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JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by TomTerrific0420 Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:45 am
DeSoto Parish LA ---- Investigators from DeSoto Parish
have detained 34-year-old Brian Douglas Horn, a registered sex offender
for questioning in the death of a 12-year-old Stonewall, LA boy.
Investigators say Justin M. Bloxom was last seen at a home on Douglas
Lane in Stonewall, Louisiana.
Police say that Horn, a taxi driver who worked out of Bossier City, allegedly murdered the youth.
Horn is currently being detained at the DeSoto Parish Substation in Stonewall.
Efforts to track Horn down led to Action Taxi on Barksdale Boulevard
in Bossier City, where employees were told by police to be on the
lookout for him and to call immediately if he showed up, which he did a
short time later.
However Horn didn't stay long, leaving his taxi behind. It's the one
authorities believe was seen near where the little boy's body was found.
Authorities say there looking for evidence linking Horn to the
child's disappearance & death, but not saying anymore than that.
Horn's boss said he worked for Action Taxi for just 10 days. He said Horn kept
to himself and didn't make friends. Horn's boss knew he was a
registered sex offender, but felt he couldn't discriminate against him
when it came to giving him job.
Authorities say Horn was properly registered as a sex offender in
DeSoto Parish.
have detained 34-year-old Brian Douglas Horn, a registered sex offender
for questioning in the death of a 12-year-old Stonewall, LA boy.
Investigators say Justin M. Bloxom was last seen at a home on Douglas
Lane in Stonewall, Louisiana.
Police say that Horn, a taxi driver who worked out of Bossier City, allegedly murdered the youth.
Horn is currently being detained at the DeSoto Parish Substation in Stonewall.
Efforts to track Horn down led to Action Taxi on Barksdale Boulevard
in Bossier City, where employees were told by police to be on the
lookout for him and to call immediately if he showed up, which he did a
short time later.
However Horn didn't stay long, leaving his taxi behind. It's the one
authorities believe was seen near where the little boy's body was found.
Authorities say there looking for evidence linking Horn to the
child's disappearance & death, but not saying anymore than that.
Horn's boss said he worked for Action Taxi for just 10 days. He said Horn kept
to himself and didn't make friends. Horn's boss knew he was a
registered sex offender, but felt he couldn't discriminate against him
when it came to giving him job.
Authorities say Horn was properly registered as a sex offender in
DeSoto Parish.
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by cindmo Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:29 am
Horn was a registered sex offender because when he was 19 he was making out with a 13 yr. old girl that he helped to sneak out of her house. That is a big leap for me-molesting and killing a 12 yr. old boy.
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by TomTerrific0420 Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:55 am
Happy go lucky. Always smiling. A joy. Super grades. Easy to joke around with. All-
around good kid. Hard worker. Active in student government.
The list goes on and on. But that's just
the start of what a school teacher and administrator have to say
about a DeSoto Parish student whose life was cut short Tuesday.
The body of North DeSoto Middle School seventh-grader Justin M. Bloxom, 12, was found in a shallow
pool of water shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday — the victim of an apparent homicide.
A taxi cab driver who is a registered sex offender is
in custody, charged with second-degree murder in
connection with Bloxom's death. The charge could
be upgraded as additional evidence is processed.
Brian Douglas Horn, 34, of the 200 block of Hall Road in Keachi, surrendered to DeSoto sheriff's
authorities not long after they began a three-parish search for him.
He refused to talk to investigators. But Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle said they are confident they have
the right man in custody. "All of the evidence points to him," Arbuckle said.
As investigators continue to put the pieces of the case together, school officials are still trying to
digest Bloxom's untimely death. "Surreal," is how Principal Keith Simmons described how he first
learned about Bloxom's disappearance then his death. But it's not the devastating news that he or
teacher Sherri Troegel dwell on. They will forever remember a student whose death will leave a
noticeable void.
"He was the kind of student that you wish you had a school full of. You wish you had a student body full
of Justin Bloxoms. He was very positive, happy go lucky. Smiling every day," Simmons said.
DeSoto students are on spring break this week, which is why Bloxom was at a friend's house on
Douglas Lane Monday night with others watching movies. One of the other kids last saw him sitting on
the couch around 3 a.m. texting on his phone.
When the other students woke up later in the morning, Bloxom was gone. He was first reported
missing to Stonewall police around 10:30 a.m. Neighbors and friends began a search and soon
some came forward with information that a green Action Cab taxi was seen in the neighborhood that
morning.
A DeSoto patrol deputy stopped to check on a cab parking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 171
around 6:30 a.m. The driver, who was identified as Horn through a driver's license check, told the
deputy he lost his keys and was waiting for someone from the Bossier office to deliver them.
The deputy, Arbuckle said, had no reason to
suspect anything suspicious at the time since Bloxom had not been reported missing. But deputies
used that information — along with calls from motorists who saw the cab and at least one who saw a man walking from
the woods to the cab — as a starting point in their investigation.They found muddy
footprints leading off the road and through the fence. Bloxom's body was
a short distance away. His cause of death is unknown. An autopsy will
be conducted today.How
or why Bloxom left his friend's home also is unknown, the sheriff said.
Investigators are still trying to determine if Bloxom or Horn had any
type of previous contact, either personally or through others.Also yet to be nailed
down is how Bloxom and Horn came in contact with each other that
morning. Horn was not dispatched by the cab company.Arbuckle complimented citizens who came forward with
essential information. Horn's wife, Amanda, and a brother, also are
cooperating. Amanda Horn had not seen her husband since Sunday when the
couple had some sort of altercation and Amanda Horn went to stay with a
friend in the hospital. He was gone when she returned home, the sheriff
said.A search of
their Keachi residence turned up evidence that Arbuckle believes links
Horn to Bloxom's death."It's
such a terrible loss. We totally feel for the family," DeSoto schools
Superintendent Walter Lee said.Crisis counselors will be at North DeSoto Middle when
students return Tuesday. "We've never gone through this before, but we
will do everything we can as a school system to support our students and
their families," Simmons said.Bloxom's homeroom teacher Sherri Troegel searched for
words through her emotion to describe a student that she's looked at
every day since August.
"He was a very precious child. Sweet, kind, funny. He was smart and
never a problem," she said. "He was just a wonderful student. He really
was. I will greatly miss him, as I know other people will."
Many of Bloxom's classmates gathered Tuesday night in
the Stonewall park for a candlelight vigil to remember Bloxom. Horn has
at least 14 prior arrests on his record, including two other
sex-related offenses. Horn spent three years in prison after pleading no
contest to contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile in 1995. The
original charge of indecent behavior stemmed from a Shreveport police
arrest after Horn, who was 19, was found in a vehicle with a 13-year-old
girl.Another
charge of indecent behavior also shows up on his criminal history in
1997 with a notation that he served a year and five months. Unclear is
an entry in 1998 that labels Horn as an "Article 575 fugitive" from
Green County, Mo.If
Horn had been in jail other than being a free registered sex offender
"this family would have their child at home tonight," said Arbuckle, who
did not mince words about his frustration with sex offender laws.Horn's boss, David
McFarlin, the owner of Action Taxi on Barksdale Boulevard, said Horn was
permitted March 19. He had a take-home vehicle that allowed him to work
whenever he wanted to. McFarlin did not have any complaints on Horn,
whom he described as a loner, during his short tenure.But he did not like the fact that Horn was a
registered sex offender. "It says on his driver's license he's a sex
offender, but when he goes over to the Shreveport Police Department,
they say he's good to go. And I can't discriminate. Our hands are tied
at that point."
around good kid. Hard worker. Active in student government.
The list goes on and on. But that's just
the start of what a school teacher and administrator have to say
about a DeSoto Parish student whose life was cut short Tuesday.
The body of North DeSoto Middle School seventh-grader Justin M. Bloxom, 12, was found in a shallow
pool of water shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday — the victim of an apparent homicide.
A taxi cab driver who is a registered sex offender is
in custody, charged with second-degree murder in
connection with Bloxom's death. The charge could
be upgraded as additional evidence is processed.
Brian Douglas Horn, 34, of the 200 block of Hall Road in Keachi, surrendered to DeSoto sheriff's
authorities not long after they began a three-parish search for him.
He refused to talk to investigators. But Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle said they are confident they have
the right man in custody. "All of the evidence points to him," Arbuckle said.
As investigators continue to put the pieces of the case together, school officials are still trying to
digest Bloxom's untimely death. "Surreal," is how Principal Keith Simmons described how he first
learned about Bloxom's disappearance then his death. But it's not the devastating news that he or
teacher Sherri Troegel dwell on. They will forever remember a student whose death will leave a
noticeable void.
