Tuesday, October 1st:
*Motions Hearing (Day 1 of 3) (@ 10m ET) - GA –
Mary Frances Crocker (14) &
Elwyn John Crocker, Jr. (‘JR’) (14) (Mary died Oct. 18, 2018, Elwyn died about Nov. 30, 2016 & both discovered Dec. 20, 2018 buried in backyard, Guyton) –
*Kimberly Renee Wright (50/now 56) (“step-grandma”) arrested (12/20/18),
charged (1/29/19), arraigned (4/17/19) & re-arraigned (2/19/20) with 2 counts of malice murder, 2 counts of felony murder for the deaths of Elwyn, Jr. & Mary, 1 count of sexual battery, 4 counts of cruelty to children, 2 counts of false imprisonment & 2 counts of concealing a death. Plead not guilty (2/19/20). No bond. DA will seek DP. Effingham County
Judge F. Gates Peed presiding. State attorney Matthew Breedon & Dana Brown Labeau. Defense attorneys Nathanial L. Studelska, Christina Rudy, Jack M. Downie, Sarah M. Downie & Christian Lamar.
Court info from 10/3/19 thru 4/24/24 reference post #458 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ngham-cnty-20-dec-2018-arrests.406245/page-23
4/26/24 Docket update: [335] Order vacating hearing by Law Clerk Kathy Anderson. [Order vacating hearing scheduled in 19th Scheduling Order & Notice of joint hearing w/Defendant Mark Wright-Granted]. Motions hearings on 5/6/24 thru 5/8/24 were vacated.
5/20/24 Update: Judge's 11th Scheduling Order & Notice of Joint Hearing with Defendant Mark wright [#345] for Motions hearings from 10/1/24, 10/2/24 & 10/3/24 @ 10am.
6/7/24 Docket update: [337] State's Discovery disclosure filed by Matthew Breedon.
7/8/24 Docket update: [338] State's Motion to compel & Motion for contempt filed by M. Breedon [Defense was continually refused Court orders regarding the disclosure of discoverable information]. [339] Proceeding-Index of State's Motions. 7/17/24 Docket update: [340] State's Discovery Disclosure filed by Matthew Breedon.
7/24/24 Docket update: [341] State's discovery disclosure filed by Matthew Breedon.
8/5/24 Docket Update: [342] Scheduling order [13th Scheduling Order regarding Joint Hearing with defendant Kimberly Wright. All pending motions to by filed by 8/15/24. Evidentiary hearings will be given priority, than oral arguments with the State's Anthropologist to testify on morning of Thursday, 10/3/24] filed by Kathy Anderson. 8/6/24 Docket Update: [343] State's announcement as to outstanding motions filed by Matthew Breedon.
8/15/24 Docket update: [344] Notice regarding motions [Notice regarding motions that require a hearing pursuant to Court's 12th Scheduling Order] filed by Nathanial Studelska.
9/9/24 Docket update: [345] Order. Motions to be heard at joint hearings filed by Kathy Anderson. 9/11/24 Docket update: [346] Notice. State's second announcement as to outstanding motions filed by Matthew Breedon. 9/16/24 Docket update: [347] Motion for Daubert hearing on admissibility of pathologist/forensic anthropologist. [348] Notice: Amended notice pursuant to Order regarding motions to be heard at joint hearings. Both filed by Nathanial Studelska.
9/16/24 Docket update: [348] Notice. Amended notice pursuant to order regarding motions to be heard at joint hearings filed by Nathanial Studelska. 9/20/24 Docket update: [349] Order [re Joint scheduling Order regarding sequence of motions to be heard at joint hearings on 10/1-10/3/24] filed by Kathy Anderson.
