Last updated June 1, 2019; casefile added. Because of that tight accuracy radius, it is nearly impossible for her to have been anywhere on or even close to Elgin Cochran Road, and the travel time clearly indicates that she was in a vehicle. with multiple tattoos on her arms and hands. Ann stated that Derek was asleep on the living room couch and he did not wake up. The children live with Keith Hamby and his wife in Russellville. That point is closer, but still outside of the range of anywhere on Elgin Cochran Rd. Her direction of travel is unknown at this time. Hallmark asked Ann what Jessica was doing when she opened the bathroom door. Jessicas phone remained in that exact spot for 5 reports, from 11:52 pm on January 2nd to 12:25 am on January 3rd, but she was possibly there longer since her next point doesnt appear until 12:50 am. 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. And do you know where she is? Jeff asked Ann how long it took her to go back to sleep once she went back to bed that morning. She described Jessica as looking geeked out. 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. Jessica Hamby is the mother of three children - ages 9, 5 and 4. 205-486-5201. Thats still a big circle, but now we have more information that narrows down what she could have done. 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. 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. She told him that she slept until around 11:00 am and that when she woke up, Jessica, Eric, Derek Motes and Alicia Motes were all gone. 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. One seclouond later, we see the anomaly again, with Erics phone in very close proximity to where Jessicas last NELOS position was. We will come back to that story in a bit. So while we cant say for certain from NELOS alone, it is plausible that both Erics device and Jessicas were in the area of Elgin Cochran Rd close to the time that Gilbert says someone was operating a Track Hoe at the jobsite, and that Erics device left the area shortly afterwards. She stated that even though she didnt have school on January 3, 2018, she often woke up around that time out of habit. At just before 11 pm, Jessicas device left Gilberts camper for the second time, and traveled in the opposite direction of Eric Edwards residence. Even more telling is that Erics device does not appear to have traveled with Jessica on those trips, and the two devices being in close proximity to one another only happened a couple of times. Ann described opening the door to her bathroom and finding an unknown female standing there that she later learned was Jessica. Authorities stated the people who last saw Hamby had given inconsistent statements about the events leading up to her disappearance, and they have no evidence that she ever left Elgin Cochran Road. The family even gave the name of a witness that reportedly saw Jessica walking down their driveway that morning while he was looking for some lost motorcycle keys in the area. He lives down there on the left, about a about a half mile down the road. As previously mentioned, NELOS does not provide precision location information, and is simply a mathematical estimation of the devices location. We have it filled with great information about Susan and Evan, Eric and Gypsy and we will be adding additional content about Jessica. At 4:02 am, Jessicas device had returned to northwest Hamilton as well, with her center point again located along 2nd St NW near Academy Drive. Ann told law enforcement and Jeff that she ran to her parents bedroom to wake them up to tell them that someone was in her bathroom. Those messages could be interpreted in 2 ways. Her phone generated additional NELOS points that are in range of Gilberts trailer at 10:11, 10:13, and 10:22 as well. This area is hilly and rocky, and there are only 5 roads and a handful of residences within range of her location. The other young woman dropped Jessica Hamby off at a house and then returned to her hometown of Cullman. Erics next NELOS point is at 2:04 am, during Jessicas period of silence while she was at Erics house. The first comes from the information Gilbert shared with Michael, some of which we presented in Episode 2. This episode was cowritten by me and Michael Fleming. In the 4.5 years since Jessica was last reported to be seen, the stories regarding her disappearance and fate have been plentiful and the facts scarce. Due to that, there is an episode transcript available to those who would find it helpful. 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. Many factors other than distance can affect signal strength, including terrain, electromagnetic interference, and shielding from vegetation and structures. Posts navigation. 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. Based on the NELOS data from Jessica and Erics devices, we can say with certainty that Jessica was not hanging out or sleeping at Erics house all night. We were getting worried, but we weren't panicked. She never returned. Newer posts. 