"I can do that," she says, "because I love you so much.". And it's true that Moe never harmed the couple. St. James lost weight. St. James Davis is crying. Both Davises were hurt in the incidentLaDonna losing a thumb, and St. James losing all fingers from his left hand, an eye, part of his nose, cheek, lips, and part of his buttocks, as well as injuries to his genitals and one foot. St. James keeps his head still as she tends to him. His ears, the size of large clamshells, stuck out a couple of inches from his head. There's choices here, Moe. The phone call came around 11:00 a.m. last June 27. By the time. "We already got a kid," he reassured her. See pictures of animals facing extinction. Police followed the trail of blood to back to house to locate the animal who already died fromits wounds. It might be hard to imagine that a chimpanzee familiar from zoos, animal shows and slapstick comedies like Cannonball Run could be capable of the kind of savage violence inflicted on Nash. Days later, while following a group of Tanzanians he befriended on a hunt, St. James witnessed a band of poachers slaughter a female chimpanzee just after she gave birth. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. That's the word they use: missing. As the animal fell to the ground, the younger chimp began dragging St. James's mutilated body down a hill leading away from Moe's cage. He's a member of the family. LaDonna protests the use of the word escape. And it comes as for the first time ever, scientists revealed they have witnessed wild chimps killing and eating gorillas. Horrific pictures reveal what can happen when chimps attack - with some being pets which turned on their owners, zoo animals which went rogue, or even random attacks in the wild. St. James threw his hysterical wife under the picnic table and pushed her further underneath as the chimp tried to pursue her. His vision in his remaining eye is blurry. It was as if he had never been there. Think. The couple bought a three-seat bike and rode around town with Moe in the middle. It was a chimpanzee, a young adult male, somehow out of his cage, and he was glaring at her. Whenever Moe motioned for a new color sticking out his hand palm up LaDonna offered a few and asked Moe to think about which one he wanted: "Do you want this green one? St. James, exhausted, lay down on the grass. He cannot bathe himself, go to the bathroom, or even eat without her help. After struggling to find a clean shot, he opened fire on the younger primate. [8], The Davises visited Moe regularly at the animal sanctuary. Nov. 9, 2005 -- Moe the chimp was like a son to the Davis family. In this Oct. 20, 2003 photo, Travis, then a 10-year-old chimpanzee, sits in the corner of his playroom at the home of Sandy and Jerome Herold in Stamford, Conn. On his instructions, I pick up a hammer and start prying out some of the decaying bolts. 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Primatologists like McCann argue that chimpanzees should never be kept privately, and the WCS supports the Captive Primate Safety Act, a bill pending in Congress that would ban the private selling of primates as pets. The chimp's fingernails left him riddled with sores. She worried about whether her daughter is going to choose the appropriate prom dress and worried that she wont be there for that. Then there were those big, brown eyes. The mystery is why this animal left and where he went. They played for a while more before ending up in a heap on the grass again. Groves said. And that story of resilience seems to be whatOprah's viewers are taking away from the interview. He's severely disfigured -- his nose chewed off and his genitals and limbs severely mauled -- but his love for Moe, who served as the ring bearer in his and LaDonna's wedding, remains strong. An attack similar to the incident is depicted in the 2022 film Nope, [60] in which an animal actor chimp is startled on set and attacks its human co-stars. Its owners, Virginia and Ralph Brauer, had seven primates in all, but everyone agreed Moe, now thirty-eight approaching elderly for a chimp, his flat brown face rimmed with gray would remain alone in a specially built cage during his first few years there. The injury left her with no nose, palate, or way to eat or breathe normally. The Davises claim that they warned the woman not to attempt to approach Moe's cage, but she extended her hand into his cage. Four days after Moe's removal, St. James checked his mailbox and found it filled with notes, cards, and a petition, titled "Citizens to Bring Moe Home." Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. [2], At the Animal Haven Ranch in Caliente, California, two chimps escaped and severely injured two visitors. At the top are three tiny magnets designed to hold in place a crude silicone prosthesis, which is constantly falling off. St. James and LaDonna visited Moe every week, all the while clinging to the hope that they would someday be reunited. A fiery argument broke out, and St. James was wrestled out of his house while cops and animal-control officers, some armed with dart guns, swarmed inside. she also worried about Moe. St. James rushed to his wife. It goes like this: The ship suffered damage off the coast of Africa, forcing it to come ashore in Tanzania. At the reception, Moe scampered from table to table, stealing sips of champagne. "They are not pets. His hands are flying through the air as he talks about Moe. He talks over LaDonna frequently. And they discussed their plans for their aging chimpanzee, chief among them installing solar panels on his facility, which would allow him to watch TV. On March 3, 2005, while at the sanctuary on one of their frequent visits with Moe, St. James and LaDonna Davis were attacked by two young male chimpanzees, Buddy and Ollie, who had escaped their enclosures. The Davises are like any other family, only instead of a son, they raised a chimpanzee. Carruthers followed and killed Ollie by gunshot. "This was a beast taken out of his element and put into our world," Ackley said. See pictures of animals with prosthetic limbs. But she isn't in pain and often goes for walks, Nash told Oprah. Moe let out a yelp but fell asleep in seconds. St. James and LaDonna left the airport that day not knowing if they were ever going to speak again. Still, a huge smile spreads across her face when St. James taps me on the knee and says: "I used to tell people, 'My son is thirty years old, and he still wants to live at home.' In time, LaDonna's mom started dragging her daughter over to play with the chimp. Finally, LaDonna's screams drew the owners' son-in-law, Mark Carruthers, who came running armed with a .45-caliber revolver. LaDonna could hear her boy making laughing noises as she headed for her bedroom. It's shaped like a six-foot-long tuning fork and is covered in rusty bolts and nails. Stop! The Davises made the two-and-a-half-hour trip every week, delivering new toys for Moe and food for the other primates as part of the arrangement. Captivated by the insane and devastating story, Barstool Sports' Eddie and Marty pay a visit to various places in Travis' life - from Festus, Missouri to Stamford, Connecticut. According to biologists, chimpanzees are humankind's closest genetic relatives on earth. It's a story at once understandable and incomprehensible, at once comic and tragic, at once familiar and utterly bizarre. After arriving at Loma Linda University Medical Center, St. James was immediately put into a medically induced coma. Over the years, the human couple and their chimpanzee lived together in West Covina, CA, a suburb about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Legal Statement. In two hours, they'll all be on the floor sleeping, their bodies linked at the arms. The couple's dusty blue Dodge minivan has just pulled up near the Franklin on this Wednesday afternoon. St. James and LaDonna were high school sweethearts in West Covina. Sanctuary owners Ralph and Virginia Brauer have California permits to keep chimpanzees, and have housed confiscated or otherwise displaced animals at Animal Haven since 1985. Both chimps pounced. At first, St. James thought he'd drop Moe off at a zoo, but he says they all turned him away. Moe hadn't eaten since he arrived and wasn't expected to live much longer. There's a two-inch hole in the heel of his swollen left foot, and he is confined to a wheelchair. As soon as they got home, St. James carried Moe to the couple's bedroom. St. James and LaDonna Davis were visiting their former pet chimp, then 39 year-old Moe, who they had taken from Africa when his mother was killed by a poacher. She was stunned by how thoughtful Moe appeared to be. He stood four feet tall, weighed roughly 130 pounds, and was covered in deep black fur. But even as investigators try to figure out exactly what triggered Travis's attack (he had been suffering from Lyme disease, which in rare cases is linked to psychotic behavior), the reality is that a chimpanzee living among people is simply a ticking time bomb. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Captivated by the insane and devastating story, Barstool Sports' Eddie and M. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Standing on a chair at the kitchen table, he'd always make one for himself and then one for St. James. LaDonna set the cake down on a picnic table, cut two slices, and handed them to St. James. Sit! He was obsessed with cars and worried that marriage would put a wedge between him and his hot rods. He would remain unconscious and in critical condition, and LaDonna rarely left his bedside. Moe tried to cover up by overloading St. James's bread with jelly. He had learned what foods they eat and what their habits were. The doctor told them that LaDonna had cancer and needed a hysterectomy. Guided by her husband, she has taken apart the Franklin over the past three months. It was a lot of harmony, a lot of happiness, a lot of fun.". The permits allow them to house up to 9 primates at a time. They ravaged his left foot, leaving it shredded. The court battles stretched for years. The woman on the line called to ask St. James a brutal question: Have any arrangements been made for when the chimp dies? The ferocious attack by a chimpanzee of a woman in Stamford, Conn., on Feb. 16 wasn't a question of if but of when. The Davises were awarded $100,000 after the city settled their original due-process suit, but St. James says he doesn't have enough money to afford a special boot for his mangled foot. The sanctuary, tucked into rolling hills just a few miles south of Lake Isabella, was a home for exotic animals dumped mostly from zoos and circuses. June 30, 2008 -- Moe, a 42-year-old chimpanzee who grew up in suburbia until being forced to live in an animal sanctuary, was believed to be at large in a Southern California forest Monday after . As he matured, Moe began to understand no and yes. It came nine days after Moe was taken, and it was from the operator of the facility Moe had been taken to the Wildlife WayStation in the foothills of the Angeles National Forest, a 160-acre refuge for exotic animals. Zoo Evacuation , on-line at http://www.theksbwchannel.com/news/2777768/detail.html, [5] Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary and Rehabilitation, on-line at http://www.junglefriends.org/trouble.shtml. Even in the wild, they are unlikely to venture off alone, St. James and LaDonna both explain, an assessment shared by primatologists. The couple had talked about having a large family, maybe as many as five children, and LaDonna had gone for a routine OB-GYN visit. When Moe was in his 30s, he began to display aggressive behaviors. I have to tell you, its one of those stories about the resilience of the human spirit that makes us all take a look a different look at our lives.. She refused to see St. James. The search was officially called off last July 31. Zoo after she got out of her enclosure. Her hair was yanked out and her eyes were severely damaged. WEST COVINA - The former owners of "Moe" the chimp are offering a reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of a woman who stole from them Saturday. "She had some crushing injuries to her hands and some tearing injuries to her hands.". chimp named Travis, whose owner, Sandra Herold, 70, raised him as part of her own family, had no history of violence aside from one incident in 2003, when he escaped and stopped traffic in Stamford for hours. "I had no idea a chimpanzee was capable of doing that to a human," Kern County fire captain Curt Merrell, who was among the first on the scene, told the Los Angeles Times. 2019 TIME USA, LLC. Despite the potential threat chimpanzees pose, many U.S. states, including Connecticut, legally allow people to raise them as pets. She wanted to see his stool, how he had slept the night before. He'd signal that he wanted a hug. Moe was going mad clapping his hands and hooting happily. When one of the guests, a friend of LaDonna's mother's, began sharing her glass with him, the chimp clung to her for the rest of the night. One employee was severely injured. After extensive negotiations, in 2004 the couple succeeded in getting Moe transferred to Animal Haven Ranch, a private sanctuary near Bakersfield where they could visit him without restriction. In time, it became clear that there was no way the couple was going to part with the chimpanzee. Animal behaviorists suggested the chimps' aggression could have been caused by a number of factors, including jealousy over the attention the Davises lavished on Moe, an innate desire to defend their territory, or abuse they may have suffered at the hands of humans in the past. Nash, 56, was disfigured in February when Travis, her friend's 200-pound chimp, attacked her in Stamford, Conn. We know it was a brutal attack. The trio gained local fame, and Moe even made some TV appearances. It was the fourth partial face transplant in the world, though the others were not as extensive. The Davises claimed that the woman wore red polish on her fingernails, and Moe may have mistaken them for his favorite licorice. Her head injuries "involved her entire face and scalp," Ackley said. LaDonna joins her boys on the couch. He was gentle and well-behaved. The chimp held her gaze for a moment, and then charged. The medics rolled Nash onto a stretcher and strapped her in. "When humans keep wild animals as pets, they pose a danger, and more times than not it will end in tragedy.". A padlock was not completely closed after cleaning their enclosure, and the chimps were killed by the zoos director after a tranquilizer gun showed no effect. He has a misshapen hunk of flesh for a thumb, which appears as if it were lumped onto his wrist with clay. They left home early, around 7:00 a.m., in a car filled