GUILTY SC - Tiffany Souers, 20, Clemson student, found strangled, 26 May 2006

[kato]

Has anyone said how he got into her apartment? Did she open the front door or did he go in through the sliding door? Was she awake or asleep? Not sure if they have said.

I'm curious about that also. Did we miss something? Or are they not saying yet?

 

[nanandjim]

Has anyone said how he got into her apartment? Did she open the front door or did he go in through the sliding door? Was she awake or asleep? Not sure if they have said.

I haven't heard how he got in, but I feel certain that he would have used any means possible. I heard something last night on one of the cable shows that he entered the home in Alabama through floor tiles or something like that.

I think that he spotted Tiffany, waited for her to go to sleep and slipped in somehow. I am assuming that she was still in the process of getting ready for bed as she was on the phone for a while after she returned home (or at least that is what I heard on the news, I think).

I'm not sure of the scenario, though, because it was said that he removed the sheets from her bed. This makes me wonder what kind of DNA they found if this guy thought that he was removing all of the evidence by removing the sheets.

 

[richandfamous]

I'm curious about that also. Did we miss something? Or are they not saying yet?

Don't know if she was actually asleep but they did say he saw her on the balcony and waited till she was asleep to go in.

 

[cammy-g]

If I had to bet a dollar, my guess is they got fingerprints off the DL that was found. I know they keep saying DNA but I would think we would have heard by now...?

Notice my wager is only a dollar.

 

[nanandjim]

Don't know if she was actually asleep but they did say he saw her on the balcony and waited till she was asleep to go in.

What I heard last night is that he waited until he thought that she was asleep before entering the apartment. This made me think that she wasn't asleep yet.

 

[richandfamous]

I haven't heard how he got in, but I feel certain that he would have used any means possible. I heard something last night on one of the cable shows that he entered the home in Alabama through floor tiles or something like that.

I think that he spotted Tiffany, waited for her to go to sleep and slipped in somehow. I am assuming that she was still in the process of getting ready for bed as she was on the phone for a while after she returned home (or at least that is what I heard on the news, I think).

I'm not sure of the scenario, though, because it was said that he removed the sheets from her bed. This makes me wonder what kind of DNA they found if this guy thought that he was removing all of the evidence by removing the sheets.

I don't think she was actually asleep either, she still had her bra on. So, unless she sleeps in her bra, she was not in bed yet. Who was she on the phone with???

 

[nanandjim]

... I know they keep saying DNA but I would think we would have heard by now...?

I heard that there was 'all sorts of DNA' found in the apartment. Tiffany's mother said that her daughter fiercely fought for her life.


P.S. I usually only wager a dollar myself and never pay up on my bets with my husband.

 

[nanandjim]

...Who was she on the phone with???

I can't remember. I thought that in the timeline it was said that she arrived home at 11:30 p.m. and was on the phone until 12 midnight.

Of course, I am usually fuzzy about details as there are so many with so many cases. :blushing:

 

[kato]

I've been thinking. I'm very OCD about doors and windows being locked even when I'm home. I lock my BF out all the time when he's barbecueing. LOL But even if you lock up tight if someone is determined to get in they will. I once dated a guy that after we broke up I was sure that even when I locked up he was still getting in. Come to find out even though the sliding glass door was locked he was taking it off the track. The door was at the back that faced a golf course with lots of brush and no one would notice if something like that were going on.

 

[richandfamous]

I've been thinking. I'm very OCD about doors and windows being locked even when I'm home. I lock my BF out all the time when he's barbecueing. LOL But even if you lock up tight if someone is determined to get in they will. I once dated a guy that after we broke up I was sure that even when I locked up he was still getting in. Come to find out even though the sliding glass door was locked he was taking it off the track. The door was at the back that faced a golf course with lots of brush and no one would notice if something like that were going on.

