X Police Officer Bobby Cutts, Jr. now convicted murder X 2

X Police Officer Bobby Cutts, Jr. now convicted murder X 2.

Bobby Cutts, Jr., 30, went from police officer to convicted murderer as the jury read the guilty verdict to the courts. Now Cutts could face the death penalty.

As Cutts cried in court he claimed he accidently killed Jessie Davis by putting an elbow to her throat and then he said he panicked. The jury found him guilty of a lesser charge of murder in Davis’ death since there was not prior calculation.

However he was convicted of aggravated murder in the death of the nearly full term female fetus which does carry the possible death penalty. In addition to the murder charges Cutts has also been convicted of abuse of a corpse, burglary and child endangering.

Prior to the Trial

Thousands of people searched for Jessie Davis.
Cutts continued to work for the police department
Cutts denied knowing anything about the disappearance of Jessie Davis
Their son, Blake, gave investigators the firs clues in the case when he said mommy is crying, mommy broke the table, mommy is in the rug and daddy is mad.
Cutts eventually gave in and led the investigators to her body. Cutts lead investigators to a park about 20 miles away from her home. Davis was found wrapped in a comforter.

During the trial

The Defense

Was quick to ask the Judge to declare a mistrial. The defense based the mistrial motion on the fact there were two different verdicts on the two counts.

*** The Judge rejected that request and said the allegations involved separate individuals; Davis and the fetus.

Cutts cried during the trial and said he accidently killed Davis. He said he was leaving the house and she did not want him to go and then he said he panicked.
His attorneys said his actions in dumping the body and leaving the little boy alone didn't prove he intended to kill Davis.

"Does that cause you to feel that he's a liar and a cheat and he's going to lie about everything else?" the defense asked during his closing argument Tuesday. "None of that will tell you whether aggravated murder was committed on the morning of June 14th."

Well yeah I think it does make me think he is a liar and cheat about everything else. Why would I believe he wanted to be honest now? Cutts started off lying when he denied he knew anything about her disappearance even though he invited a witness to know about the crime and how he done it and were he dumped the body.

The defense also stressed that there was no forensic evidence linking Cutts to the death and that a medical examiner couldn't determine how Davis died because of decomposition from nine days of exposure in the summer heat. Cutts went to wash his truck right after he dropped off the body. See what the prosecutor had to say below.
Seems to me the defense may be missing a slight detail, Cutts said he accidently killed Davis

The Prosecution

The prosecutor told the jury that Cutts' story made no sense and said a police officer wouldn't hide a body unless he was covering up a criminal act. He noted Cutts' testimony that he sprayed down his truck after getting rid of Davis' body because of bugs on his windshield.

"Is that reasonable?" the prosecutor asked. "Or is it more reasonable to think that he stopped and washed that truck to get rid of trace evidence?"

The prosecution's key witness was Cutts longtime friend, Myisha Ferrell. What could a friend testify too in a murder case you ask?

Well according to her testimony she said under oath that Cutts’ picked her up the morning of June 14th with Davis’ body in the back of the truck. She also testified on the 20 mile trip to drop the body off Cutts held up his right arm to demonstrate how he killed her.

My thoughts

Now here is the part that really makes no sense. If you are a law enforcement officer and you murder someone, who do you call? First why would you call anyone?
That could only possible leave evidence against you in trial as presented in this case.

Obviously Cutts was in a panic and forgot simple investigation used by police.
If you wanted to make the jury believe he only dumped the body why would he demonstrate how his killed her?

Maybe he was hopeful Myisha Ferrell would become as panicked as he was and forget what he told her.

Not that I have ever thought about murdering someone, but I think If I were to ever consider murdering someone (or committing any crime), I think the last thing I would do is to invite a friend along for the ride and body disposal. What was he thinking? He really must have panicked.

If this friend Myisha Ferrell knew the location of the body why did the prosecution have to wait for Cutts to give in and lead them to the body?

I wonder if Myisha Ferrell is facing any charges in connection with this case.