Sheriff’s office to interview murder suspect

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Sheriff’s office to interview murder suspect
Law enforcement trying to confirm legitimacy of alleged prison confession

By BURTON SPEAKMAN
Glasgow Daily Times

GLASGOW —
Sheriff Chris Eaton is heading to Michigan City, Ind., to interview a man who claims to be responsible for a the death of a woman whose remains were found near Park City in 2000.


Nancy Daddysman, who was 42 at the time she disappeared, her body was located by two young boys on Sept. 21, 2000, off Iron Mountain Road near Park City. Her remains were identified through dental records.

Daddysman lived at 1050 Shive Lane in Bowling Green at the time of her disappearance and was supposed to meet friends at the Waffle House on Three Springs Road on Sept. 4, 1998, to get a ride to Indianapolis. She had been dropped off at the residence.

Eaton along with others will be interviewing David M. Bell, 35, on Wednesday morning. The contingency from the sheriff’s office will leave today, staying in Michigan City before interviewing Bell at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Bell is originally from Monticello.

“I don’t know if this guy is a scam artist or if he is serious,” Eaton said.

The questioning hopefully will allow the sheriff’s office to determine if Bell was the person who actually killed Daddysman.

Bell has provided law enforcement with information about a woman’s death in Arkansas. He was able to lead law enforcement there to a truck containing a pair of the dead woman’s underwear, Eaton said.

“The man has been taking responsibility for a lot of things,” Eaton said. “He also claims to have killed his mother, but the autopsy report states his mother had died of an aneurysm.”

Bell was living in the area at the time of Daddysman’s disappearance, Eaton said.

Daddysman was found wrapped in a blanket; it appeared she had been in the same location since her disappearance and had not been moved. The boys were cave diving when they found her remains. She was found in a rocky, wooded area and the closest building is a Baptist church.

Eaton had stated previously the person who had left Daddysman’s body had to have been someone who knew the area well or lived in the area. Although the location isn’t far from Interstate 65, there are several other rural areas near the closest exit that are much more easily accessible for someone attempting to leave something in an isolated area.

There has never been a suggested motive for the killing. She didn’t have any enemies and her estranged ex-husband was living on a military base in Langley, Va., at the time of her disappearance.

“It would be good to get this case closed. It’s just been out there for a long time,” Eaton said.

According to the Indiana Department of Correction, Bell was sentenced to 63 years in prison for murder on Jan. 11, 2006. If he is convicted of no additional crimes the earliest that Bell could be released on parole from the Indiana Department of Corrections is April. 13, 2037.

Bell also has a prior Indiana conviction for battery from Feb. 2, 2001. He was released for the battery charge in 2004.

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Suspect confesses to 1998 murder
Sheriff’s office to talk with prosection about next step

By BURTON SPEAKMAN
Glasgow Daily Times

GLASGOW —
Following a four-hour interview Barren County Sheriff Chris Eaton is convinced his office will be able to close the case involving the killing of Nancy Daddysman.


Eaton and others from the office traveled to the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Ind., to speak with convicted murderer David M. Bell, 35, an inmate at the facility, who admitted to killing the Bowling Green woman.

Bell was able to provide enough detail about the murder to make them believe that he had actually killed the 42-year-old Daddysman, Eaton said.

“We showed him the picture of her in the tarp and that’s when he started to break down and tell us more,” Eaton said.

Bell admitted that he picked up Daddysman in Bowling Green while she was trying to hitchhike to Indiana, Eaton said.

Then Bell stated while traveling down either Interstate 65 or a side road when he hit Daddysman in the head with a pipe.

“He stated he couldn’t remember where he hit her, just that traffic was going by,” Eaton said.

When he drove out to Iron Mountain Road near Park City, Daddysman had begun to regain consciousness. It was there that he stabbed and killed Daddysman before leaving her abandoned in a tarp.

“He’s a pretty deranged man,” Eaton said. “He told us he used to drive around and have fantasies about picking up a woman, killing and raping her and then eating the remains.” 

There is no reason to believe that Bell actually ate anyone, Eaton said. There is also no evidence that Daddysman was sexually assaulted and Bell stated during the interview that he did not rape her.

Bell also admitted to heavy use of methamphetamine and cocaine at the time he allegedly killed Daddysman.

Bell was living in Monticello at the time of her death.

“He said he was familiar with the area. He had driven a cab for his aunt and knew Glasgow and Bowling Green,” Eaton said.

Daddysman lived at 1050 Shive Lane in Bowling Green at the time of her disappearance, she was supposed to meet friends at the Waffle House on Three Springs Road on Sept. 4, 1998, to get a ride to Indianapolis.

She had been dropped off at the Waffle House. Prior to moving to Bowling Green she have lived at the Star Motel in Cave City. The last time she was seen alive was in the Waffle House parking lot.