BALDWIN COUNTY-ALABAMA Police Reports

According to Georgia's G.B.I. Baldwin County, Alabama had all the answers regarding my son's  reported death even though the GBI was reportedly involved in this case when the car was found and the agency also reportedly provided identifying fingerprints to Alabama authorities.

Why did Lt. Deputy Hoss Mack and Corporal John Garner initially stonewall my attempts to get police reports?  Why did they lead me to believe they, and not Sheriff Johnson, were in charge? Why did I have to wait nearly six years, until 2004 after discovering James B. Johnson was sheriff, to get the police reports?

Why weren't Mike Holmes and John Garner's reports entered into computers like the other reports?  Does Baldwin County Sheriff's office make and confirm fingerprint identifications in the office?

Police reports below show a victim with shoulder length dark hair while forensics reports show a victim with hair 6-inches from the crown.  There was no mention of scars anywhere on the body with police, yet forensics reports showed a three inch, well-healed scar at each knee, and my son had no scars whatsoever on his legs or body of note.

Forensics reports show a victim 5ft.-8 inches tall, weighing 144 lbs.  Georgia print card that BCSO said matched the body shows a male weighing 160 lbs, and 5 ft. 10 inches tall.

The reports I was able to retrieve, are below:

The following partial report was written 12/9/1998 by Deputy Mike Holmes.  The form was not completed by Holmes, as handwriting shows someone else wrote in the name of Larry K. Crenshaw, and the address for Crenshaw.  There is no evidence this report was entered into computers as are some of the others.

The following report was filed 12/10/1998

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Below Deputy Huey A. Mack mentions Corporal Garner, Deputy Holmes, Sgts. Holcombe  and Stallworth, and writes that Agent S. Stabler and Sgt. W. Stewart assisted in the investigation.

The following reports were filed 12/14/1998

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Having already mentioned Deputy Mike Holmes in the page above, Corporal John Garner writes  below that Sgt. Stallworth, Lt. Mack, Warren Stewart & Stan Stabler from the ABI, and "the coroner" (meaning Huey Mack, Sr.? and not Forensics examiner, Julia Goodin?) responded to the scene.

The following report was filed 12/15/1998

The following report was filed 12/21/1998

The following reports were filed 12/22/1998

Release of the body, 12/28/1998 to father, Gerard J. Sniffen, Jr., by Circuit Judge Lyn Stuart.

ALABAMA FORENSICS FILES

According to Dr. Julia Goodin, in a phone conversation I had with her, she explained she did not attend this crime scene. She explained that forensics examiners do not attend crime scenes.  If this is true, then how could she have written this report as though she did?  

Dr. Goodin also during the conversation retrieved her black book where she has records of all her autopsies and said she did not perform the autopsy on this corpse. She said I would have trouble getting in touch with the woman  who did it.   She said the woman left the department soon after the autopsy.  

I have in my notes the woman's name who actually performed the autopsy as Kimberley Patterson.  

Note  Deputy Huey Mack Jr. picked up a shotgun with a green shell. His officer, Mike Holmes, described a red shell at the scene of the death.

NOTE:   Below the three inch scars are mentioned. My son had no scars on his legs or body of any kind.  There is no powder residue on the hands and I have no idea why he would have changed clothing before killing himself.

NOTE:  The Alabama report below says the victim, (at age 20,) was 5 ft., 8 inches tall, and weighed 144 lbs.  Two years earlier the identifying Georgia finger print card indicates the same person, two years younger was 5 ft., 10 inches tall and weighed 160 lbs.  So in two years time he lost 2 inches in height and 16 lbs. in weight?

NOTE: "6-inch diameter tattoo" My son's ankle would not have accommodated a tattoo of that size.  It would have wrapped around his leg at the base. He had a tattoo just above his ankle but it was no more than 2 - 2-1/2 inches in diameter.

NOTE: Below I did not receive a copy of the report until I had an attorney get it for me.

NOTE:  below the shotgun had 7 shells remaining in it.  And according to police reports two shells were discharged.  From all I have been able to determine, there is no version of a Winchester 1200 shotgun capable of holding 9 shells.

NOTE: Even though Detective in charge,  who later became Baldwin County Sheriff, Huey "Hoss"  Mack stated the victim had been swigging whiskey in a newspaper article, and Corporal John Garner documented it in a police  report, the autopsy report below shows there was no alcohol content in the body.

NOTE: The DNA blood stain card was discarded.

(Georgia Record below) Note: Height 5'-10", weight, 160

NOTE: Prints were received one week after the body was found.