Murder suspects remain in jail, without bond; no more arrests

Published 11:23 pm Monday, June 21, 2010

A GBI agent said Monday that he doesn’t expect any more arrests in the case of the murder of Sunday Blombergh, whose badly decomposed body was found May 27 in a wooded area in Colquitt County near the Tift County line.

Roy Herman Evans, 44, and Ruby Anne Evans, 45, both of 49 Briarwood Lane in southern Tift County near Lenox, are each charged with murder. Kenneth Randall Tomlinson, 48, of 311 Virginia Ave., Apt. 422, in Tifton, is charged with concealing Blombergh’s death.

The Evanses are husband and wife, and Ruby Evans is the mother of Sunday Blombergh’s estranged husband, who is the father of Blombergh’s 7-year-old daughter. The Evanses and Tomlinson continue to be held without bond at the Tift County Jail.

Mike Lewis of the GBI’s Sylvester office said Monday that he doesn’t expect additional arrests in the case. District Attorney Paul Bowden said at a press conference that there could be additional charges made against the Evans couple and Tomlinson, and also that there would be at least one additional arrest when his office has “the opportunity to review the file.”

Tomlinson is a friend of Herman Evans, according to authorities. GBI agent Mark Pro said at the press conference that one of the trio arrested had cooperated with authorities and led them to Blombergh’s body. A person involved in the investigation confirmed that Tomlinson was the cooperative suspect.

Blombergh’s body was found in deep woods accessed from near the bridge at the dead end of Vickers Bridge Road, said Colquitt County Coroner Verlyn Brock. The location was between Ellenton and Lenox. Tift County Sheriff Gary Vowell said then that evidence in the case would show that Ruby Evans wanted custody of Blombergh’s daughter. Blombergh and her daughter were living with Evans at 49 Briarwood Lane when Blombergh disappeared.

Tift County corner Steve Wood said Monday that the GBI crime lab is currently conducting DNA testing to conclusively determine that the body found is Blombergh’s and that the cause of her death had not been determined.