Arkansas gIrl murdered by internet correspondent felt like she was being watched
Patty
BY JIM BROOKS AND CHRISTOPHER SPENCER
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
CONWAY — Kacie Woody told friends she felt she was being followed
after she began receiving telephone calls early this week from a
person she had been chatting with online for the past month.
Just before the 13-year-old seventh-grader disappeared Tuesday night,
she expressed those concerns to another online friend, who became
alarmed when Kacie suddenly stopped responding to his messages, police
said.
Kacie believed she had been chatting with someone calling himself
David Fagan, an 18-year old Californian. But she actually had been
involved in a month long Internet conversation with David L. Fuller, a
47-year-old Persian Gulf War veteran and used car salesman from the
San Diego area. On Friday authorities in Conway outlined the
investigation that led from Kacie's home in rural Faulkner County on
Tuesday night to a ministorage facility in Conway a day later, where
her body and the body of her abductor were discovered late Wednesday.
"It was some really solid detective work... [but] I wish it could have
been quicker," Conway Police Department Maj. Mark Elsinger said.
THE INVESTIGATION Conway police believe that Fuller arrived in town
several weeks ago, went away, and then came back. Around the middle of
November, he rented space at West Conway Mini Storage, but he didn't
check into the Motel 6 in town until Monday, Elsinger said. "We know
that he was here to rent the storage unit, but there's nothing to
indicate that he stayed around after that," Elsinger said.
After returning to town Monday, Fuller rented a Dodge Caravan from
Enterprise Rent-A-Car that police later would find in the storage unit
along with the bodies of Fuller and Kacie.
Phone records show that Fuller called Kacie on his cell phone after he
returned to town. Police said the calls concerned her enough that she
mentioned to friends that she felt she was being watched.
Another online friend, a 16-year-old from Georgia, was chatting with
Kacie on her computer shortly before she was abducted Tuesday night.
Elsinger said Kacie's friend notified authorities in his area after
she suddenly stopped answering his repeated messages.
His concern led investigators back to Kacie's computer, on which they
found the name David Fagan.
Earlier, detectives had contacted local motels to inquire about people
who had checked in during the days leading up to Kacie's
disappearance. At the Motel 6, they learned about David Fuller of La
Mesa, Calif.
Investigators surmised that David Fagan was David Fuller.
With Fuller's motel registration information in hand, police matched
the phone number he listed on the registration form to a cell-phone
number that had been used to call Kacie's house. Fuller's credit card
information led police to the rented van and the storage unit. After
releasing a description of the suspect and the van to news media
Wednesday afternoon, Conway police went to the storage facility. When
police arrived, they heard a single gunshot, and for the next two
hours negotiators tried to get Fuller to talk. After they stormed the
unit, they found Fuller dead of a gunshot wound to the head. Kacie's
body was in the back of the van. Police say she was shot once in the
head, and they believe she had been sexually assaulted.
‘ PAPER PUSHER ' Fuller's father, Edward Fuller of Salt Lake City,
called the accusations against his son "ridiculous and stupid." He
said his son came to Arkansas last month to visit an old friend from
the Navy.
On Friday a North Little Rock man who served with Fuller during the
Persian Gulf War in Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 said he
wasn't that friend. "I hadn't talked to him since I transferred out of
the battalion in 1991," Greg Green said. "I had no dealings with the
guy after I left."
Green described Fuller as a "paper pusher," a smart person who kept to
himself. "Nobody really knew him that well. He didn't have many
friends," Green said. "He was the quiet type, and a lot of [sailors]
picked on him because of his age — he was quite a little older when he
came in." RETRACING FULLER'S STEPS
As friends and family tried to cope with the loss of the popular
student at Greenbrier Middle School, authorities continued their
investigation.
In the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, where Fuller lived, investigators
planned to serve a search warrant on his residence on Friday to find
out who else he had been chatting with on the Internet. Authorities
could not be reached for comment late Friday.
The case marked the second time in a little more than a month that
brutal crimes have linked the San Diego suburbs and small central
Arkansas communities.
On Oct. 30, federal agents and police from another San Diego suburb
arrested Clyde Carl Wilkerson at his rural Saline County home on
warrants charging him with a pair of 1965 murders in El Cajon, Calif.
Ironically, Wilkerson was convicted in California in 1965 in another
assault of a woman in La Mesa.
