PEYTON STRICKLAND'S AUTOPSY

Peyton Strickland's autopsy reveals that the bullet that struck the 18 year old Strickland in the front of the head traveled through "an intermediate target" prior to striking Mr. Strickland. Peyton was facing his killer when he was shot.

• There was no alcohol in Peyton's system when he died

• The head shot is what killed him

• Evidence EMS attempted resuscitation

• Both bullets past thru the body

• Neither bullet was found prior to the autopsy

• Bullet that struck Peyton in the middle of the forehead was tumbling and traveled in an up/down path thru the brain. The hole in the forehead was 1 inch by 1.5 inches in size.

• Powder, stippling and tattooing in the center of the chest indicates an intermediate range gun shot wound and that the door was open when this shot hit Strickland

NEWS & OBSERVER BREAKING NEWS

The bullet that hit Strickland in the chest was likely fired from no more than 2 feet away. This means that Strickland was potentially close enough to touched by Deputy Long when he shot him in the chest. Considering there must be room for the door to have swung open, it is possible that Peyton was at the door when he was shot in the head, falls backwards and is shot again in the chest once the door was forced opened. Either that or Long entered the house after shooting Strickland thru the door and then shooting Strickland in the chest. But the official statement is that Long never entered the house. Instead, according to the official statement, Long backed off the stoop, into the yard, and cried out for Jesus.

New Grand Jury has a deputy sitting on it.Timothy D. Lougher, randomly selected this month to sit on the grand jury for a year, has worked as a detention officer at the county jail for two years. Lougher did not return calls Wednesday.
It would be the second potential conflict on a grand jury in the case. In December, the wife of a New Hanover sheriff's detective sat on the grand jury and voted on Long's indictment.

Mindy Loche's N&O 1/25 article

Dakota Fanning, 12, pretends to be a 9 year old whose precocious behavior leads her into a series of sexual episodes, one of which is her rape by an adult. The indie drama, second one to deal with child rape by writer and director, Deborah Kampmeier.

According to the script, obtained by the Blue Line back in June, the film opens with the young actress pleading to a young male actor, with the promise of a kiss, to show her his penis. The movie's climax is a rape scene. The actress strips for a man and does an Elvis style dance in return for tickets to see Elvis in concert. The man (played by actor Chistoph Sanders) refuses to deliver the tickets and rapes her instead. According to sources on set, the filming was frontally lit and Dakota was clearly visible as she was groped, licked, pawed and humped by an actor take, after take, after take, all the while Dakota's mom watched from a nearby monitor. (important to note that since this was written the movie has been released and no such graphic rape scene appears on camera)

North Carolina State Law (NCGS 14-190.16 (a) (4) ) which states that it shall be the First Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, a serious Felony Offense in which records, photographs, films, develops, or duplicates for sale or pecuniary gain material that contains a visual representation depicting a minor engaged in sexual activity.

The Blue Line Radio has been told by law enforcement that there is an official investigation into whether or not a crime was committed in the making of this film. According to the law, one merely has to record a fake act of sexual activity involving a minor to be guilty of sexual exploitation of a minor. Whether or not the film will show this in the final cut is inconsequential, it is the recording of the act that is the crime.

After some of the investors pulled their financial support supposedly because of the sexual content seen in some of the dailies, the film makers re shot a scene, that we were told, showed Dakota with another child fondling each other in acts of mutual masturbation.(this is scene number 39 and has been cut from the movie according to those who saw the movie)

The Blue Line Radio Show has been calling awareness to this film as soon as we first learned of the script, prior to filming. Unfortunately the outcry was overheard by the Governor and State Legislators as they pushed through an incentive bill that would give tax money to the producers of Houndog and other films shot in North Carolina.

Prior controversial films shot in Wilmington, North Carolina dealing with child sex: Bastard Out of Carolina and Lolita.

More to come as this story develops.

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Excerpts of the script

Interesting study of "legal" child porn sites, non-nude preteen models

more about preteen models on internet

Paul Petersen, advocate for child actors, we hope you will visit his site at http://www.minorcon.org

Tre Benson accepts that his son Ben will grow up in a different world. He just wants to make sure it's a better world.

Read what he has to say and make your own comments by clicking below.

go to the Blue Line's blog site

OLD NEWS REGARDING THE "INVESTIGATION" INTO HOUND DOG

The Brunswick County Sheriff is investigating criminal allegations regarding the production of the movie Hound Dog, staring 12 year old Dakota Fanning. A citizens' complaint of a possible violation of law, as it pertains to the filming of Dakota Fanning in several sexual scenarios, including one scenario ending in the pretend rape of young Dakota as she acted the part of a 9 year old, brought about an immediate response by the Sheriff.

