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Ronald Eugene Weems told friends he had a heart condition and couldn't work. Disability records are confidential, so we don't know if Weems ever actually received any SSI payments. Our guess is that he didn't. At the time of Amanda Taylor's murder, he was involved in an appeal of his disability (Disabled Individual Worker). So how did Weems survive?
By sharing a home with his mother, he seemingly had free rent and built-in child care, assuming Laquania Welch Weems was also absent from the work force. Those who have commented privately to us have stated this was the case.
Others have commented that Weems took excellent care of his children. Apparently such care was not without the aid of the Salvation Army Angel Tree program. You may click on the image above for a larger shot of Weems' mobile Facebook posting while waiting to apply for the program. Warning: Strong language.
Did you notice the words "mobile Facebook posting?" Yes, it seems Weems was using a Droid phone to make posts from whatever important places and events he may have visited during the day. We apparently missed the section in the Constitution guaranteeing 3G communications to all citizens. If you want it and can afford it, go for it. Otherwise, don't ask taxpayers to fund what many don't have themselves.
That also goes for tattoos which we understand start at around $100.00 for a small work and are never recommended for indiviuals with heart conditions due to risk of infection. We have to wonder how many of our taxpayer dollars went to purchase Weems' November tattoo...but what the hey, there's always an Angel Tree to provide for his three children.
Who has Weems' phone now? Are we still paying for it? We know that Ron Weems' mother has custody of at least one child, the daughter of Ron and Laurel Ann Pruett. How is she spending the taxpayer dollars that we have provided for this child or these children?
Just as Jay Leno hates stupid criminals, we at Shoalanda hate the misuse of our tax dollars. If you want to make sure the children of Ronald Eugene Weems are cared for properly and have a secure home, we ask that you contact the Colbert County DHR office to request they expedite their supposedly ongoing investigation. Our tax dollars should support Alabama children who have no one else to do so; they should not buy Android phones for murderers.
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Any of our readers attend the Florence Christmas parade early last month? If you did, you didn't see the Lauderdale County Sheriff Department's entry. Did Ronnie (pass me the donuts, you pretty young thing) Willis not remember to send anyone to represent county law enforcement, or did he just not think it worthwhile?
Shoalanda
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I understand about using tax payers dollars for cell phones and tattoos. But that is not the children fault. Children should not be brought into this as if they are gulity of the crime. Leave them out of it they are innocent souls.
ReplyDeletewell, tax dollars at work. another reason to watch who you donate to. i can't afford this phone either, nor would i shop at walmart to get one cheaper.
ReplyDeleteIn response to the above comment about leaving the children out of it. I believe thats where the problem started. You see, the children had been left out for quite some time. It appears that he was so concerned about women, ICP, and killing and hiding a young womans body that he didn't even have room for the children in the back of his mind. The children are in fact innocent souls and sadly no one in that family acted in such a way. I mean, who had jobs to take care of those children? You can pay all this money for a phone but you're standing in line for free hand outs. It sickens me. I'm not so sure his Mother is not involved. Everything that is done in the dark comes to the light.
ReplyDeleteI though the TV Station that did an interview of the mother very early on, with her granddaughter beside her during this interview , was not the best judgement of that station. We only see a short version of any interview, that part was bad enought for a child to be a part of.
ReplyDeleteJust my thoughs on that.
I too beleave DHR should be looking very hard for the welfare and what is best for this child .
Trying to make things worse on his Mom and children by encouraging people to contact DHR is not going to help anyone. Just because he did wrong doesn't mean you should post this on the internet about innocent people, such as his Mom and his children. For your information the police has his phone so no one is using it. And he was not on WELFARE! Leave his mother to raise his daughter in peace. If you think you need to write about him then please leave it to him & leave his family and loved ones out of it. His Facebook is now updating where you can no longer do any digging for information from that site. As for the tattoos the cost changes when you know the tattoo artist personally. He cared for his children very much, and took excellent care of them on a daily basis. He didn't need the free daycare you are speaking of. Also, why would you even speculate as to his mother's employment status? She has nothing to do with this. She was cleared in the investigation long ago.
