TN TN - Rhonda Daugherty, 49, LaFollette, 2 Dec 2014 - *L. Vann guilty*

[ThoughtFox]

Good Lord, what a creep!:jail:

 

[jeanne8]

I have heard rumors(please understand just rumors) that Mr.Vann's brother has said that when the DA offers Mr. Vann a plea deal to avoid the death penalty , he will take it and tell where Rhonda is .

 

[steelman]

I have heard rumors(please understand just rumors) that Mr.Vann's brother has said that when the DA offers Mr. Vann a plea deal to avoid the death penalty , he will take it and tell where Rhonda is .

You know, it's always amazed me how these guys think nothing of killing another human being, but they themselves seem terrified of dying. I wonder if something comes over them when they are in the act of killing someone that terrorizes them to that point. Maybe they have visions or bad dreams afterwards ? .......don't know, just speculating.


Hopefully they will be able to find her to prevent having to make a deal with this . I think he probably buried her somewhere on private property, at one of his old hangout spots. If he'd thrown her into the water, she would've surfaced by now. Finding that spot would be very difficult to do with all the rain they have over there in Tennessee, especially after this length of time.

 

[killarney rose]

http://wate.com/2015/01/19/44638/


Search continues in Campbell County

 

[Cricket99]

Praying they find Rhonda and it seals the case against this awful man.

 

[LambChop]

:bump:

 

[Miss Patti]

Today Bell filed a motion to withdraw from the case with Judge Shayne Sexton. Now Vann’s public defender Dale Potter will represent him on all charges. Vann was not in court but was made aware of the motions by both attorneys.

Vann is currently being held in the Knox County Detention Center.

http://thevolunteertimes.com/campbell/bell-files-motion-to-withdraw-from-vann-case/

 

[killarney rose]

http://wate.com/2015/02/02/status-hearing-scheduled-for-lonnie-vann/

His poor victim!

"Daugherty’s body has not yet been found. Rhonda Daugherty was her daughter’s Sunday school teacher. She says her 13 year old daughter is trying to learn how to trust again along with coping with the loss of losing Daugherty, her mentor."

 

[killarney rose]

Vann is facing more charges.

http://wate.com/2015/02/23/lonnie-v...nda-daugherty-murder-case-in-campbell-county/

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/watchf...ged-with-murder-faces-new-indictment_97811335

A former East Tennessee school teacher charged in the kidnapping and murder of a Campbell County woman now has been indicted in a separate kidnapping and robbery case.

Lonnie Vann, 44, of Jacksboro, Tenn., pleaded not guilty to four counts of aggravated kidnapping and two counts of aggravated robbery during an appearance Monday in Campbell County Criminal Court, according to the clerk’s office.

The charges stem from the Dec. 5 armed robbery at the Deerfield Way residence of a married couple who were acquaintances of Vann, a former LaFollette Middle School teacher.

 

[KJ's Mamu]

I dreamed last night that Vann gave up the info and Rhonda was found and laid to rest. So wish it was true...

 

[KJ's Mamu]

Vann was in a Campbell County courtroom last week and pleaded not guilty to the charges. He’ll be back there on April 14th.

Taken from the article linked below...counting the days and hoping that he will give up her her location so she can be properly laid to rest.

http://wate.com/2015/01/19/44638/

 

[sallye818]

Taken from the article linked below...counting the days and hoping that he will give up her her location so she can be properly laid to rest.

http://wate.com/2015/01/19/44638/

Yes, KJ'sMamu...Me too! So hoping this sweet lady can be found and her family can be given at least some peace. I just can't believe he hasn't talked yet $*&%!*%(&*!

 

[KJ's Mamu]

Well, today was the day...Lonnie was supposed to be back in court. I can't find anything new posted today....d#$&it! I guess I was hoping for a "Perry Mason-like" court room confession.

I'm not sure why this case hits my heart strings extra hard? I just want this woman found and laid to rest...still praying that he fesses up and gives her location.

 

[killarney rose]

http://wate.com/2015/04/13/campbell-county-murder-suspect-expected-in-court/

 

[KJ's Mamu]

Thanks for the link killarney rose....don't know how I overlooked that article. I will just keep on waiting and hoping....

 

[steelman]

Today marks four months in Daugherty disappearance

More than 200 strong have assisted in search

It was four months ago this evening when searchers and hounds first scoured the hills, creeks, and brush areas around the Daugherty home in the Coolidge community. And so it began. The search for Rhonda Kitts Daugherty. Since December 2, 2014, a man has been arrested and charged with her murder even though her body is yet to be found, a grandchild of Rhonda’s has been born, and she lost her father to cancer. Four short months in a sense, but for a family, community, and searchers, it’s been a lifetime.

