Search Continues For Hardeeville Murder Suspect
Tonight, police continue the search for a suspected murderer. Alfred Redwine, 21, from Hilton Head, is wanted for kidnapping and murder following the death of Hardeeville resident Demetria Eady, 29, a mother of two young boys. While authorities nationwide have been told to be on the lookout for Redwine, some wonder if police did all they could to find Demetria. When Demetria walked out of the Star Point gas station on Highway 17 in Hardeeville, owner Ranok Patel never imagined his favorite customer would never come back. "She is our best customer. So friendly," Ranok said. "Everyone knew 'D' in this community. We are devastated." Minutes after 'D' walked out the door, customers rushed in wanting to know if Ranok knew what had happened. He didn't. "They saw her try to get out, pushing the driver out of the way, and he wouldn't let her out," he said. A volunteer firefighter saw a similar scene down the road, and called police. Demetria left the store at 11:55 Tuesday morning, and got into the passenger seat of a car. Police had first report of an incident at around 12:20pm, almost 25 minutes later. "He stated he saw a lady hanging out of a gray Oldsmobile, out the passenger side window down First Street," Lt. Dan Martin with Hardeeville Police Department said. "She was struggling with the driver to get out of the vehicle." Lt. Martin says, at that point, police saturated Hardeeville, looking for the vehicle. Between 3pm and 4pm, Ranok says police showed up at his store to review the surveillance tape. "They came and got what they needed from surveillance," he said. But, Ranok's not sure police did enough. Like others, he expected a search for Demetria, which didn't happen until later that night after family members officially filed a report. "That is shocking," Ranok said. "I know the police here and I would have expected them to be all over something like this." A "be on the lookout" alert for Redwine did not go out until after 7pm Tuesday night. Demetria's body was found 12 hours later, several miles away along a dirt path on Old Charleston Highway outside Ridgeland. "We thought they were together, not separated," Lt. Martin told WTOC. "We did everything we could at that point with the information we had." "I think they could have reacted a little better than they did," Ranok said. He isn't sure a different response would have saved D's life, but if he was kidnapped, he knows how he'd like police to respond. "They need to react any time, doesn't matter if it is false," Ranok said. "React no matter what." Police say Redwine is the cousin of Demetria Eady's fiance. Redwine is still on the loose and considered armed and dangerous. He was last seen driving a red Ford Explorer, with South Carolina tag number 650-VJE. If you have any information on Redwine's whereabouts, contact Hardeeville Police at 843.784.2233 or Jasper County Sheriff's Office at 843.726.7777. Reported by: Don Logana, mailto:dlogana@wtoc.com
Friday, April 20, 2007
Unfortunate Incident
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Top Secret Luncheon Proves Not Enough
City Hall Courts New Chief Prospect
I've been trying to give city hall some time to come clean about the new chief, but evidently they aren't going to, so here it goes... There was a big hush hush luncheon almost 2 weeks ago which was set up to welcome, (or perhaps attract), what was supposed to be the new police chief. Out of the hundreds of applicants they got, (yeah right), they had evidently narrowed it down to one Richard Nagy whom alot of people may know as the associate deputy director of the criminal justice academy in Columbia. He is also sometimes known as "The Cleaner" because of his ability to come into a place and "clean house" so to speak.
Now alot of people might think I'm posting this to badmouth the man but it's quite the contrary. I believe that most of us would have LOVED to see him come in and do what so desparately needs to be done and I was planning on wishing him well on setting that city straight. But, unfortunately, word has it that he is not taking the position. I can only guess that the reasons are numerous ranging from the fact that he is literate all the way to the fact that he would probably want something outrageous such as control of his department which Shane would never allow.
This is rather unfortunate for Shane as well since now he will have to find someone else to spill the blood since he hasn't got the guts.
**You administrators with your big bellies and big salaries!** LOL
Anyway, Mr. Nagy, we would love for you to reconsider but I think most of us understand all too well why no one would want to work there. I applaud you for looking out for yourself since working in hardeeville would be career suicide with Shane at the helm. Good luck in all your future endeavors.
Can you see the end yet lieutenant? It's just around the bend!!
