Hooter's Girl murderer gets life
Ben Dover
By Jennifer L. Berghom / The News & Advance
Mar 26, 2002
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ROANOKE - Christopher C. Haynes, the Fort Lee soldier who admitted he lured
a waitress to a desolate city park and killed her, was sentenced to life in
prison Tuesday for the death of 20-year-old Tina Louise Foster.
Haynes pleaded guilty to killing Foster at his trial in January, a week
before the one-year anniversary of the Bedford County woman's death.
On Jan. 29, 2001, Haynes traveled to Roanoke as part of a military funeral
detail. The group stopped at the Hooters Restaurant off Williamson Road for
lunch. While waiting for their meals, Haynes talked with Foster and offered
her $200 to take 10 pictures of her. The two agreed to meet at the
restaurant's parking lot that evening.
On the three-hour ride back to Fort Lee, Haynes told the other men he got
Foster's number.
Haynes left Fort Lee to return to Roanoke around 4 p.m. He stopped in
Farmville to call Foster.
Foster, who lived with her parents in their Bedford County home, said she
was meeting a man that evening for a photo session. She told her parents the
man was in the military. Her parents insisted she bring someone with her, so
she called her friend, Jenniee Morris. Morris first agreed to accompany
Foster, but e-mailed her later that evening informing her she couldn't go
because she was sick.
Haynes met Foster outside the restaurant around 8 p.m. He tried to reserve a
hotel room at a Rodeway Inn on Orange Avenue before meeting her, but his
credit card was denied. The motel's surveillance cameras caught Haynes on
tape.
He asked Foster to go back with him to the motel, but she refused. He then
lured her to Thrasher Park.
After they parked, Foster was in the back seat getting ready for the photo
session. Haynes entered the car and straddled her. The two began to struggle
and Foster scratched him on the nose. Haynes grabbed Foster's flashlight and
hit her at least four times with it, killing her.
Commonwealth's Attorney Don Caldwell said an autopsy report showed Haynes
beat Foster with her flashlight so hard that the side of her face was
crushed and pieces of her skull were chipped away.
With Foster's body in the backseat, Haynes drove Foster's car around the
city before parking her car behind the Rodeway Inn.
Foster's parents reported their daughter missing the next day, Jan. 30.
On Feb. 2, authorities took the search public with local television stations
broadcasting Foster's picture and asking anyone with information to call
local police.
The Foster and Haynes families declined making any comment after the
sentencing Tuesday.
Before Roanoke Circuit Court Judge Clifford R. Weckstein sentenced him,
Haynes apologized to Foster's family and said he has had time to reflect on
his actions while being incarcerated at Roanoke City Jail.
"I had a good life, but I took someone else's life . she didn't deserve to
die like that," he said. "She should still be here with you."
Haynes also thanked his family and his attorney, Tony Anderson, for
supporting him throughout the case.
The defense put forth testimony from Haynes' family and played the tape of
an interview police held with Haynes to show that Haynes was regretful of
his actions and cooperated with authorities from the beginning of the case.
In the tape, Haynes confessed to killing Foster and kept saying how his life
was over and that he would never see his family again.
Haynes said Foster first agreed to have sex with him, then said she wanted
more money. That's when the two began to struggle.
"I'm sorry for what I did," Haynes told investigators, "I am so sorry."
Anderson said he played the tape to show Weckstein the genuineness of
Haynes' plea.
He also argued that Haynes was deeply affected by the violence he saw while
serving in Kosovo from June to December of 1999 and that Haynes has temper
problems.
Charles Haynes, Christopher Haynes' father, testified he had been speaking
to his son since he was taken into custody and that he was proud of his son
for coming forward and taking responsibility for his actions.
"Chris could have called me. Chris has been around law enforcement since he
was born," said Charles Haynes, who is employed by the Georgia Department of
Motor Vehicles and Safety. "He could have not said anything and called me
(but) I would have encouraged him to do what he did."
Charles Haynes said his son told him he keeps wondering what the Foster
family may be going through.
"I told him he would never know because he never lost a brother or a
sister," Charles Haynes said.
Prosecutors, however, said Haynes only admitted to killing Foster after
authorities confronted him with the evidence. They also mentioned Haynes'
previous convictions of making obscene or harassing phone calls to women in
Georgia twice in 1995.
"I want to dispel any belief that Christopher Haynes was part of the
solution of this case," Caldwell said.
Caldwell said that Haynes initially denied killing Foster, then, when
investigators informed him of the evidence they had, he made a self-serving
statement admitting he killed Foster.
Investigators relied mainly on forensic evidence and the help of two
waitresses from a Hooters Restaurant in Chesterfield County to track down
Haynes, Caldwell said.
After local newspapers reported Foster's disappearance and death, Caldwell
said, the two waitresses contacted Chesterfield County authorities and told
them Haynes tried to offer them money to take pictures of them.
Caldwell said it was only the result of reports from local media, the
statements from the waitresses and evidence collected that "the pieces of
the puzzle began to fall into place."
"Mr. Haynes flies by the seat of his pants when confronted," Caldwell said.
Caldwell said after the trial he did not seek a capital murder charge
against Haynes because there was not enough evidence to prove that Haynes
tried to rape Foster.
