The men charged with the murder of a Lowndes County club owner called a friend to brag about the killing afterward, a family member of the victim has said.
Wade Woods, 23, found his cousin, Clarence "Big C" Trimble's, body at Big C's Game Room Saturday morning after he was told about the crime by a relative who, along with a family friend, had been with the suspected killers, at Trimble's club earlier Friday evening.
Cedrick Whitley, 23, of 20393 Egypt Road in Aberdeen, and Sylvester Johnson, 22, of 1407 Cloverdale Place in Aberdeen are being held at the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center on capital murder charges for the killing and robbery. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken from the club's register.
The family friend -- also a former relative by marriage -- is friends with Whitley and Johnson and received a phone call from one of them after the crime in which the suspect bragged they had just "sprayed Big C," Woods said.
Woods said his relative, who is also a cousin of Trimble's, and the family friend left Whitley and Johnson at the club Friday evening to drive to the store. When they returned to the club, the two suspects were gone, so the relative and the family friend drove to Woods' home.
The relative later borrowed Woods' car around 1 a.m. Saturday morning to drive the family friend home. During the ride, said Woods, the friend received the call from one of the suspects.
After dropping the friend off, Woods' relative called Woods to explain what had happened. The relative returned to Woods' home, and he and Woods left immediately for Trimble's club.
Upon arriving at the club, Woods noticed the sign in the front of the business was still on. Woods told his relative to wait in the car while he went inside.
"I called Clarence's name about four times and got no response. I noticed his keys and his cell phone on the bar. I walked back to the bathroom and when I went by the bar, that's where I found him at," said Woods.
Trimble had been shot multiple times in the back of the head. Investigators with the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office later found .22 shell casings at the scene. A .22 automatic pistol was one of two guns the LCSO recovered upon arresting Whitley and Johnson.
After finding Trimble, Woods called 911 and sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the scene.
Deputies questioned Woods and his relative before questioning the family friend, who Woods said declined to cooperate with investigators.
Woods told the investigators what he could about Whitley and Johnson, but he wasn't familiar enough to know them by name. Without the cooperation of the family friend, Woods isn't sure how investigators made the connection to Whitley and Johnson.
Woods knew the suspects as the family friend's associates from Aberdeen.
"They swing in whenever they're in town. This is the first I know of (the friend) and them being (at Big C's) together," said Woods. "I met (the suspects) before when they started hanging out.
They didn't seem like the type to do (something) like that. I would have never suspected them from the jump. When (the relative) told me about the phone call, I didn't want to believe it."
Clarence Trimble's brother, Johnny Trimble, said Clarence Trimble never kept more than $100 in his cash register. But Woods said he understands how someone would mistakenly believe Trimble had a lot of money.
"He has his own tire service, owns a club and all the up-to-date vehicles in his yard," said Woods.
Johnny Trimble believes there may have been others involved in his brother's death.
The sheriff's department isn't looking for other suspects.
LCSO Investigator Lt. Tony Perkins said there are no other suspects in Trimble's murder and no further leads on the case.
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skintback | 10/28/2009 6:47:00 PMmark as inappropriate now lets lock them up and feed and cloth them for the rest of their stinkin lives!
concerned | 10/28/2009 6:59:00 PMmark as inappropriate Those who kill should be put to death in an inhumane way!! Instead of sitting in a jail cell and haveing a good life on our tax dollars.
PIMS | 10/28/2009 11:22:00 PMmark as inappropriate my sympathy to the family and friends.
I think we need to bring back public executions ..decapitate a few in public and those who have thought of doing something like this will think hard before doing it...I believe not executing them is why we have so many killers,and rapists...
Monty Burns | 10/29/2009 7:54:00 AMmark as inappropriate Cedrick Whitley and Sylvester Johnson and homosexuals "on the down low". Have fun in prison boys.
Shocked | 10/29/2009 8:39:00 AMmark as inappropriate I can't believe someone killed Big C... i have done a lot of business with him thru his tire service and he always seemed happy. Like a really nice person... Although I only knew him thru work it is still hard for me to believe that someone would kill him!!! This is a sad day when folks can kill someone and then brag about it... they must not have any fear in getting caught... or maybe they just dont care. I'm glad we still have citizens concerned enough to report information they get. I pray for Big C's family and friends... and I pray this idiots get exactly what they deserve!!!
donnell | 10/29/2009 10:29:00 AMmark as inappropriate the blind leading the blind.It just disgusts me about theses low-life ignorant people in mississippi. Allthey know is these woods.
will james | 10/29/2009 2:14:00 PMmark as inappropriate Then why dont you leave mississippi? If you have that bad of feelings agaisnt people in mississippi because of 2 low lifes that prolly dont have a father and will never amount to anything then leave! Dont come on here talking about people in mississippi when you dont know 95% of us!
will james | 10/29/2009 2:14:00 PMmark as inappropriate Then why dont you leave mississippi? If you have that bad of feelings agaisnt people in mississippi because of 2 low lifes that prolly dont have a father and will never amount to anything then leave! Dont come on here talking about people in mississippi when you dont know 95% of us!
STAR K | 10/29/2009 4:25:00 PMmark as inappropriate will james why don't you learn how to spell .
I never heard the word.( PROLLY )
STAR K | 10/29/2009 4:26:00 PMmark as inappropriate will james why don't you learn how to spell .
I never heard the word.( PROLLY )
Special T | 10/29/2009 7:34:00 PMmark as inappropriate THEY DID NOT HAVE TO KILL THE MAN . HE HAD A FAIMLY THAT REALLY LOVE HIM. I HOPE THAT THEY REAALY KILL THEM .I AGREE THAT NEED TO START KILLING PEOPLE FOR KILLING PEOPLE.
stare k | 10/30/2009 7:02:00 PMmark as inappropriate You should read before you post. Your comment are all over the net .And you would be surprise who read them . some where in NY.
JJ | 10/30/2009 9:26:00 PMmark as inappropriate Why should he care who reads his comment? I see nothing wrong with what was said. Ive seen you in other post before starting crap Stare K. People in New York!! Wow!! What the hell does that matter?
stare k | 10/31/2009 5:12:00 PMmark as inappropriate It is called poor english & UNEDUCATED .That is what's wrong with some of us .We don't try to do better .
You would be surprise .People laugh at you when you use such english .And learn not to swear, It's not nice either. It shows how INTELLIGENT YOU ARE .
JJ | 10/31/2009 10:37:00 PMmark as inappropriate After a comma you don't capitalize!!!!!!!!!!!!! So before you talk your crap know your crap. Don't get on here and start crap just because you can hide behide your computer!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a blog board shortened words are ok it doesnt mean someone doesnt know english. Stop hiding behind your computer like your someone bad and shut the **** up!!! You are the one sounding stupid as hell i promise!
John Ward | 11/11/2009 10:22:00 PMmark as inappropriate After reading everything Big C seems like a honest hard working man. I respect that cause I'm the same RIP n prayers go out to the family. But on the other hand I'm real good friends with both Sylvester and Cedrick. I never saw them doing something like this but I guess when your down in out you will do anything to pick yourself back up. Someone above said " Those who kill should be put to death" well yeah my close friend may have done the crime but me knowning them...they should not be put to death. If that above statement is true, I can't talk cause that is what I'm trained to do in my career. You might say they kill in a crime way and not to help the country...well in that case lets put to death all the criminals. I think life in prison is taking your life away.
