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INCIDENT / ARREST REPORT

Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department
711 Jackson Avenue
Oxford, MS 38655

 _X_ INCIDENT
     ___ Juvenile
     ___ Senior
           Citizen
     ___ Gang
 ___ ARREST
     ___ Child
           Abuse
     ___ Domestic
     ___ Involved
           Alcohol
  CASE NUMBER:
  000046-02A-2024
Date Reported:
  1/2/2024
 Time Reported:
  6:57 AM
 OFFENSE:
  TBD
 STATUTE:
  
  ___ Committed
  ___ Attempted
 OFFENSE:
  
 STATUTE:
  
  ___ Committed
  ___ Attempted
 OFFENSE:
 STATUTE:
  ___ Committed
  ___ Attempted
 Location of Offense (Exact address, include Room/ Apt. No.)
  Yoknapatawpha County Conference Center
  1710 Belk Boulevard
  Oxford, Mississippi
 Date of Offense:
  TBD
 Time of Offense:
  TBD
 Location of Arrest (Exact address, include Room/Apt. No.)
  N/A
 Date of Arrest:
  N/A
 Time of Arrest:
  N/A
 Reporting Officer:
  Det. Sam Murphy
 Unit Number:
  633
 Assisting Officer:
  Det. Erin Parker
 Unit Number:
  670

 

Persons

PERSON 1
 Type:
 Victim
 Category:
 Adult
 Foul Play Suspected
 Yes
 Name:
 Jared Plunk
 Alias/Street Name/ Nickname
 none
 Vic/Offender Relationship
 unknown
 Race
 White
 Height
 5' 10"
 Weight
 165 lbs.
 Hair
 Black
 Eyes
 Brown
 Sex
  M
 Hat
 N/A
 Jacket/Coat
 Blue
 Shirt
 White
 Pants
 Blue
 Skirt/Dress
  N/A
 Age
     46
 DOB
 6/12/1977
 Soc. Security #
 XXX-XX-XXXX
 Scars/Marks/Tattoos
 none visible
 Injury Extent
 Fatal
 Injury Description
 multiple apparent stab wounds to the torso
 Address
 112 Young Street, Water Valley, MS
 Res Phone 662-264-XXXX
 Bus Phone 662-380-XXXX
 Occupation
 freelance journalist
 Employer/School
 self-employed
 Employer Address
 112 Young Street, Water Valley, MS

 

PERSON 2
 Type:
 Witness
 Category:
 Adult
 Foul Play Suspected
 N/A
 Name:
 Yvonne Boyd
 Alias/Street Name/ Nickname
 none
 Vic/Offender Relationship
 unknown
 Race
 White
 Height
 5' 6"
 Weight
 120 lbs.
 Hair
 Blonde
 Eyes
 Brown
 Sex
 F
 Hat
  N/A
 Jacket/Coat
 Green
 Shirt
 Green/white striped
 Pants
 N/A
 Skirt/Dress
 Green
 Age
     44
 DOB
 1/3/1979
 Soc. Security #
 XXX-XX-XXXX
 Scars/Marks/Tattoos
 none visible
 Injury Extent
 none observed at scene
 Injury Description
 N/A
 Address
 1509 Smallwood Drive, Oxford, MS
 Res Phone 662-259-XXXX
 Bus Phone 662-238-XXXX
 Occupation
 Accommodation Manager
 Employer/School
 Yoknapatawpha County Conference Center
 Employer Address
 1710 Belk Boulevard, Oxford, MS

 

Reporting Officer's Narrative

  REPORTING OFFICER'S NARRATIVE (Brief narrative of the facts surrounding the offense and the arrest.)

At 6:15 a.m., Dispatch received a 911 call reporting the discovery of a dead body at the Yoknapatawpha County Convention Center at 1710 Belk Boulevard. The caller identified herself as Yvonne Boyd (Person 2), YCCC Accommodation Manager.

Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Unit 209 (Officer P. Winston) was dispatched and arrived at the scene at 6:23 a.m. After confirming the presence of the body, R/O secured the scene and contacted Dispatch to request backup and medical assistance.

Reporting Investigators (R/Is) Detectives S. Murphy and E. Parker were assigned and proceeded directly to the scene. At R/Is' request, Coroner's Inspector L. Johnson and a CSU team were notified to respond to the scene.

R/Is arrived at the scene at 6:57 a.m. and found that R/O had secured the area. Environmental conditions at the scene upon arrival are as follows: Weather: Exterior Ambient Temperature: 25°F/ -4°C; Relative Humidity: 85%; Interior Ambient Temperature 72°F / 22°C; Interior Relative Humidity: 40%.

