Tell us what happened cuz what you told us before is not the truth. WebMaj. Darrell Lewis There's a new sheriff in town. Sanders, a mother of five, works as a private investigator, specializing in unfaithful spouses. We appreciate the courts attention to this and we appreciate the reduction that he did make, defense attorney John Convery said. Yet, once it was time to head to university and pursue a profession, they broke up, only to reunite after his draft by the New England Patriots. The coroner had already issued a preliminary ruling of suicide, later made permanent. Which may explain how Aaron injured his hand, says Kokinda. Hes an Air Force officer, its a very high bond.. "It didn't make sense to me," she said. Berkeley County Sheriffs office has since reopened the case. Two days after this, on April 19, 2017, he was found hanging in his jail cell. Rick Ollic, a former Berkeley County sheriff's captain who is now chief of the Moncks Corner Police Department, said a note in Kadie's pocket contained scribblings about spiritual warfare and the Antichrist. Ollic believed it was a murder-suicide and says a note found in Kadie's pocket was a piece of compelling evidence showing that she was delusional at the time. While the pathologist who conducted the autopsy recommended that the manner of death reports stay pending, former County Coroner Bill Salisbury labeled Kadie and River's deaths as a suicide and undetermined, respectively. Back in 2008, Rick Ollic, then with the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, was in charge of the investigation. Both Watford and Hall say they had seen Aaron's injured hand the morning the bodies were discovered. The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office was so impressed with the investigation by Jessica Sanders, she was offered a job. However, she met her first husband, Aaron Spelling the same year followed by her breakthrough role in 1953 with the movie House of Wax. Aaron and Carolyn got married in April 1953. But Sanders says phone records show during that time Kadie called her mom and Hall says she sounded perfectly normal. Vicky Hall: I realized it was time to get started back on the case. The only times those websites were looked at was when Aaron would have been home, Sanders said. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Eleven years later, officials are far less certain. Aaron Wilkinson is a small-time crook turned hitman. File/Grace Beahm Alford/Staff, Kadie Majors mother, Vicky Hall, looks down the tracks where the body of her daughter Major, who was pregnant and her 10-month-old granddaughter River were found in 2008, Thursday, March 21, 2019 in Moncks Corner. Andre McDonald, 40, was arrested Monday after officials Let's do it! Howe and West recently denied representing Aaron when contacted by The Post and Courier. Vicky Hall: If we put something there it would be thrown in the woods and destroyed, broken. Beneath the makeshift cross is another item, one that Hall didn't put there. She said it "creeps her out," because the day before Kadie died, her daughter got an ultrasound. And every night the forlorn cry of its whistle brings her grief roaring back. What do you have to say about that? Read moreNew penny tax proposed to fix Spartanburg County roads, bridges, A final vote on the natural resources element of Georgetown County's comprehensive plan was deferred for the county council's Feb. 28 meeting. His whole fingers was swollen. What else did they miss?". I had to grieve and take time for me for a while. "It was just like all of a sudden, she just got real paranoid, and, you know, quit trustin' people and stuff," he told investigators. One woman, moved by the scene, sang "In Christ Alone," one of Kadie's favorite songs. Kadie, 12 years older, was like a second mother. Sheriff Lewisspoke with The Post and Courier and confirmed that Aaron is still the only suspect. Major, 26, was pregnant at the time. Thus, when Aaron was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to a life term without the possibility of parole, Shayanna legally changed her name to Jenkins-Hernandez. Berkeley County said Kadie Major died by suicide in 2008. Thomas Novelly is a political reporter based in Charleston. But he never found proof that Aaron killed his wife. Kadie wanted to go to dinner with her mom. "His wife is missing and he's talking about this conspiracy stuff.". Vicky Hall: The night they died and Sarah was there, my daughter I looked out the window, we have a pond right there and there is a cross on my pond. DISBARRED attorney Alex Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to the murder his son and wife at their family estate. drinking out of his big McDonald's cup. The baby, however, did not belong to Lt. Dean Kokinda, who would re-investigate the case in 2018, told "48 Hours" that authorities later determined there was no radio report. She can get hit 10 feet from her car. Hall was driving home from an Applebee's restaurant when she received a call from her daughter. Then, Hall says, out of the blue, Aaron suddenly started going off on a string of bizarre conspiracy theories. Rick Ollic: I don't recall when she was interviewed, and they should have been interviewed for those things. WebAaron Major recounts the night his wife and child vanished Watch on Aaron Major Interview Investigate & determine if Police Chief Ollic is competent to protect Moncks Corner, SC Darrell Lewis: It is for me 'cause I'd wanna know what happened to my child, my unborn child, and my wife. She was a homemaker who enjoyed being a mother and Lt. Dean Kokinda: There was no radio report. And I just thought that was weird. Nearly 50 people gathered and prayed for justice in the case, Hall said. Now this is the day after the funeral. "I (was) on my way, driving through Summerville, that's when I heard on talk radio 94.3 that there had been a person and a young child hit by the train in Berkeley County," he later recalled to investigators. