CUSTODY FIGHT TOOK TOLL ON LAURA JEAN ACKERSON

A FORMER boyfriend of murdered North Carolina mom Laura Jean Ackerson said that in recent emails she described how bitter her custody fight was. Detectives found Ackerson's dismembered remains in Texas Wednesday. She had been reported missing July 18. Her former boyfriend and the father of her two boys, aged 3 and 2, Grant Ruffin Hayes, 32, and his wife Amanda Perry hayes, 39, have been charged with murder.
James Harrison--who dated the pretty brunette from 2005 to 2008--said
that in an email dated July 11, Laura Jean revealed the terrible toll the battle with Hayes was taking. Both parties claimed the other was an unfit parent.

Harrison said: "She was involved in a very long court battle. Clearly, the relationship had gone sour. The manner in which it happened and the level of gruesome detail that went into Laura's disappearance has just killed me."
Apparently, Laura Jean and Hayes relationship had been volatile but Harrison initially believed he had the sort of traits that his ex was looking for in a man. He was tragically wrong.

LAURA JEAN ACKERSON'S KILLERS USED A MACHETE

THE PORTRAIT of the man accused of murdering and dismembering pretty single mom Laura Jean Ackerson is at odds with the twisted act of bloodlust he's been fingered for. The torso of Laura Jean, 27, was discovered in a creek near Houston, Texas--far from her North Carolina home. Police have yet to confirm the remains are hers but law enforcement sources tell Crime Scene USA its Laura Jean.
Now, her former boyfriend and his wife have been charged with killing
the friendly brunette, the mother of his two children. Cops believe she was murdered July 13 and her remains taken across the country. Charged are Grant Hayes and his wife Amanda. Amanda Hayes' sister lives where the remains were found, along with a machete.
Laura Jean's friend Jo Jackson said the young mom was turning her life around and hoped to be a teacher. Jackson said: "Although they are very young, they still know that mommy's not there and it does impact them, tremendously. Laura is not in a creek somewhere, Laura is in heaven and I believe that."
Grant Hayes' friend Mark Gierth said the accused killer is a talented musician who was thinking about returning to the Virgin Islands where he once lived. “He said it looks like the only way he’d get joint custody is if he lived in North Carolina. He can’t make any money there doing what he’s doing, so he’s going to let Laurahave the kids and he was going to move back to St. Thomas."
That apparently didn't happen. MORE FROM NBC 17

LAURA JEAN ACKERSON MURDERED BY EX AND HIS WIFE

UPDATE: LAURA Jean Ackerson's ex-husband his current wife have been charged with murdering and dismembering the the pretty mom of two. Grant Ruffin Hayes, 32, and his wife, Amanda Perry Hayes, 39, are accused of killing Laura Jean. She had two children with Hayes and the pair were involved in a bitter custody dispute.
HUBBY, WIFE CHARGED IN LAURA JEAN ACKERSON MURDER
 EARLIER: A GRISLY discovery Sunday may have answered the tragic riddle of a North Carolina mom who vanished July 13. The dismembered remains were found outside Houston and detectives believe they belong to missing Kinston mom Laura Jean Ackerson, 27. According to reports, the pretty brunette was murdered in North Carolina and then taken to Texas where her remains were dumped. Cops have detained a suspect
but released few details.
Crime scene witness Joe Garza said cops took two coolers wrapped in saran wrap, a gun and a saw out of a house. Laura Jean was last seen in Raleigh and reported missing two days later when she didn't show up to pick up her children from her estranged husband. The relationship was
allegedly "volatile."
"She would have never showed up missing without the boys," former sister-in-law Sheri Lynne Ackerson said. "She would never take off and leave her kids." MORE ON MISSING MOM