ABOUT MY SON’S DEATH

I KNEW OUR SON WAS IN DANGER, WHEN HE ASKED ME WHAT TO DO IF HE HAD SEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS’NT RIGHT. AND IF HE SEEN SOMETHING THAT DID’NT LOOK LIKE AN ACCIDENT. I TOLD HIM TO GO TO THE POLICE. THEN I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS IN ANY DANGER. HIS REPLY WAS DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME. I TOLD HIM TO BE CAREFUL ON HIS DELIVERIES BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD KILL HIM AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A CAR ACCIDENT AND I WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME PROVING IT WAS’NT. BUT JIMMY AND I WERENT ALONE THAT DAY, THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE HERE ALSO. JIMMY WAS WORKING FOR A COMPANY HERE IN IRONTON, DELIVERING DOUGHNUTS TO LOCAL AREA STORES IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HE WAS WORKING FIVE DAYS A WEEK.THE WEEK BEFORE HE DIED, HE JUST WORKED WHEN THEY WANTED HIM TO. THIS ONE NIGHT, THEY WANTED HIM TO WORK, HE DID’NT WANT TO, SO FOR SOME REASON HE AHD SOMEONE CALL THEM AND TELL THEM HE WAS IN JAIL. SO A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER HE TOLD US IT PAID FOR HIM NOT TO WORK THAT DAY BECAUSE THAY CALLED AND GAVE HIM SIX DAYS A WEEK. THAT WAS 10/06/97 AND HE DIED THE MORNING OF 10/10/97. THE LADY HE WORKED FOR CALLED ME AT 7:00AM. THAT MORNINGAND SAID THAT JIMMY WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND SHE DID’NT KNOW IF HE WAS ALIVE OR DEAD.THAT HE WAS LATE MAKING HIS DELIVERIES AND SHE STATRED MALING CALLS AROUND. THEN SHE TOLD ME HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. AT THE HOSPITOL THE DEPUTY THAT WAS ON THE SCEEN GAVE MY DAUGHTER HIS CARD AND WANTED US TO CALL HIM. WE CALLED HIM AND MET HIM AT THE ACCIDENT SCEEN. HE SHOWED US HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. HE SAID FOR SOME REASON HE LEFT THE ROAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE. STRADDLED A DITCH THEN JUMPED A COLBERT AND HIT A GUARD RAIL HEAD ON. BUT DID’NT LEAVE A TIRE MARK. THERE WAS NO BRAKE MARKS WHERE HE TRIED TO PUT ON A BRAKE. THERE WAS NO GLASS FROM THE HEADLIGHTS OR ANYTHING FROM THE VAN THAT WOULD SHOW THE VAN HIT IT. THEN THE VAN WENT BACK ONTO THE ROAD AND HIS BACK BUMPER SLID DOWN THE GUARD RAIL, LEAVING A BLACK RUBBER MARK. BUT IT COULD’NT HAVE BEEN THE VAN BECAUSE THE BUMPER IS METALAND THERE WAS’NT ANY SCRATCHES ON IT.THEN HE STRAIGHTENED THE VAN UP AND WENT A FEW FEET AND LEFT THE ROAD ON THE LEFT SIDE.THE VAN TURNED AND HIT A BANK.BUT DID’NT KNOCK ANY WEEDS DOWN OR MAKE A PACE ON THE BANK.THE VAN RAISED STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR AND LANDED ON THE PASSANGER SIDE. THE SIDE WINDOW WAS BROKE OUT. THEN THE VAN RAISED STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR AND LANDED ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. THIS IS WHEN OUR SON WAS TO HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT OF THE SIDE WINDOW AND LANDED OUT TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE VAN FIVE FEET OR MORE AWAY FROM THE VAN.IN THE ACCIDENT REPORT IT STATED THAT THE VAN FLIPPED OR ROLLED OVER. IF IT DID IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BACK ON THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE WHERE THE VAN LANDED ON THE SIDE. THE GRILL WAS MISSING AND NEVER WAS FOUND.ALL THIS AND THE VAN NEVER LEFT A MARK ANYWHERE. THEN THE DEPUTY TOLD US THE ACCIDENT DID’NT MAKE SENSE. THAT IF HE DID’NT KNOW BETTER,HE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE VAN HIT THE GUARD RAIL AND WENT STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR AND LANDED WHERE IT DID.HE SAID IT WAS IF THE VAN WAS’NT ON THE ROAD UNTIL IT STARTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE. HE SAID AN UNKNOWN FORCE TOOK HIM OFF THE ROAD.THE NEWSPAPER STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. BUT THE DEPUTY LET THE PEOPLE HE WORKED FOR COME AND GET EVERYTHING OUT OF THE VAN THAT MORNING. IT WAS A STRAIGHT PATH WHERE THE VAN WENT INTO THE WEEDS. THE DEPUTY SAID HE THOUGHT THE VAN HIT THE GUARD RAIL BECAUSE A NEIGHBOR SAID IT WAS’NT BENT THE DAY BEFORE OR THE BLACK MARK WAS’NT ON IT. THE MAN WHO TOWED THE VAN SAID THE DEPUTY KEPT HIM THERE FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS TRYING TO MATCH THE VAN UP TO THE GUARD RAIL. ALSO THE DEPUTY WAS’NT FOR SURE WHERE THE VAN CROSSED THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MARKS. THERE WAS NO BLOOD INSIDE THE VAN AND HALF HIS DELIVERIES WERE NOT IN THE VAN. THE MAN WHO CALLED 911 SAID HE DID NOT HEAR THE VAN HIT THE GAURDRAIL OR FLIP. HE SAID HE HEARD A NOISE WHERE THE VAN STOPPED AND HE LOOKED OUT AND SAW THE DOME LIGHTS AND WENT DOWN THERE.THE PARAMEDICS LIED TO US WHERE OUR SON WAS FOUND. WHY I DON’T KNOW.! THE PARAMEDICS PUT HIM ON THE STRETCHER FACE DOWN. THE LADY MY SON WORKED FOR TOLD ME, THE VAN LANDED ON HIM. THE DEPUTY SAID THE VAN DID’NT LAND ON HIM.

