SOMETHING STINKS IN LINCOLN COUNTY NC.  
   Brian Addison was killed in Lincoln County Nc. on 09/01/03. Sheriff Pickens refused to demand that her staff  , do their job and investigate his death. Just like they investigated the dogs death. As they should have.All we received from The Lincoln County Sheriff Dept. was lies,and stupid answers to simple questions.About 3 years after Brian's death. Brian's grandmother started to become ill. Her illness progressed until she passed away on Nov. 13 2008. The one thing she wanted was to see the person that killed Brian, brought to justice. Due to illiteracy, ignorance,and/or corruption. That did not happen. I hope the people directly responsable for this get some satisfaction from this miscarriage of justice, and you and I know who you are.
Now the Lincoln county commissioners have got involved with an alleged DWI charge.   They did not get involved with Brian's death. Also Rick Shaffer has got involved. He refused to look into Brian's death. Even after Sheriff Pickens sent to him a report so sloppy it was referred to by a seasoned homicide investigator as toilet paper. Report did not show even one person interviewed. But Rick Shaffer accepted it as an investigation. Does he not know any better?  He told me it was over, he was closing the case. The  Sheriff do what they want to. The District Attorney, {The Honorable William Young} at the time would not answer my calls, or mail.
Something stinks in Lincoln county.

Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord
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JUSTICE FOR BRIAN ADDISON Petition

 

 

 

 

THE MOTIVE??
    Unless one has experienced losing a grand child. Then there is no way to explain what it is like. We had never as much of thought this would happen. The cause or manner of the death makes no difference. The result is the same.
     To add insult to injury. When we went to The Lincoln County Sheriff Dept. to get some answers. Just added to the pain. We did not go there to cause a problem, not even to question their activities. Definitively did not go there to argue with any one. We went there to get some sensible answers, to some sensible questions.
       Anyone can imagine what stress we were under.  We went there looking for some explanation to some inconsistencies, in some stories we had heard., and to look at the file. To see the photos Brian had written on. That was his suicide note. All the time we thought an investigation had been completed. As soon as we arrived and entered the office. We knew we had a problem. By the way we were received. The investigator was not there, who was supposed to answer our questions. This conveyed the thought that our visit was of no importance. No explanation or apology for her absence. Did not receive any condolences for losing a grand son, which makes no difference. We did not go there for sympathy, or to ask for any favors. We were just wanting to clear up a few things. Which as citizens we felt we had a right to do. We were met with defensiveness and evasiveness from the start. What was the purpose?
     We were visiting the people hired and elected to protect and serve. We were met with what in our circle we perceived as rudeness, and a don’t care attitude. That may be the way things are done in their world. We left there with many more questions than we went there with. More confused than ever, and no answers.  Why would this case be different than others. What is the motive, for this kind of treatment. The motive must be very important. It has been over a year, and we still don’t have the answers to the few questions we had.
     Why would Brian’s case be singled out to not have any plan of investigation. Have any guidelines or standards applied to it. Maybe there is a reason we don’t know. To make it worse. We were advised to contact the DA. We attempted to contact Mr. William Young, and he did not have the courtesy to respond. Evidently he has the same attitude about Brian’s death. The DA. And The Sheriff Dept. must have the same motive. What ever it is.
     Brian’s father visited The Sheriff Dept. before we did. He was told that the shot was obviously self inflicted. My question is, obvious to who? Based on what? Obvious is not good enough. Regardless how obvious it looks,  what is the motive for dropping it and not following guidelines? Do they just pick and choose what will be investigated? Not using any facts. Why should it be done different in Lincoln County than other counties? With no explanation.
    Think about what this mentality, and attitude did piled on top of what we were already dealing with.
       Some people keep asking why do you think she did it. Investigators will tell you we have never said she did it. We said the truth has not been told. One investigator said we may never know the truth. I agree if someone don’t look for it.
      There has been a few cases around that was obvious, which turned out to not be so obvious.
Barbara Stager. Husband shot, obvious accident. Wouldn’t listen to his parents. Just grieving parents.
Barbara Stager, Durham NC. Husband shot. Obvious accident until ex wife found an investigator with an open mind. Then neither was obvious
Michael Peterson, Friend fell down stairs in Germany. Obvious accident.
Michael Peterson ,Durham NC. Wife fell down stairs, Obvious accident. 7 wounds in head ,from fall down stairs. Someone got through that there had been another one similar. Ruled accident. Ruling changed on the witness stand.
Timothy Boczkowski,  Wife drowned in Greensboro NC obvious accident.
Timothy Boczkowski, Wife drowned in Pa. obvious accident until father said same thing happened to Timothy in Greensboro.
Blanche Moore Who knows?
 I am sure there is no relation to this case. This shows that what is obvious may not be. Do we see what we want to see?
      I was told the case was investigated. May have been. If so where is the evidence discovered to make a decision? All I have seen as evidence is suicide note written by another person. Called in as suicide. Blood on gun. Obvious, which is an opinion, not evidence. 2 conflicting reports of GSR report. Assumptions, and statements from supposed only witness.
     Based on what we have seen, there appears to be some form of discrimination. We cannot figure why. As far as we know we have never done anything to any one involved with The Lincoln County Sheriff Dept. Now there appears to be more discrimination. We have ask to receive the documents they have, that are public records. They have refused to release them to us. Since there was no specific person, or group of persons investigated. Then there should not be anything exempt. Also the case was closed which I think would make the records public. These documents may answer the questions we have.     
      State law may allow  investigators to decide what should be investigated. I don’t believe it intended the decision  to be made without the facts. I think some one would see that a decision was made based on some other motive, other than evidence. Some one should have authority and the integrity to over rule a careless decision like that.
      The most unbelievable thing is that, in this modern age. With the available education and training. A professional law officer would even act in a way that could be taken as an attempt to intimidate. A victims family.
       Every decision consciously made must be based on something. Someone had to make a decision to not do a followup investigation. It is apparent one was intended. The incident report said under further investigation. An investigator was assigned to the case. Some one must have made a decision to not do it. If we could have that reason, it may clear up a lot of confusion.

 

 

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SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH

It was reported to us, that a person who had not been interviewed, was ask to take a polygraph. This person said the Sheriff's professional representive told her THE GRANDPARENTS WON'T LET IT GO.  If this unprofessional, un ethical, illiterate, statement was made. It is not a matter of letting go it is a police dept. not doing their job. Not honoring their oath of office. Brian's death deserves the same consideration that Sheriff Pickens gave the Jack Russell. Just like she should have. There is a reason