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Jessie Marie Davis (May 27, 1981 – June 14, 2007)〔Robert Wang and Kelli Young, ("Cause of Davis death not announced" ), Canton ''Repository'', June 30, 2007〕 was a murdered, near-term pregnant, 26-year-old American woman first reported missing from her Lake Township, Ohio home on June 15, 2007. The case drew an extraordinary response from the American media. On February 15, 2008, Bobby Lee Cutts, Jr., the father of her 2-year-old son and unborn daughter, was convicted of the aggravated murders of Davis and their unborn child. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole for 57 years on February 27, 2008. A high-school friend of Cutts, Myisha Lynne Ferrell, was also later charged. ==Disappearance, recovery of body, and funeral== Davis was last seen shopping at Acme Fresh Market, a local grocery store. Her mother reported her missing on June 15, 2007, when she found her 2-year-old grandson Blake home alone, with bleach spilled on the floor and furniture broken and overturned. In televised reports, Davis' mother (who had last spoken with her daughter two days earlier) reported that Blake kept stating, "Mommy broke the table" and "Mommy's in the rug".〔("Missing woman's toddler son may offer clues" ), MSNBC, June 19, 2007.〕 At the time of her disappearance, Davis was a resident of Lake Township in Stark County, Ohio.〔("Pregnant woman's body identified" ), Akron ''Beacon Journal'', June 24, 2007.〕 A search of the area involving "thousands of volunteers"〔("Slain woman's mom says 'nothing' in alleged killer's eyes" ), CNN, June 26, 2007〕 including members of Texas EquuSearch, was launched. On June 23, Davis' body was recovered in a wooded area in neighboring Summit County, in Hampton Hills Metro Park—a park surrounded by, but distinct from Cuyahoga Valley National Park,〔Stephanie Kist, ("Local Metro Park cast into national spotlight" ), Akron ''Leader'', June 28, 2007〕 in the vicinity of Cuyahoga Falls.〔〔Edd Pritchard, ("Canton cop faces murder charges" ), Canton ''Repository'', June 24, 2007.〕〔("Medical examiner still investigating the cause of death" ), Canton ''Repository'', June 27, 2007.〕 The first reliable website to pin down the widely reported rumor that Cutts had assisted in locating the body of Davis was that of ''America's Most Wanted'': "AMW sources have confirmed that Bobby Cutts Jr., Jessie's boyfriend and the father of her 2-year-old son Blake, led law enforcement to the body."〔("Cutts Preliminary Hearing Waived; Case Goes To Grand Jury" ), ''America's Most Wanted'', retrieved July 2, 2007〕 The post-mortem was performed by the Summit County authorities, as this is where the body was recovered.〔 Her body was reported to be in an "advanced state of decomposition".〔("Second person arrested in Ohio woman’s death" ), MSNBC, June 24, 2007.〕 The autopsy was performed the following day, confirming her identity.〔Joe Milicia, ("Woman arrested in Davis case" ), Akron ''Beacon Journal'', June 24, 2007.〕 Investigators believe Davis was murdered on June 14, but confirmation of this, as well as the precise means of death, await the results of forensic tests.〔Phil Trexler and Stephanie Warsmith, ("Cause of death still unknown" ), Akron ''Beacon Journal'', June 27, 2007.〕 Bob Budgake, director of the Stark-Summit County crime lab, indicated that the lab was "working overtime and weekends to process evidence from the Jessie Davis case, two other recent murders and other investigations."〔("Evidence in Jessie Davis case overloads crime lab" ), WKYC-TV, July 3, 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Murder of Jessie Davis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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