March 26, 2010

Suspect charged in Somer Thompson murder case

In all the news reports involving "Jarred Harrell" there is no mention that he has ANY criminal history.
3-26-2010 Florida:

CLAY COUNTY, FL -- Clay County authorities have charged a man currently in custody with the October 2009 murder of 7-year-old Somer Thompson.

The girl was abducted on her way home from school last October. She was murdered and her body dumped in a Georgia landfill.

Jarred Harrell, 24, has been charged with the crime.

At a news conference Friday afternoon, Clay County Sheriff Sheriff Rick Beseler cited DNA, admissions and other evidence obtained during the investigation. He did not elaborate on any specifics.

"We feel confident that Jarred Harrell committed this crime," Sheriff Beseler said. "We have evidence that will show he murdered Somer."

Harrell was arrested last month in Mississippi on charges of child molestation and child pornography and was transferred to Florida. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges.

Authorities say Harrell was living alone in his mother's Clay County home when Somer vanished. The home is close to Somer's route home from school.

In addition to First Degree Murder, Harrell is charged with sexual battery and other offenses. He will be arraigned on the new charges Saturday morning.

Sheriff Beseler said any future statements regarding the case will come the Clay County State Attorney's Office. ..Source.. Cary Williams

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Before all the stupidity starts oozing from the brains of the haters, let me make this comment.

Not every sex offender in the world killed Somer Thompson. IN FACT, Jarred Harrell was never on the sex offender registry when he "allegedly" killed Somer.

Which proves our point all along. JUST BECAUSE A PERSON IS ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY DOES NOT MEAN HE/SHE IS DANGEROUS.

Look a little Somer...she was killed by someone that was not known to anyone.

Horrendous crimes happen almost every day. Stop blamming the registered sex offenders for everything.

Oh by the way...sex offenders did not kidnap the Lindbergh baby either. I put that in here just in case society wanted to blame us for that too!!!

Anonymous said...

Adam Walsh and Elizabeth Smart were neither one kidnapped by registered sex offenders either. If Adam Walsh's mother had not left him alone and unsupervised at a toy display in Sears, he wouldn't have been kidnapped that day. Geraldo Rivera got it right when he pointed out that none of the local sex offenders were implicated in Sommer Thompsons case. He said parents have to treat their kids like "precious poodles". Don't allow your kids to do anything you wouldn't allow a very expensive pet to do - you have to watch your kids!