I was wondering if anyone can remember the segment, its an older one. And I have not seen it on lifetime in quite sometime. It is about the teenage boy that was found beaten in the middle of the street, and at first the police thought that he had been hit by a car, but then they thought he was beat up and left to die. And then there was the thing about his tennis shoes that proved that he couldn't have been hit by a car because his laces had come out of his shoes and blood and other evidence was up and down the whole street. Does anyone know which case this is? Has it been solved? And what was up with the kids name he was calling for when he was found? Was it really the kids they saw up in the bushes overlooking the scene?

I do know the case you're speaking of... while I can't remember the boy's name, I remember that he was tall for a young person his age (13 or 14) and was calling for "Brian" to help him.

As far as I know, the case hasn't been solved.

Yes! But did they ever even determine who "Brian" was because I believe his parents did not think that he had a friend named Brian....some witnesses thought that maybe "Brian" was the kid in the bushes but the police thought that person was just an onlooker.

The victims name was Russell Evans. The passerby who found Russell claimed to have seen a boy watching from afar who had white shorts and a white shirt on. Russell had a friend named Brian who initially claimed he was wearing white shirt & white shorts that night (than later changed his story) but wasn't near the accident. Also before Russell fell unconscious he kept yelling "Brian". A nurse said someone named Brian had called in to check on his condition before most people even knew of the accident. My personal opinion is the man in the bushes and that called the hospital was Russell's friend Brian and perhaps Russell even knew he was close by which was why he kept calling for him. I think Brian knows more about the incident than he's willing to say.

So what did the police end up ruling in this case? Do they believe he was beat up or that he was a hit-and-run victim? And I cannot believe with teenagers involved that no one has talked over all of these years...

The police have stuck by their ruling of a hit and run automobile accident. I tend to agree with them. UM makes everything more dramatic and suspicious for viewer intrest. Of course, a crime was still committed and it would be nice to see justice obtained in this case.

At the risk of casting aspersions, I think Russell was "set up" by his friend Brian and when Brian saw that Russell was seriously injured he felt guilty about it and called to check on how his friend was doing. The reason why he later denied being at the crime scene that night is because I feel Brian was involved in some shape or form in what happened to Russell that night which led to his death.

Thats the only thing that makes sense to me.

My favorite was the reenactment where he said hey, if you guys don't get outta here you're going to have some REAL trouble.

There is no way in HELL that fight went down the way the segment depicted it. Yes Russell Evans was well apparently pretty tall for his age but he was still thirteen and those guys who confronted him and his pudgy pal that night were at least sixteen as they drove cars. Growing up I didn't know many sixteen-eighteen year olds (myself included) who would back down from a bunch of thirteen year olds.

A few updates on Russell's case from a poster on the popular video site who claims to be his younger brother:

- Russell's brother claims that the police investigation was shoddy to begin with and the streets were cleaned the day after his brother's death disturbing the crime scene.

- Bryan's older sister was at a party a week after Russell's death and was found dead inside her car. Her murder also remains unsolved.

- From what Russell's brother said, Russell's death really tore his family apart. His father became consumed with Russell's death and eventually passed away some years ago. Russell's mother is also in declining health and refuses to talk about the case anymore. Russell's brother claims that one day he'll look into the case himself but not while his mother is still alive because he feels the stress of reliving his brother's death would be too much on her at this time.

*Sigh* I hope one day it will be solved.

True story: two weeks ago I was taking family information from a client, and she said her family member's name was Russell _____. I was half paying attention and wrote "Russell Evans" on the paper. She corrected me, and I can't believe I just subconsciously wrote a name from a UM story down on documentation at work. I apparently need help myself.

A few updates on Russell's case from a poster on the popular video site who claims to be his younger brother:

- Bryan's older sister was at a party a week after Russell's death and was found dead inside her car. Her murder also remains unsolved.

The problem with the internet is anyone can claim to be anyone or anything he likes. If this was even close to true, the authorities would have had no choice but to investigate both incidents as related, and, even if they had and concluded they were NOT related, UM would have ABSOLUTELY mentioned it in the segment, for it is just the sort of detail that show lives on: something that doesn't prove anything, but suggests a lot.

I think that poster is full of it.

The problem with the internet is anyone can claim to be anyone or anything he likes. If this was even close to true, the authorities would have had no choice but to investigate both incidents as related, and, even if they had and concluded they were NOT related, UM would have ABSOLUTELY mentioned it in the segment, for it is just the sort of detail that show lives on: something that doesn't prove anything, but suggests a lot.

I think that poster is full of it.

Yeah maybe I'm not entirely convinced either but not willing to dismiss it either. I might do some research on it at some point and see if I can find some articles to back up his claims about Bryan's sister.

Good luck; I don't think the segment mentions the last name of this "Brian" or "Bryan" or however the kid spelled it, which also, obviously, isn't specified.

His name is Brian Bushing. If you google Russ Evans and unsolved mysteries, you'll find discussion of him on another website where people who went to school with him feel that Brian was there and knows exactly what happened as well.

