Indictments issued in two Bolivar Co. death cases

They need to leave him alone. Jeffery Has never done anything to hurt anyone.

Travis York wrote:

They need to leave him alone. Jeffery Has never done anything to hurt anyone.

you are right, this is **cking ridiculous! chris has never done anything to hurt anyone either and hes not here anymore!? i mean wtf? wether jeffery is guilty or not all he had to do was CALL THE **UCKING COPS..i mean how hard is that to do? my 4 year old nephew knows how to pick up the phone and dial 911 if theres an emergency and jefferys how old??? not to mention they have been best friends for how long??? im not to sure how y'all do it up there but i know in south ms you dont do that shi*

Travis York wrote:

This is ***cking ridiculous

This is Jessica Foster, Chris Pearsons sister!!!! You think this is ridiculous. You wanna know what I think is ridiculous? My brother was a loving and caring person, he never did anything to hurt anybody. I think it's ridiculous that there are 4 and 5 year olds out there that know how to call 911 but a 20 something year old man coulden't do it!!!! Instead he just left his "best-friend" in a ditch to die!!!! You are ***king ridiculous, and so is that stupid a** Jeffrey. Got something to say about that as*****.

you are right, this is **cking ridiculous! chris has never done anything to hurt anyone either and hes not here anymore!? i mean wtf? wether jeffery is guilty or not all he had to do was CALL THE **UCKING COPS..i mean how hard is that to do? my 4 year old nephew knows how to pick up the phone and dial 911 if theres an emergency and jefferys how old??? not to mention they have been best friends for how long??? im not to sure how y'all do it up there but i know in south ms you dont do that shi*

Travis York wrote:

This is ***cking ridiculous

What the he** is wrong with you. Weren't you at the funeral, weren't you one of Chris's closest friends too? How could you not even say anything about Chris, or how you felt about that? All you can say is how innocent Jeffrey is!!! Jeffrey will pay for what he has done, either here or in hell one or the other!!! He knows what he did and he knows what is coming to him!!! God will get him in the end!! You are so blind if you think he is innocent!!!

There is nothing wrong with me, but thanks for asking. Yes I was at the funeral and yes I was one of Chris's closest friends. I do feel this was a tragedy, but do we need to destroy Jeffery? I do not think so. Chris and Jeffery were best friends. They did everything togather and were always togather. Chris would not want Jeffery hurt nor would Jeffery want to hurt Chris. Chris would not want Jeffery in jail. And what happened that night will probably never be truely known. Sometime if you take a time out and step back from the situation be on the outside looking in you can see more. If reversed you would not want Chris going through the road Jeffery has been since this tragedy occurred. Sometimes you have to say enough is enough and realize what is best. None of us know what happened so why lay blame. Let ye that have never sinned cast the first stone comes to mind. And that is correct. We should not lay the blame on Jeffery not knowing. Chris was well loved and that will always be remembered. Be thankful for all the good times we all had with him, knowing he is in a better place. He will never hurt again. But I do not believe he would want this to be happening. Families that had been friends so long. Families that were like family to each other. Just be thankful for the times you had, remembering Chris is watching over you now. And what is the right thing. Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks up. God gave us the gift of Chris and it was time for him to go home. Thank you Lord

I agree with Jessica. I was one of Chris' best friends for a long time and we talked EVERY day. He used to always tell me how close him and Jeff were and he would go visit him at a store Jeff worked at just so he wouldn't be alone. Chris cared so much about Jeffrey and would do anything for him yet Jeffrey couldn't even pick up a phone and call for help? I really don't care what happens to Jeffrey as long as we get some answers to what happened to Chris. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about him and how things would be if he were still here... but guess what, he's not and it is someone's fault.. NOT Chris'. So everyone needs to stop taking up for Jeffrey and let him start doing some talking so we can all get closure for this.

Melissa Boyte wrote:

I agree with Jessica. I was one of Chris' best friends for a long time and we talked EVERY day. He used to always tell me how close him and Jeff were and he would go visit him at a store Jeff worked at just so he wouldn't be alone. Chris cared so much about Jeffrey and would do anything for him yet Jeffrey couldn't even pick up a phone and call for help? I really don't care what happens to Jeffrey as long as we get some answers to what happened to Chris. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about him and how things would be if he were still here... but guess what, he's not and it is someone's fault.. NOT Chris'. So everyone needs to stop taking up for Jeffrey and let him start doing some talking so we can all get closure for this.

Thank you so much Melissa. Chris was my step-brother, but he was closer to me than any real brother anybody could ever want!!! Everybody needs closure especially his mom and grandmother and grandmother. Nobody should have to go through what they and ESPECIALLY Chris went through and are going through right now because of Jeffrey. Everybody needs to quit babying Jeffrey. We all know he is guilty of knowing the truth. JUST COME OUT WITH IT ALREADY!!! How long is it going to eat at him until he finally just does something crazy!!! Anyway just mainly wanted to say no matter who care about what happened to Chris, nobody cares more than his family and TRUE friends. I love you Chris, you were my best-friend, and you will ALWAYS,ALWAYS,ALWAYS be remembered!!!

