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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 27, 2012
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<br />end. She stated that her life has been on hold; she can’t function, wondering where her
<br />son for almost 42 hours, no investigation, no anything, all she knows is that they told here
<br />is no longer here and her life hasn’t been the same. She stated that one thing led to
<br />another and they told her that she couldn’t see her son until about 6:00 that evening,
<br />everything was taken out of her hands, she was so distraught, and her son was transferred
<br />to Hanley’s Funeral Home, no autopsy, no nothing.
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<br />Thomas Bush, 1778 Prairie Avenue, stated that he wanted to follow up on what Ms.
<br />Jones stated about her son. He stated that they did go in depth with an investigation in
<br />what the Sheriff’s Department did. He stated that on September 15, 2011, they had a
<br />meeting with the Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Grzegorek and couple of his Captains and
<br />a lawyer, Lynn Coleman, Rev. Jackson, NAACP, Ms. Jones and Phil Wright. Ms. Jones
<br />has been trying to get a meeting with the Sheriff’s Department, so she got in contact with
<br />the NAACP and after a while they were able to go in. He stated that Ms. Jones is looking
<br />for some closure. He stated that all that the Sheriff’s Department would say is to try to
<br />convince her when she went in was that this was a suicide. He stated that he left home on
<br />a Tuesday, and didn’t see him again until Thursday hanging off that electric tower. He
<br />stated that he asked Sheriff Grzegorek that we are looking at a window here of about 30
<br />some hours. He asked where the kid was, he couldn’t answer that question. He asked if
<br />he was threatened. No, that was the first time they ever heard of that. According to Ms.
<br />Jones she was coerced into having the body cremated. He stated that he asked Sheriff
<br />Grzegorek how can you say or determine that this was a suicide. He stated that he looked
<br />at him and looked at his captains Capps and Commander Decker and said between the
<br />three of us we got over 40 years of investigating homicides, we know a suicide when we
<br />see one. He stated that he doesn’t know why you need another whole department to
<br />come over crime scenes to check it out, just call Grzegorek up and let him look at it and
<br />he can tell you what happened.
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<br />Brother John Kennedy, 222 N. Wellington, South Bend, Indiana stated that he is praying
<br />to the Lord, and wants everyone to know that we just need closure on this situation,
<br />investigation and we need to ask some questions on where he was at, and what happened
<br />at school, and who was there. We just need to ask some closure questions about what
<br />happened; we need to ask some kind of questions, not just sweep in under the bridge.
<br />God is going to know. He knows what happened, and sooner or later it is going to come
<br />out.
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<br />Shana Penn, P. O. Box 274, Mishawaka, Indiana, stated that she has never heard their
<br />story before, but you can direct the Sheriff’s Department into touch DNA analysis, his
<br />clothing would probably have some kind of fibers still standing as well as the device.
<br />When somebody touches something, we leave behind things. They have that method to
<br />use. She just wanted to offer that information up. She stated that it seems like in St.
<br />Joseph County we have a lot of unsolved homicides going on. One in particular is the
<br />unsolved homicide Ronnie Ciesielski. She stated that she has a personal problem within
<br />Ronnie Ciesielski unsolved homicide that statements have been made that maybe he
<br />deserved what he got, look at the crowd he was running with. She stated that it doesn’t
<br />matter what crowd he ran with, he was somebody’s son, he was somebody’s child, he
<br />somebody’s friend. She stated that there is a gentleman on Ironwood his case is still
<br />unsolved, there is DNA evidence that could actually used to clear and convict. She stated
<br />that she works on wrongful conviction appellate cases. She stated that is what she
<br />specializes in and knows all about DNA, it could be utilized. She stated that she is
<br />reading a trial transcript, now that a metro-homicide and a prosecutor’s office, they only
<br />sent 10 pieces of articles for DNA testing in a case that they convicted a man for 55
<br />years, 10 pieces. Now what is the likelihood that those 10 pieces of evidence that they
<br />sent down to the Indiana Crime Lab was actually, they were evidence or exhibits that
<br />actually convicted him. What about the other 40 that could have probably exonerated
<br />him? She stated that she can tell you and she promises you that she is looking into it and
<br />she is going to get to the bottom of it. But to the family, have the Sheriff’s Department
<br />look into it. DNA evidence is the key to convicting and clearing the wrongful convicted
<br />and convicting the wrong.
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