THANKS,
THANKS, TODD. MARY NEWSOM/MOTHER OF CHRIS NEWSOM/4:10THIS IS A CLOSURE
THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.
IT'LL NEVER BRING CHRIS BACK,
BUT IT'S A CLOSURE. 4@ THE
FAMILIES OF CHRIS NEWSOM AND
CHANNON CHRISTIAN SAY THEY'VE
WAITED MORE THAN A DOZEN YEARS
FOR THIS DAY.4@ ERIC BOYD I
4@THE FIFTH SUSPECT CHARGED IN
CRIMES TO THE KILLING OF THAT
YOUNG KN4@OX COUNTY COUPLE IN
2007. TODAY JURORS FOUND
BOYD GUILTY ON 36 COUNTS.
4@
2007. TODAY JURORS FOUND BOYD GUILTY ON 36 COUNTS. @
2007. TODAY JURORS FOUND BOYD GUILTY ON 36 COUNTS. CHANNON CHRISTIAN AND
CHRIS NEWSOM WERE ATTACKED IN
THEIR SUV IN THE PARKING LOT
OF AN 4@APARTMENT COMPLEX ON A
SATURDAY NIGHT. FOR HIS
ROLE, BOYD WILL NOW DIE IN
PRISON.4@ HE WILL BE 99
YEARS OLD BY THE TIME HE I4@S
ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.
4@
YEARS OLD BY THE TIME HE I4@S ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. @
YEARS OLD BY THE TIME HE I4@S ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. 10NEWS REPORTER COLE
SULLIVAN WAS IN COURT
THROUGHOUT THE 4@SIX-DAY TRIAL
AND TAKES US INSIDE WHAT
MARKED AN EMOTIONAL END TO
THIS CASE.
COLE LOOKLIVE12 YEARS, 7
MONTHS AND SEVEN DAYS AFTER
THE ATTACK ON CHIPMAN
STREET...THE FIFTH SUSPECT IN
THE CASE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO
SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE
BEHIND BARS. JUDGEDID THE JURY
REACH A VERDICT?FOREWOMANYES
WE DID4@WHAT IS YOUR VERDICT?
GUILTY. GASPSTHAT'S THE MOMENT
HUGH 4@NEWSOM HAS BEEN WAITING
MORE THAN A DECADE FOR. 4@HUGH
NEWSOMAND I CAN GO TO MY GRAVE
NOW...SATISFIED 4@THAT I FOUGHT
A GOOD FIGHT. 4@ERIC BOYD...THE
FIFTH SUSPECT IN HIS SON'S
MURDER AND RAPE...GUILTY ON
ALL CHARGES. HUGH NEW4@SOMIT WA
LONG OVERDUE. BUT WE GOT HIM
AND THAT WAS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING. BOYD HAD BEEN
CONVICTED AS AN ACCESSORY
AFTER THE FACT FOR THE
CRIME...ONE OF THE WORST IN
KNOX 4@COUNTY HISTORY. NOW HE'L
BE IN PRISON 4@FOR MURDER FOR A
LEAST 51 4@YEARS....ELIGABLE FO
PAROLE IN HIS LATE 90S. 4@GARY
CHRISTIANWE'LL NEVER GET
JUSTICE ON THIS EARTH, NOT FOR
WHAT THEY DID. CHANNON
CHRISTIAN AND CHRIS NEWSOM
WERE PLANNING TO GO TO DINNER
ON JANUARY 6TH 2007.THEY WERE
CARJACKED...BROUGHT TO THIS
HOUSE ON CHIPMAN
STREET...TORTURED...RAPED AND
KILLED.A YOUNG JURY...MANY
AROUND THE SAME AGE CHANNON
