Derrick, Eric and Alicia. If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of Jessica Lee Ann Hamby, please contact the Haleyville Police Department at (205) 486-5201, The State Bureau of Investigation at (256) 436-1344 or the 25th Judicial Circuit . Host: April Simmons Co-Host: Sabrina Jones with multiple tattoos on her arms and hands. You will also hear from a special guest. She's been missing for 4.5 years now. News Man taken to UAB Hospital with life-threatening gunshot wound At 7:51 a.m., she sent him a text saying, "Hey, they aint gonna shoot me for walking." ", Late last week, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the 25th Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office got involved in the case and are asking for the public's help, saying a multi-agency investigation has been launched. Lynn told Michael that while Jessica had dabbled with heroin use, Jessicas drug of choice was ice and if she couldnt get that, shed use roxies or benzos to get her by. Jessica Hamby, on her own, had gone several months drug free but then she slipped up, her father said. In addition to Raymond, Louise and Eric, there were at least 2 others who resided at the home. Hamby left behind three children who live with her parents in Russellville, Alabama. He has devoted thousands of man hours and uncountable resources to this case. Its difficult to know what to make of the major variations in Anns accounts of the morning of January 3rd but I do know this. On January 2, 2018, Jessica Lee Ann Hamby left her residence and has not returned. We showed that Jessicas message activities indicate that she wasnt sleeping very much if at all that night. She witnessed at least part of his murder. Once those devices and the owners are identified, if law enforcement can articulate probable cause for additional warrants, location information for those devices can be obtained for a period of time before and after the timeframe of the original geofence warrant. Listener discretion is advised. Jessica is survived by her father James Harold Hamby Jr. She could not have been there long though, no more than 10 or 15 minutes, because by 11:38 pm she was again outside of the range of both Erics and Gilberts, and was very likely traveling along County Rd 29. Follow Secrets True Crime on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We just want her back, one way or another. Jessica Lee Ann Hamby has been missing since January 3 rd 2018. She said when she walked into the bathroom, Jessica started screaming. Hamby, a mother of three, is 24 years old. Podcast host, Amber Sitton, and private investigator, Michael Fleming, team up and shed new light on unsolved missing and murdered cases that have gone cold. Doris Brown Sr. Posts navigation. Per the transcript, Ann did not mention a pipe in her interview with law enforcement officer Kenny Hallmark. Her family has been trying to contact her and has not heard from her. (205) 282-0740 for Michael Fleming. In fact, her NELOS data puts her close to the hunting club areas that we mentioned, and is centered close to a church where one of the unpaved cutover roads between County Rd 29 and State Road 187 ends. While we arent to a point that we are willing to accuse this group of doing harm to Jessica, there is no doubt about this. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Community Information Center, Marion County Sheriff's Department The subject matter may involve violence, sexual content, murder and adult themes this episode does contain foul language. Law enforcement obtained Dereks records too. If that is the case, either Ann is mistaken about who was present when she found Jessica in her bathroom, or there was another person with an Eric phone that was away from the house that morning. Amber:In the next episode, we will take you back to 2017 and the months before Jessica went to the detox in Haleyville to explore and explain those connections and how Jessica got to know Travis Jackson and came to be with Alicia, Eric, and Derek that night. If you have any information about Jessica's disappearance please contact the Marion County Sheriff's office at (205)-921-2101 or Jeff Means of Sound Mind Investigations at (256)-508-0047. The group of people with Jessica Hamby in the hours before her disappearance have always maintained that Jessica left walking from the Edwards' home while everyone else was asleep. 205-486-5201. Jessica had known Alicia and Derek Motes since her childhood. We'll let God handle the rest.". There arent enough data points in his NELOS to determine what time he left home or what route he took to get there, but we have high confidence that while Jessica was on Elgin Cochran Rd not sending any messages, Erics phone was not there. And then you got David Shane Reynolds who is the nephew of Raymond, who lives down the road with his mommy and daddy. with multiple tattoos on her arms and hands. She was 23 years old. There is one more piece of information that needs to be shared because it is highly likely that someone witnessed it and may not have thought to share it with investigators. While we opted not to use the actual audio recordings Jeff made of these interviews, we do have those interviews and the following information came directly from these audio recordings. Ann told Jeff that after she ran into her parents bedroom to tell them about Jessica being in her bathroom, she went to her bedroom and went back to sleep. In fact, Jessica was on the move much of the night, and had to have been traveling in a vehicle. Just 3 minutes