Katlyn Collman, aged 10, was a fourth grade student at Crothersville Elementary School in Crothersville, Indiana. She lived in a trailer in Crothersville with her parents, John and Angela Neace and an older sister. Katie often went to the Dollar General store in Crothersville unattended. According to her father, it was a trip she had made literally hundreds of times before. Nevertheless, on January 25, 2005, Katie made a trip to the Dollar Store to buy toilet paper for her mother. She never returned. She was found in a creek leading from Cypress Lake near Seymour, Indiana on January 30, 2005. The cause of death was due to drowning.
Let us embark on a journey as we probe the details of her death and ensuing investigation.
Katie returned home from school that Tuesday afternoon, excited about a party the next day at school. At approximately 3:10 PM, her mother sent Katie to the Dollar General store, which was three blocks away from her home to buy toilet paper. Katie went to the Dollar General and purchased the toilet paper. A clerk working at the store claimed Katie did not have the right change and she helped her out. She then went next door to the People’s Bank and got a sucker from the teller. An acquaintance spoke to her about a block away as she was on her way home. Some time later when Katie did not return, her mother became concerned. Her father was at work at a factory in town at the time of her disappearance. The mother called the father to express her concern. At around 8:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, police were called to notify them of a missing child.
Why such a long time before the Neace family contacted police? According to John, he stated that at first they thought she might be with a family friend who sometimes just picks her up and takes off to Wal-Mart. When the family friend was contacted and had not seen Katie, they knew she was missing and contacted police (1) http://www.tribtown.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=!&SubsectionID=186&S=1
However, John Neace gave a contrasting statement to the news media that first covered the girl’s disappearance. He stated, “She always calls or she comes back to the house and asks if she can go again. She never just up and walks off-never”. (2) http://www.theindychannel.com/print/4134339/detail.html
Almost immediately, the town of Crothersville, population 1500, rallied to help the Neace family find the missing girl. Volunteers were assembled to look for her, even though an Amber Alert would not be issued for two more days. Citizens combed the back woods of Jackson County, Indiana on horseback and ATV. Many others searched for her on foot, under bridges, in abandoned buildings and ditches.
On January 27, two days after Katie’s disappearance, an Amber Alert was finally issued after a witness came forward to say that she had been seen riding in a white pick up truck.
Here is a description of the man the witness saw in the truck with Katie: “A driver described as a very skinny white man about 6 feet tall with short dark hair and fair complexion. The witness told police that Collman, a fourth grade student at Crothersville Elementary looked like a normal passenger in the truck.” There was no sign of her being held against her will or trying to get out said Sgt. Goodin of the Indiana State Police. However, in his next statement to Fox news, Sgt. Goodin states that investigators believed the driver was a stranger because they had not been able to find anyone in the town of about 1,500 people who could identify the truck or the driver. (3).
But on February 2, 2005, Sgt. Goodin tells WRTV channel 6 that hundreds of people had phoned police to report seeing men resembling a composite drawing of the suspect or white pick-up trucks they thought might be the one in which Katie was seen riding. (4). And a volunteer working at the fire station gave a statement to the media saying, “We’ve had a lot of calls coming in that say, hey we know this guy.”http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4155601/detail.html.
Why would Katie look as though she were a normal passenger unless someone she was familiar with abducted her? Why did Goodin make the remark about her being abducted by a stranger? A composite sketch of the suspect was released. (Removed for Security Reasons: Below is a photo of the suspect)
On February 2, 2005, police made the first arrest in connection with the case. During investigation, police claim that they received information that lead them to Charles “Chuckie” Hickman.. Upon questioning Hickman, he denied being in the area at the time. But an eyewitness came forward who had seen Chuckie walking in the area of the Dollar General store at about the same time that Katie was last seen. Upon questioning him again at the Jackson County Jail in Brownstown, Indiana, Chuckie confessed to the crime.
