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Title: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: TK on December 23, 2005, 08:50:44 AM
A week before Craig Titus and his wife, Kelly Ryan, became fugitives, the professional bodybuilders met with Las Vegas homicide detectives about the dead woman who was found in Ryan's burned 2003 Jaguar.

Titus, 40, admitted to secretly having an affair with 28-year-old Melissa James, whose body was found in the trunk of the car. Titus and Ryan, 33, said James was their live-in personal assistant. They said that they had recently evicted her for embezzling from them, but that they had not filed a police complaint.

Both told investigators that James had stolen Ryan's car, though they did not report the theft to police. Titus and Ryan made those comments Dec. 14, hours after James' body 
was discovered in the torched Jaguar off state Route 160, according to an arrest warrant filed in Las Vegas Justice Court. The warrant was issued for 23-year-old Anthony Gross, an alleged accomplice in the slaying. Gross is in custody.

But Titus and Ryan were set free after their interrogation because of a lack of evidence, and authorities presume the two have since fled, possibly to Greece.Titus and Ryan have since been charged with murder and third-degree arson.

Maura James, who on Thursday marked her 51st birthday by remembering her daughter with relatives in Florida, said she hopes the fugitives will soon be caught.

"I find it hard to believe they had anything to do with it because she trusted them as friends," she said. "I was shocked. I never imagined they'd be capable of doing anything like this."

Witnesses told police that Titus had said he would flee to a country that would not extradite him. Las Vegas police Lt. Tom Monahan said Titus "mentioned that he has 
been to prison and has no intention of going back."

Titus was convicted of conspiring to possess and sell Ecstasy and served a couple of years in prison in the late 1990s after he tested positive for steroids. Las Vegas police say that Titus killed Melissa James and that Ryan and Gross helped dispose of her body.

Ryan told police that after discovering funds missing from her accounts, she kicked James out of her $470,000 southwest Las Vegas home. The eviction came Dec. 13, a day before James' body turned up in the remote desert.

James packed a suitcase and Ryan, a former Ms. Fitness America, dropped her off at a convenience store, Ryan told police. But Ryan and Titus contradicted each other when police asked them separately which vehicle Ryan had used to take James to the store.

"Ryan told detectives she used her Jaguar to take James to the convenience store," a police officer wrote in the report. "Titus said she used his silver Dodge truck."

Maura James, who lives in New Jersey, said she last spoke with her daughter about 11:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Dec. 13. During the brief cell phone conversation, Melissa James said she was eating at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant.

Maura James heard her daughter ask someone what they wanted to eat. She asked her daughter whom she was with, but the question went unanswered. A short time later, Melissa James wrapped up the call and said she would call back after lunch.

She never called back and never answered her mother's follow-up calls. The next day, a Wednesday, Maura James went to the Newark airport  before 9 a.m. She was scheduled to pick up her daughter, who was  coming home for Christmas. She said her daughter was also considering  moving home to New Jersey.

Melissa James' flight arrived, but she wasn't on it. Maura James  called her cell phone and left messages. Airport officials issued a  page over a public address system. Maura James eventually returned  home alone.

She later called Titus' cell phone several times and left messages. "I thought she had been in an accident or something," she said. "I  started calling hospitals in Las Vegas. Nobody had her.

"Thursday night is when I got the call from the coroner. ... She had  been strangled."

Maura James said her daughter never mentioned being romantically  involved with Titus, who married Ryan in Clark County in June 2000.  Melissa James, who was a model and former dance instructor, had lived  with the bodybuilders in Southern California several years ago.

Titus asked Melissa James to move to Las Vegas about two months ago,  and she accepted, her mother said. In the days before her death, James told her mother that she and Ryan  were not getting along. She said she was staying at a hotel.

"I said, 'Why?' She said, 'Well, Kelly is flipping out and acting  crazy,'•" Maura James said.

Titus booked the hotel room for two nights, from Dec. 12 to Dec. 14,  and paid for it with a credit card belonging to Emperor Enterprises,  a company he and Ryan own, according to police.

"He said he had spent most of one night with James at her room,"  investigators said in the report, quoting Titus. Titus also paid for James' plane ticket home, her mother said.

On Dec. 16, two days after James' body was recovered, Amanda Polk, a  young bodybuilder who had moved to Las Vegas to train with Ryan,  contacted police with a tip. Polk met with investigators the next day  and told them that she had received a phone call from Titus on Dec.  15 "saying he was in a bad situation (and) needed to get out of town 
for a while," police said.

Titus and Ryan went to the home of Polk and her boyfriend later that  evening. Ryan hugged Polk and said someone had found her Jaguar  burned with a body inside. During a car ride to dinner, Ryan confided  in Polk, she told police.

"Ryan proceeded to tell Polk she had found their roommate, Melissa,  dead in her room from an overdose," police said. "Polk said Ryan told  her Melissa had been dead for a few hours and couldn't describe what  she looked like because it would traumatize Polk for life. Polk said  Ryan proceeded to tell her" that her life was ruined "because she  bought seven bottles of lighter fluid at Wal-Mart with her credit  card" at 3:30 a.m.