later, Erics phone was in the same area, most likely at the end of 2nd Street Northwest and certainly between Military Trail and Bexar Avenue. We presented some of that information in Episode 2, when we talked about the phone calls and SMS text messages Jessica sent that night. Some great friends those 2 turned out to be because its obvious that both those 2 and the rest of the group weve been discussing know exactly what happened to Jessica Hamby. When Michael questioned Shane Reynolds, Shane said that he wasnt initially at Gilberts camper. While the easiest conclusion to reach would be that Jessica was looking for the heroin for herself, we have to also consider the possibility that she was trying to obtain it for someone else. Multiple search warrants have been executed in her case, and Edwards and the Motes siblings have been given polygraphs, but no one has been charged. Search. He was working on phones. They promised her protection, ruled his death a suicide and didn't protect her. Jessica Leeann Hamby, age 24, has been missing since Tuesday, January 2, 2018. This is an important fact. Santonio Daniels. Those messages could be interpreted in 2 ways. Based on the roads and time between adjacent points, it seems most likely that Jessica left the area she was in near County Road 41 and State Route 187 at 2:49, and traveled south on State Route 187 to Harpers Junction, then continued south on US-43 into Hamilton. Many factors other than distance can affect signal strength, including terrain, electromagnetic interference, and shielding from vegetation and structures. Her phone was tracked to Elgin Cochran Road at approximately 7:30 am, January 3, 2018. While the Edwards family has claimed all this time that Jessica left their property walking when she could not have been on their property when she sent her last message to Erics phone, someone with Erics phone knew exactly where Jessica was at that time, and hastily drove to that locationGoogle Maps indicates it takes exactly 14 minutes to make that drive. She was last seen leaving Lakeland Hospital in Haleyville, AL with another woman. James Larry Lowe. Call Detail Records obtained by search warrant from the cell phone carrier can reveal a lot of information. Typically, if someone wanted to lie in an investigation of this nature, youd expect them to want to place the missing person as far away from their home as possible. There are only 2 roads within that range, and only 10 residences; the rest is either open agricultural land or wooded timber forests. "Because she slipped up, she knew she was going to need help,'' and that's when she voluntarily checked in to a detox center. Jessica Hamby told law enforcement where to find her missing friend, Jeremy Abbott's body. Before we continue following Jessicas movements in the early morning hours of January 3rd, there are a couple of other points from the investigation we need to share. With Tenor, maker of GIF Keyboard, add popular Jessica Hamby animated GIFs to your conversations. More importantly, its very good at determining where a device is NOT located. Louise Edwards spoke up and told Jeff that when Eric is doing meth, he always messes with electronics and another family member noted that Eric fixes phones. Keith Hamby said he wants people to know that just because his daughter struggled with substance abuse, that doesn't lessen the impact of her disappearance. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/26/2023). Jessicas NELOS positions started in Haleyville at 9 pm on January 2nd, and revealed the route that she traveled with Brooke and Jonathan to get to Gilberts camper. The two questions he showed deceit on was Do you know what happened to Jessica Hamby? The equipment was parked overnight on the job site. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. On the way, however, she stopped for about 5 minutes in the area of State Route 187, possibly along one of those dirt cutover roads. Based on this analysis, it appears that just before 10:30 pm Jessica left Gilberts and went to Harpers Junction, then she went back to Gilberts camper. This return to Elgin Cochran Road corresponds with the 2nd lull in Jessicas conversations that we identified in Episode 2from 1:34 am to 2:49 am, Jessica was completely silent. The bottom line is that while NELOS might be old school and it might not be the new shiny penny that geofencing is, when geofencing data isnt available, you have to use what youve got whether you like it or not. ", The family is hoping for the best but trying to be prepared for the worst as well. All of them have been lying and hiding critical information since day 1 of this investigation. This seems to fit with Jessicas messages because at 5:50 am, Jessica sent a message that read I gotta shower, let it get daylight. The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear. 5.5 months later, Jessica vanished. In one of the interviews with Louise in which other family members were present, they stated that Jessica stole the 17 year old minors shoes that had been left in the bathroom. She had a headful of long, thick hair, was 52 tall and weighed about 125 lbs. Gilberts statement to Michael was that Shane was there at the camper with the rest of them the entire time, and he thought Shane was driving his burgundy colored pickup, and that Eric had driven there in either his white Tahoe or Louise Edwards blue Nissan. At 7:31 she was on the move, and by 7:33 am she was in northwest Hamilton once again. In this season, as always, youll hear from private investigator