Posts Tagged ‘unsealed search warrant’

TODAY IS AVEION’S 3RD BIRTHDAY

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Remembering Aveion Lewis

Remembering Aveion Lewis

Search teams are still on the ground in Virginia working to find the body of 3-year-old Aveion Lewis.  Today marks the toddler’s 3rd birthday. Expert teams are focusing on the Smith Gap Landfill as part of the on-going search efforts.  The Roanoke Police Department has assistance from expert teams in other states to help find the toddler’s body, along with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children who provide expertise in landfill searches.  According to a press release issued this morning, “On January 16, 2010, investigators identified trash from Roanoke in the Smith Gap Landfill operated by the Roanoke Valley Resource Authority.  This trash was isolated and contained within the landfill to prevent further contamination from other trash… The search was suspended January 24 and 25, 2010, due to inclement weather.  The landfill search will resume today, January 26,2010.  The landfill search is in addition to numerous searches of trash dumpsters and other receptacles that have been conducted in and around the Jamestown area by Roanoke Police investigators and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”  

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SEARCH WARRANT REVEALS MORE INTO AVEION’S LIFE

Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Aveion Lewis (family photo)

Aveion Lewis (family photo)

The search is back on today to find Aveion Lewis, yesterday searchers were forced to stop looking for the toddlers body due to inclement weather in Roanoke, Virginia.  According to the Roanoke Police Department, teams will focus on the 2100 block of King Charles Avenue and a wooded area along the river today.  Aisha Johnson, a Spokesperson for the police department says, “(we) have utilized the assistance of trained search teams from across Virginia and other states… the department thanks the community for its overwhelming support during this investigation… additional assistance from citizens is not requested at this time.”  Investigators charged Aveion’s step-father, Brandon Lockett, with improper disposal of a human body, obstruction of justice, and felony child neglect after a false report was filed that Aveion was abducted.  Police canceled an Amber Alert for the child after Lockett admitted Aveion was dead before the bogus abduction took place.  Authorities say they were able to get this information and come to this conclusion after conflicting statements were given to authorities early on.  Although police say Lockett admitted Aveion was dead before the Amber Alert was issued, investigators do not know exactly where the child’s body could be. 

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