According to a Probable Cause Affidavit submitted by FBI agent James Douglas Kouns, Chuckie stated to investigators that Katie was abducted by some friends of his whom Katie had seen manufacturing methamphetamine in the Penn Villa apartment complex, which was located behind the Dollar General Store. He said that they had hoped to scare the girl into silence; however, she was taken to the lake with her hands bound behind her back. He claims that he drove her to the lake in a white Ford F150 truck, which was owned by his friend, Timothy C. O’Sullivan II, 22, of Crothersville. He said that she either fell or he may have “bumped” her into the water. (5)
During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that Hickman also had sex with a girl who was then 13, now 15 years old in exchange for methamphetamine. He was held without bond for the murder charge. A separate charge of child molesting was filed with the bond being set at $60,000 (surety).
Chuckie’s friend, Timothy O’Sullivan and a 17-year-old male were both arrested on February 4, 2005. The charges they faced were false informing. Timothy O’Sullivan was charged with two counts of false informing. One count of false informing that Timothy O’Sullivan gave to police was that he did not loan his truck to Hickman. The other is unknown. (6) http://www.thebanner.com/articles/2005/02/17/news/news02.txt
Interestingly enough, after Hickman’s arrest the composite sketch was never shown on TV or in news reports again.
O’Sullivan was released on $350.00 bond. We are not told if O’Sullivan’s truck was impounded or taken to the forensic laboratory in Indianapolis for further analysis.
We are also not told if tire tracks were taken at Cypress Lake after Katie’s body was discovered.
We are also not told if whether or not tire tracks, if they were taken were matched to O’Sullivan’s truck .
On March 30, 2005, Prosecutor Stephen Pierson wrote a letter to the editor of the Seymour Tribune, explaining to the public why he had not yet filed to seek the death penalty against Hickman. He wrote “Indiana law clearly states when it is appropriate to seek the death penalty. The statute is Indiana Code section 35-50-2-9. It sets out a large number of “aggravating circumstances” that must be used as the basis for requesting the death penalty. If the victim of murder is younger than 14, the law considers that to be an aggravator. Based on the status of the investigation so far, Katie’s age is the only aggravator present. (7) Indiana Code 35-5-2-9 lists the aggravating circumstances as follows:
(b) The aggravating circumstances are as follows:
(1) The defendant committed the murder by intentionally killing the victim while committing or attempting to commit any of the following:
(A) Arson (IC 35-43-1-1).
(B) Burglary (IC 35-43-2-1).
(C) Child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3).
(D) Criminal deviate conduct (IC 35-42-4-2).
(E) Kidnapping (IC 35-42-3-2).
(F) Rape (IC 35-42-4-1).
(G) Robbery (IC 35-42-5-1).
(H) Carjacking (IC 35-42-5-2).
(I) Criminal gang activity (IC 35-45-9-3).
(J) Dealing in cocaine or a narcotic drug (IC 35-48-4-1).
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The case took a strange new twist on April 6, 2005 when police arrested Anthony Stockelman, 38, of Seymour for child molestation. Remember that only one week prior to this, Pierson had proclaimed that there had been no molestation. A Probable Cause Affidavit stated the DNA found on Collman’s body matched Stockelman’s DNA. The type of DNA evidence found was not disclosed at that time. (Removed for security:Below is a photo of Anthony Stockelman)
Although Stockelman’s only previous arrest had been a 1994 charge of furnishing alcohol to a minor, which was a misdemeanor, his bond was set at $500,000 full cash. Why would Hickman, who at the time was also being charged with murder and confinement have his bond set at 60,000 surety, or $6,000 for his release and Stockelman have his bond set at a half million dollars full cash?