Michael Fleming. Our goal is to crowdsource the more than 200,000 unsolved cases of the murdered and missing. At 3:42 am, Jessicas phone had moved north on County Road 29, and stopped for about 8 minutes. Amber:As we mentioned, the geofencing did not show Jessicas phone leaving Gilberts camper after she met Alicia and the others there. She and another woman were in a detox program at Lakeland Community Hospital in Haleyville, Alabama when, on January 2, they left after a disagreement with someone there. Jessica wasnt interested in going to pick Travis up unless he could provide her with heroin or someone would be willing to allow Jessica to borrow their car in exchange for heroin. We know that Jessica had her phones mobile hotspot turned on at one point in the night, which generated some of her NELOS positions because she was using and sharing data with someone else. She spent at least part of the night there. In this interview, Ann stated she used a different bathroom before she went back to bed. Jessica Lee Ann Hamby was last seen on Jan. 2, 2018. Twitter Lori Ann Hamby - @LoriAnnHamby1 Tired mom, Physical Therapist, Hamby's Home Run Cookies It disappeared shortly after stopping there, then briefly reappeared around 8 am before vanishing again for the rest of the search warrant period. Amber:This would be a good time to note that the messages between Eric and Derek were found in Erics Facebook records but not Dereks. Its not suitable for younger listeners. Shane denied driving Jessica anywhere except when he picked up the group from Gilberts camper and took them to Erics. So you have to consider her positions before and after 10:27 to narrow that downhow far could she have traveled away from Gilberts trailer in those 5 minutes. What has been consistent in this story is that no mention has been made of any of the group leaving the Edwards home that night, except that Jessica was able to slip out of the double-wide trailer while everyone slept, and she was gone when they woke on the morning of January 3rd. If true, that would mean that Shane Reynolds was the one that drove Jessica into Hamilton at 4:02 am, and possibly was the one driving her on some of her other trips. Before you listen to what Keith said, you are going to hear him mention Robbie. If this is true, it would seem most likely that it happened during this period of Jessica being silent on messenger and text while she was at Erics residence, between 1:39 am and 2:42 am. Hamby went missing only months before Pike, in January, 2018. Maybe this explains something Jessicas dad, Keith, told us. In fact, the NELOS points at 10:13 and 10:22 are at the exact same position and range. Based on her messages during that time to people like Nate Dunstan and her continued movements around the area, we do not believe Jessica was aware that the person with that device was in the area but the timing of that device leaving closely coincides with Jessicas device going dark. In the last episode, we noted that Jessicas drug of choice was heroin. The children live with Keith Hamby and his wife in Russellville. Hamby, circa 2018; Some of Hamby's tattoos. At 3:17 am, Jessicas NELOS recorded another point of higher accuracy with a 1000 meter accuracy radius. Her phone was tracked to Elgin Cochran Road at approximately 7:30 am, January 3, 2018. About 20 or 30 minutes later, 1:30 or 2 am if Gilberts timing is correct, he heard a machine operating down at the work site. Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. All of their stories have indicated that Jessica left walking from the Edwards home that morning when she sent that last message to Eric. The next day, Gilberts boss man said the Track Hoe had been moved, and Gilbert said he saw off-road ATV tire tracks around the heavy equipment that had been parked overnight. Amber:At 6:58 am, Jessica was still within range of Erics residence and was most likely there finishing up her shower. Drive testing of the cell network in that area revealed one point on US-43 between State Route 187 and Elgin Cochran Rd where cell signal was greatly diminished, but not entirely gone; drive testing on Elgin Cochran Road, however, revealed multiple places where cell signal was completely lost, including towards the southern end of the road where Shane Reynolds lived. She described Jessica as looking geeked out. She was possibly last seen in Marion County on. Jessica Lee Ann Hamby was last seen on Jan. 2, 2018 with another young woman. When he woke the next day, Jessica was gone. Jessica Lee Ann Hamby has been missing since January 3rd 2018. HAMBY, JESSICA LEIGH Jessica Leigh Hamby suddenly and unexpectedly passed away on June 3, 2004 in San Diego, California. If you are enjoying this podcast, be sure to follow or subscribe in your podcast player of choice and by giving us a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts. "What I want people to know is that Jessica is a person, she has people that love her and, most importantly, her babies want to know where mommy is. Gilberts camper was also within range of her location at that time, but the center point for her location is further east and south, which is only possible by traveling the 1 mile down Elgin Cochran Rd to where Eric lived. NELOS may not be able to prove in court that someone was inside a store when a theft occurred rather than sitting in the parking lot 100 feet away, but it is more than adequate to prove that the device was 5 or 10 miles down the road at the time of that theft. One of those tools is geofencing, which uses a series of search warrants to obtain mobile device location information from Google. Similarly, if the geofencing report doesnt show that a device left the area, it doesnt necessarily mean that device is still there. They have offered an explanation for Jessicas message at 7:51 am, that people had stolen from Raymond in the past and that if he caught someone wandering around the property they might get shot. