Linda Edwards

No return call from the "Voice of the Little People's" office. I figured it was all a hoax anyhow. They were just trying to put a pacifier in my mouth because of the media attention. Good luck in your next election, you won't get my vote EVER again.

A call was placed to the Governor's Office today.

Still no word from Prosecutor Eddie Easley.

Click here to view video posted on the YouTube website.

Thank you to the Parents of Murdered Children for contacting us, specifically the Central Arkansas Chapter. Thank you Dee & Jimmie. We hope to be working with you in the very near future.

People are interested. Click picture for larger view.

There is more evidence pointed at the accused in my mother's case than there is with the West Memphis Three. Could the difference be a badge?

Click here to view Cold Case Revisited. This link will take you to the Arkansas Matters website. Thank you, Cecillea Pond-Mayo and KARK.

Thank you to the following newspapers for publishing our Letter to the Editor on August 28:

Batesville Daily Guard
Newport Daily Independent
The Sheridan Headlight
The Standard - Amity, Glenwood

This letter was sent to about 25 other newspapers and I am unaware if the letter was published in those newspapers or not. Please let me know if it ran in your paper. I would like to thank them as well.

Dear Editor:

Thank you for printing our previous letter regarding Linda Edwards. Several people have called with information. Our attorney has been able to take sworn statements that will assist the prosecution. I would like to thank these individuals for their concern and their time. I know there are others out there who are struggling to come forward. Please contact us. No detail is too small. Phone numbers to our attorney and investigator are listed at http://www.lindaedwards.com/.
I remember very little about my mom and I appreciate all the people who have called or written to tell me how much she loved us and how nice she was to everybody. I have few specific memories of her. I remember how the sun shone through her hair and made her look like an angel. I remember how she hid the gun so I couldn’t play with it and I remember one man coming to the house while she cried and told him she was pregnant with his friend’s child. My regret now is that I was too young to foresee the future and prevent her untimely death. Today, I only want to see the person or persons who killed her and her baby receive their just compensation for this evil crime.

Toby Edwards

Letters were sent to the following:
ABC News - Law and Justice Dept. - Lara Setrakian
Courtroom Television
CBS 48 Hours
CNN
NBC News - Dateline Story Editor

**UPDATE**

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Thank you

Mr. Rhodes and I just completed an interview with Cecillea Pond-Mayo from KARK. She indicated it would be on the 6:00 P.M. newscast tonight, 8.28.2007.

Letter and Response.

Thank you all for your show of support thru emails and phone calls. Thank you for the tips. I know it’s always a relief to get things off of your chest. Thank you Mr. Frederick for your comment in the Arkansas Times comment section.

Thank you to the following newspapers for publishing our Letter to the Editor:
Batesville Daily Guard
Newport Daily Independent
Texarkana Gazette
The Sentinel Record
The Sheridan Headlight

This letter was sent to about 25 other newspapers and I am unaware if the letter was published in those newspapers or not.Please let me know if it ran in your paper. I would like to thank them as well.

Dear Editor: Murder, lies, sex…sounds like something out of a soap opera. Unfortunately, this affected my life by the age of 6. At 6 years I experienced life in a way that no child should ever have to experience life. My mother didn't come home one night. One night stretched into 6 long months. Six months of thinking she was on vacation. Six months of waiting for her to come back any time to take me home. Six months of fruitless hope because they found her remains, tossed like trash, out on Jack Mountain outside of beautiful Hot Springs, AR. Now, 31 years later, her murderer is still free. Free, not because there isn't enough evidence to take the case to court, not because every single avenue has been exhausted, not even because people are not interested; free because the prosecutor has the sole discretion to determine if it's worth taking to trial or not.
There is a website at http://www.lindaedwards.com/ dedicated to my mother that includes phone numbers to the Hot Spring County prosecutor, state police and other individuals as well as including many of the news articles and case facts on the murder. If you remember anything or just want to encourage the prosecutor to take this to trial, please contact us either via the website or at the phone numbers listed. Thirty-one years is to long for a murderer to go free.
Toby Edwards

Per our attorney, this is where we stand. He's contacted the prosecutor several times and has been told that the prosecutor is considering trying the case and is looking for funding for the exhumation/DNA testing. Also, we were told that there is enough admissible evidence in the case file for the prosecutor to use.
On the flip side, the prosecutor keeps telling our attorney that he will make a determination in 2 weeks time. This has been going on for several months now.
As of Monday, August 20, 2007 -- Call back in 2 weeks (again).
Per the Governor's office....they can do nothing at this time to encourage or prod the prosecutor into trying the case. It is at the sole discretion of the prosecutor to make that determination. However, at some "point" in time when we feel that we dissatisfied, we can contact them for an update and to see if they are able to help. When asked at what "point" they could step in, the response was very vague.

The Arkansas Constitution needs to be amended. A fundamental characteristic that should be included is:
The constitution should make direct grants of authority so that the governor and legislators can be held accountable by the voters for their actions.
The above italicized is quoted from the book, State and Local Government, Eighth Edition, Authors David C. Saffell and Harry Basehart.

A whitewashed history book belongs on the same shelf as Mother Goose.

Politician/Public Servant?You get to lie, cheat, steal, and in some cases even get away with murder. Just about anything you want to do. Jail time? Nah, you’ll get commuted, pardoned or better yet just plead the fifth. Don’t worry, you’ll be able to retain your job and keep your taxpayer funded retirement. Unfortunately, this sounds like the perfect job for career minded criminals! I believe its way past due for some laws to change.

Use your favorite search engine to search the phrase "Arkansas' Murderous Ways".

I believe that if this case had gone to trial WHEN all of this happened IN the Garland County Court, I would not be here today begging and pleading for something to be done. That’s the reason why the body was dumped across the county line.

Every time I see this (i.e., murder, police violence towards civilians) or anything like it, I just really can’t believe these things happen and are still happening. When will this violence against civilians end? Why won’t the voice of the little people stop this? Why is it only a problem if it happens towards a public official/servant by a civilian? Why is it we elect so many “gods” who say they have no control over one another? What happened to checks and balances? Obviously checks and balances are broken and it is unfortunate the officials in charge do not wish to disturb the gold pot that has been created and is funding their pockets.WHY IS IT, NO ONE CAN DO ANYTHING?How many more innocent women and children will be murdered before something causes it to stop? I just can’t believe the blatant lies and cover-ups that poison our system today. Surely George Washington and Abe Lincoln’s dust groan.What do I really expect from a government that accepts an exiled mafia boss? (That’s just the beginning.) Read “The English Godfather Owney Madden” by Graham Nown. This mafia boss died in 1965 in Hot Springs, Arkansas—eleven years prior to my mother’s murder. I sincerely doubt the city/state woke up sometime during that time frame and said “I think I’ll tie my shoelaces on straight today.” I really expected that this kind of injustice would be over by now. It saddens me very much, to know my ancestors (as well, I’m sure, as many of yours) died to make this a better country only to see our current Government’s state as: of the government by the government and for the government. Our rights are slipping away and obviously have been here in the toilet bowl of America (Arkansas) for quite some time. With government oppression we will continue to be America’s sewer. On a side note, I realize that there are public servants/officials that do care; however, the problem is finding them. One of those individuals is Peggy Maruther-Brunner, a member of the Hot Springs City Board. Thank you, Mrs. Maruther-Brunner for standing up for the citizens of Hot Springs. There are more like her that do care and eventually will be back in the majority.