ALSO:
*Motions Hearing (Day 1 of 3) (@ 10am ET) - GA –
Mary Frances Crocker (14) &
Elwyn John Crocker, Jr. (‘JR’) (14) (Mary died Oct. 18, 2018, Elwyn died about Nov. 30, 2016 & both discovered Dec. 20, 2018 buried in backyard, Guyton) –
*Mark Anthony “Tony” Wright (31/now 36) (bro of Candice) arrested (1/8/19),
charged (1/29/19), indicted (3/12/19) & arraigned (4/17/19) & re-arraigned (2/19/20) with malice murder & felony murder in Mary’s death, 1 count of sexual battery, 2 counts of cruelty to children, 2 counts of concealing a death (Mary & Elwyn) & 1 count of false imprisonment. No bond. DA will seek DP. Effingham County
Wright is brother of Elwyn Sr.'s wife, Candice & overheard a family discussion about Mary's death & called an aunt, who tipped off authorities. Judge F. Gates Peed has also imposed a gag order prohibiting attorneys and investigators from discussing the case outside court.
Judge F. Gates Peed presiding. State attorney Matthew Breedon. Defense attorneys Melinda Ryals, Martha C. Hall, Craig S. Bonnel & Allan R. Sincox.
Court info from 12/20/19 thru 7/24/24 reference post #465 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ngham-cnty-20-dec-2018-arrests.406245/page-24
7/31/24 Docket update: [354] State's Response to Defendant's Motion for an Order to Produce missing items of Discovery or impose sanctions for loss or destruction of exculpatory evidence. Filed by Christine S. Barker. Motions hearing on 8/5/24 @ 10am & motions hearings from 10/1 to 10/3/24 @ 10am.
8/5/24 Docket Update: [355] Scheduling order. [13th Scheduling Order regarding Joint Hearing with defendant Kimberly Wright. All pending motions to by filed by 8/15/24. Evidentiary hearings will be given priority, than oral arguments with the State's Anthropologist to testify on morning of Thursday, 10/3/24] filed by Kathy Anderson. 8/6/24 Docket update: [356] Notice. State's announcement as to outstanding motions filed by Matthew Breedom. [357] Motion for order barring state from seeking to prove & arguing that Mark Wright is guilty of crimes charged in the indictment based on his alleged participation in an uncharged conspiracy filed by Allen Sincox. [358] State's response to defendant's motion 132. [State's response to defendant's Motion for an Order barring the State from seeking to prove & arguing that Mark Wright is guilty of crimes charged in the indictment based on his alleged participation in an uncharged conspiracy to kill or abuse Mary Crocker] filed by Matthew Breedon. Next motion hearings on 10/1 thru 10/3/24 @ 10am.
8/14/24 Docket update: [359] Brief/reply to state's response to Motion 132 [Reply to State's response to Motion for an Order barring the State from seeking to prove & arguing that Mark Wright is guilty of crimes charged in the indictment base on his alleged participation in an uncharged conspiracy to kill or abuse Mary Crocker] filed by Allan Sincox. 8/15/24 Docket update: [360] notice regarding motion hearings from Mark Wright to Motions that need to be heard or argued or need evidentiary hearings on pursuant to Court Order to notify] filed by Allan Sincox. 8/20/24 Docket update: [361] Certificate of Service [re Anna Crawford Children's Controller Motion to Quash filed by Jennifer F. Greter, attorney for Anna Crawford Children's Center].
9/9/24 Docket updates: [362] Order. Motions to be heard at joint hearings filed by Kathy Anderson. [363] Motion to quash search warrants filed by Allen Sincox. [364] Motion to quash warrant for google data filed by Allan Sincox. 9/11/24 Docket update: [365] Notice. State's second announcement as to outstanding motions filed by Matthew Breedon. 9/12/24 Docket update: [366] Response. Notice of what motions require evidentiary hearing filed by Allan Sincox.
9/20/24 Docket update: [367] Order re joint scheduling order [on motions to be heard on 10/1-10/3/24] filed by Kathy Anderson. 9/25/24 Docket update: [368] Response to amended list of evidentiary motions [Defendant's amended response to Court's Order of 9/11/24 regarding the setting of hearings on evidentiary motions filed by Allan Sincox. [369] Motion for in-camera inspection [of arguably privileged subpoenaed materials] filed by Allan Sincox.