Investigators say Polk confronted Ryan and asked her why she hadn't  called police when she found the body. "Ryan responded by saying Craig told her, 'No body, no crime,'•" 
police wrote in the report. "Ryan told Polk she just did what Titus  told her to do, that she thought Titus got someone to get rid of  Melissa and she didn't kill anyone."

Police say Titus met with business partner Gregory Ruiz at a Subway  restaurant in the Las Vegas Valley on the morning of Dec. 17. "Titus told Ruiz he had to leave the country," an investigator wrote,  adding that Titus had traded in his Dodge Viper truck for a new  vehicle and intended to meet a friend in Boston to liquidate his assets.

Police obtained cell phone records that showed Titus called Anthony Gross in the early morning of Dec. 14. Gross told investigators that he left his apartment in pajamas,  filled up a can with gas and drove west on Blue Diamond Road until he saw flashing headlights from a Jaguar.

He told police that he pulled up beside the Jaguar, rolled down his  window and handed Titus a metal gas can. He said he did not know what  Titus did with the gas can and, though he gave Titus a lift back into  town, the two never discussed what had happened.

On Dec. 14, before 5 a.m., a trucker saw the Jaguar ablaze. In the  trunk, authorities found a body with white fabric around its neck and  duct tape across the face.

An autopsy revealed that James had likely died from asphyxiation. Police used the license plate on the car to trace the vehicle back to Ryan. "I think they had hoped the fire would completely consume the car so  that it would be unidentifiable," Monahan said.

On Wednesday, however, Titus and Ryan -- who have been on the covers  of bodybuilding magazines -- were being identified on television news  broadcasts as murder suspects.

Neighbors recalled Thursday that Titus and Ryan often had visitors, some driving flashy cars -- Ferraris or Mercedes. One neighbor  described Titus as friendly, adding that his physique was noticeably smaller these days.

Titus, who graduated high school at 140 pounds, has often competed in  the 250-pound range or more. Police say he is now down to about 225 pounds. A neighbor who did not want to be identified because Titus remained  on the loose, said he had noticed another change in the man: "He's  smoking. Before, he was not smoking."

Monahan said police have evidence suggesting that Titus' loss of size was causing him to lose sponsorship contracts.

Maura James, meanwhile, recalled something her daughter had once  mentioned about Titus, Ryan and steroids. "She told me that since he was getting older, he was not going to be competing as much," James said. "She used to tell me, 'Yeah, they took them when they were getting ready for competitions. And they would go to the doctor quite a bit for checking organs and things like that.'•"

Monahan said he believes authorities will find Titus and Ryan sooner or later, in part because of their high profiles and flamboyance. Their capture might bring a measure of consolation to a grieving mother.

"You know what's so hard?" James said. "They burned my daughter so that we can't even see her again before we bury her. She is so sweet. She is so sweet and beautiful. I can't imagine anybody doing that to  her."
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: IceCold on December 23, 2005, 09:02:17 AM
titus graduated high school at 140 lbs.

funniest thing i've heard in a while.

kelly ryan is a stupid girl who should get the death penalty.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: The True Adonis on December 23, 2005, 09:32:59 AM
titus graduated high school at 140 lbs.

funniest thing i've heard in a while.

kelly ryan is a stupid pussy who should get the death penalty.

Remeber folks,

Its all about Genetics. hHAHAHAHAH
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Leon pua on December 23, 2005, 09:48:35 AM
Oh maan...dis is sum really really serious sh*t......sounds like a first degree murder plus third degree arson for Titus...... :o :o
Titus is gonna rot in jail..... :o :o
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Palpatine Q on December 23, 2005, 09:49:24 AM
Remeber folks,

Its all about Genetics. hHAHAHAHAH

SO true. HaHaHaHaHaHa. I remember seeing a pic of that little murderer when he was in high school and laughing my balls off. what a turd. It's all steroids with the majority of these dildos. The thing I love most about steroid assholes is running into them after theyv'e been clean for a few years. I'm the same size or bigger than the last time I saw them and they look like they have aged 10 years, lost 20 pounds of muscle and gained 10 pounds of fat. They always are looking for the exit but I like to drag on the conversation and watch them squirm in their smallness. HaHaHaHa cocks.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on December 23, 2005, 09:59:04 AM
Nice contributions to the thread....no intellegent design from you guys!
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: HERACLES on December 23, 2005, 10:01:01 AM
Wowzers,

How can you TOTALLY FUCK  up OUR LIFE!? I mean, theres no WAY your getting away with shit like that-  Those two are def living in a world of their own, i mean COME ON! Who can Burn someones body, someone that lived with you for aseveral years too!

Of all places to go, GREECE! I should go there and hunt him down with my boys and get a big head hunters fee. lol..j/k But for real thats where my family is from..i wonde rwhy he chose Greece?

Sad story..so messed up.. talk about fuking up your life ROYALLY.

I never like Titus anyhow..

Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Palpatine Q on December 23, 2005, 10:04:18 AM
Nice contributions to the thread....no intellegent design from you guys!

I know, the nerve of us to talk about anything besides fvcking Craig Titus and his asshole wife. If they did it(and it looks like they did) they deserve to be thrown in a trunk themselves and be burned alive. And the girls parents get to light the match. There, Now Iv'e posted about the murder. fvck off.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: dmorgan41178 on December 23, 2005, 10:06:01 AM
latest news footage

http://kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4280386

btw greece has no extradiction. so they can not be taken by US
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: DEFCON on December 23, 2005, 10:06:39 AM
titus graduated high school at 140 lbs.

funniest thing i've heard in a while.

kelly ryan is a stupid pussy who should get the death penalty.
yea they should leave titus alone. at least kill kelly and be done with it.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: joejoe on December 23, 2005, 10:09:04 AM
""Ryan proceeded to tell Polk she had found their roommate, Melissa,  dead in her room from an overdose," police said. "Polk said Ryan told  her Melissa had been dead for a few hours and couldn't describe what  she looked like because it would traumatize Polk for life. Polk said  Ryan proceeded to tell her" that her life was ruined "because she  bought seven bottles of lighter fluid at Wal-Mart with her credit  card" at 3:30 a.m.

Investigators say Polk confronted Ryan and asked her why she hadn't  called police when she found the body. "Ryan responded by saying Craig told her, 'No body, no crime,'•"  "

this right here makes no sense at all. what f-ing crime are you commiting by finding your roommate dead in your house from an overdose? kelly cant even make up a good story to lie to her friends about to cover her ass. i think kelly choked her out. craig seemed to be nice to the girl and the girl told her mom that kelly was acting crazy lately. kelly killed that girl and craig tried to cover it up.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: CQ on December 23, 2005, 10:15:51 AM
Hmmm.

Amanda Polk posts on the boards.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on December 23, 2005, 10:18:12 AM
Hmmm.

Amanda Polk posts on the boards.

Under what name?
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: midknight on December 23, 2005, 10:19:07 AM
'No body, no crime"

Dump F**ks ::)
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: dmorgan41178 on December 23, 2005, 10:21:33 AM
amanda is fitmandy2000 on musclemayhem
she actually posted to the rumor of ifbb pros involved in murder thread
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: CQ on December 23, 2005, 10:28:15 AM
dmorgan is right. She's fitmandy2000 on mm.

She posted under Fitmandy on getbig.

http://www.hardfitness.com/profiles/mandypolk/index.html
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Danny on December 23, 2005, 10:32:15 AM
i think kelly choked her out. craig seemed to be nice to the girl and the girl told her mom that kelly was acting crazy lately. kelly killed that girl and craig tried to cover it up.


Unbelievable. !! :o
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: bigdumbbell on December 23, 2005, 10:32:59 AM
grandiosity will get you every time :)
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Bindare_Dundat on December 23, 2005, 10:34:22 AM
I cant believe how many people hear of or see a murder and they just dont do anything at all, when its the time to do so.

Lets see, if my aquitance asked me to deliver a gas can in the desert, if my friend told me he has to take off for a while because he's in deep shit, if anyone I knew told me they got rid of a body but didnt kill them, I'd be on the phone to the police in the shortest order.

But in this case, alot of people kinda new something was going on and did fuck all when they should have.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: CQ on December 23, 2005, 10:37:00 AM
Fitmandy aka Amanda Polk has deleted her posts in the thread on getbig

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=10661

Edit: But Zack quoted her ;)
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=48631.msg765451#msg765451
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: slayer on December 23, 2005, 11:16:27 AM
Remeber folks,

Its all about Genetics. hHAHAHAHAH
ifbb pros are genetic freaks according to everyone else on here! i guess 140 at 17 is genetically gifted!
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: chafed_nut_sack420 on December 23, 2005, 11:34:43 AM
Genetics baby!

(http://www.legendaryfitness.com/zanecolor.jpg)

(http://www.ironage.us/Ironage_Scans/Dave_Palumbo_-_Posing_2003.jpg)
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: midknight on December 23, 2005, 11:35:48 AM
""Ryan proceeded to tell Polk she had found their roommate, Melissa,  dead in her room from an overdose," police said. "Polk said Ryan told  her Melissa had been dead for a few hours and couldn't describe what  she looked like because it would traumatize Polk for life. Polk said  Ryan proceeded to tell her" that her life was ruined "because she  bought seven bottles of lighter fluid at Wal-Mart with her credit  card" at 3:30 a.m.

Investigators say Polk confronted Ryan and asked her why she hadn't  called police when she found the body. "Ryan responded by saying Craig told her, 'No body, no crime,'•"  "

this right here makes no sense at all. what f-ing crime are you commiting by finding your roommate dead in your house from an overdose? kelly cant even make up a good story to lie to her friends about to cover her ass. i think kelly choked her out. craig seemed to be nice to the girl and the girl told her mom that kelly was acting crazy lately. kelly killed that girl and craig tried to cover it up.

