re: Jessica Chambers murder update - Family expecting an arrest soon

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Jury began the day w. a field trip. They went to the area where Jessica Chambers was found by first responders and her car was burned, the M&M First Stop convenience store (last place JC was seen alive), and Quinton Tellis' home. They also saw the ditch where JC's keys were found. They looked at the shed where QT admitted to keeping gasoline and surveillance video showed a car pulling up to on the night of her death. Jury saw the access road leading to QT's sister's house. This is the route prosecutors believe QT took from the crime to his sister's to borrow her car. Last stop was the area behind QT's home where he and JC supposedly had sex

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Mary Beth Hall
-NP w. Burn unit at trauma center in Memphis
-Notified night of Dec 6 that a burn patient was being flown in via helicopter.
-C had mainly third degree burns w. a few second degree burns. Burns on chest were so deep air wouldn't go into lungs so MBH called for an anesthesiologist to help JC breathe
-MBH knew JC would not survive her wounds, so they began "comfort care"- morphine drip and dressings to keep her comfortable
-Burns were so deep they couldn't pick up 02 stats from her fingers, toes, or ears. "Her skin was cold"
-When JC's BP began to drop, they called in family to tell them there was nothing else they could do. TOD was 2:36AM on December 7, 2014

Dr. Erin Barnhart (former Deputy Chief ME for Jackson, MS)
-Performed autopsy on JC
-External exam noted on sexual trauma
-Burns on 93% of body. 2nd/3rd degree burns to face, scalp, neck, chest, back, arms, front of legs. Only areas not burned were groin, butt, soles of feet and rear side of upper thighs. Jury got to see autopsy photos of face, body, and airway after it had been removed- this was not shown on the feed I was watching
-Ruled death a homicide
-Cross: Asked about the toxicology report- JC had marijuana and nicotine in her system

Dr. William Hickerson
-Director of Med Trauma Center in Memphis
-Contacted the night JC was brought in, sent updates by attending physician (Dr. Michael Van Vliet)
-Initial impression was 95% burns, majority of which were 3rd degree (burns that go all the way thru skin)
-Essentially no chance of survival
-Demonstrated on autopsy photos (not shown on feed) where MVV made incisions into JC because she couldn't breathe due to burns making skin stiff. Even w. tube inserted, they couldn't get enough air pressure into JC unless they relieved the tightness of her burned flesh which would allow lungs to expand
-Entire face had third degree burns. Butt and genitalia not burned, which indicated she was sitting when she was burned and in an enclosed space
-JC's injury was not common and not one they see in burn centers
-Her lips would not move, tongue was not working correctly, and she could not enunciate from the steam and inhaling chemicals contained in fire and heat. Also did not have enough air for correct speech

Barry Thompson
-Chief Investigator, called back to stand- he had been w. the jury on their field trip
-Due to high profile and unusual nature of case, he had all types of agencies offering help, and he accepted any and all help given. They set up a "war room" to handle evidence and info. FBI, MBI ATF, and US Marshall Service assisted
-Interviewed 15 people named Eric or Derrick, none were viable suspects
-Contact interviews were made w. several people- informal interview where Miranda rights are read, but person interviewed is not necessarily a suspect.
-December 10, 2014: Contact interview w. QT. He is mirandized, read rights, and agreed to talk w. investigators. Investigators asked him how he knew JC and where was was the day of the fire.
-QT met JC through Kesha Myers (KM) who testified on Day 1 of the trial. KM gave JC's number to QT. When they hung out they would "cut blocks" and smoke weed. He admitted to having sex once w. JC but said he was at the "sandbox" (a local hangout) when the crime occured. He was with "Big Mike" and "Tootie"
-QT told investigators Derrick Holmes (DH) had been stalking JC
-QT gave a DNA sample

Barry Thompson Cross
-Asked BT his position in chain of command: Sheriff, Chief Deputy, and then him (Chief Investigator)
-Asked who was in charge of interviews, investigations, evidence collection, and other matters
-No evidence resulted from search and rescue team walking local roads the night of the fire
-Reason for initial interview w. QT was due to finding his number in JC's cell records
-Interview was casual: "I wouldn't say he was a suspect at the time. It was just someone who knew her...we questioned hundreds of folks this way"
-He said that KM introduced QT to JC- this conflicts w. KM's testimony from Day 1
-He did not know what time QT was at the sandbox w. the two others mentioned, only an approx time. Defense fired back by asking how can he ask QT where he was at the time of the crime if he didn't even know the time of the crime?
-Did talk to DH, the name given by QT as a possible suspect. DH is a registered sex offender in Mississippi and lives in Courtland
-Asked if he had been out to crime scene or QT's home- he had but he didn't collect any evidence or take pics. Also did not have a list of Eric's they interviewed.
-Was everything pertaining to the case kept in war room? - Not all the time
-Redirect: Items from scene tested positive for gasoline, the accelerant used to start the fire. QT also admitted to having sex w. JC once, and said he was w. her until around Noon on Dec 6th

Dustin Blount
-FBI Special agent, interviewed QT at his home in Courtland. Described him as cooperative
-QT said he was first introduced to JC via KM at M&M First Stop
-They struck up a friendship quickly, had sex once. Rode around alot
-They had sex in her car in a grassy area adjacent to QT's house, he was in passenger seat, reclined
-One time JC was sick and QT went to the ER w. her
-Cross: QT allowed a cell phone search. Admitted he deleted texts from JC, when he was asked if it was because she died, he said he didn't remember. Also looks at surveillance footage of QT at Fred's on Dec 6th at 8:45PM