GUILTY IA - Sterling Koehn, 4 mos, starved to death, Alta Vista, 30 Aug 2017

[HayLouise]

Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson

#ZacharyKeohn - The defense's final witness is an expert in postpartum depression. Part of Koehn's defense is Cheyanne Harris had postpartum depression and didn't take care of baby Sterling. https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials/live-trials-current/zachary-koehn/watch-live-zachary-koehn-murder-trial/ …

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[Hraefn]

Are we on verdict watch?

 

[HayLouise]

Sorry only getting round to posting updates now:

Jury is back, judge is reading the jury instructions.

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Count 1 is Murder 1st with lesser options of murder 2nd and manslaughter.

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Court 2 is Child Endangerment causing death. Lessers are CE w serious injury, CE w bodily injury and child endangerment

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[HayLouise]

Ast AG Denise Timmins is doing closings. Koehn was given a blessing in May 2017, a healthy, helpless baby boy ...

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... He let his blessing die a long, painful death. And he refuses to take responsibility, Timmins said.

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Timmins said every time Koehn walked in apartment and didn't care for Sterling was an act.

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... every time he watched TV, every time he played phone games, got himself food ...

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... every time he fed himself, bathed himself. He chose not to go in and care for Sterling.

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Timmins: "how long do you think Sterling cried in this timeframe ... you know it was bad in the beginning."

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Timmins: he was in the home every day. How many times did he walk by the bedroom door?

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[HayLouise]

Timmins said Koehn knew what was going on and did nothing about it.

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Timmins: that excuse that it wasn't his job doesn't fly. Sterling went from thin to starving to death.

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Timmins: any person looking at Sterling would have known something was wrong with him.

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Timmins said deputy who responded to the 911 call had to hold his breath. all the blankets were soaked with urine

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Timmins: diaper wasn't changed for up to 14 days. He wasn't held or picked up in the timeframe. babies need touch.

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[HayLouise]

Timmins said Koehn questioned if Sterling was his (later confirmed he was). During the 911 call, Koehn referred to him as "the son" ....

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... Timmins said this shows detachment.

https://twitter.com/jeffatcourier/status/1059861164434309120?s=2

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Timmins said he was making enough money to care for child, but spent money on other things, had a $140 to $280/week meth habit.

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[HayLouise]

Steven Drahozal doing closings for the defense. Said this is a tragedy, not a crime. When you apply the facts, it's clear Koehn not guilty

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Drahozal said Harris was primary caretaker of Sterling. and how Koehn was raised, the woman took care of the home, Koehn worked outside home

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... this was the arrangement since their daughter.

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Drahozal said Koehn did notice a smell and thought it was a bag of dirty diapers, which he removed.

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Drahozal said Koehn told DCI he trusted Harris to feed Sterling, and that he had fed Sterling.

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Drahozal said Koehn was on the road to provide for his family. There was baby formula in the house.

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Drahozal said Harris told DCI that she fed and diapered Sterling the day before the 911 call.

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Drahozal discounting the "the son" comment by the state. Said it doesn't show detachment, just a speech pattern.

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Drahozal said between the time of the 911 call and the arrest, Harris wanted to run away, but Koehn didn't want to run away.

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Drahozal: This was a child that Koehn brought into the world himself.

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[HayLouise]

Drahozal: After Sterling was born, he called family. Called family after Sterling died. This is consistent with a man who loved his son

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Drahozal said the evidence shows family adjusted formula and types of diapers earlier, treated rash earlier on ...

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... Harris' depression began to take over. She became disconnected. Depression caused her not to care for Sterling. She was misleading Koehn

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Drahozal said Koehn would have stepped in if he knew. Koehn had his family care for his older son (with different mother)

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Drahozal: umbilical cord was positive for meth. Had hospital notified, there could have been services.

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[HayLouise]

Rebuttal arguments by Timmins for the state. She said she won't be long. There is a quick break first.

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[HayLouise]

Timmins said Koehn claims its everybody's fault but his. can he claim blissful ignorance and walk away from this?

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Timmins: There is no dispute how Sterling died, only dispute is if Koehn is responsible. This is not Cheyanne Harris' trial.

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Timmins: They want you to blame the mom. They want you to forget about him and buy into this male-entitled attitude that it wasn't his job.

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Timmins: Harris is for another day, but Koehn also lived in that house. Focus on the defendant.

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Timmins: Koehn was feeding drugs to the person he's trusting to care for his son.

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Timmins: Koehn said he did't change diapers bc the smell, but he hauled manure for two years.

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Timmins: the reason why could be bc he didn't want Sterling in the 1st place, that he didn't think Sterling was his.

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Timmins: "He let Sterling rot in that room. He left him there to die."

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Timmins: you have one word to tell Koehn you aren't buying his excuses, that word is "guilty."

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[HayLouise]

Timmins is done. Judge dismissed the alternate jurors, both men.

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Jury sent to deliberate at 12:50 p.m.

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[HayLouise]

#ZacharyKeohn - VERDICT WATCH. Jury began deliberations at 12:50pm cst/1:50 est.

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[JerseyGirl]

Psychologist: Baby Sterling's mother appeared to have depression

 

[HayLouise]

and we have verdict. Waiting to assemble everyone ... #ZacharyKoehn #iowacrime

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[Niner]

Thank you again HayLouise for all the posted tweets! Very much appreciated.

I let a Mod know that we are on verdict watch!

Any predictions on "when" the verdict will be in....

I will say - Thursday after lunch.

 

[Niner]

and we have verdict. Waiting to assemble everyone ... #ZacharyKoehn #iowacrime

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ALREADY?? WOW!!!

edited to add - so the jurors were out less than 2 hours - correct?

 

[HayLouise]

That would be about an hour of deliberations

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[Peachykeen]

#ZacharyKeohn - VERDICT WATCH. Jury began deliberations at 12:50pm cst/1:50 est.

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Wish the jury could take 14 days to let him sit and worry about his fate. I don't know how the jury can do anything but find him guilty of the worst charges.

 

[Niner]

That would be about an hour of deliberations

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They must have taken a vote when they first got in there - and they all voted guilty! Why mess around....

 

[Kadoober]

Oh my gosh! I saw they were in deliberations and thought 'this is going to be quick'... and TWO POSTS LATER there's a verdict. Wow.
I mean, this seems a slam dunk, but holy cats!