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Channon Gail Christian (21 años) y Hugh Christopher Newsom (23 años) de Knoxville, Tennessee fueron secuestrados la noche del 6 de enero de 2007 cuando el auto de Christian fue robado y se los llevaron como rehenes a una casa en alquiler, donde ambos fueron violados, torturados y asesinados.
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00:00The murder of Shannon Christian and Christopher Newsome has been considered one of the crimes
00:15most atrocious in recent U.S. history. The case not only deeply impacted
00:23the entire nation, but it sparked a series of discussions related to the convictions that
00:28Those involved received racism, hate crimes and a supposed correction
00:34politics by the media. The following is a truly
00:41horrendous and outrageous, where beyond any hypothesis about its motivation,
00:47human evil is reflected in its most abject expression.
00:59It all began on the night of Saturday, January 6, 2007, in the city of Knoxville, Tennessee.
01:12A group of young people had gathered in a house to celebrate a birthday,
01:16However, after a few hours they began to worry, because a couple who were
01:22invited to the party and had promised to attend, was taking too long to arrive.
01:29They were Shannon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsome, 23.
01:36Shannon was studying sociology at the University of Tennessee, while Christopher was a
01:42A former baseball player who was taking up carpentry. They had been dating for several months.
01:50together and seemed to be in love. One of Shannon's friends had
01:57received at his apartment that same afternoon, and shortly before 8 p.m.,
02:02The girl stayed in the parking lot of the Washington Ridge building, because her boyfriend
02:07He would pick her up there to go to dinner at a restaurant and later they would attend the celebration.
02:15Despite several calls and text messages, neither of them responded.
02:23Around 11 p.m., a couple of friends of the couple approached the parking lot of
02:31Washington Ridge, where Shannon was going to meet her boyfriend that night, and they found the
02:37Christopher's vehicle, but not the girl's, a Toyota 4Runner. While it was likely that
02:45would have headed somewhere else, the fact that they didn't inform anyone of the change of plans was
02:51strange. In the early hours of Sunday, January 7, the parents of both young people also
03:00began to worry. Both Shannon and Christopher were extremely responsible, and
03:08It was normal for them to spend the night out of the house without warning. During the morning, Shannon's mother
03:16received a call from her daughter's best friend, who informed her that the girl had not
03:22attended the birthday party. Shortly after, Shannon's boss also called her home,
03:30Because he didn't show up at work that day. That's when the woman called 911.
03:39to file a complaint, but because the young woman was of legal age, the authorities only
03:44could intervene after at least 24 hours had passed since the disappearance. The mother
03:53Shannon reported the situation to Christopher's parents, and together they began a desperate
03:59search. Relatives and friends of the couple visited hospitals and morgues, as they sensed
04:07that something bad might have happened to them, but they couldn't find them. Shortly after noon,
04:16A railway worker called the police to alert them of the discovery of a body nearby
04:22from the train tracks. It was a male body that had been completely burned,
04:30and was still smoking. The forensic experts concluded that it was
04:38a young man in his early 20s, who had been shot three times with a .22 caliber weapon.
04:46He had a shot in the neck, another in the back and the last one was fired at point-blank range from above.
04:53from the right ear, a bullet that destroyed his brain stem and caused his death.
05:01He was then wrapped in a quilt, doused with gasoline, and set on fire.
05:10His head had been covered with a sweatshirt, he had a sock inside his mouth, his hands
05:17tied behind his back, his feet tied with a belt, he was wearing no pants and was barefoot,
05:24with muddy feet, indicating that he had probably walked to the scene
05:29of the crime in which he was immobilized and executed. It was also proven that he had been sodomized
05:38with an unknown object and that he had also been raped, but the sperm samples remained
05:44destroyed due to the action of fire and performing a DNA test to identify the aggressor was
05:52impossible. It was a truly horrendous crime and although the authorities have not yet
06:00They began to formally investigate the case of the two young men who had disappeared.
