Teen Says Two Other Victims Simply In Wrong Place At Wrong Time
Reported by Sara Dorsey
POSTED: 3:58 pm CDT October 26, 2009
UPDATED: 9:44 pm CDT October 26, 2009
PULASKI, Tenn. -- A teen said on Monday that a male suspect injured committing a fatal fire in Giles County on Friday was jealous because his ex-girlfriend might have been dating one of the victims.
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Tessia Tibbs said she dated one of the victim's, Jerrod Thornton, 16, on-and-off for two years.
"The last text message I got from Jerrod said, 'I love you,'" said Tibbs.
Tibbs said on Monday that a boy currently in Vanderbilt's Burn Center was jealous because he thought his ex-girlfriend was dating Thornton. Tibbs said the boy even asked her about the situation at school on Thursday.
"He just asked if they were fooling around, if they had anything, if I thought they would ever. I told him, 'No,' because me and Jarrod were dating, but I guess he didn't believe me," said Tibbs.
Tibbs said she thinks that Thornton's mother, Desere, and 9-year-old brother, Anthony, were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The arrest warrant for William Charles Angel Jr., 18, seems to confirm that notion, saying that Desere and Anthony Thornton were killed as an act committed in the killing of Jerrod Thornton.
Authorities arrested Angel on Friday and charged him with three counts of murder in connection with the fatal fire. A hearing for Angel is scheduled for Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. at the Giles County Courthouse.
The name of the boy currently at Vanderbilt Medical Center has not been released because he has not been formally charged. Police in Giles County have said they expect a second arrest to be made in the case.
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