Bobby Cutts

Cutts (born May 21, 1977, in Canton) is the son of Renee Horne and Bobby Cutts Sr. He was married to, but separated from, another woman at the time of the murder.

According to Cutts, the couple had discussed a divorce.

His wife formally filed for divorce four days after his arrest.

Other allegations of abuse had previously been leveled against Cutts in Stark county.

For much of the period leading to the discovery of the body, local law enforcement told the news media that Cutts was not a suspect, or even a "person of interest".

At the time of his arrest, Cutts was a resident of Plain Township in Stark County.

The only interview Cutts has granted to the press to date was published in The Repository.

This was with Todd Porter, a sportswriter with whom Cutts had previous contact.

Jessie Marie Davis (May 27, 1981 – June 14, 2007) was a murdered, near-term pregnant, 26-year-old American woman first reported missing from her home in Lake Township, Stark County, Ohio on June 15, 2007.

The case drew an extraordinary response from the American media.

Her mother reported her missing on June 15, 2007, when she found her 2-year-old grandson Blake home alone, with bleach spilled on the floor and furniture broken and overturned.

In televised reports, Davis' mother (who had last spoken with her daughter two days earlier) reported that Blake kept stating, "Mommy broke the table" and "Mommy's in the rug".

At the time of her disappearance, Davis was a resident of Lake Township in Stark County, Ohio.

A search of the area involving "thousands of volunteers" including members of Texas EquuSearch, was launched.

On June 23, Davis' body was recovered in a wooded area in neighboring Summit County, in Hampton Hills Metro Park—a park surrounded by, but distinct from Cuyahoga Valley National Park, in the vicinity of Cuyahoga Falls.

The first reliable website to pin down the widely reported rumor that Cutts had assisted in locating the body of Davis was that of America's Most Wanted: "AMW sources have confirmed that Bobby Cutts Jr., Jessie's boyfriend and the father of her 2-year-old son Blake, led law enforcement to the body."

The post-mortem was performed by the Summit County authorities, as this is where the body was recovered.

Her body was reported to be in an "advanced state of decomposition".

The autopsy was performed the following day, confirming her identity.

Investigators believe Davis was murdered on June 14, but confirmation of this, as well as the precise means of death, await the results of forensic tests.

Bob Budgake, director of the Stark-Summit County crime lab, indicated that the lab was "working overtime and weekends to process evidence from the Jessie Davis case, two other recent murders and other investigations."

A single-casket funeral for Jessie and her daughter was held June 30 at the House of the Lord, with a subsequent interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

The arrangements were handled by the Silva-Hostetler Funeral Home, both in the Akron area.

Although members of the Cutts family attended, Davis' son Blake did not.

The family "felt the toddler had already been through enough."

Approximately 750 people attended the service.

The service was also streamed online on local news stations' websites so people who could not attend could still see the service.

Her mother, Patricia Porter, said at the service that her daughter had been a committed God-fearing person after doing overseas missionary work, but at some point "she took a wrong turn somewhere."

Porter said her daughter realized in church a few weeks ago that she needed to reform her life.

Prior to the funeral, hundreds of people paid their final respects for Davis with a candlelight vigil held outside her Lake Township duplex and during calling hours at the House of the Lord Church.

In July 2007, Jennifer Snyder, a native of Lake Township, Ohio, established Blake's Bright Tomorrow, a trust fund for Blake Davis' college education.

On July 21, Snyder organized the Blake's Bright Tomorrow festival and auction, which included signed memorabilia from LeBron James, Joe Theismann, Jerome Bettis, Faith Hill, and Tim McGraw.

Countrywide Home Loans also donated a home to Blake Davis and his grandmother, Patty Porter, who lived in a small apartment.

Davis' boyfriend, Bobby Lee Cutts Jr. was arrested and charged with two counts of murder on June 23, 2007.

Cutts was a police officer in the Canton, Ohio, Police Department, and the father of Davis' son and unborn daughter.

The Canton Police Department, which had not considered Cutts a suspect, did not participate in the arrest, which was executed by the FBI and the local Sheriffs department.

On February 15, 2008, Bobby Lee Cutts Jr., a police officer and the father of her 2-year-old son and unborn daughter, was convicted of the aggravated murders of Davis and their unborn child.

He was sentenced to life in prison without parole for 57 years on February 27, 2008.

A high-school friend of Cutts, Myisha Lynne Ferrell, was also later charged.

Davis was last seen shopping at Acme Fresh Market, a local grocery store.