GUILTY IN - Kimberly Dyer, 31, burned, tortured, mutilated, murdered, Elkhart, 22 Oct 2019 *Arrests*

[Niner]

Yes, a BIG Thanks @FrostedGlass - very much appreciated!! I really hate it when there are multiple defendants - it gets confusing when their court dates aren't the same!

 

[FrostedGlass]

I really appreciate you all making your interest in this case known.

 

[FrostedGlass]

Each of the individuals in the main case lead to others. IMO, this is looking like a pretty big drug ring that's getting shut down.

Here's what Angulo was up to; he had to work the murder into his busy schedule.

April 11, 2019 = Police Standoff
Brian Lett, 35, and Kassandra Vanvleck, 26, both of 111 1/2 S. Cottage Ave., were arrested and jailed on charges of dealing methamphetamine, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after police searched their home Wednesday. Victor Hernandez, 29, 921 S. Ninth St., Goshen, and Mario Angulo, 19, 1128 Whitefield Court, Elkhart, were also arrested and jailed each on a charge of visiting a common nuisance, a police report shows.

LE knows all the above. The Probable Cause sheds more light than the news article

POLICE NEWS: Suspects in standoff now jailed for drug crimes

20D01-1904-MC-001132 = 04/10/2019: Probable Cause Order (For case 259)
20H02-1904-CM-000259 = 04/10/2019: 35-45-1-5(a)(3)/MB: Visiting a Common Nuisance - Controlled Substances

He was found guilty and each time he was scheduled for an appearance, he skipped out.

04/22/2019 = Order Issuing Warrant for Arrest
09/01/2019 = Warrant or Writ of Attmnt for the Body of a Person Served

09/12/2019 = Order Issuing Warrant for Arrest
10/17/2019 = Order Issued: Defendant fails to appear. Warrant remains. Bond remains set at $500.00 cash.
11/24/2019 = Warrant or Writ of Attmnt for the Body of a Person Served

12/06/2019 = Order Issuing Warrant for Arrest
12/20/2019 = Warrant or Writ of Attmnt for the Body of a Person Served

12/27/2019 = Order Issued
Defendant appears via video for hearing on Direct contempt. The Court finds that Defendant disrupted Court proceedings on December 23, 2019, by using foul language, yelling at the Judge, refusing to cooperate in the hearing being conducted, and storming out of the hearing room prior to the conclusion of his hearing. The criminal defendant whose case was called directly after Defendant's outburst apologized to the Court and asked that the Defendant's conduct not be held against him. Defendant admitted that his behavior disrupted Court proceedings, apologized for his behavior, and expressed remorse. The Court accepts Defendant's apology but finds Defendant in Direct Contempt of Court. The Court enters sanctions of ten (10) days in jail.

*** The End (hopefully)***

 

[afitzy]

Firepit image from backyard from Fox video:

 

[FrostedGlass]

I can't image how terrifying this must have been for the victims.

Owen is still young and (apparently) still growing. His murder charge lists him as being 6'3" and 270 lbs. This is the latest pic I've seen of him.

 

[Niner]

Thursday, January 30th:
*Pretrial Conference Hearing (for AM & MM) (@ 8:30am CT) – IN – Kimberly Dyer (31) (occurred from Oct. 21 to Oct. 22, 2019, Elkhart) & Robert Porter (32) serious injuries (Oct. 21-22, 2019) - *Donald R. Owen, Jr. (20/now 21) arrested & charged (12/19/19) with murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, 2 counts of criminal confinement & life without parole enhancement. Held without bond.
Trial set to begin on 6/15/20.
For *Mario M. Angulo, Jr. (19) arrested & charged (12/19/19) with murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, 2 counts of criminal confinement & life without parole enhancement. Held without bond.
Trial set to begin on 5/4/20.
For *Matthew A.P. Murzynski (24) arrested & charged (12/19/19) with robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, 2 counts of criminal confinement & current felony while member of/at direction of criminal gang enhancement (one related to Dyer; the other to an unrelated case). $5M bond.
Trial set to begin on 5/4/20.
Kimberly was held captive by three men. She was then tortured, burned & mutilated while she was still alive. The probable cause affidavit - which describes the nature of the crime in detail - is sealed to protect the identity of witnesses. Police say all three men were involved in gang activity. Confinement Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, for their actions against one Robert Porter, age 32 of Sturgis, Michigan, alleged to have occurred over the same time period as Ms. Dyer’s torture & murder.
12/19/19 Update: for all: motion to seal public records-granted. 12/23/19: for all: State’s motion to unseal public records-granted.
12/26/19 Update: Initial appearance hearings for Angulo & Murzynski. Owen was found & arrested in Waco, Texas. He is awaiting extradition in McLennan County jail to Indiana. No date yet for Owen. Angulo & Murzynski: Next pretrial hearing on 1/23/20 & preliminary hearing on 5/4/20. 1/6/20: DA will seek life without parole for all suspects. 1/21/20: Owen has initial appearance hearing on 1/23/20.
1/23/20 Update: Owen: appeared in court today. Remains held on no bond due to murder charge. Important to note that all probable cause documents remain sealed in this case. Murzynski: appeared in court today in Goshen, Judge Christofeno set bond at $5 million due to the severity of the charges against him. He has not been charged with murder but is one of the three men facing charges. Angulo: Pretrial conference on 1/30, Status hearing on 4/9 & Jury trial on 5/4. Murzynski: Pretrial hearing 1/30, Status hearing on 4/9 & Jury trial on 5/4. Owen: Pretrial conference on 2/20, Status conference hearing on 5/7, and trial on 6/15.