with toys, presents, balloons, and a white-frosted sheet cake with raspberry filling. Shes a good mother and, like all good mothers, shes worried about her daughter, Oprah said. LaDonna spent hours with Moe every day, essentially trying to home-school him. The Davises fielded dozens of TV and movie requests for Moe. The same animal clamped his teeth onto St. James's nose, biting it off, as the other chimp chewed away at St. James's fingers. If any of Nash's face was salvaged, "a lot of the tissues can be returned to where they came from," or repaired with traditional skin grafts or flaps. The remaining cake was on the table, still in its box, but the chimp didn't go for it. The two young chimpanzees involved in the attack were named Buddy and Ollie. The story of the jilted bride became the talk of the neighborhood. But one day, the 200lb ape snapped, launching a savage, 12-minute attack on his owner's friend. Trial is pending. Moe was St. James's best man. [15], Moe disappeared in the summer of 2008. St. James Davis spent months in intensive care and underwent more than two dozen operations -- he estimates he has 20 more surgeries left. Legal Statement. Moe would remain the couple's only child. The sun is setting, but now St. James can't stop talking. It wasn't long before she also fell back in love with St. James. [7] The Davises fought to regain custody of the chimpanzee, but were unsuccessful. "One, two three.". Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Inside, he shook hands and waved to his supporters. And when doctors temporarily woke St. James up for the first time, in May, his first question was: "How's Moe?". Where his right eye had been there was a pit. A 2009 photo of Nash's face after the attack Credit: AP:Associated Press February 20, 2009 Nash arrived at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, the hospital that performed the world's first successful . Chimp Attack Victim's New Face (Graphic Photo) The Young Turks 5.34M subscribers Join Subscribe 1.7M views 11 years ago Chimp attack victim Charla Nash has undergone an amazing face. Gaping sores covered his face and neck. See pictures of the 50th running of the Daytona 500. "I need to rest, Moe. "I would liken it to a machine-type accident," Ackley said. After five weeks, he convinced LaDonna that not having children should not drive them apart. He was put into an induced coma to help him heal. On March 3, 2005, St. James and LaDonna drove to the sanctuary to celebrate Moe's thirty-ninth birthday. [14] He has a glass eye and two slits in the middle of his face where his nose once was. His mouth, which has been completely reconstructed, is stuck in a frown. Moe was obsessed with peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. The chimpanzee, which reportedly was on Xanax, ripped off Nash's hands, nose, lips and eyelids in a horrific 12-minute attack. "An adult male chimpanzee is a formidable animal. Now drop your elbow two inches and press the machine against the metal. After several months, there hasn't been a single sighting of the chimpanzee. In December, surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic completed the nation's first facial transplant, of an unidentified woman who suffered a traumatic injury several years ago. Moe was about thirty then, with broad shoulders, thick arms, and long fangs. She was waiting for him to start explaining, and she had no idea what to make of the tiny monkey at his side. The chimp lived for 30 years with a couple in suburban Los . The same article incorrectly reported that the Davises decided against suing a different animal shelter, Animal Haven Ranch, where St. James sustained grave injuries. Moe bit the tip of her finger. .css-gk9meg{display:block;font-family:Lausanne,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;padding-top:0.25rem;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-gk9meg:hover{color:link-hover;}}@media(max-width: 48rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.15;margin-bottom:0.25rem;}}@media(min-width: 40.625rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1rem;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:0.625rem;}}@media(min-width: 64rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.2;}}@media(min-width: 73.75rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.2;}}A Few Thoughts from James Connolly, An Unfortunate Reminder About Ronald and Gitmo, 3 Pillars of Our Energy Future: Wind-Solar-Nuclear, MTG on Taxes (??) The entire town, it seemed, had turned against him. (See pictures of the 50th running of the Daytona 500.). "The big male took off to my husband's face, his head area, while he's on the ground. Teetering under St. James's weight, she somehow guides him into the chair. On the other end of the line was Tammy Maples, co-owner of Jungle Exotics, a business that houses animals and rents them to the entertainment industry. From the beginning, Moe's