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. In Episode 2, you heard that Gilbert said the group left around or after midnight and they did not return. It is also possible that her location at 1:39 am was at another house, further south on Elgin Cochran Rd. Before you listen to what Keith said, you are going to hear him mention Robbie. In addition to Raymond, Louise and Eric, there were at least 2 others who resided at the home. No one has seen or heard from Jessica Hamby since then. That would have been Eric Edwards, Derek motes, Alicia Motes, and David Shane Reynolds. Ann told Hallmark this: And then I walked, I walked back in the bathroom and said, Get out of my house right now, I dont want you here, then I went back to sleep and woke up.. with multiple tattoos on her arms and hands. She has a "Bodiqua" tattoo on her right wrist, and a "Forever" tattoo on her left hand. Hamby, circa 2018; Some of Hamby's tattoos. Archives. At 10:29 pm her cell signal got stronger, and the accuracy went back down to 5000 meters. (205) 282-0740 for Michael Fleming. The exception to that is the use of a mobile hotspotin those cases you would need the call detail records from the hotspot to obtain NELOS location information. One thing Louise Edwards was right about is that we know certain things by the phone thing. In fact, law enforcement has used at least two tools to gather information about that night from electronic device records. She also could not have been on Elgin Cochran Rd. He's like 50 years old. Lee F Hamby has 4 addresses, the most recent one is 1809 Wickersham Dr, Knoxville, TN 37922. 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. Newer posts. 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. Heres Michael: Michael: At 10:27 pm, the signal strength between Jessicas phone and the cell tower drops. She said that Jessica screamed when she opened the door. In fact, the NELOS points at 10:13 and 10:22 are at the exact same position and range. She was last seen leaving Lakeland Hospital in Haleyville, AL with another woman. 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. 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. Subscriber information for that device obtained by the SBIs search warrant revealed that this person is connected to many of the same people that Jessica and the others were involved with before the events of January 2nd and 3rd. Ann also told him that Alicia and Derek were sitting on Erics bed and they were listening to music. And then you got David Shane Reynolds who is the nephew of Raymond, who lives down the road with his mommy and daddy. Hamby, a mother of three, is 24 years old. Our analysis of Jessicas NELOS data reveals major inconsistencies in the statements and stories that have been told over the years, and the evidence becomes more revealing at 11:42 pm on January 2nd. Michael:At 10:50 pm, Jessicas signal strength drops again. While Derek isnt the only one who deleted messages and information in their facebook account from January 2nd and 3rd, he is the only one who completely wiped his account of most if not all of the data. Hamby, a mother of three, is 24 years old. James Larry Lowe. 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. At 1:32 am, Jessicas phone again had increased signal strength, giving a location point along County Road 29. James Larry Lowe. Jessica LeeAnn Hamby was last seen on January 03, 2018 and is classified . We are extremely confident that the times Jessicas NELOS indicates she was in Hamilton are accurate because all but one of them have accuracy ranges better than 1000 meters, including the one at 7:33 am. She has several more points at that exact location, and appears to have remained there until about 1:10 am on January 3rd. HAMBY, JESSICA LEIGH Jessica Leigh Hamby suddenly and unexpectedly passed away on June 3, 2004 in San Diego, California. Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. At 3:42 am, Jessicas phone had moved north on County Road 29, and stopped for about 8 minutes. Jessica LeeAnn Hamby was a 24 year old from Haleyville, AL. Youll remember that she had been communicating with Alicia over Erics account on her way from Lakeland to Gilberts camper, but had stopped messaging that account after she arrived. She stated that he had a bunch of phones and tools on the floor around him. The message was Hey they aint gonna shoot me for walking. Jessicas next position point came at 7:52 am and she had very poor signal, so that point only indicates the cell towers location on Buttahatchee Drive, off US-43. Amber:At some point between 6:03 am and 6:58 am, Jessica returned to Elgin Cochran Road, most likely to the Edwards residence. At the time of her disappearance, the 24-year-old mother of 3 was a beautiful brunette with big hazel eyes. Jessica Lee Ann Hamby left the area of Highway 195 and has not returned. All of them are lying. 