06:06night before, the discovery of the body caused immediate concern among the agents and little
06:12It was later proven that it actually belonged to Christopher Newsom. In the
06:19No identification was found at the scene, but one of the police officers who was aware of the
06:24Newsom's disappearance was able to identify him by his distinctive eyes and DNA tests
06:31confirmed their suspicions the following day, Monday, January 8. The impact on the family of the
06:40boy was devastating and Shannon Christian's parents were horrified at the possibility
06:46that their daughter had suffered the same fate. They themselves requested help from the company
06:55telephone company that her daughter had contracted and it was discovered that her cell phone had been turned on by
07:01last time near Cherry Street, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the city. In fact
07:09Christopher Newsom's body had been found in the area. Shortly before 2 p.m. that day,
07:18On the same day, Shannon's relatives found the Toyota 4Runner abandoned in the area and gave
07:26notified the police. There was no trace of the girl, but everything indicated that the vehicle had been
07:34driven by someone else who had probably stolen it. The driver's seat and the
07:42The co-pilot was pushed back to give room to two people over 1.85 meters tall.
07:48height. An empty pack of cigarettes was also found inside, something strange
07:56considering that neither Shannon nor Christopher smoked. Finally, the investigators found an envelope
08:05of paper that had a pair of fingerprints. These were quickly compared with the base
08:13police data and matched those of Lemaricus Davidson, a drug dealer and
08:1925-year-old habitual offender who had been released from prison in August 2006 after paying
08:26a 5-year sentence for vehicle theft and robbery with violence. In fact, at that time the
08:35Police already suspected he had reoffended. Davidson rented a home at 2316
08:45Chipman Street, a few blocks away from where the vehicle had been found and on 9
08:51In August, a group of officers arrived at the scene and forced their way in. The building looked like
09:00had been vacated a few hours earlier. It was messy, smelled of cigarettes, alcohol and had
09:09Dozens of items of clothing were found on the floor. Several shell casings were found in one of the rooms.
09:17.22 caliber bullet, exactly the same type of ammunition used to murder Christopher
09:25Newsome. As officers approached the kitchen, they came across a large trash can and
09:33They decided to inspect its contents, however they got a terrible surprise, because when removing
09:40a few pieces of paper and food waste, they discovered Shannon Christian's body.
09:47The young woman had a plastic bag tied to her head and had been placed in a position
09:53fetal and with his hands tied inside five other large garbage bags.
10:01Forensic examinations indicated that his public area showed multiple bruises and that
10:08She was raped vaginally, anally and orally on repeated occasions by more than one individual.
10:14In fact, the forced fellatio was performed with such violence that the
10:22corners of his mouth were torn. Specialists concluded that after
10:30several hours of torture and sexual abuse, received two strong blows to the head and
10:36The attackers poured bleach down his throat and washed his genitals with the same substance,
10:43probably in an attempt to eliminate DNA evidence.
10:50It was then placed in five plastic bags and placed inside the
10:56garbage can, where he slowly died of suffocation.
11:02Several belongings of Shannon and Christopher were also found in the house,
11:07and a couple of witnesses claimed to have seen, on the night of Saturday, January 6,
11:12four African-American subjects driving a Toyota 4Runner through the neighborhood.
11:21The authorities immediately understood that the case was going to spark a huge controversy.
11:29The characteristics of the crime were atrocious, shocking even the same people.
11:35officers involved in the investigation. If the gruesome details of the double murder
11:42were leaked to the media, they would horrify and outrage the entire community.
11:49At the same time, the fact that the suspects were African American and the victims were white,
11:56It represented a potential racial problem among certain sectors.
12:01The police moved quickly, and were able to locate Lemarcus Davidson's girlfriend,
12:09Daphne Zuron, who claimed to have been living at 2316 Chipman Street,
12:15until January 5, one day before the couple's kidnapping.
12:22The young woman told the agents that shortly before the end of the year holidays,
12:27Davidson had welcomed his half-brother, Lethal Biscovins, 24, into his home.
12:33his girlfriend Vanessa Coleman, 18, and a friend of both, identified as George Thomas, 27.
12:43Davidson was apparently uncomfortable with his guests, as none of them had any money and
12:49They didn't seem to have any intention of leaving. On Friday, January 5, Daphne had a strong
12:57argument with Davidson, they ended the relationship and he left home.
13:03The girl made another interesting statement, when she claimed that her boyfriend used to meet with
13:10a 34-year-old man named Eric Boyd, and that he possibly knew where they could find him.
