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Jul 22, 2021 · Fennell, who later served time in prison for kidnapping a woman while on duty, on Thursday denied having anything to do with Stites' murder. "I know the truth is going to come out," said Fennell...
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- Erin Donaghue
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Apr 27, 2022 · The U.S. Supreme Court may consider DNA testing in a long-standing murder case for which death row inmate Rodney Reed was convicted more than two decades ago.
- Ed Browne
Jul 22, 2021 · BASTROP — Jimmy Fennell, the former fiancé of murder victim Stacey Stites, testified in a hearing Thursday that all of the witnesses who said Stites knew Rodney Reed were lying. Fennell also...
- 19-Year-Old Found Dead in Bastrop
- Investigation Continued as Stites’ Family Mourned
- Rodney Reed Charged and Convicted in Stites’ Death
- Authorities Investigate Fennell in Unrelated Case
- New Defense Team Raises Questions About Reed’s Conviction
- An Uncertain Future For Rodney Reed
Stacey Stites was the youngest of Carol Stites’ five children. “She had her plans, and now somebody's taken that away,” Carol Stites said at the time of the murder. “She was like the white tornado,” she told “20/20.” “That's exactly what they called her when she was little. She was into everything and did everything, and friends with everybody.” Ta...
Stacey Stites’ cousin, Heather Stobbs, told “20/20” that as the family was gathering together, she realized, “instead of going to Stacey's wedding, now we're going to Stacey's memorial.” Stacey’s sister said the family and Jimmy were devastated by her death. Carol Stites remembered how Fennell said goodbye to his fiancée. “He had the wedding ring i...
Linda Schlueter, who was also around Stites’ age, was attacked and had her car stolen seven months after Stites’ death. Schlueter later pointed out Rodney Reed in a photo array. “I described the man… The police automatically knew who he was,” Schlueter told “20/20.” “They presented [pictures of] six Africans Americans on a piece of paper. This is t...
Eleven years after Stites’ murder, Texas Rangers investigated Fennell after a woman named Connie Lear accused him of raping her while he had her in custody. In October 2007, police were called to an apartment complex where Lear and her boyfriend were attending a friend’s party, after a neighbor complained that the couple was having a drunken argume...
One of Stites’ coworkers at H-E-B came forward in 2014, and in an affidavit she claimed Stites told her she was having an affair with Reed. "I remember I was asking her about her engagement ring,” Alicia Slater said. “She told me that she wasn't that excited to get married, because she was ‘sleeping with a black guy named Rodney.’ To hear that she ...
Reed has appealed his case repeatedly from 2001 through 2015. With just weeks to go before his scheduled execution, Reed garnered attention from the national media, including Dr. Phil, Oprah and The New York Times. He found support with local politicians and activists around the country, most famously including Kim Kardashian West. Five days before...
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- Allie Yang,Glenn Ruppel,Marie Hegwood
Nov 19, 2021 · Johnstone man Michael Fennell raked in a total of £10,005 between April 2018 and December 2019 from victims across the west of Scotland. They included a 61-year-old retiree and a couple with two young children. Fennell, 59, admitted five charges of fraud at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
Jul 12, 2023 · Jimmy Fennell is the former police officer fiance of Stacey Stites. Rodney Reed was given the death penalty in her murder, but many think he did not do it.
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Mar 10, 2018 · Jimmy Fennell, an original person of interest in the 1996 murder of his fiancé Stacey Stites, is a free man again after serving a 10-year sentence for his role in the kidnapping and improper...
