GUILTY IN - Aleah Beckerle, 19, Disabled, Evansville, 16 July 2016 #2 **arrest**

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Just getting caught up on Twitter after being out of town and I found an interesting series of tweets from a local reporter. They're about the boyfriend of the woman who found Aleah (he alerted police) and his court date where he was released.

twitter.com/LLeslie44News/status/851441735016345601
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twitter.com/LLeslie44News/status/851442789766356997
twitter.com/LLeslie44News/status/851443655764316161
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twitter.com/LLeslie44News/status/851447777829822464
twitter.com/LLeslie44News/status/851447991697383426

Sorry for non-clickable links, if I make them clickable, WS forces "videos" which I can only have 3 per post. Direct link to the reporter's Twitter page: https://twitter.com/LLeslie44News The first Tweet is the one with the man's photo on April 10th and just work your way up the page.

Of particular interest is the judge questioning the agreement and the prosecutor stating that they have "no objections considering the circumstances..." Also, his mother works in the prosecutor's office. Hmm... Definitely sounds like the information was given in exchange for this plea deal. I'm glad that Aleah was found but it makes me very sad that people used that to their advantage.

(BBM)

Great find! This whole case gets weirder, and weirder, nothing surprises me anymore, but ... you just can't make this stuff up ...:

I was particularly curious about the part I took the liberty to bold in your post, so decided to do some digging, thinking -naively- that it couldn't get any more ... I guess, to me, troubling.

Here is the back-and-forth between the reporter and the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office, in which, as you mentioned, the reporter talks about Antwan Henry's -the man who alerted authorities after his girlfriend told him she had found a dead body in an abandoned house while "bando hunting"- mom working in the Prosecutor's Office:

[video=twitter;851451744257277952]https://twitter.com/vcprosecutor/status/851451744257277952[/video]

[video=twitter;851452336060985344]https://twitter.com/LLeslie44News/status/851452336060985344[/video]

[video=twitter;851453823067586561]https://twitter.com/vcprosecutor/status/851453823067586561[/video]

The last tweet by the Prosecutor's Office gave me the impression that perhaps Ms. Watson had not been in her new position all that long, and I wanted to find out how long.

I still wasn't able to find out the exact date, but ...: At 12:26 PM on Mar. 27th, Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office posted a live feed of Ms. Watson being interviewed about her job on 14 NEWS via Facebook Live:
https://www.facebook.com/VanderburghCoProsecutorsOffice/videos/1411397655601721/

While it is not possible to tell when she took over the position, it certainly does not sound like it was that long ago, as the interviewer asks her how this came about (she says after working as Director of Pre-Trial Division for 30 years, her boss approached her with the idea).

It was in the evening of that very day, Monday, March 27th, that LE found Aleah's body, based on a tip from Henry, who had just told them of human remains his girlfriend discovered two nights before. In fact, the next post right after the one above on VCPO's FB page is about an unidentified victim being found inside a vacant house on Bedford Avenue the night before.

Within a couple of weeks, Henry -who had been in jail since last summer, and whose case was set to go to trial only a month later- gets a plea deal and walks away smiling, while his girlfriend is awarded at least a portion of the reward money.

I have no idea what's going on here, and I am not a conspiracy theorist by any means, but ... is all of this supposed to be just another in a series of so-called "coincidences" surrounding this case? I just feel like Aleah was taken advantage of in life, and now in death.

As a side note, the Evansville/Vanderburgh County website still lists Ms. Watson as Director of the Pre-trial Diversion Program in the County Prosecutor’s Office:
http://www.vanderburghgov.org/index.aspx?page=2461

 

[jessarox]

It looks like she has been in that position since April of last year according to this video: http://www.tristatehomepage.com/new...rgh-co-prosecutors-outreach-program/667366598

I still have to wonder why his girlfriend thought it was a good idea to tell the reporter that his mother works in the prosecutor's office. It comes off almost like a brag but I could just be reading too much into it.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

It looks like she has been in that position since April of last year according to this video: http://www.tristatehomepage.com/new...rgh-co-prosecutors-outreach-program/667366598

I still have to wonder why his girlfriend thought it was a good idea to tell the reporter that his mother works in the prosecutor's office. It comes off almost like a brag but I could just be reading too much into it.

Thanks for digging further into this, jessa! Yes, it does sound like she has been in her current position for about a year.

Yes, it is interesting that the GF was the one to bring up the subject. I'm picturing something along the lines of her just blurting out, "Haha, it doesn't hurt that his mom works for the prosecutor" without really thinking about how it will appear.

