family pays for return of son's body ..wtf?

[WillowTree]

hammer is serving time for 3 other murders....he confessed to killing blevins then ask for the reward money....he put the money in a trust for his step granddaughter...her mother is trying to return the money and wants no part of it...she does not control the trust...it is legal because mr. blevins family agreed to do it.

legality, morality, and ethics have absolutely nothing to do with each other. that's the sad part.

 

[WillowTree]

Poor willow. unable to make a point, you have to resort to such pathetic messages?

I made my point, and everybody but you gets it,, you don't get it cause you are a moron!

 

[JBeukema]

hammer is serving time for 3 other murders....he confessed to killing blevins then ask for the reward money....he put the money in a trust for his step granddaughter...her mother is trying to return the money and wants no part of it...she does not control the trust...it is legal because mr. blevins family agreed to do it.

legality, morality, and ethics have absolutely nothing to do with each other. that's the sad part.

Actually, you idiot, law is nothing more than social ethics combined with some form of recognized enforcement by an authority recognized by the populace.

 

[WillowTree]

hammer is serving time for 3 other murders....he confessed to killing blevins then ask for the reward money....he put the money in a trust for his step granddaughter...her mother is trying to return the money and wants no part of it...she does not control the trust...it is legal because mr. blevins family agreed to do it.

legality, morality, and ethics have absolutely nothing to do with each other. that's the sad part.

Actually, you idiot, law is nothing more than social ethics combined with some form of recognized enforcement by an authority recognized by the populace.

see, moron, I told you you didn't get it.

 

[JBeukema]

Name calling does nothing to change the fact that you've been wrong ever since you first posted about wanting to arrest innocent parties and lock them away because a member of their family killed somebody.

 

[WillowTree]

Name calling does nothing to change the fact that you've been wrong ever since you first posted about wanting to arrest innocent parties and lock them away because a member of their family killed somebody.

you are still a moron! it's branded on yer forehead.. and do not get all high and might about name calling,, just review your posts,, but then again that's what makes you a moron..

 

[JBeukema]

You make an awful lot of posts to not ever get around to saying anything, willow. Trying to pad your total post count?

 

[WillowTree]

You make an awful lot of posts to not ever get around to saying anything, willow. Trying to pad your total post count?

it's stamped on yer forehead..

 

[Emma]

no doubt here..that hammer did it...locally

No doubt here either. But (at least when this deal was made) he had not been convicted of the murder, or even charged for that matter. So I don't understand why some keep posting about those convicted not legally able to profit from their crimes.

 

[xsited1]

hammer is serving time for 3 other murders....he confessed to killing blevins then ask for the reward money....he put the money in a trust for his step granddaughter...her mother is trying to return the money and wants no part of it...she does not control the trust...it is legal because mr. blevins family agreed to do it.

Surely there must be a law that does not allow this murderer to keep blood money.

 

[strollingbones]

here is a question to yall: would you pay 15 k to know where your child's body was and what became of your child?

if i am not mistaken"

bundy.....was prolonging his life...by revealing the location of new graves...till he hit the wall...parents who would rather see him dead....over recovering their child's body...

could you do that?

 

[Darkwind]

this is a local story....the story of a man who murdered 4 people....a mother who wanted her son's body...the family offered a 15 k reward..the murder requested the 15 k be paid to his granddaughter and the family agreed to pay the reward for recovery of the body...

as a mother...i see both sides...as a human..i dont understand how someone can be this cold and heartless....

Hammer demanded $15K for location of body

unfortunately, I can.

 

[Darkwind]

here is a question to yall: would you pay 15 k to know where your child's body was and what became of your child?

if i am not mistaken"

bundy.....was prolonging his life...by revealing the location of new graves...till he hit the wall...parents who would rather see him dead....over recovering their child's body...

could you do that?

I would pay much more to the person who brought Me the guy/gal who killed My child.

Without the police being involved.

 

[strollingbones]

update: seems a couple of local lawyers have stepped in ....to help the blevins recover the money they paid to the murderer of their son....


demands. One of them raised more than a few eyebrows and sickened some stomachs: he wanted the $15,000 that the Blevins family had offered for information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of Blevins' murderer.

Ashe County Sheriff James Williams was present when Hammer made the demand, shortly before the body was discovered on Aug. 4, 2009, and was tasked with relaying the information. The family didn't hesitate when told of Hammer's demands to quietly gather the money.

.............

Williams had said that, by the agreement made, Hammer was the only one who could return the money and that he hoped that Hammer's wife, Brenda, could talk him into giving the money back.

Waiting to see if Hammer would return the money wasn't working for the Blevins, however, and on Thursday, Aug. 13, they took the matter out of Hammer's hands by filing a civil wrongful death lawsuit. Represented by attorneys David Jolly and Cliff Britt, Jimmy's father David Blevins filed the suit that demands in excess of $10,000 each for compensatory and punitive damages.

Jolly, a neighbor of the Blevins' in Crumpler, said that the family called him when they were forced to pay the $15,000 and that he offered his services pro bono. He noted that the reason the civil suit was filed was to recover the $15,000.

Jolly and David Blevins went a step further on Monday, Aug. 17, when Jolly filed a motion for an order for interpleader with the Ashe County Clerk of Superior Court. In the motion, David Blevins argues that Hammer "is a slayer and is prohibited from taking the reward money or exercising power of appointment over the reward money," citing Chapter 31A of the North Carolina General Statues (known as the "slayer statute").

