375. Knoxville Nightmare: Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom

On a cold Saturday night in January 2007, 21-year-old Channon Christian and her boyfriend, 23-year-old Christopher Newsom, set out for a party. They never arrived. By the following afternoon, two families were desperately searching Knoxville, unaware that their children had crossed paths with a group of strangers whose actions would leave behind one of the most disturbing crime scenes Tennessee had ever witnessed. This is not simply a story about extraordinary cruelty. It is also the story of two deeply loved young people, the families who refused to stop fighting for them, and a pursuit of justice that would take more than a decade to complete. Join Cam and Jen of Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss ‘Knoxville Nightmare: Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom.’ Listener discretion by @octoberpodVHS All music by our executive editors @theinkypawprint Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20070522111056/http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0%2C1406%2CKNS_347_5277265%2C00.html http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/37878832/fifth-person-charged-in-gruesome-2007-murders-of-young-knoxville-couple https://web.archive.org/web/20070522111056/http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0%2C1406%2CKNS_347_5277265%2C00.html http://web.knoxnews.com/pdf/0202body_presentment.pdf https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2018/04/04/christian-newsom-torture-slayings/485812002/ http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/newsom.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20210201085000/https://apps.tn.gov/foil-app/details.jsp http://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/transcript-davidson-says-he-told-christian-he-would-make-sure-she-got-out-ep-409812679-359308971.html https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/10-years-later-remembering-christian-newsom/51-381967577 https://web.archive.org/web/20210423085932/https://casetext.com/case/us-v-boyd-6 http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/37878832/fifth-person-charged-in-gruesome-2007-murders-of-young-knoxville-couple https://web.archive.org/web/20120526114132/http://www.wate.com/story/18618771/tennessee-supreme-court-overturns-new-trial-rulings-in-christian-newsom-murders http://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/judge-sentences-vanessa-coleman-to-35-years-ep-358988293-356193051.html/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130607191130/http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/jun/04/judges-order-ensures-george-thomas-will-die-in https://web.archive.org/web/20070605040843/http://www.crimelibrary.com/news/original/0507/0301_channon_christian.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160116071346/http://jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/051707/D8P6ED601.shtml https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16599622 https://web.archive.org/web/20101117170807/http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=11412794 http://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/lemaricus-davidson-gets-80-more-years-in-torture-slaying-case-ep-408272924-358681941.html https://www.oakridger.com/article/20090825/NEWS/308259998 https://web.archive.org/web/20100909110136/http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/aug/26/torture-slayings-trial-day-9-jury-weighs-life-deat https://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/the-verdicts-in-the-george-thomas-trial-ep-409259416-359047901.html/ https://web.archive.org/web/20101117170809/http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=11646588 https://web.archive.org/web/20101003193339/http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jul/30/coleman-gets-35-years-judge-rejects-innocent-defen https://web.archive.org/web/20220428212455/https://casetext.com/case/us-v-boyd-2 https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/boyd-trial/judge-cannot-rule-on-george-thomas-sentence-deal-until-scope-of-agreement-determined/51-df8fa369-639b-4a5a-a279-cc9394b94ffe https://web.archive.org/web/20220609144811/https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/list-heres-what-eric-boyd-was-found-guilty-of-in-deaths-of-channon-christian-chris-newsom/51-b089fe1e-94a1-4e46-af85-1751efff1eaa State v. Lemaricus Devall Davidson, Tennessee Supreme Court, 2016. State v. Letalvis Darnell Cobbins, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, 2014. State v. George Geovonni Thomas, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, 2015. State v. Vanessa Coleman, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, 2014. State v. Eric Boyd, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, 2021. United States v. Eric Boyd, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2011. Tennessee General Assembly, Public Chapter 694, the Chris Newsom Act. Tennessee General Assembly, Public Chapter 713, the Channon Christian Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices