Since Jose was caught accessing the files and such and was ultimately fired, people really started to raise hell. Mike Christian got into some trouble as well. It seems he had some girlfriends on the side, outside of his marriage, and was sharing crime scene photos and information with them. Tsk tsk tsk. The GBI ended up getting involved and reopened Tamla’s case. I’ll go over and show you the GBI’s interviews and show you their findings at the end. All the videos come from the Justice for Tamla Horsford/Forsyth exposed page on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@justicefortamlahorsfordfor686/videos Let’s start with Mike Christian’s activity of sharing sensitive case information and photos and move on to his GBI interview to get it out of the way.
I’ll let you listen and decide what you think but I do want to add that Mandy called the GBI and told them that Kalin walked Jose through what to do before calling 911 that day.
I have no words for this type of shit. No words.
The next video is pretty long but I really want you all to watch it. It is a video call with Leander “Lee” Horsford. It happens on January 28, 2021, if I’m not mistaken. Grab some tissues too. It broke my heart listening to this poor man. He really loved his wife and desperately wants answers for what happened to her. After you watch it, I’ll add in some key points and such.
I immediately felt worse for Tam when he said she didn’t really want to go but didn’t want the ladies to think bad of her. Tam was really trying to form a friendship with these women. She made a Facetime call to him around 10:30 and you can see from the previous screenshot of her calls there is one that is labeled “Hubby”. He mentioned that Tam had no idea that any men would be there. He knew his wife and knew she wouldn’t have been comfortable going knowing there were men staying over as well. I mean, I have to agree there. It was said that it was a ladies only night and that’s not what happened. He said there was a video of Tam and Jenn where Tam had one foot on the ground and one foot on her shin. I showed you that video in the last post but it was only a tiny clip. Sadly, I don’t have the whole video. He said Tam’s face did not look happy and he thinks maybe a conversation turned to politics or something but that she looked upset. He knows his wife and the faces she makes. I believe him. He talked about how she could definitely hold her liquor and that she would have made it home. This man has drank with his wife countless times and he knows what she can handle. He talked about Xanax in her system and said it had not hit her liver yet. That means she had just ingested it. Remember when I said the same thing? It couldn’t have been in her system long before it started to take effect due to the alcohol. Moving along, he said the first story he was given was that she had tripped, fell into the grass and suffocated. The second story was that she fell from the balcony. Inside the funeral home is where things got nasty but also revealing. Lee said her face was “painted” black. The funeral home claimed that they had no choice due to all the bruising and injuries. Her bone still stuck out of her wrist!! On the next day, after all make up was removed, Lee took several pictures and talks about how she looked. This broke me. The defensive wounds and scratches on her arms should prove homicide. Her body at the scene looked like she was dragged by her left arm to that spot. And why was LE so damn rude to him when informing him of his wife’s death? That was cold and heartless! Michelle, Tam’s friend, was really digging into the case and pissed off those at the party that night. They sued Michelle and didn’t win, of course.
Basically, he stated that he called Jose to ask about moving Tam’s arm to check for a pulse. He said the call wasn’t recorded since he was just calling to clarify that one thing. He’s informed that Jose says they never spoke at all and basically says that’s a lie. He was simply calling to ask if he took her pulse and how he obtained it.
Thank goodness the GBI talked to neighbors! The FCSO never did from what I could find. The first neighbor they spoke with was Mary Ann, an older lady who shoots it straight! Mary Ann said that Jeanne was the neighborhood gossip and that she was “acting” that morning. She said Jeanne fell to the ground and pretended to sob like she was so upset. She said most neighbors stayed away from Jeanne and believed something bad happened there. She claimed Jose was really weird too. She also stated that the whole group was at Jeanne’s house every night for the next 2 weeks! Her husband stated they had to be getting their stories straight and such.
The next neighbors are Blake and Chasity. Blake said he and his wife had gone out on a date that night. Upon returning, they could tell they were having a party by all the cars in the driveway and along the curb. He saw Tom and Stacy leaving the following morning, carrying a crockpot, before the cops showed up. Jeanne showed up at his door 2 days later saying she needed to explain what was going on. She gave him the story we’ve heard and said that one of the neighbors was going around saying a lady fell off her balcony and that’s just not true. She also told him that “all our videos show her going to smoke and fell and didn’t catch herself.” Videos? Remember that I told you this would come up? Those cameras were not working, according to her, but she chose to tell the neighbors they were. Which is it? Were the cameras working and she lied to law enforcement? Were the cameras really not working but told the neighbors they were? Hmmm…. He goes on to say the crockpot couple left close to 9 am when he and his wife were leaving for breakfast. That contradicts what Tom said about leaving too. To make matters even weirder….Blake went and got Chic Fil A gift cards for Jeanne to give to Tam’s husband and says he doesn’t think those gift cards ever even made it to Lee.