demeanor surprised St. James and LaDonna. Travis' behavior had become increasingly erratic, and the attack left Nash severely disfigured and Travis dead. He and LaDonna locked eyes but didn't exchange words. But St. James's crying has nothing to do with his physical condition. The segment has aired in Chicago, but not yet on the East Coast. The two male chimps, Ollie and Buddy, attacked the Davises. And how could it be otherwise? St. James underwent dozens of surgeries. Two of the first medical workers to treat the woman mauled by a chimpanzee in Connecticut this week described her nightmarish injuries Thursday as she was transferred to the Cleveland hospital that performed the nation's first face transplant. St. James, lying facedown, felt the lifeless animal fall on his back. She visited Moe the day before Mother's Day. Dozens of spectators lined up outside the Citrus municipal courthouse to catch a glimpse of the. The couple sped to the ranch. He never complains about the attack or how it left him. And, as it often does with St. James, it comes back to cars. It's a Saturday night in 1970, and St. James is sitting on the couch next to Moe, who is sucking down a vanilla shake. The operator of the facility, the Wildlife WayStation, disputes that version of events, and the story should have pointed this out. LaDonna is in the kitchen, cleaning up after their dinner of beef stew and vegetables. 11 What became of Moe we simply can't know. The victimsuffered extensive injuries, including severe facial mauling and loss of both hands. "It's dripping all over the place. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Over the next thirty years, the Davises' devotion to Moe would push the boundaries of human love. [3] The couple brought toys, candy hearts, chocolate milk, and a raspberry-filled sheet cake for the birthday party. The visits sustained them, though they were also heartbreaking. Moe bit her. In any case, it seems to be what St. James has come to believe. He doesn't say a word as he calms down. On the brink of tears herself, LaDonna grabs a cloth and gently cradles his cheek with her right hand. He then places his arms on LaDonna's shoulders. The four-year-old chimp, dressed in a tight-fitting black tuxedo, walked down the aisle holding hands with the flower girl as she tossed rose petals on the floor. His right hand is much worse. By the end, Buddy and Ollie had been shot and killed, and the other two chimps were recaptured eventually, one being found two miles from Animal Haven. Each time weve made corrections based on her abilities, and hes found another way. [4], Two chimpanzees at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City escaped from their cage and attacked two zoo staff members. Chimp Attack First Responders Describe Horrific Scene Associated Press STAMFORD, Conn. - Her hands looked like they were wrecked by a machine. But when Charla Nash, 55, a friend of Herold's, visited on Monday afternoon, Travis suddenly lashed out at her. [5], [1] Residents Shocked by Brutal Chimp Attack , on-line at http://www.wfsb.com/news/18726175/detail.html ; Chimp Attack 911 Call: Hes ripping her apart," on-line at http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/17/chimpanzee.attack/, [2] Chimps Killed After Zoo Escape , on-line at http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=502&sid=605425, [3] Chimps Escape, Attack Visitors , on-line at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149364,00.html ; Gruesome Chimp Attack Doesnt Surprise Experts , on-line at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7087194/ ; Chimps Attack Humans After Chimpanzees Escape Enclosures at Animal Haven in California , on-line at http://www.arkanimals.com/dlg/chimpanzee_escape_chimps_attack.htm, [4] Chimpanzee Escape Forces L.A. Despite the ferocity of the attack, when the paramedics arrived, St. James was still conscious. Authorities removed the chimp and took him to the Animal Haven Ranch near Bakersfield. For the briefest of moments, LaDonna looked toward Moe. I heard Donna saying 'please don't die on me' I just couldn't answer her.". Charla Nash, seen here in a screen grab from a Nov. 11, 2009 interview with Oprah Winfrey, lost her sight and has to eat through a straw as a result of a Feb. 16 chimpanzee attack in Stamford . "They say if the MRSA activates while the wound is open, they probably couldn't amputate the foot fast enough to save his life," LaDonna says. He's crying because of news he and LaDonna recently received about what really can only be called their boy. Moe got drunk and pissed all over her pale yellow dress, which everyone in the room thought was about the funniest thing they'd ever seen. Three years after the attack, St. James is completely dependent on LaDonna. Doctors are now recommending amputation because he has contracted the MRSA superbug. Fatally shot by a police officer, he retreated to Herold's home and died. Nash's