"He was the kind of student that you wish you had a school full of. You wish you had a student body full
of Justin Bloxoms. He was very positive, happy go lucky. Smiling every day," Simmons said.
DeSoto students are on spring break this week, which is why Bloxom was at a friend's house on
Douglas Lane Monday night with others watching movies. One of the other kids last saw him sitting on
the couch around 3 a.m. texting on his phone.
When the other students woke up later in the morning, Bloxom was gone. He was first reported
missing to Stonewall police around 10:30 a.m. Neighbors and friends began a search and soon
some came forward with information that a green Action Cab taxi was seen in the neighborhood that
morning.
A DeSoto patrol deputy stopped to check on a cab parking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 171
around 6:30 a.m. The driver, who was identified as Horn through a driver's license check, told the
deputy he lost his keys and was waiting for someone from the Bossier office to deliver them.
The deputy, Arbuckle said, had no reason to
suspect anything suspicious at the time since Bloxom had not been reported missing. But deputies
used that information — along with calls from motorists who saw the cab and at least one who saw a man walking from
the woods to the cab — as a starting point in their investigation.They found muddy
footprints leading off the road and through the fence. Bloxom's body was
a short distance away. His cause of death is unknown. An autopsy will
be conducted today.How
or why Bloxom left his friend's home also is unknown, the sheriff said.
Investigators are still trying to determine if Bloxom or Horn had any
type of previous contact, either personally or through others.Also yet to be nailed
down is how Bloxom and Horn came in contact with each other that
morning. Horn was not dispatched by the cab company.Arbuckle complimented citizens who came forward with
essential information. Horn's wife, Amanda, and a brother, also are
cooperating. Amanda Horn had not seen her husband since Sunday when the
couple had some sort of altercation and Amanda Horn went to stay with a
friend in the hospital. He was gone when she returned home, the sheriff
said.A search of
their Keachi residence turned up evidence that Arbuckle believes links
Horn to Bloxom's death."It's
such a terrible loss. We totally feel for the family," DeSoto schools
Superintendent Walter Lee said.Crisis counselors will be at North DeSoto Middle when
students return Tuesday. "We've never gone through this before, but we
will do everything we can as a school system to support our students and
their families," Simmons said.Bloxom's homeroom teacher Sherri Troegel searched for
words through her emotion to describe a student that she's looked at
every day since August.
"He was a very precious child. Sweet, kind, funny. He was smart and
never a problem," she said. "He was just a wonderful student. He really
was. I will greatly miss him, as I know other people will."
Many of Bloxom's classmates gathered Tuesday night in
the Stonewall park for a candlelight vigil to remember Bloxom. Horn has
at least 14 prior arrests on his record, including two other
sex-related offenses. Horn spent three years in prison after pleading no
contest to contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile in 1995. The
original charge of indecent behavior stemmed from a Shreveport police
arrest after Horn, who was 19, was found in a vehicle with a 13-year-old
girl.Another
charge of indecent behavior also shows up on his criminal history in
1997 with a notation that he served a year and five months. Unclear is
an entry in 1998 that labels Horn as an "Article 575 fugitive" from
Green County, Mo.If
Horn had been in jail other than being a free registered sex offender
"this family would have their child at home tonight," said Arbuckle, who
did not mince words about his frustration with sex offender laws.Horn's boss, David
McFarlin, the owner of Action Taxi on Barksdale Boulevard, said Horn was
permitted March 19. He had a take-home vehicle that allowed him to work
whenever he wanted to. McFarlin did not have any complaints on Horn,
whom he described as a loner, during his short tenure.But he did not like the fact that Horn was a
registered sex offender. "It says on his driver's license he's a sex
offender, but when he goes over to the Shreveport Police Department,
they say he's good to go. And I can't discriminate. Our hands are tied
at that point."
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Sheriff says murdered boy thought he was meeting a girl
by cindmo Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:25 pm
DESOTO PARISH, LA (KSLA) – Authorities believe the sex offender who killed a 12-year-old DeSoto Parish boy posed as a girl over the internet to get to him.
DeSoto Parish Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle said early indications point to 34-year-old Brian Horn, who was registered as a sex offender in the parish, had numerous computer and cell phone communications with the victim, 12-year-old Justin Bloxom. Those communications show Horn pretended to be a young girl. Arbuckle said Horn, posing as the girl, told Bloxom the two should meet, and that the girl would send a taxi cab to pick Bloxom up.
Arbuckle said it was not known how long Horn and Bloxom had been communicating.
The sheriff said Horn, who is at the moment facing a charge of 2nd degree murder, is not cooperating with authorities, although Horn's family is working with investigators.
As the investigation continues, Arbuckle said charges against Horn could be upgraded.
Investigators have requested search warrants for Horn's and Bloxom's phone records and computer information to look for more clues in the case.
Arbuckle also thanked all the numerous law agencies who helped first in the search for Bloxom after he was reported missing, then with the criminal case after his body was found.
Arbuckle also confirmed an earlier report that Bloxom died from asphyxiation. Arbuckle also said it did not appear that Bloxom was sexually assaulted.
http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12240867
DeSoto Parish Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle said early indications point to 34-year-old Brian Horn, who was registered as a sex offender in the parish, had numerous computer and cell phone communications with the victim, 12-year-old Justin Bloxom. Those communications show Horn pretended to be a young girl. Arbuckle said Horn, posing as the girl, told Bloxom the two should meet, and that the girl would send a taxi cab to pick Bloxom up.
Arbuckle said it was not known how long Horn and Bloxom had been communicating.
The sheriff said Horn, who is at the moment facing a charge of 2nd degree murder, is not cooperating with authorities, although Horn's family is working with investigators.
As the investigation continues, Arbuckle said charges against Horn could be upgraded.
Investigators have requested search warrants for Horn's and Bloxom's phone records and computer information to look for more clues in the case.
Arbuckle also thanked all the numerous law agencies who helped first in the search for Bloxom after he was reported missing, then with the criminal case after his body was found.
Arbuckle also confirmed an earlier report that Bloxom died from asphyxiation. Arbuckle also said it did not appear that Bloxom was sexually assaulted.
http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12240867
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(update) Taxi driver lured 12-year-old Justin Bloxum to his death posing as a girl
by cindmo Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:54 pm
A 34-year-old Keachi man lured a 12-year-old Stonewall boy away from a friend’s home early Tuesday morning by posing as a young girl through text messages, DeSoto sheriff’s authorities said today.
The “girl” made arrangements for a taxi to pick up Justin M. Bloxom shortly after 3 a.m. to complete their rendezvous.
Bloxom met the Action Taxi cab, driven by Brian Douglas Horn, and in less than two hours was dead, authorities said.
One text message sent from the "girl" said: "I'll send a taxi to pick you up", DeSoto Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle said at a news conference.
The naive little boy took the bait, Arbuckle said.
"We believe Justin was lured to the cab that was being operated by Brian Horn under false pretenses," Arbuckle said.
Justin "thought he was going to meet a young female, when it fact it was Brian Horn posing as a young female," Arbuckle said.
Horn, was a taxi driver in Shreveport-Bossier City and was in his taxi that night, Arbuckle said.
Messages detailing the plans and meeting were traced Wednesday through phone records, giving DeSoto investigators the information they needed to shore up their case against Horn, of Keachi.
“We're looking at a connection to a social network site,” Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle said.
Investigators are still not sure how long Horn had been communicating with Bloxom. That's part of the investigation that will be ongoing. However, authorities were told Tuesday Bloxom was last seen around 3 a.m. at a friend's house texting on his cell phone and those texts go "until the time of death," the sheriff said.
Horn is in the DeSoto Detention Center charged with second-degree murder in Bloxom’s death. A preliminary autopsy confirmed Bloxom died of asphyxiation. Investigators say he was strangled.
Evidence also shows that Bloxom did struggle with Horn.
Bloxom’s body was found Tuesday in a wooded area off of U.S. Highway 171 just south of the Stonewall corporate limits.
Horn was identified as a suspect after witnesses placed his green Action Taxi in the neighborhood where Bloxom was visiting with friends and later parked on the highway shoulder.
Evidence gathered in the grassy area along the highway also link Horn to the crime, Arbuckle said. Keys to Horn's taxi cab and a cell phone charger were located Wednesday.
Muddy boots were seized Tuesday from Horns' brother's pickup. The boots match boot prints leading to where Bloxom's body was found, Arbuckle said.
Horn had his first appearance today before a judge via video conference. Bond was denied, and a hearing is set for 1 p.m. April 14. The DeSoto Indigent Defender Board was appointed to represent Horn.
