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| Clay County murder cases continued |
| By pressandguide.com |
| Published: 04/16/2010 |
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The case of Robert Rupert, which was scheduled to be heard during the April term of Clay County Circuit Court has been continued again until the July term, according to Clay County Circuit Court documents. Rupert, who has been charged with murder/capital murder and aggravated assault has had his case continued until the next term, which meets in July. Court documents said the case is being moved because of an ongoing investigation. Assistant District Attorney Rhonda Hayes-Ellis is the prosecuting attorney. Clay County Sheriff’s Department investigators in June arrested 38-year-old Robert Rupert of West Point on one count of capital murder in connection with the Dec. 4, 2003, shooting death of Starkville resident Roosevelt Pernell III. Officers believe Rupert was involved in the 2003 murder-for-hire of Pernell and the attempted murder of Pernell’s brother, Cedric. According to police reports, Rupert and possibly other gunmen used sniper-style firearms to shoot and kill Roosevelt Pernell and wound Cedric Pernell. Authorities believe the killing was drug-related. The arrest resulted from a more than three-month investigation that began after Clay County Sheriff Laddie Huffman formed a Cold Case Unit at the sheriff’s department. The unit was formed after the Clay County Board of Supervisors allowed Huffman to enter partial retirement and use part of his salary to fund the unsolved murders unit. Roosevelt Pernell III’s murder case is not the only unsolved death in the Pernell family. Roosevelt Pernell III’s father, Roosevelt Pernell Jr., died Feb. 22, 2007 while he was being held in the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center on public drunkenness charges. LCADC officers discovered Roosevelt Pernell Jr. unresponsive in his jail cell a few hours after he was arrested by the Columbus Police Department on the charges. Although an autopsy revealed Roosevelt Pernell Jr. died of blunt force trauma to the head. Read More. |
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