The 1996 murder of 19-year-old Stites, who was weeks away from her wedding, rocked the sleepy town of Bastrop, Texas. The case went unsolved for nearly a year until a DNA match changed everything.
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Hmmm… Looking at the case in his entirety, I'd say he's guilty tho
Was her fiance in law enforcement….cops are known for manipulating the evidence.
What about the women he beat and the 12 year old rape victim that had his DNA. Everyone just glosses over his other crimes like they don't matter. This isn't some black and white case, this dude committed violent crimes already.
Cuz he did it end of story
You need to be a complete racist psychopath to even have doubts about his guilt. Every single piece of evidence points aganist him.
It’s hard to believe that six different women accused the same man of sexual assault. I doubt they all just woke up one day and said I think I’m going to try and ruin this mans life. If they were seeing each other why didn’t he just say that from the beginning. Doesn’t add up . I’m sorry ,I’m not buying it. DNA doesn’t lie and what are the chances all six women lying on the same man?But we know he lies. If he truly had nothing to do with it then why say he didn’t even know her? If he was in fact dating her , you would think the police finding her dead body would have upset him just a little?!Justice for Rodney Reed? What about justice for Stacy? If that man gets out and rapes or kills another woman it’s on y’all…smh
FREE RODNEY REED!!!!
I think he is innocent
If he is innocent and as he says sex occurred several days prior then that means she never showered for 3 days or had sex with her fiancee either ,not likely Rodney, women shower alot,especially after sex
ABC News…..???? I'd better say, BIASED NEWS! Why don't you want the TRUTH about Rodney Reed to be told?
I keep seeing comments about the DNA that don't include the part about the consensual sexual relationship. If Reed is guilty prove it beyond reasonable doubt. That's all we're asking for. None of us were there and we can only go on what we're told. AND if you don't want to acknowledge how race plays a factor in this case you're a part of the problem. Whether you like it or not it has been and continues to be an issue in this country. Plus if you're basing your opinion solely on this video you don't have all the details. Get all of the facts because there is a reason this man has been granted an indefinite stay of execution while the evidence is reviewed. We wouldn't even be talking about it if it were open and shut.
Your truth, my truth, dna truth
This case should help draw a line in the sand. If you believe Rodney is innocent, you are on the wrong side and should question why you think hes innocent.
This is a sad unjust story. I believe Rodney Reed. It is sad that utterly evil Jimmy Fennell, got away with it. Stacy got pregnant today out of wedlock and she had secret sex with Rodney. Her behavior and relationship with a cop got her killed. How horrible for the victims of Fennell.
Guilty.
His DNA wasn't just found inside of her, but it was found in other rape victims in the area as well. Additionally, a woman reported him not too long before the murder for slamming her head into the steering wheel of her vehicle after she gave him a lift. Have innocent people been locked up before? Yes. Are there cases of racism in our justice system? Yes. Is this guy one of those cases? NO!!!
people that think Reed is innocent are positively retarded. That case he got pinned for is EXACTLY how he got Stacey…. Is the same case except that girl managed to get away.
Go to Bastrop,Tx. and ask it's residents the Truth.Dirty Cops.
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Rodney murdered her
The husband was the primary suspect in the case he was investigated thoroughly at every possible angle more then a cop could cover up there was no possible way he committed the crime and to think he framed Rodney who wasn't even a suspect until months later because he tried to rape another women in the same area is laughable the celebrities and other major news outlets that are trying to defend him conveniently ignore the other DNA evidence found of Rodney that 100% put him there at the time of the murder not a day or two prior as he claimed and there were never any phone records ever proving Stacey and Rodney ever communicated or any credible proof found that they had any type of relationship prior to the murder.
She wasnt just 'active' in her church, she was active and deceptive with men 😒
His DNA is all over her
Oh no let him go he only rapped and killed a girl better let him go Kim Kardashian just needs to shut the f up
Okay bottom line is poor Stacey did not know how to pick her men…. Can we all agree both of them are people who did terrible things? I don't believe in the death penalty- it's wrong. But seems like Jimmy did this crime. And they really both belong in jail. Jimmy needs to go back to prison… He doesn't deserve to be free.
0:52 I love how he blames the community for being racist.
Was it racist to choose white victims?
I was actually more on Rodney Reeds side before I watched the 20/20 special. Now I believe be absolutely did it, and should be locked up for the safety of the community. All of the other websites that I had briefly searched on this topic failed to mention his previous sexual assaults. He is exactly where he belongs.
He guilty
Did they recommend an Lie Detector Test?? For both the side guy and the Fiancé??
You roll around with dogs you get fleas 95% of the time
Tammy is full of it. Stacy neither invited her to her wedding or the two showers she had. She may have known her in HS but there was no friendship or personal knowledge.
Funny that he seen the news about that girl but knew her name immediately…sounds like he was paying attention to that story. They have his dna, that’s a wrap, what are they arguing, that the cops planted it because of her wife’s husband was going to be a cop. Whatever….it happens I guess, but that would’ve happened from day 1. I say he is guilty. But hey I haven’t seen all of this case yet. We will see but that’s my thoughts so far.
Its not a person's color that defiles them. It is their heart.
Carry out the sentence!
Why did they have his dna in the system? Was it from the 12 year old he raped or one of the other victims of his? He dad multiple.
Robert Kardashian got OJ off and his daughters have been doin the same ever since.
yet another murder of "The prettiest one" and "The one who lit up the room."
Hate to break it to you guys, but Mr. Reed killed her. This isn't that complicated. First off, his DNA is in her, on her underwear, and on her breasts. Yet Reed says he had consensual sex with her days prior. Does she not shower or change her underwear? So clearly his story doesn't line up, and he had sex with her shortly before she died. And whoever killed her seems to have raped her given the state of her pants and belt. The pathologist never states his timing of the death or semen placement were incorrect, just that they weren't as 100% down-to-the-minute exact as portrayed in court. Secondly, there's no evidence suggesting there was a consensual relationship (no phone records, no witnesses), except after to the Innocence Project scrounges up two witnesses out of the woodwork 20-some years later. Also, why did he perjure himself initially by saying he didn't know her? Never mind the fact that his semen was found in numerous other women who report being raped, and then he charmed his way into another woman's car before bashing her head on the steering wheel. Where's the doubt? https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/13/no-theres-not-new-evidence-to-exonerate-rodney-reed-and-his-execution-should-proceed/
If Hollywood says he is innocent, I guess he must be. They are good folks in Hollywood that don't commit no crimes.
If you think he's innocent, then you're a moron.
If you can find the video from AIU, thats the one to watch to get all of the facts of the case. Same with AJW. here is his latest one on the case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5_OXFmacM8
Because he murdered her
Frame job.
Young girl active in her Church… but was sleeping with a black guy while having a fiancé. Lol
Quit with the race baiting. He is very guilty. Shame on you for putting the family through this and besmirching the name of the deceased while calling everyone a racist. If things were normal in the world, this would be pulled down for hate speech.
Because he murdered her
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