I saw this segment the other day. It was sad very sad. yeah I think Brian was scared and kept silent all these years.

His name is Brian Bushing. If you google Russ Evans and unsolved mysteries, you'll find discussion of him on another website where people who went to school with him feel that Brian was there and knows exactly what happened as well.

Maybe social networking sites can be helpful in solving some of these UM cases.

Hi all, I am new here but I saw this post and after just reviewing the segment for accuracy, I felt compelled to dive right in.

Ok, UM does tend to over dramatize many of the cases they recreate. However, look at the facts that are stated even by the police in this case.

1) According to the police report, the boy's body was found nearly 75 feet from the supposed point of impact yet Pools (not small drops or spatter) of blood found in several different spots (at least 3 pools were noted in the segment). These pools were found as far as 50 feet from where the body lay. These pools were closer to the supposed point of impact. After being hit by a vehicle, blood drops or spatter would be expected to be found. Pools would not (at least not they way they describe the incident). The fact that they were discribed as pools of blood would indicate that Russell was at each location for at least several seconds or longer depending on how bad he was bleeding.

2) Russell's shoes and shoe laces were found seperated from each other (total of 4 locations noted for each shoe and each shoe lace) 86 feet from where he was found. They were closer to the point of impact (which would be consistant with a hit and run (HR) but they are further away from where he was found than from where he was allegedly struck by a vehicle.

3) Shoes coming off of a body in a HR is common but no matter how fast a vehicle is going when it hits someone, I have never heard of shoe laces being completely displaced from a pair of shoes upon impact. Not only one set of laces, but two? And how would both of these come to land in what should have been about 11 feet behind the point of impact?

4) The body being thrown as far as it was and up hill. In the segment they note that the incident took place on a hill. The police say that the vehicle hit Russell and threw him over 75 feet up hill from the point of impact. While I suppose the incident taking place on an incline is probably a moot point, I find it interesting to note that with this boy being about 6'3", even at age 13 he must have been at least 150 pounds or more, how fast do they think this vehicle was traveling in order to throw the body so far?

5)-If "Bryan" and the unidentified bystander (one and the same or not) have nothing to do with the crime, how could the person that phoned the emergency room and gave his name as Bryan have even known about the incident so quickly after it happened? In many cases, this type of early knowledge of a crime from a caller tends to be thought of as being from a person involved in the crime and would be very carefully investigated. That does not seem to have been done here.

After all is said and done in the segment, there are a lot of unanswered questions. Not the kind like "who is Bryan?", but the kind that the police could easily answer.
-Were there any tire marks left on the road?
-Were local body shops checked for anyone seeking front end repairs at the approximate date of the crime?
-If their theory of a HR is correct, how do they explain pools of blood found in the road?

These questions alone if answered could impact the status of this case greatly. Unfortunately after so long it is doubtful anything will come out to solve the case, but you never know. I do feel it is unlikely that a large group of teenagers as shown in the segment could keep quiet for so long. I would suggest this theory:

At some point that night Russell got into an argument with some older teenagers. While walking home one or maybe two of these older teens have either followed him or happen upon him. They hit him with there vehicle. His shoes come off on impact. Russell attempts to escape but is staggering. The older teens get out of the vehicle and begin to beat him. Somewhere along the line they pull him into their vehicle and begin to drive away. before the vehicle gets more that a few dozen feet, Russell manages to escape from the vehicle (or is thrown) to the spot where he is found. The older teens see an approaching car and leave rather than going back for him. One of them may have even returned to the seen (the bystander in white who was perhaps "Bryan").

This scenario would explain just about everything except for the shoe laces being removed. I got nothing for that. This could seem a bit over dramatic, but the police probably have something they are holding back from the public for investigative purposes. The detective interviewed stated that Russell was struck at least partially by a hood ornament. But with nothing said about a blood trail from where the shoes were laying to where Russell was found and given the other just plain weird elements of the case, this seems at least possible to me. Anyone else have any ideas?

Hey Guardian, welcome to the Forum!

You have been quite a contributor since joining. The only problem with this post is that it is LONG! I have the same tendency at times - the problem is that a lot of posters have discusssed these cases quite a bit already, so it is hard for them to give a lot of time to such lengthy posts.

I would like to tackle it, though. So one of these days I'll get back to what you said here and respond to a few things. In the meantime, you should maybe re-read some of the previous threads on this issue (if you haven't already). I usually begin there before posting (well, usually - the Wacker thread is a little overwhelming :crazy:).

Thanks Wamisto. Yeah I do oocassionally get long winded when discussing something like this. I always like to make sure my point is getting across as it is so easy to be misunderstood when writing on a forum. Yeah the Wacker case has been interesting to say the least. But I feel that I am very much in the minority on that case so I have backed off a bit though.

I have looked at the "Spokane Death" thread where most of the discussion on Russell Evans seems to have taken place. I am definately interested in seeing your response as you stated above. Thanks for the welcome!