ReplyDeleteStephanie, are you saying that Weems didn't receive state funding for his children? We know that the State of Alabama has investigated his home life for years. How is having to request assistance from the Salvation Army taking excellent care of them? Please answer that. How is not caring about their mother(s) taking excellent care of them? We're not naive enough to think many parents don't do what Weems did, but at least they aren't cold blooded killers. You need to wake up as to what this man is. You've asked before how he could have killed. Others have said he has beaten the women in his life. Oh, but I'm sure he had a great excuse.
ReplyDeleteI'm saying he wasn't on welfare, how he provided for his children is not my business to put out there. As for me waking up, I am very much awake. I have not yet made one excuse for his actions. He did take excellent care of his children, just because DHR was involved in the past doesn't mean he didn't. Many people in this country have had open DHR cases when their children were very well cared for. So he requested help from the Salvation Army Angel Tree, many single parents do so. By taking care of them I was referring to he provided a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs, and food. Then there are all of the little things he did that made his kids worship him, he always put them first, until now.
ReplyDeleteUmmmm.....wrong again Stephanie....his mother provided a roof for him and his kids!! Also his 2 kids by Amanda's sister did have their mother in their life. Laurell was supposedly in her kids life...well at least her child by Ron. That's what her profile stated anyways.
ReplyDeleteAlso, SS is right....Social Security disability is a type of welfare that comes out of the tax payers pockets, wouldn't you agree? Being as how he filed for disability I'd say uhhhh......yes he is asking for a government handout!!
Please quit taking up for the clowns(pun intended) because you're only making yourself look even more foolish!!
Then to look at what Laurell and Ron posted:
Ron-12-06-11- The police are at my house searching it but haven't found anything.
Laurell-12-06-11--Yeah and our daughter has to be picked up from school.
Wow....that's all she's worried about? What about the fact that her toddler was upstairs while he murdered this poor woman.
What about the child that is at a Children's hospital(Ron's child) because she had a nervous breakdown because her dad tortured/killed/dismembered her aunt. Please tell me how that makes him a great father? I really don't know which is worse anymore the clown posse or the clown posse's groupies. Ya'll make me sick!! Oh and I read what you wrote Stephanie about people slandering/threatening/harassing you about supporting Ron and Laurell....if you cared so much about your children then why in the heck would you publicly protect/support these monsters? These aren't threats/slander etc. from me I am simply repeating what you said and giving my opinions and facts that I CAN SHOW PROOF!!
Tiffany yet again I won't even respond to what you say, because apparently you know it all!! What you view as proof in your eyes apparently isn't proof of much in other's eyes. You've said what you wanted to say to me now, will you stop sending friend requests on Facebook and trying to snoop through my profile?
ReplyDeleteI think they need to check out the Stephanie clown
ReplyDeleteStephanie, you said of Ron's mother "She was cleared in the investigation long ago." Does that, in fact, mean that she WAS NOT sitting on her porch with a girl that was waving a hatchet just shortly after the murder while Amanda's body was still in her basement? Also, does that, in fact, mean that she DID NOT know of the activity that was going on at her house the same night of the murder? Was she NOT at home at the time of the murder or at the time of the disposal of the body? When you said "She was cleared in the investigation long ago."-Who did the clearing and how does that process take place? Have you seen legal documentation that states "She was cleared in the investigation long ago."? Are you saying she was cleared of NOT knowing anything wrong had taken place at her home? Or, are you saying that she was cleared of having participating in the actual murder?
ReplyDeleteShe apparently has no knowledge of the crime itself. And I don't know why I should be checked out, before making comments like that, maybe you should know me or that I don't live in that area, haven't been to that area in 2 years, and have had absolutely no knowledge of the crime either. So even if I were checked out, I was at school when it happened, then I was at home 70 miles away afterward.