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. He said that he was at a friends house at Harpers Junction when Eric contacted him, asking him to pick the group up at Gilberts and take them to his house, which he says he did, driving his mothers Chevy Malibu. We don't burden them with additional expenses to cover their cases--we donate our time and talents because we want to help and hope to find the answers they need that are long overdue. Lee F Hamby has 19 email addresses, including gshamby1@aol.com. Jessica Hamby has been missing from Haleyville, Alabama since Jan. 2, 2018. That is the purpose of this podcastto shine light on the disappearance of Jessica Hamby. They aint gonna shoot me for walking. Some of the times that she was on Wifi that night seem to indicate that she was connected to someone elses hotspot, because the IP address her phone was using is owned by AT&T Mobility. Jessica Hamby: Whatever Remains. Before that, we went 58 days with no help from anybody outside of Kenny Hallmark, the Hackleburg police chief.". Hamby has been missing since Jan. 2 when officials say she was last seen leaving Lakeland Hospital in Haleyville with another woman. To put it in perspective for you, Shane Reynolds Facebook records are 4,332 pages. One other thing to note. She is 5'2, 125 lbs. Information "They are following all leads and searching in different locations. At 3:39 am, Jessicas phone was back in the northwest area of Hamilton, well away from Elgin Cochran Road. That new position also placed Eric at his house, with an accuracy radius of 25 meters. This again conflicts with the statements that have been made by the people who have admitted they were present with Jessica at that time. Ann again told Jeff that she saw a pipe in the bathroom with Jessica but this time she said the drugs in the pipe were brown and not white as she stated in their first interview. So those three failed miserably. Her family is concerned about her safety and well-being. 14 minutes later, at 8:07:17, a new NELOS position put Erics phone traveling north on Elgin Cochran Road. Ann, the 14 year old female who lived in the Edwards home, told law enforcement and private investigator Jeff Means that she encountered Jessica that morning. Older posts. Jessica Lee Ann Hamby has been missing since January 3 rd 2018. Eric Edwards records are 191 pages. Notwithstanding this anomaly, Erics position near County Road 29 and County Road 75 is very close and has an overlapping range with Jessicas location at 11:42 pm on January 2nd. In this episode, the lies are exposed and you'll learn about Jessica's movements right up until she vanished. She indicated she didnt look at a clock but she believed it to be around 6 am. The friend WAS a heroin user and she described Jessica pleading with her to stop using heroin. 10 seconds later, he pinged at home again at 6:20:19. Santonio Daniels. 1 minute later, at 7:53 am, Jessica tried calling Erics phone directly, but he did not answer and her call went to voicemail. In an interview with a law enforcement officer named Kenny Hallmark, Ann told him that she woke her parents up but they didnt care about this woman being in her bathroom. The area around that friends house is a location that Shane, Eric, and Alicia all visited at various times in the weeks following Jessicas disappearance. Jessica Hamby was a vampire on the HBO original series True Blood. Ann told him she stayed awake in her bed for a couple hours before she fell asleep again. Keith often says that when Robbie died, this case did too. The Marion County Sheriff s Office, Hayleyville Police and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency are looking for 24-year-old Jessica Leeann Hamby. Our goal is to crowdsource the more than 200,000 unsolved cases of the murdered and missing. They don't know nothing. In the last episode, we noted that Jessicas drug of choice was heroin. Per the transcript of the interview done by Kenny Hallmark, Ann stated that her parents told her to leave them alone and that they didnt care and then her parents went back to sleep. The center points for the two devices were only 1600 feet apart. The details of what she went through are too much to detail here for you but it included her hiding in a rehab, fleeing the area to hide in another state and more. We are going to focus on the details and try to discern fact from fiction. Ultimately, 5.5 months later, Jessica Hamby disappeared and she has never been found. We presented the many Facebook and SMS text messages Jessica sent, and some of the context and content of those messages. It is also in the middle of the first lull in Jessicas communications that we identified in Episode 2from 11:34 pm on January 2nd to 12:01 am on January 3rd, Jessica was not communicating with anyone via text or Facebook. Derek Motes records consist of 4 blank pages. Within one of those areas west of County Road 29 is a popular destination for people to hang out and often manufacture or use illegal drugs: Rideout Falls. 