Post by Scumhunter on Apr 6, 2018 0:21:52 GMT -5
From the Greenville Sun website:
Tim Aiken is very ill. He was sleeping Thursday and unable to talk, fiancee Belenda Peters said.
“He’s just sick at this time and struggling to make it through the day. He has two wishes left,” Peters said. The couple lives next to the vacant lot at 1117 W. Main St. where Aiken’s aunt, Elizabeth Cooter, was murdered and fatal injuries were inflicted on his brother, Roger Dwayne Aiken, before her house was set was set on fire March 23, 2014.
Cooter, 78, lived with her 49-year-old nephew, Roger Dwayne Aiken.
Friday marks four years since the crimes were committed. No arrests have been made.
“(Timothy) wants to see his son graduate this year from high school and for (police) to at least come up with some information,” Peters said. “If they don’t know who done this, there must be somebody out there who knows something.”
Greeneville police follow up any leads in the unsolved murder-arson case, but have not developed any new information of substance in some time, Detective Capt. Tim Davis said this week.
“There has been no new information since our last conversation (in 2017) about this case,” Davis said.
The fire-damaged house, which once had frayed yellow crime scene tape tied to trees blowing in the breeze and burned debris scattered in the yard, was torn down in July 2016. Some people complained it was an eyesore, but for Tim Aiken, the house remained the only viable link to his two closest relatives.
The vacant yard holds a lifetime of memories. It keeps secrets yet unsolved. Police said they recovered any useful evidence from the house before it was torn down.
Cooter was described by those who knew her as a kind-hearted person who willingly helped others in need. Roger Dwayne Aiken assisted Cooter. Both had health problems, and Cooter was bedridden much of the time.
“Liz couldn’t get out of bed by herself and Dwayne had such a bad back,” Peters said last year. “Dwayne wasn’t in any kind of shape to put up much of a fight. The (perpetrators) didn’t have to go that far.”
Much evidence in the case was destroyed by the fire. Just before 9 a.m. that morning, a Greeneville police officer on patrol spotted smoke coming from Cooter’s modest house, across the street from an Apex Bank branch.
The fire was set early on a rainy Sunday morning. Police hoped someone may have noticed something unusual as they drove by on West Main Street, perhaps on their way to church, and would come forward. That never happened.
Roger Dwayne Aiken was found alive, but mortally wounded, just inside the doorway. Police officers dragged him from the burning home, but Aiken died in a North Carolina hospital two days later.
As Greeneville firefighters were heading to the scene, officers found Cooter in her bed, the victim of an apparent homicide.
Details about the injuries suffered by the victims have never been released, and police have not speculated on the motive for the murders. Some family members of the victims think robbery is what triggered the violent crime.
For years, Timothy Aiken and Elizabeth Cooter’s many friends kept waiting for a clue, tip or some other break in the investigation that would lead police to whoever is responsible for the murders.
Tips were checked out and possible suspects were interviewed, and the case received publicity in area media, but none of the information gathered by detectives resulted in an arrest.
“I would like to see somebody understand that it is Tim’s last days, and he would like to see his son graduate and — even if to not solve this — at least see some progress and give him some peace, and at least show that (police) are still working on it and share some information,” Peters said.
Anyone capable of the violent acts that caused the deaths needs to be in custody “to stop them from doing it to anyone else,” Tim Aiken told Peters.
The crime is never far from the thoughts of Peters, Tim Aiken and their 18-year-old son, Dawson. They want justice for the victims.
“There are people out there that know stuff, and some people who may not realize they know stuff,” Peters said.
Anyone with information about the crime can call the Greeneville Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 423-639-7111.
Full article, family, & crime scene photos: www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/double-homicide-unsolved-after-years/article_1132bde0-c66f-5e9f-b304-46184cbe9240.html
Thoughts?
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Tim Aiken is very ill. He was sleeping Thursday and unable to talk, fiancee Belenda Peters said.
“He’s just sick at this time and struggling to make it through the day. He has two wishes left,” Peters said. The couple lives next to the vacant lot at 1117 W. Main St. where Aiken’s aunt, Elizabeth Cooter, was murdered and fatal injuries were inflicted on his brother, Roger Dwayne Aiken, before her house was set was set on fire March 23, 2014.
Cooter, 78, lived with her 49-year-old nephew, Roger Dwayne Aiken.
Friday marks four years since the crimes were committed. No arrests have been made.
“(Timothy) wants to see his son graduate this year from high school and for (police) to at least come up with some information,” Peters said. “If they don’t know who done this, there must be somebody out there who knows something.”
Greeneville police follow up any leads in the unsolved murder-arson case, but have not developed any new information of substance in some time, Detective Capt. Tim Davis said this week.
“There has been no new information since our last conversation (in 2017) about this case,” Davis said.
The fire-damaged house, which once had frayed yellow crime scene tape tied to trees blowing in the breeze and burned debris scattered in the yard, was torn down in July 2016. Some people complained it was an eyesore, but for Tim Aiken, the house remained the only viable link to his two closest relatives.
The vacant yard holds a lifetime of memories. It keeps secrets yet unsolved. Police said they recovered any useful evidence from the house before it was torn down.
Cooter was described by those who knew her as a kind-hearted person who willingly helped others in need. Roger Dwayne Aiken assisted Cooter. Both had health problems, and Cooter was bedridden much of the time.
“Liz couldn’t get out of bed by herself and Dwayne had such a bad back,” Peters said last year. “Dwayne wasn’t in any kind of shape to put up much of a fight. The (perpetrators) didn’t have to go that far.”
Much evidence in the case was destroyed by the fire. Just before 9 a.m. that morning, a Greeneville police officer on patrol spotted smoke coming from Cooter’s modest house, across the street from an Apex Bank branch.
The fire was set early on a rainy Sunday morning. Police hoped someone may have noticed something unusual as they drove by on West Main Street, perhaps on their way to church, and would come forward. That never happened.
Roger Dwayne Aiken was found alive, but mortally wounded, just inside the doorway. Police officers dragged him from the burning home, but Aiken died in a North Carolina hospital two days later.
As Greeneville firefighters were heading to the scene, officers found Cooter in her bed, the victim of an apparent homicide.
Details about the injuries suffered by the victims have never been released, and police have not speculated on the motive for the murders. Some family members of the victims think robbery is what triggered the violent crime.
For years, Timothy Aiken and Elizabeth Cooter’s many friends kept waiting for a clue, tip or some other break in the investigation that would lead police to whoever is responsible for the murders.
Tips were checked out and possible suspects were interviewed, and the case received publicity in area media, but none of the information gathered by detectives resulted in an arrest.
“I would like to see somebody understand that it is Tim’s last days, and he would like to see his son graduate and — even if to not solve this — at least see some progress and give him some peace, and at least show that (police) are still working on it and share some information,” Peters said.
Anyone capable of the violent acts that caused the deaths needs to be in custody “to stop them from doing it to anyone else,” Tim Aiken told Peters.
The crime is never far from the thoughts of Peters, Tim Aiken and their 18-year-old son, Dawson. They want justice for the victims.
“There are people out there that know stuff, and some people who may not realize they know stuff,” Peters said.
Anyone with information about the crime can call the Greeneville Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 423-639-7111.
Full article, family, & crime scene photos: www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/double-homicide-unsolved-after-years/article_1132bde0-c66f-5e9f-b304-46184cbe9240.html
Thoughts?
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