Justice For Lorissa

It has been a little less than a year since I first met David Keeter and began the long trip down the rabbit hole that has led me to the truth of Lorissa McComas' final years. In that time I have made many contacts, some of them good friends and family of hers, whereas others (whose testimony will not be published) have been largely responsible for helping what came to pass. But in the last several weeks I have made contact with one of Lorissa's best childhood friends, a contact that may prove to be a game-changer. I have since been blessed with the opportunity to assist her in finally pursuing the justice that has been a near 4 years coming, and I invite all of you to join with me in this effort.

There has recently been a campaign started on Facebook at Justice For Lorissa to bring this effort to the next level, and with it a petition on Change.org to get the Virginia State Police to re-open Lorissa's case and hopefully bring Doug Taylor to trial for her murder. At present the Facebook page has a little over 100 likes and the petition has a couple dozen signatures, but more is needed to make this a reality. If you are a fan of Lorissa's work, an awe-struck admirer like myself, or just someone who believes that words such as "Justice" and "Fairness" carry meaning for all those whom share this world, please join the effort by visiting the Facebook page and also signing the petition. The words of the petition are posted below and can also be read on the Change.org page.

Lorissa McComas was a beautiful model and actress who was originally from Mason Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. She was in countless movies and publications dating from the early 90’s thru the late 2000’s.

During the closing months of 2006 Lorissa had filed for divorce and moved from Melbourne, Florida to Waverly, Virginia  in efforts to free herself from her alcoholic and abusive husband Doug Taylor. During this time she was in the process of winning back custody of her son, who was taken from her by the Florida CPS due to unfit living conditions. These conditions were largely the fault of Doug's drunken gun slinging behavior i.e. Doug shooting a gun thru a door knowing their son was on the other side. Lorissa's efforts in leaving Florida and Doug were with the assistance of her fiancé and protector David Keeter, whom she had planned to marry once a divorce from her husband was finalized. After a series of bizarre and blatant abuses of power courtesy of the ATF, David found himself in Gilmore federal prison on bogus charges leaving Lorissa without financial or other needed support. Soon after this occurred, Doug Taylor came to Waverly and began a near 3 year cycle of abuse until her alleged suicide on November 3rd, 2009. Though Lorissa's death was ruled a suicide by the Waverly Police Department there were massive irregularities in Doug Taylor's alibis (he changed his story no less than 3 times in the first four hours), as well as several pieces of evidence suggesting Doug to be the cause of her death.

• Here are a few:

 • Doug had Lorissa call into work for him November 3, 2009 @ 10 am to say he was sick. In reality he was still intoxicated from the previous night he spent drinking and verbally abusing her. When Lorissa called into Doug's work at Glen's Texaco in Waverly, Va. that morning she was said to be in good spirits.

 • Lorissa was killed @ approx. 10:30 am November 3, 2009 with a Mossberg 12 gauge pump shotgun that Doug always had by his side and had previously pulled on other visitors to her home.

 • Several residents of Waverly have stated that Doug was abusive and irrational during the period leading up to her death, most importantly the night prior to and the morning of her death.

• Lorissa did NOT know how to use a pump shotgun.

 • Lorissa's fingerprints were NOT on the gun.

 • Lorissa did NOT have powder burns or residue on her hands.

• Doug had powder burns and blood on his hands and in his hair, his fingerprints were on the weapon of death.

• The most incriminating of all is the fact that Doug spoke with David in Federal prison on November 9th, 2009 at 9:05pm and confessed to the crime. Federal prison phone calls are recorded as a matter of policy, but the Federal Government elected NOT to pursue the matter despite having a taped confession of an admitted murderer.

 • After the police declared Lorissa’s death a suicide Doug disappeared along with Lorissa's film and print originals that he continues to sell and collect profit from via the internet. His whereabouts are still unknown.  

 Justice demands that the case be reopened, all audio evidence currently possessed by the Federal Government be subpoenaed and that Doug Taylor be charged with Lorissa McComas' murder.  A beautiful model/actress and mother of an innocent child has been taken from the world, a potentially dangerous man still walks free, and it is very likely that an entire community in Waverly, Virginia is being protected by an incompetent and or corrupt police department. We therefore petition the state of Virginia to reopen Lorissa's case and see to it that the Lorissa's family, friends, the American people and most importantly Doug Taylor have their day in court.

Interview with David Keeter Part 1

Falling in love with Lorissa McComas

Jonathan: Good afternoon or good evening everybody, this is Jonathan (better known to my youtube subscribers as Hell's Unicorn, independent blogger) and I'm here on location with in Waverly, Virginia with David Keeter and we've got some stuff to tell you about. Now David, you were a very close and dear friend to model and actress Lorissa McComas. Can you give me a little bit of background on how you first found out about her, your first meeting, stuff like that.

David: Yes sir. I think like most people, my first experience with Lorissa was seeing her on the cover of the Playboy Special Edition Book of Lingerie issue of August/September 1991. I had my own business, I was working myself to death, and I didn't have any social life (chuckle) whatsoever, just working 7 days a week. And then I just saw this lovely lady on the cover of this magazine, and honestly she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in my life, and it just took me over right at that moment. Then I started to see more and more print work of her, and on the cable channels I saw some of her movies, and it became sort of a hobby. I would just always look forward to her work. There was just something about her that just drew me to her instantly, and I would watch her work, and in my own little corner of the world I just really hoped that this woman would succeed.

That went on for a couple of year, then around 1993 she came out with her fan club, and I figured I'd give it a call, and I talked to her then manager Doug Taylor. I got some information, and it turned out, strangely enough (of course we're here in Virginia), that Doug was originally from only about an hour and a half away from me in North Carolina. So it started with a very mutual friendship, that we were all from the same area, and unbeknownst to me Lorissa had actually worked this area early in her career. So there was already a type of bond.

So around that time all the way up to 1995 we would talk on the phone. Sometimes Lorissa would, well she was busy, and didn't want to spend too much time talking to fans on the phone, so she would pretend that she was someone else. She would give another name on the phone, but there was no mistaking her voice, she couldn't hide that voice. But I didn't want to blow that facade for her, so whatever name she would use, I'd be like “okay Julie, I'd just like to pick up some videos and some autographed 8×10s”, and more times than not about half way through our conversations she would say “Dave, this is Lorissa”.

And we continued that up until about 1999, her parents had retired and were moving to Florida, and Lorissa had decided that she wanted to do feature entertainment here on the East Coast in some of the more high end gentleman's clubs. It was in Wilmington, North Carolina that she was going to be there, and they asked that I come. So I met them at the club, and this is a very good story and I'm not going to go into all of it or we'll be here all day (chuckle), but when she came out on the stage she was in costume. She was wearing a baby blue nurse's costume, and we had never met, we had only talked on the phone, but she walked right up to me and told me to stand up. And I had to say it, I was just “Miss McComas, my name is David and I just drove a thousand miles to see you”, and she said “I know exactly who you are, you're Dave Keeter”. I said, “Yes Ma'am, I am”, and she said back “Dave it's a pleasure to finally meet you”, and I said “Miss McComas that's my line”. (chuckle)

And we started a conversation right there, the music was playing, and the DJ had to stop the music. He said “Lorissa, you can socialize after your set”, so she pointed to the table where I should meet her after she got off stage. As soon as she did, I went over there, met her and Doug for the first time, and it was right at that moment that Lorissa and I became friends. I started to just meet them on the road whenever possible, and it was more times than not. It really started at that point, I was just taken by her, because no matter what people would see on stage, or on film, or in magazines, the lady herself was just a very charming individual that really appreciated her fans.

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