OK, so we’ve made it this far! I’ll address some of the rumors and speculations I’ve seen. These are just rumors online and don’t necessarily reflect what I think. The late night ice run was to actually get cocaine for Jeanne. It’s been speculated that she was the one that used cocaine and not Tam. #2 is that Stacy possibly put Xanax in Tam’s drink since Bridget commented in her interview that she “didn’t see anyone put anything in her drink.” The 3rd is that Stacy and Jeanne didn’t like Tam and people left early because of not wanting to be at the scene. Number 4 is that Tam’s defensive wounds prove a scuffle happened. Also, Tam’s shoes randomly appeared in Lee’s garage when Tom dropped off food. So maybe there’s some guilt feelings there. Fire and EMS were canceled to the scene and no one rendered any aid due to a cover up. People were allowed to collectively write statements at the scene and interviews were conducted at the house with others present to keep stories straight. And lastly, no camera footage was attempted to be obtained due to Jeanne simply saying the cameras weren’t operational. Nicole said she left at 10:30 and Sarah never mentions her at all. They supposedly spoke on the phone while driving home at the same time. Nicole never left at 10:30 since she remembers the Facetime call with Tam’s daughter at 12:32 am, so she’s lying. She also said when she left she didn’t get to say goodbye to Tam because Tam was ‘out there’.
Let’s move on to the GBI interviews of the people that were there that night, shall we? I’ll include anything I think is suspect/odd.
She brought up the weekend before, on Halloween, and said that Tam, Madeline and Diane were smoking pot under the deck and she stopped them because of Jose and his job. She replies, “Lucky me!” when discussing that the party was at her house. She sounds kinda loopy during the interview with her speech being slow and odd. She said Nicole and Sarah didn’t drink. She said that Stacy brought the blueberry vodka when Bridget said she did. She said the men came up during halftime and during the last quarter only. She also said that the guys only drank beer and that they had a cooler downstairs, but you’ll see that Tom says he came up to fix Crown and coke drinks. Jeanne brought up that Marcy had to put Jenn to bed because Jenn was having a drunk meltdown about her DUI she’d recently gotten. I’m sure you remember that video. Bridget was cleaning up the living room and kitchen, not “them” as Jose had said. She mentioned Tam wanting to go home but they all convinced her to stay. As for the next morning, she said they all (she, Jose, Jenn and Madeline) looked over the deck and saw Tam not moving. According to Jenn, she’s the first and only one on the deck. Jeanne claimed to never go down to the yard. She reiterated the position of the body and that Miller had her call everyone back. Her Arlo cameras did not record due to not being charged…big shocker!!! Yet, she told her neighbors her cameras recorded everything. She admitted Jose knew they weren’t working and he had helped turn the house upside down looking for the charger for them. She also claimed Bridget never gave her anything during her divorce or when Michelle was digging around. Then she backtracks and says Bridget did give her something during her divorce. She admits her mom paid for Tam’s funeral and plane tickets for her daughter and her boyfriend. Think about that folks!!! This family is all about bribes and such! She lied about Bridget not knowing anyone but her and about telling the neighbors she had videos of Tam’s fall. She then attempts to tear up but that didn’t last long. She adds that Jenn was up when they came down the next morning. Is your head spinning yet?? Mine sure is! The amount of lies during that interview made me sick to my stomach!
The GBI also interviewed her ex-husband, Matthew Meyers. Matthew claimed his only issues, at the time of Tam’s death, was his kids, Jeanne was unemployed and dating Jose who was a 26 year old kid. He was concerned about the decisions Jeanne was making at the time. Jeanne’s mom called him to let him know that Tam had died at Jeanne’s house the night before and he headed over there. He said Lee was calling Jeanne’s phone but she couldn’t answer, per the deputies’ orders. He had coached their son for football. He said Jeanne was upset and shaking. He mentioned that Tam was friends with Michelle but that Tam had a life completely away from her. He mentioned the deck and railing and the safety of it because he built it with the kids in mind. He said the cameras were put in because he would come and go at first because it was his house and Jeanne would get mad. He actually gave the same story as the others which is odd because he wasn’t even there that night. Here again, they all talked and got their stories straight. He even knew who stayed and who left!