MORE ON THIS

Excerpts of the script

What we said on prior show

What we said about this on the radio Aug. 12th

18 YEAR OLD STUDENT SHOT AND KILLED BY NEW HANOVER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES

Why was an heavily armed paramilitary strike force ordered to assist UNCW Campus Police to serve a seach warrant for the recovery of evidence in the robbery of a Playstation 3 video game?

Why was the bullet that struck Peyton Strickland determined by Dr. Kelly, a state Medical Examiner, to have passed thru the front door prior to hitting Strcikland in the head and killing him.

We want to assure our readers and listeners to wait until Monday, when the real story begins to unfold.

Want to speak out about this?

Go to our blogsite. crime.blogs.com

Search Warrant .pdf

GETTING RESTLESS

There has been a good deal of discussion on the internet about the shooting death of Peyton Strickland. One such site is calling for the draft of a petition to remove Sheriff Causey from office. Some are tlaking about a peaceful protest at a Commissioner's meeting, and a few are talking about taking to the streets.

FAMILY OF MICHELLE BULLARD SPEAK OUT ON ABDUCTION

After nearly ten long agonizing months the family of Julie Michelle Bullard can be believed that their daughter was abducted now that the body of their daughter has been discovered.

Frustrated over rumors and innuendos the family has been vindicated for saying, since hour one, that their daughter was indeed abducted at gun point and was in mortal danger, just as the three witnesses stated to law enforcement early the morning of January 2nd.

Statement made to the media by Karen Riojas, Michelle's mother.

The father-in-law of David Wilson was charged with assaulting Jason Upchurch, best friend of David Wilson's, a couple of days after Wilson's death. The trial was postponed several times until it was finally heard by Chief District Court Judge Albert Corbett in the Harnett County Courthouse on October 23rd. Junior Roberts, father of Kimberly Wilson, wife of David Wilson, was upset by something supposedly said by Mr. Upchurch's father to the Roberts' grandchildren which led to a knife attack against Jason Upchurch by Junior Roberts the following morning in the driveway of Ken Roberts, the estranged son of E.M. (Junior) Roberts.

Lillington attorney "Matlock" Bain called for Roberts to apologize in court to victim Jason Upchurch and after a brief excuse and an "I'm sorry" by Roberts, the Judge found the defendant Not Guilty.

At least one fellow member of the peanut gallery found the verdict odd seeing how the defendant admitted his guilt in open court. The generosity of the Court was however inline with that of the ADA who said immediately afterwards, "Now that's the way I like to see justice done." I bet.

I guess the lesson here is that if more people apologized for their crimes there would be a lot less people packed into prisons across America.

Personally I think it is one of the worst examples of justice that I have ever seen and that the Judge should be removed from the bench to join his fellow bench warmer Judge James Ethridge who was removed by Corbett just last week for stealing from a feeble minded woman. I'm sorry...

Watch the apology by clicking here

On Wednesday hunters in an isolated area of Cedar Creek, NC came upon what appeared to be human remains and immediately reported the discovery to authorities. Hours later Lee County Sheriff's Office called the family of Michelle Bullard to inform them of the find.
Michelle was abducted the early morning hours of January 2nd as she and three friends watched a popular movie in a darkened trailer home in Broadway.
The call from the Sheriff's Detective was a courtesy call to inform the family of the find and to assure them that as things developed the family would be briefed with updates.
The first update was a request for some medical records, and answers to a couple of brief questions. No word on identification. Nothing of certain yet.
Imagine knowing strangers are combing a spec of woods, gathering evidence necessary to make a positive or negative identification on your daughter that has been missing for the past 9 months. How long could it take? How hard can the identification be?
Night comes with no new developments, no phone calls the next day. What can a parent do?

Then the phone rings, "Hi Greg Barnes with WTVD, Cumberland County Sheriff's Office told me that someone found remains in Cedar Creek and they think they have found your daughter, I 'm calling to get a confirmation..."

To read more of this story of betrayal and to make your own comments click here

The Devil's Advocate

William Wilson said on Thursday that he hopes that Wednesday's discovery of Michelle Bullard's remains will clear his brother's name. That's odd, how does he know it is Michelle? Wishful thinking? More like slip of the tongue.

