Polk-Salad-Annie
05-10-2010, 11:10 AM
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It was on the Tennessee side of the Mississippi in 1977 when Ron Tyler was accused, but never charged, with trying to steal Elvis Presley's body soon after the singer's death.
At the time, "The King's" final resting spot was in a mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Now, Tyler is on a new mission for justice himself.
Ron Tyler's mother was murdered in 1992 during a home invasion in a Dallas suburb.
Three of his children were shot. "My children need justice," said Tyler.
Last year, Tyler happened to be watching an episode of "The First 48" taped in his old hometown of Memphis.
That was when the former bail bondsman recognized a man from his past.
It was a man he suspected of killing his mother after a dispute over a bond.
"I actually think that Clarence Bailey is the one who pulled the trigger on my mother," said Tyler.
"I feel like if Tennessee can't get him over here we'll all load up a judge over here, a couple of prosecutors, go across that Mississippi River and I'll pay the freight," said Tyler.
Tyler later said that the attempted body theft was part of a scheme hatched by Presley's father who was initially denied permission to bury Elvis at Graceland.
Source: ElvisMatters, May 10, 2010
It was on the Tennessee side of the Mississippi in 1977 when Ron Tyler was accused, but never charged, with trying to steal Elvis Presley's body soon after the singer's death.
At the time, "The King's" final resting spot was in a mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Now, Tyler is on a new mission for justice himself.
Ron Tyler's mother was murdered in 1992 during a home invasion in a Dallas suburb.
Three of his children were shot. "My children need justice," said Tyler.
Last year, Tyler happened to be watching an episode of "The First 48" taped in his old hometown of Memphis.
That was when the former bail bondsman recognized a man from his past.
It was a man he suspected of killing his mother after a dispute over a bond.
"I actually think that Clarence Bailey is the one who pulled the trigger on my mother," said Tyler.
"I feel like if Tennessee can't get him over here we'll all load up a judge over here, a couple of prosecutors, go across that Mississippi River and I'll pay the freight," said Tyler.
Tyler later said that the attempted body theft was part of a scheme hatched by Presley's father who was initially denied permission to bury Elvis at Graceland.
Source: ElvisMatters, May 10, 2010