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Parents Slain, 6mo Found In Mother's Arms, Cops Baffled

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The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department is searching for clues in the shooting deaths of a man and woman in their home at 128 James Davis Lane on Tuesday morning.

Billy Clay Payne Jr., 36, and his girlfriend Billie Jean Hayworth, 23, were each shot in the head. Payne also had his throat cut. There was one survivor. Sheriff Mike Reece said their 6-month-old baby was found in his dead mother’s arms but was unhurt. The baby is now with his maternal grandmother.

“The only good thing to come out of this is, hopefully, this child is too young to remember any of this,â€￾ Reece said.

It is a crime Reece will certainly remember. The lawman who has been sheriff since 2006 called the crime the “worst I have ever seen.â€￾ It was so terrible he thought it must be a revenge killing. But that is just another puzzling piece of a case that doesn’t yet make any sense.

Reece said the killings took place in a peaceful neighborhood that includes a state trooper’s residence nearby. Those who knew him said Payne was a hard worker who sometimes worked 12-hour days. Reece said there had never been any 911 calls at the home.

The last person to see the couple alive on Tuesday was Billy Payne Sr. The couple and their child lived in the elder Payne’s home. He told investigators he left the house at 5:30 a.m. for his job in Boone, N.C. Payne said when he was leaving he saw Hayworth had gotten up to feed her child.

The slayings were discovered at 10:30 a.m., when a man who had previously lived in the neighborhood came by. Reece said the Paynes collected the mail sent to his old address and held it for the man. He discovered the deaths and called 911.

“At first, I thought it was a murder suicide, but that was quickly proved not the case,â€￾ Reece said.

Reece said Payne was apparently still in bed when the murderer arrived. He was found in his bedroom, still in the clothes he slept in. Hayworth was shot in the baby’s room. Reece said there did not appear to be any struggle and there did not appear to be a forced entry. No weapons were found.

Reece said his deputies combed the neighborhood seeking witnesses. They found no one who saw or heard anything unusual in the quiet neighborhood.
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http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=97957

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Isn't this the sort of case where suspicion immediately falls upon the last person to see the victims alive? :stupido3:
 
Reece said Payne was apparently still in bed when the murderer arrived. He was found in his bedroom, still in the clothes he slept in. Hayworth was shot in the baby’s room. Reece said there did not appear to be any struggle and there did not appear to be a forced entry. No weapons were found.
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Someone they know had something big time against them.
Very tragic, but I'm glad baby was spared.
Last person who saw them alive was the person who killed them.
Seriously hope it wasn't Payne Sr. who saw them before the incident.

Rest in peace. Billy Clay Payne Jr. and Billie Jean Hayworth. (aw, Billy and Billie).
 
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“I was hoping we might have an arrest tonight, but it doesn’t look like it is going to happen,â€￾ Reece said late Wednesday afternoon.

Reece said the next step is to bring all the officers together and go over every bit of information gathered.

“I want everyone to talk to everyone else and compare it with what they have been told,â€￾ Reece said.

By that method, Reece hopes to begin to unravel a mystery that has few clues. There did not appear to be a struggle at the home and it did not appear there had been a forced entry. No weapon was found. Also, there were valuables in the home but nothing was reported stolen.
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http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=97986

Johnson County Tennessee authorities think they’re looking for someone who knew the routine of a Mountain City couple, found dead—murdered in their home early Tuesday—with their 6-month old child found unharmed in his mother’s arms.
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Johnson County Sheriff Mike Reece said yesterday that they’re looking at an hours’ time frame—about 5:30 to 6:30am Tuesday—for the double homicide to have occurred.
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The time frame is derived from the time the last person to see the couple alive on Tuesday—Payne’s father, Billy Payne Sr.—leaving for work in Boone at about 5:30 a.m., and 6:30am when someone came to pick up Payne Jr. for his ride to work. That knock at the door had no answer.
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No one in the neighborhood saw or heard anything in the five hours between the mother being seen and the discovery of the double homicide. Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the sheriff’s department at 727-7761.
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http://www.goblueridge.net/index.ph...9:1-hour-time-frame-for-double-murder&catid=1
 