I would still like to see this evidence you guys have. Maybe some one needs to tell me what happened that night because I haven't seen and anything that proves what you are talking about. I am not going to be judge and jury as you are being. This has turned into a "Witch Hunt". You will be burning him at the stake next. If I am wrong tell me but bring proof. You are still going to hurt after your vendetta is over. Hatred builds so be careful not to hurt the wrong one.

Melissa Boyte wrote:

I really don't care what happens to Jeffrey as long as we get some answers to what happened to Chris.

To begin with, quotes like the above are scarily reminiscent of Nazi Germany.

With that out of the way, I need to say that I did not know Chris. I am saddened by this, since I consider Mr. Bassie one of the most wonderful people I have had the pleasure of knowing. To know that he found such a true friend in Chris, and that I will never get the chance to meet him, breaks my heart.

Furthermore, I do not know what happened that night, but I do know that putting all the blame for Chris' death on the shoulders of one man is simply not right. We are all, in some way, responsible for who we love. My favorite author, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, says, "you become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." If fingers are to be pointed in the death of a loved one, we should all critique our lives and replay moments - because our lives are not made up of one day. Chris lived before the day he died - and you all had roles to play leading up to his death that played any number of rolls in the choices, emotions, reactions, and events of that night.

Under those circumstances, we are all guilty.

Jeff loved Chris very much, and not a day goes by he doesn't mention him in passing. I admire his strength in this time, and he has all the love my heart can muster because he needs it. Chris is gone - and all the blame, jail time, indictments, money, and hate in the world will never, ever bring him back. Jeff suffered the loss of his dearest friend and closest confidante that night. I can assure you - as a human being with a solid, steady, beating heart - nobody on earth would want that for themselves.

Jeff in no way, shape, or form would wish harm on his loved ones - not anymore than you or I would. That the lot of you are placing the guilt on Jeff's shoulders is horrific and tragic. Shame on you for making him live with that burden on top of the loss of the person most significant in his life.

In grade school, up through high school, and straight into college, I studied the Salem Witch Hunts, the terror of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Holocaust, and the Red Scare here on our own American soil. The predominant theme is that seething hysteria - the blame cast on those least likely to fight, most likely to be ostracized, with little or no opposition, to make the majority feel safe. In my psychology class, my teacher quoted Carol Tavris: "As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person's life. Hysteria trumps evidence."

The mystery surrounding the death of Chris is maddening, no doubt. The questions will be left unanswered until no one remains to ask questions, but surely, this modern-day witch hunt is unjust, and all the hysteria in the world cannot make human suffering go away. Burning Jeff at the stake will not - now or ever - give you the answers you are seeking. Perhaps most importantly - you are leaving Jeff, who no one can deny Chris loved and was loved by, to suffer the loss you know firsthand to be devastating.

May Chris, the friend I never got to know, rest in peace, and Jeff, I am sorry for your loss, and I stand resolute by your side to help shoulder the pain you are served by these pious few who point fingers, shaking with guilt, towards you, out of trepidation.

Katie wrote:

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To begin with, quotes like the above are scarily reminiscent of Nazi Germany.

I never meant to sounds like that. I am just saying that Jeff is the only one we know of right now that knows what happened to Chris and for those of us who loved Chris as much as we do, we need those answers. I don't wish harm to Jeff, but he seriously needs to come on and tell us what happened to Chris that night. We need those answers so that we can sleep at night. I'm sure Jessica and all of Chris' family would like some closure as well as his friends. So, you can compare me to the Nazi's but I know that is not what I meant. And you have no idea what is going on since you didn't know Chris. So please don't compare us to the Nazi's or Salem Witch Hunts.

Jessica Foster wrote:

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Thank you so much Melissa. Chris was my step-brother, but he was closer to me than any real brother anybody could ever want!!! Everybody needs closure especially his mom and grandmother and grandmother. Nobody should have to go through what they and ESPECIALLY Chris went through and are going through right now because of Jeffrey. Everybody needs to quit babying Jeffrey. We all know he is guilty of knowing the truth. JUST COME OUT WITH IT ALREADY!!! How long is it going to eat at him until he finally just does something crazy!!! Anyway just mainly wanted to say no matter who care about what happened to Chris, nobody cares more than his family and TRUE friends. I love you Chris, you were my best-friend, and you will ALWAYS,ALWAYS,ALWAYS be remembered!!!

Jessica, Chris' grandmother called me the other day and I will probably be coming up there to get some stuff that I made for Chris as well as some books I lent him. I was wondering if you are going to be in Greenville anytime because I would really like to meet you, your dad, and Chris' mom because he always talked of you guys to me. My email address is inkdgeek@gmail.com.

Melissa Boyte wrote:

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So, you can compare me to the Nazi's but I know that is not what I meant. So please don't compare us to the Nazi's or Salem Witch Hunts.