Yep, locked doors don't stop a determined perp. Sounds like we need to send our kids to bootcamp and learn to defend themselves with deadly force just to survive in this sick world. This is all too much for me right now, My Daughter just moved to Phoenix to go to College and I am really creeped out by the reality of this crap. Last night she called and said she was locked outside her apt and sitting in the rain waiting for a friend to come and help her. I am besides myself with worry about her....she really has her head up her butt and thinks nothing can happen to her.

 

[concernedperson]

If I had to bet a dollar, my guess is they got fingerprints off the DL that was found. I know they keep saying DNA but I would think we would have heard by now...?

Notice my wager is only a dollar.

I believe I read that the DNA was off the bikini top she was strangled with.....probably saliva.

 

[kato]

Yep, locked doors don't stop a determined perp. Sounds like we need to send our kids to bootcamp and learn to defend themselves with deadly force just to survive in this sick world. This is all too much for me right now, My Daughter just moved to Phoenix to go to College and I am really creeped out by the reality of this crap. Last night she called and said she was locked outside her apt and sitting in the rain waiting for a friend to come and help her. I am besides myself with worry about her....she really has her head up her butt and thinks nothing can happen to her.

Just remind her of all the sick things we see and read here and maybe she'll take her head out. All the best for her.

 

[mocity]

I thought the DNA was matched after they determined that she was raped. I thought it was from the rape???

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I heard that there was 'all sorts of DNA' found in the apartment. Tiffany's mother said that her daughter fiercely fought for her life.

One of the shows mentioned that when he was arrested, he still had some of the wounds that Tiffany had inflicted. I only wish that she had been successful and that this world would still have her.

 

[LaMer]

I saw portions of Greta last night and heard this, too. It reminded me of that Duncan guy who drove around and spotted the Groene children playing in a sprinkler.

I wonder if Inman had entered Tiffany's apartment just to rape and not murder her. Perhaps, he was angered because she fought back. The woman in Alabama talked him out of raping her (according to last night's Greta).

It is so sad that a woman had to be murdered to get this guy off of the streets. Surely, he left DNA in the other two cases. It seems to me that if the police had been quicker in following up with those cases, perhaps, a life could have been saved.

Maybe, that's being unrealistic. I believe that the Alabama attempted rape occurred just three (?) days prior to the murder. I don't know when the Tennessee rape occurred.

Nanandjim, and all, I had the impression from something Tiffany's mother had said, that this sickos was going to be exposed from something Tiffany had done. It made me think, Tiffany had fought back and somehow someway LE had a good source of his DNA--which they did.

I agree, this guy should've been stopped. Did LE have the other women look at mug shots of the sex offenders? I thought the one lady recognized him from his picture in the media. Right?

He did move around from state to state. Maybe his construction job near Tiffany's place was a site where workers were hired day to day. Somewhere it was said, he lived out of this car. I guess that is when he wasn't living with his mother.

Also, I think it was in the media, TIffany was on the computer until 12:03.

Yeah, how did this rapist/murderer get in the apt? Also wondering since Tiffany had a balcony, maybe she didn't lock the door, being on the second floor. Also thought she had a ground apt, but the word balcony was used.

No doubt she probably fought back so hard, he killed her to shut her up.

Hope we get some answers. soon

 

[nanandjim]

...Did LE have the other women look at mug shots of the sex offenders? I thought the one lady recognized him from his picture in the media. Right?

I think that it would hard to track down the perp from using mugshots, especially from an out-of-state offender. Supposedly, a friend of the Alabama victim, recognized the guy from the victim's description. She called the victim and told her to turn on her television. The victim recognized him from photos on television.

...Maybe his construction job near Tiffany's place was a site where workers were hired day to day...

A representative said that Inman did not work at the construction site near Tiffany's apartment complex. He also said that background checks are done on all the construction workers before they are hired.

...Also wondering since Tiffany had a balcony, maybe she didn't lock the door, being on the second floor. Also thought she had a ground apt, but the word balcony was used.