Nope, I don't buy Kelly’s version of the story. Think about it, in the hours leading up to packing and leaving a life as you knew it forever, you tell a training client the entire load down, in truth? I think Kelly was trying to deflect blame of murder to her hubby in last desperate measure to talk to someone. THE BODY WAS HOG TIED AND GAGGED, not lying peacefully as a result of an OD. – I don’t doubt there were drugs involved, but primarily cause of death? Bogus.

Also Kelly not knowing about “the affair” – come on, we know all about the sex parties that went on in the Titus house.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: chafed_nut_sack420 on December 23, 2005, 11:40:22 AM
Im sure any type of other media going over these threads to cover this story are getting a great representation of who we are by some of the comments on here.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: NubianMuscle on December 23, 2005, 11:47:36 AM
Nope, I don't buy Kelly’s version of the story.

The police didn't buy it either. In today's Las Vegas RJ article, it was reported that Craig and Kelly were interviewed separately on December 14 and their "facts" didn't match.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Karl Kox on December 23, 2005, 11:49:24 AM
how dumb can some one be to think that they would get away with some shit like that.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: chafed_nut_sack420 on December 23, 2005, 11:50:37 AM
I could imagine killing someone if my life depended on it, or something like that but killing someone cause they pissed you off? Man, thats just fucked when  i think about it.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Bix on December 23, 2005, 11:50:59 AM
Amanda Polk

" Look everyone , I saved my pits "  :-X

She'll be making an appearance on the wittiness stand .  :-[

(http://www.hardfitness.com/profiles/mandypolk/images/DSC_2403.jpg)
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Mr. Zimbabwe on December 23, 2005, 11:53:38 AM
Doesn't make sense why they'd tell people they were headed for Greece?  Unless they were trying to throw the cops off the trail?

I think Craig is hiding in Brazil where he seems comfortable in the foilage?
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: chafed_nut_sack420 on December 23, 2005, 11:55:07 AM
Doesn't make sense why they'd tell people they were headed for Greece?  Unless they were trying to throw the cops off the trail?

I think Craig is hiding in Brazil where he seems comfortable in the foilage?

lol

A rose leaf would have been sufficient
.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: pumpster on December 23, 2005, 12:23:05 PM
He looks friendly there, almost a "I want to kill you" look.

Reminiscent of the Terminator movies.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: chafed_nut_sack420 on December 23, 2005, 12:24:35 PM
He looks friendly there, almost a "I want to kill you" look.

Dont ever piss him off, I heard he put that leaf through the photographer after the photoshoot, just for the hell of it.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Karl Kox on December 23, 2005, 12:35:24 PM
Doesn't make sense why they'd tell people they were headed for Greece?  Unless they were trying to throw the cops off the trail?

I think Craig is hiding in Brazil where he seems comfortable in the foilage?
this pic is sorta gay
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Rudee on December 23, 2005, 01:16:39 PM
" Look everyone , I saved mt pitts "  :-X


(http://www.hardfitness.com/profiles/mandypolk/images/DSC_2403.jpg)

Can we get an english translation of that please?
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: bigdumbbell on December 23, 2005, 01:18:26 PM
He looks friendly there, almost a "I want to kill you" look.

Reminiscent of the Terminator movies.

u need to get out more
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: sarcasm on December 23, 2005, 01:19:57 PM
SO true. HaHaHaHaHaHa. I remember seeing a pic of that little murderer when he was in high school and laughing my balls off. what a turd. It's all steroids with the majority of these dildos. The thing I love most about steroid assholes is running into them after theyv'e been clean for a few years. I'm the same size or bigger than the last time I saw them and they look like they have aged 10 years, lost 20 pounds of muscle and gained 10 pounds of fat. They always are looking for the exit but I like to drag on the conversation and watch them squirm in their smallness. HaHaHaHa cocks.
damn Groink you're so HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Mr. Zimbabwe on December 23, 2005, 01:23:41 PM
Can we get an english translation of that please?

Rudee,

I believe that's Amanda Polk who LVPD have interviewed about Kelly and Craigs behaviour in the days after the murder.

She posted here under FitMandy.... but has deleted her posts since.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: pumpster on December 23, 2005, 01:25:17 PM
Quote
u need to get out more

U 2. Also come up with an original line.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: sarcasm on December 23, 2005, 01:28:41 PM
this pic is sorta gay
i'd love to see you tell that to him to his face, haha.
Title: BODY IN BURNED JAGUAR: Bodybuilder admits to affair...
Post by: MattT on December 23, 2005, 01:29:02 PM
Info here:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Dec-23-Fri-2005/news/5034653.html
Title: Re: BODY IN BURNED JAGUAR: Bodybuilder admits to affair...
Post by: sarcasm on December 23, 2005, 01:32:00 PM
thanks Matt, i don't think anyone on here knew about this. ::)
Title: breaking news!
Post by: SS on December 23, 2005, 01:33:12 PM
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Dec-23-Fri-2005/news/5034653.html


A week before Craig Titus and his wife, Kelly Ryan, became fugitives, the professional bodybuilders met with Las Vegas homicide detectives about the dead woman who was found in Ryan's burned 2003 Jaguar.