Foster's friends also were skeptical of the defense's side of the story.
"I think they were trying to give him an easy way out," said Jenniee Morris,
Foster's best friend.
Sarah
So the self-important prick decided that a girl trying to make a
living that happened to be well-endowed and worked at Hooter's was
necessarily a tramp, or would be an easy mark at the least. And that
he was entitled. When she didn't live up to his _expectations_ and
_assumptions_, he got pissed off and decided to take it out on her.
> Before Roanoke Circuit Court Judge Clifford R. Weckstein sentenced him,
> Haynes apologized to Foster's family and said he has had time to reflect on
> his actions while being incarcerated at Roanoke City Jail.
>
> "I had a good life, but I took someone else's life . she didn't deserve to
> die like that," he said. "She should still be here with you."
>
> Haynes also thanked his family and his attorney, Tony Anderson, for
> supporting him throughout the case.
>
> The defense put forth testimony from Haynes' family and played the tape of
> an interview police held with Haynes to show that Haynes was regretful of
> his actions and cooperated with authorities from the beginning of the case.
> In the tape, Haynes confessed to killing Foster and kept saying how his life
> was over and that he would never see his family again.
That's only fair, since her family will never see her again.
> Haynes said Foster first agreed to have sex with him, then said she wanted
> more money. That's when the two began to struggle.
BULLSHIT. If she had, she would have agreed when he first mentioned
the hotel. Since she insisted on following the original (bogus) plan,
the photography shoot, she had no intention of playing whore for the
prick.
>
> "I'm sorry for what I did," Haynes told investigators, "I am so sorry."
Too f*cking late.
> Anderson said he played the tape to show Weckstein the genuineness of
> Haynes' plea.
He got caught. That's what he's _really_ sorry about.
> He also argued that Haynes was deeply affected by the violence he saw while
> serving in Kosovo from June to December of 1999 and that Haynes has temper
> problems.
Then he should have _already_ have been in therapy to deal with those
problems.
Since he wasn't, it seems he didn't think it _was_ a problem. He
probably thought it was everyone _else's_ problem, and that _he_
didn't have to do anything about it.
> Charles Haynes, Christopher Haynes' father, testified he had been speaking
> to his son since he was taken into custody and that he was proud of his son
> for coming forward and taking responsibility for his actions.
Hmmm... there evidently was a videotape from the motel admitted into
evidence, showing that some investigation took place _before_ he "came
forward". That distinctly implies that the cops found him first. They
cornered him, and his buddies knew he had planned to get together with
her -- he probably bragged about how he was going to get laid, and
they would have remembered him telling them about getting her phone
number, so he had no chance of getting away with saying he didn't know
her. That means he was cornered, and had no chance. He didn't "come
forward", he was _dragged_ out of his hole by his own stupidity.
> "Chris could have called me. Chris has been around law enforcement since he
> was born," said Charles Haynes, who is employed by the Georgia Department of
> Motor Vehicles and Safety. "He could have not said anything and called me
> (but) I would have encouraged him to do what he did."
>
> Charles Haynes said his son told him he keeps wondering what the Foster
> family may be going through.
>
> "I told him he would never know because he never lost a brother or a
> sister," Charles Haynes said.
>
> Prosecutors, however, said Haynes only admitted to killing Foster after
> authorities confronted him with the evidence.
Ah, I was right! So much for his "coming forward and accepting
responsibility".
> They also mentioned Haynes'
> previous convictions of making obscene or harassing phone calls to women in
> Georgia twice in 1995.
I wonder what his mother is like, to have given him such an intense
dislike of women?
> "I want to dispel any belief that Christopher Haynes was part of the
> solution of this case," Caldwell said.
ROFLMAO! So much for the attempt to put a positive "spin" on his
confession.
> Caldwell said that Haynes initially denied killing Foster, then, when
> investigators informed him of the evidence they had, he made a self-serving
> statement admitting he killed Foster.
Typical of the prick who thinks he's "entitled".
> Investigators relied mainly on forensic evidence and the help of two
> waitresses from a Hooters Restaurant in Chesterfield County to track down
> Haynes, Caldwell said.
>
> After local newspapers reported Foster's disappearance and death, Caldwell
> said, the two waitresses contacted Chesterfield County authorities and told
> them Haynes tried to offer them money to take pictures of them.
Gee, nothing like having more witnesses than you really need, right?
This guy is so stupid he needs a brain transplant.
> Caldwell said it was only the result of reports from local media, the
> statements from the waitresses and evidence collected that "the pieces of
> the puzzle began to fall into place."
>
> "Mr. Haynes flies by the seat of his pants when confronted," Caldwell said.
>
> Caldwell said after the trial he did not seek a capital murder charge
> against Haynes because there was not enough evidence to prove that Haynes
> tried to rape Foster.
Too bad. If/when he gets out on parole, the first woman he meets will
be another victim. He'll be bitter he was "mistreated" and
"misunderstood".
>
> Foster's friends also were skeptical of the defense's side of the story.
>
> "I think they were trying to give him an easy way out," said Jenniee Morris,
> Foster's best friend.
I'm glad it didn't work. I wonder what facility in VA they'll send him
to? I think a little research is in order...
adi...@gmail.com
It still haunts me.