A candlelight service is set for 8 p.m. today in the Stonewall Park, where a memorial to Bloxom starting taking shape Wednesday. Signs, flowers and other momentos are being left along the fence - with the blessing of town officials - to remember Bloxom.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday for Bloxom at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Shreveport. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home.
http://www.examiner.com/x-32274-Shreveport-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m4d1-Taxi-driver-lured-12yearold-Justin-Bloxum-to-his-death-posing-as-a-girl
The “girl” made arrangements for a taxi to pick up Justin M. Bloxom shortly after 3 a.m. to complete their rendezvous.
Bloxom met the Action Taxi cab, driven by Brian Douglas Horn, and in less than two hours was dead, authorities said.
One text message sent from the "girl" said: "I'll send a taxi to pick you up", DeSoto Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle said at a news conference.
The naive little boy took the bait, Arbuckle said.
"We believe Justin was lured to the cab that was being operated by Brian Horn under false pretenses," Arbuckle said.
Justin "thought he was going to meet a young female, when it fact it was Brian Horn posing as a young female," Arbuckle said.
Horn, was a taxi driver in Shreveport-Bossier City and was in his taxi that night, Arbuckle said.
Messages detailing the plans and meeting were traced Wednesday through phone records, giving DeSoto investigators the information they needed to shore up their case against Horn, of Keachi.
“We're looking at a connection to a social network site,” Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle said.
Investigators are still not sure how long Horn had been communicating with Bloxom. That's part of the investigation that will be ongoing. However, authorities were told Tuesday Bloxom was last seen around 3 a.m. at a friend's house texting on his cell phone and those texts go "until the time of death," the sheriff said.
Horn is in the DeSoto Detention Center charged with second-degree murder in Bloxom’s death. A preliminary autopsy confirmed Bloxom died of asphyxiation. Investigators say he was strangled.
Evidence also shows that Bloxom did struggle with Horn.
Bloxom’s body was found Tuesday in a wooded area off of U.S. Highway 171 just south of the Stonewall corporate limits.
Horn was identified as a suspect after witnesses placed his green Action Taxi in the neighborhood where Bloxom was visiting with friends and later parked on the highway shoulder.
Evidence gathered in the grassy area along the highway also link Horn to the crime, Arbuckle said. Keys to Horn's taxi cab and a cell phone charger were located Wednesday.
Muddy boots were seized Tuesday from Horns' brother's pickup. The boots match boot prints leading to where Bloxom's body was found, Arbuckle said.
Horn had his first appearance today before a judge via video conference. Bond was denied, and a hearing is set for 1 p.m. April 14. The DeSoto Indigent Defender Board was appointed to represent Horn.
A candlelight service is set for 8 p.m. today in the Stonewall Park, where a memorial to Bloxom starting taking shape Wednesday. Signs, flowers and other momentos are being left along the fence - with the blessing of town officials - to remember Bloxom.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday for Bloxom at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Shreveport. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home.
http://www.examiner.com/x-32274-Shreveport-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m4d1-Taxi-driver-lured-12yearold-Justin-Bloxum-to-his-death-posing-as-a-girl
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by alwaysbelieve Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:01 pm
And yet again, the punishment will not fit the crime. 
When are the courts going to wisen up? These people either need to be jailed for life or, put to death. They cannot be rehabbed.
RIP Justin.
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by kiwimom Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:46 pm
I wonder if Horns stint in jail didn't contribute to what he did here. I hope nobody is upset with me voicing my opinion, but I think perhaps the sex offenders register and some of the punishments when teenagers are involved are a bit harsh - sometimes. Some 13 year old girls are very mature and some 19 year old boys very immature. It didn't sound as though his first crime was rape in the actual, not legal sense. Pardon me if I'm wrong. I'm only trying to hypothesize. At 19 Horn was jailed for 3 years for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. This seems a bit harsh to me. He was no doubt a nice looking young man and I wonder what he went through in jail. I'm not trying to think of excuses, I'm trying to think how he came to do what he did and take this lovely young boys life like that and if anything can be learned from it.
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Indictment returned in Justin Bloxom homicide case
by cindmo Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:46 pm
MANSFIELD – A Keachi man accused in the March 30 death of a 12-year-old Stonewall boy has pleaded not guilty.Brian
Douglas Horn’s plea, entered by his attorney, came shortly after a
DeSoto grand jury indicted him for first-degree murder in Justin M.
Bloxom’s death. Horn remains in the DeSoto Detention Center without
bond.Horn’s appearance in a DeSoto courtroom was the
first of what will be many over the course of the case. District
Attorney Richard Johnson plans to seek the death penalty.
Horn was
arrested within hours of the discovery of Bloxom’s body in a shallow
pool of water hidden behind a fence row in a wooded area along side of
U.S. Highway 171 south of Stonewall. Authorities say
Horn posed as a young girl via cell phone text messages to set up a
meeting between the two. In the alleged ruse, the “girl” told Bloxom a
taxi would pick him up. Bloxom, who was staying
overnight with friends during their spring break holiday, was last seen
by his friends sitting on a couch texting around 3 a.m. Later in the
morning when he could not be found, a search by family and friends got
under way. Sightings of a green Action Taxi in the
neighborhood early that morning was paired with information from a
DeSoto sheriff’s deputy who stopped to check on a cab and its driver
parked on the shoulder of Highway 171 around 6:30 a.m. The driver,
identified by the deputy as Horn, said he had lost his keys. The
driver’s license check indicated Horn was a registered sex offender.DeSoto
sheriff’s narcotics agents, who were assisting in the missing person
search, used the taxi’s last known location as a starting point and
found Bloxom’s body around 2 p.m. Horn was initially
charged with second-degree murder. Johnson pursued the upgraded charge
because of the allegation of kidnapping involved in the crime.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100412/NEWS01/100412014/Indictment-returned-in-Justin-Bloxom-homicide-case
Douglas Horn’s plea, entered by his attorney, came shortly after a
DeSoto grand jury indicted him for first-degree murder in Justin M.
Bloxom’s death. Horn remains in the DeSoto Detention Center without
bond.Horn’s appearance in a DeSoto courtroom was the
first of what will be many over the course of the case. District
Attorney Richard Johnson plans to seek the death penalty.
Horn was
arrested within hours of the discovery of Bloxom’s body in a shallow
pool of water hidden behind a fence row in a wooded area along side of
U.S. Highway 171 south of Stonewall. Authorities say
Horn posed as a young girl via cell phone text messages to set up a
meeting between the two. In the alleged ruse, the “girl” told Bloxom a
taxi would pick him up. Bloxom, who was staying
overnight with friends during their spring break holiday, was last seen
by his friends sitting on a couch texting around 3 a.m. Later in the
morning when he could not be found, a search by family and friends got
under way. Sightings of a green Action Taxi in the
neighborhood early that morning was paired with information from a
DeSoto sheriff’s deputy who stopped to check on a cab and its driver
parked on the shoulder of Highway 171 around 6:30 a.m. The driver,
identified by the deputy as Horn, said he had lost his keys. The
driver’s license check indicated Horn was a registered sex offender.DeSoto
sheriff’s narcotics agents, who were assisting in the missing person
search, used the taxi’s last known location as a starting point and
found Bloxom’s body around 2 p.m. Horn was initially
charged with second-degree murder. Johnson pursued the upgraded charge
because of the allegation of kidnapping involved in the crime.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100412/NEWS01/100412014/Indictment-returned-in-Justin-Bloxom-homicide-case
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by MililaniGirl Mon May 02, 2011 2:05 am
Life sentence added as penalty in Justin Bloxom bill
8:13 AM, Jun. 3, 2010
BATON ROUGE - A twice-convicted sex offender whose victims are younger than 18 will be sentenced to life in prison under an enhanced penalty added Tuesday to the state's sex offender law.
The amendment was made to Senate Bill 780, also referred to as the Justin Bloxom bill, on the Senate floor before the final unanimous vote. The bill, introduced by Sen. Sherri Cheek and Rep. Richard Burford and co-authored by numerous other legislators, is pending discussion next week before the House of Representatives' Criminal Justice Committee.
"This makes it much stronger, frankly," Cheek said of the life sentence provision. "It's clearly saying you have a pedophile on your hands."
If the bill makes it into law it would be affect those arrested after Aug. 15.
With its approval of the bill, the Senate also signed off on the employment restrictions that were previously added. It will prohibit registered sex offenders from driving taxi cabs, limousines and buses. It also would make service-type jobs, where entry would be required into homes, and the operation of carnival or amusement rides, off-limits to these sex offenders.
