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    Randy Allen Taylor Convicted and Sentenced to Life Imprisonment in Abduction of Virginia Teen Alexis Murphy



    Man charged in Va. missing teen case to remain jailed until January hearing; search continues

    The Virginia man charged in the disappearance of a Nelson County teenager will remain behind bars until a January following a court appearance Tuesday, as details of his criminal past began to emerge.

    Randy Allen Taylor, 48, of Lovingston, was arrested Sunday and charged with abduction in the disappearance of 17-year-old Alexis Murphy, who was last seen Aug. 3 by her family. Her car was found in the parking lot of a multiplex in Charlottesville three days later.

    The search for Murphy is ongoing.

    Taylor appeared in Nelson County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, handcuffed, shackled and wearing a gray jail-issued jumpsuit. He was appointed an attorney, and a preliminary hearing was set for Jan. 9.

    Nelson County Commonwealth’s Attorney Anthony Martin refused to comment beyond a statement in which he said the preliminary hearing will determine whether there is probable cause to send the case to a grand jury. Meanwhile, Taylor will remain at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail without bond.

    Court records show Taylor’s criminal record stretches back more than 20 years, The Daily Progress reported (http://bit.ly/14thHGR) Tuesday.

    Virginia Beach court records show Taylor was convicted of statutory burglary and grand larceny in 1992 and sentenced to 10 years behind bars, with all but 4 ½ years suspended.

    Albemarle County court records show Taylor was convicted of arson in February 2005. He was given a two-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay about $6,300 in restitution. His suspended sentence was revoked in June 2011, after he failed to pay restitution. His sentence was immediately re-suspended on conditions of good behavior and that he pay at least $50 a month toward his restitution.

    An employer and acquaintances of Taylor’s described him as a quiet, hardworking man, who kept mostly to himself and worked off and on at a local used car lot and doing odd jobs in the area.

    Tere Vann, Taylor’s employer at the Ruckersville car lot where he’s worked periodically for the past five years, said: “We knew he had a past, because he’d been honest with us.”

    “I would’ve never dreamed it,” neighbor Jim Matheny told the newspaper while watching from his front porch as investigators searched Taylor’s property.

    FBI agents on Monday combed the area near Taylor’s home carrying shovels. A sport utility vehicle and camper also were hauled from the property.

    Among those at Taylor’s home Monday was Evans Oakerson, the lead investigator in the unsolved September 2010 disappearance of 19-year-old Samantha Ann Clarke of Orange, said Orange County Commonwealth’s Attorney Diana Wheeler. Like Murphy, Clarke went out one night and never came back. Neither Wheeler nor other authorities working the two cases would say whether they believe the two cases are connected.

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    Alexis Murphy kidnapping suspect Randy Taylor may be linked to Samantha Clarke abduction

    RICHMOND, Va. (WUSA9) -- Handcuffed and with his legs shackled, 48-year-old Randy Taylor of Lovingston, Va., was appointed a public defender to handle the most serious criminal charge he has faced. Abduction.

    The FBI believes he kidnapped 17-year-old Alexis Murphy of Nelson County, Virginia.

    Detectives tell WDBJ7 that they were both seen at a Lovingston gas station on August 3, the day of her disappearance.

    Surveillance video caught them both there separately but during the same time frame.

    Taylor, who has a lengthy criminal record of theft and burglary, is a person of interest in another Virginia teen's disappearance.

    Nineteen-year-old Samantha Clarke of Orange, Virginia disappeared in September of 2010. She had recently met Randy Taylor, who officials say called her at least five times in the hours before she disappeared.

    Orange County Commonwealth Attorney Diana Wheeler says divers searched a lake numerous times looking for clues, but so far nothing has come up.

    She's hopeful with Randy Taylor's arrest in the Murphy disappearance, new information about Samantha's case will come to light.
    "He's one of a few people that had quite a bit of contact with her in the two or three days immediately preceding her disappearance. And so we were looking very carefully at the people who were having contact with her. And of course, his phone contact with her is the last phone contact she had with anyone," said Wheeler.

