| REPORTING
OFFICER'S NARRATIVE (Brief
narrative of the facts surrounding the offense and the
arrest.)
At 2:31 p.m.,
Emergency Citizen Services received
a 911 call reporting the discovery
of what appeared to be two human
feet in a soybean field just outside
Bruce. The caller identified himself
as Jesse Renfro, owner of the property.
Calhoun County Sheriff's Unit 11217
(Deputy A. J. Randall) was dispatched
and arrived at the scene at 2:43
p.m. Environmental conditions at
the scene upon arrival are as follows:
Exterior Ambient Temperature 73°F/23°C;
Relative Humidity: 79%.
Upon arrival,
R/O was met by an adult white male,
who identified himself as Jesse Renfro
(Person 2). Person 2 told R/O he
had taken his two hunting dogs out
for a walk in one of his soybean
fields at approximately 2:00 p.m.
Person 2 said the dogs "homed
in" on something in the field
and would not respond to his commands
to return. Person 2 said he went
over to investigate what the dogs
were interested in and saw portions
of what looked like two human feet "sticking
out of the dirt." Person 2 said
he then grabbed the dogs by their
collars and pulled them away from
the location and returned to his
residence, where he called 911. Person
2 then directed R/O to a location
on the west side of his property,
alongside Highway 32 approximately
3 miles west of Bruce. At that location,
R/O observed what appeared to be
two human human feet protruding from
the soil. Closer examination confirmed
that the feet were human. At 3:02
p.m., R/O notified Base and requested
a Crime Scene unit and a Coroner's
unit be dispatched to the scene.
R/O then secured the area and waited
for the arrival of CSU and Coroner
personnel.
CSU arrived at
the scene at 3:07 p.m. R/O informed
CSU that, to the best of her knowledge,
the following persons had occasion
to enter the crime scene areas and
should be excluded by CSU personnel:
Jesse Renfro, Coroner's Inspector
Rhonda Hatch and herself.
Coroner's Inspector
Rhonda Hatch arrived at the scene
at 3:19 p.m. Inspector Hatch confirmed
the feet were human and noted that,
upon initial examination, the feet
appeared to be female. When CSU had
completed preliminary processing
and fully unearthed the feet, Inspector
Hatch observed that both feet appeared
to have been severed at the ankle.
Inspector Hatch estimated that the
feet had probably been severed 3-4
weeks before their discovery and
said a more precise estimate would
be result from the autopsy. Inspector
Hatch remained with the remains until
CSU indicated the remains could be
removed from the scene without impacting
other evidence. The remains were
transferred into the custody of Coroner's
Inspector Hatch and were removed
from scene at 4:20 p.m. and transported
to the coroner's office for autopsy.
Non-human remains
evidence in the custody of CSU for
transport to the Crime Lab. CSU completed
processing and departed the scene
at 5:28 p.m.
R/O advised Person
2 that the area should remain undisturbed
until released by the Calhoun County
Sheriff's Department. R/O departed
the scene at 5:37 p.m.
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