ReplyDeleteSS says: "How is having to request assistance from the Salvation Army taking excellent care of them?"
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with much Stephanie says, but I do agree that just because someone is getting help from the Salvation Army does not necessarily mean that they aren't taking care of their kids.
Having said that, you'd think the writers of this blog would be applauding Weems for his stance on immigration. He just has the guts to say what you guys are thinking.
We don't really care what the Salvation Army does with its money. Its funds do not come from the taxpayers. We published Weems' comment to show what important things he posted with his Android and how he called two women he had never met female dogs.
ReplyDeleteWe have always stressed that private funding is just that--if you give to the Osama Bin Laden memorial fund, that's your business. We do hope everyone remembers that the Salvation Army is a church just like the Baptist or Methodist Churches. They even have their own doctrine of salvation, one that doesn't mention baptism. We're not saying this church/org. doesn't do a good work; we're simply saying that we do not personally support it.
I don't support the Salvation Army because of their stance on same-sex marriage, but whether you support it was not the point. You inferred that people that ask for their assistance were not taking care of their kids and that's just not the case.
ReplyDeleteAs for the "female dogs"...but they're illegal! Doesn't that matter to your readers!?!
No, Jason, we said those who purchase Droid phones and large tattoos, then ask for assistance are not putting their children first--not taking care of them so to speak.
ReplyDeleteNo woman deserves to be called a female dog...not even Laurel Pruett. We oppose illegal immigrants who siphon off taxpayer dollars. We have no ill will for the individuals themselves...unless they too are Juggalo Stranglers.
"No woman deserves to be called a female dog...not even Laurel Pruett. We oppose illegal immigrants who siphon off taxpayer dollars. We have no ill will for the individuals themselves...unless they too are Juggalo Stranglers."
ReplyDeleteIsn't that Christian of you....
As far as the tattoo goes, i know for a fact it was bought for him as a gift.. And as Far as the angel tree is concered, I have a cell phone, AND i also have to get support from the angel tree!!! Just because you need help everyonce in a while doest mean that you arent carig for your kids!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, Jason, we think the three should go to prison...one of them for a long, long time. Do you think we should give him a second chance to see if he kills again? Sorry, it doesn't work that way. That's the only ill will we have for any of them.
ReplyDeleteMy question is:How does anyone no if the two female immigrants were illegal or not?I know that wasn't the point but I'm just saying...and what about Ron's triplets that he hasn't been caring for because their mother was afraid for him to be in their lives?
ReplyDeleteWhoa, we haven't heard about any triplets. How do they fit in the wonderful world of Weems' women?
ReplyDeleteStephanie, you said of Ron's mother "She was cleared in the investigation long ago" to which I asked several questions regarding your factual statement. The best I can tell, your response was: "She apparently has no knowledge of the crime itself."
ReplyDeleteWhere are you getting your information whether it be the factual statement you made or the apparently statement?
There is nothing that I have heard nor nothing that I have read other than your statements that indicates that Laquania Delores Welch Weems HAS BEEN CLEARED of not having knowledge of the crime or any of the criminal activities prior to or after the crime. The only thing that I have read is that she has not been charged.
(To again use the word apparently)-Apparently, Laquania has known Amanda's family for years, and knew they were desperately searching for Amanda from the day of the crime in October until December. How could a grown woman that knew the normal personalities and behaviors of her own family members and Amanda's family members not in that length of time have apparent knowledge of the crime? Would blood stains in her basement in October not be suspicious enough for her to have apparent-(clearly visible or understood; obvious. Seeming real or true, but not necessarily so.) knowledge that a crime had possibly been committed in her home?
Is withholding evidence a crime?
How can she possibly be "cleared in the investigation long ago" or "apparently has no knowledge of the crime itself"?
Stephanie...why would I want you to be my friend...your profile wasn't private until a couple of days ago...get over yourself. I have friends and guess what they don't kill/torture people.