Titus, 40, admitted to secretly having an affair with 28-year-old Melissa James, whose body was found in the trunk of the car. Titus and Ryan, 33, said James was their live-in personal assistant. They said that they had recently evicted her for embezzling from them, but that they had not filed a police complaint.

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Both told investigators that James had stolen Ryan's car, though they did not report the theft to police.

Titus and Ryan made those comments Dec. 14, hours after James' body was discovered in the torched Jaguar off state Route 160, according to an arrest warrant filed in Las Vegas Justice Court. The warrant was issued for 23-year-old Anthony Gross, an alleged accomplice in the slaying. Gross is in custody.

But Titus and Ryan were set free after their interrogation because of a lack of evidence, and authorities presume the two have since fled, possibly to Greece.

Titus and Ryan have since been charged with murder and third-degree arson.

Maura James, who on Thursday marked her 51st birthday by remembering her daughter with relatives in Florida, said she hopes the fugitives will soon be caught.

"I find it hard to believe they had anything to do with it because she trusted them as friends," she said. "I was shocked. I never imagined they'd be capable of doing anything like this."

Witnesses told police that Titus had said he would flee to a country that would not extradite him.

Las Vegas police Lt. Tom Monahan said Titus "mentioned that he has been to prison and has no intention of going back."

Titus was convicted of conspiring to possess and sell Ecstasy and served a couple of years in prison in the late 1990s after he tested positive for steroids.

Las Vegas police say that Titus killed Melissa James and that Ryan and Gross helped dispose of her body.

Ryan told police that after discovering funds missing from her accounts, she kicked James out of her $470,000 southwest Las Vegas home. The eviction came Dec. 13, a day before James' body turned up in the remote desert.

James packed a suitcase and Ryan, a former Ms. Fitness America, dropped her off at a convenience store, Ryan told police.

But Ryan and Titus contradicted each other when police asked them separately which vehicle Ryan had used to take James to the store.

"Ryan told detectives she used her Jaguar to take James to the convenience store," a police officer wrote in the report. "Titus said she used his silver Dodge truck."

Maura James, who lives in New Jersey, said she last spoke with her daughter about 11:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Dec. 13. During the brief cell phone conversation, Melissa James said she was eating at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant.

Maura James heard her daughter ask someone what they wanted to eat. She asked her daughter whom she was with, but the question went unanswered.

A short time later, Melissa James wrapped up the call and said she would call back after lunch.

She never called back and never answered her mother's follow-up calls.

The next day, a Wednesday, Maura James went to the Newark airport before 9 a.m. She was scheduled to pick up her daughter, who was coming home for Christmas. She said her daughter was also considering moving home to New Jersey.

Melissa James' flight arrived, but she wasn't on it. Maura James called her cell phone and left messages. Airport officials issued a page over a public address system. Maura James eventually returned home alone.

She later called Titus' cell phone several times and left messages.

"I thought she had been in an accident or something," she said. "I started calling hospitals in Las Vegas. Nobody had her.

"Thursday night is when I got the call from the coroner. ... She had been strangled."

Maura James said her daughter never mentioned being romantically involved with Titus, who married Ryan in Clark County in June 2000. Melissa James, who was a model and former dance instructor, had lived with the bodybuilders in Southern California several years ago.

Titus asked Melissa James to move to Las Vegas about two months ago, and she accepted, her mother said.

In the days before her death, James told her mother that she and Ryan were not getting along. She said she was staying at a hotel.

"I said, 'Why?' She said, 'Well, Kelly is flipping out and acting crazy,'•" Maura James said.

Titus booked the hotel room for two nights, from Dec. 12 to Dec. 14, and paid for it with a credit card belonging to Emperor Enterprises, a company he and Ryan own, according to police.

"He said he had spent most of one night with James at her room," investigators said in the report, quoting Titus.

Titus also paid for James' plane ticket home, her mother said.

On Dec. 16, two days after James' body was recovered, Amanda Polk, a young bodybuilder who had moved to Las Vegas to train with Ryan, contacted police with a tip. Polk met with investigators the next day and told them that she had received a phone call from Titus on Dec. 15 "saying he was in a bad situation (and) needed to get out of town for a while," police said.

Titus and Ryan went to the home of Polk and her boyfriend later that evening. Ryan hugged Polk and said someone had found her Jaguar burned with a body inside. During a car ride to dinner, Ryan confided in Polk, she told police.

"Ryan proceeded to tell Polk she had found their roommate, Melissa, dead in her room from an overdose," police said. "Polk said Ryan told her Melissa had been dead for a few hours and couldn't describe what she looked like because it would traumatize Polk for life. Polk said Ryan proceeded to tell her" that her life was ruined "because she bought seven bottles of lighter fluid at Wal-Mart with her credit card" at 3:30 a.m.

Investigators say Polk confronted Ryan and asked her why she hadn't called police when she found the body.