It would be one thing if this were the only "coincidence," or something that just doesn't make any sense (e.g., false confession attempt bit) in this case. Maybe Terrence Roach is the only person who is directly responsible for Aleah's death (I must admit, I am still not completely convinced of this, either), but others have been taking advantage of the situation.

As far as Antwan Henry's plea deal is concerned, it certainly does not look good on the Prosecutor's Office. But I am glad that his girlfriend found Aleah, and that he reported what happened.

Maybe it's just me being oversuspicious.

 

[jessarox]

http://www.tristatehomepage.com/new...eges-evidence-leak-in-beckerle-case/700726626

http://www.14news.com/story/3526998...-released-info-will-taint-potential-jury-pool

From the second link: "Grampp told us he requested forensic exams, statements, and an autopsy report about a month ago. Some of that info was released by authorities a few weeks ago."

The video states that he has not received this information yet. So almost a month has gone by and they aren't even giving the attorney evidence he needs to defend his client? That seems very odd to me.

I did notice a motion to compel discovery hearing yesterday, hopefully, the judge is going to force that. I do agree with the attorney that it's wrong that the media is getting information before he does. It seems that they're pulling the whole "guilty in the court of public opinion" BS. Most people around here don't seem to be falling for it so maybe they'll stop releasing details for awhile.

 

[Tealgrove]

I think I'm missing something.

Do we know why he broke in, took Aleah and murdered her?

 

[Ontario Mom]

I think I'm missing something.

Do we know why he broke in, took Aleah and murdered her?

When being questioned by LE, apparently after he smoked synthetic pot, it just "popped into his head" to do it. As far as I know, that's all the motive that has been released by LE.

 

[jessarox]

I think I'm missing something.

Do we know why he broke in, took Aleah and murdered her?

Join the club. IMO, the police got their confession and they're done investigating.

 

[hiiw]

I live in Manchester, UK, and we are currently having something of a 'Spice epidemic'. The local paper, the Manchester Evening News, has many articles on the issue: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/haunting-video-shows-spice-turning-12845630

Now, from the overwhelming majority of accounts I have read about 'spice' users, it renders them pretty immovable. I have just read one report of a man attacking someone (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/spice-addict-virtually-severed-mans-12964919), but this is definitely unusual. Most 'spice' users end up immobile in the streets, behaving like 'zombies', frozen in one spot.

It is plausible that TR could have entered the property and abducted Aleah, but IMO only if her mother was using that night, and would not have been stirred by his intrusion. No matter how stealthy people think they are being whilst high, they are generally mistaken. JMO, but think the local issue with 'spice' in my city offers some insight into how those under the influence would operate.

 

[jessarox]

http://44news.wevv.com/family-aleah-beckerle-donates-honor/

A 4 sentence "article" to tell the world that they donated $400 to Easter Seals.

I guess that's where (they want us to believe) all the car wash money went.

 

[jessarox]

Anyone know what a "Motion for DNA Standards" means? TR's lawyer filed that motion yesterday and there's a hearing with the comment "Holding. [Address Motion to Compel Discovery and Protective Order) Motion for DNA Standards filed." slated for tomorrow at 2pm. I wonder if that means that they still have not received DNA evidence.

EDIT: Or maybe it could be that the defense attorney is requesting to inspect and test the DNA?
Source: http://www.americanbar.org/publicat...chive/crimjust_standards_dnaevidence.html#4.2

 

[Sandraella]

this is in my hometown , she's since been laid to rest , no one knows where or if she was cremated as her family kept that private and it's still that way to this day , many believe there's more people involved but so far the police has ruled out family who lived in her home , but now everyone is wondering why they beat a man and try to get him to confess to something he didn't do , everyone wonders what's the connection there as they don't belive the one in jail is the only one involved in aleah's death

 

[jessarox]

I saw this article today and it reminded me again just how lucky it was to find Aleah's body given all these abandoned properties (on top of all the other places a body could be hidden like the river or in stripper pits, etc).

We know that, according to the city, there are some 1,800 properties that could qualify for demolition under the Blight Elimination Program standards.

So while work has been done through the "Who Owns That?" project, much work still remains.

All of this came to mind when the Evansville Police Department and the Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office announced that the body of missing teen Aleah Beckerle had been found in a vacant house.

The police shows I watch often talk about "means and opportunity." For the suspect, "means" was a window he could access into Aleah's room. "Opportunity" was a vacant house that thousands walked past where Aleah, who did not speak and whose wheelchair was left at her home, was left for, apparently, eight months.

Would the crime had happened if that property had been cleaned up, and wasn't so accessible to the alleged perpetrator, who lived next door?

