Coley McCraney is accused in the 1999 cold case rape and murder of JB Beasley and Tracie Hawlett in Alabama. Carl Harris: Honestly, wasn't any of their business. He then dropped Tracey off at their house and headed out to his job at a supermarket. In a recent Minnesota case, police waited for the suspect to throw away a napkin after eating a hot dog at a youth hockey game. Carolyn Aznavour: And there was one lady. Online records show McCraney, a married Dothan, Ala., man with children, was booked into the Dale County Jail on five counts of capital murder and one count of rape. Kirke Adams: The goal was to find the truth and to seek justice for Tracy Harris, and ultimately Dawn did that. 0. But Dawn was willing to overlook his criminal past, and the information about killing Tracey, as they married and started their own family, keeping the secret to themselves. McCraney has worked for several trucking companies in Alabama over the past 20 years, according to the Dothan Eagle. Richard Barber, Ken Blum and Michelle Harris are the editors. Kirke Adams: Not one witness we had ever mentioned that she was possibly seeing someone else because it was clear from the witnesses that Carl wouldn't allow that. Email Map. The remaining potential jurors were questioned individually about their knowledge of the case and their death penalty beliefs. Maureen Maher: But they maintain that the case was specifically built on the statements of all the people who said that they saw Carl being abusive to his wife, his strange behavior afterwards. Pike Road head football coach resigns after 1 season, Alabama, 4 other states prevail in suit to block Equal Rights Amendment certification, Youth mental health is a growing concern in Alabama. FLORIDA AUTHORITIES ARREST MAN IN CONNECTION TO 1984 MURDER OF NAVY RECRUIT WHO WAS BEATEN AND STRANGLED. Maureen Maher: You didn't tell anybody that she wasn't coming back? A Dothan man has been arrested and charged with one count of rape. This was not me. Ozark Mayor Mark Blankenship said Wednesday he had no comment because he had not seen that lawsuit. Dawn Beasley: I would like to say that I did, but I didn't. This is the moment. At first, there were no signs of foul play when investigators found the black Mazda sedan the teens had been driving by 9 a.m. the next day, WDHN reported. Dawn said Jeff had told her that Tracey and he fought at the Harris home. The City of Ozark is located in Dale County in the State of Alabama.Find directions to Ozark, browse local businesses, landmarks, get current traffic estimates, road conditions, and more.According to the 2019 US Census the Ozark population is estimated at 14,139 people. The teen friends were classmates at Northview High School in Dothan. Dawn Beasley: It was unbelievable to me that I should end up with this incredible secret. The capital murder trial of a trucker charged with killing two Alabama teens in 1999 has been delayed until next year. Several years after Tracey's murder, Carl Harris had left Ozark, feeling like the cloud of suspicion had destroyed his life. DA KIRKE ADAMS [to reporters]: - I have dismissed the murder case against Carl Harris. Dawn Beasley: Sure I've gone back, Maureen, and questioned that decision over and over and over and over and over again. OZARK, Ala. (WTVY) -A man wrongfully charged in the cold case murder of his estranged wife has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the city of Ozark. Her grandmother provided a loving a home and, Carolyn says, that was more than enough. He confessed, claiming he and Tracey were having an affair. In 1999, two teenage girls, J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett were found dead with a single shot to the head in their vehicle. His attorneys have requested documents related to Ozark Police Department officers and the girls' deaths, and they will make their case for access in a hearing scheduled for Monday. Carl Harris: It just blows my mind. Was that a concern for you as you were preparing a defense? David Harrison: In 2016 in this area there were unsolved murders. "The evidence was circumstantially strong," said Adams. Kirke Adams: There were not any clues at home It didn't appear that anybody had taken her by force. 2618 US Hwy 231 N. Ozark, AL 36360. The 17-year-old girls had left their homes in Dothan, Alabama, for a birthday party the previous night. She dreaded what she had to do -- tell her adult children that their father killed someone, and that she kept it quiet for 30 years. "She was a very sweet friend a very shy person," said friend Selina Dodson. Kirke Adams: I knew we couldn't have a trial Monday because we had to figure out what's going on here. Coley McCraney was identified a suspect in the deaths of J.B. Beasley and Tracie. This is a dispute over proceeds from a life insurance policy issued to Tullie R. Culverhouse, Sr., by Alfa Life Insurance Company ("Alfa"). Although they were divorced, Tracey, 22, and Carl, 25, had continued living together in Ozark, Alabama. Still, Carolyn wondered about her mother wanting to know what really happened. Man Whose First Wife Died Mysteriously Is Wanted in the Murder of His Second Wife. A financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss. "Carl Harris did have a reputation for being very violent in particular towards Tracey Harris," said Davis. Maureen Maher: What's different in 2016 that wasn't there or obvious in 1990? 