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. Eric Edwards was connected to this IP address January 3rd at 5:14 pm and again on January 7th at 7:10 am. At the time of her disappearance, the 24-year-old mother of 3 was a beautiful brunette with big hazel eyes. ", "She is a very sweet-spirited, kind person,'' Keith Hamby said. Law enforcement still refuses to consider the fact that she provided them the location to find her friends body and they refused to reconsider their determination that Jeremy committed suicide. She had a headful of long, thick hair, was 52 tall and weighed about 125 lbs. At a minimum, the accounts given by Eric Edwards, Shane Reynolds, and Alicia and Derek Motes have been nothing but a farce. 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. 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. Last week, Michael interviewed a friend of Jessicas. There are only a few paved side roads off of that stretch of County Road 29, and several unpaved roads that lead to privately owned timber plots that are leased to a hunting club. 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. Twitter Lori Ann Hamby - @LoriAnnHamby1 Tired mom, Physical Therapist, Hamby's Home Run Cookies Jessica Leeann Hamby, age 24, has been missing since Tuesday, January 2, 2018. The second part is an accuracy rangea circular radius around that GPS position. LaRece Simone Hawkins. One of those tools is geofencing, which uses a series of search warrants to obtain mobile device location information from Google. The traditional story has been that the groupEric, Alicia, Derek, and Jessicaleft Gilberts camper and traveled to the Edwards home on Elgin Cochran Road. It disappeared shortly after stopping there, then briefly reappeared around 8 am before vanishing again for the rest of the search warrant period. She said she just went back to her room and went to sleep. He was working on phones. At 3:17 am, Jessicas NELOS recorded another point of higher accuracy with a 1000 meter accuracy radius. She is preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Hamby; parents, Ed & Ethel Davis Henry; son, William Johnny Hamby; granddaughter, Jessica Lee Hamby; brother and sisters in law, Kinley Hamby, Dempsey Hamby, Freeman Hamby, Luther Hamby, Venus Griffith, Slyvia Beasley and Annie Melhorn. At 3:52 am Erics phone is back at his house on Elgin Cochran Road, but a minute later we see the anomaly again, and Erics device appears in northwest Hamilton. Why would the Edwards and the rest of the group rather lie and place Jessica at their home instead of being honest about her true location for much of the night and morning hours? Jessicas next NELOS point corresponds with the end of that period of silence. We are a boots on-the-ground, investigative, serialized podcast. Hallmark specifically asked Ann if she went to the bathroom before she went back to sleep in her bed and she said no. He stood up and screamed out in the jail. 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 equipment was parked overnight on the job site. What is done in darkness will eventually come to light. At 4:07 am, Jessicas device again was moving north on County Road 29, well outside the range to be on Elgin Cochran Road. AT&T, the carrier for Jessica and Erics phones, refers to those reports as Network Event Location System or NELOS. Jessica Lee Ann Hamby. He said he just jumped up and started screaming don't tell them shit. The other young woman dropped Jessica Hamby off at a house and then returned to her hometown of Cullman. This point was centered in Hamilton, near the intersection of Autumn Street and 2nd St Northwest. Recent Comments. Law enforcement obtained Dereks records too. Maybe this explains something Jessicas dad, Keith, told us. We'll let God handle the rest.". She said the drug in the pipe was white. Its not suitable for younger listeners. She was possibly last seen in Marion County on January 3, 2018. This friend, whom you may hear from directly in the future, was adamant with Michael that Jessica was not a frequent heroin user. Robbie was an SBI investigator who sadly passed away. 123 | The Disappearance of Jessica Hamby: Whatever Remains - YouTube Unfound NOW: https://theunfoundpodcast.com/unfound-now/Jessica LeeAnn Hamby was a 24 year old from Haleyville, AL. She was possibly last seen in Marion County on. What is Lee F Hamby's email address? Raymond stated that Louise told him that Ann came to their room that morning while Raymond was in their bathroom and Ann got mad because she couldnt use that bathroom either. Private investigator Jeff Means interviewed Ann twice. To analyze those drops in signal strength, we have to look at them within the context of the other location points before and after the drop in signal. Jessica Hamby told law enforcement where to find her missing friend, Jeremy Abbott's body. Jessica Hamby has been missing from Haleyville, Alabama since Jan. 2, 2018. The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear. 