Three weeks later, a news report revealed the source of the DNA. It was semen found on the girl’s body. In addition, a rare brand of cigarette, a Roger, had pinned Stockelman to the crime. According to police, a Roger cigarette butt found 30 feet from the girl’s body matched the DNA in the semen found on her body. The police researched this rare brand of cigarette and discovered that only two stores in the area carried that particular brand of cigarettes. They then went to the retailers who carried those cigarettes to request their help. They asked the store clerks to give them any information on people purchasing the brand of cigarettes, especially lights or 100’s. On April 4, 2005, the big break came when Anthony Stockelman came in to buy two cartons of Roger cigarettes. The clerk obtained his license plate number and called police. They traced the truck to Stockelman.
On April 4, 2005, Anthony Stockelman voluntarily surrendered a DNA sample upon request of police. Two days after said sample was taken, Anthony was arrested, claiming that his DNA matched DNA found on Katie’s body.
Pierson later thanked the DNA crime lab in Indianapolis for “making this case their highest priority from the beginning.” (8) If the crime lab had mad this case their highest priority from the beginning, why did it take nearly 2 months to test this alleged cigarette butt found at Cypress Lake?
The area of Cypress Lake is a popular party hangout. It had been littered with debris and a petition had been circulated asking for its clean up. Over 1,200 residents signed the petition. It was voted on during a town council meeting (9). http://www.thebanner.com/articles/2005/03/07/news/news01.txt
How, if this area was so littered with trash and debris, did police discover one lone cigarette butt, which they believe, was tied to the murder?
Were several cigarette butts collected and all equally tested?
Did police see empty Roger cigarette packs or cartons when they had previously searched his truck? If so, and this “rare brand” of cigarette was found at the scene of the crime, then why did they not ask for a DNA sample earlier?
During a court appearance in April, reporters questioned Chuckie Hickman. This time he maintained that he was there and saw who did it, but he did not do it. When reporters questioned him as to who in his opinion killed Katie Collman, he stated, “Jeff Tatlock raped that girl.” (10) http://whtr.com/Global/storyxasl?S=3264273
Why would Chuckie Hickman name Tatlock? According to a longtime friend, Christina Wilkins, she stated, “Chuckie’s not in his right mind right now.” According to another friend, Tatlock and Hickman socialized but often were at odds with one another. However, a few weeks earlier the same Christina Wilkins stated that she had been concerned because Chuckie had been spending increasing amounts of time with two individuals whom she had warned him to stay away from. The two men’s names: Jeff Tatlock, 22, and Curtis Collman, 28. (11)
Almost immediately, police were quick to exonerate Tatlock, who was also being held in the Jackson County Jail at the time for manufacturing methamphetamine. Although Tatlock had reportedly blown up his house in December while manufacturing methamphetamine, he was not arrested until February, after Hickman’s arrest. Although Tatlock’s house had exploded and a man had come out of the house on fire, Tatlock was not arrested at the time. Tatlock fled the scene, and upon entering the residence, fire officials discovered precursor chemicals as well as a Coleman stove. (12) http://www.crothersville.net/times/121504_fire.htm
Police claim that Tatlock had been investigated, but for now had been cleared of any charges.
(News reports claim that Tatlock “may have been” DNA tested.
(Sgt. Goodin had made a statement concerning Jeff Tatlock shortly after Chuckie Hickman’s arrest. Goodin stated that he did not see a connection between a meth lab that exploded in December and the Katie Collman murder/abduction. Goodin also stated that he did not see a connection between Curtis Collman being arrested for having sex with a minor and Katie’s disappearance.
Ironically, these are also the two men who Christina Wilkins claimed she warned Chuckie to stay away from. (13) http://www.tribtown.com/main.asp?Search+1&ArticleID=12807&SectionID=1&Subsecti…
On May 20, 2005, the case took yet another unusual turn.
Prosecutor Stephen Pierson announced in a press conference that he would be dropping murder charges against Hickman. The charge of child molesting would stand. Prosecutor Pierson also announced that Anthony Stockelman would be charged with Collman’s death and confinement in addition to the child molestation charge. He also attached a death penalty affidavit. In addition, grand jury consideration would not be necessary. DNA on “binding material” used to bind Katie’s hands behind her back now matched Stockelman’s DNA.
