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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 ...
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A Knox County jury sentenced Davidson to death nearly 10 years ago for his role as ringleader in the carjacking, rape, torture and killing of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom in January 2007. Christian and Newsom were on a date when Davidson and four others — Letalvis Cobbins, Eric Boyd, George Thomas and Vanessa Coleman — kidnapped them at gunpo...
Under Tennessee law, only the defense could ask for an outside jury to hear the trial. The defense team didn't expect to find a dozen impartial jurors in Knox County - and secretly hoped not to, Trant suggested. "I told (Davidson) if we were not able to seat a jury, he could not be convicted," Trant testified. Trant said he hoped if jury proceeding...
Davidson's trial was the third to be tried in the case, after Boyd's conviction in federal court for harboring Davidson as a fugitive after the killings and Cobbins' conviction in state court for murder. White separatists held two rallies downtown "in honor of" Christian and Newsom, and Trant and Eldridge said they and their staff received death th...
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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.
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
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Jury selection is set to begin Monday for the trial of Eric Boyd, the long-suspected fifth person involved in the murders of Channon Christian, 21, and Chris Newsom, 23 ...
Sep 18, 2019 · Eric Boyd gets two stacked life sentences for his role in the Christian-Newsom murders. His victims' loved ones called him a monster. A judge called him an unrepentant lifelong criminal. But Eric ...
Jul 31, 2019 · KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Channon Christian and Chris Newsom were planning to go to dinner on Jan. 6, 2007. Instead, they were carjacked, brought to a house on Chipman Street in North Knoxville ...
