A mother named Smith. A mysterious attacker, and a dead little boy. In South Carolina.
Sound familiar?
The mother in this case isn’t named
Susan, and the attack in question didn’t take place in October of 1994.
Amanda Reagan Smith’s son
Devon Chad Epps was murdered on August 12, 2007, in Greenville, South Carolina.
Here is what Amanda, age 26, has been telling investigators in Greenville . . .
Amanda and Devon were stopped at
Jacobs Road and Interstate 85 that Sunday night when a scruffy-looking white man carrying a knife ordered the mother from her car.
The man locked himself in the car with Devon. Then, inexplicably, he smothered the boy, holding a pillow over the child’s face. The boy was taken to a hospital, where he was declared deceased. Amanda Reagan Smith was injured as well. She was treated and released from the hospital that night.
The Greenville
News reported that Devon’s death was caused by “asphyxia due to neck compression.”
A
suspect sketch has been circulated, and
some believe the sketch resembles Devon’s father, David Epps. Police have told local media that they’ve received more than 30 tips since the sketch was made public.
Greenville TV station WYFF published
an online article on August 15 about Devon Epps’s funeral. Reactions from people living near the scene of the crime were mentioned:
Residents familiar with area where the crime occurred said they were surprised to hear that something like that happened there.
“There are several businesses in that area that have surveillance cameras so we’re trying to go to those businesses and meet with the managers to see where exactly those cameras point, and what areas they cover,” said Michael Hildebrand of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office.
The same piece also stated that investigators didn’t “believe the sketch is that of a homeless person living in the area.”
What really happened to Devon Chad Epps?
A random attacker at night using a pillow from the crime scene is strange, given that the crime scene was a car stopped on the road. The attacker wielding a knife but using the pillow
instead is stranger still.
Devon Epps was not abducted
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http://www.wyff4.com/slideshow/news/...22/detail.html
Cached Myspace page as it has since been deleted:
http://jack.crimeblog.us/crazysexxyluv.htm
Here is the story with postings on courttv.
http://boards.courttv.com/showthread...0&pagenumber=1
I don't believe this woman one bit. There was a report that a fire was started in DEVON'S bedroom three months prior to his death. And the little boy escaped his room to save his momma. Arson was never ruled out.
this story does not add up AT ALL!
Any thoughts?
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