    There appears to be no connection between Randy Taylor and Alicia Showalter Reynolds, who was abducted and killed in 1996.

    Taylor was incarcerated for burglary and grand larceny in 1996. He was also convicted of arson in June of 2011, but he was only given a two-year suspended sentence.

    Looking for clues in the Alexis Murphy disappearance, FBI agents searched Randy Taylor's home and the woods along Route 29 near Lovingston. They removed a camper, bags of evidence, and Taylor's camouflage-wrapped suburban truck.

    The clue which may have lead the FBI to Taylor was surveillance video from that Liberty Gas station in Lovingston where he lives. Both Taylor and Alexis Murphy were seen in the video, taken the day she disappeared.

    Taylor's preliminary hearing is set for January 9. He's being held in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.

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    New 'person of interest' in Alexis Murphy case

    A new person of interest emerges in the disappearance of Nelson County teen Alexis Murphy. Tonight, her family still believes the man behind bars in connection with Alexis's abduction is the single suspect. Murphy's family says investigators have been working to follow up on the lead put out by Randy Allen Taylor, the man arrested and charged with abduction in the case. Last month, Taylor's attorney gave a description of who the suspect says was last with Murphy. Taylor told his lawyer that he had met Murphy on the night of her disappearance and she had connected him with the other man to buy marijuana. Murphy's family still thinks Taylor is lying and that investigators are just doing their job by talking to this person of interest. The FBI says it will report anything substantial at the appropriate time. Authorities have not made any other arrest in this case, and Randy Taylor's abduction charge will go before a Nelson County grand jury Tuesday.

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    Nelson County investigators say they have located and contacted someone they are describing as a new 'person of interest' in the Alexis Murphy abduction case.

    Investigators say they were following up on claims from Randy Taylor's lawyer, Michael Hallahan, that his client may have not been the last person to see Murphy before she went missing. Taylor claims another man had been present and provided him drugs with Alexis there.

    The Nelson County teen has been missing since Saturday, August 3, when she was reportedly on her way to Lynchburg. The last place she was seen is a Liberty gas station in Lovingston.

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    Investigators Search Alexis Murphy Murder Suspect's Property

    Investigators are searching the property around Randy Allen Taylor's home Monday afternoon. Taylor is charged in connection with the abduction and murder of Alexis Murphy.

    Crews are searching the yard outside of Taylor's home off Route 29 in Lovingston. There are also about seven cars parked outside and investigators are on scene. A neighbor tells NBC29 that investigators were also on scene at Taylor’s home multiple times last week.

    Alexis Murphy's family says that investigators are doing a grid search and that it was not prompted by any new information in the case.

    Alexis Murphy left her home in Shipman Saturday, August 3 - reportedly heading toward Lynchburg. Surveillance video shows her at the Liberty gas station in Lovingston around 7:15 that night. That was the last time she was seen.

    Authorities arrested Taylor, 48, on Sunday, August 11, and charged him with felony abduction in relation to the case. He was charged with first-degree murder in relation to the case on January 6. A body has not been found. For more information on the case, click here.

    Taylor's murder trial is scheduled to begin May 1. A judge has put a gag order in place for the trial, which prohibits investigators involved in the investigation from talking to the media.

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    Randy Taylor trial begins on Thursday

    By Justin Faulconer
    The (Lynchburg) News & Advance The Daily Progress

    A question has lingered throughout Nelson County and the surrounding region that has left many people praying and wondering during the past nine months - what happened to Alexis Murphy?

    The long-awaited details of the case are expected to come to light as the trial of Randy Allen Taylor, the man accused of murder in connection to the missing teenager's disappearance, begins Thursday in Nelson County Circuit Court.

