Surprise! Laurens County Cop Killer Was Degenerate with History of Violence
A horrible story all around. Bennie Ray Brown murdered his long time and long suffering girlfriend Nichole Kingsborough and Deputy Roger Rice after getting out of jail for criminal domestic violence. The judge who let him out didn’t have this scumbag’s rap sheet in front of him when he released. Terrible:
Ladies if a man hits you he will eventually kill you. It’s a given.
Angela Langley Says She Shot Rodney Shane Babb as He Tried to Rape Stacey Patton
Police believe all three may have been taking drugs. I commented on the oddness of this story before, now it just keeps getting odder:
Laurens County Sheriff Ricky Chastain said it’s an unusual case because of having two female suspects.
“It’s very rare,” Chastain said. “First, two women murdering an individual — and then trying to dispose of the body added into that. That’s something we haven’t seen here in Laurens.”
Chastain said that Babb, Patton and Langley may have been using drugs.
According to the incident report, Langley said she shot Babb because he tried to sexually assault Patton.
Chastain said after the women left Babb’s body in the mobile home, they then rented an SUV and bought supplies to clean-up the mobile home that belonged to Patton’s family.
Investigators said that Langley and Patton went to a man and asked him to help them get rid of the body. Instead, the man turned out to be a confidential informant.
Confidential informants are usually criminals who secretly tip cops off to crimes and gather intelligence for authorities in exchange for leniency or money. The fact that the women knew someone who was a C.I. who also just happened to be someone they thought would help them get rid of a body tells me they were shoulders deep in criminality. I’m thinking they were addicts and this is starting to sound like either a trick turned bad or a argument amongst addicts over cash, but as more details come out we’ll see.
Site of Fountain Inn Double Murder Destroyed by Fire
A fire has gutted the home where investigators say Gentry Chapman shot and killed his wife Amanda Chapman and stepson Ashton Arnold in late November. The home at 5553 Allen Bridge Road in Fountain Inn was fully ablaze when firefighters arrived early Sunday morning.
The fire destroyed the home and is considered “suspicious,” Laurens County Sheriff Ricky Chastain told News Channel 7.
Gentry O’Neil Chapman Charged in Murder of Wife & Teen Stepson
Just after 4 a.m. Sunday, Gentry O’Neil Chapman called 911 to report that he had shot his wife and stepson to death at their Fountain Inn home. Laurens County investigators identified the victims as Amanda Chapman, 31, and her 17-year-old son Ashton Arnold. The boy was a varsity basketball player in his senior year at Hillcrest High School. Sunday was his 17th birthday.
After Amanda Chapman and Ashton Arnold suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head, Gentry Chapman reportedly fired several additional shots outside the home before turning himself in to authorities. Fox Carolina reports:
Gentry O’Neal Chapman, 32, of Fountain Inn, told dispatchers he was in his vehicle and leaving his home and was headed to the Fountain Inn Police Department to turn himself in, which he did, police said. He had two other children, ages 8 and 12, that he took with him to the Fountain Inn Police Department, but they were not harmed, police said.
The 8- and 12-year-old were identified as Gentry Chapman’s stepchildren, according to GoLaurens.com. Both children were at the home during the shooting. They are now in protective custody with the Department of Social Services.
Gentry Chapman attempted to explain the double homicide to authorities as an act of self-defense, Laurens County Sheriff Ricky Chastain told WYFF4. “But I think as the story goes on, we’re finding that there was probably some sort of argument with his wife, which led to him shooting her,” Chastain explained. News Channel 7 has more on the self-defense angle:
Chastain said that Chapman claims that the shooting was in self defense and had been abused by the two victims. However, Chastain says that evidence at the scene did not substaniate the self defense claim.
“The bodies were found in different parts of the house,“ Chastain said. “It appears there may have been some type of argument that turned violent.“
Chastain said there is no history of domestic violence at the home and neighbors remained in shock over the loss of two close friends.
The crime scene at 5553 Allen Bridge Road in Fountain Inn is being processed by the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. A shotgun that may have been used in the killings has been recovered at the residence.
Gentry Chapman faces two counts of murder. He is being held at the Laurens County Detention Center as he awaits a Monday afternoon bond hearing.