeping Leah in the forefront? I thought it was AWESOME! I have a friend whose daughter and granddaughter have been missing since 2004 and she hardly gets any help from the community!

 

[Green Apple]

I live near Eugene too.

What did you think of the article above your last post about the community keeping Leah in the forefront? I thought it was AWESOME! I have a friend whose daughter and granddaughter have been missing since 2004 and she hardly gets any help from the community!

I have been really impressed by the community's participation in the Leah case. It's important for Leah and her family's sake, but also because something like this, especially in such a small town really does affect everyone. I'm glad people realize that. I'm so proud of Cory for everything she has done. Leah is so blessed to have such a determined, caring mother.

I'm sorry to hear about the lack of support for your friend That must be doubly tough for them. Without the empathy of the community it's easy to give up hope. I pray that your friend, despite the lack of support, will continue to have hope and not be brought down by their community.

I joined this site because I, like probably everyone else on here, am very bothered by crimes of this nature and feel a strong need to resolve them. I just keep wishing there was more I could do to help. :/

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Leah Freeman archive album:

http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Leah%20Freeman%20-OR-/



AND---The case Kimster is talking about:


Adrianna and Jennifer Wix archive album:
http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Adrianna - Jennifer Wix -TN-/

 

[chicagofa13]

Suspect's father: Nick is innocent

http://www.theworldlink.com/news/local/article_5e99c78b-3b8a-5de2-b0af-a58c9b97efa4.html

The first time Bruce and Kathy McGuffin laid eyes on their son after his arrest was through the window of a Coos County courtroom door.

He was 'sitting all alone sobbing while the entire jury stand was filled with reporters and cameras only feet from him," Bruce McGuffin wrote in a statement to The World.

'From what I read ... it sounds like Nick was arrested because they needed someone in jail.

'We know our son is innocent."...

 

[Green Apple]

I don't have a preference of person--all that matters is the person who did it is caught. It's so confusing that Leah didn't have any broken bones and what not. That kind of shoots down a few theories. So confusing.

 

[chicagofa13]

It would be wonderful if a random stranger could be found as the murderer. What a relief for the community, right? But where is this person? I haven't been able to come to any other conclusion than the one the GJ came to. I'm open to being wrong of course.

 

[Kimster]

I can't get past the bloody shoe....

 

[Green Apple]

I can't get past the shoe either. And some accounts seem to contridict one another. I strongly feel that eventually everything will make sense...hopefully sooner than later.