    Murphy, 17, was last seen at the Liberty gas station in Lovingston last year on Aug. 3, when family members thought she left her home in Shipman to get hair extensions for her senior portrait. She vanished that night, and eight days later Taylor, 48, who lives just north of the village of Lovingston off U.S. 29, was arrested and charged with a single count of abduction.

    The charge, which carried a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, moved forward against Taylor throughout the remainder of 2013. A grand jury indicted Taylor in September and an original trial date of Feb. 3, 2014 was planned.

    His lawyer, Michael Hallahan, said in court Taylor intended to plead not guilty.

    In January, Nelson County Commonwealth's Attorney Anthony Martin announced charges against Taylor were upgraded to first-degree murder, murder during the commission of abduction and abduction with intent to defile.

    Martin has not elaborated on what led to the heightened murder charges, except to say a special jury found probable cause to move them forward. A new trial date of May 1 was set, and proceedings are expected to last two full weeks.

    In a media interview a few days after Taylor's arrest, Hallahan said that Taylor maintains his innocence and authorities arrested the wrong man.

    Hallahan has said Taylor claimed another man was with him and Murphy that night.

    The man was in Taylor's home with Murphy for a marijuana exchange but the two left his trailer and Taylor did not see them again, Hallahan said in the interview.

    The defense attorney said law enforcement has not followed up in searching for that man.

    A single hair belonging to Murphy was found in the home, Hallahan said in the interview, but he has not spoken about details of the case since. The Murphy family has expressed disagreement and skepticism about the defense attorney's claim.

    As the case drew a blitz of heavy media attention, Nelson County Circuit Court Judge J. Michal Gamble issued a gag order to keep parties in the case from divulging details in the interest of ensuring a fair trial.

    Search warrant affidavits were sealed, and facts regarding evidence stated so far in court were closed to the public at Martin's request.

    Hallahan, citing "relentless" news coverage, asked for a change of venue or a jury pool outside of Nelson County as he argued a fair trial against Taylor could not be held at the Lovingston courthouse. Gamble ruled in February that the trial would stay in Nelson and the court would attempt to seat a jury.

    The most pressing question - the status of Murphy's body - has not been addressed since the murder charges were brought against Taylor. Martin, Hallahan and law enforcement have cited the gag order when not responding to questions.

    Murphy's family members also have declined to speak about details of the case, in the interest of keeping the trial in Nelson County, but have thanked the community for support.

    Trina Murphy, Alexis's great-aunt and a family spokeswoman, has said she believes Taylor is the man who took Alexis. She said on Jan. 6, the day the murder charge against Taylor was announced, that the family was devastated but is standing in faith and looks forward to "our day in court."

    A "Once in a lifetime" case

    In 17 years of practicing law in the Lynchburg area, defense attorney Andrew Childress said he has never known of a homicide case to be tried without a body.

    That element in Taylor's trial makes this probably a "once-in-a-lifetime" event in the careers of most defense lawyers or prosecutors, he said.

    He said there are no guarantees heading into any murder case, but he speculates the presumed lack of a body would be an advantage for the defense and a hurdle to overcome for the commonwealth.

    "It's a huge challenge," Childress said of a murder case without a body. "They're tough to win."

    Without a body, a time of death or cause of death cannot be proven, he said. There would have to be a strong showing that an extensive search had been made for Murphy to ensure she isn't still alive, he said.

    This could include showing she hasn't used a credit card since Aug. 3, testimony from family and friends to show the absence of correspondence since she was last seen or information that no one has spotted her since that time, he said.

    He pointed out he has no inside knowledge of the Taylor case and speculates potential factors in the prosecution's case could include the testimony of a jailhouse confession or witnesses who saw Taylor and Murphy together or any sort of DNA evidence, especially blood.

    "If you don't have a body, you're pretty much dealing with circumstantial evidence," he said. "If you are going to make a case circumstantially, it has to be strong."

