GUILTY CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*

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Appeal being filed in Norwood child deaths case

January 29, 2020

One of five people to be charged in the deaths of two girls in Norwood is appealing his conviction, with formal appeal brief due in April, according to Colorado Judicial Department records.

A Montrose jury last year convicted Ashford Archer of two counts of child abuse resulting in death and as an accessory to helping Frederick “Alec” Blair conceal the car in which the bodies of Hannah Marshall and Makayla Roberts were ultimately found.
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At trial, prosecutors presented Archer as a ranking member of the group, who had responsibility toward the two girls, a contention his defense denied, while also arguing there was no evidence to prove he knew they were not receiving proper care and nourishment.

Archer at his sentencing hearing said he thought Bramble was taking care of her children. His attorney Matthew Schultz at the time said Archer was convicted merely because he was an adult and was on the property.
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The notice of appeal document from July is for now restricted to case parties; the opening brief is due April 14. The District Attorney’s Office declined to comment, in part because Ceus’ trial is not complete. The appeal will be handled through the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.

 

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Thursday, January 20th:
*Trial continues (murder charges) (Day 12) (@ 9am MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Madani "Ama" Ceus (37) (from Haiti) charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder, criminally negligent homicide & 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, no bond. Plead not guilty.
Trial began on 1/13/20. Trial moved from San Miguel County to Gunnison County & will run to 2/7/20. 9 women & 5 men ranging in age from 20s to 60s or 70s with 2 alternates.
Trial info from 1/13/20 (Day 1) thru 1/24/20 (Day 8) reference post #257 here:
CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*
7/26/19 Update: Next re child Pretrial conference hearing on 3/13/20. Termination of Parental Rights hearing on 4/28 thru 5/1/20.
1/27/20 Day 9: No info available yet. Trial continues on 1/28.
1/28/20 Day 10: No info available yet. Trial continues on 1/29.
1/29/20 Day 11: No info available yet. Trial continues on 1/30.
*Ika Eden – Found incompetent to stand trial. Next Status hearing on 3/13/20.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life in prison without parole.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.

 

[Niner]

This article has stuff from Monday to Wednesday's court hearings.

More details of Norwood double homicide revealed

January 29, 2020
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Monday’s trial proceedings were dominated by direct and cross examination of San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Dan Covault, who described in detail how he conducted the investigation into Makayla and Hannah’s deaths, from the initial grid search of the property, to the fly pupa and garbage he found in the car alongside the girls’ remains, to the crystals, pendants and other random items that were buried in several holes on Blair’s farm, to the hundreds of pounds of dried food that was stashed in plastic containers in various places around the property.

Public defender Patrick Crane grilled Covault for hours on Monday afternoon during cross-examination.
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Trial proceedings got off to an early start before the jury came in on Tuesday morning, with a call-in from the therapist who has been treating Ceus’ older daughter, now 10 years old and living with a foster family in a different state. Ceus’s public defenders wanted to bring the daughter in as a witness for the defense, but the therapist stated that her young client’s emotional health would be impaired if she were forced to testify.

District Judge Keri Yoder nixed the defense’s request and issued a notice of continued unavailability on the girl’s behalf. However, the full record of a statement that the older daughter gave to Yoder in 2017 may still be admitted as evidence.

Covault was back on the stand at 8:45 a.m. sharp Tuesday morning, and endured a continuing barrage of cross-examination from Crane, who methodically attempted to dismantle the credibility of both Blair and Bramble, while shifting blame for the girls’ deaths away from his client.
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Blair took the stand on Tuesday afternoon. He walked into the courtroom with his hands clasped behind his back and his shoulders slumped forward, as he padded quietly to take his place at the witness stand, sporting a thick beard and headful of unkempt hair.
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Throughout the takedown of her codefendants this week, Ceus has appeared serene, composed, and at times bemused, often leaning back in her chair in a relaxed way to take it all in. On Wednesday afternoon, she listened quietly and intently to testimony from Dianne “Ella” Peacock, a foster mother in Montrose who cared for Ceus’ two daughters for about a year after Ceus was taken into custody.
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The jury was released early on Wednesday afternoon so attorneys would have time to review new evidence that may be presented on Thursday. Bramble, who appeared on the prosecution’s Good Faith Witness List, will not be called as a witness in Ceus’ case after all, according to Ryan.