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Berkeley County Sheriffs Office says the husband of a woman and her young daughter killed more than a decade ago is the only suspect in the case. Smith told FOX29 her son-in-law had a temper, but she said her daughter was a fighter and the twowould always work things out. He is a fan of Southern rock, bourbon and horse racing. Chad Dillinger: He was just sitting there nonchalantly on the front pew eating McDonald's. Peter Van Sant: What I'm holding here, Vicky gave us. And I never knew that my daughter and my granddaughter would have been laying there, dead. Vicky Hall: So, I put everything back in the box and I closed it and I locked it. Published: 11:31 EST, 1 March 2023 | Updated: 12:45 EST, 1 March 2023. Seeking justice for Kadie, River, and Aadon. 48 Hours showed the incompetence. Darrell Lewis, the new investigators on the case. I think its a beautiful thing, I just wish I was able to tell him that. Therefore, Shayanna continues to raise Avielle to the best of her abilities and keeps the memories of Aaron alive in her heart. The pair decided to open it back up and send it to "48 Hours. Sanders decided to continue working as a private investigator. I have no idea how he would know. But unofficially, investigators believed Kadie murdered her a branding that almost destroyed Hall, says her brother Chad Dillinger. He heard her truck start and she's gone. I mean, I was worried. Not very assuring for the citizens. They wanted to know more. "48 Hours" producers got a tip about Vicky's case and that box of evidence she had locked up so many years ago. Maj. If youre wondering what happened to Aaron Major since then, heres what we know! That's the million-dollar question right now. Not even a mile away from Hall's home, off to the side of the railroad tracks, is a makeshift memorial for her daughter and grandchildren: a weathered wooden cross that reads "John 3:16. He caught her and threw her against the train. Hall still had a giant box of documents sitting in her home. Peter Van Sant: What was her reaction to that? CBS 48 Hours Fatal Crossing is the catapult Vicky Hall needed to prompt authorities, Im going to summarize the Suicide Ruling paper trail. Andre McDonald, 40, was charged he said he went and took a shower." Erica has covered a wide array of stories all over Central and South Texas. They did nothing. Sometime around 1:44 am on January 17, Aaron rushed to Kadies mothers house to give her some unsettling news. Page by page, recording by recording, and interview after interview, they found that law enforcement's explanation didn't add up. August 3, 2019 / 11:08 PM To begin with, Lewis says blood and tissue spatter evidence show that the original investigators got the wrong train. Ollic stating. Rick Ollic, now the chief of police at the Moncks Corner Police Department, maintains he considered Aaron Major a suspect. Oliver will soon be meeting with the doctor who performed the autopsies on Kadie and River, and who recommended the manner of death be left pending. Desperate for answers, Hall started her own investigation: gathering documents, keeping meticulous notes -- anything to find the truth. Among their many theories, maybe an answer to that question: that Kadie fled the house after a fight, drove her pickup truck to the tracks, got out and ran with Aaron giving chase. Not the following Thursday i believe the 24th after his surgery. Vicky Hall: I called every radio station, I went to the TV stations after they died I searched and searched for years, not one person could tell me Oakley Road was ever on the TV or the radio. It's really took its toll on her. And Aaron Major, who Ollic admits was a suspect, was allowed home unaccompanied the night his wife and daughter were found dead. Like, for some reason, I felt like I was cutting her off too early.". Jessica Sanders: I did it was like Pandora's box it's unbelievable at all the information that she had and how badly this case was handled. Kadie, River, Aadon. But he did point out that the case had some missteps. What else did they miss? Peter Van Sant: What does that suggest to you? But when she came in I talked to her for a couple hours, I was like, "Well, she's not crazy.". In one story, Aaron said Kadie refused to enter the house because she was panicked, in a state of paranoia. Vicky Hall [at railroad tracks]: And I just fell on my knees and collapsed,' cuz I knew it wouldn't make any sense. But the national attention has also caused the Sheriff's Office and nearly everyone involved in the original investigation to suddenly go quiet, refusing to discuss possible missteps with the initial probe and what they are doing now to rectify that. Aaron had left behind three suicide notes one for Shayanna, one for his daughter, and one for his lawyer. All rights reserved. Coroner George Oliver said it wasn't uncommon for a coroner to