    A murder conviction without a body has occurred before in Virginia. A Radford University student, Gina Renee Hall, was last seen alive in June 1980 at a Blacksburg bar.

    Steven Epperly, her accused killer, was convicted without a body, witness or confession. He was charged with taking 18-year-old Hall to his Claytor Lake cabin and beating her to death after she refused to have sex. He maintains his innocence, according to past articles of the Roanoke Times.

    Childress said the Epperly-Hall case is the only one he can recall in the region that did not involve a body as evidence. If the prosecution establishes circumstantial evidence to support a murder conviction in the Taylor case, Childress said another step for prosecutors to meet would be establishing jurisdiction and proving the homicide took place in Nelson County and not anywhere else.

    First-degree murder carries a maximum penalty of life in prison; the death penalty only results in capital cases. Childress said he could see why a capital murder charge was not brought against Taylor, explaining the Capital Defender's Office would have became involved and more legal measures would have to be taken.

    "And that's a tall order," he added of prosecutors pushing a capital murder case without a body. "Asking to execute someone when there is not a body is a lot to demand for a jury."

    "They want their girl"

    One supporter of the Murphy family who will be attending the trial, Gil Harrington, knows what it's like to mourn a missing daughter.

    Gil's daughter, Morgan Dana Harrington, disappeared in October 2009 after she left the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville during a Metallica concert. The 20-year-old's body was recovered months later but a suspect or suspects to date have not been named in her abduction, rape and homicide.

    Gil Harrington has partnered with the Murphy family through a "Save the Next Girl" campaign to bring public awareness to such cases. She said she plans to attend the trial this week as part of that bond among missing persons' families, adding they are like a club united under "hideous" circumstances.

    "I want to be there in support of them," Harrington said of the Murphys.

    She said the trial is "like a funeral" and invitations aren't sent to those but they draw much support. Gil Harrington said she met recently with Trina Murphy and Angela Taylor, Alexis's aunt, at an event in Charlottesville and said the Murphy family is very strong.

    "I recognized the look of shock and disbelief on Laura Murphy's (Alexis's mother) face the first time I saw her," Gil Harrington said. "That's my face."

    She said the family wants answers the trial will hopefully bring them.

    "They want their day in court," Harrington said. "They want justice; they want their girl."

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    No DNA link between Matthew, missing Va. teen

    A prosecutor says DNA testing has ruled out the suspect in the abduction of a University of Virginia student with the disappearance of a central Virginia teenager.

    The testing involved Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. and Alexis Murphy, a 17-year-old who was last seen in August 2013. Her body has never been found.

    Randy Allen Taylor was convicted last summer in the murder and abduction of Murphy. He is serving two life sentences.

    Taylor’s attorney requested DNA tests to determine whether Matthew’s DNA could link him to Murphy’s disappearance.

    Friday, the commonwealth attorney for Nelson County, Anthony Martin, said the DNA testing excluded Matthewas the source of DNA from samples taken from Murphy’s car.

    Matthew is charged with abduction with intent to defile Hannah Graham.

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    FBI agents search home of suspect in Alexis Murphy case

    NELSON, VA (WWBT) -

    Investigators continue to focus on Randy Taylor's home in connection to the disappearance of 17 year old Alexis Murphy. They're using K-9s and ATVs to search the woody property. Murphy's whereabouts are still a mystery. The man accused of her abduction, in jail - while investigators look at every clue, every tip.

    After 11 days, there's still no sign of the 17 year old, even though Randy Taylor is accused of abducting her.

    Jenny Harvey lives across from Taylor and spoke with investigators about the case.

    "I had a gut feeling that something was wrong and when the FBI came here I told them I don't have a good feeling about this guy," she said.

    Harvey says Taylor lives in seclusion in a home surrounded by woods. The case has now appeared on a cable news network and in a New York newspaper. Wednesday, the FBI said it is covering each new lead as they come.

    "Nothing like this has happened around here so everyone is really concerned,' said Ruby Wood of the Sunny Mountain convenience store.

