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Inmate: Rape Suspect Cried, Told 'Whole Thing'
Bruce Suspected Of Raping Emily Rimel
POSTED: 5:14 pm EDT May 16, 2005
UPDATED: 7:46 pm EDT May 16, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- One of four inmates at the Franklin County Jail who will testify against a rape suspect said he tried to convince the suspect to tell him everything that happened in the case of a missing 5-year-old girl, NBC 4's David Wayne reported.
Lindsey Bruce
An attorney for Lindsey B
ruce on Monday did not challenge prosecutors who wanted to put the inmates on the stand against his client.
The inmates said Bruce told them he raped and killed Emily Rimel, a Madison Township girl who has been missin
g since December.
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"He basically broke down and started crying, and basically told me the whole thing," convicted sex offender John Tomlinson said.
Tomlinson is among the inmates who were in jail in December when Bruce was booked on charges of raping Emily. Robert Patton, also known as the Linden-area rapist, suspected baby killer Patrick McCloud and theft suspect Thomas Coverdale also will testify, NBC 4 reported.
John Tomlinson
"After (Bruce) cried a little bit, I said, 'Man, you need to tell them where the girl is, whether she's dead or alive. You need to tell them where the girl is,' " Tomlinson said.
Tomlinson
said
he asked Bruce if he raped and killed Emily. Tomlinson said Bruce told him, "Yeah."
Tomlinson said Bruce told him he had to do something with the body. An extensive search near Rimel's home turned up no hard leads, Wayne reported. Bruce has said very little about the girl's po
ssible whereabouts.
"I got the sense he either threw her out of a car or something else that was moving, or would be moved, like a Dumpster or something like that," Tomlinson said.
Tomlinson and three other inmates are on the witness list for Bruce's trial, which begins in June.
"The state has not offered any of these individuals anything that would result in wanting to put themselves in a position to testify, other than their own conscience," assistant prosecutor Ron Welch said.
Tomlinson agreed.
"Well, I believe I had a responsibility to clear my consciousness, to share it with the authorities," Tomlinson said.
Emily is 3 fe
et tall
and about 48 pounds. She is white and has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a lavender shirt and purple pants.
( I would hang this coon today!!!)
A $12,000 reward is being offered for information. The reward will be issued only if Emily is found alive or if the information leads to the arres
t of the person or people responsible for taking her.
Anyone with information on Emily should call (614) 645-TIPS or (614) 462-5502.
Watch NBC 4 and refresh nbc4i.com for continuing coverage.
Previous Stories:
May 16, 2005: 4 Men To Testify At Rape Suspect's Trial
May 10, 2005: Could Linden Rapist Have Info On Missing Girl?
April 18, 2005: Missing Girl Case: Suspect's Statements Won't Be Used
April 5, 2005: Crucial Evidence Questioned In Missing Girl Case
February 8, 2005: Suspect Not Talking About Missing Girl
January 4, 2005: New Information Released In Missing Girl Case <
br>December
29, 2004: Man Arraigned As Search Continues For Missing Girl
December 27, 2004: New Charges Handed Down In Missing Girl Case
December 23, 2004: 5 People Subpoenaed In Rimel Case
December 22, 2004: Creek Search Provides No Answers In Girl's Disappearance
December 21, 2004: Dive Teams Search For Missing Girl
December 21, 2004: Man Wants To Talk To Police About Missing Girl
December 19, 2
004: $1M Bond Set For Man Accused Of Raping Missing Girl
December 18, 2004: Man Arrested, Charged In Missing Girl Case
December 17, 2004: Postal Service Helps In Search For Missing Girl
December 15, 2004: Reward Offered For Info About Missing Girl
December 14, 2004: Missing Girl's Description Changes
December 10, 2004: Reward Offered In Girl's Disappearance
December 9, 2004: Family Of Missing Girl Posts Fliers
December 8, 2004: Search Continues For 5-Year-Old Girl
Watch this crime get ZERO national press because the perp is a boon and
the victim is
white. Thankfully, there will be extensive national coverage here on NNN!!!!!!! Gman, ACE TNB reporter will be covering this trial. Stay tuned.......
Gman