make a ruling if the manner of death is still pending from an autopsy. Kadie married Aaron Major in 2003, and the two had a daughter, River Lynn, in 2007. Sheriff Duane Lewis has stated that Aaron is currently the only suspect, but he has so far refused to cooperate with police and as of the time of writing no charges have been filed in this case. However, Kadies mother, Vicky Hall, never accepted this outcome. On the icy cold night of In the year that followed, Shayanna became pregnant, and in 2012, the couple gladly welcomed their daughter and got engaged. It had been cold the night before. Kadie and Aaron Major, parents of daughter River Lynn, were expecting a son. She was so proud of her, she loved being a mother," Vicky Hall says of her daughter, seen in home video with River Lynn. He's trying to determine his next move. Kadie Major, who was married, was found dead alongside a section of railroad tracks. Im not sure, I dont believe he can make that bond amount, Convery said. or redistributed. Sheriff Lewis assigned Detective Darrell Lewis and Kokinda to take another look. But when I did hang up, I had this little gut feeling. On January 17, 2008, the bodies of Kadie and River Major were located near railroad tracks off of Oakley Road inBerkeleyCounty. Days later, investigators concluded the two were hit by a train during an apparent suicide. Our voices will be heard! BCSO under Sheriff Lewiss new leadership are reinvestigating the case and do not believe it was a suicide. Thank you everyone who has shared and signed! This is not a person who's frantic. And she's the person that I want to be. The 26-year-old was described as a vivacious and free-spirited woman living the dream when she suddenly died. However, Kadie was gone with River soon after. "The evidence shows it was a northbound train. WebSAN ANTONIO An Air Force major based in San Antonio has been charged with murder after authorities found the remains of his wife, whom he reported missing in March. But he was locked up two days later, on evidence tampering charges,afterauthorities reportedly found blood at the couple'shome and obtained evidence McDonaldbought a shovel, an ax, gasoline and a burn barrel., TEXAS MURDER SUSPECT GETS 99 YEARS FOR ONE-HOUR JAIL ESCAPE. trying to numb my pain but actually all it did is make everything worse. There's power in numbers! Convicted of murder after a two-day trial in May 1945, Hall was sentenced to death. Would you be willing to apologize if it turns out you were wrong? Market data provided by Factset. A religious book sat inside the cab, along with adiaper bag and nearly $1,000 in cash in various envelopes, according to the case file. Peter Van Sant: This beloved young mother was made out to be some depressed child killer. When two "48 Hours" producers called him asking about the Kadie Major case, he listened. Its not a full body its just a couple bones and she dont deserve that, Andreen'smother, Hyacinth Smith, told FOX29 San Antonio. Peter Van Sant: Do you believe today that Kadie Major committed suicide? From day one, Hall did not believe her daughter Kadie, 5 months pregnant, drowned her baby daughter, River Lynn, then jumped in front of a train. Aaron Carters cause of death is suspected to be a drug overdose and maybe the rapper relapsed as said by his family. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Seven years after Kadie's death, Sanders decided to use her talents to help Hall with her quest for answers. Hall and Sanders went to work determined to show that Kadie was not psychotic. They missed their one and only opportunity to ask Aaron the tough questions during their interrogation: DET. Det. After the "48 Hours" program, public agencies and lawyers have been hesitant to speak about the case. He said that she wanted to go to a hotel, to which Aaron replied he would take her after he took a shower. Or incriminate them!! He also discussed postpartum depression with a detective. Vicky Hall: I'm looking at every car coming trying to see her truck. "It's a blessing. Aaron told Hall he was headed to Columbia to check hotels there. Things were changing fast in Moncks Corner. Peter Van Sant: If there was in fact not a news broadcast How would he have known that location, that there'd been an accident there? Aaron Major was brought into the Berkeley County Sheriffs Office for questioning eight days after his wife, Kadie, and baby, River, died under mysterious circumstances in Moncks Corner, S.C. By then, the coroner had already preliminarily ruled Kadies death a suicide. and the hardest thing, I guess, is to know how much they suffered. How could someone not have interviewed the family about those things? He will then decide if he should overturn the original manner of death. Refused to answer or acknowledge dozens of emails from the mother of Kadie Major. Over the next several years Hall and "48 Hours" stayed in touch and started investigating the mysterious circumstances surrounding the two deaths -- which ultimately led to the reopening of a closed case. Rick Ollic: We were never able to connect the dots. Is anyone feeling that the mom has strong narcissistic vibes, I worked on both cases. She does have to walk sixth-tenths of a mile down there to get hit by the train. it just made no sense that they weren't here. Lt. Dean Kokinda: You can hide depression from your friends and family, but you don't hide paranoia. Psychopathic behavior to me. Jessica