69-year-old suffered stroke in his N.C. home; Realtor showing house left him there. He says Carl's arrest was motivated by politics and nothing more. she felt like if she could just get through the rough stuff, you know, that it would be OK. Jordan Davis: I was actually 3 when this happened, so from 1990 -- and we're trying to track down witnesses We were dealing with people that had moved all over the country. Jeff Beasley's name, until they spoke to Dawn, was unfamiliar. Q: Do people have the right to take your picture and publish it without your permission? People who live in Ozark generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest. I wouldn't. "I never put my hands on Tracey Never," he told "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher. Judy Tygard is the executive producer. Get instant notifications on top stories from News 4 by downloading our mobile apps. Dwellics analytics team assigned the score 76.8 to Ozark, Alabama (with 100 being the best). Their bodies were discovered about 20 miles from Dothan in Ozark, a small town in the southeastern part of the . A press conference is also scheduled for Monday where Dale County officials and Ozark Police are expected to announce the charges against McCraney. He's got her bent over backwards with his hands around her throat. All rights reserved. With regards to property crime, you have a 1 in 24 chance of becoming a victim. Both were 17. 13 reviews. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. 1980 murder . Many retirees live in Ozark and residents tend to have moderate political views. J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett, of Dothan, were on the way home from Beasleys birthday party in Headland, on July 31, 1999, when they got lost in Ozark, according to Al.com. While Carl may not have been worried, there was someone who, for years, was: Dawn Beasley, that friend of Tracey's, who, with her then fianc, briefly lived with the Harrises. And they remained confident that Carl was their man. Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. Dart. A controversial, decades-old double murder case in the Wiregrass Region of Alabama took the latest in a series of bizarre turns on Thursday morning as a woman recanted claims ahead of a trucker and preacher's capital murder trial.. Coley McCraney, 48, stands accused of murdering 17-year-olds J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett after the two high school friends got lost on their way to a party in . But after it all happened, we just stopped seeing each other. Subscribe to our News 4 newsletter and receive the latest local news and weather straight to your email every morning. Details of McCraneys military service were also not immediately available. INVESTIGATOR: Everybody in the case who knew Tracey says she was scared of water. Meanwhile, the prosecutors, on the Friday before the start of the trial, were also processing what Dawn had just told them. They are open every day except Monday, Saturday, and Sunday. 24 Hour Phone: (334) 774-2335. Dawn says she told Jeff they needed to go to the police, but he insisted they keep quiet. I did my grocery shopping and I'm in the milk section and there's a couple standing there talking about it. Only you know. At the same time, the cold case unit was starting to reopen the investigation. The rate of crime in Ozark is 43.52 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. Jeff Beasley confesses to the 1990 murder of Tracey Harris. Dawn Beasley: Every time I would have a police officer get behind me I would wonder is this where we're all of a sudden they know what's happening. . Police then brought the 45-year-old in for a DNA swab, the police chief added, and it matched the evidence collected at the crime scene. The prosecutors also visited the area around the river where Tracey's body was found. Among those who police went back and interviewed -- an acquaintance of Tracey and Carl's, and Tracey's aunt: WOMAN: He said, "the police are so dumb, I can kill somebody and get away with it.". She was like Tracey. Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. Maureen Maher: You just pulled a dark curtain over and that was it? Dale County District Attorney Kirke Adams and Assistant DA Jordan Davis spent years building a case against Carl Harris for the murder of his ex-wife, Tracey. At the time of the murders he was 26 and living on Lisenby Drive in Ozark, about 1 mile away from where the bodies of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett were found in 1999. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Standard Hours. Those things just add up. Marshall said anyone with a cold case tip is encouraged to contact the Alabama Attorney General's Office Cold Case Tip Line at (866) 419-1236, or email coldcasetips@ago.state.al.us. Updated: Mar 24, 2022 / 01:03 PM CDT. BROTHERCOLEY MCCRANEY (GOD HAS YOU & THE FAMILY AS WELL), James Lee Fuller wrote on Facebook. Jordan Davis: They had a statement from Dawn and that was things that they had witnessed while living in the home together. Jordan Davis: I don't think there was one particular motive. A man was arrested Saturday in the cold case killings of two 17-year-old Alabama girls 20 years ago one of Alabamashighest-profile cold cases, according to reports. Jordan Davis: The one in particular that we found that they hadn't talked to in 2016 was this Dawn Hulbert now Beasley. McCraney was divorced and a military veteran in 1999. INVESTIGATOR: Did Carl at any time tell you that you didn't have to worry about Tracey showing up again to the house? TRACEY'S AUNT: Because it kind of shocked me, because he was saying, it was like he was smarter than the police, you know? " people really liked her and respected her. Kirke Adams: He also made comments prior to her going missing and after including come back whenever. In this April 2, 2019, photo, Coley McCraney shakes hands with his attorney David Harrison as he enters the Dale County Courthouse before a preliminary hearing. Enterprise native named state AEA Assistant Principal of the Year, SATURDAY PREP BASEBALL: Dothan rallies past Houston Academy, Glasgow pleads guilty to federal tax evasion, mail fraud, and drug charges, Elba girls battle with grit, but fall short against Marion County in 1A state semifinals, THURSDAY PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: G.W. One of their purses was found in the front of the car with all of her cash and credit cards inside, leading police to believe that the motive was not a robbery, WDHN reported. While police were reinvestigating the case, Carl was trying to get on with his life. I'm telling him, "let her go.". Dawn Beasley: We just pretended it never happened. Investigators found their bodies in the trunk of J.B.s car on Aug. 1, 1999, a day after their families reported them missing. But police and prosecutors did not believe it was an accident, and Jeff Beasley was charged with the murder of Tracey Harris. Legal Statement. Dawn Beasley: And every word of my statement was true. One of those people was Dawn Beasley. Produced by Ruth Chenetz. Maureen Maher: Were you ever concerned that you might get into trouble having not gone to the police right from the beginning? Jury selection in the . It is not known if he has hired an attorney who could speak on his behalf. The violent crime rate in Ozark is 1,030.8 per 100,000 people. The four sons of the slain Ruthie Mae Jackson stand in front of her vacant home on East Adams Street . I think that he was jealous of their success. McCraney remarried in 2001, to a Dothan public schools employee, according to records. An Alabama title application and bill of sale are required to use this link. She still has no relationship with Carl. But when they opened the trunk, they found Beasley and Hawlett inside with gunshot wounds to their heads, according to the station. For people to come out and care this much, its a miracle. Walker said they decided to send in the evidence, which was semen found on Beasleys clothes, after the arrest of the Golden State Killer suspect in California and with the 20th anniversary of the girls deaths upcoming this summer. Carl and Tracey Harris with their daughter Carolyn. Matt Elofson. A Dothan woman has been charged with assaulting a police officer, according to a Dothan Police Department news release. Tracey won't be home. Eugene's body was sent to Ashland, Ohio, where his father and some family resided. I was never worried, never, because I was innocent. "I went over to Carl's to talk to Carl, Carl wasn't there. Thursday, August 8th: *Arraignment & Motions Hearing (@ 9am ET) - AL - J.B. Hilton Green Beasley (17) & Tracie Jean Hawlett (17) (July 31, 1999, Ozark) - *Coley Lewis McCraney (45/25 @ time of crime) arrested & charged (3/16/19) & indicted (6/10/19) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder, 2 counts of 1st degree murder while in the act of . The area around the river was a place Tracey and her friends would get together. Now, with Dawn Beasley's revelation that her ex-husband Jeff told her that he killed Tracey, they hoped to learn the truth. Kirke Adams: Carl had let the police in his house a couple of times for them to look around. Kirke Adams: It hurt our pride that we had the wrong person you've got to, you know, check your ego at the door, because what's important is the right person got charged. Dawn Beasley: Yes She just wanted to be a family. JEFF BEASLEY: She said she was leaving Carl and wanted me to leave Dawn and I wouldn't. J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett were found shot to death Aug. 1, 1999, in the trunk of Beasleys car on Herring Avenue in Ozark. JEFF BEASLEY: And we got into an argument. Jordan Davis: I texted her the next morning and said, "We really would like for you to come." Finally, more than three years after Carl's arrest, the trial was scheduled for January 13, 2020. And as time went on, she did think about ways to tell authorities what she knew. A judge pushed back the trial of Coley McCraney until 20-21 due to COVID-19 . Heres what you need to know about Coley McCraney and the cold case murders of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett: Family PhotoJB Beasley and Tracie Haweltt. And I can't forgive him if he can't be man enough to look