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

[raisincharlie]

An article I read earlier quoted his mother as saying that he's bipolar and has been suicidal from time to time. I'm absolutely positive that they're going to try to spin a defense from that.

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Mr. Inman’s mother, Vera McArthur, told The Greenville News that her son is bipolar and often suicidal and had no idea South Carolina authorities were looking for him...

Fox News has been broadcasting live the booking in Pickens S.C. - the booking officer flat asked him if he was suicidal and he said no...maybe a smart move on their part to film him being asked these questions - maybe not good that it was on the national news but...he says he is not suicidal. If he was suicidal, shame he didn't act on it and suceed before he hurt someone. Maybe they should just slip a good sharp knife into his cell and see, save the good tax payers of S.C. the cost of a trial and prevent any chance some idiot judge or parole board will ever let him walk the streets again. I should not be proud of this line of thought but this guy deserves a needle, and quickly IMO.

 

[indigomood]

Suspect confesses to killing; two other rapes, authorities say

DANDRIDGE, Tenn., — Jerry Buck Inman confessed to the strangling death of Clemson University student Tiffany Marie Souers and two other rapes involving young blonde women in Alabama and Tennessee just days before, authorities said Wednesday.

In all three cases he was driving around and just happened to see these women,

"We asked him, `Why?', and all he would say was that he's a sick animal," Chief Deputy McCoig said.

more at link http://www.independentmail.com/and/home/article/0,1886,AND_8195_4757201,00.html

NEW DETAILS: Clemson murder suspect to be charged with other attacks on women

Authorities say Jerry "Buck" Inman will be charged with a May 23 assault on a woman in Rainsville, Alabama in which the victim was tied up.

He will also be charged with the May 24 rape of a Sevierville, TN woman.

more at link http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=35013

 

[Yeah me]

I don't think the family would get closure if this animal commited suicide. IMO, they need to go thru the trial to finish the grieving process, as difficult as that may be.

 

[englishleigh]

If he confessed, perhaps he'll plead guilty and spare Tiffany's parents the agony of a trial and all the horrible details. I pray so. Then he'll be put to death by SC even faster, too.

 

[spclk]

Surviving a rape would have to be just horrendous, and thank the good Lord I don't know from experience. However, these other two girls are certainly lucky to be alive. I am sure that they are going through a terribly traumatic time knowing that he murdered poor Tiffany and that could have been them.

I spoke to the mother of a classmate of Tiffany's this week (they did not know each other, but went through sorrority rush together) and she stated that all of the girls that live off campus were just terrified. Thank goodness they caught this monster!

 

[LNL]

Any one know if this is the guy that Faith told the cops about?

Everyone is right, this should of never seen the light of day.

Sounds like this is a different guy. The guy Faith talked about was a local, married with a couple of young kids who had lived there for a while.

 

[Anniegirl]

We asked him, `Why?', and all he would say was that he's a sick animal," Chief Deputy McCoig said.

Sounds like to me he's 'boasting' and gets off on being a sick , animal--- i think he's using way to kind of a word for him, "Animal"... he's lower than spit on a sidewalk... way below the worse , violent animal that would walk this earth-

Makes me sick , repeated sex offenders let free to do it again-

 

[concernedperson]

Sounds like to me he's 'boasting' and gets off on being a sick , animal--- i think he's using way to kind of a word for him, "Animal"... he's lower than spit on a sidewalk... way below the worse , violent animal that would walk this earth-

Makes me sick , repeated sex offenders let free to do it again-

You are not alone in your thinking. But it has to be broadcasted to be effective.People need to understand that because they admit or they deny a heinous crime has been committed, they will be prosecuted. This will go a long way to insure that sexual predators are not released early. They will continue and escalate. The perverson is going to be part and parcel to their lives. It has to be stopped and the courts are the jurisdiction to see that it is. I think that all of us have stepped up to the plate and all of us want to see reponsibility come to the people who see this and want it stopped.

 

[indigomood]

Inman spent most of life in jail

Florida authorities released Mr. Inman in September after he served only six years in prison there. Mr. Inman was sentenced in 1989 in Florida to serve four 30-year sentences and two five-year sentences for kidnapping, sexual battery, burglary, armed robbery, grand theft auto and aggravated assault in Hillsborough County, Fla. Those occurred on Dec. 14, 1987.

A judge sentenced Inman to serve his sentences - which amounted to 130 years in jail - concurrently, meaning his total sentence was actually only 30 years.

But in 1988, Inman had been convicted of a sexual offense in the second degree in North Carolina and sentenced to 20 years in prison there

In 1989, however, he was taken to Florida, where he was convicted of the Hillsborough County charges, according to state records.

Then, Mr. Inman was returned to a North Carolina prison to complete his North Carolina sentence.

