https://t.co/SmKAcPEPFL via @Change, — Lauren Vessels (@LuLu101285) May 9, 2020.

On October 3, 2019, Angel Bumpass was found guilty of a murder that was committed ten years earlier, by a jury after only 3 hours and 30 minutes approximately of deliberation.

Was a 13-year-old girl really responsible for the 2009 killing of a 68-year-old man?

Crime scene photos showed the kitchen table overturned and cabinets opened with their contents strewn across the floor. ", "Help! In January 2019, Franklin Bonner’s wife, Linda Bonner, came back home to find her husband tied to the kitchen table and chair in their home. Thus, the. But as she got closer to him, she saw the tape. You have to get that tape off of him.' Franklin Bonner, who was retired, was in the kitchen ironing his pants, she said. The petition states that in 2009, Bumpass was a star pupil in eighth grade. This is because, at the time, no fingerprints were found. "I said, 'Baby, I got to go.'

"None of that evidence matches my client," one of Vaughn's attorneys told the jury during opening statements on Tuesday. Almost all of his body was covered in duct tape including his arms, feet, nose, and mouth. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. A petition is circulating on Change.org to demand a retrial in the case of Angel Bumpass. Jury hears from crime scene investigators, other experts during 2nd day of trial in 2009 Chattanooga cold case slaying ... Angel Bumpass. 'Baby! I started cutting.

Angel Bumpass was found guilty and sentenced to prison.
I started to cut. But in 2018, they did. Defense attorneys for both Vaughn and Bumpass argued the case relies heavily on the two prints found on the duct tape — something that could have been taken there by someone else, they noted — and statements made by a federal inmate who, they say, was trying to get a lesser sentence. "Help me!". Though many details post-conviction is not made available, there has been a petition on the rise demanding a fair trial for Bumpass. Two fingerprints collected from the duct tape did not initially return a match.

He provided DNA samples, fingerprints and answered questions. Vaughn was acquitted of all the charges against him. So she got her phone, and she called 911. Investigators collected several fingerprints from throughout the house and some strands of hair, but the case went cold up until 2018 when Franklin Bonner's granddaughter called prosecutors. Don't cut him.' In October 2019, Andrea Hayduk and Garth Best represented a young girl (24) named Angel Bumpass, on charges of first-degree murder and especially aggravated robbery. Thus, the petition document hopes that Angel Bumpass gets a fair retrial. Because I was late. The county medical examiner determined the cause of death to be suffocation. The verdict in … Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. This is considered one of the reasons the case turned cold as Fields is alleged to have either tampered with the evidence or not given its due importance. And he wouldn't answer me. cooperated with police early on and was cleared, Police report details probe into text message between Marion County school resource officer and students, Coffee County authorities say Manchester teen's suicide link to bullying under investigation. Vaughn cooperated with police early on and was cleared, they stated. Bumpass was 13 years old when the crime took place. "There's no mention of a girl being there, let alone a little girl," he said, describing his client as a quiet child who grew up in a strict household and kept to herself. Franklin Bonner was her second husband, but she'd known him since she was 16 years old, she testified Tuesday.