False information about Kimberly Renee Poole’s stolen wedding ring has been circulating. We want to debunk this false information with facts on what actually happened.

The myth goes like this:

Kimberly’s wedding ring was stolen the night of the robbery and shooting. A few days later while talking with a friend Kimberly had told that friend to tell John Boyd Frazier that she wanted her diamond ring back. This would imply that it was John Boyd Frazier who robbed them and shot Brent, and that Kimberly knew.

Here’s what really happened:

A few months before she moved out in early May 1998, Kimberly had purchased a new diamond ring for herself. This was a half carat diamond ring. After she moved out, temporarily living at John Boyd Frazier’s residence, Kimberly wanted to raise funds to help in her search for a permanent place to live. John Frazier offered to sell that newly purchased half carat diamond ring for her. It was this ring that was in John’s possession and not her wedding ring. After Kimberly moved out of John Frazier’s residence she left that ring with him. On the night of the robbery and shooting, June 9th 1998, Kimberly did have her wedding ring stolen. This stolen wedding ring was a 1/3 carat diamond ring with a ‘feather’ in it (an inclusion). When detailing what all was stolen Kimberly specifically described this stolen diamond ring as having a ‘feather’ inclusion. This is in a transcribed recorded telephone conversation with detectives. A day or two after the robbery and shooting a friend had called telling her that John Frazier would like to talk to her. She told that friend that no, she did not want to speak with him but that she did want her diamond ring back- that recently purchased half carat diamond ring left with him weeks earlier. This was an entirely different diamond ring and not the diamond wedding ring stolen the night of June 9th 1998.

That newly purchased half carat diamond ring (an entirely different diamond ring from the stolen wedding ring) is still in the possession of John Frazier’s family and has never been returned.

We will update the Fact vs Fiction page to include this information.