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Jesse Lee Pitts Arrested for Murder of Fourteen-Year-Old Amanda Brinker

By David Lohr September 25, 2007 ANDERSON, IN. (Crime Library) — The case you are about to read is interesting in that it supports the old adage that you don't have to be intelligent to be a criminal. In fact, you apparently don't even need a good motive, just a twisted desire to take an innocent life. Hell, afterwards you can even call 911 to report the crime yourself. The mere fact that you're a moron will come later as an afterthought. Jesse Pitts The following is a transcript of a 911 call, obtained by Theheraldbulletin.com, placed Thursday morning to Anderson Police by 20-year-old Jesse Lee Pitts: Police dispatcher — "Anderson 911. What is your emergency?" Pitts — "Yeah. Me and my girlfriend were walking in 10th Street Park this morning, like, just a little bit ago, had just enough time to get home, um, on the right-hand side, there was a girl laying in the river, face down." Dispatcher — "Can you tell me where this is again?" Pitts — "10th Street Park... I went down and checked on her. I looked at her. It's a girl I know. Her name is Amanda. I don't know her last name. I went down and looked at her, and she was already face down. She wasn't breathing; there wasn't no pulse or anything. So I told my girl, 'Just bring me back and I'll call the police.'" Dispatcher — "Is she female, white?" Pitts — "Yes. She's female, white." Dispatcher — "And you said her first name is Amanda?" Pitts — "Amanda, yes. I knew her through a couple of my other friends." Dispatcher — "And what's your name?" Pitts — "Jesse Pitts..." Dispatcher — "OK. And you're not there anymore, right?" Pitts — "No, I went home." Dispatcher — "OK. We'll get somebody out there." Pitts — "Thank you." Dispatcher — "Good-bye." Pitts — "Good-bye." Contact David Lohr at crimewriter74@adelphia.net