"Ryan responded by saying Craig told her, 'No body, no crime,'•" police wrote in the report. "Ryan told Polk she just did what Titus told her to do, that she thought Titus got someone to get rid of Melissa and she didn't kill anyone."

Police say Titus met with business partner Gregory Ruiz at a Subway restaurant in the Las Vegas Valley on the morning of Dec. 17.

"Titus told Ruiz he had to leave the country," an investigator wrote, adding that Titus had traded in his Dodge Viper truck for a new vehicle and intended to meet a friend in Boston to liquidate his assets.

Police obtained cell phone records that showed Titus called Anthony Gross in the early morning of Dec. 14.

Gross told investigators that he left his apartment in pajamas, filled up a can with gas and drove west on Blue Diamond Road until he saw flashing headlights from a Jaguar.

He told police that he pulled up beside the Jaguar, rolled down his window and handed Titus a metal gas can. He said he did not know what Titus did with the gas can and, though he gave Titus a lift back into town, the two never discussed what had happened.

On Dec. 14, before 5 a.m., a trucker saw the Jaguar ablaze. In the trunk, authorities found a body with white fabric around its neck and duct tape across the face.

An autopsy revealed that James had likely died from asphyxiation.

Police used the license plate on the car to trace the vehicle back to Ryan.

"I think they had hoped the fire would completely consume the car so that it would be unidentifiable," Monahan said.

On Wednesday, however, Titus and Ryan -- who have been on the covers of bodybuilding magazines -- were being identified on television news broadcasts as murder suspects.

Neighbors recalled Thursday that Titus and Ryan often had visitors, some driving flashy cars -- Ferraris or Mercedes. One neighbor described Titus as friendly, adding that his physique was noticeably smaller these days.

Titus, who graduated high school at 140 pounds, has often competed in the 250-pound range or more.

Police say he is now down to about 225 pounds.

A neighbor who did not want to be identified because Titus remained on the loose, said he had noticed another change in the man: "He's smoking. Before, he was not smoking."

Monahan said police have evidence suggesting that Titus' loss of size was causing him to lose sponsorship contracts.

Maura James, meanwhile, recalled something her daughter had once mentioned about Titus, Ryan and steroids.

"She told me that since he was getting older, he was not going to be competing as much," James said. "She used to tell me, 'Yeah, they took them when they were getting ready for competitions. And they would go to the doctor quite a bit for checking organs and things like that.'•"

Monahan said he believes authorities will find Titus and Ryan sooner or later, in part because of their high profiles and flamboyance.

Their capture might bring a measure of consolation to a grieving mother.

"You know what's so hard?" James said. "They burned my daughter so that we can't even see her again before we bury her. She is so sweet. She is so sweet and beautiful. I can't imagine anybody doing that to her."

Review-Journal writers Brian Haynes and Carri Geer Thevenot contributed to this report.
Title: Re: BODY IN BURNED JAGUAR: Bodybuilder admits to affair...
Post by: MattT on December 23, 2005, 01:39:12 PM
thanks Matt, i don't think anyone on here knew about this. ::)

1st time i saw pic of the 3rd suspect..
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: brianX on December 23, 2005, 01:46:45 PM
If I saw Craig Titus right now, I would punch him straight in his massive chin.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: sarcasm on December 23, 2005, 01:48:25 PM
If I saw Craig Titus right now, I would punch him straight in his massive chin.
ok, "big guy", hahahaha.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Slick Vic on December 23, 2005, 01:55:56 PM
I'm waiting on Shawn Ray to make a "remark" on this issue.  ::)
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Disgusted on December 23, 2005, 02:01:03 PM
I'm waiting on Shawn Ray to make a "remark" on this issue.  ::)

He won't until he knows Craig is safley behind bars.  ::)
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: LLES on December 23, 2005, 02:01:46 PM
 ;D that's funny ,but it's also true!
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: The Showstoppa on December 23, 2005, 02:04:41 PM
If I saw Craig Titus right now, I would punch him straight in his massive chin.

Kelly, not Craig, would slap you around like the lil bitch you are "IFBB PRO."
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: asiasbitch on December 23, 2005, 02:29:16 PM
;D that's funny ,but it's also true!

LMAO... Yep.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: LongtimeLurker on December 23, 2005, 02:48:24 PM
Fitmandy aka Amanda Polk has deleted her posts in the thread on getbig

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=10661

Edit: But Zack quoted her ;)
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=48631.msg765451#msg765451
Good catch, CQ.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Shawn Ray on December 23, 2005, 02:56:14 PM
No comment :-X
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Tre on December 23, 2005, 03:44:36 PM
Fitmandy aka Amanda Polk has deleted her posts in the thread on getbig

Mandy's very young. 

I have not spoken with her directly, but chances are, once she realized that she was a material witness in this case, she decided it would be best if she did not make any further public comments about what she may have known and when she knew it.  I'm sure that any attorney or police official would've given her that advice.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Adam Empire on December 23, 2005, 03:45:15 PM
titus graduated high school at 140 lbs.

funniest thing i've heard in a while.

