User:TerrySeaman

Vernon F. Seaman became missing at 8:30 p.m. on June 7, 1996 in Harney County at his ranch just South of Burns, Oregon. Vern was living in Roseburg, Oregon and had gone to his ranch to get the tenant, Steve Sparks, to help clean up the mess that the tenant had made by leaving abandoned vehicles, household trash and other debris on the property. Linda McCombs reported that Vern had called her several times during the week of 2 to 7 June 1996 saying that he and Steve Sparks were on the property together removing the trash and debris from the property.

So Vern's brother, Terry Seaman, hired an Oregon Lawyer to place an ad in the local newspaper, The Burns Times Herald, offering $5,000 to Steve Sparks if he would tell everything he knew about Vern Seaman's disappearance, and the ad offered $2,000 to anyone who could get Steve Sparks to take the Polygraph test. Linda McCombs agreed to take a polygraph test at no charge, but Steve Sparks refused to take a Polygraph test.

Instead Steve Sparks opted to give a speech on the Burns local radio station. In that speech Steve Sparks said that he had not seen Vern Seaman for more than a month before he was missing. That statement conflicted with Linda McCombs statement when she swore that said both Vernon Seaman and Steve Sparks were on the property together during the week of June 2nd to June 7th, 1996. It was apparent that someone was telling a lie.

Steve Sparks sued the Burns newspaper and Terry Seaman for more than a million dollars each for defamation of character. Terry Seaman's insurance company settled by giving Steve Sparks $7,000 and getting Steve Sparks to sign an agreement to never sue Terry Seaman again for anything whatsoever past, present or future, known or unknown.

In 2002 the Harney County Sheriff sued Terry Seaman for Slander. The defendant was afraid to go into such a remote county because he had irritated Steve Sparks. So Terry Seaman settled with Sheriff Glerup to never again accuse the sheriff of covering up a murder.

So Terry Seaman is running a website now offering anyone $100,000 to anyone who can get Steve Sparks to take a polygraph test.