Really not much updated
Investigators Piecing Together Double Murder
JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- No motive, no suspect, and no murder weapons. That's the situation for state and local law officers investigating the murders of a Johnson County couple and that's building fear among those who live near the crime scene.
Neighbors living on James Davis Lane said Bill Payne Junior and Billie Hayworth were a nice, young couple that had everything going for them.
It's no surprise just looking at the yellow tape that hardly any neighbors got some sleep Tuesday night and some tell me it's a living nightmare. "I just keep hoping I wake up and this is just a dream, that it didn't happen. But I know that it happened because I look out and see the yellow tape," said neighbor Bruce Beeding.
That's because investigators with the Johnson County Sheriff's Department are still piecing together the murder of Bill Payne, Jr. and Billie Hayworth. Sheriff Mike Reece told News 5 that currently there are no suspects, but he said someone knew the family's routine. "There's a gentleman that picks [Bill] up at 6:30 to go to work and he stopped at the residence at 6:30 to pick him up with no answer at the doors. So we're looking at an hour time frame to when this happened," said Sheriff Reece.
What investigators do know is that it was a grisly discovery made by a family friend just after 10:30 Tuesday morning inside the home on James Davis Lane. "Both individuals were shot in the head. Mr. Payne's throat was cut [and it] appeared to be postmortem," said Reece.
Right now the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is helping local law enforcement by talking with friends, family, and neighbors. "Somebody had some revenge it seemed. Don't know what the motive is but I believe when we find out there's going to be some revenge here for some reason," said Sheriff Reece.
For their neighbors, it's a mix of emotions ranging from being scared to heartbreak. "I can't believe when I leave my house I'm never ever going to see them again," said Marilyn Beeding.
Beeding said she just keeps asking herself one question. "Why didn't we hear something," she asked. "Why weren't we there to help them in their time when they could have used somebody to be there and fight for them?"
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News 5 also learned the couple's eight-month-old baby is now in custody of his grandmother.
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http://www.wcyb.com/watercooler/30353087/detail.html?hpt=ju_bn4
 
Cops: Dad Kills Tennessee Couple For Deleting Daughter On*Facebook
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged in the shooting deaths of the couple, authorities said Wednesday.

The victims had complained to police that Marvin’s Potter’s daughter was harassing them after they deleted her as a friend on the social networking site, Johnson County Sheriff Mike Reece said Wednesday.

Potter, 60, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in last week’s slayings of Billy Payne Jr. and his girlfriend, Billie Jean Hayworth. The couple was shot to death in their Mountain City home in the far northeast corner of the state. Their 8-month-old baby was found unharmed in Hayworth’s arms.

“It’s a senseless thing,” the sheriff said.

Authorities have been involved other cases where Potter’s daughter, Jenelle Potter, believed she had been slighted by someone.

Marvin Potter’s friend, Jamie Curd, has also been charged in the killings. Curd, 38, had romantic feelings for Jenelle Potter, 30, the sheriff said.

Potter and Curd were arraigned Wednesday. Potter asked for time to hire an attorney while Curd was assigned a public defender who did not immediately return a phone message.

Assistant District Attorney General Matthew Roark said Curd’s initial bond was raised to $1.5 million while Roark agreed to put off a bond hearing for Potter until next week, when he is expected to have an attorney. Potter remains jailed on his initial $200,000 bond.

The victims lived with Billy Payne Sr., who was the last person to see them alive. He told detectives he saw Hayworth get up to feed the baby before he left for work at about 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 31.

The slayings were discovered about five hours later when a former neighbor stopped by to pick up mail the family would save for him.

The younger Payne was found in his bedroom, and Hayworth was found in the baby’s room.
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http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2012/...see-couple-for-deleting-daughter-on-facebook/

Possibly the worst motive of all time.
 
