Where is Jean Duffey?
Bear Bottoms
Jean Duffey said that she would bring forth a law suit
against individuals responsible for the "Train Deaths"
last early fall. It didn't develop though she is taking
contributions and selling spam video. I queried her
about the lack of follow through and she replied that
she had enough problems of her own which prevented
her from taking further action. She is still collecting
money from the tragedy, however. Will we ever see
action? She has used truthless sensationalism to
seed the bed of profits, misleading those who in good
faith put their trust in her to do so.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
WESTERN DIVISION
JAY CAMPBELL AND
KIRK LANE
PLAINTIFFS
vs. NO. LRC970328
CITIZENS FOR AN HONEST GOVERNMENT, INC.,
d/b/a INTEGRITY FILMS; JEREMIAH FILMS, INC.;
AND PAT MATRISCIANA
DEFENDANTS
AFFIDAVIT
I, John Brown, after being duly sworn, state:
1. My name is John Brown.
2. I have been named by Pat Matrisciana as a source of information
for allegations pertaining to Jay Campbell and Kirk Lane contained in a
video entitled Obstruction of Justice and produced by Mr. Matrisciana.
3. Pat Matrisciana asked me about a statement that people allegedly
meeting the description of Jay Campbell and Kirk Lane pulled up next to a
telephone booth where Kevin Ives and Don Henry were; grabbed the boys; threw
them in the back of a police car; and drove away with them on the night of
the boys' death and I told him that any such statement was uncorroborated
and I did not think that there was anything to it.
4. I also told Mr. Matrisciana that he should not implicate Jay
Campbell or Kirk Lane as being involved in the deaths of Kevin Ives and Don
Henry because there was no documented justification for such an implication.
I warned him against making such a statement in the video and told him that
if he made such statements he would be sued. In fact, prior to the video
being produced I even informed Mr. Matriciana that I had a signed confession
from an individual(unrelated to Jay Campbell and Kirk Lane) taking
responsibility for the deaths of Kevin Ives and Don Henry.
5. I have watched the video and since watching it have not told Pat
Matrisciana that the statements in the video pertaining to Jay Campbell and
Kirk Lane are true. After watching the video I did notice, however, that the
portions of the video containing statements from me were edited and spliced
to give the appearance that I made a statement that was never made by me.
Further, affiant sayeth not.
VERIFICATION
STATE OF ARKANSAS
COUNTY OF PULASKI
I, John Brown, do hereby state that the statements and allegations
contained in the above and foregoing document are true and correct to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
John Brown
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 19th day of March, 1998
CAMPBELL PLD
Mark Keesee
Bottoms,
The current law suit against Pat Matrisciana must be
defended before Linda Ives can file a civil suit
against the killers of her son. I will inform Mrs. Duffey
that she is being paid for her services so she will stop
spending her own money. Billy Bottoms has accused Jean
Duffey of profiting from the video before. Please consider
what Linda Ives had to say to Billy Bottoms when he made
that accusation the last time.
"As far as Jean taking some kind of fee from me? You may be a
bought-and-paid-for whore, but I can assure you and
everyone else, Jean is not being paid." -- LINDA IVES - 1/12/97
http://www.idmedia.com/lindapost.htm
mark
Mark Keesee
Billy Bottoms, if you are going to post from our updates,
please post in toto.
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The "train deaths"
http://www.idmedia.com/ttd.htm
* Update: Tuesday, April 17, 1998
When Good Guys go Bad
John Brown: With Friends Like Him,
Who Needs Enemies
* News:
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Harmon Convicted on 4 drug charges - 4/14/98
http://www.idmedia.com/harmon-guilty-trial-2.htm
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When Good Guys go Bad
John Brown: With Friends Like Him,
Who Needs Enemies
By Jean Duffey
When I sat down to write this update, the line
"then along came Jones" from an oldies hit kept
running through my head.
The first person on the case was Saline County
Sheriff James Steed who was joined by State
Medical Examiner Fahmy Malak. Together they
contrived the ridiculous scenario that Kevin Ives
and Don Henry smoked so much marijuana they
fell asleep in front of a train.
Then along came Dan Harmon who Linda
believed for years was her knight in shining armor.
His 1988 grand jury investigation resulted in the
deaths of several witnesses, and by late 1990,
Linda realized Harmon had controlled the
investigation to cover up his own involvement in
the murders.
Then along came State Police Investigator Barney
Phillips, who complained from the onset that he
"did not want to have anything to do with the
case because I don't want to step on toes of
people I work with." He, in fact, not only did
nothing to advance the investigation, Linda and
I found reports he fabricated.
Then along came State Police Detective Don
Birdsong. No bells went off at the time, but Linda
later reflected that his entire effort was at the
direction of Harmon. When Birdsong withdrew
from the case, he was appointed the prestigious
position of state police liaison to Governor's
office.