R/O Winston made the following verbal report, which is stated in summary and not verbatim.

R/O entered the YCCC through the main entrance and was directed by front desk personnel to a hallway outside the fitness room, where R/O was met by an adult female who identified herself as Yvonne Boyd (Person 2).

On the floor in the hallway was the body of an adult male, who Boyd identified as Jared Plunk (Person 1). At R/O's request, Boyd exited the area and returned to the main entrance to direct backup and medical personnel to R/O's location.

R/O then secured the scene and cleared the area, finding no other persons present in the vicinity.

R/O said YCFD EMTs R. Peterson and J. Bilkey arrived at approximately 6:31 a.m., and after confirming the victim was deceased, withdrew from the crime scene.

R/O further stated that, to the best of his knowledge, the following personnel had occasion to enter the crime scene area and must be documented by CSU personnel: witness Yvonne Boyd, EMTs Peterson and Bilkey, and himself.

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After receiving the report from R/O Winston, R/Is conducted a preliminary inspection of the scene. In the hallway between the elevator and the fitness room, R/Is observed a lifeless human body, a male estimated to be in his mid to late 40s, lying prone on the floor.

Visual inspection indicated the victim was wearing a dark blue jacket, white shirt, and dark blue pants. The legs were slightly apart, with the right leg straight and the left leg bent at the hip and knee. The left arm was bent and slightly under the body, with the hand approximately 1 inch from the face. The right arm was extended perpendicular to the body and bent nearly 90° at the elbow with the right hand extended above the head. The head was to the north, and the feet to the south.

Further visual inspection revealed the front and the back of the jacket and shirt were saturated with what appeared to be blood. R/Is observed multiple injuries to the back, chest, and right forearm. R/Is delayed further inspection of the body until the arrival of the Coroner's Inspector.

R/Is observed an overturned trash container and a scrap of paper on the floor near the body. No other items were immediately visible in the vicinity. CSU will conduct a thorough examination and inventory, and report their findings.

Coroner's Inspector Luwinda Johnson arrived at the scene at approximately 7:10 a.m. and joined R/Is at the body's location. Inspector Johnson pronounced the victim deceased at 7:24 a.m. by visual observation that the victim was not breathing and by tactile observation that the victim did not have a palpable carotid pulse or any other indications of heartbeat or respiration.

Inspector Johnson visually examined the body and observed what appeared to be multiple sharp force injuries to the back, chest, and right forearm as well as a blunt force injury to the right side of the head.

Inspector Johnson noted that rigor mortis was not yet evident and early indications of livor mortis were observable on the anterior of the body and the right side of the face. While she withheld an official estimate pending an autopsy, Inspector Johnson speculated the victim had been dead for approximately 2 to 4 hours. Inspector Johnson indicated that further details would be available in the official autopsy report.

After Inspector Johnson completed her initial inspection of the body, she stayed with the CSU team to ensure the integrity of the body while the team took photographs of the scene and performed preliminary analyses, until the body could be removed from the scene without affecting other evidence.

CSU arrived at the scene at approximately 7:35 a.m. R/Is instructed CSU to process the entire scene according to standard procedure.

A preliminary search of the immediate area for potential weapon(s) causing the injuries to the victim met with negative results. CSU will conduct a more intensive search and report their findings.

The body of the deceased was remanded into the custody of Coroner's Inspector Luwinda Johnson and was removed from the scene at 10:27 a.m. and transported to the coroner's office for autopsy.

R/Is left the scene at 12:35 p.m. Before leaving, R/I Murphy instructed CSU to seal the scene upon completion or end-of-day suspension of processing. CSU to notify R/Is of progress by the end of this date. As of this filing, CSU is still actively processing at the scene.

Evidence was remanded into the custody of Forensics Officer T. R. Douglas for transport to the State Crime Lab for routine analysis. CSU is expected to submit an inventory of items taken into evidence within fourteen days of this report, with detailed report(s) of their findings to follow at a later date.

 

  DEFENDANT'S VERSION/REMARKS (What did the defendant say?)

N/A

 

 REPORTING OFFICER  Sam Murphy  DATE REPORTED  1/2/2024
 REPORTING OFFICER  //Sam Murphy
 Signature
 633
 Unit Number
 1/2/2024
 Date
 ASSISTING OFFICER  //Erin Parker
 Signature
 670
 Unit Number
 1/2/2024
 Date

 

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