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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

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;9b5856"><strong>WARNING&colon; Graphic Content<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;564546"><strong>LeeAnn Fletcher&comma; a mother-of-two&comma; died July 25 &comma; three days after she was found unresponsive in her home in Kitty Hawk&comma; North Carolina on July 22&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;564546"><strong>Fletcher&comma; a mom-of-two&comma; was found unconscious in the bathtub at home by her boyfriend&comma; John Curtis &&num;8216&semi;Jay&&num;8217&semi; Tolson&comma; who then called 911 to report the possible accident<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;564546"><strong>Her autopsy report ruled that she died from blunt force trauma&comma; caused by a blow to the head that could have been either accidental or intentional<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;564546"><strong>The victim&&num;8217&semi;s family accused police of foot dragging in the investigation&comma; hired a private investigator and uncovered extensive blood stains on several items in Fletcher&&num;8217&semi;s home<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;564546"><strong>Three months into the investigations her boyfriend Jay Tolson&comma; 28&comma; has been arrested and facing second-degree murder <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;564546"><strong>Tolson who was arrested on Monday in Maine after grand jury indictment&comma; will be be extradited to North Carolina for a Nov 30 court date<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;10&sol;John-Curtis-Jay-Tolson-Jr-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-357388" width&equals;"576" height&equals;"759"&sol;><figcaption><strong>John Curtis &&num;8216&semi;Jay&&num;8217&semi; Tolson&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; has been charged with second-degree murder in the July 22 death of his girlfriend&comma; LeeAnn Fletcher&comma; three months after he called 911 to report that he&&num;8217&semi;d found her unconscious in a bathtub at home in North Carolina <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Three months after a North Carolina woman was found unconscious in a bathtub and later died of injuries to the head&comma; her boyfriend was arrested in Maine&nbsp&semi;on Monday and charged with her murder&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>John Curtis &&num;8216&semi;Jay&&num;8217&semi; Tolson was taken into custody in Bangor after&nbsp&semi;the Dare County Grand Jury in North Carolina returned an indictment&comma; charging him with one count of second-degree murder in the July death of 38-year-old LeeAnn Fletcher&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Fletcher&comma; a mother-of-two&comma; died July 25 &comma; three days after she was found unconscious in her home&nbsp&semi;by her boyfriend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;10&sol;LeeAnn-Fletcher-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-357384" width&equals;"575" height&equals;"757"&sol;><figcaption><strong>ME ruled that North Carolina mother-of-two&comma; LeeAnn Fletcher&comma; 38 &lbrack;photo&rsqb; died of blunt force trauma&period; Her 28-year-old boyfriend&comma; John Curtis &&num;8216&semi;Jay&&num;8217&semi; Tolson&comma; has been charged with second-degree murder in her late July death<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Jay Tolson&comma; 28&comma; has been charged with second-degree murder in the blunt force trauma death of his girlfriend&comma; LeeAnn Fletcher in late July&period;<br>Tolson told authorities that he found Fletcher unresponsive in a bathtub on July 22&period;<br>She succumbed to her injuries three days later at Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia&period; <br>Her autopsy found that her death was caused by a blow to the head that could have been either intentional or accidental&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;10&sol;John-Curtis-Jay-Tolson-claimed-he-found-LeeAnn-Fletcher-unresponsive-in-this-bathtub-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-357396"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Tolson&comma; who had been dating Fletcher&comma; was the one who called 911 to report that he had found her unresponsive in this bathtub on July 22&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Tolson&comma; who had been dating Fletcher&comma; was the one who called 911 to report that he had found her unconscious in the bathtub&comma; reported&nbsp&semi;<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;newsobserver&period;com&sol;news&sol;state&sol;north-carolina&sol;article246734716&period;html">The News &amp&semi; Observer&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a><br>&&num;8220&semi;My friend&comma; she’s laying in the tub&comma; she won’t wake up&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said on the call&comma; which has been released by Fletcher&&num;8217&semi;s family&period; <br>&&num;8220&semi;I think she fell last night&comma; I’m not sure&period; There’s blood coming out of her nose so I can’t get her to wake up&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;XUALFaiQqI4" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen&equals;""><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;Walk through of LeeAnn Fletcher&&num;8217&semi;s home after her death shows bed covered in blood&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Early in the investigation&comma; police named Tolson a &&num;8216&semi;person of interest&&num;8217&semi; but did not arrest him at the