At the time, Tilton was a suspect in a second violent kidnapping.
The caller reported that a female subject was being choked and dragged into room 216 by a male subject. Upon arrival, a Boonslick Lodge employee informed Officer Honeyfield that a female subject was being assaulted in room 216.
Officer Honeyfield responded to room number 216 and knocked on the door. Officer Honeyfield could hear a male voice inside of the room, and after Officer Honeyfield announced he was a police officer, the male inside the room responded that he needed to put on clothes.
A short time later, an adult female, S.T., opened the door and ran outside the room. S.T. informed the officer that the male subject inside the room, Freddie Tilton (hereinafter “Tilton”), had climbed out the
room’s back window. Due to the large amount of blood on S.T., Officer Honeyfield could tell
that she had been injured.
While questioning S.T., Officer Honeyfield learned that S.T. had arrived at the hotel to meet a male subject, Alvin Boyer. As S.T. entered room 216, she found Tilton waiting on her. S.T. had
separated from Tilton approximately four months prior and had an order of protection against
him.
S.T. stated she attempted to exit the room, but was dragged back in by Tilton. Tilton began
striking S.T. with an unknown object causing lacerations on her head and above her left eye.
S.T. stated she was armed with a handgun when she entered the room; however, she lost the weapon during the struggle. S.T. believed that Tilton recovered the handgun and used the weapon to strike her. S.T. informed the officer that Tilton was armed with a handgun as he exited the hotel room window after police knocked on the door.
Emergency medical personnel arrived and transported S.T. to a hospital for treatment.
Officer Honeyfield conducted a protective sweep and observed the contents of the room, which included a chair with rope and zip ties attached to it, and a blowtorch and lighter fluid on a nightstand
beside the bed.
While looking inside the bathroom, Officer Honeyfield observed a black, semiautomatic rifle beside the bathtub. The room was secured and officers with the NPD began preparing a search warrant for the room.
While NPD Officer Dustin Doty prepared a search warrant affidavit, NPD Lieutenant Robert Sharp contacted an employee at the Boonslick Lodge. Lieutenant Sharp confirmed that room 216 had been rented by Alvin Dale Boyer. Boyer presented an Arkansas identification card at the time of check-in and registered with a home address in Rogers, Arkansas. The registration, or check-in, time was listed as 8:45 p.m. on the registration paperwork. Boyer also provided the phone number, (417) 658-8163 on the registration paperwork.
Lieutenant Sharp confirmed that the hotel maintained video surveillance of the property and was able to review the surveillance video that captured the hotel registration area.
From the surveillance footage, Lieutenant Sharp confirmed that Boyer had rented the room. Lieutenant
Sharp was also able to review surveillance video that captured room 216. Lieutenant Sharp
observed S.T. arriving at room 216 and entering the room. After a few minutes, the video
showed S.T. attempting to exit the room on her hands and knees.
The events leading to the kidnapping of murder victim Michael James Hall are described in today's indictments:
On or about July 4, 2020, through July 6, 2020, HURTT sent text messages, through a cellular phone, to R.B. demanding R.B. provide the name of a male who drove a Dodge truck who assisted her and E.C. to take back a camper that TILTON had stolen from E.C.
HURTT informed R.B. through text messages that people who helped take the trailer back from TILTON were going to get hurt and probably killed, and R.B. might be one of the individuals hurt or killed.
HURTT told R.B. she needed to tell him where he could find the male or his name. R.B. finally disclosed, “All I know he said his name was mike and he was a brother or honky.”
HURTT conveyed that “Ol boy said u need to call him and talk to him on the phone cause ur looking guilty and hiding stuff ” and that R.B. needed to “get that dude to meet u somewhere where he can get him or find out where he can find him thats bottom line.”
HURTT continued to text message R.B. July 9, 2020, and July 12, 2020, indicating that “this shit aint going to stop just keep getting worse” until E.C. and the male were caught by TILTON. Mike was identified as the victim, M.H.
On July 5, 2020, HURTT sent a message via Facebook Messenger to TILTON asking if TILTON wanted HURTT to find “Mike” and TILTON stated “yes.”
On July 5, 2020, TILTON sent a message through Facebook Messenger to M.H. stating, “Whats up let’s finish this. That was lame what you did yesterday I wasn’t impressed at all see when I look her rv I called her and told her I took it and why I toke her shit because. She goes and puts money jarmy. Dills books the same one that was talking to thee fbi trying to set me up. So why you trying to help a rat. you crossed a line there for you will be punished I would have had respect for you if you wodnt have got scared and ran dragjng the rv when you knew I was coming run little scared punk run I will find you you picked the right one.”
On July 7, 2020, TILTON posted comments on his Facebook profile page under the profile name “Freddie TILTON” to M.H.
