GUILTY Panama - Yvonne Baldelli, 41, Isla Carenero, 26 Nov 2011

[OkieGranny]

From November:

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/nov/20/brimager-panama-slaying-death-penalty-declined/

Federal prosecutors have announced they will not be seeking the death penalty against Brian Brimager, the former North County Marine charged in the slaying of his girlfriend on a Panamanian island...

The Brimager case is now headed for a trial in San Diego federal court that will likely take three to four weeks, starting March 28.

 

[rosie_lee]

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/c...369432641.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand

DNA found on a machete suggests it was used to kill and dismember a Southern California woman last seen five years ago when she traveled to Panama with a Camp Pendleton-based Marine, according to federal prosectuors.

Court documents filed Wednesday state that blood found under the handle of the machete contained DNA of Yvonne Baldelli.


In September 2011, Baldelli left Dana Point with her boyfriend Brian Brimager, a retired Marine. The couple traveled to Panama to stay on Isla Carenero, an island off the coast accessible only by boat.

Baldelli was last seen with Brimager at a restaurant on Nov. 26, 2011. Nearly two years after she vanished, Baldelli’s remains were found on a small island off the Isla Carenero coastline. Scientists used DNA analysis on her skull and bones to identify her.

Prosecutors allege Brimager killed Baldelli, disposed of the body and then went to extreme measures to cover up her death including withdrawing money from her bank account and sending emails from her laptop to make it seem as if she were still alive.

In April, Brimager was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Diego on a charge of foreign murder. He has pleaded not guilty.

Brimager has been in U.S. custody since June 2013 on charges of obstruction of justice, giving false statements to a federal officer and falsifying records.
The machete was in San Diego Friday where it was expected to be sent to a lab for defense testing.

More at link...

 

[fedfan4life]

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/Ex-Marine-Pleads-Guilty-in-Killing-of-SoCal-Woman-Panama-San-Diego-369998061.html

 

[Curious Me]

The Judge has the discretion to sentence him up to the maximum of life in prison. Stick it to him, Judge!

Retired Marine admits killing, dismembering girlfriend
Yvonne Baldelli’s remains found in Panama two years later
Feb. 24, 2016 | Updated, 3:48 p.m.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/feb/24/brimager-guilty-plea-panama-murder/

"The plea agreement calls for a recommended sentence of 20 to 30 years, although U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller has the discretion to sentence him up to the maximum of life in prison. Sentencing has been set for May 25. With the plea, Brimager also largely gave up his right to appeal the conviction."

 

[Jennibee]

This creature...deserves the very worst sentence possible. Did we ever find out what happened to Georgia May? how could he? Ugh


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[PastTense]

A Marine veteran who once lived in North County was sentenced to 26 years in federal prison on Wednesday for killing and then dismembering his girlfriend in Panama in 2011.

Brian Brimager, 40, pleaded guilty in February to stabbing to death Yvonne Baldelli in an apartment they shared in Bocas Del Toro, an island off the Panamanian coast, almost five years ago.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/may/25/brimager-sentencing/

 

[rosie_lee]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-mari...-slaying/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab5i&linkId=24901792

SAN DIEGO --*A California man was sentenced to 26 years in prison Wednesday for*killing his girlfriend in Panama,*dismembering her body with a machete and disposing of her remains in the jungle.

Brian Brimager had previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, saying he stabbed 42-year-old Yvonne Lee Baldelli in the back then disposed of her remains on a Panamanian island where the couple lived for two months in 2011. "48 Hours" investigated the case in the episode, "Devil's Island."

WATCH: "48 Hours:" Devil's Island

More at link...

This has the 48 Hours episode in the link

 

[imstilla.grandma]