Then along came Phyllis Cournan, the zealous FBI
agent who put her heart and soul into the
investigation for 18 months. But when the
inevitable connection to Mena was made,
Cournan sided with her superiors' decision to shut
the investigation down, because, they told Linda
and Larry, "there is no evidence a crime was
committed."
Linda has been dealt one blow after another from
the beginning of what we so impersonally call the
"train deaths" case. To Linda, it all began with the
worst news a mother can hear: her child is dead.
And as the numbness of grief wore off, she found
herself battling a cover-up that began on the
tracks that night.
It has been hard, but Linda always manages to
pick herself up and forge ahead. After the FBI
delivered its own brand of indignities, she drew
strength from knowing she had a cop on her side
who professed undying devotion. John Brown
was a new deputy in Saline County in 1992 and
was assigned to work the case. He won Linda's
confidence, and even when red flags went up
about some of Brown's investigative techniques,
she always defended him saying: "I know his
heart's in the right place."
With Brown at her side, she decided to push
forward the production of "Obstruction of
Justice," our video telling about the seven
investigations that have been thwarted. Linda
wanted John to be part of the video, and he
happily agreed. I also agreed but only if Linda and
I were given editorial control over our own
stories. Pat Matrisciana, the videos producer,
complied and gave John the same consideration.
Sometime during the editing phase, John Brown
told Pat's editor that two cops named Jay
Campbell and Kirk Lane killed the boys. This was
written into the narrator's script and sent to Linda
and me. Our first inclination was not to name
names, but after stewing over it a few days, we
decided to reword the statement to "Witnesses
have implicated . . . Jay Campbell, Kirk Lane . . .
." This we knew we could prove.
A year after the video was released, Campbell
and Lane filed a law suit. Linda was thrilled; not
that Pat had been sued, but that she could obtain
information during discovery that would never
otherwise be made available to her. Pat said on a
radio interview; "When notice of the suit was
served, you'd have thought Jean and Linda were
opening Christmas presents."
The case got under way last month with their
attorney taking Pat's deposition, during which Pat
explained how the names came to be in the video.
Pat's attorney thought his deposition went well
and prepared for Linda's deposition April 3,
which also went well. Pat's attorney scheduled me
for a deposition, but they declined the offer to set
John's. We didn't know why until we talked to Pat
that evening.
John had already met Campbell and his attorney
behind Pat's back. Pat said he admonished John
for meeting with them without his attorney being
present, but John claimed he knew how to handle
himself. Linda was skeptical but did not want to
think the worst. Unfortunately, neither of us could
have anticipated just how bad the worst could be.
During my deposition of April 8, a reference to an
affidavit was made. Our attorney asked for a
copy which was handed to him on the way out.
Linda and I were unable to move when the
elevator door opened.
John Brown had turned. The sworn affidavit he
signed (transcribed below) made that abundantly
clear.
We are all reeling from the shock and scrambling
to combat the damage. We have no explanation,
but I'll be writing updates as information develops.
For now, all that comes to mind is, "then along
came John Brown." As for Linda; I asked her
yesterday how she felt. She closed her eyes,
shook her head, and said; "I've come to expect
it." We both fought back tears.
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vs. NO. LRC970328
AFFIDAVIT
produced I even informed Mr. Matrisciana that I
had a signed confession from an individual
(unrelated to Jay Campbell and Kirk Lane) taking
responsibility for the deaths of Kevin Ives and
Don Henry.
5. I have watched the video and since
watching it have not told Pat Matrisciana that the
statements in the video pertaining to Jay Campbell
and Kirk Lane are true. After watching the video I
did notice, however, that the portions of the video
containing statements from me were edited and
spliced to give the appearance that I made a
statement that was never made by me.
Further, affiant sayeth not.
VERIFICATION
STATE OF ARKANSAS
COUNTY OF PULASKI
I, John Brown, do hereby state that the
statements and allegations contained in the above
and foregoing document are true and correct to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
John Brown
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this
19th day of March, 1998
CAMPBELL PLD
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You may contact Jean Duffey at: je...@idmedia.com
mailto:je...@idmedia.com
Linda Ives: li...@idmedia.com
mailto:li...@idmedia.com
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mark
ma...@idmedia.com
mailto:ma...@idmedia.com
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Bear Bottoms wrote:
>
> Jean Duffey said that she would bring forth a law suit
> against individuals responsible for the "Train Deaths"
> last early fall. It didn't develop though she is taking
> contributions and selling spam video. I queried her
> about the lack of follow through and she replied that
> she had enough problems of her own which prevented
> her from taking further action. She is still collecting
> money from the tragedy, however. Will we ever see
> action? She has used truthless sensationalism to
> seed the bed of profits, misleading those who in good
> faith put their trust in her to do so.
>