Deputy District Attorney Robert Whiting, part of the prosecution team, has been absent from the courtroom this week, after reportedly sustaining severe injuries in a skiing accident last weekend in Telluride.

The prosecution may rest its case by Friday, concluding with testimony from Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent John Zamora and excerpts of a video of Ceus’ intake interview, conducted shortly after she was taken into custody in September 2017.

 

[MsMarple]

Cory Sutherland, the father of Nashika Bramble’s unborn child, assaulted Bramble’s daughter Makayla Roberts before he left Blair’s Norwood farm.
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Bramble has been exhibiting violent and delusional behavior while in custody, at one point stating she believed that her socks and pants were trying to kill her.
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Crane then shifted his attention to Bramble’s violent behavior, both before and after she was incarcerated in San Miguel County. He referred to a statement from a previous witness, Calum McNeil, in which McNeil stated he had seen Bramble subject her daughters to corporal punishment on Blair’s property, and also asked Covault about some letters and statements from a woman named Yvonne Scott, a “motherly figure” to Bramble, who claimed that Bramble had abused the two girls while she was in Florida, as well, before joining Ceus and Archer in 2015.
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According to Peacock, the girl recalled that Blair had “punished” her by putting live rats on her, and said she had seen Bramble get into the car with her deceased daughters and hold them after they died, leading the group to ostracize Bramble because “she smelled bad, like dead bodies.”
More details of Norwood double homicide revealed

What a mess.

 

[Niner]

Friday, January 31st:
*Trial continues (murder charges) (Day 13) (@ 9am MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Madani "Ama" Ceus (37) (from Haiti) charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder, criminally negligent homicide & 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, no bond. Plead not guilty.
Trial began on 1/13/20. Trial moved from San Miguel County to Gunnison County & will run to 2/7/20. 9 women & 5 men ranging in age from 20s to 60s or 70s with 2 alternates.
Trial info from 1/13/20 (Day 1) thru 1/24/20 (Day 8) reference post #257 here:
CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*
7/26/19 Update: Next re child Pretrial conference hearing on 3/13/20. Termination of Parental Rights hearing on 4/28 thru 5/1/20.
1/27/20 Day 9: State witness: San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Dan Covault. Trial continues on 1/28.
1/28/20 Day 10: Before the jury came in on Tuesday morning, with a call-in from the therapist who has been treating Ceus’ older daughter, now 10 years old. Ceus’s public defenders wanted to bring the daughter in as a witness for the defense, but the therapist stated that her young client’s emotional health would be impaired if she were forced to testify. District Judge Keri Yoder nixed the defense’s request and issued a notice of continued unavailability on the girl’s behalf. However, the full record of a statement that the older daughter gave to Yoder in 2017 may still be admitted as evidence. State witnesses: San Miguel County Sheriff's office investigator Dan Covault (cross examination continued). Frederick "Alex" Blair. Trial continues on 1/29.
1/29/20 Day 11: State witnesses: Frederick "Alex" Blair. Dianne “Ella” Peacock (a foster mother in Montrose who cared for Ceus’ two daughters for about a year after Ceus was taken into custody). The jury was released early on Wednesday afternoon so attorneys would have time to review new evidence that may be presented on Thursday. Bramble, who appeared on the prosecution’s Good Faith Witness List, will not be called as a witness in Ceus’ case after all, according to DA Ryan. The prosecution may rest its case by Friday, concluding with testimony from Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent John Zamora and excerpts of a video of Ceus’ intake interview, conducted shortly after she was taken into custody in September 2017. Trial continues on 1/30.
1/30/20 Day 12: State witnesses: Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent John Zamora. Excerpts of a video of Ceus’ intake interview, conducted shortly after she was taken into custody in Sept. 2017. No other info available yet. Trial continues on 1/31.
*Ika Eden – Found incompetent to stand trial. Next Status hearing on 3/13/20.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life in prison without parole.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.