AND CHRIS WERE WHEN THEY
DIED...HELD BOYD RESPONSIBLE. 4@
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARME ALLEN:
CHARME ALLENWE HAVE FINALLY
SOUGHT JUSTICE FO4@R THIS
FAMILY. AND I HOPE TODAY WE'VE
GIVEN YOU SOME SMALL MEASURE
OF COMFORT AND CLOSURE TO THIS
LONG, HORRIFIC ORDEAL. OUTSIDE
COURT...EXCLAMATIONS OF
VICTORY FROM CHRISTIAN'S MOM
DEENA. DEENA4@HE'S BEEN GETTING
AWAY WITH MURDER FOR WAY TOO
LONG. SO I'M VERY HAPPY. AS
BOTH FAMILIES CELEBRATE
JUSTICE AND REMEMBER THEIR
MURDERED KIDS. AT UT WHOSE
FRIENDS SAY HER SMILE LIT UP
THE ROOM.AND CHRIS...23...A
STANDOUT HALLS HIGH SCHOOL
BASEBALL PLAYER WHO LOVED THE
OUTDOORS AND NOTRE DAME 4@
FOOTBALL.MARY NEWSOMHE'S GOT
PEACE NOW. NOT IN THIS WORLD,
BUT HE'S GOT PEACE. COLE
LOOKLIVEBOYD WILL BE SENTENCED
ON THE RAPE, KIDDNAPPING AND
ROBBERY CHARGES IN MID
SEPTEM4@BER.4@WE'LL SEND IT BAC
TO YOU. 4@
THE
THE TESTIMONY OF CONVICTED KILLER 4@GEORGE THOMAS WAS A KE PART OF TH4@E CASE FOR THE STAT
AGAINST BOYD.4@THOMAS WAS PART
OF A GROUP OF FOUR PEOPLE 4@
ALREADY CONVICTED OF STATE
CHARGES IN THE CASE TIED TO
THE DEATHS 4@OF CHANNON AND
CHRIS.. BEFORE TAKING THE
WITNESS STAND THIS TIME, THE
EARLIEST THOMAS COULD LEAVE
PRISON WAS THE YEAR,
2064...WHEN HE WOULD BE 81.
4@
PRISON WAS THE YEAR, 2064...WHEN HE WOULD BE 81. BUT THAT CHANGED WITH 4@THE BOY
TRIAL AND 10NEWS ANCHOR BETH
HAYNES JOINS US WITH WHAT'S
NEXT FOR GEORGE THOMAS
JOHN,GEORGE THOMAS WAS FIRST
FOUND GUILTY IN 2009.BUT FOR
THIS TRIAL -- HE CUT A DEAL
WITH THE STATE IN EXCHANGE FOR @
TESTIFYING AGAINST BOYD.
4@
WITH THE STATE IN EXCHANGE FOR @ TESTIFYING AGAINST BOYD. PR4@OSECUTORS WILL CUT HIS
SENTENCE TO 50 YEARS.4@HE HAS
ALREADY SERVED 12 YEARS IN
PRISON.MEANING....WITH THIS
DEAL -- THOMAS COULD GET OUT
OF PRISON IN HIS MID-60S.
EXPERT"WITH GOOD TIME CREDITS,
HE HAS ABOUT 31 YEARS TO4@ GO.
HE SHOULD OUTLIVE HIS SENTENCE
SO HEALTHY IN PRISON AND WILL
MAKE PAROLE AT THAT POINT
AUTOMATICALLY."
4@
LAWYER
LAWYER DON BOSCH ALSO 4@CALLED THE TESTIMONY CRUCIAL TO THE CASE FOR PROSECUTORS AND THEIR
ULTIMATE CONVICTION OF ERIC
BOYD FOR HIS ROLE IN THE
MURDERS OF CHRIS AND CHANNON.
4@ RIGHT NOW ON OUR
WEBSITE AND THE WBIR APP - YOU
CAN FIND THE FULL LIST OF
COUNTS AND THE JURY VERDICT.
YOU CAN ALSO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE CASE AND THE EVENTS
LEADING UP TO IT WITH OUR