The bill is named in memory of Justin Bloxom, the 12-year-old Stonewall child who was killed March 30. Brian Douglas Horn, 34, of Keachi, a registered sex offender with two prior convictions involving sexual activity with juveniles, is charged with first-degree murder in Bloxom's death. He faces the death penalty if convicted.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100603/NEWS01/100603005/Life+sentence+added+as+penalty+in+Justin+Bloxom+bill
8:13 AM, Jun. 3, 2010
BATON ROUGE - A twice-convicted sex offender whose victims are younger than 18 will be sentenced to life in prison under an enhanced penalty added Tuesday to the state's sex offender law.
The amendment was made to Senate Bill 780, also referred to as the Justin Bloxom bill, on the Senate floor before the final unanimous vote. The bill, introduced by Sen. Sherri Cheek and Rep. Richard Burford and co-authored by numerous other legislators, is pending discussion next week before the House of Representatives' Criminal Justice Committee.
"This makes it much stronger, frankly," Cheek said of the life sentence provision. "It's clearly saying you have a pedophile on your hands."
If the bill makes it into law it would be affect those arrested after Aug. 15.
With its approval of the bill, the Senate also signed off on the employment restrictions that were previously added. It will prohibit registered sex offenders from driving taxi cabs, limousines and buses. It also would make service-type jobs, where entry would be required into homes, and the operation of carnival or amusement rides, off-limits to these sex offenders.
The bill is named in memory of Justin Bloxom, the 12-year-old Stonewall child who was killed March 30. Brian Douglas Horn, 34, of Keachi, a registered sex offender with two prior convictions involving sexual activity with juveniles, is charged with first-degree murder in Bloxom's death. He faces the death penalty if convicted.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100603/NEWS01/100603005/Life+sentence+added+as+penalty+in+Justin+Bloxom+bill
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by MililaniGirl Mon May 02, 2011 2:06 am
Justin M. Bloxom Act clears La. House
By Vickie Welborn
Gannett Louisiana
June 18, 2010
BATON ROUGE - The Justin M. Bloxom Act received unanimous approval of the House of Representatives late Thursday.
The tougher sexual offender law is headed back to the Senate, where it will need concurrence before it goes to the governor's desk for his signature.
Named for 12-year-old homicide victim Justin Bloxom, of Stonewall, the bill restricts employment of convicted sex offenders and adds a life sentence for a twice-convicted sex offender whose victims are under age 18.
"Today, the state of Louisiana took a very strong step toward protecting our children and grandchildren. I feel better knowing that our children will be protected more than in the past. Yet, I am still emotional that we have lost Justin and other children who may still be with us if this would have been in place," state Rep. Richard Burford, R-Stonewall, said Thursday. Burford co-authored the bill with state Sen. Sherri Cheek, R-Shreveport.
Bloxom was killed March 30. Brian Douglas Horn, 34, of Keachi, a registered sex offender with two prior convictions involving sexual activity with juveniles, is charged with first-degree murder in Bloxom's death. Horn is accused of using his taxi cab job in his plan to pick up Bloxom from a friend's house.
If it clears the last hurdle, the law will prohibit registered sex offenders from driving taxi cabs, limousines and buses. It also would make service-type jobs, where entry would be required into homes, and the operation of carnival or amusement rides off-limits.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100618/NEWS01/100618006/-1/rss
http://www.realitychatter.com/t2215p20-justin-bloxom-found-deceased-3-30-10
By Vickie Welborn
Gannett Louisiana
June 18, 2010
BATON ROUGE - The Justin M. Bloxom Act received unanimous approval of the House of Representatives late Thursday.
The tougher sexual offender law is headed back to the Senate, where it will need concurrence before it goes to the governor's desk for his signature.
Named for 12-year-old homicide victim Justin Bloxom, of Stonewall, the bill restricts employment of convicted sex offenders and adds a life sentence for a twice-convicted sex offender whose victims are under age 18.
"Today, the state of Louisiana took a very strong step toward protecting our children and grandchildren. I feel better knowing that our children will be protected more than in the past. Yet, I am still emotional that we have lost Justin and other children who may still be with us if this would have been in place," state Rep. Richard Burford, R-Stonewall, said Thursday. Burford co-authored the bill with state Sen. Sherri Cheek, R-Shreveport.
Bloxom was killed March 30. Brian Douglas Horn, 34, of Keachi, a registered sex offender with two prior convictions involving sexual activity with juveniles, is charged with first-degree murder in Bloxom's death. Horn is accused of using his taxi cab job in his plan to pick up Bloxom from a friend's house.
If it clears the last hurdle, the law will prohibit registered sex offenders from driving taxi cabs, limousines and buses. It also would make service-type jobs, where entry would be required into homes, and the operation of carnival or amusement rides off-limits.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100618/NEWS01/100618006/-1/rss
http://www.realitychatter.com/t2215p20-justin-bloxom-found-deceased-3-30-10
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by MililaniGirl Mon May 02, 2011 2:09 am
DeSoto murder trial set July 18; jury selection in Lincoln
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
MANSFIELD – The trial of a convicted sex offender accused in last year’s death of a 12-year-old Stonewall boy is set for July 18, with the jury to be selected the 3rd Judicial District of Lincoln and Union parishes, a DeSoto district judge ruled today.
Judge Robert Burgess made the decision in response to a motion filed last month by attorneys representing Brian D. Horn who sought a change of venue for the capital murder trial because of extensive local publicity about the March 30 death of Justin M. Bloxom. The DeSoto district attorney’s office did not object to the request.
Court officials in Ruston and in the 4th Judicial District in Monroe were willing to accommodate the jury selection process. Once seated, the jurors will be transferred to DeSoto Parish for the actual trial, which is expected to last several weeks.
The state is seeking the death penalty for Horn if convicted. The 35-year-old Keachi man is accused of posing as a young girl via text messages to Bloxom to lure him away from a friend’s house. Bloxom’s body was found in a wooded area in Stonewall several hours after he was reported missing. He died of asphyxiation.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20110209/NEWS01/110209023/DeSoto-murder-trial-set-July-18-jury-selection-in-Lincoln
http://off2dr.com/smf/index.php?topic=11373.0
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
MANSFIELD – The trial of a convicted sex offender accused in last year’s death of a 12-year-old Stonewall boy is set for July 18, with the jury to be selected the 3rd Judicial District of Lincoln and Union parishes, a DeSoto district judge ruled today.
Judge Robert Burgess made the decision in response to a motion filed last month by attorneys representing Brian D. Horn who sought a change of venue for the capital murder trial because of extensive local publicity about the March 30 death of Justin M. Bloxom. The DeSoto district attorney’s office did not object to the request.
Court officials in Ruston and in the 4th Judicial District in Monroe were willing to accommodate the jury selection process. Once seated, the jurors will be transferred to DeSoto Parish for the actual trial, which is expected to last several weeks.
The state is seeking the death penalty for Horn if convicted. The 35-year-old Keachi man is accused of posing as a young girl via text messages to Bloxom to lure him away from a friend’s house. Bloxom’s body was found in a wooded area in Stonewall several hours after he was reported missing. He died of asphyxiation.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20110209/NEWS01/110209023/DeSoto-murder-trial-set-July-18-jury-selection-in-Lincoln
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by mermaid55 Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:55 pm
Brian Horn's summer trial a no-go
Jun. 14, 2011
MANSFIELD – The tentative summer trial date for the Keachi man accused in the death of a 12-year-old Stonewall boy won’t happen after all because of unresolved pretrial motions.
District Judge Robert Burgess said Monday in a letter to the DeSoto Parish district attorney’s office and defense attorneys the pending motions are “crucial” and “this case is not in a posture for trial at this time.”
He made the decision after conferring with the chief judge of the 3rd Judicial District in Lincoln Parish. Jury selection for Brian Horn’s capital murder case was to begin there Aug. 1. Once seated, the jury would have been transported to Mansfield for the trial.
Court officials faced a deadline of Wednesday to make a firm decision in order for jury summons to be timely mailed. Instead, Burgess has set an Aug. 1 hearing date for the pending motions. No new trial date has been discussed.
Horn, 35, a twice-convicted sex offender, is charged with first-degree murder in the March 30, 2010 death of Justin M. Bloxom, a North DeSoto Middle School student. Horn faces the death penalty if convicted.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20110614/NEWS01/110614017/Brian-Horn-s-summer-trial-no-go
Jun. 14, 2011
MANSFIELD – The tentative summer trial date for the Keachi man accused in the death of a 12-year-old Stonewall boy won’t happen after all because of unresolved pretrial motions.