 

[MsMarple]

The grand reveal
Prosecution rests case against Ceus

After answering a few preliminary questions posed by Chief Deputy District Attorney Seth Ryan, Zamora [CBI agent] handed a green thumb drive to Ryan that contained video clips of the interviews he had conducted with Ceus back in 2017. For the rest of the morning, the jury watched those videos, and learned Ceus’s own first-hand account of what happened to Hannah and Makayla.

Ceus appeared in the video as a heavy figure wearing a prison uniform. An officer was taking off her handcuffs.
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The first version of the story that Ceus came up with was a lie. She told Zamora that Bramble and her two daughters were already living on Blair’s property in Norwood when Ceus, her husband Ashford “Nathania” Archer and their own two girls got picked up by Blair at a gas station in Grand Junction and brought them to his farm.

Bramble, or “Burgundy” as Ceus called her, “had a relationship with Alex,” she said.

When Zamora asked her what happened to Burgundy’s girls, Ceus said she was aware there were two girls on the property, but that she had never interacted with them, didn’t even know their names, and that Blair was the one that told her they had died.
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“At the beginning it was all about purity. Karma. About love for one another,” she said. “I have learned about the girls. But I didn’t hurt them. I had nothing to do with what happened. Things got out of control.”
The grand reveal

 

[Niner]

Monday, February 3rd:
*Trial continues (murder charges) (Day 14) (@ 9am MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Madani "Ama" Ceus (37) (from Haiti) charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder, criminally negligent homicide & 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, no bond. Plead not guilty.
Trial began on 1/13/20. Trial moved from San Miguel County to Gunnison County & will run to 2/7/20. 9 women & 5 men ranging in age from 20s to 60s or 70s with 2 alternates.
Trial info from 1/13/20 (Day 1) thru 1/29/20 (Day 11) reference post #265 here:
CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*
7/26/19 Update: Next re child Pretrial conference hearing on 3/13/20. Termination of Parental Rights hearing on 4/28 thru 5/1/20.
1/30/20 Day 12: State witnesses: Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent John Zamora. Excerpts of a video of Ceus’ intake interview, conducted shortly after she was taken into custody in Sept. 2017. Trial continues on 1/31.
1/31/20 Day 13: The prosecution rested its case on Friday morning. In a mid-trial motion, Ceus’s defense team asked Judge Yoder to acquit Ceus on the grounds of lack of sufficient evidence that she was guilty of killing the two girls. Yoder denied the motion. The defense began calling witnesses on Friday afternoon. No info available yet on witnesses. The trial is expected to conclude next week. Trial continues on 2/3.
*Ika Eden – Found incompetent to stand trial. Next Status hearing on 3/13/20.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life in prison without parole.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, February 4th:
*Trial continues (murder charges) (Day 15) (@ 9am MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Madani "Ama" Ceus (37) (from Haiti) charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder, criminally negligent homicide & 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, no bond. Plead not guilty.
Trial began on 1/13/20. Trial moved from San Miguel County to Gunnison County & will run to 2/7/20. 9 women & 5 men ranging in age from 20s to 60s or 70s with 2 alternates.
Trial info from 1/13/20 (Day 1) thru 1/29/20 (Day 11) reference post #265 here:
CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*
7/26/19 Update: Next re child Pretrial conference hearing on 3/13/20. Termination of Parental Rights hearing on 4/28 thru 5/1/20.
1/30/20 Day 12: State witnesses: Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent John Zamora. Excerpts of a video of Ceus’ intake interview, conducted shortly after she was taken into custody in Sept. 2017. Trial continues on 1/31.
1/31/20 Day 13: The prosecution rested its case on Friday morning. In a mid-trial motion, Ceus’s defense team asked Judge Yoder to acquit Ceus on the grounds of lack of sufficient evidence that she was guilty of killing the two girls. Yoder denied the motion. The defense began calling witnesses on Friday afternoon. No other info available yet on witnesses. The trial is expected to conclude next week. Trial continues on 2/3.
2/3/20 Day 14: No info available yet. Trial continues on 2/4.
*Ika Eden – Found incompetent to stand trial. Next Status hearing on 3/13/20.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life in prison without parole.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.



