The Clueless Sheriff
NEW VIDEO! Breaking News: A bombshell in our investigation into the death of Sherry Novosad in Liberty County, Texas. And it’s a shocking piece of evidence that has prompted the CLUELESS SHERIFF to reopen the botched investigation. They all called her death a suicide. We say it’s time to change that to a murder investigation.
The Clueless Sheriff
“Hey judge, Colony Ridge is about to be the biggest city in Liberty County. Are you proud of what it looks like out there?” Wayne Dolcefino said.
It’s been five years since I last saw Liberty County Judge Jay Knight. Back then, I was accusing the county judge of intentionally looking the other way as the largest colonia of illegal immigrants in Texas formed on flood-prone land near Plum Grove. Bet the judge was thrilled to see me again.
“Turn over the records so that these people get some justice Don’t you care about this woman’s life?” Dolcefino said.
“Thank you,” Jay Knight said.
“I’m not finished,” Dolcefino said.
“Yes, you are,” Knight said.
I was back in Liberty to fight for justice for this woman, Sherry Novosad. There is startling breaking news in our investigation into her death 14 month ago.
“I have no clue,” Bobby Rader said.
It was time to confront the clueless sheriff.
“Aren’t you the boss, Bobby Rader?” Dolcefino said.
“Yes, I am the boss. I am the sheriff,” Rader said.
Sherry Novosad was found dead inside this trailer home in Cleveland, Texas, east of Houston. She had a bullet wound to the neck. The sheriff’s office quickly ruled her death a suicide.
“Did you ever worry that she was going to hurt herself?” Andrea Palacio said.
“Oh man, not at all. She was too proud of herself and just…no,” Kathy Hatcher said.
And there were unexplained visible bruises all over her body.
“I do not believe in any way that she could have beaten herself up like that and killed herself at the same time,” Kathy Hatcher said.
“One thing is very clear. Sherry’s family has been literally stonewalled as they look for answers,” Wayne Dolcefino told the camera.
“We can’t get records, we can’t get pictures, we can’t get the gun,” Kathy Hatcher said.
And that’s why the Hatchers went to Liberty County Commissioners Court, to talk about their expensive and frustrating search for justice in a place that doesn’t want to give it to them.
“The family hired Dolcefino Media to do an independent investigation, and we did what the lawmen should’ve done the first day, test the blood at the crime scene,” Dolcefino told the camera.
“The family feels like they walked in and said, “Oh suicide” and threw their loved one in a bag and walked out,” Nikki Meyer said.
We went into the crime scene a few months ago, testing DNA on this blood found on curtains 12 feet away from where Sherry’s body was found.
“Once we get the results, then we contact the medical examiner,” Bruce Jefferies said.
Forensic DNA tests revealed it wasn’t Sherry’s blood on the curtains. It was male DNA, and it didn’t belong to Sherry’s husband Ted either.
“Why haven’t you shown her family all the records? If your kinfolks died, wouldn’t you want to see the records?” Dolcefino said.
“Sure, yes sir,” Rader said.
“The sheriff has known about our investigation for months. But he wouldn’t talk to me, and now that I caught him, he’s trying to distance himself from this clearly botched investigation,” Dolcefino told the camera.
“But Bobby Rader, the sheriff, was not there, never been to the scene, didn’t know where the scene is,” Rader said.
“Don’t you hate when people talk about themselves in the third person? I know I do. The sheriff saw our story about discovering male blood on the curtains in Sherry’s house,” Dolcefino told the camera.
“So you know we found some blood in Sherry Novosad’s house,” Dolcefino said.
“I read your post, yes sir,” Rader said.
Did the sheriff reopen his investigation? Nope. There’s no evidence he did a darn thing.
But the sheriff didn’t know about our latest discovery, a bombshell, and you’re about to find out what it is.
“So we just tested the blood on her shirt. You know, the bloody shirt, her bloody shirt,” Dolcefino said.
“I have no clue,” Rader said.
Sherry’s blood-soaked shirt was given back to the family more than a month ago, hardly a sign that the Rangers are seriously investigating anything. Who turns over the evidence?
We left the shirt sealed in the evidence bag, and asked Bruce Jefferies of the National Screening Center to help us again.
And now those results are in.
“I expected all the blood to be Sherry’s from the gunshot to the neck, but I was wrong,” Dolcefino told the camera.
“We tested that shirt. It’s got male DNA blood, male blood on her shirt,” Dolcefino said.
“I have no clue,” Rader said.
“Don’t you think it’s weird that a guy’s blood is on a woman’s bloody shirt that supposedly killed herself?” Dolcefino said.
“You just told me there was a guy’s blood. I didn’t know until right now,” Rader said.
But now he does know. That bloody shirt could help identify a killer.
“I knew all along what they were telling us, suicide, was not true,” Carl Hatcher said.
“What steps are you going to take now to reopen this case so you can find out why there’s a guy’s blood on her bloody shirt? Because you and I both know what that means.”
“No, sir, I don’t know what that means,” Rader said
“You don’t?” Dolcefino said.
“There’s blood on her shirt, yes sir. So how did the blood get on her shirt? That would be part of an investigation,” Rader said.
So whose blood was it?
