That's what friends are for!! To set you up to be murdered!!
 This is the so called "friend" that introduced RJ and the other boy to the "confessed" murderer (Paul) And this is also the "friend" that was with RJ and and the other boy the day they were murdered. But miraculously he didn’t ride with them down to Briar Creek. You see, he claimed he had on brand new white sneakers and didn’t want to get them dirty. Well, RJ and Mack both had on brand new white sneakers and brand new clothes. RJ worked for his dad and he bought those brand new clothes he had on. He was wearing a Nautica button down shirt, with a white T under that and blue shorts and new white sneakers…..not exactly what young men wear when they are PLANNING on going in the woods.
And RJ never rode with anyone else when he had his own vehicle. He always
took his own vehicle because like all teenagers, he loved to drive, BUT the main reason he always took his own is so that he would not be stranded somewhere waiting for someone else. If he had his own car he didn't have to wait on anyone else. RJ would have never left his truck to ride in that raggedy piece of a jeep of Paul Wilson's!!!!!
The day that we woke up and RJ wasn’t home, we immediately went into panic, because RJ ALWAYS came home by his curfew. At 6:30 am, we rode around the neighborhood to see if we could find his truck because we knew wherever the truck is, there RJ will be , and sure enough we found it in this so called friend’s driveway. RJ’s dad went to the door and told the friend to tell RJ to come home when he woke up. He said “RJ’s not here”. RJ’s dad said “What do you mean he’s not here?, His truck is in your driveway”. The friend said “RJ and Mack left last night with 2 girls in a little green car, but here I have RJ’s keys.” Immediate red flag……RJ NEVER left his truck anywhere to ride with someone else, he would have brought his truck home, it’s just 2 miles up the road, and he would have NEVER left his keys!!!!
So we brought the truck home. Frantically calling RJ’s cell phone every 5 seconds, only getting voice mail. No idea where to look for him. Fearing the worst because this was so out of RJ’s nature. He always called me to let me know where he was at, at all times. He’s never been in trouble a day in his life!!! We knew this so called friend was lying to us.
The so called friend calls us 5 hours later at 11:30 am and tells us he lied to us and that the boys left with some guy named Paul to go to Cottonton Alabama. RJ’s dad asked “ Why Cottonton Alabama? RJ’s never been there, he don’t know anyone there, there is nothing there but woods and swamps.” So called friend said “They rode out there with Paul because Paul had to collect money for a job that he’d done.” Now keep in mind that all this is completely fabricated. So RJ’s dad said “give me a phone # or address to contact this ‘Paul’ guy.” Now this is just the first of the 5 different stories that we got from this so called friend.
Also, this so called friend that had RJ’s truck and RJ’s truck keys ( we did not know at the time) but he also had Mack’s house keys.
This same “friend” lives with his grandparents because both of his parents are in prison for drugs. They had another dead person’s truck in their yard about a year and a half before this….that’s right, you read it right. Attorney John Britton was found dead in their lake and his truck was in their yard. But the authorities don’t find that strange. What are the chances of having 1 dead person’s truck in your yard, much less the chance of having 2 in a year and half time?
This same “friend” went up to the podium at Mack’s memorial service and said….”MY GRANDFATHER TOLD ME NOT TO SAY ANYTHING TO INCRIMINATE MYSELF, BUT IT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO GO DOWN THIS WAY, IT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO GO DOWN THIS WAY.” Now, once again, keep in mind that the investigators, and the District Attorney, and some deputies were present at RJ’s and Mack’s services, but they don’t seem to think that was a strange remark to make.
RJ and Mack were murdered on Monday, we found them on Thursday after 3 days in the woods of continually searching, in 95 degree heat. This so called friend who claimed that they were his best friends… “his homeboys” NEVER CAME TO HELP US SEARCH!!!! But he was such a good friend.
So called "friend" rode in the car with Mack's mother down to Cottonton on the 2nd night of our search. He was supposedly showing Mack's mom how to get to Briar Creek. They were there a total of about 10 - 15 minutes and then they left......neither of them had any intentions of helping us search. I still don't know their purpose for coming down there for 10 minutes!!!! We had already been there since the day before, and now on the 2nd day into our search he shows up around midnight for 10 minutes then they leave.....it was obvious he wasn't there to help us search. He was such a good friend, but he never NOT ONE TIME SEARCHED FOR HIS FRIENDS!!!
We didn’t know it at the time but this is the same friend that called someone on Monday night and told them that his 2 homeboys were dead in the woods…….no one knew they were dead yet. We didn’t even know they were missing until the next morning, when we woke up and they weren’t home……but the “friend” already knew it.
This is the same friend that has taunted me and my other son since the murder. He has harassed me in the convenience store on May 5, 2005 and told his grandmother that I threatened to kill him in the store. We had to go to court back in July of 2005 about this ordeal and the judge found me “not guilty” and ordered all of us to stay away from each other. Then on November 1, 2005.…I was assaulted by him and his grandfather in the store. The grandfather hit me and he grabbed my 15 year old son. This man is 6’3” tall and weighs 275 pounds and he is not fat. And while he grabbed my 15 year old son, his 6’3” grandson (the “friend”) grabbed me to hold me back.
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