@MsMarple - any news on "what" happened on Friday & Monday? TIA!

 

[MsMarple]

Not yet, maybe tomorrow. Seems only the one paper is covering the trial.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, February 5th:
*Trial continues (murder charges) (Day 16) (@ 9am MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Madani "Ama" Ceus (37) (from Haiti) charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder, criminally negligent homicide & 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, no bond. Plead not guilty.
Trial began on 1/13/20. Trial moved from San Miguel County to Gunnison County & will run to 2/7/20. 9 women & 5 men ranging in age from 20s to 60s or 70s with 2 alternates.
Trial info from 1/13/20 (Day 1) thru 1/29/20 (Day 11) reference post #265 here:
CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*
7/26/19 Update: Next re child Pretrial conference hearing on 3/13/20. Termination of Parental Rights hearing on 4/28 thru 5/1/20.
1/30/20 Day 12: State witnesses: Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent John Zamora. Excerpts of a video of Ceus’ intake interview, conducted shortly after she was taken into custody in Sept. 2017. Trial continues on 1/31.
1/31/20 Day 13: The prosecution rested its case on Friday morning. In a mid-trial motion, Ceus’s defense team asked Judge Yoder to acquit Ceus on the grounds of lack of sufficient evidence that she was guilty of killing the two girls. Yoder denied the motion. The defense began calling witnesses on Friday afternoon. No other info available yet on witnesses. The trial is expected to conclude next week. Trial continues on 2/3.
2/3/20 Day 14: No info available yet. Trial continues on 2/4.
2/4/20 Day 15: No info available yet. Trial continues on 2/5.
*Ika Eden – Found incompetent to stand trial. Next Status hearing on 3/13/20.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life in prison without parole.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.

 

[Niner]

Thursday, February 6th:
*Trial continues (murder charges) (Day 17) (@ 9am MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Madani "Ama" Ceus (37) (from Haiti) charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder, criminally negligent homicide & 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, no bond. Plead not guilty.
Trial began on 1/13/20. Trial moved from San Miguel County to Gunnison County & will run to 2/7/20. 9 women & 5 men ranging in age from 20s to 60s or 70s with 2 alternates.
Trial info from 1/13/20 (Day 1) thru 1/29/20 (Day 11) reference post #265 here:
CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*
7/26/19 Update: Next re child Pretrial conference hearing on 3/13/20. Termination of Parental Rights hearing on 4/28 thru 5/1/20.
1/30/20 Day 12: State witnesses: Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent John Zamora. Excerpts of a video of Ceus’ intake interview, conducted shortly after she was taken into custody in Sept. 2017. Trial continues on 1/31.
1/31/20 Day 13: The prosecution rested its case on Friday morning. In a mid-trial motion, Ceus’s defense team asked Judge Yoder to acquit Ceus on the grounds of lack of sufficient evidence that she was guilty of killing the two girls. Yoder denied the motion. The defense began calling witnesses on Friday afternoon. No other info available yet on witnesses. The trial is expected to conclude next week. Trial continues on 2/3.
2/3/20 Day 14: No info available yet. Trial continues on 2/4.
2/4/20 Day 15: No info available yet. Trial continues on 2/5.
2/5/20 Day 16: No info available yet. Trial continues on 2/6.
*Ika Eden – Found incompetent to stand trial. Next Status hearing on 3/13/20.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life in prison without parole.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.