Mr. Inman’s jail time trail is complicated because of the different jurisdictions, crediting of prison time and use of concurrent sentencing practices.


more at link

ETA - the article also states Mr. Inman’s time served was shortened because he received credit for the days he remained in jail while awaiting trial and because he received "gain time," an incentive offered for good behavior or participation in certain programs allowing inmates an opportunity to earn a reduction in a sentence imposed by the court, Ms. Plessinger said.

:waitasec: my question is, how are they defining "good behavior"?? Does this qualify??

DISCIPLINARY INFRACTION CODE: Jerry Buck Inman
1989-01-25 FIGHTING
1989-02-01 SELF INJURY
1990-02-27 PROFANE LANGUAGE
1990-03-22 DISOBEY ORDER
1990-04-10 WEAPON POSSESSION
1990-06-13 WEAPON POSSESSION
1991-02-05 ATTEMPT CLASS B OFFENSE
1991-03-04 NO THREAT CONTRABAND
1991-08-26 NO THREAT CONTRABAND
1992-06-05 ATTEMPT CLASS D OFFENSE
1992-07-02 WEAPON POSSESSION
1992-08-10 BARTER/TRADE/LOAN MONEY
1992-08-13 WEAPON POSSESSION
1992-08-21 PROVOKE ASSAULT
1992-08-21 PROVOKE ASSAULT
1992-09-28 WEAPON POSSESSION
1992-10-22 ACTIVE RIOTER
1994-03-09 ATTEMPT CLASS A OFFENSE
1994-03-09 DISOBEY ORDER
1994-08-13 HIGH RISK ACT
1994-08-13 NO THREAT CONTRABAND
1994-09-29 ATTEMPT CLASS A OFFENSE
1994-09-29 WEAPON POSSESSION
1994-09-29 ATTEMPT CLASS B OFFENSE

 

[Bobbisangel]

I'm so glad that they caught him. I feel so bad for Tiffany's parents just knowing what this evil, creepy, pervert did to their daughter and knowing that his ugly face and bald head was the last thing that that sweet girl ever saw. I can't stand to look at the man. I get a shiver right down my spine everytime his picture shows on TV. You just have to look at him and know that he feels no remorse at all. They do have the death penalty in that state and it sounds like the Pros is going for it.

This guy should never in a million years been let out of prison. I can't see the sense in giving a person 3 30 year sentences if they are going to all be served at the same time. That is just a bunch of bull. In reality the guy got one 30 year sentence no matter how the judicial system trys to make it look.
So much of what they say is nothing but double talk to make the public think that they are really slamming it to these perverts.

 

[LaMer]

Anyone see Greta tonight? She interviewed the arresting officer, he said, the sick pervert talked. Admitted to driving around, saw Tiffany sitting on her balcony, went back after he thought she would be asleep! What a sicko, I have so many name for this pervert, but will refrain.

 

[richandfamous]

Anyone see Greta tonight? She interviewed the arresting officer, he said, the sick pervert talked. Admitted to driving around, saw Tiffany sitting on her balcony, went back after he thought she would be asleep! What a sicko, I have so many name for this pervert, but will refrain.

Also, one of the other officers from one of the other attempted rape cases in another state said that the victim talked him out of raping her...his words were something like "she witnessed to him and he stopped"

 

[dark_shadows]

Article from Fox News


news link
A convicted sex offender charged Wednesday with first-degree murder, kidnapping and rape in the bikini strangulation death of a Clemson University junior has confessed to the murder and two other sexual attacks in two other states, authorities said.
Jerry Buck Inman, 35, confessed to the May 26 murder of Tiffany Marie Souers, 20, as well as two sexual attacks of blond women in Tennessee and Alabama, The Anderson Independent-Mail reported Wednesday.

 

[nanandjim]

Anyone see Greta tonight? She interviewed the arresting officer, he said, the sick pervert talked. Admitted to driving around, saw Tiffany sitting on her balcony, went back after he thought she would be asleep! What a sicko, I have so many name for this pervert, but will refrain.

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.

 

[Angels_Not_Forgotten]

our system seems to bend over backwards to protect the criminals ( such as not keeping track of him certainly, but also making sure he got whatever the ratio of waiting in jail for sentencing was taken off his sentence ) it seems impossible that with all of those charges the short amount of time he served was all that he was sentenced too. I also agree that if he wasnt being careful about leaving DNA here im sure he wasnt in Tenn and alabama. Such a tragedy for everyone involved

 

[kato]

NG on GMA right now talking about Inman. She said he has had sexual attacks before and one was on a man. That's the 1st I've heard about him assaulting a man. She's wearing jeans with a rip in the knee. Just thought I'd add that observation. LOL

 

[Marisa714]

Woah, I just now realized/remembered that my uncle is a professor at Clemson University! Sorry this is so off topic, I just forgot he was teaching there.....

 

[nanandjim]

...She said he has had sexual attacks before and one was on a man...

He raped a man while in prison, I believe.

 

[kato]

He raped a man while in prison, I believe.

That's probably right.

 

[mocity]

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.