The FBI used the DNA evidence to connect Wilkerson — a 63-year-old
former truck driver — to the 1965 murders through saliva obtained from
lick-sealed envelopes he sent his employer. Wilkerson is awaiting
trial in San Diego County on two first-degree murder charges.
After his arrest, federal and state authorities notified law
enforcement agencies across the nation about Wilkerson, suspecting
that he may have committed similar crimes during his years as a truck
driver. No connections have been made thus far.
Meanwhile, the FBI is sorting through Kacie's computer and trying to
determine whether Fuller can be linked to similar crimes himself. "I
can't tell you about specific investigative steps," said Karen Vorhes,
a spokesman for the Little Rock FBI field office. "But absolutely,
there's an interest." "We try to reach out to other agencies, both
federal and local. Communication is the key here.
" I can't tell you whether or not there are any indicators that this
actually has happened before, but we want to make sure we cover all
the bases, "she said." If other crimes can be solved, that's all the
better. "
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| Net pal's calls worried girl
| BY JIM BROOKS AND CHRISTOPHER SPENCER
| Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
|
| CONWAY - Kacie Woody told friends she felt she was being followed
| picked on him because of his age - he was quite a little older when he
| came in." RETRACING FULLER'S STEPS
|
| As friends and family tried to cope with the loss of the popular
| student at Greenbrier Middle School, authorities continued their
| investigation.
|
| In the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, where Fuller lived, investigators
| planned to serve a search warrant on his residence on Friday to find
| out who else he had been chatting with on the Internet. Authorities
| could not be reached for comment late Friday.
|
| The case marked the second time in a little more than a month that
| brutal crimes have linked the San Diego suburbs and small central
| Arkansas communities.
|
| On Oct. 30, federal agents and police from another San Diego suburb
| arrested Clyde Carl Wilkerson at his rural Saline County home on
| warrants charging him with a pair of 1965 murders in El Cajon, Calif.
| Ironically, Wilkerson was convicted in California in 1965 in another
| assault of a woman in La Mesa.
|
| The FBI used the DNA evidence to connect Wilkerson - a 63-year-old
| former truck driver - to the 1965 murders through saliva obtained from
Chocolic
> BY JIM BROOKS AND CHRISTOPHER SPENCER
> Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
>
> came in." RETRACING FULLER'S STEPS
>
> As friends and family tried to cope with the loss of the popular
> student at Greenbrier Middle School, authorities continued their
> investigation.
>
> In the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, where Fuller lived, investigators
> planned to serve a search warrant on his residence on Friday to find
> out who else he had been chatting with on the Internet. Authorities
> could not be reached for comment late Friday.
>
> The case marked the second time in a little more than a month that
> brutal crimes have linked the San Diego suburbs and small central
> Arkansas communities.
>
> On Oct. 30, federal agents and police from another San Diego suburb
> arrested Clyde Carl Wilkerson at his rural Saline County home on
> warrants charging him with a pair of 1965 murders in El Cajon, Calif.
> Ironically, Wilkerson was convicted in California in 1965 in another
> assault of a woman in La Mesa.
>
> former truck driver - to the 1965 murders through saliva obtained from
> lick-sealed envelopes he sent his employer. Wilkerson is awaiting
> trial in San Diego County on two first-degree murder charges.
>
> After his arrest, federal and state authorities notified law
> enforcement agencies across the nation about Wilkerson, suspecting
> that he may have committed similar crimes during his years as a truck
> driver. No connections have been made thus far.
>
> Meanwhile, the FBI is sorting through Kacie's computer and trying to
> determine whether Fuller can be linked to similar crimes himself. "I
> can't tell you about specific investigative steps," said Karen Vorhes,
> a spokesman for the Little Rock FBI field office. "But absolutely,
> there's an interest." "We try to reach out to other agencies, both
> federal and local. Communication is the key here.
>
> " I can't tell you whether or not there are any indicators that this
> actually has happened before, but we want to make sure we cover all
> the bases, "she said." If other crimes can be solved, that's all the
> better. "
-------------------------
They are checking on a link to the Smart kidnapping in Utah. See
article I posted earlier.