Sanders: This guy, he goes hunting, goes fishing, he's living the life. by 2Paragraphs in Culture, True Crime Murder TV | March 2, 2019. Hall and Sanders say there were more damning clues back at the house. The case has recently been re-opened with the discovery of new evidence. It's almost like psychological warfare. She suspected her now ex-husband was having an affair and hired Jessica to investigate. Vicky Hall and Kadie's husband, Aaron Major, set out searching for her truck at local motels and on the back roads of Moncks Corner but Hall says, something seemed off with Aaron. Vicky Hall: that's the moment everything changed -- that moment. Peter Van Sant: Is there anything you'd like to say to Aaron major right now if he's watching? If he did feel that way or if he felt the urge, I wish that I I was told. Hall was sentenced to death by electrocution in May 1945 and executed on January 4, 1946. yesmagazine.org. It's a pale, plastic baby doll with a hole gouged out of the stomach. Aaron and Kadie were high school sweethearts who tied the knot in 2003. So hard to watch, a son-in-law I trusted, so clearly guilty, yet set free, he should been in that interrogation room by Friday the 18th at the latest. There's also a $25,000 reward, provided by one of Hall's family members, for any information relating to the case that leads to an arrest. The plea comes nearly a week after a grand jury officially indicted Murdaugh, 54, over Aaron later told the authorities, It was just like all of a sudden, she just got real paranoid, and, you know, quit trustin people and stuff. However, Vicky claimed that Aaron talked about conspiracy theories having nothing to do with Kadies situation. Authorities concluded that pregnant Kadie, 26, had thrown herself and 10-month River in front of a train. Vicky Hall: Some stuff was knocked off of River's dresser. We are still looking for answers and are hoping someone will come forward with more information. Vicky Hall: On the cross is this old, nasty-looking doll. She called Hall to tell her that she would be the grandmother to a baby boy. Later on, Vicky Hall believed that it was Aaron who would throw away or break the things the family placed at the graves. Det. "I feel like I'm right there, living it along with her," Sanders said. He also didn't respond to an email, a note left for him at his office or several voicemails left for him on his cellphone. Rick Ollic: There was information that she was going through some type of spiritual warfare in her life. Peter Van Sant: Did you suspect foul play? Major's mother, Vicky Hall, and a private detective uncovered new information that led to a re-examination of the case on national television and a subsequent decision by the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office to reopen the investigation. His position as the Chief of Police now in Moncks Corner is a direct reflection of incompetence in that position. Rick Ollic: She was alive when the train struck her to me it was self-inflicted. No matter how long it takes, Vicky Hall will battle on until the truth is found. Not long after River was born, Kadie got pregnant again; this time, she learned, with a son. Put all your papers in a box and stop looking at it and put it in God's hands.". Was it connected to Kadie's disappearance? Lt. Dean Kokinda: I think that's one of the possibilities, yes. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Nothing made sense. An Air Force major was arrested in connection to his wifes disappearance after police said they found 'disturbing items' inside their Texas home. In another version, he says she did go in to feed the baby. Lewis saidhe is not the only one, we are casting a wide net to ask people to come forward; persons of interest can be someone who we want to talk to or need to talk to. When Van Sant tracked down Kadies husband Aaron Major for an interview, he was denied. Peter Van Sant: She could have been thrown and struck by the side of the train? He said that might have explained why she was acting strange and why she supposedly jumped toward the train. [Watch It Again? Katies mother recalled that Aaron spoke of the government causing 9/11 and the Antichrist coming. He didn't want to speak about the case further because of the national attention it attracted. Vicky Hall: He had lifted his hand up And I'm like, "Oh my God, why is his hand so big?" They quickly ruled out postpartum psychosis. Sanders believes that she and Hall met right when each needed someone most. I can tell you that that is not the case. Originally, investigators believed the death was a murder-suicide, but the case gained national attention on CBSs 48 Hours.. Army Major Nikhil Handa, arrested on Sunday for the murder of the wife of a fellow officer, was obsessed with her and wanted to marry her. Kadie's family never believed she was delusional or that she would take her own life. Get the word out that Rick Ollic's so called Investigation was wrong! The lab didnt even receive the blood samples until 1/23/08 Autopsy report wasnt signed until February 11th. They covered the walls with timelines and facts about the case, determined to find the truth -- whatever that might be. WebThe mother of two shot dead by her Illinois state trooper husband in a murder-suicide was trying to divorce him, a friend said. Jessica Sanders: When she called Vicky, she was wanting to go eat dinner with her. After she intimated the authorities, he