Entry #46 - An Essay I Wrote

Double Murder in West Union, Ohio

Who’s Really Behind The Murders of Bo Freeland and Regina King?
Posted in the Topix.com West Union Forum.

heymanband: It sure isn’t Donovan!
Dixichick: No one will ever know the truth, the sheriff’s department needed to get someone for it so they did – they won’t explore other possibilities now. He’s done convicted in there eyes

West Union, Ohio is like any other small rural mid-west town. There’s a Wal-Mart, an old-fashion pharmacy, farms, a run down diner, a bowling alley, and farms. The folks are simple; they eat apple pie in the summer and pumpkin pie in the fall.

On January 3rd, 2009 in Tiffin Township – a murder occurred. In a town with a population barely over 2,500, murder shakes the town’s foundation. In the last decade there has been roughly one murder per year, and most are still unsolved. Most go unsolved, due to the lack of experience of the West Union police force, the town’s only detective just recently retired. But the Bo Freeland and Regina King Murder was different, the town had a face to go with the murders and a chance for the town to finally be on the local news.

The Bo Freeland and Regina King Murders was a case everyone in town had opinions on. It became the OJ Simpson Trial of West Union. There was only one other murder case that was more popular than the Bo Freeland and Regina King Murders and that was a case that happened eight years ago, when a 14-year-old boy stabbed his aunt to death in the middle of the night and blamed it on playing too much video games. Surprisingly, that excused worked in court. Mothers even tried to sue the makers of the video game, Diablo, in an attempt to stop future murders.

Who’s Really Behind The Murders of Bo Freeland and Regina King?
Posted in the Topix.com West Union Forum.

anonymous: You are 100% right about that. Another case where justice will not be served for the true guilty ones. It’s a damn shame too. Leavin guilty murderers out there…knowing that if they kill once they’ll probably do it again.
just_my_thoughts_to_you: well here it is. I feel for both sides of the family’s cuz either way u look at this awful crime everyone loses there is no winners in a drug rat race cuz people die n people go to prison while the family’s r out here trying to sort though the pieces and pull what’s left of their lives back together, the families struggling with this is the true victims here. So to Bo n Regina’s family n to Donovan’s family may god give u all strength. Justice will be served even if it’s in your minds. God bless u all.

The murders unfolded on the night of January 3rd. A man broke into the doublewide trailer of known drug dealer, 44-year-old Samuel “Bo” Freeland Jr. and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Regina King located in a subdued wooded area. The man was carrying a shotgun and fired two rounds; one striking Freeland in the chest, killing him instantly, while the other shot and severely wounded King. Having only brought two shotgun shells, and with King still alive, the man took the front of his gun and proceeded to stab King to death with it. The man quickly fled the scene. A friend of Freeland found the bodies the next morning, when he failed to show up for a job.

Bo Freeland was a drug dealer in the area – or as the local Adams County newspaper, The People’s Defender – referred to him as a “self-employed contractor”. Freeland had his own meth lab and was known to have been selling drugs anywhere from marijuana to cocaine to prescription drugs. He was a step above the normal pot dealers you’d meet in school. He was involved in heavier drug dealings or at least for rural Ohio. With drugs involved in the murder, it is easy to rule out a robbery gone awry. The murder was clearly a planned execution.

The police questioned all known acquaintances of the victims and even offered a $2000 dollar reward for any information leading to the arrest of the murderer. After a few days of getting no leads, a known acquaintance of Freeland, 22-year-old Donovan Fite with no previous police record walked into the police station and confessed to the crimes. All of Fite’s confession matched the scene of the crime. He was arrested for two counts of murder with a bail set at one million dollars for each murder.

On April 27th, Fite was arraigned by a grand jury and pleaded “Not Guilty.” As of October 17, 2009 there still hasn’t been a main trial or conviction.

Who’s Really Behind the Murders of Bo Freeland and Regina King?
Posted in the Topix.com West Union Forum.

WHAT: sorry I guess should have read the next page before I posted.
just_my_thoughts: why don’t you all get a life and leave Bo and Regina’s family alone, haven’t they all been through enough. And until you all become CSI agents stop pointing your finger, cause Donovan already confessed and I’m sure more will come out in court so mind your business.
The_Truth: I have read all the comments and the is my theory that Paula put her son Chris up to killing his own father to collect the insurance money and Donovan was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Or maybe he was in on it. And that’s what I think.

On January 6th, the family of Bo Freeland was faced with even more tragedy. During the funeral for Freeland, two unknown people broke into the homes of the family members and stole as much as they could. This action caused even more uproar in the community. Who in their right mind would rob a family while they are at a funeral for a loved one? The family was not even safe after his death. When it comes to the drug world, and your messing with desperate people, even actions like robbing a grieving family is possible. No arrests were made.

With the endless amounts of cop and police shows on TV, normal citizens believe they have what it takes to solve a murder. Without visiting the crimes or interviewing suspects or getting some sort of DNA evidence several people in the town have their own theories on the murders. One such theory is the classic ‘ex-wife killed them for the life insurance money’ or the slightly different version, ‘the ex-wife and son killed them for the life insurance money.’ Another theory, which many people believe, is two drug dealers from Maysville, Kentucky, shot and killed Freeland and King and framed Donovan Fite for it. He only confessed to the crime so the two drug dealers would not kill his mother and himself.

Murder in a small town is different from a city. The town takes responsibility for the crime. They believe that stuff is for the cities and the one of the main reasons people live in small town is the safety. In small towns, you don’t have to worry about locking your door or letting your kids play outside, but when a horrible crime occurs it makes the people question. Why should we live here, when it’s no different from anywhere else?

Who’s Really Behind the Murders of Bo Freeland and Regina King?
Posted in the Topix.com West Union Forum.

Just_my_thoughts: you all need to leave Chris and Paula alone and stop spreading these crazy rumors Chris loved his dad, and just because Paula and Bo were divorced Paula still loved him.