If he had waited 2 weeks, they would have accepted her friend request. Refriended? That's not a word.
 
That's just insane. Tho it sounds like this Potter woman has lots of problems with lots of people all the time.

And really....Curd?
 
I wonder what Jenelle was like at school and if her father went around beating up other people's dads back then?
 
I guess we know who the favorite child was in that family. I hope that the baby is kept far away from the side of the family that robbed him of his parents
 
LadyCygnet said:
I guess we know who the favorite child was in that family. I hope that the baby is kept far away from the side of the family that robbed him of his parents
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Err? I don't see where the article says how the Potters are related to the murder victims, other than as erstwhile Facebook "friends"?
 
Abroad said:
Err? I don't see where the article says how the Potters are related to the murder victims, other than as erstwhile Facebook "friends"?
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My mistake. I misread it. Still, Potter's a crappy parent, and his an adult daughter is a spoiled brat.
 
And that, is the #1 reason I have for avoiding Facebook.
He must have shot them while, at least Mom was sleeping with baby. How callous!
That must have been creepy as fuck walking in on a scene with a murdered mom holding a baby.
 
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Unfuckingbelievable.
Makes me rethink facebook all together. I'm not a big user anyway. This is truly shocking. An adult acting like a heart broken teen gone out of his mind. I'm so disgusted.
 
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Since this was pre-meditated, and I believe it was because there was enough time lapsed between the initial 'unfriending' and the perp contacting a second party to plan and participate in the revenge, they *both* should have the maximum sentencing. They not only ended two people's lives (this alone should be worthy of the maximum sentence allowable) but they also robbed an innocent child of it's parents. I'm having difficulty wrapping my head around this one.

~shadow
 
The reason behind the slayings shocked me. I am never shocked over people's "reasons" for doing stupid senseless shit because I have seen and read more horrific shit then I should have....but this one shocked me big time.
 
Personally, I don't have any worries about Facebook. Anyone that would whack me for unfreinding them could also come up with a million other reasons in their tiny minds for getting rid of me. People who act this way have no shortage of "slights" they can maneuver into a reason for murder.

Don't answer when they call? That's a whackin'!! Forget to compliment them on a new haircut? That's a whackin'!! Accidentally cut them off in traffic? That's a whackin'!! Don't respond to a text in a timely manner? That's a whackin'!! Don't "Thank" their post on D'D? That's a whackin'!!

The whole situation is screwy and been going on for a while.

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Sheriff Mike Reece said Marvin E. “Buddyâ€￾ Potter Jr., 60, 727 Hospital Road, and Jamie Lynn Curd, 38, 2358 Pleasant Valley Road, were taken into custody without incident.

The sheriff said the motive for the killings of the young couple was “senseless and stupid.â€￾ Potter was angry about Internet and telephone communications between the couple and his daughter.
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He said Potter and Curd were among the list of suspects at the start of the investigation and as more and more people were interviewed some suspects dropped off the list, but Potter and Curd kept returning. Finally, information gleaned from the interviews led to the department interviewing Potter and Curd with a polygraph. Things soon came into focus when Curd began to cooperate after the polygraph test.

The TBI reported Payne and Hayworth made complaints against Potter’s daughter last year for harassing them by telephone and over the Internet. Curd, who is Payne’s second cousin, went to court in defense of Potter’s daughter.
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A TBI news release said Payne and Hayworth had been involved in an Internet and telephone dispute with Potter’s daughter. The couple had filed a complaint of harassment in Sessions Court last year.

Potter and Curd were quiet and subdued during their brief appearance before Judge William Hawkins. Curd asked for a court-appointed attorney and Potter said he was in the process of hiring an attorney.
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Assistant District Attorney General Matthew Roark asked Hawkins to increase the bond on Curd from the $200,000 it had originally been set to at least $750,000 or to no bond. He based his argument on four factors. He said Potter’s daughter was Curd’s girlfriend and if he was released on bond he would impede the investigation. Roark also said several firearms were found at Curd’s residence and he was a danger to society. Roark said because of the seriousness of the crimes, if Curd is released “we will probably never see him again.â€￾

Smith said Curd was not a flight risk because he had deep family connections to the community. :eek: He's accused of killing a cousin so I doubt his family connections are all that "deep".

