Published: May 05, 2009 12:44 pm         

Former Monticello man confesses to Barren County cold case

Monticello — A man, originally from Monticello, has apparently confessed to an

unsolved Bowling Green murder that occurred in September 1998. Officials

with the Barren County Sheriff's Department conducted an interview last week

with David M. Bell, 35, who is currently serving time in the Indiana State

Prison on another unrelated murder charge.

According to an article published in the Glasgow Daily Times, Bell

claimed responsibility in the death of a woman whose remains were found in

2000 near Park City. Nancy Daddysman's body was located by two young boys on

September 21, 2000, off Iron Mountain Road near Park City. Her remains were

identified through dental records.

The article noted that Daddysman, who lived in Bowling Green, was

supposed to meet friends at a Waffle House on September 4, 1998, where she

was going to get a ride to Indianapolis.

Bell told Barren County officials that he picked up Daddysman in Bowling

Green while she was trying to hitchhike to Indiana. In the article, Barren

County Sheriff Chris Eaton said that Bell admitted to hitting Daddysman in

the head with a pipe.

Bell then told officials that he drove the woman to Iron Mountain Road

and she began to regain consciousness. He said it was there that he stabbed

and killed her. He said he left her body in an abandoned tarp.

"He's a pretty deranged man," Eaton told the Glasgow Daily Times. "He

told us he used to drive around and have fantasies about picking up a woman,

killing and raping her and then eating the remains."

Eaton said that Bell admitted to the use of methamphetamines and cocaine

at the time he said he killed Daddysman. Officials said that Bell was living

in Monticello as the time of her death, but said he was familiar with the

area because he had driven a cab there.

Monticello Police Chief Ralph Miniard confirmed that local officials had

previously received some information regarding Bell's possible involvement

with the crime. He said that information was forwarded to Kentucky State

Police for further investigation.

Eaton said that Bell has also provided investigators with information

about a woman's death in Arkansas. He was able to lead law enforcement there

to a truck containing a pair of the dead woman's underwear, according to

Eaton.

"The man has been taking responsibility for a lot of things," Eaton told

the Glasgow Daily Times.

Officials said Daddysman's remains had apparently been in the location

where they were found since her disappearance. The boys who found the body

were cave diving when they found the remains.

Police said Daddysman's body was found in a rocky, wooded area and the

closest building is a Baptist church. Eaton had previously stated that the

person who led the body in that location must have been familiar with the

area.

Bell is currently serving a 63 year sentence for murder. He was

sentenced in January 2006 in connection with the murder of an Anderson,

Indiana woman in 2005. According to information filed in an appeal in the

Indiana case, the victim was Claire Ellis, who officials said Bell picked up

in his truck. Police said that Bell gave a detailed confession to the

murder, saying he struck Ellis in the head and neck with a 14-inch

adjustable wrench and buried her in the back yard of the home he was living

in at the time.

Court documents that the next day, Bell took his family to Arkansas.

Barren County officials said that since Bell is serving the lengthy

Indiana prison term and may face charges in Arkansas and Kentucky, this may

be a case where he stays where he is and all the charges run concurrently.

According to the Indiana Department of Corrections, Bell was sentenced

to a 63 year prison term on January 11, 2006. The earliest he could be

released on parole on those charges is April 13, 2037.

     

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