GUILTY SC - Devon Epps, 7, murdered, Greenville, 12 Aug 2007

[gardenmom]

OMGosh, that sounds frightening.

Here I thought that was a whole bunch of candy corn, and wondered what the big deal was!!! :angel: :blushing:

LOL, I thought it was M&Ms and I thought, "cool, I want that!'

 

[Mygirlsadie]

Yeah for some reason her myspace profile is not private anymore.

 

[MissieMt]

Ugh, I'm so confused on this one!!!! As far as her logging onto her myspace after her son's death-it wouldn't be the first time I've seen it.
I'm not trying to defend her or criticize her because I'm still undecided, but I know a lot of times when I'm super-stressed out or bummed I go online to try to take my mind off of it, like a little escape. You don't really have to think too much when you're myspace-maybe thats why she was on there.

 

[Mygirlsadie]

I understand where your coming from Missie but in my personal opinion having your son brutally murdered right in front of your own eyes would make me a little more than just stressed out. I don't think I would be able to even get out of the bed eat sleep or even take a shower...sheesh honestly I don't even know what to think but I do know that if she did this to her son and is able to walk around like a mother in mourning right now then she is one of the worst evils out there...

Ugh, I'm so confused on this one!!!! As far as her logging onto her myspace after her son's death-it wouldn't be the first time I've seen it.
I'm not trying to defend her or criticize her because I'm still undecided, but I know a lot of times when I'm super-stressed out or bummed I go online to try to take my mind off of it, like a little escape. You don't really have to think too much when you're myspace-maybe thats why she was on there.

 

[MissieMt]

Hmmm, I just looked at the topix board. I think it's funny that they are comparing her to Diane Downs-who was the subject of the very first true crime novel I ever read.

 

[MissieMt]

I understand where your coming from Missie but in my personal opinion having your son brutally murdered right in front of your own eyes would make me a little more than just stressed out. I don't think I would be able to even get out of the bed eat sleep or even take a shower...sheesh honestly I don't even know what to think but I do know that if she did this to her son and is able to walk around like a mother in mourning right now then she is one of the worst evils out there...

I agree mygirlsadie that it is possible that she could have done this, like I said, I'm still on the fence simply because I think we need more info.
I would like to think that if she had done this the local LE would see her for what she is and they would have arrested her by now.
As far as how I would act if my child were murdered before my eyes-I wont speculate because I have never lost a child in such a way (thank God). Perhaps she is still in the "shock" or "disbelief" faze of grieving?
I guess I'm jaded on this one because the last time that I speculated on a myspace page that belonged to another mother who had just lost her child I was very wrong.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49470&highlight=stroller

 

[Mygirlsadie]

I'm on the fence too although I am leaning more towards her doing the crime. If I am wrong I have no problems eating crow. One thing I can say for SURE is that if any of my children were being attacked you would probably find me dead as well or the perp would be dead because I would die fighting for them.

I agree mygirlsadie that it is possible that she could have done this, like I said, I'm still on the fence simply because I think we need more info.
I would like to think that if she had done this the local LE would see her for what she is and they would have arrested her by now.
As far as how I would act if my child were murdered before my eyes-I wont speculate because I have never lost a child in such a way (thank God). Perhaps she is still in the "shock" or "disbelief" faze of grieving?
I guess I'm jaded on this one because the last time that I speculated on a myspace page that belonged to another mother who had just lost her child I was very wrong.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49470&highlight=stroller

 

[imthemom]

I understand where your coming from Missie but in my personal opinion having your son brutally murdered right in front of your own eyes would make me a little more than just stressed out. I don't think I would be able to even get out of the bed eat sleep or even take a shower...sheesh honestly I don't even know what to think but I do know that if she did this to her son and is able to walk around like a mother in mourning right now then she is one of the worst evils out there...

I agree with you, my dog passed away last month and I wasn't on my myspace page for about three weeks. I just didn't feel like socializing. If it was my son, I would be in the loony bin, they would have to sedate me for sure. I am not saying she did it but something seems amiss.

 

[Vegas Bride]

If a man killed this young boy, why would he have not killed the mother? He would not leave behind an eye witness knowing she could finger him for murder! and call out an alarm soon after he took off on foot. Kill the boy, kill the mother, hide the bodies and leave with her car and what money she had. IMO

VB

 

[MissieMt]

I am leaning towards the Mom doing it too-I just don't think myspace is a good indication of innocence or guilt.

 

[strach304]

I think most are reluctant to say the biotch did it simply because she is a mother and it's even worse somehow than when we see fathers doing this. If you ask me, (nobody did) her myspace proves where her interests and priorities lie nor would she be a canidate for mother of the year. Her story stinks and if she wasn't so busy destroying her brain she may have came up with a better plan that wasn't so obvious.

 

[sherri79]

Her myspace (private):
http://www.myspace.com/crazysexxyluv

cached:
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cach...633565+crazysexxyluv&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

As usual, filled with very interesting statements.....

look at the 2 links. she changed the whole site. it went from all about her having a good time with her friends to about her son. such a shame he was not top on the list before his death.

 

[Socks]

Hey and welcome to my page! Im single mother of a hyper 7 year old boy named Devon (aka Devil lol).

