EDWARD VOLLMER | w/ TRAVIS HITTSON (XD: 2/17/16) | CONWAY UTTERBECK MURDER / DISMEMBERMENT | AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED + ENVELOPE | UNOPENED

Edward Vollmer. UNOPENED ALS w/ Envelope. Pmk: 5 OCT 2016. Contents unknown. Pristine.

Travis Hittson was tried, found guilty of shooting the victim Conway Utterbeck in the glabella, and given the death penalty for his role in February 1993. Edward Vollmer pleaded guilty to murder in October of that same year and received a life sentence. Despite receiving the "lesser" sentence, it is clear from the information gathered during the investigation that Vollmer was the murder's instigator, persuaded Hittson to commit the crime, came up with the idea for how to dispose of the body, and is, in a word, EVIL! You will be able to see that this prisoner has a perverted mind and is incapable of feeling regret as you read the following information. His continued incarceration is justified by the heinousness of the crime as well as the fact that he is obviously irredeemable and would pose a serious threat to society if ever let out.¹

On April 3, 1992, Hittson, his co-defendant Edward Vollmer, the victim Conway Utterbeck, and the USS Forrestal left Pensacola, Florida, where they were stationed, and traveled by car to the Warner Robins, Georgia, home of Vollmer's parents. The three men spent their first night in a shed on the property because the older Vollmers were out of town. The next day, they got a key to the house from a friend of the family. Hittson allegedly told law enforcement officials that on the second day of the trip he and Vollmer left the victim at the Vollmers' house and went to a number of bars. Vollmer informed them as they returned to the house that the victim intended to kill them and that they needed to "get" him.

About two hours later, according to Hittson's account, Vollmer allegedly said they should dismember the body to get rid of the evidence. The victim's hands, head, and feet were cut off with a hacksaw, according to Hittson, but after cutting off a hand, Hittson fell ill, and Vollmer finished the dismemberment. Hittson claimed that Vollmer carried out the victim's genital removal and rectum carving by himself. The victim's remains were then placed in numerous garbage bags by Vollmer and Hittson. They cleaned up the Vollmers' house, buried the victim's torso in Houston County, and hid the baseball bat in the shed. The remainder of the victim's remains were then interred after they returned to Pensacola by car.

Louise Davidson saw a black Thunderbird with Florida license plates leaving a rarely used dirt road in Houston County on April 5, 1992. In the car were two people. She took note of the license number because she had some concerns. Police discovered that the car Davidson had previously seen belonged to Edward Vollmer when the victim's torso was found two months later by loggers in a location off the same dirt road. They buried the victim's vestiges.

In exchange for entering into a plea agreement with the prosecution, Vollmer received a life sentence with the possibility of parole. In 2016, he was refused parole. His upcoming review was postponed by the state panel to 2024.

VIDEO: Houston County district attorney weighs in on Travis Hittson execution | https://youtu.be/qqy8oWBAfrc

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