Silverhill Murder

Alabama Murder We are learning more about what happened in Silverhill when what appeared to be a mobile home fire turned into a capital murder case.

by Debbie Williams

Published: Thu, February 26, 2009 - 6:44 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, February 26, 2009 - 7:45 pm CST

"Make sure my dad is dead," that's what Ian Aitcheson told his friend Danny Weaver as he handed him a knife from his father's kitchen. The shocking statement is just part of the testimony heard during the preliminary hearing of four Baldwin County teenagers charged with the murder of Bob Aitcheson.
19 year old Danny Weaver called it a "simple robbery gone bad." He says it was Ian's idea to kill his father after the elder Aitcheson threatened him with jail if he didn't straighten up.
According to investigators, Bob Aitcheson was asleep on the sofa when Weaver, Aitcheson and Keshjuan Betts entered the Silverhill mobile home. Weaver held him down, Betts put a bag over his head and Ian handed Weaver a knife. Once his dad had been stabbed, Ian told police he pulled the knife from his dad's chest, took the bag off his head and closed his eyes before rummaging through his pockets. Then he doused his father with gasoline and set the mobile home on fire.
Darlene Jerkins told investigators she poured gasoline outside the home and lit it.
The next step in the process, a grand jury will hear the case. According to the District Attorney, it could be more than year before the case ever goes to trial.
Investigators say Ian had convinced the others his Dad had stacks of cash around the house. But in the end, the four teenagers allegedly killed Aitcheson for 36 dollars.

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amom Says:

Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 4:57 pm

FYI, “skittles” is a personal nick name of a boy that Ian & Amen hung out with…all these kids use to skate board together,not WEAVER, or the girl,( the boys only knew Weaver & the girl for a couple of months before this happien) all this, is the girl trying to find a way of helping herself out of this. She is the only one involveing him in this, & her story conredict’s itself each time she tells it… let the guilty be charged for what they have done, this i agree w/u on, but only the one’s involved…

Wait4Me Says:

Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 3:49 pm

So the cops arrested him cause he was hanging with the wrong crowd? They accused him of being the brains behind the crime because, why, he was smart enough to hang with the wrong crowd?
You know those R-Town Skittles are one tough group of old man attcking, killing, chicken-sssit, punks. These milk-duds deserve everything they get and then some.

amom Says:

Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 2:49 pm

Sorry, To See It Threw…

amom Says:

Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 2:46 pm

Nope, Amen was’nt there, so divide by 4…& he still has/had nothing to do w/ it, Don’t u think that if he was so involved, or was the “brains” then would’nt he have been there? “So see it threw”,
Really think about it,

Wait4Me Says:

Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 8:08 pm

Nope it wasn’t a robbery gone bad, It was “a simple robbery gone bad” according to Danny Weaver

tjd090359 Says:

Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 3:55 pm

it was not a robbery gone bad…bamabob…thank you…

KooKoo Says:

Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:52 am

I divied by four cuzz the amen kid wasn’t there

Tide Fan Says:

Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:29 am

Oh heck..come on…these poor children are just misunderstood….thats all….Im sure race was a factor along with the social environment…