Tag: 1996
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According to informed sources, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department is following through on a new lead in the Jennifer Stone murder investigation. In addition, authorities have begun to retrace previous investigative steps in an effort to put the four-year-old investigation back on the fast track. Police spoke on Thursday June 13, with one of two…
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One question frequently raised by people with regard to the Jennifer Stone murder is why hasn’t Michael Gaines been DNA tested as were more than 50 other subjects connected with the 1992 homicide. First reports given to The Athens Observer by a source close to the investigation was that Gaines had been tested. Official word…
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Athens-Clarke County officials have failed to turn up any evidence that they denied a request by local attorney Ed Tolley to produce documents from the Jennifer Stone investigation. Tolley’s 1992 request to then Police Chief Ronald Chandler was filed in connection with a divorce case brought by Naomi Fontaine Gaines against Michael E. Gaines. In…
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Ed Tolley’s behind-the-scenes manipulation of the prosecution in Carol Purvis’ 1992 racketeering trial was also accompanied by efforts to derail the defense, according to information recently received by The Athens Observer. Deedra Brewer, then a new attorney, has said in a sworn affidavit that Tolley solicited her to lodge a complaint with the state bar…
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In the latest chapter regarding the Jennifer Stone murder files, police have issued a response to a request for document production which seeks to cast doubt on the very existence of material purportedly tying Michael Gaines to the investigation. As part of his preparation for a defamation suit brought by former Schools Superintendent Carol Purvis,…
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A Lawrenceville State Court Judge has granted motions for protective orders filed on behalf of Police Sgt. W.J. Smith and local attorney Ed Tolley. Smith is the chief investigator in the ongoing Jennifer Stone murder probe. Former School Superintendent Carol Purvis’ attorney, Scott McLarty, had sought testimony from Tolley and Smith in connection with a…
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Documents filed with the State Court of Athens-Clarke County on March 23 have termed files relating to the Jennifer Stone murder investigation “state secrets” and seek protection from having to produce those documents at a deposition in a pending civil case. Stone’s 1992 murder is still unsolved, and the case remains open. The characterization of…
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Former school board president and local attorney Ed Tolley has filed court documents seeking to avoid giving a deposition under oath and producing certain documents in the defamation suit brought by former schools superintendent Carol Purvis. On Friday, March 15, Tolley filed a Motion for Protective Order with a Lawrenceville state court judge to quash…