Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Ethan's Obituary
ETHAN JONATHAN DAVID STACY, 4 years old of Richlands, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2010 in Layton, Utah. Born at Fort Stewart Army Base in Savannah, Georgia on September 22, 2005, he was the son of Joe Gary Stacy of Richlands, Virginia. Ethan was a fun loving boy who enjoyed life and loved playing with his Transformers.
Ethan is survived by his loving father – Joe Gary Stacy and his fiancé Becky Leigh Elswick of Richlands, Virginia, One sister – Alisa Destiny Stacy, Mt. Carmel, IL, One Brother – Destrian Jonathan David Stacy, Mt. Carmel, IL, Paternal Grandmother – Peggy Jo and her husband David Akers, Grundy, VA, Paternal Grandfather – Gary Steven and his wife Freda Stacy, Hurley, VA, Maternal grandparents – John and Katrina Busby, Apopka, FL
He is also survived by several Aunts, Uncles and Cousins.
Funeral services for ETHAN JONATHAN DAVID STACY will be conducted Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. at the Grundy Funeral Home Chapel with Evangelist Mike Rife officiating with burial to follow in the Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery, Richlands, Virginia.
Friends may call at the Grundy Funeral Home chapel after 5:00 P.M. Tuesday with evening services at 7:00 P.M.
Active Pallbearers will be Marshall Osborne, Brett Sword, Aaron Keene and Jacob Keene.
A memorial fund has been set up for Ethan Stacy at Tru Point Bank – P. O. Box 1010 – Grundy, Virginia 24614 – Ethan Stacy Memorial Fund.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.grundyfuneralhome.com
Grundy Funeral Home of Grundy, Virginia is in charge of all arrangements.
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Photo of Ethan Stacy part of investigation, police say
SALT LAKE CITY — The FBI has now entered the investigation into the death of Ethan Stacy, partly because of its expertise in examining electronic evidence, which could provide valuable clues in the timeline of violence that led to the boy's death.
One of the photos the FBI is investigating is one that was posted on Stephanie Sloop's Facebook page.
The Layton Police Department says it is aware of a Facebook photo that has created a lot of buzz in the case. The lieutenant who KSL News spoke to would not go into details, but he said it's definitely part of the investigation.
The photo is a picture of 4-year-old Ethan playing video games like any other child. However, in this photo, his face is swollen and bruised, and he's sitting with the man accused of killing him: his stepfather, Nathan Sloop.
"A picture says a thousand words. And if we can have a picture of something that someone did, a crime that someone committed, then it becomes a lot easier for us to understand the elements of that crime," says Dr. Brent Horn, assistant professor of criminal justice at Weber State University.
Horn says electronic data, like that picture, can be important in any case, especially when trying to figure out a timeline. But he says detectives and prosecutors must be careful how much weight they give the photo.
"To have just one very specific piece of evidence that you're relying your whole case on is kind of very dangerous ground to be on," Horn says.
To be fair, prosecutors are looking at the bigger picture by processing physical data from the burial site at Powder Mountain and forensic evidence at the Sloops' apartment in Layton. But since there is so much electronic data in this case, the FBI was called in because of its specialized laboratory.
The agency only has 16 of these labs across the country, and one happens to be in Salt Lake City.
"In any case where you might have audio, video or other kinds of digital evidence, the regional computer forensic lab would be a great resource," Horn says.
Horn says there is always a possibility that people will manipulate electronic data by using programs like Photoshop. However, he says, these forensic scientists are highly trained to tell the difference between what's real and what's fake.
One of the photos the FBI is investigating is one that was posted on Stephanie Sloop's Facebook page.
The Layton Police Department says it is aware of a Facebook photo that has created a lot of buzz in the case. The lieutenant who KSL News spoke to would not go into details, but he said it's definitely part of the investigation.
The photo is a picture of 4-year-old Ethan playing video games like any other child. However, in this photo, his face is swollen and bruised, and he's sitting with the man accused of killing him: his stepfather, Nathan Sloop.
"A picture says a thousand words. And if we can have a picture of something that someone did, a crime that someone committed, then it becomes a lot easier for us to understand the elements of that crime," says Dr. Brent Horn, assistant professor of criminal justice at Weber State University.
Horn says electronic data, like that picture, can be important in any case, especially when trying to figure out a timeline. But he says detectives and prosecutors must be careful how much weight they give the photo.
"To have just one very specific piece of evidence that you're relying your whole case on is kind of very dangerous ground to be on," Horn says.
To be fair, prosecutors are looking at the bigger picture by processing physical data from the burial site at Powder Mountain and forensic evidence at the Sloops' apartment in Layton. But since there is so much electronic data in this case, the FBI was called in because of its specialized laboratory.
The agency only has 16 of these labs across the country, and one happens to be in Salt Lake City.
"In any case where you might have audio, video or other kinds of digital evidence, the regional computer forensic lab would be a great resource," Horn says.
Horn says there is always a possibility that people will manipulate electronic data by using programs like Photoshop. However, he says, these forensic scientists are highly trained to tell the difference between what's real and what's fake.
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