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Heres Michael: Michael: At 10:27 pm, the signal strength between Jessicas phone and the cell tower drops. She also could not have been on Elgin Cochran Rd. That said, the center point for her location at that time is over a half mile further south than when we believe NELOS indicates she was at Erics at 11:33 pm on January 2nd, but that difference could indicate she went to Erics camper at 11:33 pm, and at 1:39 am she went to the double wide trailer where the Edwards family lived. Like the point at 11:42 pm, this point was accurate to 1000 meters or just over a half mile radius. Amber: None of the statements that we know about, to Jeff or Law Enforcement, mention someone leaving Gilberts and making a run to that gas station or anywhere else. with multiple tattoos on her arms and hands. Robert Lee Archie. She is 5'2, 125 lbs. 414 Followers, 518 Following, 84 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Jessi Halcomb (@jessica_lenae) "We've got information, credible information,'' Keith Hamby said. In fact, the center point for Jessicas position at 2:42 and 2:49 am is very close to a small building and basketball court owned by nearby Shiloh Baptist Church. That's what they said they don't have nothing. Welcome to Secrets True Crime, The Disappearance of Jessica Hamby. She said she just went back to her room and went to sleep. This supposition is consistent with part of Shane Reynolds story, that he dropped the group off at Erics camper first, then they went to the double wide trailer, although the timing and Jessicas previous locations conflict with most of Shanes story. At 10:57 pm, Derek Motes sent a message to Eric Edwards on Facebook saying Lets go to your house bro. At 10:59 pm Derek sent another message to Eric: Lets go bro.. He thought that happened at about midnight or 12:30 am on January 3rd. He said he just jumped up and started screaming don't tell them shit. This audio production for this podcast is by Kane Power at precisionpodcasting.com. This is impossible, even if Eric was flying a commercial jet at full speed. When Jessica arrived at Gilberts camper, she sent a message to Erics messenger saying Here, and then she called his phone for 34 seconds. In Season 3 of Secrets True Crime The Disappearance of Jessica Hamby, we are starting from the beginning and by the beginning, we are beginning with Jessicas life 6 months prior to her disappearance. Just 30 seconds later, Erics next NELOS point puts him squarely at home, with a 50 meter accuracy range. Ann Hamby Found 132 people in Georgia, Texas and other states +93 Instagram Ann Hamby - @ann.hamby Jessica Ann Hamby - @jessica.hamby.87 Ann Hamby - @annhamby Elizabeth Ann Hamby - @lizelya0821 Ann Hamby Hewett - @ann.hewett Show all results. Ann also told him that Alicia and Derek were sitting on Erics bed and they were listening to music. The Charley Project is NOT a registered non-profit organization and any donations will NOT be tax-deductible. Posts navigation. Jessicas cellphone records tell us two things: 1) there was someone at Gilberts camper with a vehicle around 10:30 pm, and 2) they drove it and Jessicas phone to Harpers Junction, then went back to Gilberts. Thats what he said she said she had no minutes. When Hallmark questioned her more about what gave her that impression, Ann indicated she thought that was the only reason Jessica would have been screaming when she opened up the bathroom door on her and she also noted that she just thought Jessica looked like she was geeked out. 5.5 months later, Jessica disappeared & still hasn't been found 4.5 years later Jeff also interviewed Raymond Edwards and he asked him about Ann coming into his and Louises room that morning. He stood up and screamed out in the jail. She made several trips into northwest Hamilton that night, including after the sun came up on January 3rd. At just before 11 pm, Jessicas device left Gilberts camper for the second time, and traveled in the opposite direction of Eric Edwards residence. Jessica Hamby is the mother of three children - ages 9, 5 and 4. She also confirmed what wed already been told. Can you get any boy? We will revisit this anomaly with Erics call detail report a little later. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Her direction of travel is unknown at this time. According to Erics NELOS point at 2:04 am, his phone was not at home or even in range of Elgin Cochran Rd. There are a number of vehicle traversable trails within the timber forest that can be accessed from the County Road 180 cutover previously mentioned, and given the time it took her to get from that area to her next point, it seems likely that she was on one of those timber forest tracks. Just because a persons device does not show up in a geofence report does not necessarily mean itor theywerent there. The device then disappeared from Googles logs. Her parents stated she was a good mother; she put the children in their care while she got treatment for her drug problem, and visited them regularly. national iranian tanker company fleet list, usc water polo coach salary, el debarge and janet jackson daughter,