Son of Sam murder of husband and wife by son is the front page news 
story in the News and Observer, dated June 7, 2005. There are some funny 
issues in this story. First, the defendant is arraigned wearing expensive 
clothes, $200 shirt, where normally the defendant wears a orange jumpsuit 
furnished by the county. Second, the bodies were stacked up behind the 
bedroom door. So, how did the defendant stack up the bodies behind the door 
and then leave the room? Second, the prosecution seems to think that being 
an expert marksman is crucial to case, when five shots were fired using a 
shotgun.

      I suspect that the sheriff's department killed the son's parents, and 
then told the son, a Christian, that they would get him off the hook, just 
like Satan and Lucifer are trying to get Michael Jackson off the hook in 
California.

      Officers seek more evidence of killings



      By BETH VELLIQUETTE : The Herald-Sun
      bvelliquette@heraldsun.com
      Jun 2, 2005 : 10:06 pm ET

      CHAPEL HILL -- Investigators searched Adam Sapikowski's home a second 
time recently after his sister told police that the teen who allegedly 
confessed to killing his parents had a "secret hiding place" in his room 
that could contain evidence.

      Police also learned that Sapikowski, charged with first-degree murder 
in the shotgun deaths of his parents, had received firearm training and had 
earned marksman certifications from the National Rifle Association for young 
shooters, according to court records.

      Investigators believe Sapikowski, 17, used a .410 single-shot shotgun 
to kill his parents. A medical examiner said Sapikowski's 52-year-old 
father, James, was shot three times in the head and his 49-year-old mother, 
Alison, was shot once in the shoulder and once in the head.

      Police believe the shootings happened on the weekend beginning Friday, 
April 29. The bodies, which were wrapped in blankets and starting to 
decompose, were found in the family's upscale house near the Chapel Hill 
Country Club on May 14. Police conducted an initial search that day.

      On Wednesday, the Chapel Hill Police Department returned a second 
search warrant affidavit to the Orange County Clerk of Court that revealed 
that Adam Sapikowski had been trained in the use of firearms.

      It also revealed that Sapikowski had a "secret hiding place" in his 
room where he may have kept a safe or lock box and that he gave a key that 
might have been to the box to his girlfriend, Jennifer Lonnman, in the days 
between the shooting and the discovery of the bodies.

      In requesting the search warrant, Investigator Rodney Matthews wrote 
that a second search warrant was needed for the Sapikowski's home at 29 
Whitley Drive because investigators had received some new information.

      "It has been discovered during the course of this investigation that 
Adam Sapikowski has an extensive knowledge of guns and was a member of a gun 
club," according to the affidavit investigators used to obtain their search 
warrant. "Adam competed in paintball competitions throughout the state of 
North Carolina and may have received awards and certificates for his 
participation in these events."

      When investigators searched the house the second time, on May 26, they 
seized a "National Rifle Association Marksman Certificate: Adam Sapikowski," 
a Pro Marksman patch, a rifle qualification patch from the NRA and two 
photos and a plaque from Camp Rockmont.

      Camp Rockmont's Web site states that the camp is a private Christian 
camp for boys ages 7 to 16 located near Asheville. Among the many activities 
at the camp are riflery and trap shooting. The Herald-Sun was unable to 
contact the director of the camp for more information.

      The NRA Web page states that through its youth programs, the Pro 
Marksman patch is the first shooting certificate a young person can earn. 
Marksman is the second certificate, and each requires the young person to 
pass target-shooting tests.

      During the recent search, police also were looking for a "secret 
hiding place," where Sapikowski may have kept a safe or lock box, according 
to the request for the search warrant. During their investigation, 
investigators obtained information from Adam Sapikowski's sister, Lauren 
Sapikowski, and his girlfriend, Jennifer Lonnman. Lauren Sapikowski is a 
college student; Adam Sapikowski was the only child still living at home.

      "Lauren told Sgt. Carden about a 'secret hiding place' in Adam 
Sapikowski's room that is hard to find if one is not familiar with the room, 
which may contain additional items, information and evidence that may be 
crucial to the investigation," the affidavit said. "She said this 'secret 
hiding place' may also contain a security safe or lock box in which items, 
information and evidence could be stored."

      The affidavit went on to say that Carden recently interviewed Adam 
Sapikowski's girlfriend and that she gave Carden a key "that she says Adam 
Sapikowski gave to her and asked her to keep, sometime during the days 
leading up to the discovery of the deceased ... ."

      Lonnman said she did not know what the key was for, the affidavit 
said. "The key is rounded, which is consistent with the shape of keys that 
normally fit locking mechanisms on lock boxes, safes, etc." the affidavit 
said.

      Police seized one "Century Security Safe" during the second search, 
according to records.

      The search warrant did not say what was inside the safe or if the key 
fit it.

      Police also asked to look for other minute and microscopic evidence 
that could be examined in a forensic laboratory, although the search warrant 
did not indicate if any such evidence was seized.

      Orange-Chatham District Attorney Jim Woodall would not comment on 
whether Lonnman received any type of immunity in exchange for cooperating 
with police. She did, however, hire Chapel Hill attorney Barry Winston, one 
of Orange County's top criminal attorneys, to represent her.

      Winston has said previously that Lonnman did not know that Sapikowski 
killed his parents until after police found the bodies on May 14 and that 
she was not at risk of being charged with being an accessory to murder.

      On Wednesday, Visiting Superior Court Judge J.B. Allen signed an order 
requiring Durham Academy, the private school that Adam Sapikowski attended, 
to provide the Chapel Hill Police Department with his attendance records, 
grade reports, progress reports and reports of disciplinary actions from the 
first day of attendance at Durham Academy until June 1, 2005.

      Chapel Hill Police Chief Gregg Jarvies said investigators contacted 
school officials on Thursday and gave them the order directing them to hand 
over Sapikowski's records. The school is collecting those records and is 
expected to give them to the Chapel Hill Police Department today or Monday, 
Jarvies said.

      Lewis Cheek, Durham Academy's attorney, could not be reached for 
comment.

      Meanwhile, Orange-Chatham Public Defender James Williams, who is 
representing Adam Sapikowski, filed a motion asking that police preserve and 
retain all handwritten or typed notes, reports, memos, tape recordings and 
video tapes that contain communication with potential witnesses, whether 
those notes, tapes and reports have been incorporated into the official 
records or not.

      Sapikowski is being held in the Orange County Jail without bond. He is 
scheduled to appear in Orange County District Court on Monday for a probable 
cause hearing, although Woodall said he doesn't believe there will be one. 
It's possible Williams will request a bond hearing on Monday, but Woodall 
had not received confirmation of that request late Thursday.