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Sorry - forgot to post this for yesterday - the murder case.
Monday, January 11th:
*Status Hearing (re Murder) (@ 1:30pm PT) – AZ – Isabel Mercedes Celis (6) (April 21, 2012, Tucson, found Mar. 3, 2017, Id’ed Mar. 31, 2017) & Maribel Victoria Gonzales (13) (June 4, 2014, Tucson, found June 6, 2014, id’ed June 20, 2014) – *Christopher Matthew Clements (36/now 38) aka Damion James Johnson indicted (9/15/18) & charged & arraigned (9/24/18) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder, 2 counts of kidnapping a minor under 15, 2 counts of 2nd degree burglary, 1 count of theft by controlling stolen property, 1 count of trafficking in stolen property & 14 counts of sexual exploitation of minors. Plead not guilty. $2M cash only bond. DA will seek DP.
Murder trial to begin on 7/27/21 with jury selection. Trial will be on Tuesdays thru Fridays (thru 9/29/21).
Trial (for Burglary/fraud) begins on 2/23/21. (for both).
Court hearings for Isabel Celis from 9/15/18 to 10/12/20 reference post #180 here:
Found Deceased - AZ - Isabel Mercedes Celis, 6, Tucson, 20 April 2012 *Arrest* #27
Court hearings for Maribel Gonzales from 9/15/18 to 10/12/20 reference post #90 here:
Found Deceased - AZ - Maribel Gonzales, 13, Tucson, 3 June 2014 *Arrest*
10/13/20 Update: Murder: Next Motions hearing on 10/26/20. 10/26/20 Update: Trial has been continued from original date of 2/23/21 to 7/27/21 thru 8/5/20. Status conference on 7/27/21 @ 10:15am & trial will start at 10:30am with jury selection.
1/6/21 Update: Judge Deborah Bernini granted a defense request to separate the two murder cases. Clements' attorneys say he should have a separate trial in each death because he may want to testify in his own defense in the Celis case---but if the cases are combined, prosecutors would be free to ask him questions on the Gonzalez murder. Prosecutors say the cases are linked because Clements led investigators to Celis remains in a remote part of Avra Valley where Maribel Gonzalez remains were found too. Investigators say there’s a possible match for Clements' DNA on Maribel remains. Status conference hearing on 1/11/21.
Co-Defendant on Maricopa County case:
*Melissa Stark (29 @ time of crime/now 33) – Fraud/Burglary case – Next Evidentiary hearing on 1/11/21. Trial to begin on 2/23/21.
Monday, January 11th:
*Status Hearing (re Murder) (@ 1:30pm PT) – AZ – Isabel Mercedes Celis (6) (April 21, 2012, Tucson, found Mar. 3, 2017, Id’ed Mar. 31, 2017) & Maribel Victoria Gonzales (13) (June 4, 2014, Tucson, found June 6, 2014, id’ed June 20, 2014) – *Christopher Matthew Clements (36/now 38) aka Damion James Johnson indicted (9/15/18) & charged & arraigned (9/24/18) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder, 2 counts of kidnapping a minor under 15, 2 counts of 2nd degree burglary, 1 count of theft by controlling stolen property, 1 count of trafficking in stolen property & 14 counts of sexual exploitation of minors. Plead not guilty. $2M cash only bond. DA will seek DP.
Murder trial to begin on 7/27/21 with jury selection. Trial will be on Tuesdays thru Fridays (thru 9/29/21).
Trial (for Burglary/fraud) begins on 2/23/21. (for both).
Court hearings for Isabel Celis from 9/15/18 to 10/12/20 reference post #180 here:
Found Deceased - AZ - Isabel Mercedes Celis, 6, Tucson, 20 April 2012 *Arrest* #27
Court hearings for Maribel Gonzales from 9/15/18 to 10/12/20 reference post #90 here:
Found Deceased - AZ - Maribel Gonzales, 13, Tucson, 3 June 2014 *Arrest*
10/13/20 Update: Murder: Next Motions hearing on 10/26/20. 10/26/20 Update: Trial has been continued from original date of 2/23/21 to 7/27/21 thru 8/5/20. Status conference on 7/27/21 @ 10:15am & trial will start at 10:30am with jury selection.
1/6/21 Update: Judge Deborah Bernini granted a defense request to separate the two murder cases. Clements' attorneys say he should have a separate trial in each death because he may want to testify in his own defense in the Celis case---but if the cases are combined, prosecutors would be free to ask him questions on the Gonzalez murder. Prosecutors say the cases are linked because Clements led investigators to Celis remains in a remote part of Avra Valley where Maribel Gonzalez remains were found too. Investigators say there’s a possible match for Clements' DNA on Maribel remains. Status conference hearing on 1/11/21.
Co-Defendant on Maricopa County case:
*Melissa Stark (29 @ time of crime/now 33) – Fraud/Burglary case – Next Evidentiary hearing on 1/11/21. Trial to begin on 2/23/21.