Girl Tells AP She Didn't Know Family Slain

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Girl Tells AP She Didn't Know Family Slain

By HARRY R. WEBER

 

CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) - The oldest of three girls allegedly abducted by a man accused of murdering four relatives said she did not know anyone had been killed until she was rescued by police the next day.

 

In an interview with The Associated Press, 10-year-old Brittney Phelps said her mother's ex-boyfriend, Jerry William Jones, picked her up outside her home after school Wednesday afternoon. Brittney said Jones told her to join her two sisters, 4-year-old Brandy and 3-year-old Tammy, already in the SUV.

 

``I was scared for my sisters. I was scared, too,'' Brittney told the AP after a wake and funeral Monday at Trinity Baptist Church.

 

Jones is accused of shooting Tom and Nola Blaylock and their daughter, Georgia Bradley, and strangling his youngest daughter, 10-month-old Harley Jones, at their trailer homes Thursday in Ranger, a tiny town about 55 miles north of Atlanta.

 

According to the investigators' timeline, Jones apparently picked up Brittney soon after the killings.

 

Brittney and her sisters were with Jones during a 19-hour national manhunt that ended Thursday night in a police chase and a suicide attempt by Jones that left one of the girls splattered with blood.

 

Jones shot himself in the face when stopped by police just over the Tennessee line. He's in a hospital and is expected to recover. Brittney and her sisters were unharmed.

 

Brittney said she tried to keep her little sisters calm as Jones eluded police.

 

``I talked to them a lot. I read them stories,'' she said.

 

She said she also didn't sleep during the ordeal.

 

Asked what she thought of Jones, Brittney responded: ``I'm angry at him.''

 

Brittney joined scores of relatives at the wake and funeral for the four slain family members. Three silver caskets - one for each of the adult victims - sat behind a pink-cloaked table that held the infant girl's tiny white casket.

 

About 75 people approached the caskets in turn to say goodbye.

 

``You did a good job. I'm proud of you,'' Kacie Charles whispered to Brittney, her cousin, as they walked away from the caskets.

 

Authorities say the killings resulted from a jealous rampage by Jones, who had been dumped by the Blaylocks' daughter and the girls' mother, Melissa Peeler.

 

Jones had lived with Peeler and the couple had three children together - Brandy, Tammy and Harley, the infant girl who was killed.

 

``I'm not doing well right now,'' Peeler told the AP at the wake. ``I just lost my whole family.''

[2GOLD 0]

I'm more sickened by the fact the AP interviewed a 10 yr old who just found out her family is dead.

I mean, the guy who did it is a monster and I hope they fry him but to interview a young girl

AFTER she just found out her parents are dead just because you need space in the bylines?

 

AND quotes from the funeral near the casket??? What the F*CK??

 

This is why I never stayed a news reporter, I have a conscience.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Strangling a baby...man..

[Guest FrigidSoul]

well obviously the death penalty isn't going to phase the guy.

 

I say throw him in bum-fuck prison for the rest of his life

[Lando Griffin 0]

Brittney Phelps, you were abducted and your family was murdered. What are you going to do now?

 

I'm going to Disney World!

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

well obviously the death penalty isn't going to phase the guy.

 

I say throw him in bum-fuck prison for the rest of his life

It's not a matter of "phasing the guy," it's a matter of eradicating this person from existence. He clearly does not need to be alive for ANY reason.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

Brittney Phelps, you were abducted and your family was murdered. What are you going to do now?

 

I'm going to Disney World!

That's just ridiculous

 

 

Even with the life insurance policies cashed in she won't be able to afford a Disney Vacation

[DMann2003 0]

I mean, the guy who did it is a monster and I hope they fry him but to interview a young girl

AFTER she just found out her parents are dead just because you need space in the bylines?

It's not very comforting, but it was her grandparents and aunt who were killed, her Mom was away at the time, she got a call from the guy where he threatened to kill the other three if she told authorities.

 

I agree, death penalty is too nice, bum-fuck prison is the way to go.

[Guest Wildbomb 4:20]

For these crimes, you will serve life in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison

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-Office Space

 

Sure, I changed four years to life...but it fits.

[Anakin Flair 0]

People, this guy wont survive for very long in prison. He strangled a BABY to death. And I do believe thre is a certain code among convicts in prisons where killing a child is a big no-no.

[syxx2001 0]

Yeah, one of those canibals got hung in prison not too long after he got there right? Im surprised Andrea Yates is still alive.

[Mole 0]

I'm more sickened by the fact the AP interviewed a 10 yr old who just found out her family is dead.

I mean, the guy who did it is a monster and I hope they fry him but to interview a young girl

AFTER she just found out her parents are dead just because you need space in the bylines?

 

AND quotes from the funeral near the casket??? What the F*CK??

 

This is why I never stayed a news reporter, I have a conscience.

I hear ya man.

 

The media can be so damn wrong, I can't stand it.