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After ten years of maintaining his innocence, Johnnie Beck was set free Tuesday by Court Order. In a special hearing at the Columbus County Courthouse two witnesses presented testimony that they saw Daniel Norris leave the scene while carrying a gun shortly after the shooting death of Jeff Watts. Norris testified against Beck in Johnnie's original murder trial. Norris drove Watts to the Whiteville Burger King in November 1995 to, as testified to by witnesses, "Kill the Beck boys" Watts stabbed Johnnie's twin brother in the chest 4 times before turning the knife on Johnnie and slicing off Johnnie's thumb. Johnnie pulled a hunting rifle from the truck he was sitting in and shot Watts. Many people in the Whiteville community and elsewhere believe this was justifiable homicide.

Judge Gary Locklear felt the witnesses were credible and granted Johnnie a new trial if he wanted. Johnnie Beck, who was due to be released in February accepted District Attorney Rex Gore's plea arrangement instead of pursuing a new trial. The Judge ordered Johnnie to be released immediately.

As of 9:47 PM Tuesday night Johnnie was still too excited to eat and was busy opening presents his family has kept for him for the past 10 years. He said, "I still can't get over it, I can't believe I'm a free man, FREE AT LAST!"

Johnnie thanks all his supporters

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KAYLA ALLEN INJUSTICE CONTINUES

ACCUSED MURDERER OF 7 YEAR OLD KAYLA ALLEN FREED ON BOND IN ONSLOW COUNTY AND LIVING IN WILMINGTON

Child advocates from all around the Country are forming ranks to protest the release of Carolyn Ann Futrell. Futrell, on trial for her life for the poisoning death of 7 year old Kayla Allen, had previously been held without bond until recently when Judge Lanier granted her attorneys request for a lower bond. The Judge was even quoted as saying that if Ms. Futrell could not meet the $200,000 bond he had set that he would consider releasing her on house arrest. This story is developing and more will follow.

past newspaper article

press release regarding this

DEATH OF 7 YEAR OLD KAYLA ALLEN SPURS LAWSUIT AGAINST ONSLOW COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Carolyn Ann Futrell was arrested last year for the poisoning death of Kayla Allen. Kayla died on August 24, 2003 as the result of ingesting a lethal dose of a farm grade pesticide.

The lawsuit claims that the Onslow County Department of Social Services failed in their duty to protect Kayla. The compliant list several examples where they either ignored or were negligent in their response to claims of abuse from family members.

More about Kayla's death

The complaint in .pdf format

GPS Tracking devices used to combat future crimes more

Is this too invasive? more

Murderer released from prison early

Melanie Gray perhaps holds the dubious record of having the most infractions while in the North Carolina Prison system. Gray's 247 page list of the 182 infractions, convicted of 116, have identified Gray as a thief, a violent offender and she has committed various sex acts while in prison for the past 8 years. At 14 she handed her boyfriend a plank of wood to kill All-American teenager Danny Pence because she wanted the Mustang Danny was selling. Because of her age she was allowed a plea bargin that permitted her to plea guilty to Second Degree Murder.

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If Police Officer Davina Buff Jones did not shoot herself in the back of the head, who did? Some say it was the three men seen leaving the scene immediately after the shot. We know who these men are, what we don't know is why they weren't investigated.

read about this by clicking here

If young popular comic Patrick Crawford committed suicide by drowning himself off of Ft. Fisher, as investigators with the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office determined before closing the case, why was there no water in his lungs?

read about this by clicking here

Our illustration of Curtis Dixon's attempt to fly generated a lot of attention, so did our report of the attempt at spinning downtown's violence into isolated events or a need for tolerance. Crimes are committed by criminals and there are specific environmental issues that need to be addressed to make criminals less welcome. Why criminals commit crimes is more about opportunity, availability of drugs and alcohol and genetic composition than vague personal problems. Some criminal sympathizers think that criminals like Kenneth Saylor (shootout with police downtown) and Curtis Dixon (brutally killed fellow UNCW student Jessica Faulkner) behave as they do because of psychological stressors, poverty and a lack of proper "upbringing", they want to excuse the behavior, in order to love the sinner but hate the sin. Sure work is needed in early childhood, but that work needs to be less about political correctness and more about protecting our neighborhoods and the safety of our future by making some hard and difficult studies and implement equally difficult solutions. Crime costs society an estimated $54,000 per attempted or completed rape, $19,200 per robbery, and $16,000 per assault (Reiss and Roth, 1993). These costs include the victims' monetary loss, lost productivity, and response by law enforcement. Another cost of violence is the cost of maintaining prisons. In 1990, it cost approximately $15,500 to keep a person in prison (State or Federal) for one year (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1992b).
Many costs cannot be calculated, including pervasive fear in communities, destruction of families, and deterioration of resources such as parks and playgrounds. Also not included in the estimates are costs associated with alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse and addiction among victims and families trying to cope with the violence. How many crimes are committed before the criminal is stopped? Too many. Why? Because too many people think Curtis Dixon should be able to fly.

