12-18-2014, 01:26 AM
PANOLA COUNTY, Miss. — District Attorney John Champion said Wednesday a man who said he saw Jessica Chambers alive hours before she was found burning has been cleared as a suspect in the case.
Ali Alsanai said he was working at a convenience store December 6 when Chambers came in and made a purchase.
Alsanai said he turned over surveillance video to investigators but the time stamp is wrong due to Daylight Saving Time.
Since he started speaking about the case, Alsanai said he has received death threats and there have been numerous allegations made online.
Some people claimed that Alsanai doctored the footage or accused him of knowing too much about the crime shortly after it happened.
Champion said Alsanai’s whereabouts are accounted for during the time investigators believe Chambers was attacked and set on fire.
Champion said Alsanai was at the store the entire evening of December 6.
“He had nothing to do with this,” Champion said.
Champion has not publicly named any suspects during the course of this investigation.
Alsanai told WREG that he knew the truth would come out.
He said the threats have harmed his business.
Also Wednesday, the reward for information in the case was raised to $16,000 after the Mississippi Fire Marshall added $5,000.
Follow @CAlexander_WREG for updates on this case.
http://wreg.com/2014/12/17/man-cleared-i...bers-case/
Ali Alsanai said he was working at a convenience store December 6 when Chambers came in and made a purchase.
Alsanai said he turned over surveillance video to investigators but the time stamp is wrong due to Daylight Saving Time.
Since he started speaking about the case, Alsanai said he has received death threats and there have been numerous allegations made online.
Some people claimed that Alsanai doctored the footage or accused him of knowing too much about the crime shortly after it happened.
Champion said Alsanai’s whereabouts are accounted for during the time investigators believe Chambers was attacked and set on fire.
Champion said Alsanai was at the store the entire evening of December 6.
“He had nothing to do with this,” Champion said.
Champion has not publicly named any suspects during the course of this investigation.
Alsanai told WREG that he knew the truth would come out.
He said the threats have harmed his business.
Also Wednesday, the reward for information in the case was raised to $16,000 after the Mississippi Fire Marshall added $5,000.
Follow @CAlexander_WREG for updates on this case.
http://wreg.com/2014/12/17/man-cleared-i...bers-case/