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5. Channon Gail Christian, aged 21, and Hugh Christopher Newsom Jr., aged 23, were from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. They were kidnapped on the evening of January 6, 2007, when Christian's vehicle was carjacked. The couple were taken to a rental house. Both of them were raped, tortured, and murdered. [1][2][3] Four males and one female ...
- Setting The Stage
- Savaging The Victims
- Sneaking A Preview
- Spilling The Beans
- Fight Not Over
Chipman Street resident Lemaricus Davidson was broke and angry. His girlfriend, Daphne Sutton, had left him. He had no car and no way to earn money. "Selling dope, that's what I do," Davidson would later tell law enforcement. Law enforcers knew, however, that Davidson was not simply a drug dealer. He was on parole for carjacking and, in the days le...
Christian and Newsom disappeared Jan. 6, 2007, from the Washington Ridge apartment complex where Christian's best friend lived. Hours later, Newsom's body was found alongside railroad tracks near Chipman Street in East Knoxville. He had been raped with an object and then shot three times. The final shot was delivered execution style. He had been ga...
Suspect Boyd has long denied any role in the couple's abduction. With no forensic proof tying him to the crimes, authorities were left to prosecute him for hiding out Davidson after the slayings. He is serving an 18-year federal prison sentence as a result. But his statement to authorities provides striking details of the carjacking ? details he in...
Back at Davidson's Chipman Street house with their bound and blindfolded victims in tow, an argument broke out among Davidson, Boyd, Cobbins, Thomas and Coleman. Thomas and Davidson barely knew each other and neither liked the other. "Lemaricus told (Thomas) that he was gonna need him to do something so he could trust him," Coleman told law enforce...
With Thomas convicted for a second time on Friday and a jury delivering up a sentence of life with the possibility of parole, the case finally seems over, save a few rote hearings and appeals. But Christian's father, Gary Christian, said Friday that his fight is not over. "The business at hand is done," he said of the trials. "The work has just cha...
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Aug 13, 2019 · Mary Newsom, center, reacts as the jury announces a guilty verdict for Eric Boyd in Knox County Criminal Court on Monday, August 12, 2019. Eric Boyd was convicted of first-degree felony, rape, and ...
Jan 5, 2017 · Updated: Jan 5, 2017 / 06:16 PM EST. KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Ten years after the violent kidnapping and murders of their children, the Christian and Newsom families are still fighting to have their ...
Jan 5, 2017 · Torture-murder victims Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in an undated photo. Family Photo Authorities recover the body of Channon Christian from a house on Jan. 9, 2007, at 2316 Chipman St.
Apr 4, 2018 · Here are five things to know about the case: 1. Details of the case were horrific. Christian, a 21-year-old University of Tennessee student, and her boyfriend, Newsom, 23, were heading out to a ...
Oct 19, 2024 · It’s been nearly 13 years since the murders of 21-year-old Channon Christian and her 23-year-old boyfriend Christopher Newsom. For years, the families have sought justice for their loved ones and 12 years later, families in Christian-Newsom murders receive added closure with Boyd’s conviction | City News | utdailybeacon.com