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. When Jessica arrived at Gilberts camper, she sent a message to Erics messenger saying Here, and then she called his phone for 34 seconds. Follow Secrets True Crime on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. From Episode 2, youll recall that at 7:51 am, Jessica broke her silence with Erics Facebook account. The story has always been that they were at Gilberts until Shane Reynolds drove them down Elgin Cochran Road and dropped them off at Erics. Hello world! Unlike GPS-based location services, this isnt precision location data, but is very useful for determining the relative area of a device. Maybe assumptions were made about the heroin because Jessica asked Travis Jackson if he could get it. One caveat to NELOS is that the location information contained within the report is not a continuous track of the devices location; location information is recorded when the device makes contact with the towermaking a phone call or sending a text message, or using data. The family was located shortly after. Then two weeks went by, and panic started setting in,'' Keith Hamby said. We presented some of that information in Episode 2, when we talked about the phone calls and SMS text messages Jessica sent that night. At the same time, Erics NELOS reported two positions with different accuracy ranges, but both were located at his house on Elgin Cochran Road. Wed love to hear your thoughts on this anomaly. Earnest Lee Benoit. Debra Turpin Green. No Country USA County/Province They promised her protection, ruled his death a suicide and didn't protect her. Ultimately, 5.5 months later, Jessica Hamby disappeared and she has never been found. The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear. "A lot of time when people hear that drugs or an addict is involved, it kind of turns them off,'' he said. A very important factor in using cell tower information to determine the location of a device is signal strength, as that is the primary variable used in determining distance from the tower. When Michael questioned Shane Reynolds, Shane said that he wasnt initially at Gilberts camper. Her NELOS puts her in the same spot at 10:44 and 10:47 pm as well. There is only one road you can travel that speed on between the two points, and its US Highway 43. 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. Michael:At 11:42 pm on January 2nd, Jessicas phone had one of the tightest accuracy ranges since she arrived at Gilberts camper, a range of only 1000 meters or a little over a half mile radius. Ctormy Braaden Lawrence Taylor. What we are certain of, especially in light of the conversations that Jessica continued to have in the morning hours of January 3rd, is that Jessica was still alive and sending messages on her phone after Gilbert heard the equipment being operated at the job site and also well after all the bridge workers arrived at the job site for work at 6:30 am that morning. The 14 year old whom we will refer to by the fictitious name, Ann, has made numerous statements that she saw Jessica in her bathroom around 6 am. 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). Her family is concerned about her safety and well-being. His center point at that time was over 5 miles west of his house, in the hunting club area between County Roads 29 and 75. They don't know nothing. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. He was still in that area, likely further south and within the hunting club again, at 6:20 am, when we see the anomaly happen again, this time only 1 second apart. The temperature that morning was only six degrees, and Hamby wasn't wearing a coat when she left the house. At 9:27 the anomaly happens again, and Erics device is still around County Road 180 and also at home, nearly 4 miles away at the exact same time. 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. Jessicas next two NELOS points reverse that process: first her signal strength drops, then gets better and puts her back within range of Gilberts camper at 10:33 pm. Michael:At approximately 6 am on January 3rd, a new device appeared within the geofence at Gilberts camper. She. While it cant be proven with the data we have, it is interesting to note that the two poor accuracy points at 1:12 and 1:20 am are nearly on top of Shanes residence. All of them have been lying and hiding critical information since day 1 of this investigation. She said Eric was sitting on the floor and he and Alicia were going through phones. 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. At what he believed was about 1 or 1:30 am, Gilbert says he was awoken by the sound of an ATV driving past on US-43 in front of the campers. That call triggered Jessicas last NELOS position, which had a 5000 meter accuracy radius and was centered in the hunting club area off County Road 29 near New Hope Baptist Church, nearly 5 miles west of Erics home. This is episode 3 of season 3 of a serialized podcast and the episodes are designed to be listened to in order. Search for: Recent Posts. Dig deeper into the stories you've heard before, and encounter many others you haven't, in ways that actually help. Similarly, if the geofencing report doesnt show that a device left the area, it doesnt necessarily mean that device is still there.
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