a propofol case - murder gets stricter rules than CM
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DEKALB COUNTY, AL - A Dekalb County woman is charged with capital murder, after investigators say she gave her stepfather an injection that killed him.
Karrie Denise Willoughby, 32, turned herself in Friday, one year and one day after investigators exhumed her stepfather's body from an Ider cemetery.
Willoughby is being held in the DeKalb County Jail without bond. Investigators say she used Propofol.
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Willoughby is charged in the death of her stepfather, Billie Junior Shaw, 65, on April 22, 2008. Reports from that day show Willoughby told investegators she found Shaw in his home in the Cartersville community. Emergency responders from Ider Rescue Squad and DeKalb Ambulance Service arrived, and Coroner Tom Wilson pronounced Shaw dead at the scene.
Initial reports at the scene indicated Mr. Shaw had died of an apparent heart attack. However, that turned out not to be the case.
"We received those samples back probably 6 to 8 months after we got the results back, it showed propofol in the blood sample," Sheriff Jimmy Harris said.
They started proceedings to exhume Shaw's body so an autopsy could be performed.
Officials exhumed Shaw's remains on May 13, 2009.
"We sent the body to the Medical Examiner in Huntsville, and they determined was propofol, propofol poisoning that led to his death," Harris said.
Propofol is the same drug the Los Angeles County Coroner determined caused Michael Jackson's death in June 2009. Sheriff Harris found that investigation relevant.
"During our case and all this, that was going on," Harris said.
"That came out right after it and we tried to follow that case as much as we could because at that time nobody really knew much about it. It is used in hospitals and places to put people to sleep."
While most people didn't know about Propofol until Michael Jackson's death--or have access to it--Willoughby was familiar with it from her work as a nurse at a Chattanooga medical center.
"She had signed this drug out and that's what started the investigation. We started to look to who had a reason or who could have gotten a hold of this drug so it led us back to her."
In his 20 years in law enforcement, this is the first time Sheriff Harris has dealt with exhuming a body. He said he talked with the current and former Dekalb County District Attorneys and they believe the last exhumation was in the 1950s. This is also the first capital murder case in Dekalb County in Harris' time as Sheriff.
"I'm glad that we finally got to this case. We've worked hard, and I know our prayers go out to her family and to the family of the victim also," Harris said.
"This is a very tragic situation. It is unfortunate, but our investigators and the District Attorney would not have presented the case to the grand jury if we didn't have conclusive evidence."
Sheriff Harris said the timing of Willoughby turning herself into authorities, 366 days after Shaw's exhumation, is purely coincidental.
The indictment for capital murder states that Billie Shaw died by lethal injection.
If convicted, Karrie Willoughby could face capital punishment by lethal injection.
DEKALB COUNTY, AL - A Dekalb County woman is charged with capital murder, after investigators say she gave her stepfather an injection that killed him.
Karrie Denise Willoughby, 32, turned herself in Friday, one year and one day after investigators exhumed her stepfather's body from an Ider cemetery.
Willoughby is being held in the DeKalb County Jail without bond. Investigators say she used Propofol.
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Willoughby is charged in the death of her stepfather, Billie Junior Shaw, 65, on April 22, 2008. Reports from that day show Willoughby told investegators she found Shaw in his home in the Cartersville community. Emergency responders from Ider Rescue Squad and DeKalb Ambulance Service arrived, and Coroner Tom Wilson pronounced Shaw dead at the scene.
Initial reports at the scene indicated Mr. Shaw had died of an apparent heart attack. However, that turned out not to be the case.
"We received those samples back probably 6 to 8 months after we got the results back, it showed propofol in the blood sample," Sheriff Jimmy Harris said.
They started proceedings to exhume Shaw's body so an autopsy could be performed.
Officials exhumed Shaw's remains on May 13, 2009.
"We sent the body to the Medical Examiner in Huntsville, and they determined was propofol, propofol poisoning that led to his death," Harris said.
Propofol is the same drug the Los Angeles County Coroner determined caused Michael Jackson's death in June 2009. Sheriff Harris found that investigation relevant.
"During our case and all this, that was going on," Harris said.
"That came out right after it and we tried to follow that case as much as we could because at that time nobody really knew much about it. It is used in hospitals and places to put people to sleep."
While most people didn't know about Propofol until Michael Jackson's death--or have access to it--Willoughby was familiar with it from her work as a nurse at a Chattanooga medical center.
"She had signed this drug out and that's what started the investigation. We started to look to who had a reason or who could have gotten a hold of this drug so it led us back to her."
In his 20 years in law enforcement, this is the first time Sheriff Harris has dealt with exhuming a body. He said he talked with the current and former Dekalb County District Attorneys and they believe the last exhumation was in the 1950s. This is also the first capital murder case in Dekalb County in Harris' time as Sheriff.
"I'm glad that we finally got to this case. We've worked hard, and I know our prayers go out to her family and to the family of the victim also," Harris said.
"This is a very tragic situation. It is unfortunate, but our investigators and the District Attorney would not have presented the case to the grand jury if we didn't have conclusive evidence."
Sheriff Harris said the timing of Willoughby turning herself into authorities, 366 days after Shaw's exhumation, is purely coincidental.
The indictment for capital murder states that Billie Shaw died by lethal injection.
If convicted, Karrie Willoughby could face capital punishment by lethal injection.
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CM is an actor for sure.
That's what I'm thinking too..how crazy is that name? It's like Barry Shaw and Billie Jean had a baby <!-- s --><!-- s --> <!-- s --><!-- s --> <!-- s --><!-- s --> <!-- s --><!-- s --> <!-- s --><!-- s -->
Just found so many similarities while reading... what if this isn't even real? So I pointed out all the things I found. I have a hard time believing anything I read these days. Or if it is just coincidental, then God definitely has control of all coincidences.
This must be a joke since Propofol is said to leave the body very quickly.
Exhuming a body after some periods of time will reveal nothing.
The reasoning is absolutely incredible and crying of incompetence / or stirring up the pot again <!-- s;) -->;)<!-- s;) --> )
http://www.pharmaceutical-drug-manufacturers.com/pharmaceutical-drugs/propofol.html
"Propofol is an extremely short-acting drug, and its effects generally vanishes in just a few hours. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propofol
"The half life of elimination of propofol has been estimated at between 2 and 24 hours. However, its duration of clinical effect is much shorter, because propofol is rapidly distributed into peripheral tissues. When used for IV sedation, a single dose of propofol typically wears off within minutes. "
Do we really pay for this stupidity?
Aren't they capable of doing their job but copy and past and invent out of their vivid phantasy?
Ha.
i thought i heard one of the "talking heads " say this early on. so how did they find it in mj's autopsy <!-- s:?: -->:?:<!-- s:?: --> <!-- s;) -->;)<!-- s;) -->
There have been countless threads on the autopsy - pls. see them in their own section for what was discovered.
Either way, these other cases (if they are real) are not similar, because the accused had malicious intent. They wanted to kill them. Whereas with CM, it was not a premeditated crime. He never intended to kill MJ. x0x0
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EXACTLY! <!-- s --><!-- s --> <!-- s --><!-- s --> <!-- s --><!-- s --> It is absurd to think no grand jury was assembled in the "murder" of Michael Jackson, no indictment.
See this thread for further explanation and how absurd this entire Conrad Murray "charge" is.... <!-- s --><!-- s --> <!-- s --><!-- s -->
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