4:00 a.m. Sunday, November 3rd, 2002:
I first put up something about my Mother around 6:00 p.m. on that dark and dreary day two years ago. This morning, I feel I must, put this section into some sort of order. This is a table of contents of sorts to a terrible story with no happy endings. I know many of you will have trouble reading this; but it must be told. We must try to change the way we as a society are rearing our kids. These kids and young adults were not born evil nor did they get that way over night. It is a story of neglect by parents, neighbors, schools and the criminal justice system. Please read what you can and if you have any thoughts, I would treasure them at jerry@jerrypippin.com.
2. Amanda Kay Lane
Amanda Kay Lane was sentenced to life in prison for the murder. A section is being prepared for Amanda Kay. In the meantime, go
here and scroll down to find the account of the prosecution story
as told as it happened.
Gary Rightsell is serving 30 years as accessory to murder. Click here for details.
4. Travis Phillips (photo not available)
Travis Phillips received a year probation for obstructing the investigation by
police. ( No Link available at this time ) Travis has already been in
trouble since his plea bargain and hopefully he will not end up the way Amanda
Kay did. The justice system kept giving her another chance and she ended up
serving life for murder.
Randy Hughart dodged our subpoena to testify. Witnesses put him in the middle of it all. He was killed last year by blunt trauma to the head in an altercation with a known drug dealer. We are working on a page for him but in the meantime go here to read about his activity around the crime scene.
6. Troy Newberry
Troy Newberry was there when the murder was planned, we have reason to believe
he was at the murder scene, at least outside the house. He went home and
slept for 20 hours after the murder. He is spending time in the Oklahoma
Prison System for other convictions. Local law enforcement officials have been
coy about his status, but we do know he was picked up and put back into the
prison system. We will be adding a page about Troy and his testimony
under oath soon.
7. Gabriel Anderson (photo is not available
at this time )
Gabriel Anderson is believed to be involved in the murder as a result of the
independent investigation by my family. Amanda testified that he was there as
a participant. Unfortunately we have not been able to get the police or District
Attorney to agree to investigate or charge him to date. We need the public's
help to gather evidence against him privately as we will have to do the police
work on this one.
Patti Harvey is now dead. She had a massive heart attack and stroke a few months after the murder. She was active in the neighborhood with the druggies and tried to be a role model to them. They confided in her within an hour of the murder.
This link leads you to edited segments from several broadcast interviews with Megan, in studio, shortly after the murder of my Mother. Megan ran with the crowd that killed my Mother and was a user of all types of street drugs. She was beaten about the face and head by Amanda K. Lane with a piece of rubber hose shortly before my Mother was beaten with a baseball bat. Megan has since beaten her drug habit and is on the road to being a law abiding and useful citizen. She did these interviews in an effort to warn parents and users alike that drugs are a dead end.
Status report on the family- two years later:
The photo shows my three sisters, myself and many of the grand children of Bertha Lee Pippin. My two daughters, Lisa and Lori, and my two grand children as well as my sister Marilyn's two boys, Jeff and Gregory and her two grand children were not present for the photo. This picture was taken after church on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2002.
Husband and Father- Virgil Lee Pippin died of
complications of advanced Parkinson's Disease shortly before dawn on Christmas
Morning, 1988. He is at rest next to my Mother at Memorial Cemetary in
Muskogee.