Her husband says he caught Sherry cheating. The other man is a Liberty County sheriff’s deputy. His name is James McQueen, and he ran into his house when he saw us coming.
“Her husband claims that you were having an affair with his wife,” Dolcefino said.
The sheriff’s office has confirmed it is the reason the rangers were brought in, but we suspect the investigation is being used to hide records from the family and the rest of the public.
“I’m here to talk to you about Sherry Novosad. I know you’re in there,” Dolcefino said.
“I don’t know if he’s covering or if he is just lazy,” Carl Hatcher said.
“Whatever the rangers are up to, they certainly haven’t cooperated with us. And it’s why I called them out at Liberty County Commissioners Court meeting. That’s what got me in trouble,” Dolcefino told the camera.
“The Rangers were great in the 1800s. They suck now in terms of investigating public corruption. That’s my opinion,” Dolcefino said.
“Let’s watch our language, please,” Jay Knight said.
“They suck now, Judge,” Dolcefino said.
“Ok that’s enough. If you’re not going to curtail your language than you can leave,” Knight said.
“So saying the word “suck” is offensive language?” Dolcefino said.
“Yes, it is offensive,” Knight said.
“All right, well let me finish, judge,” Dolcefino said.
“No, you can leave,” Knight said.
“Well I’m going to finish, judge. There’s been a cover up of this woman’s…” Dolcefino said.
The judge signaled for Liberty County Sheriff Bobby Rader to take me out of the room.
“You’re going to have this guy take me out? Ok great. Well, at least it’s a chance to talk to me, because he’s been hiding from me for about two months,” Dolcefino said.
When deputies removed me, the judge apologized to the handful of people watching for my supposed lack of decorum.
“Sorry for that, folks, but we don’t allow any objectionable language,” Knight said.
“I guess I learned something really special about Liberty County. That the word “sucks” is profane. Who knew?” Dolcefino told the camera.
But maybe it was just a good excuse to get rid of me, because Judge Knight should practice what he preaches.
Look what happened after animal activists left a commissioners court meeting a few months back.
“These people gone, hope so. Waiting for you out there. Woof woof woof,” Knight said.
“After our story so many of our viewers contacted us, judge, about your “bark like a dog” thing,” Dolcefino told the camera.
The judge got caught again with other folks cussing up a storm in the very same room.
“Everybody is bitching it’s bad.”
“How about that shit Saturday,” Knight said.
“Kick his ass.”
“Bitching,” “shit,” “ass.”
We even looked for a written policy on decorum after our visit since my First Amendment rights were violated, but there isn’t one.
“But it’s ok, judge. Because I got my answer, not from you, but from the sheriff who hid from us for months,” Dolcefino told the camera.
“What steps are you going to take now?” Dolcefino said.
“What did I tell you? You get me the blood results and I will open it up and look and see,” Rader said.
“You’ll reopen the investigation?” Dolcefino said.
“Sure, that’s not a problem,” Rader said.
“Oh, we’re tickled to death. I mean, you know, we want this thing right,” Carl Hatcher said.
“To make this right, someone in the Texas Rangers need to call Sherry Novosad’s family and apologize, and show them what they know. Talk to them. Tell them the damn truth,” Dolcefino told the camera.
“They told one of my children, “Don’t even call me back. If I need anything from you, I’ll call you,” and that was a Ranger,” Kathy Hatcher said.
The family was told the Rangers were downloading Sherry’s phone to see if there are text messages or phone calls that could explain what was going on that day.
“It’s been fifteen months. That doesn’t take that long. Where’s the damn phone?” Dolcefino told the camera.
“Have we gotten the phone back yet?” Dolcefino said.
“No, and I still think that phone is going to be lost. Intentionally lost,” Carl Hatcher said
“It is time for the body camera video of Sherry Novosad’s scene to be made public, and we are prepared to fight for it one way or the other. So Liberty County, you need to decide, but we won’t wait long,” Dolcefino told the camera.
And that is why it was time for Carl Hatcher to deliver a message to the politicians in Liberty.
“We actually made a lot of progress,” Dolcefino said.
“Yes, we have,” Carl Hatcher said.
The continued lack of cooperation he told them will have consequences.
“But I just want everybody to know that we’re not going to give up, and if we have to go the hardest way, we will,” Carl Hatcher said in Liberty County.
“She was my stepdaughter. I loved her dearly. And I just feel like she needs justice, like you say,” Carl Hatcher said.
The Hatchers are good people, spending their retirement money to clear their daughter’s memory. If you can help them, let us know.
But they are also scared, worrying they will face retaliation from the law since it looks like we are on the trail of a possible murderer that the sheriff’s office ignored.
“She shot a .410 pistol right here against her neck. It would have burned the hell out of her. There was no burns on her neck,” Ted Novosad said.
“I’ve got a son who’s worried to death about us. He said, ‘Please be careful, watch every step’,” Carl Hatcher said.
“You folks in Liberty County should be rising up and demanding justice for Sherry, because imagine what you would do if it was your kinfolk. And Judge Knight, you ought to be demanding the truth too. I’ll be back if you don’t, because you guys don’t scare me one bit,” Dolcefino told the camera.
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