There is her motive. She didn't want to deal with the "hyper" little "devil" anymore. It impeded her party life of jello shots and PJ's.


You will never be forgotten Son. You left me here alone... but soon I'll with you. Save me a spot!

Shades of Melinda Duckett.

 

[lviola]

I'm not saying this lady is guilty or innocent although my hinky meter is about to go into thermol nuclear melt down mode...anywys her myspace is now private but I noticed as her default pic. it's her son and it is saying RIP 2000-2007..Ok..is it just me or I don't know about you guys but would you be in your right mind to worry or care about a myspace if this happened to your child? I mean seriously?.. A few days later and she is ''ok'' enough to put up a RIP myspace page? Myspace would be the last thing on my mind..hmmm like I said though thats just me.

I was just thinking that. If my 7 year old daughter was killed myspace would be the farthest thing from my mind. Then again, I would fight extremely hard, giving e/thing I had to save my child. Somethings not right at all ... IMO

 

[Taximom]

Changing things on myspace profiles is not an easy task in my opinion. It's going in and out of your profile, uploading pictures and changing code etc. I just don't think I could do it within days of my son being brutally murdered right before my eyes. I'd be on valium or something!

Maybe one of her friends updated it for her?

I'm not pronouncing judgement on her soley because of this though. (My myspace doesn't mention my children or have their pics up because I don't want to attract pedo's.) I just think everything we've heard so far doesn't add up.

 

[lviola]

Changing things on myspace profiles is not an easy task in my opinion. It's going in and out of your profile, uploading pictures and changing code etc. I just don't think I could do it within days of my son being brutally murdered right before my eyes. I'd be on valium or something!

Maybe one of her friends updated it for her?

I'm not pronouncing judgement on her soley because of this though. (My myspace doesn't mention my children or have their pics up because I don't want to attract pedo's.) I just think everything we've heard so far doesn't add up.

Totally agree. Even if it is a friend updating her myspace, wouldn't you be consoling your friend, not going right into a myspace to update. It's just not right.

 

[norcalgirl03]

I dont' think that the MySpace is an indication of anything. As a pp mentioned, a friend could have changed it for her. It's really not that hard to do if you're familiar with it simple copy and paste. On the other hand, it could be argued that it was comforting to do a memorial of sorts. Most people do it with a photo colalge or something along those lines, but in this day and age, who knows. It is definately the same page that's been updated and not a user with 2 different profiles. I'm assuming that she had it set to private with all the party pics, but made it public once it was changed, possibly in part because of the media attention.

What stuck out to me is in the About Me Section:
"Son. You left me here alone... but soon I'll with you. Save me a spot! Rest in eternal peace baby boy and look down on us everyday. Keep us safe in this cold, dark world and give us strength on every pathway. Send us angels when we need them most, And be our light from coast to coast."

It's still all about her. You leave me here alone...You save me a Spot...Look down on us...give us strength...etc. I can only imagine the guilt that I would feel if it had been my child. I would have been apologizing for not protecting, keeping them safe, etc. Not asking for my babyto take care of me.

 

[SewingDeb]

That part struck me funny too.

 

[lviola]

I dont' think that the MySpace is an indication of anything. As a pp mentioned, a friend could have changed it for her. It's really not that hard to do if you're familiar with it simple copy and paste. On the other hand, it could be argued that it was comforting to do a memorial of sorts. Most people do it with a photo colalge or something along those lines, but in this day and age, who knows. It is definately the same page that's been updated and not a user with 2 different profiles. I'm assuming that she had it set to private with all the party pics, but made it public once it was changed, possibly in part because of the media attention.

What stuck out to me is in the About Me Section:
"Son. You left me here alone... but soon I'll with you. Save me a spot! Rest in eternal peace baby boy and look down on us everyday. Keep us safe in this cold, dark world and give us strength on every pathway. Send us angels when we need them most, And be our light from coast to coast."

It's still all about her. You leave me here alone...You save me a Spot...Look down on us...give us strength...etc. I can only imagine the guilt that I would feel if it had been my child. I would have been apologizing for not protecting, keeping them safe, etc. Not asking for my babyto take care of me.

Ooh, good one. Now that you mention it, it is about her.

 

[meowy]

Well it depends on her wording I guess, but if myspace acts as a blog for her rather than like some I know with it, they just create an account and swap comments. For her it may be her journal too. I don't blog on my myspace, I have other places for that but a couple people I know do.

When I've had pets die, granted in the time leading up to the death they had clearly been old or ill, I had blogged about it up to that point. So usually the next day or so I blog again to let those who do read my blog know. I don't know how soon after I blogged again but eventually I get back to my usual amount.

Maybe she blogged to let her myspace friends know, maybe they were sending her bulletins and private notes asking if that was her and her child, so she blogged to put an end to the questions to say "Yes, it's me and my baby, leave me alone" type of way? (I didn't read her myspace so I dunno how it comes off there)

But the stuff you guys quotes, is kind of strange. Maybe she's in shock and seeing the whole incident as if it's another child, even though she knows it's her own. I hope she didn't do this to her own baby.

I'm gonna be weirded out if she goes with silly string to the funeral.