I find it funnier that he even graduated.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Earl1972 on December 23, 2005, 04:59:10 PM
titus graduated high school at 140 lbs.

funniest thing i've heard in a while.

kelly ryan is a stupid pussy who should get the death penalty.

he was a dominant wrestler at the state level and he had to keep his weight down for one thing

alot of kids are late bloomers, not everybody is a man at 17 ::)

E
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: phyxsius on December 23, 2005, 05:05:09 PM
He won't until he knows Craig is safley behind bars.  ::)

No comment :-X

So true..  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: phyxsius on December 23, 2005, 05:07:27 PM
Why no one asked Jay what he thinks.. I heard he's quite a pal to Craig Titus.

No wait, in Jay's new video, he switched gym. Not same with Craig anymore
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Palpatine Q on December 23, 2005, 05:18:31 PM
he was a dominant wrestler at the state level and he had to keep his weight down for one thing

alot of kids are late bloomers, not everybody is a man at 17 ::)

E


How  dominant was he?  How did he do at the states? we need facts.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: bigdumbbell on December 23, 2005, 05:22:37 PM
massachusetts has camera/sound in courtroom extradition hearing can be clipped or on tv
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Earl1972 on December 23, 2005, 05:28:47 PM

How  dominant was he?  How did he do at the states? we need facts.

I heard he was a state champion but I don't know if it's true

E
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: chafed_nut_sack420 on December 23, 2005, 05:43:47 PM
he was a dominant wrestler at the state level and he had to keep his weight down for one thing

alot of kids are late bloomers, not everybody is a man at 17 ::)

E

everyone on this board was 7 feet tall and weighed 300 pounds when they were 17.  ::)
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: shutupandtrain88 on December 23, 2005, 06:06:27 PM
No comment :-X


AWESOME Shawn  best post yet
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Getting bigger on December 23, 2005, 06:51:30 PM
I'm waiting on Shawn Ray to make a "remark" on this issue.  ::)

He'll probably say this is something you'd have to expect from ex-convicts...
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: knny187 on December 23, 2005, 06:58:04 PM
Fitmandy aka Amanda Polk has deleted her posts in the thread on getbig

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=10661

Edit: But Zack quoted her ;)
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=48631.msg765451#msg765451

pretty funny
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: MindSpin on December 23, 2005, 07:06:51 PM
Remeber folks,

Its all about Genetics. hHAHAHAHAH

If you don't have the genetics to respond to gear, no amount will transform you from a 140 pencil neck to a professional bbr...
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: knny187 on December 23, 2005, 07:12:00 PM
If you don't have the genetics to respond to gear, no amount will transform you from a 140 pencil neck to a professional bbr...


Palumbo seems to argue that theory

 ;D
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: MindSpin on December 23, 2005, 07:56:12 PM

Palumbo seems to argue that theory

 ;D

He is delusional and not a pro...
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: knny187 on December 23, 2005, 08:06:06 PM
He is delusional and not a pro...

His sponsor was claiming that for about 2-3 months

 ;D
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: slayer on December 23, 2005, 08:09:40 PM
If you don't have the genetics to respond to gear, no amount will transform you from a 140 pencil neck to a professional bbr...
totally true! i had 2 friends , both did massive doeses of dbal, anadrol, and deca in highschool. 1 guy gained about 40lbs over 2 , two month cycles and the other kid( my best friend in hs , whos now going to prison after detaining and beating someone he aressted) gained about 5 lbs!
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Cavalier22 on December 23, 2005, 09:39:44 PM
yo who was that pic above of palumbo????
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Carmello on December 23, 2005, 10:26:32 PM
kelly killed that girl and craig tried to cover it up.
This is it I think. Strong possibility. Like I said b4. This is the first time I read this thread with all this info, and what did I post in the other thread? Don't talk till all the facts are out. Everyone blamed Craig cause he's been in jail b4. We'll see what happends. Til then, I'm quiet.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Mars on December 24, 2005, 01:45:43 AM
If I saw Craig Titus right now, I would punch him straight in his massive chin.

Sure "Brianx" haha.

I bet you are the type of person who calls the police if Craig is locked up, handcuffed and unconscious and then goes very angry to Craig's home in his sweat stained tank top to kick in his door (the door doesn't give a crimp and he hurts his feet very badly) while his "gym" buddy is filming it and "Brianx" starts screaming so the whole neighboorhood sees how "tough" this guy is "Where the f**k are you now? i'm coming for you Craig!"

(For security he calls the police again if he's still in there)

Haha.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: sarcasm on December 24, 2005, 07:17:14 AM
Sure "Brianx" haha.

I bet you are the type of person who calls the police if Craig is locked up, handcuffed and unconscious and then goes very angry to Craig's home in his sweat stained tank top to kick in his door (the door doesn't give a crimp and he hurts his feet very badly) while his "gym" buddy is filming it and "Brianx" starts screaming so the whole neighboorhood sees how "tough" this guy is "Where the f**k are you now? i'm coming for you Craig!"