SO WE DICIEDED TO GO TO WAYNE CO. AND SEE IF THEY WOULD LOOK INTO HIS DEATH. BECAUSE THE DEPUTY THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. WHEN I ASKED TO SEE THE PICTURES THE DEPUTY TOOK OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE, I WAS TOLD A DEPUTY DID’NT HAVE TO TAKE PICTURES AT AN ACCIDENT OR A DEPUTY DID’NT HAVE TO BE SURE HOW AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED. I HAD PICTURES OF THE VAN AND OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE THAT I TOOK. I SHOWED THEM THAT THE BUMPER OF THE VAN COULD’NT SLIDE DOWN THE GUARD RAIL. THEY SAID BEFORE THEY COULD DO ANYTHING I HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE SEE A CRIME HAPPEN. I SAID THE MAN WHO CALLED 911 SAID HE DID’NT HEAR THE VAN HIT THE GUARD RAIL OR HEAR IT FLIP. HE SAID WE CAN’T TAKE THE WORD OF SOMEONE WHOWAS JUST GETTING UP. BUT THEY DID TAKE THE WORD FROM SOMEONE THAT THE GUARD RAIL WAS’NT BENT THE DAY BEFORE. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY THE DEPUTY TOLD US WHAT HE DID. HE WANTED US TO GET SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO HIS DEATH.

AFTER HIS DEATH, WE WERE CHASED FROM THE ACCIDENT SCENE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED BY THE MAN MY SON WORKED FOR. ON THE DAY OF HIS FUNERAL, SOMEONE LEFT A MESSAGE ON MY ANSWERING MACHINE IN MY SONS VOICE. FOR SOME REASON THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF I HAD MY SONS OTHER SHOE, BECAUSE THEY GOT ONE OUT OF THE VAN. HIS KEYES WERE MISSING AND THEN SHOWED UP. THE VAN HAD BRAKES ON IT. JIMMY LEFT THE SAME TIME EVERY MORNING. HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO MAKE HIS DELIVERIES AND BE WHERE HE WAS WHEN HE GOT IN THE ACCIDENT. THE DEPUTY SAID THERE WAS THREE CHECKS AND A TEN DOLLAR BILL IN THE VAN. JIMMY HAD THREE DELIVERIES IN OHIO BEFORE HE WENT TO W. VIRGINIA. THEN HE HAD THREE THERE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. NO ONE KNEW THAT HE TOLD ME HIS DELIVERIES. BUT WAYNE CO. SAID THEY COULD’NT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

AFTER THE SALLY SHOW AIRED ON 12/17 THE PEOPLE MY SON WORKED FOR STOPPED DELIVERING AND HAV’NT COME BACK TO IRONTON TO WORK. I CALLED THE STORES AND THEY TOLD ME THEY JUST STOPPED DELIVERING AND DID’NT LET THEM KNOW SO THEY HAD TO GET SOMEONE ELSE.

A MOTHERS PRAYER: BY ROSALEE ROWE

PLEASE HELP ME FIND OUT WHO KILLED OUR SON. THIS IS THE PRAYER I SAY EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE OUR TWENTY THREE YEAR OLD SON WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM US. HE WAS KILLED IN AN OTHER STATE THAN WE LIVE IN AND FOR SOME REASON , THEY DON’T WANT TO LOOK INTO HIS DEATH, SO THEY CALL IT AN ACCIDENT. AN ACCIDENT THAT EVERYONE SAYS DID’NT HAPPEN. SOMEONE KNOWS IT DID’NT HAPPEN, IF ONLY THEY WOULD TELL. WE DID’NT ONLY BURY OUR SON JIMMY, WE HAVE TO PROVE HE WAS MURDERED AND WHO DONE IT. WE ARE SURE WE KNOW WHO MURDERED OUR SON. BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP IN PROVING IT. WE KNOW THAT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 10/10 1997 ON HIGHWAY 52 IN WAYNE CO. W. VIRGINIA ,SOMEONE SAW SOMETHING. MAYBE YOU DON’T THINK IT’S IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS.MAYBE SOMEONE TOLD YOU SOMETHING ABOUT IT. JIMMY DELIVERED DOUGHNUTS TO AREA STORES FOR A CO. IN IRONTON OHIO. THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN TO SOMEONE ELSES SON. SO P[LEASE IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD. DON’T LET ANOTHER MOTHER GO THROUGH WHAT I’M GOING THROUGH. WE DON’T NEED YOUR NAME, JUSTWHAT YOU KNOW. IF YOU CAN HELP ME, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT 740-533-1894. PLEASE HELP US MAKE THE ONES PAY THAT TOOK OUR SON FROM US.

SINCERELY, THE ROWES