the case involving the murder of patrick dickey 21 feb 2006 texarkana AR?

Question

Does anyone know any more about this case. Did they get sentenced yet. I need to know that they are being punished for his murder.

Answer 1

According to the local paper (Texarkana Gazette), one person, T.J. Sevier, was sentenced in May of 2006 to 86 years. There are 4 more people charged in connection and they will all go to trial. Here is the article from http://www.texarkanagazette.com/



More trials coming in the deaths of two men

By LISA BOSE McDERMOTT
Texarkana Gazette

The trials in the fatal shootings and burning of Patrick Alan Dickey and Billy Drumm III are far from over.

Thursday’s conviction of Tommy Ray “T.J.” Sevier Jr. is one of five people authorities say had a role in either the men’s death or the attempt to destroy evidence linked to the murders.

Sevier received a maximum punishment of 86 years for two counts of abuse of a corpse, two counts of attempt to hinder apprehension or prosecution and one count of arson.

But Sevier’s wife, Kristi, and his sister, Samantha will go on trial as will Charles Daniel Hutchinson and David Sams.

Samantha Sevier is charged with two counts of capital murder, one count of arson, one count of hindering apprehension or prosecution and two counts of abuse of a corpse.

Charles Daniel Hutchinson is charged with two counts of capital murder, one count of arson, one count of hindering apprehension or prosecution and two counts of abuse of a corpse.

Kristi Sevier faces one count of arson, one count of hindering apprehension or prosecution and two counts of abuse of a corpse, and David Sams one count of hindering apprehension or prosecution.

Key to T.J. Sevier’s conviction was the testimony of Hutchinson. Jurors learned Hutchinson had been offered a plea agreement by Haltom, but Hutchinson said he turned the offer down. He told jurors he was guilty and wanted to come clean after giving about a half a dozen statements littered with lies until the final statement he gave to Miller County Sheriff H.L. Phillips on March 24, 2005.

Hutchinson was offered first degree murder instead of capital murder and 40 years in prison, abuse of a corpse (Drumm’s) and six years in prison, arson and 10 years in prison, hindering apprehension or prosecution and 10 years in prison.

Hutchinson told jurors he was at Samantha Sevier’s house on Feb. 15 playing X-Box when he heard a single gun shot and a scream. He was not sure if it was the scream of a man or a woman.

“I thought Samantha had screamed and went out to protect her. I didn’t know what was going on,” Hutchinson testified.

Hutchinson had grabbed a loaded .22 rifle, with its safety already off, and shot his friend and former roommate, Drumm as Drumm was in front of Patrick Dickey’s vehicle with a kitchen knife.

Drumm was struck in the shoulder and the leg.

“He didn’t scare me. I was just trying to prevent him from coming after her,” said Hutchinson, who denied doing any drugs other than marijuana.

Hutchinson denied former claims that he and Drumm were in a feud over a sack of clothes from their former apartment, including a pair of leather pants. Hutchinson had a casual relationship with Samantha Sevier, who Dickey had previously dated. He said he had met Dickey only a few times.

Hutchinson told the jury that he dropped the gun.

“Billy was on the ground when she shot Patrick the second time,” Hutchinson testified.

He said Dickey had stumbled back while Drumm fell forward on the ground. He said he saw Drumm look up at Dickey when Samantha Sevier allegedly shot Drumm in the back of the head.

“I was shaken up, so I grabbed Billy by the legs and she got Patrick,” Hutchinson testified. He said the men were dragged to the back of the trailer house and a blanket was placed over him.

“She said she covered them so if anyone drove up, they wouldn’t see them,” Hutchinson testified.

He testified that afterwards, Samantha Sevier went back inside her trailer and reloaded the gun to return back to the bodies.

He described Samantha Sevier as nonchalant.

He said she called her brother as well as her sister-in law.

He said when they arrived “they all went into a little circle and talked.”

Hutchinson said he was with them and drove Dickey’s car to the isolated hunting site where he said T.J. Sevier allegedly burned the car.

He was also present during the meltdown of the guns at an auto shop in David Sams’ presence.

T.J. Sevier’s attorney Don Cooksey repeatedly challenged Hutchinson and called him a liar.

Hutchinson said he lied in the beginning because he was scared.

“I was scared of the whole situation. I was scared of the family and of the fact that I was there,” Hutchinson testified.

Public Defender Shannon Tuckett, Hutchinson’s lawyer, was present during his testifying as a state’s witness.

“I am very proud of Charles. He can’t undo what happened on Feb. 15, 2005. But he can tell the truth about what happened and he did that,” Tuckett said. “Hopefully that information will give the families some comfort and allay some of the questions of ‘what happened.’

“I know Charles was and is very concerned about his family’s safety. It took great courage to testify for the state against T.J. Sevier. Charles has seen first hand what the Seviers can do.”

Answer 2

I'm sure most murderers have thought and stated that the devil made them do it. Not too sure how many are actually documented but it's proably next to nothing now a days. It's a classic excuse that won't stand up in a modern court of law. I wouldn't consider it a paranormal murder at all, if there could be such a thing. Yeah the devil may temp you but it's you that makes the choice of action.