13:19Boyd had several criminal records for theft, robbery and vandalism.
13:26Knoxville police tracked him down the next day, and while he admitted to being
13:32Davidson's friend claimed he had no idea where he was.
13:38After several hours of intense questioning, he finally began to give in and indicated that he was
13:45He was probably hiding in an abandoned house, located in the same area, in Raynald
13:52Street. That's how on January 11, Lemarcus Davidson was arrested by a SWAT team at
14:00inside the house Boyd pointed out. He was wearing Christopher's slippers.
14:08Newsome, and had in his possession a .22 caliber High Standard revolver, the same type of weapon with
14:15which was executed. Still, he insisted that he was not aware of any crime, and that he was
14:23completely innocent. Shortly before that day, Davidson's half-brother, Lethal Biscovins,
14:33His girlfriend Vanessa Coleman and the couple's friend, George Thomas, were arrested at a property
14:39located in the city of Lebanon, Kentucky, as the search for the suspects had been
14:44extended to neighboring states. The next day, Eric Boyd would also be placed under
14:52arrest, since the other 4 involved declared that he was at Davidson's house, the night of the
14:59Saturday, January 6. Five people appeared to be involved in the murder of Shannon Christian.
15:08and Christopher Newsome, and all of them gave a different version of the events, minimizing
15:14or denying his involvement in the double murder. The only thing everyone seemed to agree on,
15:23was that Lemaricus Davidson was the leader of the gang, and the one who had the idea of kidnapping,
15:29abuse and murder the victims. Lemaricus Deval Davidson, better known
15:37Like Slim, he was born in Memphis on June 13, 1981. He was the son of a young couple with serious
15:46drug addiction problems, so his childhood was quite difficult. He had 5 siblings,
15:54and their parents showed no interest in them, until several years later they left
16:00to live with one of their aunts, and even had the opportunity to attend a private school.
16:08However, Davidson showed no interest in studying. When he wasn't playing in
16:16a basketball court with his friends, he was involved in drug trafficking or he committed everything
16:22type of crimes, until he started stealing cars, a business that provided him
16:28large sums of money, although his career as a car thief did not last long.
16:35He was arrested at the age of 19 and sent to a prison in West Tennessee,
16:41where he immediately became one of the most feared inmates.
16:46Davidson was an aggressive, cold and cruel individual, incapable of connecting emotionally with his surroundings.
16:58He took advantage of his intimidating appearance to manipulate others,
17:02and if anyone refused to obey him, he acted violently.
17:08After being released in August 2006, Davidson continued to commit armed robberies.
17:15and drug trafficking, until he was arrested for his involvement in the murders of
17:21Shannon Christian and Christopher Newsome. When questioned by police,
17:27Davidson gave different versions of what happened. At first, he said he was unaware.
17:35of any crime, but then claimed that on the night of January 6, 2007, around 10 p.m.,
17:42Lethal Viscovins and George Thomas, arrived at his house telling him that they had stolen a vehicle,
17:48and that they had a white couple kidnapped inside.
17:55Davidson could see both boys tied up inside the car, but he left the scene.
18:00because he supposedly didn't want to get into trouble. Twenty minutes later he returned
18:08to the house and could see the girl inside one of the rooms. He assured that he did not
18:15He hurt him, and that he only took his truck to carry out a drug sale he had
18:21agreed upon that night, before leaving her abandoned two blocks away.
18:28Davidson claimed not to have participated in the crime, but the evidence proved otherwise.
18:34His semen was found in Shannon Christian's vagina, anus and clothing,
18:41Despite their attempts to destroy the evidence with bleach, their fingerprints appeared.
18:48in the plastic bags that covered his body, and the weapon used in Christopher's murder
18:54Newsome was her property. Forensic examinations proved that in the girl's mouth,
19:02There were also traces of sperm from his half-brother, Lethal Viscovins,
19:07who claimed not to have participated in any crime.
19:12On the other hand, George Thomas claimed that he had participated in the kidnapping intimidated by Davidson,
19:19while Eric Boyd insisted that he was not present in the house that night.
