In the past week after a heartfelt and chilling article was published here on “The People’s Champion Blog” highlighting a perspective about the murder of late Honor Student Phylicia Barnes by her mother, we have experienced a rare public emergence from members of the child’s Baltimore Family. In just under 8 days over 6,000 visitors have come to the Blog to either obtain updates about the murder case or chimed in with their own personal perspectives. Although there has been a minimal volume of followers who have expressed support for the Barnes’, there is a growing contingency within the public, and the social media arena that display a continued suspicion of the child’s older sisters account that led up to the disappearance and subsequent murder of Phylicia Barnes. With the Anniversary of Phylicia’s disappearance 3 weeks away there is a Public outcry for justice in this horrific case. Many followers are discouraged that an arrest has yet to be made in a Capitol Crime that resulted in the nude body of a promising and talented teen being discovered floating in a river in the State of Maryland. During the search for Phylicia the child’s Siblings gave a very disturbing interview on a Nationally recognized Social Media Affiliate, “Peas In Their Pods”radio broadcast on Blogtalk. I have listened to the broadcast multiple times, and myself along with others refuse to except the account offered by Phylicia’s Sisters Deena, and Kelly Barnes regarding the particulars that led up to Phylicia’s disappearance. Chiefly, I am outraged by the seemingly amused demeanor of Deena Barnes. Her laughter while responding to questions from the PITP host is unsettling, and depicts her apparent enjoyment of the  attention she was garnering in this Nationally Publicized case.  Her lack of grief was exacerbated with contradictory and unbelievable comments she made while recanting the events of December 28, 2010. Listeners can only walk away from that interview confused as to whether Phylicia was either awake or asleep prior to Deena leaving her home for work that day. Deena is in fact on record as having stated that Phylicia called Kelly that morning to come pick her up, that she and Phylicia were discussing going shopping for skin care products, and that Phylicia was asleep when she left for work. The confusing accounts leaves the door wide open to some theories that the studios child probably had already met a tragic end before December 28. Deena paused awkwardly repeatedly when questions were posed to her about Micheal Johnson and his relatives that it has since been confirmed actually lived at her apartment. These questionable instances of pausing depicted an obvious loss of focus or bearing on her part, and leads many to believe that her responses were prompt-to and manufactured for the purpose of creating deception surrounding the truth. It has not been publicly established whether authorities investigating this murder case have in fact directed Deena Barnes to avoid commenting on certain elements of the case, but there were other aspects of the interview that the public suspicion has derived from. Deena has publicly stated that Micheal Johnson telephoned her after arriving back at the apartment late afternoon discovering the door wide open, music blasting inside, and Phylicia nowhere to be found. However during the PITP Interview, Deena stated that she arrived home at 6:00 p.m. from work and discovered that Phylicia wasn’t there and began calling around to people in an attempt to locate her whereabouts. Deena also says she called Micheal Johnson to see if Phylicia was with him.  Why would Deena do that considering her purported account that it was Micheal who notified her that Phylicia was missing, and why would Deena Believe that her baby sister would be with her supposed ex-boyfriend? I wonder which account is true. Was Deena advised via a phone call by Micheal Johnson regarding Phylicia’s disappearance or did she return home from work and discover the child missing? Both accounts are confusing and not logical. If Deena was informed by MJ that the apartment’s door was wide open and no Phylicia, then it is explosively unbelievable that Deena didn’t return home or have some one go their on her behalf to investigate the situation. Also, if Deena returned home at 6:00 p.m. as she alleges and discovered the child missing herself, it is even more alarming considering the fact that Deena and Kelly both say they lost contact with Philicia at around 11-11:30 a.m. over 6 hours earlier that day. Moreover, when Deena was questioned by PITP host regarding who reported that Phylicia had been seen walking to get food, she simply stated, “That’s what we were told” without identifying the person(s) who say they saw her. Deena never offered an explanation as to where they obtained that information. The cloudiness of this alleged eyewitness report actually gives tremendous credibility to the child’s mother Janice Sallis-Mustafa’s claim that the account was fabricated by her Daughter’s biological father, Russell Barnes. When Deena was questioned regarding allegations that she gave Phylicia, a minor, alcohol and pot, she denied doing so and stated that she requested a drug test and was awaiting the results. I had trouble understanding Deena’s thought process related to that question, because she wasn’t asked if she used drugs. Why was her response defending her own potential drug usage when the question was posed if she gave it to her baby sister? Why was Deena unavailable for the PITP Interview when the host opened the phone lines for direct questioning by the show’ listeners? Her absence became problematic when a caller rejected a response by Kelly and Bryan Barnes. The caller even stated, “Is Deena around to answer the question, because they (Kelly & Bryan) were not there”. It almost seemed as if it was planned prior to the show airing, that Deena would exit before the phone lines were opened, as the host stated, “Deena” like a cue for her to began making her exit comments prior to direct questions posed from the public.
Kelly Barnes’ comments created suspicion when she was asked if she was at Deena’s apartment the night before Phylicia’s disappearance. December 27, 2010 was also reportedly have been a day when a party was given at Deena’s place. Kelly had previously stated that she was there with Deena and Phylicia baking cookies and watching movies on the 27th. When Kelly was pressed by a caller related to her account, Kelly changes her statement and said she was there on December 26. This almost certainly brings attention to what may have occurred the day before Phylicia was missing, and seems as if Kelly’s recant or memory loss about which day she was actually there, is an effort on her part to remove herself from involvement in what ever happened the day prior to Phylicia disappearing. The fact that Deena and Kelly both admit they last communicated with Phylicia during the late morning hours, that it has been confirmed that at least 1 male was at the apartment alone with Phylicia, and neither of them went by to physically check on their baby sister until Deena’s arrival home at 6:00 p.m. that day is tearfully troubling, sad, and simply legitimate grounds for suspicion of their potential implication and complicity to what ever happened to beautiful young Phylicia Barnes. Their accounts are not logical and their silence is a hindrance to the investigation into the murder of their baby sister. They both are hiding something and it’s obvious.
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I’m David Adams