 

[MsMarple]

Madani Ceus faced two counts of first degree murder in the girls’ deaths, but the jury, swayed by the defense’s powerful arguments, instead found her guilty of a lesser charge of two counts of child abuse resulting in death, knowingly and recklessly, a class 2 felony. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 24 years.
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Ceus’ defense had argued there was not sufficient evidence to prove Ceus was in a position of trust regarding Hannah, 8, and Makayla, 10, and that she was not responsible for ensuring that her codefendant and the victims’ mother, Nashika Bramble, was adequately caring for her daughters.
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Throughout the trial, defense attorneys Patrick Crane and Shandea Sergent attacked the credibility of Ceus’ codefendants Blair and Bramble, and cited lack of sufficient evidence to pin Ceus to the crimes. They also argued the state had intentionally failed to properly investigate certain aspects of the crime that did not match their version of the story as put forward by their key witness Blair.
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“There will be an appeal,” Crane promised as he left the courtroom with Sergent on Thursday afternoon to head back to Montrose for the first time in a month. “We have a disagreement over legal principals in this case.”

Crane and Sergent had argued that there were many ways that the girls might have died that didn’t match up with what they described as a farfetched story that the prosecution had concocted, based on the untrustworthy statements of Blair.
Madani Ceus found guilty, but not of murder

Late Thursday, the jury returned a verdict: Not guilty of first-degree murder, but guilty of both charged counts of child abuse resulting in death, a class-2 felony.

“The jury’s spoken and found the defendant guilty of child abuse causing death, which is certainly true,” San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters said Thursday.

“I would have hoped for a little bit more, but I accept the jury’s verdict. The rest of it (sentencing) is going to be up to the judge.”

Ceus’ public defender vowed to appeal the conviction.
‘Cult’ leader Ceus acquitted of murder, convicted of fatal abuse in deaths of sisters in Norwood

More at both links. I'm disappointed. Ceus’ sentencing is set for March 26 at 10 a.m. in Telluride.

 

[Niner]

@MsMarple - according to the 2 articles you posted above:

First article:
Ceus’ sentencing is set for March 26 at 10 a.m. in Telluride.

2nd article:
Ryan said he would reserve comment on the verdict until after Ceus’ sentencing, which has been slated for March 20.

I just looked in the court site and the date is not in there yet. I'll keep an eye on it to see "which" date is correct.
And THANKS for the updates!!

 

[Niner]

Thursday, February 6th:
*Trial continues (murder charges) (Day 17)-Verdict Reached! (@ 9am MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Madani "Ama" Ceus (37) (from Haiti) charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder, criminally negligent homicide & 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, no bond. Plead not guilty. Trial began on 1/13/20. Trial moved from San Miguel County to Gunnison County & will run to 2/7/20. 9 women & 5 men ranging in age from 20s to 60s or 70s with 2 alternates.
Trial info from 1/13/20 (Day 1) thru 1/29/20 (Day 11) reference post #265 here:
CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*
7/26/19 Update: Next re child Pretrial conference hearing on 3/13/20. Termination of Parental Rights hearing on 4/28 thru 5/1/20.
1/30/20 Day 12: State witnesses: Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent John Zamora. Excerpts of a video of Ceus’ intake interview, conducted shortly after she was taken into custody in Sept. 2017. Trial continues on 1/31.
1/31/20 Day 13: The prosecution rested its case on Friday morning. In a mid-trial motion, Ceus’s defense team asked Judge Yoder to acquit Ceus on the grounds of lack of sufficient evidence that she was guilty of killing the two girls. Yoder denied the motion. The defense began calling witnesses on Friday afternoon. No other info available yet on witnesses. The trial is expected to conclude next week. Trial continues on 2/3.
2/3/20 Day 14: Defense witnesses: Frederick Blair. No other info available yet. Trial continues on 2/4.
2/4/20 Day 15: Yvonne Scott. Melissa Connor, a professor of forensic anthropology & director of Colorado Mesa University’s Forensic Investigation Research Station. McGregor Sylvain (Ceus' 1st cousin). Defense rests. Crane filed a mid-trial motion for Judge Keri Yoder to acquit Ceus based on lack of evidence. Yoder denied the motion. No info available yet. Closing arguments will start deliberations on 2/5.
2/5/20 Day 16: Closing arguments. Jury began deliberations. Verdict watch continues on 2/6.
2/6/20 Day 17: After about 8 hours of deliberations late Thursday, the jury returned a verdict: Not guilty of first-degree murder, but guilty of both charges of 2 counts of child abuse resulting in death, a class-2 felony. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 24 years. Ceus’ sentencing is set for Mar. 26 at 10am in Telluride. Defense vows appeal due to ‘substantial legal errors'.
*Ika Eden – Found incompetent to stand trial. Next Status hearing on 3/13/20.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life in prison without parole.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.