Jose claims he went straight to the deck after Madeline woke them up, but Jenn claimed she was the first on the deck. In this interview it’s a pack of cigarettes and not a loose cigarette. When asked about accessing the files, he said it was his first time dealing with something like this and he was just curious. When asked about the polygraph, he says sure but later on says no. He was asked for his phone and is uneasy about it. He dances around the polygraph and phone over and over again. He actually wouldn’t shut up! He ultimately refused the polygraph and giving up the phone. The investigators kept reminding him that this would eliminate him and they wouldn’t have to obtain search warrants. They try to work with him and give him the option of making arrangements to notify people so he could turn the phone over. He eventually turns it over and then starts asking if the “phone dump” is just for this phone or the old one too. He’s trying to see if the dump will include information from his old phone. He sounds very worried and the investigator assures him that he’s only looking for anything that says “you killed her or know who did”. Jose said NO and took his phone back. Now, if that doesn’t scream guilt, I don’t know what does…in my opinion. What does Jose know? What is he so afraid of? He and Jeanne broke up in April of 2019.
At this time, Jose had changed phones and phone carriers. Yea, you read that right. He changed it all! When asked about moving her arm to check for a pulse he denies it and kinda blames Andy Kalin. He sounds pissed off. What do you think?
Yep, Jose refused the polygraph. If you have nothing to hide, why refuse a polygraph? Just listen to his tone and draw your own conclusions.
Let’s get into Marcy’s GBI interview! She said she got there by 8 and Tome and Jose were in the living room watching the game. Hmmm…that doesn’t add up, does it? She also said she went to bed with Jenn at 11 but remembers the Facetime call with Tam’s daughter (at 12:32 am). Hmmm…. She said she set her alarm for 5:15 but earlier said she set it for 4 am. She says the lights and TV were on and the door was closed and that she left by 5:30. That’s not what she said before! She also adds that Jenn woke up as she was leaving. I’m sorry, I thought she left by 4:15 and that Jenn didn’t wake and text her husband until 7:30. She said marijuana was brought up and Jose said, “Don’t bring that shit around here!” But Jose doesn’t recall anyone mentioning weed, right? I found it funny that she mentioned this has all been so traumatic for everyone else and then made some lovely victim type statements. In my opinion, she’s not being truthful. What do you think?
Alex Fernandez, Marcy’s boyfriend, is talked to as well. He’s upset about Michelle Graves. He says that his son was put in a picture and that Michelle and someone else says they should go kill their spawn. He’s understandably frustrated and gets irate due to his son being targeted. When it comes to children, don’t put them in the middle of chaos and such.
She states that the Halloween party was at Jeanne’s but someone said that it was at someone else’s house. She said Lee was not at the Halloween pumpkin carving party. She acts kind of spastic and ridiculous, in my opinion. She claims that Madeline is witchy, kooky and “the elevator didn’t go all the way up.” When asked about giving her Xanax to anyone she replied, “Hell no, I need them!” But as you all know, she did give them away. At one point in the interview she actually says, “I was the last person to see her kicking. Lucky me!” At 9 am Jeanne called crying and saying she had to come back because Tam was dead. She told the investigator she can’t stand to see someone bold face lie to someone.
This second interview is ridiculous!! She’s putting on such a show as the agent is just trying to present a form to sign to return her phone. She’s caught in her lies about sharing her Xanax. Her mom won’t quit trying to interfere with the discussion. It’s a damn mess and a half!
Gary, her boyfriend, was interviewed as well. He said she called around 12:30 and wanted to be picked up. He said he got there around 1:30 or so and texted he was there. She was “normal” when he picked her up, they went home and went to bed.
Jenn, on the advice of her attorney, refused to give a statement to the GBI. She said had lost her cheer coach position due to “all of this”. I’m sure it couldn’t have been because of her DUI and her drinking habits! And she was so sure she wouldn’t contradict herself but still refused to give a statement. Hmmm….
Paula immediately asks “if this is off the record” and brings up if she needs an attorney since all the others are getting attorneys. She wanted to know if this investigation was “gonna be open records”. She claims she arrived after 9:30-10 pm and they all sang happy birthday to Jeanne. She mentioned Tam doing a Facetime call with her daughter and they all said hey. She said they all went to bed at 1:15 and left at 7:45-8 am. She saw Stacy and Tam’s phones on the table so she knew they were still there. When she was told not to delete any information from her phone she began to cry and asked if she needed an attorney again. She said she took food to Lee’s house and he was in shock and had no tears. She said a friend of Lee’s, Stephen Reynolds, seemed weird and angry. She spoke about Jeanne’s mom getting food to take to Lee’s and pay for plane tickets for their family.
