Every year on January 7, Unit 1012 will always remember Channon
Christian and Christopher
Newsom, a couple from Knoxville, Tennessee who were murdered on
January 7, 2007. We will post the information from Wikipedia and other links.
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Murders
of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom
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Location
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Date
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January
6, 2007
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Attack type
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Weapons
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Deaths
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2
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Perpetrators
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Letalvis
D. Cobbins, Lemaricus D. Davidson, George Thomas, Eric Boyd, Vanessa Coleman
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Participant
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5
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Channon Gail
Christian, 21, and Hugh Christopher Newsom, Jr., 23,
were from Knoxville, Tennessee. They were kidnapped
the evening of January 6, 2007 when Christian's vehicle was carjacked,
and taken to a rental house, where both of them were raped, tortured, and
murdered. Five people were arrested and charged in the case. The grand jury
indicted four of the suspects on counts of capital murder, robbery, kidnapping,
rape, and theft, while a fifth was indicted on federal charges of carjacking.
Of the four
charged at the state level, three (Letalvis D. Cobbins, Lemaricus Davidson, and
George Thomas) had multiple prior felony convictions. After a jury trial,
Davidson was convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection. Cobbins and
Thomas were convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility
of parole. Vanessa Coleman was convicted and sentenced to 53 years in prison
for facilitating the crimes, and Eric Dewayne Boyd was convicted and sentenced
to 18 years in federal prison for being an accessory after the fact to
carjacking.
The state
convictions were all initially set aside because of misconduct by the presiding
judge, who has since been disbarred. Retrials were originally slated for the
summer and fall of 2012. The orders for retrials of Davidson and Cobbins were
subsequently overturned by the Tennessee State Supreme Court, and their
convictions and sentences stand. The Coleman and Thomas retrials resulted in
convictions, but with reduced sentences. Coleman's sentence was reduced to 35
years, and Thomas' sentence was reduced to life in prison with the possibility
of parole.
Please go these Blog Posts
to learn more:
1. The Case:
2. ‘Liberal Lies About the
Death Penalty’ by Ashley Herzog
3. UNIT 1012
WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER CHANNON CHRISTIAN AND CHRISTOPHER NEWSOM (DIED: JANUARY 7,
2007)
4. IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHANNON CHRISTIAN
AND CHRISTOPHER NEWSOM (7TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR MURDERS) [DIED ON JANUARY 7,
2007]
5.
Pro Death Penalty Quote by Hugh Newsom
6. FOREVER CHANGED
7. REMEMBERING CHANNON CHRISTIAN AND
CHRISTOPHER NEWSOM 10 YEARS LATER
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