Why was this third DNA not made a match at the same time as the semen and cigarette butt?
The day of Hickman’s arrest, Pierson stated that he was unsure whether he would seek the death penalty against Hickman. He stated that he had scheduled a meeting with his pastor to discuss this situation. Pierson stated, “The death penalty is not something the Lord shies away from, so neither will I.” Apparently, after meeting with his pastor, Pierson did not deem it appropriate to seek the death penalty against Hickman.
Pierson continues to tease the public with the possibility of the death penalty against Hickman.
On February 19, 2005, he told Fox 41 news that cost would be a factor, but it would not stop him from pursuing the death penalty (against Hickman). He stated that he would decide as early as next month (March 2005). After charges were dropped against Hickman, Pierson claims that he had been reluctant to seek the death penalty because he did not know if he had been telling the truth. (8) Pierson also claimed that he was considering charging Chuckie Hickman with false informing. He stated that because Chuckie had falsely confessed, it had set the investigation back 9 weeks and cost the taxpayers over 100,000. Why would you not charge a man with false informing if he had caused so much damage to the investigation?
In fact, none of the other people whom Chuckie named as suspects have spoken out about him naming them, including Jeff Tatlock.
Why would Chuckie name people who were supposedly friends as accomplices for the heck of it? In addition, why are none of them rebutting his statements publicly or filing a lawsuit for defamation of character?
Earlier, Hickman’s mother, Sandra Hickman of Crothersville claimed that her son had made a false confession. She claimed that Chuckie was afraid he would be killed himself if he revealed the whole story. While she does not give specific names, she states that Chuckie was afraid for his mother and his sister because of a man whose house had burned in late 2004 when a meth lab had exploded. (Jeff Tatlock). (14)
(When asked why Chuckie would falsely confess to a murder, Pierson replied, “Got me.While he’s not all that articulate, he’s articulate enough to weave a little story in here and there. He’s oriented to time, place, and person.” According to Pierson, the sighting of a meth lab was more false information provided by Hickman. (8)
The sighting of a meth lab at the Penn Villa apartments was not “false information” provided by Hickman. In the month prior to Katie’s disappearance, police had been called not once, but twice to the apartment complex after residents complained they smelled a suspicious odor coming from the apartments. One of the callers was Katie’s uncle. The other was the building’s owner, Janice Hoene, who told the Courier-Journal that methamphetamine was being manufactured inside the same apartment that Katie visited. (15)
Pierson claimed, “In retrospect, everything that he told us was already public knowledge.” Is it a mere coincidence that the friend whom Hickman claimed loaned him a truck also happened to drive a white Ford F150 and matches the composite drawing? Although Pierson claims that everything Chuckie Hickman said was public knowledge, this is also not true. We are not told until after his arrest that the cause of death was due to drowning. We are also not told that her hands were bound behind her back.
Pierson claimed that they discovered that they would not be able to corroborate Hickman’s story at the same time that the “evidence” concerning the binding material was discovered which is why the charges were reversed in the manner that they were. However, he alluded to this happening in the Courier-Journal on April 21, 2005 before Anthony Stockelman had even been named as a murder suspect. (16).
I am curious as to whom Chuckie name who also lived at Penn Villa.
Could it have been O’Sullivan?
How could O’Sullivan have an airtight alibi, being at work if he was also at home that day and answered the door when Katie knocked?
During the news conference, John Neace listened intently as Prosecutor Pierson made the announcement. When asked how he felt, he stated “confused, just confused.”
CONFUSED? WHY NOT OUTRAGED?
Could the father of a little girl who had been killed honestly feel comfortable with charges being dropped against a man who had confessed to the murder?