 

[Niner]

Date Len Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
3/13/20 re children
10:00 AM 1H CEUS, MADANI Pre-Trial Conference D572017JV2 San Miguel County Division 3

3/26/20 re murder
10:00 AM 1H CEUS, MADANI Sentencing Hearing D572017CR29 San Miguel County Division 3

4/28/20
9:00 AM 1D CEUS, MADANI Term of Parental Rights Hrg D572017JV2 San Miguel County Division 3

4/29/20
9:00 AM 1D CEUS, MADANI Term of Parental Rights Hrg D572017JV2 San Miguel County Division 3

4/30/20
9:00 AM 1D CEUS, MADANI Term of Parental Rights Hrg D572017JV2 San Miguel County Division 3

5/1/20
9:00 AM 1D CEUS, MADANI Term of Parental Rights Hrg D572017JV2 San Miguel County Division 3

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search

 

[Niner]

Deadline for appeal in murder case extended

February 29, 2020

A woman convicted of murdering her two young daughters in Norwood is appealing her conviction and life sentence.

Last July, a Montrose jury convicted Nashika Bramble of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of fatal child abuse in the deaths of Makayla Roberts, 10, and Hannah Marshall, 8. First-degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence in Colorado, which was formally imposed last October.

Bramble’s appeal brief had been due Thursday, but the Court of Appeals granted an extension until July 16. Until the appeal is filed, the specifics of what Bramble is contesting are not public.

 

[Niner]

Looks like this hearing was moved from 3/13 to 3/16:

Date Len Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
3/16/20
2:30 PM 1Hr EDEN, IKA Status Conference D572017CR30 San Miguel County Division 3

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search

 

[Niner]

And re children hearing has also moved.

Date Len Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
3/26/20
10:00 AM 1Hr CEUS, MADANI Sentencing Hearing D572017CR29 San Miguel County Division 3

4/28/20
9:00 AM 1Hr CEUS, MADANI Status Conference D572017JV2 San Miguel County Division 3

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search

 

[Niner]

Monday, March 16th:
*Status Conference Hearing (@ 2:30pm MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Ika Eden (53/now 55) (from Jamaica) charged with 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, bond $125K; plead not guilty. Found incompetent to stand trial.
Status hearing on 5/21/19. 5/21/19: Status Conference hearing moved to 8/20. 8/20/19: Status conference hearing moved to 8/27. 8/27/19: Next Status conference hearing on 11/13. 11/13/19: Next Status conference hearing on 1/10/20.
1/10/20 Update: Next Status conference hearing on 3/13/20. Rescheduled to 3/16/20.
*Madani "Ama" Ceus – Next Sentencing for murder on 3/26. Termination of Parental Rights hearing on 4/28 thru 5/1.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison. 5/8/19: Appealing his guilty verdict. 1/29/20: The notice of appeal document from July is for now restricted to case parties; the opening for appeal 4/14/20. The appeal will be handled through the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison without parole. Bramble’s appeal brief had been due Thursday 2/27/20, but the Court of Appeals granted an extension until July 16. Until the appeal is filed, the specifics of what Bramble is contesting are not public.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.

 

[Niner]

for Eden - rescheduled hearing of 3/16.

Date Len Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
5/19/20
8:30 AM 1Hr EDEN, IKA Status Conference D572017CR30 San Miguel County Division 3

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search