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John Curtis Tolson is arrested for murder three months after he called 911 to report he’d found his girlfriend unconscious in a bathtub – LeeAnn Fletcher’s family handed police video from her North Carolina home showing extensive blood splatter

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LeeAnn Fletcher, a mother-of-two, died July 25 , three days after she was found unresponsive in her home in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on July 22 

Fletcher, a mom-of-two, was found unconscious in the bathtub at home by her boyfriend, John Curtis ‘Jay’ Tolson, who then called 911 to report the possible accident

Her autopsy report ruled that she died from blunt force trauma, caused by a blow to the head that could have been either accidental or intentional

The victim’s family accused police of foot dragging in the investigation, hired a private investigator and uncovered extensive blood stains on several items in Fletcher’s home

Three months into the investigations her boyfriend Jay Tolson, 28, has been arrested and facing second-degree murder

Tolson who was arrested on Monday in Maine after grand jury indictment, will be be extradited to North Carolina for a Nov 30 court date

John Curtis ‘Jay’ Tolson, [photo], has been charged with second-degree murder in the July 22 death of his girlfriend, LeeAnn Fletcher, three months after he called 911 to report that he’d found her unconscious in a bathtub at home in North Carolina 

Three months after a North Carolina woman was found unconscious in a bathtub and later died of injuries to the head, her boyfriend was arrested in Maine on Monday and charged with her murder. 
John Curtis ‘Jay’ Tolson was taken into custody in Bangor after the Dare County Grand Jury in North Carolina returned an indictment, charging him with one count of second-degree murder in the July death of 38-year-old LeeAnn Fletcher. 
Fletcher, a mother-of-two, died July 25 , three days after she was found unconscious in her home by her boyfriend.

ME ruled that North Carolina mother-of-two, LeeAnn Fletcher, 38 [photo] died of blunt force trauma. Her 28-year-old boyfriend, John Curtis ‘Jay’ Tolson, has been charged with second-degree murder in her late July death

Jay Tolson, 28, has been charged with second-degree murder in the blunt force trauma death of his girlfriend, LeeAnn Fletcher in late July.
Tolson told authorities that he found Fletcher unresponsive in a bathtub on July 22.
She succumbed to her injuries three days later at Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia.
Her autopsy found that her death was caused by a blow to the head that could have been either intentional or accidental.

Tolson, who had been dating Fletcher, was the one who called 911 to report that he had found her unresponsive in this bathtub on July 22 

Tolson, who had been dating Fletcher, was the one who called 911 to report that he had found her unconscious in the bathtub, reported The News & Observer. 
“My friend, she’s laying in the tub, she won’t wake up,” he said on the call, which has been released by Fletcher’s family.
“I think she fell last night, I’m not sure. There’s blood coming out of her nose so I can’t get her to wake up.”

Walk through of LeeAnn Fletcher’s home after her death shows bed covered in blood

Early in the investigation, police named Tolson a ‘person of interest’ but did not arrest him at the time, sparking outrage among Fletcher’s family and friends who believed that she died as a result of foul play.
They were also convinced that her boyfriend was somehow involved. 

Fletcher’s relatives and a private investigator visited her home in Kitty Hawk, NC after her death and found large amounts of blood. The walk through video of the crime scene reveals this bloodstained mattress
The pillow on the bed was similarly soaked with blood inside Fletcher’s home 
This shirt that appeared to be saturated with blood was another piece of damning trove of blood evidence found inside the home during the family’s walk-through

Trisha Cahoon, Fletcher’s cousin, has started a social media campaign called ‘Justice for LeeAnn,’ and the family have hired a private investigator to help them collect evidence. 
The family accompanied by a investigator visited her home after her death and found large amounts of blood on several items.
A shirt that appeared to be saturated with blood was found inside the Fletcher’s home during the family’s walk-through..
The graphic video also showed a bloodied mattress, pillows and along with the blood soaked items of clothing.

LeeAnn Fletcher [right], a mom-of-two from North Carolina, was found unresponsive in the bathtub in her home in late July. She died three days later. Her boyfriend John Curtis Tolson, [left], who called 911, saying she may have taken a fall, is now charged with her murder

Fletcher is survived by her teenage daughter and a six-year-old son.
Her family and friends have accused the Kitty Hawk Police Department of handling the case with ‘no sense of urgency.’
Trisha Cahoon, at the time told WTKR “things just weren’t adding up.”
“The trauma surgeon told us there was holes in the story, that the injuries didn’t come from a fall,” she said.
“So we hired a private investigator to collect evidence because we felt the Kitty Hawk Police Department were not doing their job,” Cahoon said.
In response to the criticism, Kitty Hawk police in a Facebook post, appealed for patience to allow them time to conduct the investigation ‘in an objective and thorough manner,’ rather than rely on social media posts and news reports ‘that may or may not be supported by the evidence…’

Fletcher’s family have accused the Kitty Hawk Police Dept. of handling the case with ‘no sense of urgency.’ She is survived by a teenage daughter and a six-year-old son

After Tolson’s arrest, a visibly emotional Cahoon livestreamed her gratitude and relief on Facebook. She thanked everyone who has supported her social media campaign aimed at delivering justice for her slain cousin. 
‘Everybody give yourself a pat on the back because if it wasn’t for us, and pushing this and pushing this and pushing this, we would not be where we’re at right now,’ Cahoon said through sobs. ‘We got him, y’all! We burned his a**, and now we just have to make sure he actually serves his time, so the fight is not over… We got that bastard.’ 
Tolson is expected to be extradited to North Carolina for a November 30 hearing in superior court in Dare County.

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