Those leads are not being made public because of the investigation. Murdoch said since Sheriff Greenwell took office earlier this year, two more leads have surfaced. I think it is somewhat personal to the sheriff that we do get this case solved and also to all of us in Bullitt County," said Sgt. "You don't try to take any case personal, but Sheriff Greenwell was directly involved with this case from the beginning. Now the Sheriff has made her case his department's top priority. Greenwell was one of the first officers on the scene when Jessica's body was found. More than eleven years later, he is now the lead investigator on her case, appointed by newly-elected Sheriff Dave Greenwell. He was a Louisville dispatcher when Jessica was killed. Murdoch is new to the Bullitt County Sheriff's Department. I think that a lot of the investigators will tell you there's errors in the case, but we're going to do our best to try to fix those errors," said Sergeant Mike Murdoch. Two years later, Brooks was freed after a judge declared a mistrial because Bullitt County Sheriff's Detective Charles Mann testified Brooks failed a polygraph test, which is not admissible in court.
In 2001, Police charged Jessica's former neighbor David "Bucky" Brooks with her kidnapping and murder. Her body, brutally beaten, was found seventeen days after she disappeared in a wooded area just miles from her home. I looked in her bedroom and all I seen was the back of her head, she was asleep," said Dishon. "I seen her that morning before I went to work. Jessica was 17 and a high school senior when she disappeared from her home in Shepherdsville. "Me and Edna, we always prayed and hoped that one day they would catch the murderer," said Dishon.
One thing that hasn't changed since Jessica's disappearance September 10, 1999, is her parents longing for justice. "She's got dimples that reminds me a lot of Jessica," Dishon said. Her father Mike now has a new baby, a little girl. Edna and Mike Dishon have recently divorced. "When that happened, it about killed me and my wife both," Dishon said.Ī lot has changed for Jessica's parents since her death. Her favorite stuffed animals line her bed and her dog Prancer still paces the floors. "This picture here, it's one of her pictures we got when she passed away," said Mike Dishon.įew things have changed in Jessica Dishon's bedroom.
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SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY (WDRB, FOX41) - A killer is still free more than eleven years after the brutal murder of a Bullitt County teen.Ī new sheriff wants justice for Jessica Dishon and is making her case a top priority. Special Assignment: Jessica Dishon 11 years later