Monday, October 5, 2009

Falsely Accused Finding Her Voice?

Posted by Kyle Swenson on Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:15 PM

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Though occasionally a venue for thoughtful dialogue, reader comments often read less like logical debates and more like transcribed bar fights. Case in point are the debates unfurling right now under The Tennessean's coverage of newborn Yair Anthony Carrillo's kidnapping. With immigration emerging as a hot topic, a quick cruise through the comment boards reveals a fusion of thoughtful discourse, drolling egos, race baiting and political blunder. But amid all that is one particularly interesting voice. It appears that the Lebanon woman first suspected of the crime, but later cleared, is trying to kick up a little online love for her plight. Either that, or someone is impersonating her.
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Lisa Sampson, 30, was identified early as a suspect, tracked to New York, interviewed and then cleared last Wednesday. But starting Saturday night, following an arrest and the baby's return, a Tennessean commenter with the handle "Alwaysjokersgirl" blitzed the message boards, posting the following on four of the paper's stories about the case.
Its about time that woman was caught. Because of her, my life was ruined. My face was plastered all over this newspaper, FBI at my door, my grandmother almost had a stroke. I am glad that the baby and the mother are well, but because of this I had my family and friends turn against me for no reason. I wasnt even IN TN when this happened. I was 800 miles away helping my grandmother. but you guys didnt print that did you? DID YOU? No, you didnt. Why dont you print a formal apology to me and my family for all the bull you guys have caused with my family?? Can you apologize to my children?? Can you guys tell my potental employers that you guys made a HUGE mistake."
Later that night, she commented again:
I was that first "PERSON OF INTEREST" and my face was all over this newspaper. EVEN MY LITTLE CHILDREN saw it. They need to apologize to me. Seriously. p.s. I cant speak spanish.
And finally, on Sunday, Alwaysjokersgirl countered with this after another commenter praised the police department's work in the case:
Not on my end. When you are a "Person of Interest" and your face and name is all over the united states on the television, in the newspaper, and you are completley innocent, it is the worst. Seeing I was 800 miles away when all of this happened, they finally cleared me of everything. But now my life is ruined. I was even turned down for a job because of this mess. All because the police go a tip from my idiot ex boyfriend whom I just uped and left. So in my opinion, even though I am EXTREMLEY GLAD that they found the monster who did this and that the baby is okay, mine and my familys reputation are forever ruined and I think the police department and the FBI sucks.
Whether Alwaysjokersgirl is who she says she is, indeed Sampson has been through an ordeal. TV and print media -- including The City Paper and Scene -- posted her picture and used her name. Now that the child has been found and is in foster care, Sampson has been largely forgotten. But it seems the woman does deserve an extended apology from authorities. Meanwhile, the irony here is that she doesn't seem to be finding sympathy from the online community at The Tennessean's site. As of this afternoon, nobody's responded to Alwaysjokersgirl's comments.

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If the commenter is legit, she should talk to Nancy Grace. Or maybe Lou Dobbs, I'm sure he'd had something insightful to add, especially since she doesn't speak Spanish.

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Posted by Ashley Spurgeon on 10/05/2009 at 4:41 PM

Great article; thanks for pointing this out. Let's hope that a reporter from the Scene or the City Paper will follow this up by calling the various spokespersons for the Metro, the TBI, and the FBI, and publishing their explanations and apologies. That's the least the police (and the papers) can do.

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Posted by Henry Walker on 10/05/2009 at 4:54 PM

She needs to contact a lady named Nancy Shaefer Former Senator in Georgia who is an advocate for all of us that have been screwed by the state (in my case Virginia). She is also writing a book about it. Congressman Pete Hoekstra , Annette Hall with kidjacked.com, FightCPS.com, AFRA, and others will be listed on these sites. The best thing to do is always record CPS, Lawyers, GAL's, CASA Workers , Psychologists, and anyone else related to your case. Above all else do not sign anything! These people are not your friend and neither is the Judge. Try to retain a good lawyer if many aren't already offering their services to you after being on the news. I found a good one, got my children back and told CPS and others where to go throughout. We are now suing them for what they did to us. Good Luck!

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Posted by fred dinwiddie on 10/05/2009 at 8:25 PM

Sampson is lucky she didn't find herself the subject of one of those Pith "Scum of the Day" posts that feature the accused-but-not-convicted.

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Posted by Marvin on 10/06/2009 at 11:34 AM

Yeah, I am glad not to be the "Scum of the Day" LOL. And yes I am legit. I tried calling Kyle about this, but did not recive an answer. My story was brought out on News Channel 4 www.wsmv.com, under top stories.
Thanks
Lisa

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Posted by Lisa on 10/08/2009 at 1:57 PM
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