19:25Investigators were able to reconstruct the events of Saturday, January 6, 2007,
19:34based on witness statements and forensic evidence, although there is no definitive
19:40exact version, because the suspects were the only ones present during the
19:45crimes and they all lied through their teeth. Apparently, Shannon and Christopher had
19:53agreed to meet in the parking lot of the Washington Ridge building, shortly before 8 p.m.
19:58hours. The young man arrived a little late and approached his girlfriend's Toyota 4Runner to excuse himself,
20:07when they were surprised by Davidson, Covins and Thomas, who at gunpoint,
20:13They forced them into the van and gagged them, and then took them to the
20:192316 Chipman Street, where Vanessa Coleman was waiting for them, while Eric Boyd followed closely behind in
20:27another car. That afternoon, Davidson had told Covins and Thomas that he was going to steal a vehicle and
20:36that they would have to help him, although apparently kidnapping was not part of the plans.
20:42Once the couple entered the house, they were victims of all kinds of attacks and
20:50sexual abuse. While there was no evidence of who raped Christopher Newsome,
20:57because his body had been burned and the DNA samples were destroyed due to the action of the fire,
21:03It is believed that those responsible may have been Lemaricus Davidson and Eric Boyd,
21:09the latter because he was the only one who kept male pornography on his cell phone.
21:17Shortly after 1 a.m., Davidson, Covins, Thomas, and Boyd took
21:23Christopher to the train lines with his head wrapped in a sweatshirt and his hands tied.
21:30The idea was to kill him to prevent him from reporting them, however at that time
21:36Davidson decided to test Thomas, as he didn't trust him very much. It was then that
21:44He handed him his pistol and ordered him to execute the boy in cold blood. Thomas fired twice.
21:52seriously wounding him, but Davidson took the weapon away from him and gave the shot of grace to the victim.
21:59Then they wrapped the body in a quilt, poured gasoline on it and set it on fire in a
22:07attempt to erase any evidence. Later, the four subjects returned to
22:16the house on Chipman Street. Vanessa Coleman, Covins' girlfriend, had been left to babysit
22:23Shannon, who remained tied up and locked in one of the rooms. There she would be subjected to
22:31all kinds of humiliation, beatings, and sexual abuse for two days. On Monday, January 8,
22:41The group was already aware that Christopher's body had been found on the lines
22:46from the train the day before, so they decided to escape, but not before getting rid of Shannon.
22:54Lemaricus Davidson hit her on the head and strangled her until she was unconscious,
23:00and together with his accomplices they put it inside five plastic bags and
23:05They put her in a trash can thinking she was dead. The young woman lay in agony for
23:13several hours before she died of suffocation. The horrendous double murder enraged the
23:20citizens who demanded the death penalty for those responsible, however the news did not
23:26received too much coverage by the American media, or at least not the
23:32that some expected. A couple of brief articles from CNN and Fox News aroused suspicions with
23:42Regarding the apparent lack of interest in publicizing the case. And it was certainly
23:49a sensitive topic due to its potential implications. White supremacist groups
23:56They took to the streets and organized protests in which they insisted that Shannon's murder
24:02Christian and Christopher Newsome was a hate crime and the media refused to broadcast it.
24:09for mere political correctness. At the same time, another group of protesters indicated that ensuring
24:17that those involved in the crime hated white people was false and that a specific event was
24:23was being used to stigmatize and attack African Americans. Even in certain forums and
24:32False information was distributed on neo-Nazi websites claiming that the victims
24:38had suffered horrendous mutilations, specifying that Shannon's breasts had been cut off and that
24:44Christopher was castrated, a hoax that began to spread rapidly, causing even more outrage.
24:53Shannon's parents immediately distanced themselves from the views that
24:58hinted at a racial motivation in his daughter's death, however Christopher's father
25:04He wasn't so sure, noting that if the two victims had been African-American,
25:10They may possibly be alive. Following the great controversy surrounding the case,
25:18This time the media was ready to cover the news.
25:24Knoxville authorities said in a press conference that there was no evidence that
25:30It was a racially motivated crime and the five accused had several white friends.
25:37In fact, LeMarcus Davidson's girlfriend, Daphne Sudon, was Caucasian, which in theory proved
25:47that he did not feel any spiritual aversion towards her, although shortly afterwards it was learned that he hit her with
25:53frequency and that for this reason the young woman had ended the relationship. The five accused were to
26:02be tried separately in mid-2008, however the case had generated such controversy that
26:08media level that it was decided to change the venue to ensure a fair trial.