at me and tell me what he did and that he's sorry for it. The federal lawsuit demands a jury trial and names as defendants the city of Ozark, former police chief Marlos Walker, and Investigator Jimmy Culbreath. The City-Data.com crime index weighs serious crimes and violent crimes more heavily. It was not clear Sunday if McCraney had an attorney. He is married with children and has no apparent criminal record. Higher means more crime, U.S. average is 270.6. The brother Robin lives in the house now that . '", Assistant D.A. And I signed it. They soon left Ozark, hoping to start over, and moved to Texas. Maureen Maher: You and Jeff never talked about it ever again? The search of the genealogy website was conducted using DNA from the crime scene, according to the paper. No one had been arrested in the nearly 20 years since the killings. INVESTIGATOR: I'm not, I'm not going to put a word in your mouth. Unsolved Wiregrass murders still a mystery. David Harrison is Carl's defense attorney. Carl Harris: I thought it was good news I thought they found somebody they were looking at And when they told me they was looking at me as a suspect again they came up two weeks later, arresting me. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. " Carl Harris.". this is about Carl and Tracey Harris.". Box 279 Ozark, AL 36361. we were very confident that we would be able to get a conviction in this case. Carolyn Aznavour: I was ready to put him behind bars -- ready to see it happen. JEFF BEASLEY: I didn't strangle her. She would stay quiet, she says, out of her desire to keep her life intact, and also out of fear that police might not believe her. Kirke Adams [at the river]: Part of our job is to paint that picture for a jury, and I think it is always important to try to get a feel for the area. On Aug. 1, 1999, Tracie Hawlett and J.B. Beasley were found dead in the back of Beasley's car with gunshot wounds to the head. Everyone in town was talking about it. DOB: Tracie Hawlett - 17 years of age; J.B. Beasley - July 31, 1982 Last Seen: July 31, 1999 at the Big/Little Convenience Store located at 763 East Broad Street in Ozark, Alabama Case Details (Courtesy of What Lies Beyond): Tracie and J.B. had been headed to a party near Midland City and Headland the night before (July 31, 1999). That's my ex-husband, Jeff Beasley. Jordan Davis: And so, they went back through all the witnesses that had given statements in 1990. Carolyn Aznavour: Jordan called me to come to the police station, that they had to tell me something. Administrative Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, Nebraska cheerleader competes by herself at state competition, but crowd doesn't let her feel alone, Geneva County coach Holmes juggling new son and leading Lady Dawgs to state tournament, Dothan physician, daughter killed in single-vehicle crash near Barbour County line. - October 16, 2018 Like she did everything for me [crying]. My job is very stressful. I wonder what she looks like. Carolyn Aznavour: It's a relief that we found somebody. He's going to deny it. OZARK, Ala. (WTVY) - A woman who had accused Ozark police of covering up the murder of two teens to protect one of their own recanted those claims in explosive testimony on Thursday. Selina Dodson: When she had Carolyn, she was adorable everybody just loved her. Brendan Fraser fue uno de los ms ovacionados al recibir el galardn a Mejor actor en una pelcula. "I never talked about it ever to another living soul, not even Jeff," Dawn Beasley said of her ex-husband's confession the night Tracey died. The Ozark time zone is Central Daylight Time which is 6 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Originally set for trial in November 2020, the case was continued due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DOTHAN, Ala. -- Alabama police have linked a. Everywhere I turn, they you know, you hear them whispering in background, 'there's the man that killed Tracey. Carole Roberts, Hawletts mother, told the news site the girls had stopped at a convenience store in Ozark and could not understand the directions home. More recently, McCraney was listed on the Facebook page of H.O.G. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. Authorities dropped charges against an Alabama man who was accused of killing his wife 30 years ago, saying another man has confessed to the murder. They were childhood friends, spending a lot of time together at church. The typical household in Ozark earns $41894 a year, compared to the national median of $67,500.Nearly 56.8% of households earn less than $50,000 a year compared to 39% national rate. In a 2018 post, McCraney is pictured under the name Bishop Coley McCraney with the caption, Bishop/ motivational speaker/ working for the Lord.. You go to sleep crying. It is not clear what happened with the ministry. Prosecutors do not know why or who spray-painted the name under the bridge. But the fact is she could have kept that secret for forever. She was the sweetest person that they've ever met. Selina Dodson: So, I would wonder, I wonder what happened to Carolyn. "Who?" Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. He served from 1993 to 1997. 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