    There, signs are posted to help find Alexis. Managers say the suspect stops in frequently.

    "I've waited on him before. He's never said thank you, goodbye, hello. Nothing," Wood said.

    Authorities say surveillance images show Taylor and Murphy at a different Lovingston gas station at the same time -- just before her disappearance. Investigators have now taken the suspect's camper and SUV into evidence.

    "I have a granddaughter that's12 years old and I think about that. She lives right behind me. She comes over every day, sometimes 2 to 3 times a day. That could've been her just as well as this one," Harvey said.

    Her story is also gaining more national attention. Jane Velez Mitchell will discuss the case on her show, Wednesday. Nancy Grace used a large part of her program to highlight the case Tuesday night.

    Taylor was also appointed a new lawyer in his case. Initially, Scott DeBruin was appointed, but he cited a conflict of interest and now Mike Hallahan has been appointed to represent him.

    If you've seen Murphy, or think you may know anything about her disappearance, call the Nelson County Sheriff's Office at (434) 263-7050.

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    Taylor indicted in disappearance of Nelson teen

    A grand jury in Nelson County indicted Randy Allen Taylor on two felony charges Tuesday — one for the abduction of missing teen Alexis Murphy and one for possessing a stolen all-terrain vehicle.

    Commonwealth’s Attorney Anthony Martin said in a news release that the charge for possessing the stolen vehicle was not related to the investigation of Murphy’s disappearance.

    The Shipman teen was last seen Aug. 3 at the Liberty gas station in Lovingston. FBI agents and Nelson authorities launched an extensive search after she left home, having told her family she was making a shopping trip to Lynchburg, and never returned.

    Authorities located her car in the parking lot of the Carmike Six Cinema on Gardens Boulevard in Albemarle County three days after her disappearance. Earlier this month, the FBI announced it had identified Murphy’s phone as one of several collected while investigating.

    Authorities have been tight-lipped on the investigation’s details.

    During Taylor’s Aug. 22 bond hearing, his lawyer, Michael Hallahan, said police should be seeking a man who visited Taylor’s tiny camper with Murphy on the night she disappeared. The man and Murphy left in separate cars from the Lovingston plot where Taylor lives, and he never saw them again, Hallahan said in August.

    Hallahan said in court that he “told law enforcement about the individual identified as the adult who saw Alexis since [Taylor] saw Alexis. His position is that he is not the culprit.”

    “We’ve given law enforcement everything we’ve got,” about the other man, Hallahan said.

    Hallahan told reporters in August that Taylor bought $60 worth of marijuana from the man and the two smoked marijuana and drank bottles of Icehouse beer Aug. 3 while Murphy looked on. Murphy’s family last saw her at about 7 p.m. that day. Taylor described the man as black, in his early 20s, wearing cornrows and driving a 1990s sedan with 22-inch rims, Hallahan said.

    Authorities repeatedly have declined to comment on Taylor’s claim about the other man.

    On Sunday, some outlets, including Blue Ridge Life Magazine, reported that police had contacted an out-of-state “person of interest.” The magazine on Twitter attributed the comments to Nelson Sheriff David Brooks.

    Multiple messages left with Brooks, other Nelson authorities and Hallahan were not returned this week.

    FBI spokeswoman Dee Rybiski said in an email Tuesday afternoon that she could “only confirm that this remains a very active and sensitive investigation and that the leads developed through the course of this investigation continue to be pursued.”

    Rybiski cited the FBI’s last news release from Sept. 3. In that release, the FBI “advised that in order to preserve the integrity of the case and ensure that Mr. Taylor gets a fair trial in Nelson County no further release of information would occur,” she wrote Tuesday.

    Rybiski encouraged anyone with information about the case to call the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office at (434) 263-7050. “Law enforcement appreciates the community’s support, encouragement and understanding for confidentiality as this case moves forward,” she said.

