WILLIAMSON CO.—Funeral services were held last night for Trevor Martin, the man who died last week in Williamson County under questionable circumstances.
The most questionable aspect of the death of Martin is the fact that police were forced to produce some press information about it after public outcry arose following publication about the case here at Disclosure‘s website.
Days after Disclosure first reported on the incident that lead to the death of the 22-year-old Martin (which was a fight Martin was involved in at a location in Creal Springs, about midnight the previous Friday, June 28 into Saturday, June 29), Williamson County sheriff’s officials released a statement that they were “investigating” the man’s death. Martin’s death came about Wednesday, July 3, 2013, after family decided to end life support. At that time, the official statement included the following:
No weapons or other instruments were involved in the incident, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
That may have been in direct response to our report, which came from friends and family as well as sources close to the investigation, that there was indeed something else that struck Trevor Martin’s head besides someone’s fist, as initial reports had it: something hard, like metal or even concrete, that put him in the shape he was in and ultimately ended his life.
Trevor Martin
So the question is: How is it that the sheriff’s department knew there were “no weapons or other instruments” involved? As well, who have they been talking to? Sources indicate that the fight Martin was involved in was with at least one other individual (whose name we have but are withholding at this time) and possibly another, as well as a third person who may have been a witness. If authorities are so certain a metal pipe wasn’t used on Martin’s head, or that he didn’t fall and crack his head on the concrete, then they surely must have been talking to someone WHO WAS THERE. So WHY have no arrests been made?
Whatever is going on, the bottom line is that it’s Williamson County. While they have a decent (albeit often questionable) prosecutor who does go after real crims with an eye toward justice, sometimes their law enforcement lags. The sheriff is a pretty good guy too; but members of his department have themselves operated under questionable circumstances frequently in the past. And then there’s Creal Springs’ police chief, Nick Rider, who himself has had a little trouble of late. All these factors may play in to the matter…but that isn’t giving friends and family any comfort. We’ll just have to wait and see what shakes out of it, and whether an arrest will be made soon.