(For security he calls the police again if he's still in there)

Haha.
hahahahaha. just for good measure he tells his neighbor, "you tell Titus that if he ever gets out i'm gonna kick his ass".
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Mars on December 24, 2005, 07:24:58 AM
Yes it's funny because it's true, he sure is that type of a person.

So the neighboor asks "Brianx" where Titus can reach him when he's out of the can, as "Brianx" replies "Jeah the bitch reach me on the getbig boards!! i will kick his ass!!"

Haha.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: onlyme on December 24, 2005, 09:20:49 AM
I think might have done it too.  She found out about what Melissa was doing and she offed her.  Craig tried to help her get rid of the body.  Maybe Melissa was having Craig's baby and Kelly found out they were going to name it Kelly.Either way they are two of dumbest murderers ever.  It there any statute of the IFBB by-laws Craig broke.  Cause I can see them fining Craig.  ANd what is the IFBB's stand n Murder.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Below Me on December 24, 2005, 10:12:43 AM
Maybe Melissa was having Craig's baby and Kelly found out they .......

I'm sure his 40 yr old, permanent on-cycle, sperm count would make that happen
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: asiasbitch on December 24, 2005, 10:35:11 AM
I think might have done it too.  She found out about what Melissa was doing and she offed her.  Craig tried to help her get rid of the body.  Maybe Melissa was having Craig's baby and Kelly found out they were going to name it Kelly.Either way they are two of dumbest murderers ever.  It there any statute of the IFBB by-laws Craig broke.  Cause I can see them fining Craig.  ANd what is the IFBB's stand n Murder.

Only one problem... The body was gagged in the trunk. She may not have been entirely dead yet.

Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: asiasbitch on December 24, 2005, 10:38:19 AM
I did not write this...
I just found this online here:
http://www.fitnessbanter.com/showthread.php?p=413712#post413712

I repeat, for those who are slow...

I did not write this...
I just found this online here:
http://www.fitnessbanter.com/showthread.php?p=413712#post413712

Quote
Craig Titus Must Die!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

I scribbled:

I hope Titus and Ryan both get THE RIGHTEOUS NEEDLE OF GOD!

You ever have a "gut feeling" about someone and find out much later that
you were right? snip

Well, you could have warned Melissa James of that gut feeling, huh? Of
course, I doubt you had that opportunity.

Seriously, I'm always surprised when I read about murders. The kid and
his 14-year-old gf who killed the parents? Surprised. O.J.? Suprised.
Baretta? Surprised.

I was pumping gas last night and a drop of water splashed off the edge
of the pump from the big roof/canopy that many convenience stores
build over the pumps. Surprised me out of my daydreaming as I pumped
$26.00 of 87 into my tank.

"Hnh. Well, that caught me by surprise!" I thought.

People, I suspect, rarely /see it coming/. I don't, however, doubt
that you did indeed have a gut feeling about Titus. Just that that
hasn't been my experience.

Have you read the articles/reports? Aren't there a lot of deserts in
Nevada? Didn't the dumb son of a bitch ever watch any movies?

Dear Craig Titus:

I hope you check Usenet in prison before they jack your **** up with
the righteous needle of GAAAAWD!

Shallow grave much, you ****ing moron? What were you thinking?

"I'll make a big Jaguar-shaped sign pointing directly at my dumb ass.
I'll spell out HEY I'M THE ****ING KILLER in flames because I'm so God
damned dumb. I'll put her in the trunk with duct tape on her face.
Yeeeah. That'll REALLY make it look like an accident."

****ing idiot. And a ****ing LAZY idiot. You couldn't even muster
enough energy to bury her. Jeebus. You deserve to die.

What's that? You told your stump stupid wife what? No body, no crime?
Well, then why would you give the cops a ****ing roadmap directly to
YOUR CAR!?!

And way to hide in Massachusetts. Did you liquidate the last of your
brian cells before attempting to liquidate your assets? MOOOOOORON!

Then again, I doubt you have to be very bright to murder someone.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: weedoutheweak on December 24, 2005, 10:40:30 AM
I did not write this...
I just found this online here:
http://www.fitnessbanter.com/showthread.php?p=413712#post413712

I repeat, for those who are slow...

I did not write this...
I just found this online here:
http://www.fitnessbanter.com/showthread.php?p=413712#post413712




WEll, I'm sure the  FBI is already follwong that guy around for a string of Planned Parenthood bombings. 
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: Laura Lee on December 24, 2005, 02:21:57 PM
amanda is fitmandy2000 on musclemayhem
she actually posted to the rumor of ifbb pros involved in murder thread

She did post, but her posts were deleted.  Some of her posts remain thru those who replied to her via quotes.
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: 240 is Back on December 24, 2005, 05:22:15 PM
She did post, but her posts were deleted.  Some of her posts remain thru those who replied to her via quotes.

i saved all the ftimandy posts- organizing them now
Title: Re: Craig Titus: 12-23-05: Police Report Story
Post by: bigdumbbell on December 24, 2005, 06:43:36 PM
i saved all the ftimandy posts- organizing them now

just dont steal her identity too john romano 240