The Courier-Journal previously reported that John Neace had told Katie to stay away from Chuckie Hickman’s trailer as well as the house on Dixon Street (where Jeff Tatlock was manufacturing meth.)(17)
On June 20, 2005, the attorney representing Anthony Stockelman, James Kilburn of Austin, Indiana made his first statement since his client’s arrest. Mr. Kilburn said that he found it very interesting that others were being asked to submit to DNA testing one month after his client being charged with murder. Prosecutor Pierson stated that over 70 people have been DNA tested to ensure a thorough investigation. (18). http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=3520602&ClientType=Printable
Pierson then states in another article that no evidence so far suggests another person was involved in the slaying. (19). http://www.tribtown.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=14377&SectionID=&S=61
Why such flip-flop by Pierson? Moreover, why is the public swallowing this?
When charges were originally reversed, Prosecutor Pierson stated that he would probably ask for the two cases to be merged. Attorney James Kilburn stated that he would probably object this motion. However, at a pretrial conference held on July 13, 2005, Pierson filed a motion to consolidate the two charges and Kilburn did not oppose. He then asked Judge Vance to vacate the November trial date and reschedule this for February, when Stockelman was originally scheduled to stand trial on the child molestation charge. This motion would become a crucial point in the case at a later date. (20) http://www.tribtown.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=14649&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=186&S=21
At a pretrial conference in October, 2005, Kilburn made a statement to the press. He complained about the lack of evidence submitted thus far. At this time, more than 6 months had elapsed since his client’s arrest. Kilburn lamented, “It’s like fighting someone with one hand tied behind your back.” (21) http://www.whas11.com/news/zager/stories/WHAS11_TOP_STOCKELMANNewEvidence.10df67bb6.html
In an article printed in the Seymour Daily Tribune on November 5, 2005, Pierson attempts to justify the delay in turning over the DNA evidence to attorney Kilburn. The article claimed that he was having trouble receiving results from the lab due to internal procedures at state level. The article goes on to say that he was awaiting results from the FBI lab, and that some of that evidence could need further testing by the State Police laboratory. How could the state laboratory and the FBI laboratory cause this delay at the same time?
Why did he claim he was still awaiting test results, when the charges had been filed based upon those results being received? At this time, more than 7 months have elapsed since Stockelman’s arrest. Although Kilburn complains, he does not ask for charges to be dropped or for a change of venue. (22)http://www.tribtown.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=16259&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=186&S=1
On November 23, 2005, James Kilburn filed a motion in Jackson Circuit Court asking for the release of his client. The reason was a recent Indiana Supreme Court ruling on Criminal Rule 4. This rule states that an accused must be brought to trial within 6 months of their arrest unless they have requested a continuance. This would mean that Stockelman could be released on his own recognizance until his trial date. Judge Vance took the motion under advisement at that time. (23) http://www.tribtown.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=16524&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=186&S=1
The Jackson County Banner reported that 15 felons had been released under this new interpretation of Criminal Rule 4, including Jeffrey Tatlock. (24) http://www.thebanner.com/articles/2005/12/01/news/news01.txt
On December 6, 2005, Judge Vance ruled that Stockelman should remain in jail until his trial date. Vance cited the original November 8, 2005 trial date set for the murder charge. That date had been moved to February 21, 2006 by request of his attorney. Therefore, this ruling would not apply. (25) http://www.tribtown.com/main.asp?Search=!&ArticleID=16684&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=186&S=1
Kilburn had earlier stated that he would oppose the consolidation of the murder and molestation charges. However, he did not do so, and instead requested that the consolidated charges be moved forward to February 2006. As Judge Vance had ruled, this action on his part amounted to a motion for continuance. Therefore, Kilburn should have known that by his actions in July 2005, this motion would have been denied.