Chocolic
Anne Warfield
Police search for murder links
Chances 'strong' that slaying of county girl wasn't killer's first
By SAMANTHA HUSEAS
Log Cabin Staff Writer
Police have confirmed they are checking to see if David L. Fuller, 47,
the man who apparently kidnapped and killed a Faulkner County girl,
may have done the same thing to other children.
Kacie René Woody, of the Holland area northeast of Conway, and Fuller
were found dead Wednesday night in a storage unit nearly 24 hours
after the girl vanished from her home.
"We can't help but believe the possibility is strong that he did this
on other occasions É considering the amount of time and planning that
went into this crime," said Major Mark Elsinger of the Conway Police
Department.
He believes there have been some investigations into a possible link
with a case in Utah, and while he has heard it is the Elizabeth Smart
case, he could not confirm that.
Elizabeth Smart, 14, was kidnapped at gunpoint from her bedroom in her
Salt Lake City home June 5. She has not been found.
"It may be that the Smart case came up because the crimes were similar
and because he has some kind of criminal arrest in Salt Lake City but
I don't know if the timing even makes it possible," Elsinger said.
"There have been children abducted all over the country, it could be
the Smart case has been mentioned because it's the hot story that came
up in people's minds."
He added that local police have nothing concrete to prove or suggest
Fuller committed the Smart kidnapping or other such crimes.
"We have not had any contact with Salt Lake City officials. With the
Smart case or any case, local authorities are more than willing to
assist if they think this individual could have been involved,"
Elsinger said.
He points out from what has been learned about Fuller, "he is
obviously capable" of committing heinous crimes and the planning and
methodology used by Fuller makes it hard for police to believe this
was his first time to carry out such actions.
"This was not a crime of opportunity É there was very extensive
planning and (suggestions) of a familiarity with the process,"
Elsinger said.
Police believe Kacie met Fuller on the Internet at least a month ago.
At some point they also talked over the phone, Elsinger said, as the
Woody's phone records show a cell phone number that has been linked to
Fuller.
Investigations have also revealed that Fuller gave Kacie a false name,
David Fagan, and told the girl he was 17 or 18 years old and lived in
California.
Fuller was from the San Diego area, and California officials say he
recently went through a bitter divorce, was the father of a son and
daughter and had been ordered to attend anger management classes. He
had also been arrested on some kind of domestic battery charge,
according to police.
After Kacie was reported missing by her father about 12:30 a.m.
Wednesday, police followed "a hunch" and looked into a possible
Internet connection. They found the name David Fuller and began
looking at local motels.
Police found a vehicle with California plates that was registered to
Fuller at Motel 6, where Fuller had checked in the previous Monday.
"Things didn't look right or feel right," Elsinger said. "Again on a
hunch, we looked into local car rental places," and they discovered
Fuller had rented a 2002 Dodge Caravan.
Through all of this, police got a cell phone number and a credit card
number, both of which pointed to Fuller, according to Elsinger. The
credit card then pointed police in the direction of West Conway Mini
Storage on Prince Street, where Fuller had rented a storage unit in
the middle of November.
Not knowing what, if anything, they would find there, Sgt. Jim Barrett
and others went to the storage unit, lifted the unlocked door and
found the van where Kacie would later be found bound, and shot in the
head.
Also inside the storage unit was Fuller, who fired one shot into his
own head.
Police never fired a shot, and authorities believe Kacie had been dead
several hours by the time Metro SWAT Team officers entered the storage
unit about 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Elsinger commended Barrett, all the detectives and the officers who
worked the case. While Fuller was "very smooth and methodical" in the
crime, "a lot of good detective work and some sheer luck" solved the
case even if the outcome was not what police had hoped for.
Serial criminals often commit many crimes before being discovered, and
while Elsinger cannot say whether or not Fuller is a serial murderer
"we do know he'll never commit another crime again."
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Dogs & children first.
Patty
> Kind of old to be a Gulf War veteran isn't he? He's old enough to be a Viet
> Nam veteran.
>
> Dogs & children first.
Seems old for the Gulf War but too young for Vietnam. Weren't the
troops pulled out in 1973, wouldn't that be when this guy was
graduating from high school?
Patty
Anne Warfield
He'd have been 36 at the time of the Gulf War, which isn't that old.
Mhw61
Especially if he'd decided to make a career out of military service--used to be
that meant putting in 20 years to get maximum benefits etc.
Max
"Oh! My nose!"
--Marcia Brady