Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It has been over 10 years since this happened. Keep their families in your prayers.
- “Teach your kids to defend themselves.”
- Develop a fighting mindset.
- As Paul Howe put it, “Do not put yourself at the mercy of people who have none.”
- Craig Douglas and Kelly McCann were correct in stating that parking lots are where most criminal assaults occur.
- Maintain your situational awareness
- Channon Christian and Chris Newsome were initially accosted while sitting in their car in the parking lot.
- This is referred to by Craig Douglas (SouthNarc) as “task fixation”.
- Channon Christian and Chris Newsome were initially accosted while sitting in their car in the parking lot.
- Maintain your situational awareness
- Always carry a weapon and be ready to use it without hesitation and with complete commitment.
- Small fixed-blade knives secured around the front and/or rear waistline can be very helpful.
- Think “NECK NECK EYES EYES, NECK, REPEAT”
- Carry a means of escape with you.
- Cold Steel makes small knives that suit this purpose well.
- A long strand of kevlar fiber can cut a variety of restraints.
- Handcuff keys are also a good thing to keep on your person.
- Train yourself to break free of restraints.
- Greg Ellifritz’s TDI Last Ditch Knife works well for this.
- Cloth, duct tape, and rope are some of the most commonly used improvised restraints
- Practice with small knives and edges found in your immediate environment.
- Be careful not to cut yourself.
- Check out Mike Janich’s Forever Armed DVD and train yourself to recognize environmental weapons and objects that can be improvised as weapons.
- Train yourself to sense to sense distraction and vulnerability in an adversary.
- This is an important skill to learn if you find yourself behind the reactionary gap.
Please the article below and this article on what happened to Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom on the night of January 6, 2007 after they were carjacked and kidnapped.
The murderers (Lemaricus Davidson, Letalvis Cobbins, George Thomas and Vanessa Coleman) are in prison right now (Coleman got 35 years, Cobbins and Thomas are serving life sentences, and Davidson is on death row).
No matter what the people at the Brady Campaign, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, and Americans for Responsible Solutions, or TheTrace or Everytown say, there really are monsters out there.
From http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2012/11/christian-newsom-torture-murder-case.html
The Christian-Newsom Torture Murder Case: Attending Vanessa Coleman’s Retrial
by David In Tennessee
We have seen the ME testify on the live stream without seeing the photos. We have also read about the violence inflicted on Channon and Chris. At a break beforehand, I tried to get myself ready. I have written about what was inflicted on the victims. Now I will see it.
The first photo was of Chris Newsom’s burned body laying beside the railroad tracks.
His body was blackened from about the knees up with the face unrecognizable. There was a blindfold over his eyes which somewhat preserved them. A police officer who was a friend of the Newsoms could recognize Chris “because of his eyes.”
The other photo was of Chris Newsom’s bare feet which still were tied by a belt and ligature.
Now came Dr. Mileusnic-Polchan’s (ME) presentation concerning the rape and murder of Channon Christian. Her body was not removed from the garbage can until at the medical examiner’s office.
The can was covered by a tarpaulin while being hauled there. Her face had been covered by a white plastic bag and the body enclosed in several black plastic bags.
Channon Christian was a beautiful 21-year old woman who stood five feet, eight inches and weighed 122 punds.
On the screen appeared a photo of Channon’s body laying on a gurney. Her body is still contorted in the position it was in after being “crammed” into the trash can.
She was naked from the waist down.
The mouth was open. The eyes were half-closed. Her face was frozen in horror. She had died of asphyxiation after hours of agony. The left arm was extended upward from the elbow.
This photo hit me like a punch.
The next photo showed abrasion inside of the lips. Her gum had been knocked loose from the teeth. A photo of her face was next.
Then came a photo of her genitals. It revealed tremendous trauma.
She had been kicked and beaten repeatedly in the vagina. During Davidson’s trial, a beginning female deputy DA fainted at this photo.
The next photo was of the anus with still more heavy bruising. It looked like she had been clubbed. She had been raped anally, vaginally, and sodomized.
The Christian family friend left the courtroom in tears. The others stayed. They have seen the autopsy photos several times. Deena Christian, Channon’s mother looked down.
The lid of each eye was pulled back so the eyes could be photographed. I could not look.
The direct examination of the ME took just under an hour. At this point, I left the courtroom and went back to the Holiday Inn. I had intended to come to the Friday session but instead drove home the next day.
To summarize, Chris Newsom was dragged by a dog leash around his neck to a railroad track. He was naked from the waist down and his hands were tied behind his back. Chris’ face was wrapped in a sweatshirt and his mouth was gagged with his own socks. His bare feet were bound. He had been raped with “an object” as well as by unknown males. At the tracks, Chris was shot three times. The killers inflicted as much pain as possible. His body was set on fire, which destroyed the DNA evidence and made it impossible to identify which of the killers raped him.
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Related articles
- http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2012/11/christian-newsom-torture-murder-case.html
- Guilty again: Jury convicts George Thomas for second time in Christian-Newsom killings (knoxnews.com)
- Horror of Christian/Newsom killings in focus (knoxnews.com)
- http://www.knoxnews.com/news/news/local/channon-christian-christopher-newsom-murders/
- http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/classics/christian-newsom/a-young-couple-disappears.html
- Jury Convicts Lebanon Man in Torture Murders (wbko.com)
- Suspect Being Tried Again in Killing of Couple (wbko.com)
- Juror in first Thomas trial doesn’t fault latest panel’s decision (knoxnews.com)
- Editorial: Verdicts may give victims’ families long-sought peace (knoxnews.com)
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Concerning cuff keys, most people do not know how to operate double locking handcuffs, and will over position the key, snapping the tit. Turn just a little over 90 degrees. No more. Then if no result, return the key to the insert position and turn the other way, just past 90 degrees, and no farther. I duct taped a cuff key to the inside of my gunbelt, with one corner having a slight tab. Did the same under the right tongue of oxford uniform shoes, and all sets of boots I wore when in plain clothes. If two are captured, one has better chance of gaining access to a key for escape. Next to the key on the gunbelt and on the left shoe tongue, I made shims out of soda bottle plastic and had that duct taped because shimming is quicker and easier to operate. I looked at books with Harry Houdini.
With knives, have one knife with thumb assist open, on your weak side. Someone grabs your strongside arm or wrist, your weak side, opens the knife and harpoons them either in the kidney or under the ribcage pointing upward. Once inserted, shake the knife so the blade has better chance of cutting arteries, and, twist your wrist with all your strength. Wounds opened in triangle pattern will not close. That is why musket bayonets were triangle shaped. Hand-to-Hand, is vicious, and your mindset must be on surviving what is to be considered a lethal confrontation. YOU, must live. The attacker MUST, go to the morgue.
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Remember this? I cannot forget it. I have this picture handy to remind me.
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