“His family ties go way back and he certainly has strong ties to the community,â€￾ Smith said. Those ties include working full time in the community before his arrest. Smith said Curd told him it was just a rumor around the county that Potter’s daughter was his girlfriend. He denied the relationship.

Roark countered by saying the relationship had been discussed in a previous court case.

Hawkins set the bond at $750,000 per count, for a total bond of $1.5 million. He said the preliminary hearing in Curd’s case for March 21.
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http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=98143
 
Murder Suspects Scheduled for Court
Johnson County, TN -- Two men charged in a double murder are scheduled to make another appearance in a Johnson County courtroom today.
Marvin Potter Junior and Jamie Lynn Curd are accused of killing Billy Payne Junior and Billie Jean Hayworth.
The couple was found nearly two months ago at a home in the Doe Valley community. The sheriff says both had been shot in the head and Billy Payne's throat was slashed. Their infant son was unharmed, but found in the arms of his dead mother.
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http://www.wcyb.com/news/30728453/detail.html
 
Marvin Potter sentenced to two life sentences for role in Facebook “unfriend” killings

WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN (WJHL) - One man convicted for his role in a double murder in Johnson County was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences this morning, in what the judge said was the most bizarre case he has ever heard.

Marvin Potter was convicted in a Washington County court earlier this month for his role in the killings of Billy Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth in January 2012.
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http://www.wjhl.com/story/23817805/...tences-for-role-in-facebook-unfriend-killings
 
Prosecutor: 'Bored, lonely' woman caused 'Facebook murders'

Senior Press Reporter Becky Campbell is Tweeting live from the "Facebook murders" trial in Jonesborough. Keep up with the proceedings by following her @CampbellinCourt.

Jurors in a double murder trial involving a mother and daughter heard opening statements from a prosecutor Monday morning that set the stage for killings he said were based on threats manufactured by a bored, lonely 30-year-old.
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http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/article/126322/three-jurors-excused-from-facebook-murders-trial
 
Assistant District Attorney General Dennis Brooks told the jury that Jenelle Potter “catfished” her mother and Curd, which included her creating several Internet personas who used her email and Facebook accounts to communicate with them. Brooks said one of those personas she created was a man named Chris who called Barbara Potter “mom” and who she called “son.”

From @GenericUser123 link.

This case is even stranger than we first thought, they've put Jenelle Potter and her mother on trial now. This girl had a very big problem and it wasn't Billy and Billie Payne. She's just cuckoo.
 
cubby said:
Assistant District Attorney General Dennis Brooks told the jury that Jenelle Potter “catfished” her mother and Curd, which included her creating several Internet personas who used her email and Facebook accounts to communicate with them. Brooks said one of those personas she created was a man named Chris who called Barbara Potter “mom” and who she called “son.”

From @GenericUser123 link.

This case is even stranger than we first thought, they've put Jenelle Potter and her mother on trial now. This girl had a very big problem and it wasn't Billy and Billie Payne. She's just cuckoo.
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W. T. F. :eek: This bitch ENRAGED me!!!! :mad::punch::rage: What kind of sick freak does something like that? Oh, wait a tick, probably the same kind of sick freak that was raised by another sick freak of a father who would act on her completely nutso lies with murder. The level of crazy here is just off the damn charts! I hope this bitch gets an even harsher sentence than the killers!!!!

Kinda reminds me of this story. Never quite got this one out of my head. It's old and sadly the lady at the heart of the lies got off scott free. :mad: I couldn't find it on DD, so here's an outside link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...riangle-left-man-shot-dead-jealous-rival.html
 
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