1800+ blighted properties in the city. That's insane. There was even another abandoned house just across the street from where Aleah was found.

 

[jessarox]

The memorial dedication was yesterday and 14 News did an interview with Aleah's mother: http://www.14news.com/story/35796644/14-news-exclusive-mother-of-aleah-beckerle-breaks-silence

The memorial is beautiful, it even has little ladybugs which is what Aleah's nickname was.

 

[jenlag]

Anyone know what a "Motion for DNA Standards" means? TR's lawyer filed that motion yesterday and there's a hearing with the comment "Holding. [Address Motion to Compel Discovery and Protective Order) Motion for DNA Standards filed." slated for tomorrow at 2pm. I wonder if that means that they still have not received DNA evidence.

EDIT: Or maybe it could be that the defense attorney is requesting to inspect and test the DNA?
Source: http://www.americanbar.org/publicat...chive/crimjust_standards_dnaevidence.html#4.2

My assumption would be that it is a motion to preserve DNA evidence and that it be made available to the defense.

 

[jenlag]

http://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2017/07/08/defense-attorney-evidence-beckerle-case-doesnt-add-up/103468614/?asd=

"This is the only case I think that I have ever handled where there just doesn't seem to be physical evidence to support the charges against Terrence Roach," lawyer Glenn Grampp told the Courier & Press.. "And in fact, there is no physical evidence to support the admission that he gave to the police officers."

"I think that the effort that the police put into the investigation was extensive, genuine. Aleah Beckerle is a poor soul and there was a lot of feeling in this community, and probably much broader than just this community for her," Grampp said. "I think they were running into dead ends and I think when Terrence Roach gave the confession that they credit to him there was a sort of rush to justice. They were able to close the case. They were able to say it's done. I think they probably stopped investigating the case. I think there are a lot of loose ends."

BBM Looks like the defense attorney is leaning towards a false, inaccurate or partial truth confession.

 

[jessarox]

http://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2017/07/08/defense-attorney-evidence-beckerle-case-doesnt-add-up/103468614/?asd=

Grampp said. "I think they were running into dead ends and I think when Terrence Roach gave the confession that they credit to him there was a sort of rush to justice. They were able to close the case. They were able to say it's done. I think they probably stopped investigating the case. I think there are a lot of loose ends."

I agree with him on this, it felt like they had "got their guy" and just gave up on any further investigation. Roach has a criminal record and mental health issues so it was probably easy to assume if he confessed that he did it. Months later I still cannot shake the feeling that someone else was involved. There are way too many loose ends and it seems everyone is quite eager to sweep those things under the rug.

The fact that Roach's attorney is having to file motions to compel discovery and get DNA test results is very telling, IMO.

 

[Ontario Mom]

EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) -
The attorney for the Evansville man accused of murdering Aleah Beckerle believes someone else is involved in her death.

Next week marks one year since Aleah was reported missing from her Iowa Street home. Search after search turned up nothing, until a call about a body found in a vacant home back in March. An arrest came a few days later. Police say 24-year-old Terrence Roach confessed to the crime. However, his attorney believes there is more to the story.

http://www.14news.com/story/35851999/defense-in-aleah-beckerle-case-gears-up-for-hearing

I'd have to agree. I just don't buy it, that he did this all by himself.

 

[MsFacetious]

I agree with him on this, it felt like they had "got their guy" and just gave up on any further investigation. Roach has a criminal record and mental health issues so it was probably easy to assume if he confessed that he did it. Months later I still cannot shake the feeling that someone else was involved. There are way too many loose ends and it seems everyone is quite eager to sweep those things under the rug.

The fact that Roach's attorney is having to file motions to compel discovery and get DNA test results is very telling, IMO.

Confirmatory bias.
I have seen it in other cases. It's convicting innocent people.

 

[Ironside]

I can see someone giving a false confession to taking Aleah but someone falsely confessing to doing so and to having sex with a corpse is pretty far out.


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[jessarox]

Case entry from yesterday:
Deft in person, in custody by video and by counsel,
G Grampp. Hearing held on Deft's Second Motion to Compel Discovery. Court
now orders photographs from cell phone to be provided by 7-14-2017. State
directed to check with the coroner regarding other bodily fluids that may have
been tested.

Hmm, so would this be the picture that circulated awhile back? Or not since it says photographs? Also wondering if they possibly came about from those search warrants we saw on Doxpop last year... Could also be the ones that the woman who found Aleah took on her phone (still cannot believe she did that).

No media sources have posted the rumored photo so not allowed to post here.

Also, Roach's trial is currently scheduled for January 8th 2018.