ARREST MADE IN CARY DOUBLE MURDER 10-20-2010

 

AN ARREST IS MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CARY DOUBLE-MURDER. SHARKEY COUNTY SHERIFF LINDSEY ADAMS SAID TONY STAMPS HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. HOWEVER, STAMPS HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDERS OF KARITHA CARROLL, 31, AND HER 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER JAMAYA. STAMPS WAS THE RELATIVE ABC SIX NEWS FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT TUESDAY, WHO AUTHORITIES RE-INTERVIEWED MONDAY NIGHT. ADAMS SAID STAMPS DISCOVERED THE BODIES OF KARITHA AND HER DAUGHTER ON SEPTEMBER 23RD OF LAST YEAR, THEN LEFT TOWN TWO DAYS LATER.  STAMPS TRIED TO RELOCATE IN ARIZONA, BUT RECENTLY RETURNED TO SHARKEY COUNTY.  STAMPS IS BEING HELD AT THE RANKIN COUNTY JAIL.  DESPITE HIS ARREST, SHERIFF ADAMS SAYS THE INVESTIGATION IS FAR FROM OVER, AND THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND SHARKEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ARE COMMITTED TO BRINGING CLOSURE TO THIS CASE.