Unsealed docs reveal persons of interest in case of Garner mother found dead in ditch

Unsealed docs reveal persons of interest in case of Garner mother found dead in ditch

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - Recently unsealed search warrants reveal persons of interest in the suspicious death of a Garner mother found in a ditch were in the area just two hours earlier.

The court documents indicate investigators are looking at a possible homicide as the cause of death for 24-year-old Faith Bevan. Deputies found her in the 7800 block of Caddy Road just before 7:30 a.m. on March 18. She was lying in a ditch with her shirt pulled up above her bare breasts and her jeans pulled below her bared buttocks.

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Investigators said Fowler skipped town the day after Bevan's death, and his girlfriend told police she would not cooperate with the investigation.

Judd confirmed to deputies that he spent time with Bevan in the hours before she died, but told officers that he dropped her off at her home. Witness reports dispute that claim, and said instead that Judd and Bevan went to the home of Antwain Jones, which is about 10 minutes away from Caddy Road.

Investigators arrested Jones on March 22, four days after the discovery of Bevan's body, on separate drug charges. Deputies seized his cell phone, and recovered text messages between Jones and Judd. A text from Judd at 1:45 a.m. said he was on the way to Jones's house "with a shorty", which is slang for a woman. Warrants indicate investigators believe the statement referred to Bevan.

A few hours later, around 5 a.m., there was a phone call between Judd and Jones. Cellular records indicate the call happened closest to the cellular tower on Caddy Road, the same street where a neighbor came across Bevan's body around 7:30 a.m. A search warrant said Jones denied being in that area that day.

Also on March 22, the same day as Jones's arrest, investigators arrested Jonathan Wells for drug possession. Warrants reveal his name was on the investigators' radar in the Bevan case as someone who "spent a lot of time with Judd." According to one warrant, Wells "pre-emptively" told deputies he knew they wanted to ask him about Bevan.

Wells described her as a "bubbly, happy person", and told deputies Bevan recently got out of rehab. He said he met Bevan through a group of friends including Judd, and described those people as "not a good influence" on Bevan. When asked about the possibility of Bevan overdosing and people panicking, Wells said he would only talk about his drug charge. However, he said "investigators were likely on the right track" with regard to Bevan.

A few weeks later, officers arrested Fowler for heroin trafficking. Judd has not been arrested in the past year. None of the persons of interest currently face charges in the Bevan case, but the investigation into their communications with each other and Bevan continues.

Search warrants obtained by CBS 17 reveal investigators seized the cell phones of Jones, Judd, and Wells, obtained search warrants for the Facebook activity of Jones, Wells, and Fowler, and submitted inquiries to Google for the Gmail records of Jones. Deputies also have access to Bevan's phone records, which confirm she was active the day before her death.