ReplyDeleteI would also love to know how the triplets fit into this. Wow at least the mother of those kids kept the children from him for their safety and hers.
It is beyond me why any woman would have ever been in a relationship with Mr. Weems; but them there are women with such low self-esteems that they will go with any man! Feel so sorry for his children; their lives with be completely messed up now!
ReplyDeleteAs for the Angel Tree program, my family and I support it every year. You can tell buy the request for gifts that some people are not really in need as much as trying to use good people to get what they are too lazy to buy for themselves, after Christmas they take it back to a retailer for refunds. We usually read over the request and use some common sense about what we buy for the kids(cell phones and computers are not a normal request from a 4 yr. old. The unfornate part is that there are many many families in this area that are out of work and truly need help to provide for thier children.
Don't let a couple of bad apples spoil the holidays for children that would not have recieved gifts. If you do not agree with S/A policies, you can always find other ways to help families in need all during the year!!
The triplets mother is named Kori Sierras.She was in a relationship with Ron and Laurel.She moved from Huntsville with Laurel and they all moved into an apartment together.She got pregnant and Laurel got jealous and that whole relationship ended.Kori was also terrified of Ron so Laurel helped her leave him.After that Kori wouldn't let Ron near their babies after she had them.
ReplyDeleteThe Stephanie and Jason are obviously the killers friends. They both need to be checked out, along with the killers mom and the kid bighter meth looking Ashley. You're right Tiffany, she needs to get over herself. Her profile picture on facebook looks like she needs to bathe too
ReplyDeleteStephanie is beautiful inside and out, an awesome Mom, and very well educated. Just because Ron and Laurel are friends of hers does not put her in the "same kettle of fish" so to speak.
ReplyDeleteShe is just as shocked over their actions as everyone else.
Besides Stephanie and Jason, do any of you posting negative comments, know any of the parties involved?
Good Lord people, the one common thread between all these people (friends) are drugs!! I know people who mess with drugs but I don't call them friends, not a one can be trusted. I wonder if drugs were the reason the victim visited this guy in the first place?
ReplyDeleteAshley Greenhill has a facebook?
ReplyDeleteWhat an ignorant comment weems made on his facebook first of all ive seen a lot more decent educated PRODUVTIVE " mexicans" compared to HIM ! And frankly his small vocabulary probably annoys the hell out of them, their 10 times smarter than weem for being bilingual , even if any of them barely speak english its a lot more pleasant than what comes out of his mouth. Maybe hell find God with all that free time in prison, bc thats the only thing saving him from meeting the real juggalos !
ReplyDeleteAshley has changed her FB account. It used to be Ash-Lette.
ReplyDeleteAsh Ley is her new FB account. I don't know any of the parties involved and really don't care to know them. Then I would have to fear for my life....why would I do that?
ReplyDeleteNobody that knows them should fear for their lives. This goes to proove that Gun Laws are needed and we should support them, they are trying to take the guns from the good but the bad will still have them. Therefore, I am not afraid to voice my opinion of Fox,Weems,Pruitt, Greenhill or Stephanie, or any other of the juggalos or juggolettes, I don't carry a HATCHET TO A GUN FIGHT, and if Ron Weems thought he was bad, I know several men that would take him one on one and beat the crap out of him, he's probably already run into a few in Jail, also, he's probably sure enough a Pimp in Jail, he's getting all he dished out Im sure!! LOL and for Laurel and Ashley, yall arent bad....you don't know the meaning, your cowards that tote a HATCHET FOR FEAR OF GETTING YOUR butts kicked and out of Jealousy of a BEAUTIFUL GIRL, THAT LOOKED 10 TIMES BETTER THAN YALL COULD EVER IMAGINE, NO PHOTOSHOPPING OR AIRBRUSHING COULD EVER MAKE YALL LOOK AS GOOD AS AMANDA TAYLOR. I PRAY THEY ALL GET THE DEATH PENALTY!