Mystery hitchhiker is latest twist in trial of teen cheerleader burned alive
The mystery deepened in the horrific murder of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers when new details emerged about a stranger flagging down a car for a ride the night she was burned alive. The bombshell revelation was introduced Wednesday at the murder retrial for Quinton Tellis, who allegedly had sex with and killed Chambers in December 2014 on a rural road in Courtland, Mississippi.
Tellis, 29, faces capital murder charges in Panola County Circuit Court for allegedly dousing Chambers in gasoline then setting the former cheerleader and her car on fire. Prosecutors brought in a new witness who claimed she picked up a young man near where Chambers’ keys were found — but didn’t come forward with the information until after Tellis’ first trial, which ended in 2017 with a hung jury. The witness, local resident Sherry Flowers, was called to testify Wednesday and claimed she stopped on the side of the road for the stranger because she initially thought he was her cousin. The male hitchhiker — whom she described as black and in his early 20s — reportedly told her he needed a ride to his aunt Julia Chambers’ house, which he claimed caught fire. While not related to the victim, Julia Chambers is a distant relative of the 29-year-old defendant Tellis.
Flowers obliged because she was familiar with Julia Chambers and the home was near where he’d flagged her down in Courtland, according to her testimony.
Julia Chambers also took the stand Wednesday, confirming that firefighters paid a visit to her home the evening that Jessica Chambers was killed. She said that her home had become filled with smoke in a separate incident involving a microwave. Enlarge Image
Ben Chambers, father of Jessica Chambers, breaks down during testimony in the retrial. AP But Julia Chambers claimed that it has “been a while” since she saw Tellis and he never appeared at her home the night of the murder.
The new hitchhiker witness,it was claimed in the show has a family member in prison and may have suddenly come forward to bargain a lesser sentence for him. Either way it's a **** up case with so many twists,turns,coincidences & dubious connections that the truth may never come out.
Mystery hitchhiker is latest twist in trial of teen cheerleader burned alive
The mystery deepened in the horrific murder of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers when new details emerged about a stranger flagging down a car for a ride the night she was burned alive. The bombshell revelation was introduced Wednesday at the murder retrial for Quinton Tellis, who allegedly had sex with and killed Chambers in December 2014 on a rural road in Courtland, Mississippi.
Tellis, 29, faces capital murder charges in Panola County Circuit Court for allegedly dousing Chambers in gasoline then setting the former cheerleader and her car on fire. Prosecutors brought in a new witness who claimed she picked up a young man near where Chambers’ keys were found — but didn’t come forward with the information until after Tellis’ first trial, which ended in 2017 with a hung jury. The witness, local resident Sherry Flowers, was called to testify Wednesday and claimed she stopped on the side of the road for the stranger because she initially thought he was her cousin. The male hitchhiker — whom she described as black and in his early 20s — reportedly told her he needed a ride to his aunt Julia Chambers’ house, which he claimed caught fire. While not related to the victim, Julia Chambers is a distant relative of the 29-year-old defendant Tellis.
Flowers obliged because she was familiar with Julia Chambers and the home was near where he’d flagged her down in Courtland, according to her testimony.
Julia Chambers also took the stand Wednesday, confirming that firefighters paid a visit to her home the evening that Jessica Chambers was killed. She said that her home had become filled with smoke in a separate incident involving a microwave. Enlarge Image
Ben Chambers, father of Jessica Chambers, breaks down during testimony in the retrial. AP But Julia Chambers claimed that it has “been a while” since she saw Tellis and he never appeared at her home the night of the murder.
The new hitchhiker witness,it was claimed in the show has a family member in prison and may have suddenly come forward to bargain a lesser sentence for him. Either way it's a **** up case with so many twists,turns,coincidences & dubious connections that the truth may never come out.
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The new hitchhiker witness,it was claimed in the show has a family member in prison and may have suddenly come forward to bargain a lesser sentence for him. Either way it's a **** up case with so many twists,turns,coincidences & dubious connections that the truth may never come out.