Alijah Kensinger was found on night the search began: the morning-after publicity stunt was a sham

The head of communications in charge of Net Control at the Cherohala Challenge last Saturday revealed what many already suspected--Alijah was found the night the search began--the missing child alert issued by Sheriff Tommy Jones on Alijah Kensinger that continued into the next morning was partially staged. The publicity stunt on a busy state route endangered everyone involved. 

Excluding Monroe EMS from Post Incident Debriefing Was a Violation of H.R. 5852

See Pic with news-reporter Kyle Grainger from WVLT on the morning after the search: Why was Alijah's mother not told that Alijah was found the night of the search?  Seen as she had just arrived from the Knoxville airport: she seems to be in shock...Tommy Jones may be facing a full investigation by the Tennessee Inspector General.

There hasn't been a case in Monroe County that has so many twists and turns since the Dateline MSNBC 'Secrets in the Smokies'

The Alijah missing child alert case is a made-for-TV docudrama--how many people were involved in the elaborate conspiracy to manipulate and deceive the public and the victim's relatives?

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In 2022 An eyewitness summed it up like this -- "It started on the afternoon of 1/13/22, when 6-year-old Alijah wandered off on a familiar hiking trail behind the house, living with the paternal grandmother.  As we now know (he was sitting under a tree less than a mile from the house)... if he was ever lost or unable to find his way back, he had been told to 'stay where you are, and we will find you.'  Instead of rapidly forming a grid search or yelling out for the kid, the event was blown way out of proportion with 3 noisy helicopters, 7 federal and state agencies, and news media from Knoxville camped out at the Coker Creek School parking area for 2 days, (there were even food vendors) --  it was designed to be a next day 'golden opportunity' public relations (PR) event for the 2022 sheriff's election." 

 

It turned into something so twisted and sinister that Monroe EMS was prevented from joining the post-incident debriefing...? Post-incident debriefing looks for answers to how well prepared were we,  how well did we perform, and how we can perform better in the future...? 

What was so damaging that Tommy Jones didn't want anyone to know? 

Publicity Stunt At Any Cost

Sheriff Tommy Jones' effort to stage a 'political sideshow' in the Alijah Kensinger incident raises questions of 'Official Misconduct'--TN 39-16402. (1)  One who commits an act relating to the servant's office or employment that constitutes an unauthorized exercise of official power.  The offense of 'official misconduct' is a class E felony.  As far as federal violation of 'civil rights',  Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.

Would Tommy Jones risk the safety of a 6-year-old boy to get an advantage in the May 3rd, 2022 Sheriff's election--and,  if part of this two-day operation was 'staged' could there be other details that should be uncovered?  

Late Friday morning 1/14/22, Tommy's hand-picked goons brought Alijah from the walking trail site behind the grandmother's house to the command center and parked as far as possible from the waiting ambulance so they could parade south from the farthest spot in the parking lot, right up to the waiting news media... this publicity stunt on a busy state route endangered everyone involved-the gathered crowd looks on as Tommy's water boy Jason Fyllyaw tries to offer some protection and ready-made excuses: it's ironic that nearly two weeks later, a sheriff's deputy was killed on a busy highway while outside of his patrol car.

When EMS Director Randy White became aware Alijah was found he gave specific instructions that the ambulance crew would come and take over: his order was ignored even though improperly handling a patient who may have suffered trauma increases the risk for cardiac arrest… without regard to standard medical protocol, the six-year old was loaded in the back of a truck and brought near the command center so he could be carried by Sheriff Jones on a busy highway ‘like a trophy' ...

“Has Tommy Jones lost his friggin’ mind?”...mishandling a medical transport patient, (a possible trauma victim) can lead to horrendously expensive legal costs... Courts have ruled that 'emotional distress' is mental suffering caused by a particular event or negligence. As such, it is possible to file a civil lawsuit on the grounds of emotional distress to receive compensation for the damage caused. 

New details emerge from a recent video interview with Alijah's mother, in what is now regarded as a 2-day 'Theater of the Absurd'...

Trenton Debity was the actual person that supposedly found Alijah, although he never appeared before the waiting TV camera crews (unusual to not make a comment in a situation like this)--instead, search-volunteer Stone Gray who was 'nearby', made some comments...but left many unanswered questions.

Alijah's mother picked up the child and left town; if not for the loud helicopter noise, you likely could have yelled out for Alijah from the grandmother's porch--the mother has ties to Washington state, Knoxville TN, and her parents in Virginia...when found, Alijah's first words were "where's my daddy?" The burden of the horrible ordeal must have been devastating for all, especially for the paternal grandmother who lives near the Coker Creek Welcome Center--she had custody of the child or he had been left there by the parents.