The Honorable Edgar Gregory, resident Superior Court Judge in the 23rd Judicial District, signed the motion into an order for interpleader minutes after the motion was filed. According to the court order, Shumate must "pay over to the Ashe County Clerk of Superior Court the sum of $15,000," and that the clerk "shall retain control of the $15,000 pending a further hearing" that addresses the ownership of the money.

Jolly said that Hammer was "never entitled to the money" due to the slayer statute and therefore has no right to give the money away, either.

Ashe County Clerk of Court Pam Barlow said that Hammer must be served all the paperwork and will have 30 days to file a response.

While the $15,000 will stay in the court's neutral hands until the matter is resolved, Jolly was optimistic about the case.

"We're going to fix it," he said.

To find out more about the slayer statute, or any other North Carolina statues, click to North Carolina General Assembly - General Statutes.


demands. One of them raised more than a few eyebrows and sickened some stomachs: he wanted the $15,000 that the Blevins family had offered for information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of Blevins' murderer.

Ashe County Sheriff James Williams was present when Hammer made the demand, shortly before the body was discovered on Aug. 4, 2009, and was tasked with relaying the information. The family didn't hesitate when told of Hammer's demands to quietly gather the money.

The reward money was delivered to Donna Shumate, an attorney based in Alleghany County who Hammer had requested to represent him in the matter.

Williams had said that, by the agreement made, Hammer was the only one who could return the money and that he hoped that Hammer's wife, Brenda, could talk him into giving the money back.

Waiting to see if Hammer would return the money wasn't working for the Blevins, however, and on Thursday, Aug. 13, they took the matter out of Hammer's hands by filing a civil wrongful death lawsuit. Represented by attorneys David Jolly and Cliff Britt, Jimmy's father David Blevins filed the suit that demands in excess of $10,000 each for compensatory and punitive damages.

Jolly, a neighbor of the Blevins' in Crumpler, said that the family called him when they were forced to pay the $15,000 and that he offered his services pro bono. He noted that the reason the civil suit was filed was to recover the $15,000.

Jolly and David Blevins went a step further on Monday, Aug. 17, when Jolly filed a motion for an order for interpleader with the Ashe County Clerk of Superior Court. In the motion, David Blevins argues that Hammer "is a slayer and is prohibited from taking the reward money or exercising power of appointment over the reward money," citing Chapter 31A of the North Carolina General Statues (known as the "slayer statute").

The Honorable Edgar Gregory, resident Superior Court Judge in the 23rd Judicial District, signed the motion into an order for interpleader minutes after the motion was filed. According to the court order, Shumate must "pay over to the Ashe County Clerk of Superior Court the sum of $15,000," and that the clerk "shall retain control of the $15,000 pending a further hearing" that addresses the ownership of the money.

Jolly said that Hammer was "never entitled to the money" due to the slayer statute and therefore has no right to give the money away, either.

Ashe County Clerk of Court Pam Barlow said that Hammer must be served all the paperwork and will have 30 days to file a response.

While the $15,000 will stay in the court's neutral hands until the matter is resolved, Jolly was optimistic about the case.

"We're going to fix it," he said.

To find out more about the slayer statute, or any other North Carolina statues, click to North Carolina General Assembly - General Statutes.


http://www.mountaintimes.com/mtweekly/2009/0820/Reward.php3demands.

 

[Emma]

Excellent!!!!



So it appears NC law covers "a slayer" and not necessarily someone convicted of that particular murder. Good show.

And kudos to the lawyer.

 

[WillowTree]

That is good news!

 

[strollingbones]

even better news: update:

Court Orders Blevins Reward Money Returned to Ashe

After confessing to the February 2007 murder of Jimmy Lee Blevins, Frederick P. Hammer made a few
demands. One of them raised more than a few eyebrows and sickened some stomachs: he wanted the $15,000 that the Blevins family had offered for information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of Blevins' murderer.

Ashe County Sheriff James Williams was present when Hammer made the demand, shortly before the body was discovered on Aug. 4, 2009, and was tasked with relaying the information. The family didn't hesitate when told of Hammer's demands to quietly gather the money.

The reward money was delivered to Donna Shumate, an attorney based in Alleghany County who Hammer had requested to represent him in the matter.

Williams had said that, by the agreement made, Hammer was the only one who could return the money and that he hoped that Hammer's wife, Brenda, could talk him into giving the money back.

Waiting to see if Hammer would return the money wasn't working for the Blevins, however, and on Thursday, Aug. 13, they took the matter out of Hammer's hands by filing a civil wrongful death lawsuit. Represented by attorneys David Jolly and Cliff Britt, Jimmy's father David Blevins filed the suit that demands in excess of $10,000 each for compensatory and punitive damages.

Jolly, a neighbor of the Blevins' in Crumpler, said that the family called him when they were forced to pay the $15,000 and that he offered his services pro bono. He noted that the reason the civil suit was filed was to recover the $15,000.


The Mountain Times Online

kudos to jolly and the other lawyers who worked on this for free...you have to love mr jolly's attitude.."we are going to fix it".

no one should profit from killing someone...and then ransoming the body.

 

[strollingbones]

the money is now in the hands of the court.