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Lester St Murders - Arrest Made - Breaking News
Breaking News.....Dotson's brother, Jessie Dotson arrested....it was a case of a problem between the two brothers and Jessie's attempt to cover it up by killing everyone else in the house.
This is just unbelievable.........very sad. Thank the good Lord this has been solved.
Commercial Appeal
Quote:Sibling argument led to Lester Street mass murder, police say
By Trevor Aaronson (Contact)
Originally published 12:04 p.m., March 8, 2008
Updated 12:33 p.m., March 8, 2008
Jessie Dotson was charged at 7 p.m. Friday in the Lester Street mass murder, police confirmed.
At a 3 p.m. press conference, police announced that Dotson is charged with six counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder in the case that left four adults and two children dead and three kids wounded.
Police believe the killings occurred early Sunday, at 722 Lester, just north of Summer in north Binghamton. Cecil Dewayne Dotson, 30; Marissa Rene Williams, 27; Hollis Seals, 33; and Shindri Roberson, 22, were the adults murdered.
The children who were killed were identified today as Cemario Dotson, 4, and Cecil Dotson, 2, both sons of Cecil Dotson.
Three other children -- Cecil Dotson Jr. Cedric Dotson and Ceniyah Dotson, ages unavailable -- remain hospitalized at Regional Medical Center at Memphis with stab wounds, according to an affidavit.
"The four adults died from apparent gunshot wounds and the minor children sustained multiple injuries as a result of fatal stab wounds," Police director Larry Godwin said.
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Cecil and Jessie got involved in an argument, Godwin said, and Jessie shot Cecil. He then went after everyone in the house to cover up his crime.
"It is our belief that when Jessie left the home, he believed everyone in the home was dead. But as we know, through the grace of God, three of the children survived," Godwin said.
The affidavit states that one of the surviving children was interviewed and identified Jessie Dotson as the culprit. Dotson later admitted committing the crimes, it states.
Dotson, who is Cecil Dewayne Dotson’s brother, spent nearly 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder in 1994. He was released from prison on Jan. 26, five weeks before police discovered the gruesome mass murder on Lester Street.
Jessie Dotson’s conflict with his brother started soon after the man’s release from prison, records show. In January, Cecil Dotson called police to his house on Lester, claiming that his brother Jessie had robbed and threatened him.
Cecil Dotson said he and his brother and several other men were playing cards when Jessie stood up, put on Cecil’s leather coat and started to walk out.
When Cecil objected, Jessie pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and challenged his brother to take the coat back from him, Cecil told police.
Cecil then followed his brother in his car to the Goodwill Village Apartments in North Memphis but lost him. Jessie was not charged in the robbery.
Reached Saturday, Erica Smith, the mother of one of Cecil’s children, said an arrest in the mass murder could not bring relief.
“I believe I'll never be relieved,” she said. “I've never got my son no more.”
-- Trevor Aaronson
-- Staff reporter Kristina Goetz contributed to this story
(This post was last modified: 03-08-2008 04:38 PM by gwade56.)
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Lester St Murders - Arrest Made - Breaking News
its sad all together but its really said how he did those kids!!