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell my comments did not get posted, I would like to know why? I did not curse, threaten or name call or any crap like that I just stated that Stephanie is a LIE n case u didn't already know, I never sent her any friend request, her page was public and mine has always been private so therefore, that woulda been stupid on my part. I could b as nosey as I wanted without being ur friend. Kmsl. And now to set u straight on the threats u have made, on the threats of harm, u nor any of ur clown buddies intimidate me, and for the threats of a civil suit, lolololz, the person that said u r educated must not know u that well, to have a defamation or slander suit, things have to b untrue about u. Honey, please read this very carefully, ANYTHING I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SAID ABOUT U OR ANY IF THE CLIWNS U ASSOCIATE WITH HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE NOTHING BUT 100% TRUE FACTS...... NOW MR Stephanie all I know to tell u is SUE ME!!!! And one more thing, ALL THREE OF THE THINGS(I refuse to call them people or human beings) have confessed so why don't u all stop trying to take up for them!!! THEY ALL ADMITTED TO IT SO WHY CAN'T Y'ALL?? Believe me u don't need any help making yourself look more foolish!!! WE WANT JUSTICE, WE WANT JSTICE, WE WANT JUSTICE, JUSTICE FOR AMANDA AND HER FAMILY AND TRUE FRIENDS. OH and I have,let's just call it a gut feeling, that the other two things involved tht want to give themselves the title of MOTHER, something of which neither of them r, will b getting what's owed to them as well!!! They ALL DISGUST me. How can Laquania Weems and Ashley Greenhill even let the word mother come out of their filthy mouths?!? And I want to know WHY IN THE HECK WAS ASHLEY GREENHILL NOT DOING A LENGTHY SENTENCE WITH ONE OF HER MANY EXS THAT BIT HER OWN CHILD ALL OVER HIS BODY??? She SHOULD NEVER EVEN BEEN ON THE STREETS TO COMMIT ANOTHER VIOLENT CRIME!!!!
ReplyDeleteand to Anonymous, NO, AMANDA, DID NOT VISIT HIM FOR DRUGS, SHE WENT THERE TO GET ON HIS COMPUTER TO TALK TO HER KIDS ON FB, AS SHE HAD DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE!!!!! DON'T EVER DISGRACE OR DOWNGRADE A VICTIM LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN. THAT IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY'S PORTRAY THE VICTIM AS A BAD HUMAN!!!!! THIS WILL NOT AND I REPEAT WILL NOT HAPPEN IN THIS CASE, OR SOME OF US WILL BE GOING TO JAIL TOO FOR SPEAKING UP IN COURT DURING THE TRAIL, I GUESS THAT IS WHY YOU WROTE ANNOYMOUS!!!!!!!COWARDS!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTo anonymous whose comments were not posted. We've been a little lax with the language, but not too lax. Please do not use vulgarities for bodily functions. Thanks.
ReplyDelete@anonymous: you said "The Stephanie and Jason are obviously the killers friends. They both need to be checked out, along with the killers mom and the kid bighter meth looking Ashley."
ReplyDeleteWhat in the world is a "bighter"??? Anyway...I grew up in Florence and moved as soon as I turned 18 and went to college. I never looked back. I still have family there and love to read crime blogs. I have no idea who you or these crazy people are. However sweet Amanda Taylor is (and I have no idea), I will say that if you lie down with dogs you usually get fleas. She was living a risky life obviously. It's very sad for everyone involved that they chose to live this way.
She was living a risky life. And these people were involved with drugs. If she was such a good friend to so many good people why wasn't she able to use the good peoples' computers,or her Dad's, or your computer to talk to her children? WHY did she go to Weems' house????!!!
ReplyDeleteHey Shoalanda...here's a scoop for ya! Word is out that Ron Weems has asked that Stephanie chick (the one who's always on here trying to defend him) to marry him while he's in jail. (By "word is out", I mean she is posting it everywhere on Facebook that she can post it) And I think she's actually considering it! Because you know, he's a real catch, right? :)
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