26:16The first to face the jury was Eric Boyd, who received an 18-year prison sentence for
26:23complicity in the theft of a vehicle and for covering up for his friend LeMarcus Davidson when
26:29The police were on his trail. While investigators believed Boyd was the one who had
26:37sexually abused Christopher Newsome, they did not have enough evidence to prove it
26:43before the judge, which was frustrating for both the prosecution and the victim's family.
26:51On August 25, 2009, Lethal Viscobings was found guilty of 46 counts in connection with
26:59the murders of Shannon Christian and Christopher Newsome and sentenced to life imprisonment without
27:05possibility of parole. Covins faced the possibility of being sentenced to
27:11the death penalty, but it could be proven that he did not actively participate in any of the
27:17two murders, although he did sexually abuse Shannon. During the trial, Covins claimed that
27:25He never intended to harm the victims, and that both his girlfriend Vanessa Coleman,
27:31Like his best friend George Thomas, they were terrified by his brother's behavior,
27:36LeMarcus Davidson, who after kidnapping Shannon and Christopher, was walking around with a
27:42revolver in his hand, forbidding them from leaving the house. He also said that in
27:49At no time did he force the girl to perform oral sex on him, but she did it
27:54He would have offered because he was afraid that he would hurt him, and that he simply agreed because he was drugged.
28:03On October 28, 2009, LeMarcus Davidson would be found guilty of a total of 46 charges in
28:11in connection with the murders of Shannon Christian and Christopher Newsome and sentenced to capital punishment.
28:17Davidson had given different versions of what happened on the night of January 6, 2007,
28:26All of them contradictory. During the trial, his lawyer even tried to convince the jury
28:35that Shannon and Christopher were addicts and that they both visited Davidson that
28:40night at 2316 Chipman Street to buy marijuana.
28:47Davidson claimed that he and Shannon had consensual sex in one of the
28:54rooms, but then left the building and did not know who had murdered them.
29:02On September 8, 2009, George Thomas was found guilty of multiple charges and
29:09sentenced to life imprisonment, even if he could prove that he had fired the gun that killed Christopher
29:15Newsome proved impossible. He himself stated in his defense that he did not participate in the kidnapping and that
29:24Although he saw the two victims inside the house, he spent the entire night locked in a room.
29:32His testimony was outrageous, especially when one of the officers who interrogated him
29:38After his capture he asked him why he had not reported his friends and he answered as follows:
29:44Next. Fuck that white girl? She didn't mean anything to me. You guys
29:54Police come into our neighborhoods and kill us, so why should I get involved?
30:02Perhaps the most interesting thing about his statement was that he indicated that while Lemaricus Davidson
30:08He took Shannon to another room to rape her, Eric Boyd left the house with Christopher
30:14and returned just 30 minutes later. That statement piqued the prosecutor's interest.
30:22and the investigators, because there would be the possibility that the real rapist and murderer of
30:28Christopher Newsome was actually Eric Boyd, who had already been tried and sentenced to only
30:3418 years in prison. Vanessa Coleman's trial was not without controversy.
30:44The young woman claimed that she was also a victim and that she was kidnapped in Chipman's house.
30:50Street while the rest abused and tortured Shannon and Christopher. However, the detectives
30:58They found a note in his diary dated January 9, 2007, three days after
31:05of the crimes, which said the following: What happened last night was unique. We were left with a
31:13Awesome dealer. Let's talk about adventures. I've had an incredible adventure since I arrived.