The balcony comment confused me. It is my understanding that she had a unit in the back sort of below the first floor. You know, the type that you walk down to on a slant (if that makes sense). Maybe, he saw her sunning herself on a little back patio or something. I'm not sure how he would see her while he was cruising in his car as her unit was supposed to be in the back.

 

[LaMer]

Yep, locked doors don't stop a determined perp. Sounds like we need to send our kids to bootcamp and learn to defend themselves with deadly force just to survive in this sick world. This is all too much for me right now, My Daughter just moved to Phoenix to go to College and I am really creeped out by the reality of this crap. Last night she called and said she was locked outside her apt and sitting in the rain waiting for a friend to come and help her. I am besides myself with worry about her....she really has her head up her butt and thinks nothing can happen to her.

Oh my, I do understand, as I have two daughters. They made it through college and all, but now that they are married, I still worry. That worry never goes away. Now I also worry about my granddaughters. There is no end to the worry, it just goes on and on. Worry Worry Worry

Keep telling her all the horrible things we read about here. I tell my daughters, but they think I am nuts, obsessed LOL guess it has to come with age and maturity. Maybe we were the same at that age, heads up our butts-so old now I can't remember! ha ha

 

[LaMer]

I think that it would hard to track down the perp from using mugshots, especially from an out-of-state offender. Supposedly, a friend of the Alabama victim, recognized the guy from the victim's description. She called the victim and told her to turn on her television. The victim recognized him from photos on television.


A representative said that Inman did not work at the construction site near Tiffany's apartment complex. He also said that background checks are done on all the construction workers before they are hired.


The balcony comment confused me. It is my understanding that she had a unit in the back sort of below the first floor. You know, the type that you walk down to on a slant (if that makes sense). Maybe, he saw her sunning herself on a little back patio or something. I'm not sure how he would see her while he was cruising in his car as her unit was supposed to be in the back.

I guess, I pictured a book of all the sex offenderd, regardless of the state. Hmm that book would be as tall as the Empire State building :waitasec:

Thanks Nan, I didn't know he didn't work near by, so much for the reporting. Must have been some theorizing by some reporter.

Right, being in the back and on the first floor is confusing. Could have been a patio. Maybe he looks for apts in the back of complexes, as it would 'nt be in plain site to be observed when breaking and entering. Sneaky and Creepy Perverts know all the tricks, I supose.

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Police: Sex offender confesses to killing Clemson student | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg, S.C.

As investigators questioned him ... Jerry Buck Inman kept looking down, calling himself an "animal...

Inman, 35, traveled around the Southeast looking for victims to sexually assault, Jefferson County Sheriff David Davenport said.

Authorities said the crimes got progressively more violent ...

The magistrate did not set bond for Inman, who was being held in solitary confinement.

Inman has also been charged with burglary, robbery, theft of property and attempted rape in an incident three days before Souers was found where authorities said he broke into a home in Rainsville, Ala., and tried to attack a woman after she came home for lunch. Davenport said he expects Inman will also be charged with a May 24 rape in Sevierville, Tenn.

Davenport said the victims identified Inman from his tattoos...

Inman's lawyer said his client's first concern was the welfare of his mother. He wanted to make sure she knew he hadn't been mistreated and that he was keeping his spirits up...

(more at link)

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Inman Confesses; Souers' Killer Could Face Death By Lethal Injection, Electrocution - The Crime library

... "The next step for us is to determine whether this is a death penalty case," a spokeswoman for 13th Circuit Solicitor Bob Ariail told Crime Library this morning. "There is no urgency; the man is in jail and he's never going anywhere so the urgency is off..."

Though authorities in South Carolina declined Thursday to discuss the details of his confession, The Associated Press reported that Inman ... had a habit of driving around looking for potential victims. Authorities have said that Inman hadn't even realized that he had crossed into South Carolina — where he was not on any sex offender's registry — where Souers was slain...