Post by Joanna on Nov 18, 2013 22:58:18 GMT -5
Skeletal Remains Could be Those of 'Haunted' Jamison Family
Deer hunters have stumbled across three skeletons in the remote mountains of eastern Oklahoma that are believed to be the remains of a family that has been missing since 2009. Bobby and Sherilyn Jamison vanished four years ago with their 6-year-old daughter Madyson, while looking to buy mountain property in Latimer County, Oklahoma. After their disappearance in October, a family pastor said the Jamisons had been involved in witchcraft. The Latimer County sheriff said he suspected they could have gotten into the drug trade.
The remains were discovered Saturday in a hard-to-reach part of the Sansbois Mountains near Kinta, Oklahoma – about 155 miles east of Oklahoma City, The Oklahoman reports. Medical examiners have not confirmed the identities of the victims, though the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation believes the remains likely belong to the Jamison family.
The discovery was made not far from where the family’s pickup truck was found in 2009 – eight days after they were last seen alive. Investigators found Mrs. Jamison’s purse, Mr. Jamison’s wallet, a cell phone, a GPS unit, a bank bag stuffed with $32,000 cash and a dog – barely alive – in the cab of the truck at the time. The State Bureau of Investigation has not said whether there is any apparent trauma to the remains that would indicate what killed the family.
The disappearance of the Jamisons unearthed a good deal of strange behavior that friends and neighbors had seen the family exhibit. They lived in Eufaula, but had been looking to buy property 35 miles away in the mountains. At their home, investigators found a shipping container that had bizarre messages scrawled across it, including “3 cats killed to date buy (sic) people in this area ... Witches don’t like there black cat killed.”
Their pastor, Gary Brandon, told detectives the family had been involved in “spiritual warfare.” Both Mr. and Mrs. Jamison had told him they had seen spirits at their Eufaula home. Mrs. Jamison said the spirits of a long-dead family lived with them and their daughter Madyson spoke with the youngest spirit. At one point, Jamison asked his pastor whether he could obtain “special bullets” to shoot the spirits. He later said he had consulted the Satanic Bible to find a cure for the spirits.
Friends reported the family had begun acting strangely and that both Mr. and Mrs. Jamison had lost a significant amount of weight before they disappeared. The sheriff at the time concluded the family had likely become involved in drugs – though no evidence of this was ever discovered.
After they disappeared, a massive search effort was mobilized that included hundreds of volunteers, troopers from the Oklahoma State Highway Patrol and agents from both the FBI and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Searchers combed the area on foot, ATV and horseback, but found nothing. Sixteen teams of tracking hounds fanned out, but they never picked up a scent. Current Sheriff Jesse James said the location of the skeletons could have been missed by rescuers and the family’s bodies could have been covered in leaves that had fallen from the tree.
Source: Michael Zennie, OhioNewsday, November 18, 2013.