eyes were injured, but Ackley would not say how extensively. That's what they usually do," Camp says. The Davises' feelings for Moe deepened as his behavior became more complex. Think.". She would sit beside him in the living room, coaching him as he played with Erector sets or colored with crayons. On February 16, 2009, tragedy struck when Travis the Chimp, a chimpanzee who had gained national celebrity over the years, viciously attacked his owner's close friend, Charla Nash. Make the choice you want. St. James handed one to Moe through the bars of his cage, and the animal's eyes went wide as he devoured his piece. The chimp was mainly her husband's to begin with but after he passed she became the soul caretaker. "He was brought up to use his brain," LaDonna says, "to always make decisions." But St. James reached for Moe's sandwich, throwing him into a tantrum. She wanted to see what his thinking was. Holding one in each hand, Moe carefully walked back into his cage and sat down. [3][4] Moe was an orphan: Tanzanian poachers had killed Moe's mother when he was one day old[5] and the couple did not have any children,[4] so they raised Moe as their own. St. James hugged his mother. The couple brought a birthday cake for Moe, and while inside the sanctuary, two male and two female chimps escaped their steel cages. The vet injected Moe with a drug that perked him up immediately. Maples's voice on the line was shaky. LaDonna buries her face in her hands. Instead, he spent the afternoon under the hood of one of his cars while LaDonna was left alone in the church before all their friends and relatives. This site is not a law firm and cannot offer legal advice. I've never loved anything as much as I loved Moe. And he'd also read that no matter how docile they were when young, chimpanzees could turn aggressive as they grew older. The ferocious attack by a chimpanzee of a woman in Stamford, Conn., on Feb. 16 wasn't a question of if but of when. What happened over the next several months altered the course of St. James's life. Nash shared a few of the difficulties she's faced during her rehabilitation:she musteat everything through a straw and can't breathe through her nose. "This is a tragedy for the families involved, for the animal and for the community but it's not a unique story," says McCann. By the time St. James stepped off the plane into the warm air outside Los Angeles International Airport, he was a changed man. But with St. James Davis and his wife, LaDonna, that sentiment grew into a singular kind of devotion, into a singular kind of love, into a singular kind of family. They remained in bed together that way for more than six hours until Moe, groggy and glassy-eyed, finally woke up. The owner of the chimp attempted to stab Travis with a butcher knife to rescue her friend, but was unable to stop the attack. His tears have nothing to do with what happened to him, though. But what happened later in their lives is difficult for the Davises to discuss. By the time St. James and LaDonna saw the enclosure, it had been repaired and cleaned. By the time the standoff ended, Moe had dented a police car, injured an officer's hand, and scratched an animal-control agent. Chimpanzee (Pantroglodytes) Weight: 100. He spoke to him softly: "What are you looking at, Moe? But adult chimpanzees might be better described as superhuman a 200-lb. Think about it. Moe sat on his lap on the plane. Everybody kind of understood everybody. But the chimp - who weighed more than 200 pounds - viciously attacked her. [4][7] In 2002, the Davises filed a civil rights lawsuit against West Covina, California; the city ultimately agreed to pay the Davises US$100,000 plus US$225,000 for a home purchase in nearby Baldwin Park, California, where they could live with Moe. A few minutes later, St. James is sucking on a cherry ice pop as he describes how the attack has changed his life. After Moe bit several people, the city of West Covina, California seized the primate and placed him in an animal sanctuary near Bakersfield, California. Zooming ahead in his motorized wheelchair, he leads me to the driveway, where the wooden frame of a 1923 Franklin is resting on a table. With both hands, he pushed the bigger animal. Bloodhounds were brought in. Sheil said she didn't know if a transplant will be considered. He was affectionate and loved to hug and kiss, throwing his hairy arms around St. James's neck often. Holding St. James's hand, Moe, decked out in a checkered shirt, white trousers, and shoes, entered the courthouse to cheers. Eventually, he developed his own form of sign language. They stanched the bleeding with gauze. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. "There was no tugging and pulling. St. James and LaDonna refuse to speculate about what led to Moe's disappearance. As St. James told his friends, Moe was the "bond between us two."
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