TROUBLING NEWS

RECENT ARRESTS CAUSE OF CONCERN

Scott Phillip Gardner killed by an unlicensed, illegal immigrant with 3 prior DWIs read more here

Illegals, undocumented immigrants, over 300,000 strong in North Carolina alone. Some of these people here illegally work in our hospitals and many work in the food industry and since they are illegally here we have no idea if they even have proper inoculations against serious communicable diseases.

Not to mention the threat of the criminal element that has found safe haven across the borders. Drugs, prostitution, gang violence and larcenies have all spiked in the statistical examinations by the authorities. For instance 95 percent of all outstanding homicide warrants in Los Angeles were against illegal immigrants. Two thirds of the 17,000 outstanding felony warrants in LA are for illegals. 500,000 illegals are currently in prison for serious offenses such as rape, murder, kidnapping and other serious felonies. Read about the serious crime wave

It is a well known fact that chartered busses make their way to North Carolina full of illegals because of the ease of obtaining a driver's license here. Shame on us for not protecting our nation against such a serious breach in national security. Many of these licenses are used for illegitimate activities.

US Attorney Frank Whitney recently found and arrested 50 some illegals working at the Goldsboro military airbase, illegals have also been found and 27 of them were arrested servicing commercial airplanes in Greensboro, many with forged credentials, meaning the repairs done to the aircraft being serviced, was being done by someone that may or may not have the experience to do the job properly. We had no idea who these people were around these airplanes and yet I have to take off my shoes to fly.

Why is it no one seems to care? The state of North Carolina has one deportation agent to handle the entire state's illegal immigrants. ONE AGENT!

We all welcome the immigrants that found citizenship and shelter here through proper channels. I am not too sure we are of the mind to welcome those who have illegally lied their way onto the short payroll lists and have left behind a long tab at the hospitals, schools and social services agencies as they bring new lives into our country. The UNC Hospital System reported in 2002 34% of all births were born to Latino mothers, 24% of all infants admitted to the hospital were Latinos. I am also not too sure that we are of the mind to turn a blind eye to Federal Government's lack of enforcement of existing laws protecting our Nation's security.

Some in local law enforcement have taken up the charge to protect our local communities by arresting illegals for trespassing. Read about it by clicking here.

Wonderful commentary, a must read- Illegal Immigration: A Small Town Cop's Perspective

Star News article about the recent death of Scott Phillip Gardner as a result of a DWI involving illegal immigrant Ramiro Gallegos.

US House Representative Sue Myrick - Republican from Charlotte speaks out against illegals

ALIPAC - AMERICANS FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION WEBSITE

It's the law:
It is unlawful for a person or other entity to hire an alien knowing the alien is unauthorized to work in the United States. If an employer acts with reckless disregard, ignoring media reports or reports from other individuals and does not get supporting documentation that the person they are hiring has the proper work visas, they are breaking Federal Law.
It also is a felony for any person to conceal, harbor or shelter from detection any alien in any place, including any building or means of transportation, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that the alien has come to, entered, or remained in the United States on an illegal basis. "Harboring" includes any conduct that tends to help an alien to remain in the United States unlawfully.

Federal Law regarding harboring and hiring illegal aliens

Friday Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, declared a "state of emergency" in four New Mexico border counties due to "a chaotic situation involving illegal alien smuggling and illegal drug shipments." Read the article here

SERIAL RAPIST ARRESTED
The average North Carolina resident probably assumes that local, state and federal governments are better coordinated to fight terrorism today than they were before the Sept. 11 attacks four years ago. But the case of Gilberto Cruz Hernandez -- illegal Mexican immigrant accused in a series of rapes -- suggests otherwise. On his third try at illegal immigration, the 24-year-old Hernandez hit the jackpot in the Piedmont Triad, settling with unnerving ease into the mundane fabric of everyday life. He landed a job at a Greensboro printing company and earned $44,000 a year.
Last year, the same federal government that twice deported him put its financial might behind a $123,000 Federal Housing Administration loan that allowed him to buy a brand-new house in Winston-Salem.

Police now contend that Hernandez's seemingly nondescript facade hid a night burglar, a masked man with a Spanish accent who terrorized women in Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem in a series of eight sexual assaults between May 2004 and Feb. 22, 2005.
Today, Hernandez is in the Forsyth County jail awaiting trial in Forsyth and Guilford counties. Federal immigration authorities also have issued a detainer on him, meaning they want to deport him again once he is either acquitted of the state charges or is convicted and serves prison time.

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Read about how taxpayers are asked to foot his legal defense bill