The Trial Begins
Things have not been ok lately. I dont know how to deal with the trial of Chris Edwards.
For those of you not up to date with what i'm talking about (which might just be all of you but dark_teardrops), one of my old friends from high school went missing in May of 2006. She and i were friends, but one of those type of friendships you have with people when you are in a class that has none of your friends in it, and she doesn't have any of her friends in class either, so you kind of bond together, since neither of you have any friends in that class, and you guys are only friends in this class, and you possibly say hi to each other in the hallways when you pass, and you also share little tidbits here and there to make each other smile occasionally, and you also exchange senior pictures; that kind of friendship. Nothing more than that really, but you still consider the person a friend. Well, naturally, after graduation, i didn't see her anymore. She moved on to college, attending UNO (University of Nebraska Omaha), and i... well, did my thing.
Anyway, i remember the first time i heard about her being missing. I was sitting in my dining room, halfway paying attention to the news that was on, and partially writing/doodling something, when i heard her name, Jessica O'Grady. then i heard the word "missing". and then i heard "two weeks". I was... in shock. and i was crushed. and i was feeling guilty for not being more of a friend to her. and then i was feeling this deep pain of sadness. I just felt pain. She was really a nice girl. She liked to party and stuff but she wasn't a bad person or one of those people who you really criticize because they party hard and drug hard. She was a nice girl who wanted to live the college life. I was crestfallen.
Then they learned that her car was parked infront of Chili's where she worked. They learned that her boyfriend, Chris Edwards, also worked there. They learned that they had been dating for a while but neither of them really told their friends a lot. They learned that she got lost finding his house. They learned that she text messaged her best friend about going over there an hour before she got there. The found his room spotless. Until they turned over his matress and found a huge soaking spot of blood. and they found blood splattered on the ceiling, the walls, lamps, candles, the tv... and Bangkok Battle Swords. The blood on the walls and ceiling had been painted over. They also found blood on hedge clippers (new information i just learned today), and in the trunk of his car. They also learned that she was a few weeks pregnant. They also learned that he had another girlfriend who was ALSO a few weeks pregnant. The blood was all Jessica's, and there was also evidence of his DNA on the swords as well.
Anyway, a month or two after calling it a missing persons case, they subtley changed it to "murder", and then a few months later, Chris Edwards turns himself in. And he's pleading Not Guilty.
They argued today in opening statements that "blood doesn't equal death". and they've changed their story so many times, and now they're saying that the blood is from a "miscarriage" when a few months ago it was from her "period". I honestly didn't know that a miscarriage from a few week "old" fetus lead to blood splattered on ceilings and walls, and on swords and hedgeclippers. I also didn't konw that miscarriages lead to missing persons.
The case is all too solid except for the fact that 10 months later, they still dont have a body. And this is where i come in. All i want is to find her body. Around the time of her disappearance the local media was going haywire over the disappearance of a young black girl named Amber Harris, they found her body a few months ago, but they still haven't found Jessica's, and that's just killing me inside. All i want is to find her/her body. And i just cant believe that that smug son of a bitch can stay in jail for about 8 months, and is about to go to trial being accused for her murder, and not say a peep. What the fuck does that asshole have to loose now? I'm 100% sure they're going to send him to jail for life, and i'm 100% sure he killed her, why the fuck wont he tell us where he put her?
How do you go from being the friend of some sweet girl to trying as hard as you can to get over her possible murder when they dont have her body?
For those of you not up to date with what i'm talking about (which might just be all of you but dark_teardrops), one of my old friends from high school went missing in May of 2006. She and i were friends, but one of those type of friendships you have with people when you are in a class that has none of your friends in it, and she doesn't have any of her friends in class either, so you kind of bond together, since neither of you have any friends in that class, and you guys are only friends in this class, and you possibly say hi to each other in the hallways when you pass, and you also share little tidbits here and there to make each other smile occasionally, and you also exchange senior pictures; that kind of friendship. Nothing more than that really, but you still consider the person a friend. Well, naturally, after graduation, i didn't see her anymore. She moved on to college, attending UNO (University of Nebraska Omaha), and i... well, did my thing.
Anyway, i remember the first time i heard about her being missing. I was sitting in my dining room, halfway paying attention to the news that was on, and partially writing/doodling something, when i heard her name, Jessica O'Grady. then i heard the word "missing". and then i heard "two weeks". I was... in shock. and i was crushed. and i was feeling guilty for not being more of a friend to her. and then i was feeling this deep pain of sadness. I just felt pain. She was really a nice girl. She liked to party and stuff but she wasn't a bad person or one of those people who you really criticize because they party hard and drug hard. She was a nice girl who wanted to live the college life. I was crestfallen.
Then they learned that her car was parked infront of Chili's where she worked. They learned that her boyfriend, Chris Edwards, also worked there. They learned that they had been dating for a while but neither of them really told their friends a lot. They learned that she got lost finding his house. They learned that she text messaged her best friend about going over there an hour before she got there. The found his room spotless. Until they turned over his matress and found a huge soaking spot of blood. and they found blood splattered on the ceiling, the walls, lamps, candles, the tv... and Bangkok Battle Swords. The blood on the walls and ceiling had been painted over. They also found blood on hedge clippers (new information i just learned today), and in the trunk of his car. They also learned that she was a few weeks pregnant. They also learned that he had another girlfriend who was ALSO a few weeks pregnant. The blood was all Jessica's, and there was also evidence of his DNA on the swords as well.
Anyway, a month or two after calling it a missing persons case, they subtley changed it to "murder", and then a few months later, Chris Edwards turns himself in. And he's pleading Not Guilty.
They argued today in opening statements that "blood doesn't equal death". and they've changed their story so many times, and now they're saying that the blood is from a "miscarriage" when a few months ago it was from her "period". I honestly didn't know that a miscarriage from a few week "old" fetus lead to blood splattered on ceilings and walls, and on swords and hedgeclippers. I also didn't konw that miscarriages lead to missing persons.
The case is all too solid except for the fact that 10 months later, they still dont have a body. And this is where i come in. All i want is to find her body. Around the time of her disappearance the local media was going haywire over the disappearance of a young black girl named Amber Harris, they found her body a few months ago, but they still haven't found Jessica's, and that's just killing me inside. All i want is to find her/her body. And i just cant believe that that smug son of a bitch can stay in jail for about 8 months, and is about to go to trial being accused for her murder, and not say a peep. What the fuck does that asshole have to loose now? I'm 100% sure they're going to send him to jail for life, and i'm 100% sure he killed her, why the fuck wont he tell us where he put her?
How do you go from being the friend of some sweet girl to trying as hard as you can to get over her possible murder when they dont have her body?