31:21to Tennessee. What a crazy world! But I love the fun adventures and lessons I've
31:30learned. It's going to be a long and interesting year. Coleman would be found guilty as charged
31:40related to Shannon's death, but innocent of those involving Christopher's crime
31:46and sentenced to 53 years in prison. The long trial took its toll on everyone present
31:56who had to observe extremely explicit forensic evidence. One of the prosecutors
32:04He even fainted after seeing the photographs of Shannon Christian's corpse. And while the
32:12Parents of the victims were relatively satisfied with the sentences, several complaints arose
32:18doubts regarding Eric Boyd's true involvement in the crimes, especially in the
32:24rape and murder of Christopher Newsome. The young man's parents began to pressure
32:31the authorities to open a new investigation, but at the moment there were none
32:36more evidence against him. In March 2011, Richard Baumgartner, the judge in charge of issuing
32:45the sentences of the five people involved in the case, he was forced to resign from his post due to poor
32:51conduct in court. Not only did he admit that he had sexual relations with a woman for
32:59one of the breaks from a session in exchange for legal favors, but admitted his addiction
33:06to drugs. His ability to run a court was deemed ineffective at the time
33:13to try those involved in the murders of Shannon Christian and Christopher Newsome,
33:18and taking into account that they had all appealed their sentences,
33:22It was decided to hold new trials between June and November 2012.
33:30One of the beneficiaries was Vanessa Coleman, who, after serving a 53-year sentence, managed to get
33:37This was reduced to 35, deducting the time he had already served in prison,
33:43and with the possibility of accessing parole.
33:48Coleman attempted to appeal his conviction in 2014 and 2020, but his request was denied,
33:56and will have to wait until 2030 to request his release again.
34:02On May 17, 2013, George Thomas had a retrial, being found guilty of 38
34:10charges, and sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole,
34:16after serving 51 years in prison. In the cases of Lemaricus Davidson and his milieu
34:24brother Letalvis Covins, the sentences were not modified, and no proceedings were held
34:31new trials. Davidson remains on death row, and Covins is in prison.
34:38In early 2018, the case came to light again when Eric Boyd was charged.
34:47of assassinating Christopher Newsom. This time there was new evidence and a witness
34:55key figure who incriminated him, George Thomas, who was willing to testify against him.
35:01Thomas' cooperation with the prosecution resulted in a reduction of his own sentence,
35:09granting him the possibility of requesting parole after serving his sentence
35:14at least 42 years in prison. Boyd would eventually be found guilty and sentenced
35:23to life imprisonment, plus another 90 years in prison for kidnapping, aggravated robbery and rape.
35:32Although he tried to appeal his sentence in 2022,
35:36His request was denied and he remains behind bars.
35:43The house located at 2316 Chipman Street was scheduled to be demolished in October 2008,
35:51and a monument was erected to remember the victims, two innocent young people who
35:57They had the bad luck of crossing paths with a group of extremely dangerous criminals.
36:05While Shannon and Christopher's families have organized several initiatives and a couple of
36:11charitable foundations in memory of their children, it has obviously been a long and painful process.
36:19Gary Kristian, Shannon's father, has confessed in a couple of interviews that
36:25Containing his anger has been almost impossible, although little by little and with the help of the
36:31religion has tried to overcome the traumatic experience.
36:38Lemaricus Davidson had psychopathic and narcissistic traits,
36:43which even his own family mentioned during the trial.
36:48One of his sisters pointed out that he exercised a negative influence on his brothers,
36:54urging them to steal, sell and use drugs.
36:59Everyone, including Lethal Viscovins, feared him because of his aggressive and unpredictable temperament,
37:07and to some extent they tried to show loyalty to him.
37:13For his part, Lethal Viscovins was the only one who apologized to the families of the victims,
37:19and showed some remorse, although he lied for much of the
37:24investigation for fear of the consequences of their actions.
37:29When he claimed in court that Shannon offered him oral sex so he wouldn't hurt her,
37:35The jury found that she was not telling the truth either and that she was forced to do so.
37:41There is no physical evidence linking George Thomas to the sexual abuse of the victims,
37:50However, his indifference to the terrible crimes that were being committed before his eyes,
37:56and the fact that at no time did he attempt to notify the police of what
38:00that was happening, they made him an accomplice.
38:05Vanessa Coleman also showed no remorse.
38:12In some images of the trial he even appears to be smiling,
38:17despite claiming to have been another victim of the kidnapping.
38:23For much of the process she was only interested in getting a
38:28reduction of his sentence and consult about possible appeals.
38:34Eric Boyd was probably the most enigmatic of the five involved.
38:41He had several prior convictions for various crimes and seemed to have some influence over Davidson.
38:50If it weren't for the fact that a new trial was held and he was sentenced to life imprisonment,
38:56He could have been released in 2020 for good behavior.
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