On the one-year anniversary of Katie’s disappearance, John Neace stated that he still believed someone else was involved, and would still believe that someone else was involved until someone proved to him beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were not. He tells Fox 41 news that he believes that someone else is Hickman. In addition, Hickman’s attorney stated that he could not publicly disclose why Hickman falsely admitted to killing Katie, as it was crucial to his defense in the child molesting case. (26) Meanwhile, Hickman’s child molestation trial has been moved until November 2006, after Mr. Stockelman’s murder trial and after the election. http://www.tribtown.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=17382&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=186&S=1
(What happened next is unclear. On March 24, 2006, Anthony Stockelman plead guilty to both child molestation and murder in exchange for the death penalty being removed. Prosecutor Pierson remarked to the Courier Journal on March 23, 2005 that there would be a hearing the next day. Pierson stated that in a normal plea hearing of this nature, the defendant would explain how the crime was committed. However, this was not to be the case. Stockelman was only to plead guilty, without offering any details. (27)
Witnesses were called to substantiate the guilty plea; however, the defense attorney gave no cross-examination. The star witness, Mary Hunt, who was the person who saw Katie in the white Ford truck, was “unavailable” for testimony. FBI agent Julie Nieger testified on her behalf. Nieger’s testimony stated that the woman did not know Stockelman, but was able to give police a description, which enabled them to sketch a composite drawing. It now appears that Stockelman has been the man shown in the composite sketch from day one.
Angie Neace also testified during the plea hearing. She now stated that she became concerned around 4PM because her daughter had not returned and began looking for her at that time. In addition, although not reported by the Tribune, semen evidence was now inside Katie’s body. (28) http://www.tribtown.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=18275&SectionID=1&SubSecti…
The murder of Katlyn Collman was not the first in Jackson County due to methamphetamine. In February 1997, Ronald Dale Bruner of Vallonia was found dead in his home. He had been stabbed multiple times. Arrests in the case were not made for some time. The sheriff of Jackson County at the time did not collect DNA evidence. He was far too embarrassed by this crime, as it occurred directly across the street from his home. He did not want the residents of Jackson County to know that the biggest met amphetamine dealer in Jackson County was operating right under his nose.
Three persons have been sentenced in connection with the murder of Ronald Bruner. Shannon Weber of Brownstown was charged with felony murder and sentenced to 45 years in prison. Leonard Proffitt of Freetown was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and robbery and sentenced to 55 years. Johnny Wayt, 34, of Brownstown was also sentenced to 55 years. A fourth man, John Wilson, 63, has filed a false arrest lawsuit against the Jackson County Sheriff’s department. Wilson was initially charged with the murder of Ronnie Bruner. Wilson claims that Deputy Rick Blaker and then detective Jerry Hounshel falsified evidence against him.
Is this a coincidence that Sheriff Hounshel is being accused of falsifying evidence in yet another murder connected to meth? (29) www.tribtown.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=12853&SectionID=!&Subsectio
When Anthony Stockelman was first arrested in April 2005, police made a statement that some charges against persons who had given “false information” may possibly be dropped. No other mention of this has been made public. If Timothy O’Sullivan had given false information to police saying that he did not loan his truck to Hickman, and Hickman had given police completely erroneous information, why would it be relevant whether or not O’Sullivan loaned his truck to Hickman? Pierson remarked in the Collman murder press conference that “that charge against Mr. Sullivan will stand. We had good solid evidence that he was being less than forthright.” How could you possibly have “good solid evidence” that O’Sullivan was being less than forthright while at the same time claiming you could not substantiate any of the details which Hickman gave? My call to the Jackson County Court Clerk on June 30, 2005 confirmed a pretrial conference meeting two date of August 9, 2005 for Timothy O’Sullivan. As a part of his plea agreement, Anthony Stockelman waived his right to trial by jury as well as any rights to appeal.
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1. Search for Katie Continues-1/28/2005 by Aubrey Woods, Seymour Daily Tribune
2. Police: Missing Girl in ‘Extreme Danger’ 1/27/2005, TheIndyChannel.Com
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20. Judge merges cases, by Dan Davis, 7/14/2005, Seymour Daily Tribune.
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(29. Man sues over arrest, 2/11/2005, by Aubrey Woods, Seymour Daily Tribune