I call it like I see it. You are ruining the life of one person because you are sad and "want answers" - and that doesn't make this crusade right or just. That is precisely the hysteria that creates mass graves. That is a fact.

Melissa Boyte wrote:

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Jeff is the only one we know of right now that knows what happened to Chris and for those of us who loved Chris as much as we do, we need those answers. I don't wish harm to Jeff, but he seriously needs to come on and tell us what happened to Chris that night. We need those answers so that we can sleep at night.

Jeff does not have the answers you are looking for, and nothing you can do or say will make him have answers for you. You are publicly torturing an innocent person. No, worse - you are torturing Chris' best friend, who should be the LAST person accused of something so heinous.
Are you capable of murdering your best friend? Or, even being a lying, sneaky, manipulating, heartless bastard, refusing to let the family know what happened just for the hell of it? What makes you think Jeff is so different from you? What makes you think Jeff is capable of pulling the wool over all of you and staging some great act?
He does not know what happened. That is your answer. That is not good enough for you, so you string him up and torture a man only guilty of knowing too little. You do not want answers - you want someone to pay.

Melissa Boyte wrote:

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And you have no idea what is going on since you didn't know Chris.

You have not spoken with Jeff, I assume, and therefore are an unreliable source for information. What's good for the goose, after all.
I know Chris through the person he was closest to during his life, which is pretty hard to come by.
I like to believe I have more of a right, not to mention duty, to defend Chris' best friend, since you all are failing him. I am more entitled to come to the aid of someone Chris and I both love than you are entitled to tear him apart.
Direct knowledge of the events of that night is irrelevant - I speak from the heart of the people I know. I encourage you to do the same.

Katie I appreciate you standing up. You are right all they are wanting to do is get revenge and they do not even have a clue on who. So they shot in the dark and are after Jeffery. He soes not know anything if he did he would have already said it. They are on a witch hunt from hell and it is time it stopped. I am one of Chris's and Jeffrey's closest friends and I can't believe what has transpired since this incident happened. Some of these people I thought I knew have truly disgusted me with there actions. But at least Jeffrey has a few that will stand beside him.

I never meant anything the way you people are taking it. I said I don't harm to Jeff. Look at it as we do, Chris' body was found 150 ft away from Jeff's vehicle. Chris' truck was at Jeff's house. Therefore, we are to assume that Jeff at least knows something of what happened that night. I am not accusing Jeff of killing Chris because I seriously doubt that he nor anyone could take the life of their best friend. I don't wish anything like that on anyone. And I know of Jeff from what all Chris told me. I'm sorry that this has offended you guys like it has, but you have completely misconstrude what I was trying to say. Yes, I wish Jeff would give us something, but I never would have accused him of killing Chris. Wherever that idea came from, I have no idea...

Hey Melissa, Jeffrey has no information to give. You people need to quit assuming things. There seems to be alot of coincidences, but that is all they are.

Like Travis said, Jeff has no clue what happened. You are acting as if that isn't acceptable - like Jeff is harboring some dark secret. Put yourself in his shoes, Melissa. What if you kept telling the truth, but no one believed you?

Jeff has no information to give. Take it from the people who know Jeff, and have personally heard what he has to say.

Give the guy a break. He has been through enough as it is - put the libel to rest already.

k i think its safe for everyone to say that jeff and chris where together that horrible night, that they left together, but sadly chris is the one who didnt make it home, jeff did.
k now..if he has NOTHING at all to hide then how come i have NEVER seen or read a statement from jeffery?
ive read a few things where he was supose to talk to the authorities but always skips out, whether his lawyers get him out of it or he runs away to texas where his boyfriend was/is (honestly i did hear that)
i guess i just really dont understand how he claims hes soo innocent but yet i have yet to hear HIM say it publicly? it always seems that he either gets out of it some way or another or all his friends and family say it for him. it may be his words that are being spoken but there not from his mouth...
im not saying jeffery's totally guilty and needs to spend the rest of his life in jail...im just saying what ive noticed and for someone who privatly claims his innocents he acts guilty of something...

Yes they where together at some point, but so were the rest of the people at that house, and there is no evidence that they left together. For seconds Jeffery has said that he didin't know anything and you people keep refusing to believe him. Katie hit the nail on the head earlier, what if you kept telling the truth and no one would believe you Sondalei. And furthermore Jeffery does not have to give you a public statement. You people would only try to use it to hurt him more on your Witch Hunt. You have not spoken to Jeffery obviously or you would have heard him say he doesn't know. And finally what do you mean he acts like he is guilty? With people like you harassing him, he does not want anymore attention so he stays away from you.

sondalei wrote:

ive read a few things where he was supose to talk to the authorities but always skips out, whether his lawyers get him out of it or he runs away to texas where his boyfriend was/is (honestly i did hear that)

Where are you getting your information? Unless you have the hook up with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, you may want to reconsider your sources.