bloodrayne
09-02-2004, 06:50 AM
2 Men Charged In Killing, Mutilation
Two Alton men were charged Monday with murdering and dismembering an emotionally troubled Carlinville man whom they had met at a bar just a few yards away from the basement apartment where, police say, the murder took place.
Alton police said Jason P. Mobley and Chadwick W. Wallace, both 22, choked to death 21-year-old Jesse R. Emery in an apartment on Mather Street.
The two then cut the body up, possibly with a hacksaw, before stuffing the pieces into garbage bags and stashing them in the trunk of a car, police added.
Another man, Mark R. Mobley, Jason Mobley's 21-year-old brother, was charged with concealing a homicidal death for allowing his brother and Wallace to use his nearby black Pontiac to hide the body parts, police said.
Jason Mobley and Wallace had walked from the apartment the Mobley brothers shared in the 400 block of Mather Street to Norb's Tavern. There, they met Emery, who followed them back to the apartment, where they got into an argument, prompting Mobley and Wallace to place Emery in a choke hold, police said.
After they realized they had killed him, they panicked and cut Emery's body into pieces and decapitated him, police said.
According to Harry Mobley, the brothers' father, Jason Mobley and Wallace had gone to the bar to get cigarettes, and Emery followed them home. When they asked Emery to leave, he refused, and a fight erupted.
"They put him in a scissor lock, and he passed out," said an emotional Harry Mobley. "It wasn't supposed to happen."
Mobley said his younger son, Mark, witnessed the killing and has been in shock ever since.
"Mark happened to see something, and he freaked out," he said. "He's a zombie like I am right now."
"I can't excuse what they say Paul did," Mobley added, referring to the elder son whom he calls by his middle name. "But Mark didn't do anything."
Mobley said his elder son was in the process of getting his life together after a string of arrests, which included such charges as burglary and alcohol possession by a minor.
"He worked the night shift at the plastics place, and he was doing real good," Mobley said, adding that his son had never been violent but had recently stopped taking anti-anxiety medication. "Now this happens."
Harry Mobley said he visited his younger son Sunday and talked to several police officers and family members before cobbling together his understanding of what happened Friday night. He hasn't talked to Jason, who was placed on suicide watch, he said, since his sons were taken into custody Saturday.
According to Harry Mobley, the three men, after realizing what they'd done, went to the home of one of Wallace's relatives, where they explained the events of the night and called police. Mobley also said his older son made a call while in police custody, looking for his 1-year old daughter.
Authorities could not confirm that version of events Monday but said they got a tip from a family member, prompting the investigation.
The two Mobley brothers had moved to the modest brick apartment complex three or four months ago, and worked at Cope Plastics, a plastics fabrication and distributing company, according to neighbors.
The building's landlord, Stanley Zimmerman, said the two had been good tenants and "seemed like real nice guys."
Neighbors at the apartment complex said they didn't hear anything out of the ordinary late Friday or early Saturday, and hardly knew the Mobley brothers, who worked the night shift at Cope.
One neighbor, however, said she saw one of the Mobley brothers carrying a hacksaw from the apartment to the black Pontiac before police arrived Saturday afternoon.
"I thought, 'Why do you need a hacksaw in an apartment?'" said Elaine Maher, who has lived in the apartment complex for one month. "I was curious. Since when do you need a hacksaw to get into a car?"
The Mobley family moved to Alton from Florissant in 1986, according to their father, and went to Alton High School, where they met Wallace.
Jason Mobley and Wallace are being held in lieu of $2 million bail each. Mark Mobley is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Emery, who family members said suffered from acute psychotic depression, often stayed with his sister in Alton. She has said that Emery went for a walk Friday at about 10 p.m. and never came back.
The Macoupin County sheriff's office said Monday that Emery had been arrested three times there, for battery, possession of alcohol by a minor and violating a city ordinance in Carlinville.
Two Alton men were charged Monday with murdering and dismembering an emotionally troubled Carlinville man whom they had met at a bar just a few yards away from the basement apartment where, police say, the murder took place.
Alton police said Jason P. Mobley and Chadwick W. Wallace, both 22, choked to death 21-year-old Jesse R. Emery in an apartment on Mather Street.
The two then cut the body up, possibly with a hacksaw, before stuffing the pieces into garbage bags and stashing them in the trunk of a car, police added.
Another man, Mark R. Mobley, Jason Mobley's 21-year-old brother, was charged with concealing a homicidal death for allowing his brother and Wallace to use his nearby black Pontiac to hide the body parts, police said.
Jason Mobley and Wallace had walked from the apartment the Mobley brothers shared in the 400 block of Mather Street to Norb's Tavern. There, they met Emery, who followed them back to the apartment, where they got into an argument, prompting Mobley and Wallace to place Emery in a choke hold, police said.
After they realized they had killed him, they panicked and cut Emery's body into pieces and decapitated him, police said.
According to Harry Mobley, the brothers' father, Jason Mobley and Wallace had gone to the bar to get cigarettes, and Emery followed them home. When they asked Emery to leave, he refused, and a fight erupted.
"They put him in a scissor lock, and he passed out," said an emotional Harry Mobley. "It wasn't supposed to happen."
Mobley said his younger son, Mark, witnessed the killing and has been in shock ever since.
"Mark happened to see something, and he freaked out," he said. "He's a zombie like I am right now."
"I can't excuse what they say Paul did," Mobley added, referring to the elder son whom he calls by his middle name. "But Mark didn't do anything."
Mobley said his elder son was in the process of getting his life together after a string of arrests, which included such charges as burglary and alcohol possession by a minor.
"He worked the night shift at the plastics place, and he was doing real good," Mobley said, adding that his son had never been violent but had recently stopped taking anti-anxiety medication. "Now this happens."
Harry Mobley said he visited his younger son Sunday and talked to several police officers and family members before cobbling together his understanding of what happened Friday night. He hasn't talked to Jason, who was placed on suicide watch, he said, since his sons were taken into custody Saturday.
According to Harry Mobley, the three men, after realizing what they'd done, went to the home of one of Wallace's relatives, where they explained the events of the night and called police. Mobley also said his older son made a call while in police custody, looking for his 1-year old daughter.
Authorities could not confirm that version of events Monday but said they got a tip from a family member, prompting the investigation.
The two Mobley brothers had moved to the modest brick apartment complex three or four months ago, and worked at Cope Plastics, a plastics fabrication and distributing company, according to neighbors.
The building's landlord, Stanley Zimmerman, said the two had been good tenants and "seemed like real nice guys."
Neighbors at the apartment complex said they didn't hear anything out of the ordinary late Friday or early Saturday, and hardly knew the Mobley brothers, who worked the night shift at Cope.
One neighbor, however, said she saw one of the Mobley brothers carrying a hacksaw from the apartment to the black Pontiac before police arrived Saturday afternoon.
"I thought, 'Why do you need a hacksaw in an apartment?'" said Elaine Maher, who has lived in the apartment complex for one month. "I was curious. Since when do you need a hacksaw to get into a car?"
The Mobley family moved to Alton from Florissant in 1986, according to their father, and went to Alton High School, where they met Wallace.
Jason Mobley and Wallace are being held in lieu of $2 million bail each. Mark Mobley is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Emery, who family members said suffered from acute psychotic depression, often stayed with his sister in Alton. She has said that Emery went for a walk Friday at about 10 p.m. and never came back.
The Macoupin County sheriff's office said Monday that Emery had been arrested three times there, for battery, possession of alcohol by a minor and violating a city ordinance in Carlinville.