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This is my son who was murdered Sept. 23, 2003 & my mother who followed him by grieving on Jan. 24, 2004.

My son 17 year old Timothy Stone was murdered on September 23rd 2003 in Chidester, AR while traveling on Hwy 57. We were notified by Sheriff Paul Lucas that this was a one vehicle accident. Due to several inconsistencies my mother Betty Isom, Step-father Marvin and I hand delivered our written statements that clearly voiced our concerns that this was far more than a one vehicle accident.

After not seeing any efforts by the police, we were forced to hire TOWNSEND INVESTIGATIONS to see justice done. After several months of investigations it is much clearer what happened that night. There was definitely foul play.

We have identified the main suspect. He knows that he is the suspect and he knows we are gathering evidence against him. This suspect has a history of crime, theft and gun theft, and drug abuse.
 

Timothy was threatened by two young men several times in the days leading up to his death.
 

Before Tim was murdered, Marvin and Tim asked a Ouachita County Juvenile Probation Office, how to go about getting a restraining order on these boys.
 

The incident reports states that the car rolled several times. The roof, trunk and hood are completely clean and were not touched.
 

After calling the Sheriff’s office several times and they said they did not know where the car was and in no way offered to assist my father in finding the vehicle.

We were not able to find out where the car was until September 30th, 2003. This is a full seven days after the accident. By this time the towing company explained they had to charge a whopping 700.00 plus $15 per day storage to get the car back.

We could not understand why we could not find the vehicle for so many days and now couldn’t get the vehicle because the bill was more than we could afford. My parents have lived in Chidester, AR for a very long time.

This is a very small town and it was well known that Timothy was their grandson and the car was his car. The sheriff’s office could have given my parents the choice to have the car towed a couple of miles down the road rather than to Camden to rack up a large tow and storage bill.
 

There was a suspicious BLACK mark on the passenger side rear bumper. The sheriff’s office dismissed this as GLUE that holds the metal molding on or that Tim had backed into something. My father had waxed that car a couple of days before and it was not there. Tim had not driven the car since until that night.
 

During an interview with a Ouachita County official, Tim’s mother (Renata Balleza) and Investigator Susan Townsend, the official said that Timothy Stone was a big druggie and homosexual and that as far as he knows this was a one vehicle accident and the case was closed.

He says he saw things at the scene but said they were immaterial. For example, he said he saw pieces of Tim’s clothing in the glass of the car. When Inv. Townsend asked why that wasn’t in any report he said it was immaterial and he wouldn’t have put it in his report.

He also said that he had knowledge of one of the suspects taking items from the accident scene. When asked by Inv. Townsend he said that (used the name of the suspect) told him but added that was immaterial to him. The official said he took photos at the scene and opened his desk drawer, looked through some photos and said they weren’t there.

These photos, as of December 2004, STILL have NOT been located. UPDATE! These photos were located by ASP Inv. Duran in late 2005.
 

A former Ouachita Co. Investigator and present Deputy Coroner who was at the scene the night of Tim’s death said that he is constantly bothered by the fact that Timothy’s severe head injuries and the position of his body that night DID NOT coincide with an accident and was more like a homicide and voiced this to the Investigating Officer. He knew Tim and said that Tim told him (less than 10 days before he was killed) that the suspects were out to do him harm.
 

We have already spent over $18000 on Investigations and hired an attorney to help us attain justice but we are still lacking funding to complete the investigation. Hopefully, State LE will do something since they now have all of my investigators' months of work.

*As of June 22, 2006, the killer is still at large, and no one has been arrested.

My goal is to build a  Ranch a “Safe Home” for teens to come for free. This will be a totally NON-PROFIT CENTER for them. We hope to purchase a small tract of land with animals (horses, dogs, and other farm animals) that are unwanted or mistreated.

Each teen will be able to “adopt” his or her animal and care for it. The ranch will provide the monetary needs and the teen will provide the love and care. 

We have volunteers and are seeking more that have experience in counseling and working with teens. I intend to volunteer the rest of my life to try to help those kids so that no mother has to get that dreadful call at night that her son/daughter is dead. Timothy would want this and God is calling on me.

Anyone that feels like they can help or serve on the board of directors please contact me or donate to the TIMOTHY STONE MEMORIAL FUND by clicking on the “Make a Donation” link below.

Renata Balleza   

All persons mentioned in this site are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.