District Judge Robert Burgess said Monday in a letter to the DeSoto Parish district attorney’s office and defense attorneys the pending motions are “crucial” and “this case is not in a posture for trial at this time.”
He made the decision after conferring with the chief judge of the 3rd Judicial District in Lincoln Parish. Jury selection for Brian Horn’s capital murder case was to begin there Aug. 1. Once seated, the jury would have been transported to Mansfield for the trial.
Court officials faced a deadline of Wednesday to make a firm decision in order for jury summons to be timely mailed. Instead, Burgess has set an Aug. 1 hearing date for the pending motions. No new trial date has been discussed.
Horn, 35, a twice-convicted sex offender, is charged with first-degree murder in the March 30, 2010 death of Justin M. Bloxom, a North DeSoto Middle School student. Horn faces the death penalty if convicted.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20110614/NEWS01/110614017/Brian-Horn-s-summer-trial-no-go
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by mermaid55 Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:51 pm
Judge denies Brian Horn's motions to suppress
11:40 PM, Aug. 6, 2011
MANSFIELD — Homicide suspect Brian Horn's attempt to suppress statements made to DeSoto Parish sheriff's investigators during two interviews along with evidence seized from his home were unsuccessful.
District Judge Robert Burgess denied Horn's motions, saying in both instances the state met its burden in proving Horn's comments were voluntary and a subsequent search of his home was permissible.
Horn, charged with first-degree murder in the March 30, 2010, death of Justin Bloxom, 12, of Stonewall, gave limited statements to DeSoto Parish sheriff's investigators after his arrest that day; however, his attorneys still wanted them thrown out.
Horn's only acknowledgment was to admit being a taxi driver who ran out of gas, walked to Kickapoo to retrieve gas, then walk back. He also denied having a boy in his taxi and being near the crime scene. But Horn said if he was in the area, then he took a wrong turn.
The statements are not a confession. Still, prosecutors maintain the admission shows Horn's involvement. Horn suggested the comments were made under duress.
Burgess rejected the claim, noting Horn was read his Miranda rights on multiple occasions and voluntarily participated in the brief interviews, which were stopped once he asked for an attorney.
The evidence, Burgess said, shows no "degree of malevolence or manipulation on behalf of the officers."
He cited similar findings in refuting Horn's contention that clothing and a computer taken from his home were done so during an illegal search.
Horn's wife, Amanda Horn, testified she gave permission for the search after Horn was detained for questioning in Bloxom's death.
While she admitted she was unaware she had a right to refuse the search, "she expressed no misgivings or reservations that the search was conducted," Burgess said in his ruling determining "free and voluntary" consent was given.
No date has been set for Horn's trial. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20110807/NEWS03/108070340/Judge-denies-Brian-Horn-s-motions-suppress
11:40 PM, Aug. 6, 2011
MANSFIELD — Homicide suspect Brian Horn's attempt to suppress statements made to DeSoto Parish sheriff's investigators during two interviews along with evidence seized from his home were unsuccessful.
District Judge Robert Burgess denied Horn's motions, saying in both instances the state met its burden in proving Horn's comments were voluntary and a subsequent search of his home was permissible.
Horn, charged with first-degree murder in the March 30, 2010, death of Justin Bloxom, 12, of Stonewall, gave limited statements to DeSoto Parish sheriff's investigators after his arrest that day; however, his attorneys still wanted them thrown out.
Horn's only acknowledgment was to admit being a taxi driver who ran out of gas, walked to Kickapoo to retrieve gas, then walk back. He also denied having a boy in his taxi and being near the crime scene. But Horn said if he was in the area, then he took a wrong turn.
The statements are not a confession. Still, prosecutors maintain the admission shows Horn's involvement. Horn suggested the comments were made under duress.
Burgess rejected the claim, noting Horn was read his Miranda rights on multiple occasions and voluntarily participated in the brief interviews, which were stopped once he asked for an attorney.
The evidence, Burgess said, shows no "degree of malevolence or manipulation on behalf of the officers."
He cited similar findings in refuting Horn's contention that clothing and a computer taken from his home were done so during an illegal search.
Horn's wife, Amanda Horn, testified she gave permission for the search after Horn was detained for questioning in Bloxom's death.
While she admitted she was unaware she had a right to refuse the search, "she expressed no misgivings or reservations that the search was conducted," Burgess said in his ruling determining "free and voluntary" consent was given.
No date has been set for Horn's trial. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20110807/NEWS03/108070340/Judge-denies-Brian-Horn-s-motions-suppress
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by twinkletoes Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:04 am
Evidence hearings continue ahead of Brian Horn murder trial
Posted: Updated:
By Carolyn Roy
Brian Horn, Brian Horn, 34 is charged with 1st degree murder in the March 2010 death of 12-year-old Justin Bloxom of Stonewall, Louisiana. He faces the death penalty if convicted.
Justin Bloxom, taken at the age of 12
Feb 16, 2012
DESOTO PARISH, LA (KSLA) -
The process of determining what evidence will be allowed in the first-degree murder trial of Brian Horn continues in DeSoto Parish. The convicted sex offender is accused in the death 12-year-old Justin Bloxom two years ago next month.
According to investigators, Horn posed as a female and lured Bloxom, through text messages, to take a cab ride to supposedly meet up with a young girl. Instead, investigators believe that Horn attacked and smothered Bloxom and dumped his body in a wooded area.
The state is still trying to get some key evidence allowed at the trial, which Horn's attorney has fought. Prosecutors say they're working on bringing FBI investigator to the stand to explain what happened to a warrant for cell phone records seized from Horn's brother's truck following his arrest. Horn's defense has argued that investigators did not have permission to search the devices.
But the judge did hear testimony Thursday about previous crimes allegedly committed by Horn, including the rape of a teenaged girl in Missouri.
Horn was accused of taking at least two young girls in separate incidents to his car, where he allegedly fondled them. He was arrested by a Caddo Parish Deputy on a warrant related to one of those cases in 1998 and charged with indecency with a juvenile and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
Also on Thursday, KSLA News 12 confirmed that Horn's attorney, Ross Owen, will be leaving the case.
http://www.ksla.com/story/16954318/evidence-hearings-continue-ahead-of-brian-horn-murder-trial
Posted: Updated:
By Carolyn Roy
Brian Horn, Brian Horn, 34 is charged with 1st degree murder in the March 2010 death of 12-year-old Justin Bloxom of Stonewall, Louisiana. He faces the death penalty if convicted.
Justin Bloxom, taken at the age of 12
Feb 16, 2012
DESOTO PARISH, LA (KSLA) -
The process of determining what evidence will be allowed in the first-degree murder trial of Brian Horn continues in DeSoto Parish. The convicted sex offender is accused in the death 12-year-old Justin Bloxom two years ago next month.
According to investigators, Horn posed as a female and lured Bloxom, through text messages, to take a cab ride to supposedly meet up with a young girl. Instead, investigators believe that Horn attacked and smothered Bloxom and dumped his body in a wooded area.
The state is still trying to get some key evidence allowed at the trial, which Horn's attorney has fought. Prosecutors say they're working on bringing FBI investigator to the stand to explain what happened to a warrant for cell phone records seized from Horn's brother's truck following his arrest. Horn's defense has argued that investigators did not have permission to search the devices.
But the judge did hear testimony Thursday about previous crimes allegedly committed by Horn, including the rape of a teenaged girl in Missouri.
Horn was accused of taking at least two young girls in separate incidents to his car, where he allegedly fondled them. He was arrested by a Caddo Parish Deputy on a warrant related to one of those cases in 1998 and charged with indecency with a juvenile and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
Also on Thursday, KSLA News 12 confirmed that Horn's attorney, Ross Owen, will be leaving the case.
http://www.ksla.com/story/16954318/evidence-hearings-continue-ahead-of-brian-horn-murder-trial
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by twinkletoes Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:09 am
Trial date, venue set in Brian Horn murder trial
Posted: Updated: July 24, 2013 04:25 PM CDT
By Carolyn Roy
Twice-convicted sex offender and taxi driver Brian Horn is awaiting trial in the abduction and murder of 12-year-old Justin Bloxom. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
12-year-old Justin Bloxom was killed in March of 2010, allegedly at the hands of convicted sex offender Brian Horn.
MANSFIELD, LA (KSLA) -
After several delays, a trial date and venue has been set for the man accused in the 2010 abduction and murder of a 12-year-old Stonewall boy.
Desoto Parish District Attorney Richard Johnson says the first degree murder trial of Brian Horn will begin with jury selection on February 10, 2014 in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Also at the hearing today, the FBI investigators who recovered the cell phone from Horn's truck were questioned by both sides in the case in order to determine if they would be qualified to testify at trial.