Investigators tell WLAF News that some of the best people, in their professions, in the country have been to Campbell County offering assistance and expertise. Case in point Gene Ralston from Idaho who, along with his wife Sandy, has helped recover upwards of 100 drowning victims for families all across America. Gene Ralston was on Norris Lake for a couple of weeks searching with sonar, and word is he’s coming back to help again in the hunt for Rhonda. The Ralstons have participated in the high-profile searches for Laci Peterson and Natalee Holloway. Along with the Ralstons, more than 200 professionals from across the country, region, every neighboring county, the FBI, TBI, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department, and others have been involved. The bulk of time spent in the search has been concentrated on Norris Lake in the Heatherly’s Point and Sugar Hollow areas. Improving weather and the procuring of additional resources will allow the search to pick up its pace in the days ahead.

When Rhonda Daugherty’s family came home on the evening of December 2 and saw that the back door to their home was ajar, and that she had not taken her morning medicine, they knew something was bad wrong.

District Attorney General Jarred Effler explains to WLAF News that everything in this case is active, and that it’s still an on-going investigation much as it is with most cases of this nature. The General notes that it’s unfortunate that cases such as this one do take time.

The man charged in the disappearance and murder of Rhonda Daugherty is 44-year old Lonnie Vann of Jacksboro. Vann was arraigned in criminal court February 23 on the additional charges of aggravated robbery, kidnapping and especially aggravated kidnapping. His next court appearance is April 13 when he will have a status hearing regarding all charges.

He is currently being represented by appointed counsel through the public defender’s office. For security and safety purposes, Vann is being held in the Knox County Detention Center on a $1 million bond.

According to the incident report, when Vann robbed the Deerfield couple, he told them he would not harm them, but that he needed money because he was “in big trouble.”

TBI agents, sheriff’s department deputies, rescue squad members and divers continue to focus the search in the Sugar Hollow area of Norris Lake, which is where Vann has family and was previously known to frequent. Sugar Hollow is about three to four miles away from Daugherty’s home on Long Hollow Road. Investigators began looking in the Sugar Hollow area several weeks ago and were spotted searching houseboats with dogs.

According to an article in the Christian Journal Leader, Vann had allegedly purchased duct tape, rope, and boots at the Wal-Mart in Clinton around the time of Daugherty’s disappearance. The Campbell County Sheriff’s Department said they could not comment on whether or not this is true.

Hmmmmm.....that's news to me......sounds about right though.


There is an up-to-date article at the link below. It is very extensive and covers all the details of this case since day one. There are also a lot of pictures. The web page is probably at least 10-12 screens long. For anybody new to the case, this will catch you right up.


http://wlafletters.weebly.com/

 

[KJ's Mamu]

Most recent link I can find shows Lonnie Vann was arraigned 5/4/15 and plead NOT GUILTY??? My hopes that he would give up her location in exchange for a lesser charge are crushed. Rhonda and her family deserve for her to be found and laid to rest properly. Lonnie deserves MUCH more than he will probably get...

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/2015/05/04/lonnie-vann-in-court-for-murder-kidnapping-of-lafollette-woman/26879661/

Some of these cases really grab at my heartstrings...I think of Rhonda and Holly Grim every single day.

 

[steelman]

They are going to end up having to prosecute this case without a body.

I initially thought this kidnapping may have occurred during an unplanned confrontation between Vann and Rhonda, he stopped by to talk to her and things went bad. With that in mind, I thought he might have hurriedly tried to cover up the murder and dispose of her body. This would mean it was sloppy and poorly planned, an unorganized crime.

After reading the information that has come to light that I highlighted up there in post #277, this indicates to me that this was premeditated and pre planned. He went there with the sole intention of kidnapping her....and killing her. This means he was organized and methodical, which leads me to believe that disposing of her would have been part of the entire plan. He had almost 10 hours to do it before anybody even realized she was missing. That's a long time to make sure she was hidden thoroughly and completely.

Vann isn't some drug addicted career criminal. He's a school teacher with no prior criminal convictions, which to me means he has the smarts to pull this off and make sure she is never found. When he robbed the elderly couple and fled, I thought it may be because he anticipated LE finding her body and arresting him. Now I'm not so sure, it may have just been his conscience making him go on the run.

He could spend the rest of his life in prison just on the two armed robbery charges they have on him, and he probably will. That isn't going to bring any kind of comfort to her family though, as long as they have no idea what he did with her. I can tell by looking at those mugshots of his that this guy isn't going to say a word to anybody. He appears sullen and defiant to me.

“There are no new or amended charges,” Barclay added. Throughout the brief hearing, Vann remained shackled and cuffed as he stood beside his court appointed attorney Dale Potter.

Once the paperwork issue was settled, attorneys in the case asked for a new status hearing date. Sexton said the parties would appear in court again Aug. 17 at 9:30 am.

In the meantime, Vann remains in the Knox County Jail on a $1 million bond.

Now things have just been pushed along for another 4 months.

 

[KJ's Mamu]

Next court date is less than a week away (providing that there has not been some kind of continuation granted). Rhonda and her family have been on my mind.