returned a few of those things. Natural resources is one of 10 elements required in a countys comprehensive plan a map for future development that is updated every 10 years. "I do not think in my professional opinion, that she had any depression or postpartum depression,"Case said. Officially, the manner of 10-month-old River Lynn's death was undetermined. Hall, long the target of country gossip, first had to clear a big hurdle. Jessica Sanders: Vicky was really up against the department that had their mind made up. Every night for the past 11 years, that train has come barreling down the tracks behind Vicky Hall's horse farm in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, near Charleston. I will fight for this till the day I die. She claimed that he wanted the unborn son, Aadon, to be displayed publicly. Jessica Sanders: I catch cheaters and anyone who's lying pretty much. "She was just a person that was so full of life.". Vicky Hall: Everything was a fight from the very moment they died to have things done normally. She said it's too painful. Both were found near railroad tracks near Moncks Corner. And I just know Aaron put that there to freak me out. Say Yes to the Dress: Bionic Model Rebekah 38 Weeks Pregnant, Its a Boy! If youre wondering what happened to Aaron Major since then, heres what we know! Her loyalty to her new family never wavered. "She was very happy, she was very excited to have a boy," says Vicky Hall of her daughter, who was 5 months pregnant when she died. Sanders says there's only one reason he would have known. About 35 miles from Moncks, he set up a house painting business and seemed to lead an everyday life there. I believe 100 percent there was a fight and she was trying to leave him. Why is he not looking?". I remember that train goin' by and for some reason, that just burned in my head. Hall headed straight to Oakley Road, but there was no train, no vehicle, no sign of a collision. JERRY MERRITHEW: If you knew what happened, would you tell us? Powered by WordPress.com VIP. It's been 11 years since that cold, wet January morning. I'm like "Aaron, no.". Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. In 1951, novelist William S. Burroughs was charged with murder when he shot his wife, Joan Vollmer, in the head during a drunken game of William Tell that In a stunning development, Kadies then-husband, Aaron Major, was named the suspect. Jessica Sanders: Horrible they dropped the ball in every way here. Fast-forwarding another two years, in 2017, Aaron was cleared in a separate double homicide matter, just to be supposedly outed through callous innuendos three days later. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. Det. Erin Corwin found out she was pregnant a week before she was strangled to death and dumped in an abandoned mine shaft near Joshua Tree National Park in 2014. What I didn't know at that moment is Sarah saw it, too. Peter Van Sant: Aaron Major, is he cooperating with you guys? NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Joel (joh-EL') Roux-Neville, the wife of R&B singing legend Aaron Neville, died today at her home south of Nashville. But the truth needs to be known and justice needs to be served.. She thought someone was coming to kill her and then she took off, he told Hall. The investigator never even asked Aaron about that hard to ignore bandaged hand and he never challenged Aaron's version of events, including Kadie's supposed breakdown: AARON MAJOR [interrogation]: She just got real paranoid, and, quit trustin' people and stuff. He's the only person who's said this. He also covers the military community and veterans throughout South Carolina. At 1:44 a.m., Aaron knocked on Hall's door. The Berkeley County Sheriffs Office opened up a task force to look further into the investigation earlier this year. Aaron told a version of that story to Kadie's uncles, adding that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis. There was no mention of a swollen hand. Det. Anyone with information potentially relevant to the investigation please call the task force hotline at (843) 719-7700. Vicky Hall: He said when Kadie got home she said she had a premonition that someone was gonna kill her He said, "She's standing there shaking and trembling And she wanted to go get a hotel.". You can tell me whether or not you murdered your family. But by then it was too late, says private investigator Jessica Sanders. Peter Van Sant: So why do you think he was Googling that? Lt. Dean Kokinda: Why is she on the tracks in the first place? Previously, he wrote for the Courier Journal in Kentucky. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff, A memorial near the site where Kadie Major, who was pregnant with her second child, and her 10-month-old daughter River were found dead near train tracks in 2008, Thursday, March 21, 2019 in Moncks Corner. Correct? Some friends just said, "Vicky, just put everything in the box. Two months after the suicide ruling, Hall hired a forensic psychologist in the hopes of proving Ollic wrong. Vicky Hall: And every night me and Sarah would go stand in that door. However, about a decade later, the case was reopened. He believed Aaron's story that Kadie's actions were driven by postpartum psychosis. Sadly wasnt asked about his hand either. "Everything was just real normal," Hall said, tearing up as she remembered the phone call.
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