Special District Attorney, Brady O'Calaghan called to the stand three men who testified that their job was to perform forensic analysis on electronics, such as cell phones, in order to find information that's hidden or encrypted.
"Louisiana and federal law requires us to make a baseline showing that the science underlying their testing is good, and that's what we did today," said O'Calaghan.
Horn, a 36-year-old, twice-convicted sex offender and cab driver, is accused of posing as a 15-year-old girl via text message to lure Bloxom out of his friend's house and into his cab in March 2010.
The boy's body was found in a wooded area along U.S. Highway 171 the next day.
Jury selection was originally set to get under way on June 24 in Lafayette, in an effort to find a pool of jurors less likely to have heard of or have much knowledge about the case. The trial itself will take place in DeSoto Parish. A motion has been made for a change of venue, but Judge Robert Burgess has not made a ruling yet.
"We did not object to the original change of venue motion that was filed there have been some changes on the other venues were available and the district attorney is going to have to review, but it's largely at the trial judge's discretion where and how he selects another venue," said O'Calaghan.
In mid-April, Horn's attorneys asked for and was granted more time to prepare.
The state then asked for an August trial date, but the defense argued they would need more time than that to research and compile all of the information that would be considered in the penalty phase of the trial, should Horn be convicted.
Johnson has said the state will be seeking the death penalty for Horn if he is convicted.
Bloxom's mother Amy Witham Fletcher says she is pleased that a trial date has been set and is ready to move forward.
Laws in Justin Bloxom's name have been passed in Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. Fletcher says there are efforts to pass similar laws in Arkansas and Mississippi and eventually in every state.
http://www.ksla.com/story/22921102/trial-date-set-in-brian-horn-murder-trial
Posted: Updated: July 24, 2013 04:25 PM CDT
By Carolyn Roy
Twice-convicted sex offender and taxi driver Brian Horn is awaiting trial in the abduction and murder of 12-year-old Justin Bloxom. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
12-year-old Justin Bloxom was killed in March of 2010, allegedly at the hands of convicted sex offender Brian Horn.
MANSFIELD, LA (KSLA) -
After several delays, a trial date and venue has been set for the man accused in the 2010 abduction and murder of a 12-year-old Stonewall boy.
Desoto Parish District Attorney Richard Johnson says the first degree murder trial of Brian Horn will begin with jury selection on February 10, 2014 in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Also at the hearing today, the FBI investigators who recovered the cell phone from Horn's truck were questioned by both sides in the case in order to determine if they would be qualified to testify at trial.
Special District Attorney, Brady O'Calaghan called to the stand three men who testified that their job was to perform forensic analysis on electronics, such as cell phones, in order to find information that's hidden or encrypted.
"Louisiana and federal law requires us to make a baseline showing that the science underlying their testing is good, and that's what we did today," said O'Calaghan.
Horn, a 36-year-old, twice-convicted sex offender and cab driver, is accused of posing as a 15-year-old girl via text message to lure Bloxom out of his friend's house and into his cab in March 2010.
The boy's body was found in a wooded area along U.S. Highway 171 the next day.
Jury selection was originally set to get under way on June 24 in Lafayette, in an effort to find a pool of jurors less likely to have heard of or have much knowledge about the case. The trial itself will take place in DeSoto Parish. A motion has been made for a change of venue, but Judge Robert Burgess has not made a ruling yet.
"We did not object to the original change of venue motion that was filed there have been some changes on the other venues were available and the district attorney is going to have to review, but it's largely at the trial judge's discretion where and how he selects another venue," said O'Calaghan.
In mid-April, Horn's attorneys asked for and was granted more time to prepare.
The state then asked for an August trial date, but the defense argued they would need more time than that to research and compile all of the information that would be considered in the penalty phase of the trial, should Horn be convicted.
Johnson has said the state will be seeking the death penalty for Horn if he is convicted.
Bloxom's mother Amy Witham Fletcher says she is pleased that a trial date has been set and is ready to move forward.
Laws in Justin Bloxom's name have been passed in Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. Fletcher says there are efforts to pass similar laws in Arkansas and Mississippi and eventually in every state.
http://www.ksla.com/story/22921102/trial-date-set-in-brian-horn-murder-trial
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by twinkletoes Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:22 am
Brian Horn's capital murder trial moved to March 11
Change made to allow trial preparation
11:28 PM, Feb. 3, 2014
The start date for the capital murder trial of a Keachi man accused in the death of a 12-year-old Stonewall student has been pushed back to March 11.
The delay is to give prosecutors and the defense team time to prepare following the revelation last week fingerprints only recently identified as belonging to the victim, Justin M. Bloxom, were matched to one previously taken from an Action Taxi cab. DeSoto Parish sheriff's investigators say the vehicle, driven by twice-convicted sex offender Brian Horn, was used to transport Bloxom from a friend's house to the location off U.S. Highway 171 near ...
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http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20140203/NEWS01/302030027/Brian-Horn-s-capital-murder-trial-moved-March-11?nclick_check=1
Change made to allow trial preparation
11:28 PM, Feb. 3, 2014
The start date for the capital murder trial of a Keachi man accused in the death of a 12-year-old Stonewall student has been pushed back to March 11.
The delay is to give prosecutors and the defense team time to prepare following the revelation last week fingerprints only recently identified as belonging to the victim, Justin M. Bloxom, were matched to one previously taken from an Action Taxi cab. DeSoto Parish sheriff's investigators say the vehicle, driven by twice-convicted sex offender Brian Horn, was used to transport Bloxom from a friend's house to the location off U.S. Highway 171 near ...
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by twinkletoes Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:09 am
Prosecution rests in Brian Horn's 1st Degree Murder Trial
Nancy Cook
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04/01/2014 03:02 PM
04/02/2014 09:20 AM
After four days of testimony the prosecution in the first degree murder trial of Brian Horn rested at 2:45 this afternoon. Horn is accused in the March 30, 2010 death of 12-year-old Justin Bloxom.
Allegedly, Horn, then a driver for Action Taxi, lured Bloxom out by sending text messages posing as a teenage girl promising sex. The next morning, Bloxom's body was found face down in a pool of water in a wooded area off Highway 171.
Final witness for the prosecution was Dr. James Traylor, forensic pathologist at University Hospital, who performed the autopsy on Bloxom, which determined the boy died by suffocation and that it was homicide. When Traylor was called to testify, notebooks were distributed to the jury that contained Traylor's postmortem documentation and accompanying postmortem photographs.
After the notebooks were given to the jury, defense attorney Daryl Gold objected to the postmortem photographs, saying they were "prejudiced."
At that point, Presiding Judge Robert Burgess sent out the jury, and asked Traylor if the photographs were necessary to the report. Traylor replied the photographs were used as visual proof to his conclusions. The photographs showed the victim had sustained a number of abrasions and lacerations, prior to death.
However, Prosecutor Ron Stamps, assistant district attorney in Desoto Parish, said the defense had been shown the entire autopsy report days earlier, and some photographs the defense objected to at the time were removed from the binder.
Burgess then reprimanded Gold, saying Gold was "disingenuous with me in front of the whole jury," adding it was "very disturbing" that it was done in court, when the issue had been handled prior to the trial beginning. Gold apologized to the court.
When the jury was brought back into the courtroom, Stamps began his questioning regarding the autopsy report. Tempers flared again during Gold's cross examination of the pathologist, who he asked about accidental smothering. As the doctor began to answer, Gold interrupted, the doctor continued to try to answer, both got louder until the Judge stopped them, saying, "Both of you will be civil to one another," and then turned to Traylor and instructed him to answer the question. "I'm not buying accidental smothering," the doctor said.
Gold then asked Traylor if he considered himself "the voice of the victim," and Traylor said "I am the last person to be with the victim."
Traylor's testimony was the last in a litany of witnesses that began Friday morning with the tearful testimony of Amy Fletcher, the victims, mother, who took the jury through the last day of Justin's life, and how he came to stay overnight at the home of his best friend Dustin Rosegrant.
Prosecution witnesses have included friends who were with Justin the night before he died, as well as family members; law enforcement officers from the Desoto Parish Sheriff's office, Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office, Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and expert witnesses.
In addition, a records custodian from Verizon testified regarding phone and text records, specifically between Horn and Justin in the approximately three hour period before Justin's phone went silent for two hours, before being used again by Horn.
Monday, CPSO Deputy Robert Greer and prosecutor Thompson read out loud the texts exchanged between Horn and Justin in the hours before Justin's death, with Horn posing as a teenage girl promising sex to Justin, as Amy Fletcher silently wept in her seat on the front row of the large courtroom.
