Released documents reveal new details of Christian, Newsom murder investigation

<Just-released legal documents requesting search warrants are offering new details into the investigation of the murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom. The bodies of the young Knoxville couple were found separately last week. Four men, Lemaricus Davidson, Latalvus Cobbins, George Thomas and Eric Boyd, have been taken into custody as part of the investigation. One affidavit released Tuesday sought permission for police to search the house rented by Lemaricus Davidson at 2316 Chipman Street, where Channon Christian's body was eventually found. In the document, Officer Todd Childress describes finding Chris Newsom's body "near the railroad track behind 1701 Whittle Springs between Cherry Street and Ninth Ave." Childress says Newsom's body was wrapped in a "sheet and/or comforter," and that the victim had been shot at least three times. He also notes that Newsom's shoes, socks, identification, and iPod were missing. His body had been burned. Childress says Channon Christian's Toyota 4-Runner was located after her father, Gary Christian, contacted the family's cell phone provider. The cell phone company then determined where the closest cell tower was located, and thus, were able to find Christian's car. Officer Childress says he went to Lemaricus Davidson's residence on Chipman to serve outstanding warrants on the recently released convicted felon, after Davidson's fingerprint was found inside Channon Christian's recovered 4-runner. He found the front door ajar, and after entering the house, he found a body inside a large trash can in the home's kitchen. At this point, he summoned the Medical Examiner's Office. The body was later identified as that of Channon Christian. In a second affidavit in support of a search warrant released Tuesday, Officer Childress seeks permission from the court to seize and search "clothing, fingernail scrapings, hair samples and DNA biological samples" from Eric Boyd. The request came after George Thomas and Letalvus Cobbins, after being arrested in Lebanon, Kentucky gave "voluntary statements" to police officers implicating Eric Boyd in the crimes. According the affidavit, Thomas and Cobbins told police they were both present at the Chipman residence when Eric Boyd and Lemaricus Davidson brought a bound and blindfolded Christian and Newsom into the house. They say Boyd left the house with Newsom at gunpoint, and then returned alone. They also say they were both present as Eric Boyd sexually assaulted Channon Christian before her murder. <em>We will have more on this story on 10News at 6:00 PM </em><