TILTON posted, “Whats up tough guy were you hiding?”
M.H. replied, “In your backyard. Get your Binoculars out.” TILTON then posted, “Well I don’t see you come out and face me like a man.”
TILTON noted that M.H. “f----- up” and he would not stop till he got him.
On July 8, 2020, TILTON sent messages through Facebook Messenger to R.B. stating, “see you are friends with M.H.” and “Im going to shot him in the face when I catch him. he f---ed up.”
On July 8, 2020, WARD sent a message to TILTON through Facebook Messenger stating, “Hey check it out here is that piece of s--- (M.H.) location I was able to reel him in so far.” WARD attached a screen shot of a map location.
On July 14, 2020, WARD picked M.H. up from Joplin, Missouri, and took him to VAUGHAN’s residence in Newton County, Missouri. WARD contacted VAUGHAN using her cellular phone to advise she had “company.”
WARD sent text messages to TILTON advising she had M.H. On July 14, 2020, WARD sent a message to TILTON through Facebook Messenger stating, “Get here I’ve got M.H.”
On or about July 14, 2020, VAUGHAN sent a text message to TILTON stating, “Call me quickly handing [M.H.] to you.”
On or about July 15, 2020, at 12:59:33 a.m. (UTC-5), VAUGHAN sent a text message to TILTON that read, “He’s got 2 guns.” At 2:15:10 a.m. (UTC-5), VAUGHAN sent a text message to TILTON that stated, “OK we’ve got both his guns put up.”
At 3:42:20 a.m. (UTC-5), VAUGHAN sent a text message to TILTON that read, “Guns are secure I’m waiting for you at the bridge.”
On or about July 15, 2020, THOMAS, GIBSON, and TILTON responded to VAUGHAN’s residence in the early morning hours. TILTON, THOMAS, and GIBSON bound M.H.’s hands with handcuffs and duct tape were placed arounds his mouth and other parts of his body.
THOMAS cut M.H. repeatedly with a knife and GIBSON beat M.H. with a club. TILTON shot M.H. in the head. These acts were conducted in VAUGHAN and WARD’s presence, as well as others known and unknown to the Grand Jury.
TILTON, THOMAS, GIBSON, VAUGHAN, and WARD cleaned up the blood and damage created during the assault and shooting of M.H. The defendants wrapped M.H.’s body in plastic wrap and transported it to HURTT’s property located in Newton County in a black BMW utilized by TILTON.
On or about July 15, 2020, at 11:11:42 p.m. (UTC-5), TILTON sent a text message to VAUGHAN that read, “You good my friend.”
At 11:16:12 p.m. (UTC-5), VAUGHAN responded, “Were good goon need a dining room set had a few.” The message continues at 11:17:25 p.m., “Holes in it so I burnt the whole thing figure with refinishing the floors it will look better anyway.”
On or about July 16, 2020, at 4:35:16 a.m. (UTC-5), VAUGHAN sent a text message to TILTON that read, “Everyone is good. Need a couple gallons of paint along with the reward for that one. Damn sprayed bleach on the blue Nd it turned lime green.”
On July 28, 2020, law enforcement executed a search warrant for HURTT’s property based on information that a deceased body was located on the acreage.
Upon attempting to contact occupants of the residence, TILTON fired multiple shots from inside the residence at law enforcement prior to being apprehended. Law enforcement located M.H.’s deceased body approximately 100 to 150 yards away from the residence on the property.
Tilton was indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping resulting in death, use of firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and felon in possession of a firearm (two counts).
Thomas, Gibson and Ward were indicted on the same charges, with only one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
Vaughan and Hurtt were indicted on conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping resulting in a death and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
2 comments:
Lock These LowLifes Up for Life or Better Yet - - They should all be given the Death Penalty with Lethal Injection and Save the Tax Payers and the Court Systems Time and Money.
Stop Feeling Sympathy for these Criminals and Start feeling Empathy for their Victims.
Capital Punishment - Needs to be Part of our Discussion - 28-States have Capital Punishment - Yet every Year certain Governors and several State Legislatures try to Repeal Capital Punishment or Not Use it as a Deterrent in our Courts for Criminals and our Country has become a Housing Center for Violent and Career Criminals for Decades - because we Feel that these People can be Reformed or they Find Religion in Jail - Yet their Victims and/or the Victim's Family and Friends - have to Live with the Consequences of these Criminals every Day.
Americans are Tired of these Criminals and their Actions - Let's all Take a Stand that it is Time to Put Criminals in Jail and/or Use Capital Punishment to Stop them Once and for All.
Both of you are no one to judge another person. You don't know all the facts of the case. You have no idea of who did what or to what extreme. There is likely one person of the six that didn't know anything like what happened was going to happen. Life or death penalty to why deserves it for what they did.
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