time&comma; sparking outrage among Fletcher&&num;8217&semi;s family and friends who believed that she died as a result of foul play&period; <br>They were also convinced that her boyfriend was somehow involved&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;10&sol;LeeAnn-Fletchers-blood-soaked-mattress-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-357406"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Fletcher&&num;8217&semi;s relatives and a private investigator visited her home in Kitty Hawk&comma; NC&nbsp&semi;after her death and found large amounts of blood&period; The walk through video of the crime scene reveals this bloodstained mattress <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;10&sol;LeeAnn-Fletchers-blood-soaked-pillow-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-357407"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The pillow on the bed was similarly soaked with blood inside Fletcher&&num;8217&semi;s home<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;10&sol;Blood-soaked-cloth-found-in-LeeAnn-Fletchers-home-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-357408"&sol;><figcaption><strong>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&&num;8217&semi;s walk-through<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Trisha Cahoon&comma; Fletcher&&num;8217&semi;s cousin&comma;&nbsp&semi;has started a social media campaign called &&num;8216&semi;Justice for LeeAnn&comma;&&num;8217&semi; and the family have hired a private investigator to help them collect evidence&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>The family accompanied by a investigator visited her home after her death and found large amounts of blood on several items&period;<br>A shirt that appeared to be saturated with blood was found inside the Fletcher&&num;8217&semi;s home during the family&&num;8217&semi;s walk-through&period;&period; <br>The graphic&nbsp&semi;<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;O93KajpSEUs">video&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a>also showed a bloodied mattress&comma; pillows and along with the blood soaked items of clothing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;10&sol;John-Curtis-Jay-Tolson-left-is-accused-of-killing-LeeAnn-Fletcher-right-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-357401"&sol;><figcaption><strong>LeeAnn Fletcher &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; a mom-of-two from North Carolina&comma; was found unresponsive in the bathtub in her home in late July&period; She died three days later&period; Her boyfriend John Curtis Tolson&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; who called 911&comma; saying she may have taken a fall&comma; is now charged with her murder<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Fletcher is survived by her teenage daughter and a six-year-old son&period; <br>Her family and friends have accused the Kitty Hawk Police Department of handling the case with &&num;8216&semi;no sense of urgency&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Trisha Cahoon&comma; at the time told WTKR &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;things just&nbsp&semi;<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wtkr&period;com&sol;news&sol;medical-examiner-rules-kitty-hawks-mothers-death-undetermined-shows-blunt-force-trauma-to-head" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">weren’t adding up<&sol;a>&period;” <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The trauma surgeon told us there was holes in the story&comma; that the injuries didn’t come from a fall&comma;” she said&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;So we hired a private investigator to collect evidence because we felt the Kitty Hawk Police Department were not doing their job&comma;” Cahoon said&period;<br>In response to the criticism&comma; Kitty Hawk police in a Facebook post&comma; appealed for patience to allow them time to conduct the investigation &&num;8216&semi;in an objective and thorough manner&comma;&&num;8217&semi; rather than rely on social media posts and news reports &&num;8216&semi;that may or may not be supported by the evidence&&num;8230&semi;&&num;8217&semi;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;10&sol;LeeAnn-Fletcher-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-357383"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Fletcher&&num;8217&semi;s family have accused the Kitty Hawk Police Dept&period; of handling the case with &&num;8216&semi;no sense of urgency&period;&&num;8217&semi; She is survived by a teenage daughter and a six-year-old son<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">After Tolson&&num;8217&semi;s arrest&comma; a visibly emotional Cahoon livestreamed her gratitude and relief on Facebook&period; She thanked everyone who has supported her social media campaign aimed at delivering justice for her slain cousin&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Everybody give yourself a pat on the back because if it wasn’t for us&comma; and pushing this and pushing this and pushing this&comma; we would not be where we’re at right now&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Cahoon said through sobs&period; &&num;8216&semi;We got him&comma; y’all&excl; We burned his a&ast;&ast;&comma; and now we just have to make sure he actually serves his time&comma; so the fight is not over&&num;8230&semi; We got that bastard&period;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>Tolson is expected to be extradited to North Carolina for a November 30 hearing in superior court in Dare County&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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