    Taylor is being held without bond at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Martin said Taylor would appear in Nelson Circuit Court on Oct. 23 for a trial date to be set.

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    Randy Taylor’s Attorney Discusses Client's Legal Process

    Randy Taylor, charged with abduction in connection to the disappearance of 17-year-old Alexis Murphy, has a new court-appointed attorney to represent him. Charlottesville-based Michael Hallahan spoke to NBC29 Wednesday before meeting his client for the first time.

    Alexis has been missing since she left her home in Shipman Saturday, August 3. Randy Taylor was arrested Sunday, August 11, in relation to the case.

    Hallahan says most defendants are held in jail for only one month, but Taylor isn't scheduled to be back in court for nearly five months. He believes the prosecution hopes to use the time to gather evidence it doesn't have.

    "I think their case may be weak to have a court date to be requested to be set that far out," Hallahan said.

    Hallahan used to be a police officer in Albemarle and Greene counties so he knows firsthand about law enforcement investigations. Now Hallahan is the court-appointed attorney for Taylor, who is charged with abduction related to Alexis Murphy's disappearance.

    "This is a class 5 felony, carries anything for punishment up to 10 years. There's another type of abduction with the intent to defile. That is a much more serious charge that carries up to life in prison. But they don't have him charged with that they have him charged with simple abduction," Hallahan said.

    Not only does the charge suggest to Hallahan that law enforcement doesn't have a lot of evidence, but he also points out that most defendants see the court in 30 days, but Taylor will sit in jail until January - nearly five months that will allow the prosecution to prepare its case.

    Hallahan believes that, if left to their own devices, law enforcement and the commonwealth won't give him what evidence they do have until next spring, but he intends to get more information sooner than that.

    "The best way to get information is to schedule a bond hearing because the commonwealth is required to tell why they need to be held in jail why they're a danger," Hallahan said.

    He asks the public not to rush to judgment on Taylor.

    Hallahan spoke with NBC29 again Wednesday night after meeting with his client.

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    Suspect in Alexis Murphy Disappearance Gets Trial Dates

    The case against a man charged with abducting a Nelson County teenager is moving forward.

    At a hearing Wednesday, a judge set aside February 3 to 14 for the trial of Randy Allen Taylor.

    Taylor is accused of abducting 17-year-old Alexis Murphy, who hasn't been seen since she disappeared from Lovingston on August 3.

    Commonwealth's attorney Anthony Martin revealed Wednesday that he currently has about 50 witnesses in the case.

    In court, Taylor maintained his innocence, saying if he were to be arraigned Wednesday, he would have pleaded not guilty. Taylor will formally be arraigned at a later date.

    Alexis' great aunt sat through Wednesday's hearing. She says she still believes Taylor is behind Alexis' disappearance.

    "The man responsible for abducting Alexis was in that courtroom today. He's the only man responsible," said Trina Murphy. "It's clear that he's a predator and he is relentless and he doesn't have any remorse for what he's done."

    While a trial date pushes the case one step further, Alexis' family says the next few months will continue to be difficult.

    "Obviously it's going to be hard during the holidays," said Alexis' aunt Angela Taylor. "Thanksgiving, even Halloween -- Alexis liked Halloween. It's not going to get any easier from this. It hasn't been easy. It's only going to be tough for the holidays to have her place at the table and not have her there."

    Trina Murphy says she remains optimistic investigators and authorities are doing what they can to find Alexis.

    "We had and continue to have the best team possible assembled to find Alexis and to bring Randy Allen Taylor to justice, and that's exactly what will happen," said Trina Murphy.

    Taylor is also charged with receiving stolen property. That charge is not tied to Alexis’ disappearance. A trial has been set for February 18 on that charge.

    On Friday, Nelson County High School will host a "Pink Out" event in honor of Alexis at the football game. Pink is the missing teen's favorite color, which has become a symbol in her search. Attendees are encouraged to wear pink to show support.

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