Jurors looked and then some quickly looked down or away when the more than 20 sexually graphic photographs Horn sent via text to the boy throughout that last night. Barely-audible gasps could be heard in the courtroom when Greer, reading Justin's text after receiving a photo of a sex act, said, "I'm only 12 years old."
This morning, CPSO Lt Owen McDonnell, a fingerprint expert, testified regarding 14 fingerprints found on the outside of Horn's taxi by BPSO crime scene investigators, but only sent to him for examination in January.
The fingerprints were taken and place in Bossier Parish Sheriff. At a Jan. 10, 2014 meeting between all the agencies investigating the crime - DPSO, BPSO, CPSO and the FBI - in order to get newly assigned prosecutor Dhu Thompson up to speed.
Gold questioned the prints only being sent for analysis in January, but in the multiagency investigation, files were kept in the jurisdiction where they were taken. Only Caddo Parish - and more recently, Desoto Parish - have the newest technology to analyze fingerprints.
Horn's defense team will kick off their case in the morning at 9:30 at the Desoto Parish Courthouse.
http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/story/d/story/prosecution-rests-in-brian-horns-1st-degree-murde/12040/dkfJ5QxL2U-rC-lnTCpBxg
Nancy Cook
Nikki Henderson
04/01/2014 03:02 PM
04/02/2014 09:20 AM
After four days of testimony the prosecution in the first degree murder trial of Brian Horn rested at 2:45 this afternoon. Horn is accused in the March 30, 2010 death of 12-year-old Justin Bloxom.
Allegedly, Horn, then a driver for Action Taxi, lured Bloxom out by sending text messages posing as a teenage girl promising sex. The next morning, Bloxom's body was found face down in a pool of water in a wooded area off Highway 171.
Final witness for the prosecution was Dr. James Traylor, forensic pathologist at University Hospital, who performed the autopsy on Bloxom, which determined the boy died by suffocation and that it was homicide. When Traylor was called to testify, notebooks were distributed to the jury that contained Traylor's postmortem documentation and accompanying postmortem photographs.
After the notebooks were given to the jury, defense attorney Daryl Gold objected to the postmortem photographs, saying they were "prejudiced."
At that point, Presiding Judge Robert Burgess sent out the jury, and asked Traylor if the photographs were necessary to the report. Traylor replied the photographs were used as visual proof to his conclusions. The photographs showed the victim had sustained a number of abrasions and lacerations, prior to death.
However, Prosecutor Ron Stamps, assistant district attorney in Desoto Parish, said the defense had been shown the entire autopsy report days earlier, and some photographs the defense objected to at the time were removed from the binder.
Burgess then reprimanded Gold, saying Gold was "disingenuous with me in front of the whole jury," adding it was "very disturbing" that it was done in court, when the issue had been handled prior to the trial beginning. Gold apologized to the court.
When the jury was brought back into the courtroom, Stamps began his questioning regarding the autopsy report. Tempers flared again during Gold's cross examination of the pathologist, who he asked about accidental smothering. As the doctor began to answer, Gold interrupted, the doctor continued to try to answer, both got louder until the Judge stopped them, saying, "Both of you will be civil to one another," and then turned to Traylor and instructed him to answer the question. "I'm not buying accidental smothering," the doctor said.
Gold then asked Traylor if he considered himself "the voice of the victim," and Traylor said "I am the last person to be with the victim."
Traylor's testimony was the last in a litany of witnesses that began Friday morning with the tearful testimony of Amy Fletcher, the victims, mother, who took the jury through the last day of Justin's life, and how he came to stay overnight at the home of his best friend Dustin Rosegrant.
Prosecution witnesses have included friends who were with Justin the night before he died, as well as family members; law enforcement officers from the Desoto Parish Sheriff's office, Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office, Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and expert witnesses.
In addition, a records custodian from Verizon testified regarding phone and text records, specifically between Horn and Justin in the approximately three hour period before Justin's phone went silent for two hours, before being used again by Horn.
Monday, CPSO Deputy Robert Greer and prosecutor Thompson read out loud the texts exchanged between Horn and Justin in the hours before Justin's death, with Horn posing as a teenage girl promising sex to Justin, as Amy Fletcher silently wept in her seat on the front row of the large courtroom.
Jurors looked and then some quickly looked down or away when the more than 20 sexually graphic photographs Horn sent via text to the boy throughout that last night. Barely-audible gasps could be heard in the courtroom when Greer, reading Justin's text after receiving a photo of a sex act, said, "I'm only 12 years old."
This morning, CPSO Lt Owen McDonnell, a fingerprint expert, testified regarding 14 fingerprints found on the outside of Horn's taxi by BPSO crime scene investigators, but only sent to him for examination in January.
The fingerprints were taken and place in Bossier Parish Sheriff. At a Jan. 10, 2014 meeting between all the agencies investigating the crime - DPSO, BPSO, CPSO and the FBI - in order to get newly assigned prosecutor Dhu Thompson up to speed.
Gold questioned the prints only being sent for analysis in January, but in the multiagency investigation, files were kept in the jurisdiction where they were taken. Only Caddo Parish - and more recently, Desoto Parish - have the newest technology to analyze fingerprints.
Horn's defense team will kick off their case in the morning at 9:30 at the Desoto Parish Courthouse.
http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/story/d/story/prosecution-rests-in-brian-horns-1st-degree-murde/12040/dkfJ5QxL2U-rC-lnTCpBxg
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by twinkletoes Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:11 am
Defense rests in Brian Horn trial
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DESOTO PARISH, La. (KTBS) -
In somewhat of a surprising move, the defense team for Brian Horn did not call any witnesses and really didn't present a case for Horn on day 5 of the trial.
Ultimately, the defense rested its case about a minute after the jury was seated for trial around 10:15 Wednesday morning. Court is now in a brief recess before closing arguments. Afterwards, the jury will be given their instructions and will go into deliberation.
http://www.ktbs.com/story/25141544/defense-rests-in-brian-horn-trial
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DESOTO PARISH, La. (KTBS) -
In somewhat of a surprising move, the defense team for Brian Horn did not call any witnesses and really didn't present a case for Horn on day 5 of the trial.
Ultimately, the defense rested its case about a minute after the jury was seated for trial around 10:15 Wednesday morning. Court is now in a brief recess before closing arguments. Afterwards, the jury will be given their instructions and will go into deliberation.
http://www.ktbs.com/story/25141544/defense-rests-in-brian-horn-trial
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by twinkletoes Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:15 am
Brian Horn found guilty of killing Justin Bloxom
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By Kelly Colvin
DESOTO PARISH, La. (KTBS) -
Brian Horn has been found guilty in the death of 12 year-old Justin Bloxom. It only took jurors 45 minutes to reach their verdict of First Degree Murder.
Four years after the young boy's death, the case finally went to trial. Prosecutors called a number of witnesses the first few days of the trial. But, in a somewhat surprising move, the defense team for Brian Horn did not call any witnesses and really didn't present a case for Horn on the fifth day of trial. Shortly after the jurors were seated around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, Defense Attorney Daryl Gold rested his case.
Judge Robert Burgess then allowed for closing arguments and jurors were given their instructions before deliberation.
Justin's mom, Amy, clenched onto a picture of her son throughout most of the trial. She fought back tears as graphic details about her sons murder were revealed, including on trial day 3 when the text messages exchanged between Justin and Horn were read aloud.
Stay with KTBS 3 News for updates as information is made available.
http://www.ktbs.com/story/25142181/brian-horn-found-guilty-in-murder-trial
Posted: Updated:
By Kelly Colvin
DESOTO PARISH, La. (KTBS) -
Brian Horn has been found guilty in the death of 12 year-old Justin Bloxom. It only took jurors 45 minutes to reach their verdict of First Degree Murder.
Four years after the young boy's death, the case finally went to trial. Prosecutors called a number of witnesses the first few days of the trial. But, in a somewhat surprising move, the defense team for Brian Horn did not call any witnesses and really didn't present a case for Horn on the fifth day of trial. Shortly after the jurors were seated around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, Defense Attorney Daryl Gold rested his case.
Judge Robert Burgess then allowed for closing arguments and jurors were given their instructions before deliberation.
Justin's mom, Amy, clenched onto a picture of her son throughout most of the trial. She fought back tears as graphic details about her sons murder were revealed, including on trial day 3 when the text messages exchanged between Justin and Horn were read aloud.
Stay with KTBS 3 News for updates as information is made available.
http://www.ktbs.com/story/25142181/brian-horn-found-guilty-in-murder-trial
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by admin Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:56 am
Thank you, Twink for keeping up with this case.