ALSO:
*Motions Hearing (Day 1 of 2) (@ 9am ET) - GA –
Mary Frances Crocker (14) &
Elwyn John Crocker, Jr. (‘JR’) (14) (Mary died Oct. 18, 2018, Elwyn died about Nov. 30, 2016 & both discovered Dec. 20, 2018 buried in backyard, Guyton) –
*Elwyn John Crocker, Sr. (50/now 54) (“father”) arrested (12/20/18),
charged (1/29/19), indicted (3/12/19) & arraigned (4/17/19) & re-arraigned (2/19/20) with 2 counts of malice murder, 2 counts of felony murder for the deaths of Elwyn, Jr. & Mary, 1 count of sexual battery, 4 counts of cruelty to children, 2 counts of false imprisonment & 2 counts of concealing a death. Plead not guilty (2/19/20). No bond. DA will seek DP. Effingham County
Judge F. Gates Peed presiding. ADA Matthew Breedon. Defense attorney Jerilyn Bell, Samuel Carlos Wood, Kara Stangl, Stephen R. Yekel & Mary F. Dayton.
Court info from 3/15/19 thru 8/28/23 reference post #437 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ngham-cnty-20-dec-2018-arrests.406245/page-22
9/5/23 Update: No info on motions hearing. Next Daubert hearing on 9/6/23 @ 9am. 9/21/23: (#504) Entry of appearance by Kara Stangl from public defender's office for Elwyn.
10/27/23 Update: Elwyn John Crocker Sr. & his co-defendants facing the death penalty for the deaths of his two children, Elwyn Jr. & Mary, will have a new judge presiding over the case. The decision follows a motion by defense attorneys in July of 2023 over ex parte communications by the state with the judge & unlawfully obtained medical records. Basis of the Recusal: There was an apparent violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct; Crocker’s constitutional right to privacy was violated & prosecutors obtained a court order not permitted by law.
12/14/23 Update: (505) Motion #8 to compel discovery & (506) Index of State's motions both filed by Matthew Breedon.
6/27/24 Docket update: [507] Discovery-State's Discovery disclosure filed by Matthew Breedon.
7/8/24 Docket update: [508] State's Motion to compel & Motion for contempt filed by M. Breedon [Defense was continually refused Court orders regarding the disclosure of discoverable information]. [509] Proceeding-Index of State's Motions. 7/17/24 Docket update: [510] State's Discovery Disclosure filed by Matthew Breedon.
7/24/24 Docket update: [511] State's discovery disclosure filed by Matthew Breedon. 8/25/24 Update: Next motions hearings on 10/1/24 & 10/2/24 @ 9am.
9/11/24 Docket update: [512 & 513] Leave of Absence from 12/20/24 - Jan. 3, 2025 & 4/21-23/25 for Kara Stangl. 9/12/24 Docket update: [514] Order. Notice of Hearing [10/1-10/2/24] filed by Judge Muldrew.
9/19/24 Docket update: [515] Rule Nisi [Motion re Daubert hearing on 10/3/24 @ 9am] filed by Judge Muldrew. 9/25/24 Docket update: [516] Motion for an Order for the State to Disclose information regarding the State's witnesses to Elwyn Crocker pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1964) & Giglio v. U.S., 405 US 150 (1972) by Judge Michael T. Muldrew [production of Brady] filed by Jerilyn Bell.
*Roy Anthony Prater (55/now 60) - 10/24/19 Update: Plead guilty. Sentencing delayed until all defendants’ cases are complete. Will testify against the other 3 defendants. Effingham County
*Candice Heather Crocker (33/now 38) (“step-mom”) - 10/15/20 Update: Plead guilty to 2 counts of malice murder, 2 counts of cruelty to child, to 2 counts of concealing a death & 2 counts of false imprisonment. Rest of the charges were Nolle Prosequi (dismissed). Sentenced to life without parole & credit for time served (12/20/18 to 10/21/20) to be served concurrently. In plea deal she must testify against the other 3 defendants. Effingham County
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