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sugarbaby · 02-13-2006, 02:00 PM

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?

LooksLikeCRicci · 02-13-2006, 02:10 PM

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.

sugarbaby · 02-13-2006, 02:22 PM

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.

crystaldawn · 02-13-2006, 02:29 PM

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.

sugarbaby · 02-13-2006, 02:32 PM

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...

mercy1825 · 02-13-2006, 03:13 PM

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.

DarkDante · 02-13-2006, 05:06 PM

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.

compulsive dvd · 02-13-2006, 06:37 PM

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.

DarkDante · 02-13-2006, 07:02 PM

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.

DarkDante · 02-26-2010, 04:24 AM

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.

Apostapler · 02-26-2010, 05:25 AM

*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.

mozartpc27 · 02-26-2010, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkDante

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.

DarkDante · 02-26-2010, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by mozartpc27

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.

mozartpc27 · 02-26-2010, 10:56 PM

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.

pardilia · 02-28-2010, 12:12 PM

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.

02-13-2006, 02:00 PM	#1
sugarbaby Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 29, 2006 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 39	Kid found in the middle of the street? Solved? Russell Evans 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?

02-13-2006, 02:10 PM	#2
LooksLikeCRicci Likes to live in a clean house Moderator Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2005 Posts: 4,050	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.

02-13-2006, 02:22 PM	#3
sugarbaby Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 29, 2006 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 39	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.

02-13-2006, 02:29 PM	#4
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	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.

02-13-2006, 02:32 PM	#5
sugarbaby Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 29, 2006 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 39	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...

02-13-2006, 03:13 PM	#6
mercy1825 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 04, 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 176	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.

02-13-2006, 05:06 PM	#7
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	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.

02-13-2006, 06:37 PM	#8
compulsive dvd Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 184	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.

02-13-2006, 07:02 PM	#9
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	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.

02-26-2010, 04:24 AM	#10
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	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.

02-26-2010, 05:25 AM	#11
Apostapler Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 06, 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 872	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.

02-26-2010, 10:56 PM	#14
mozartpc27 Vigilante Logician Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 09, 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 924	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.

02-28-2010, 12:12 PM	#15
pardilia Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 09, 2007 Posts: 170	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.