Key points with Tom’s interview: He states that Stacy started getting closer to Tam and they began hanging out with her and Lee in the 6 months before she passed away. Stacy said it was only the last 3-4 weeks. He says that he and Jose came up at halftime to sing happy birthday and went back downstairs. He said they only came up twice afterwards to make drinks. He goes on to give pretty much the same account as others. He agrees that Jenn was very drunk and that she was the only one extremely intoxicated. He knew that Tam had drank quite a bit but there was no stumbling or anything like that. He claims that she and Lee both like to drink and have a good time. This supports what Lee said as well. He and Stacy went to bed by 1:30 and everyone retired around the same time except Tam and Bridget. He said he got up about 6:50 am and left just before 8. That’s not true. The neighbor saw them leave at 9 am. He also stated that the TV in the living room was off. Multiple people said it was on. He did say he left with a crockpot and was driving a white Audi, just as the neighbor claimed.
I know these interviews are rather long and I’m sorry but I really wanted you to hear what these people have to say vs just reading my summation of them. So Stacy started off saying she was hanging out with Tam for the last 3-4 weeks before her death. Hmmm…Her husband said 6 months. She claimed Tam was seeking new friends because her usual circle was bad. She said the first time they hung out was at a game and on the way to meet at dinner, Tam and Lee got into an argument where she put him out of the car on the side of 400. She said he had a buddy working there and he’d be fine. She also mentioned that after dinner they went back to her place and Tam talked about some trouble she got into in Florida with a gang. I can’t find any truth to this and wouldn’t be surprised if it’s completely fabricated. If it is the truth, it’s still no reason for what happened to Tam. Moving on the night in question, she says Tam came late but had a good reason. She claimed Tam had stopped by her friend’s house that was going through a crappy divorce. Lee claimed she was at home making a breakfast casserole for all her children before she left and that’s why she was late. She verified that Tam had weed and admitted to taking a puff but says that Jeanne got angry about Tam having it so Tam put it away. Bridget’s necklace was brought up that she carried medications in but she didn’t know if she gave any to Tam. She and Tom heard nothing through the night, even though their window faced the backyard. When Tam mentioned wanting to go home, Tom convinced her to stay. Stacy cried at the end of the video when asked if she did anything to Tam or saw anything. That struck me as odd.
Pay attention here. Stacy is caught lying and will continue to be caught lying. She claimed she got Xanax from Bridget in December of 2018 when her god-daughter died. She was then asked about the morning of and evening of Tam’s death and receiving Xanax from Bridget. She denies it but is told there is a text proving she did. She changed her tone quickly! I don’t think she expected to get caught in that lie! Oh and being late to the party was because she had stopped at Michelle Graves’ home to comfort her.
I guess Stacy has some explaining to do! Taylor was never her god-daughter and she never planned her funeral! The lies are piling up here!
The next interview was with Madeline, the ‘aunt’ of Jeanne. Actually she’s just best friends with Jeanne’s mom. Anyway, she goes over the evening and the next morning about the same as she did before. She says the first time she ran upstairs that morning she thought she heard water running so she went back downstairs. On her next trip upstairs, she spoke to Jose and Jeanne. She makes the statement, “No one moved her but I didn’t go outside with Jose.” Hmmm…
Now I already included some disgusting messages from Mike Christian. One of his girlfriends talked and told the GBI about him sharing sensitive information in cases, particularly Tam’s case. She claims he called and told her, “There’s some black, dead lady in someone’s backyard.” He was sending her Snapchats while he was actually at the scene that day. He even sent her a picture of Tam’s body laying on the ground that morning. He told her that he didn’t think she fell from that deck and mentioned her wrist being broken and said her body had obviously been moved. He said there was no way she fell like that! He also said he thought Jose called Andy Kalin before calling 911. He felt that her death was accidental and the people at the party panicked. He felt there was a cover-up happening. Think about it. This woman has nothing to gain. Mike could talk to her without the heat from the media or the department. He could be honest with what he felt was really going on without worrying about backlash. He didn’t have to watch what he said or worry about what the public might say. He was more than likely honest with her.
And finally, here’s the summary of the case from the GBI
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xje4n8iiVXhvG3HSQkN7P4die4b4riqY/view
Well, there you have it. What do you think? Did she simply fall from the deck? Did she trip over the gardening border and suffocate? Did something more sinister happen? Let me know!
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