This is just heartbreaking.
This is just heartbreaking.
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by twinkletoes Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:12 am
It's a shame these heartbreaking, horrific crimes take so long to go to trial.
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by twinkletoes Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:54 am
Prosecutors pleased with Brian Horn death sentence
04/06/2014 01:09 AM
04/06/2014 02:19 AM
An eight day capital murder trial ends Saturday afternoon. There was crying and hugging in the courtroom as Brian Horn was sentenced to death for killing Justin Bloxom, 12, in March of 2010.
When Brian Horn left the courtroom around 4:30 p.m., he had nothing to say about his death sentence. It took the jury only an hour and a half to come to this decision.
Prosecutors believe this finally brings closure to Bloxom's family.
" I believe the death sentence was appropriate for this offender," said Ron Stamps, Assistant District Attorney for Desoto Parish. "Mr. Horn is a predator who manipulated and a deceived a child and then killed him. The death sentence was warranted in this case."
Stamps went on to say that in all of the cases he's handled in his career, no one deserved the death penalty more than Brian Horn. Stamps and Dhu Thompson delivered the closing arguments for the prosecution.
Defense attorney Daryl Gold disagreed with the death sentence, and estimates Horn will be on death row for more than 20 years.
"They're never going to get closure. They don't realize. If he would've received a life sentence, the family would've had closure tomorrow. I don't think Brian Horn will ever be executed and I think the death penalty will eventually be abolished," said Daryl Gold, as he walked out the courtroom.
Before the trial, Gold had offered the prosecution a plea deal for Brian Horn to serve life in prison. Prosecutors turned it down after consulting with Justin Bloxom's family.
Brian Horn's ex-wife Amanda Horn was also in the courtroom when the jury gave Horn the death sentence. She let out a loud yelp.
"There's more than one victim in this case," said Amanda Horn "It's been a hard road for all of us. Just glad that it's over. I do believe the right thing was done and I believe justice has been served. "
During the trial, defense attorneys alleged Brian Horn never meant to kill Justin Bloxoom when he pretended to be a teenage girl and lured him into his taxi promising sex via text messages. Instead, attorneys allege Horn meant to use Bloxom to have sex with his wife Amanda and his girlfriend.
Also during the final day of trial, Brian Horn's mother testified for two hours for the defense. She talked about Horn's troubled childhood, beginning at nine months old.
http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/story/d/story/prosecutors-pleased-with-brian-horn-death-sentence/16592/Iid_pZnmFE-RpiHQtmNKSw
04/06/2014 01:09 AM
04/06/2014 02:19 AM
An eight day capital murder trial ends Saturday afternoon. There was crying and hugging in the courtroom as Brian Horn was sentenced to death for killing Justin Bloxom, 12, in March of 2010.
When Brian Horn left the courtroom around 4:30 p.m., he had nothing to say about his death sentence. It took the jury only an hour and a half to come to this decision.
Prosecutors believe this finally brings closure to Bloxom's family.
" I believe the death sentence was appropriate for this offender," said Ron Stamps, Assistant District Attorney for Desoto Parish. "Mr. Horn is a predator who manipulated and a deceived a child and then killed him. The death sentence was warranted in this case."
Stamps went on to say that in all of the cases he's handled in his career, no one deserved the death penalty more than Brian Horn. Stamps and Dhu Thompson delivered the closing arguments for the prosecution.
Defense attorney Daryl Gold disagreed with the death sentence, and estimates Horn will be on death row for more than 20 years.
"They're never going to get closure. They don't realize. If he would've received a life sentence, the family would've had closure tomorrow. I don't think Brian Horn will ever be executed and I think the death penalty will eventually be abolished," said Daryl Gold, as he walked out the courtroom.
Before the trial, Gold had offered the prosecution a plea deal for Brian Horn to serve life in prison. Prosecutors turned it down after consulting with Justin Bloxom's family.
Brian Horn's ex-wife Amanda Horn was also in the courtroom when the jury gave Horn the death sentence. She let out a loud yelp.
"There's more than one victim in this case," said Amanda Horn "It's been a hard road for all of us. Just glad that it's over. I do believe the right thing was done and I believe justice has been served. "
During the trial, defense attorneys alleged Brian Horn never meant to kill Justin Bloxoom when he pretended to be a teenage girl and lured him into his taxi promising sex via text messages. Instead, attorneys allege Horn meant to use Bloxom to have sex with his wife Amanda and his girlfriend.
Also during the final day of trial, Brian Horn's mother testified for two hours for the defense. She talked about Horn's troubled childhood, beginning at nine months old.
http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/story/d/story/prosecutors-pleased-with-brian-horn-death-sentence/16592/Iid_pZnmFE-RpiHQtmNKSw
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by twinkletoes Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:50 am
DeSoto DA, Brian Horn's wife react to death penalty verdict
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By KSLA Staff -
DeSoto District Attorney Richard Johnson
Horn posed as a 15-year-old girl via text message to lure Justin Bloxom out of a friend's home in March 2010.
Brian Horn's soon-to-be ex-wife, Amanda, says she expects their divorce to move forward now that the trial is over.
A jury has recommended the death penalty for Brian Horn, 37.
MANSFIELD, LA (KSLA) -
DeSoto Parish District Attorney Richard Johnson says there have been few defendants that deserved the death penalty more than Brian Horn, convicted Wednesday in the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Justin Bloxom.
Horn posed as a 15-year-old girl to entice Bloxom via text to meet up with him for sex. The boy's body was found in a wooded area off Highway 171 on March 31, 2010.
On Wednesday, a jury of 6 men and 6 women from East Baton Rouge unanimously found Horn guilty of first degree murder. It took them 45 minutes to return the verdict.
On Saturday, the same jury took just over an hour to agree that Horn should be put to death for the crime.
Johnson says few cases in recent memory have called for the death penalty more definitively than this one. "Only one, and that was over twenty years ago, and that was state vs. Chris Sepulvado. And he killed little Mercer boy, and that was the only case I've seen that rivaled this one in just plain cruelty. As I stated before, if there is a case that ever screams for the death penalty this is the case that screams for it."
The jury's decision had to be unanimous, or Horn would have been sentenced to life in prison.
There was little reaction from Brian Horn upon hearing the verdict. His mother broke down in tears and had to be escorted out of the courtroom.
Horn's soon-to-be ex-wife Amanda Horn was also crying and cheering along with others in the courtroom. Outside the courtroom, she told KSLA News 12, "There's a lot more victims than just one in this case. There's not really any winners or losers," said It's been a hard road for all of us. Just glad that it's over, and I do believe the right thing was done, and I believe justice has been served."
She says she is divorcing Brian Horn, a process that can move forward now that the trial is over.
http://www.ksla.com/story/25173739/desoto-da-horns-estranged-wife-react-to-death-penalty-verdict
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by babyjustice Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:49 pm
Thank God justice was served. I hope it brings some solace to the family.
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Re: JUSTIN BLOXOM - 12 yo (2010) - Stonewall/DeSoto Parish LA
by twinkletoes Fri May 30, 2014 4:39 am
Judge sentences Brian Horn to death in the murder of 12-year-old Justin Bloxom
05/28/2014 11:47 AM
05/28/2014 12:00 PM
The man convicted of the 1st Degree Murder and kidnapping of a 12-year-old Stonewall boy today was sentenced to the death penalty.
It's been 53 days since an East Baton Rouge Parish jury convicted Brian Horn of the kidnapping and murder of Justin Bloxom, and 50 days since that same jury unanimously voted to sentence Horn to death.
Horn's attorneys have spent the last weeks scrambling to delay this morning's proceedings but came up empty after the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal voted against them and the Louisiana Supreme Court denied to hear it.
http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/story/d/story/judge-sentences-brian-horn-to-death-in-the-murder/26583/7BhbnCjtqUikCu80LqWWqw
05/28/2014 11:47 AM
05/28/2014 12:00 PM
The man convicted of the 1st Degree Murder and kidnapping of a 12-year-old Stonewall boy today was sentenced to the death penalty.
It's been 53 days since an East Baton Rouge Parish jury convicted Brian Horn of the kidnapping and murder of Justin Bloxom, and 50 days since that same jury unanimously voted to sentence Horn to death.
Horn's attorneys have spent the last weeks scrambling to delay this morning's proceedings but came up empty after the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal voted against them and the Louisiana Supreme Court denied to hear it.
http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/story/d/story/judge-sentences-brian-horn-to-death-in-the-murder/26583/7BhbnCjtqUikCu80LqWWqw
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