 

[FrostedGlass]

Mario Angulo, Jr. is the only one who has a court appearance today.

Here's what happens at a pretrial conference:

Pretrial Conference - An informal meeting between the attorneys for both sides to clarify the issues and attempt to work out a settlement, with the judge or magistrate as moderator, before further court filings or proceedings.
Definitions | Elkhart County Prosecutors Office

Indiana Supreme Court public access case search - MyCase
20C01-1912-MR-000005
01/30/2020 = Pretrial Conference: , Rescheduled from 01/23/2020 8:30 AM
04/09/2020 = Trial Status Conference
05/04/2020 = Jury Trial: 8:30 AM, Judicial Officer: Christofeno, Michael A

 

[FrostedGlass]

Matthew Murzynski
20C01-1912-F2-000043

01/27/2020 = Order Issued: Court sets Deft's bond in the sum of $5,000,000.00, corporate surety only
04/09/2020 = Trial Status Conference: 8:30 AM, Judicial Officer: Christofeno, Michael A
05/04/2020 = Jury Trial: 05/04/2020 8:30 AM, Judicial Officer: Christofeno, Michael

 

[Niner]

Oops - thanks for the corrections! I would have checked, but for some reason about a month ago I couldn't access Indiana court site anymore.....

 

[FrostedGlass]

They change dates often with these guys. Murzynsky has 2 cases pending... Kimberly's murder and one for punching his wife in the face and stabbing her in the upper arm with a screwdriver. The domestic is 20C01-1911-F5-000274. This one contains the Probable Cause doc (interesting reading):
20D01-1911-MC-004057


A couple of weeks ago, they moved 274 to another court and cancelled all the scheduled dates except for 2 that are now on the same days as case #20C01-1912-F2-000043 (Kimberly's murder). I wish we had a lawyer who could explain how these are going to be tried.

Those dates are:
04/09/2020 = Trial Status Conference
05/04/2020 = Jury Trial

I guess this is as good a place as any to post this:

ELKHART COUNTY RULES OF COURT
https://www.in.gov/judiciary/files/elkhart-local-rules.pdf

 

[Niner]

Man charged in Elkhart murder appears in court

Posted: Thu 5:12 PM, Jan 30, 2020

Nineteen-year-old Mario Angulo Jr. is in jail after Kimberly Dyer, of Columbia City, was killed at a home in Elkhart. Two other men have been charged in this case.

Angulo's trial is set to begin on May 4. He is scheduled to be back in court on April 9.

and another one:

Attorney may seek competency evaluation for murder suspect

January 30, 2020
GOSHEN — An Elkhart man charged in a recent murder may claim mental incompetency,.....
[.....]
In the murder case, the attorney for Mario Angulo Jr. asked about freeing up funds, saying he would like Angulo to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine his mental competency. Attorney Thomas Dixon said the 19-year-old currently has no health insurance, and his parents’ money is going toward paying for the legal service.

Dixon said if Angulo is deemed incompetent, that would make him ineligible for the life without parole sentence the Elkhart County Prosecutor’s Office intends to seek if he’s convicted.
[.....]
Angulo and Murzynski are scheduled to stand trial beginning May 4. Owen’s trial date is set for June 15.

Probable cause affidavits in the cases, which justify the charges against the men, remain sealed from public view.

 

[FrostedGlass]

Thanks for the articles! Details about how this went down are pretty elusive so I was glad to see this from the second article:

They’re also accused of robbing and injuring Robert Porter, 32, of Sturgis, Michigan, while they held him and Dyer at the house.

 

[FrostedGlass]

According to Vine, all three of these guys are being held in the Elkhart County Jail.

When Owen hears about Angulo's possible mental incompetency hearing, he'll be like: 'Duuude! I should kill you for not telling me to act crazy in front of the judge!'

 

[FrostedGlass]

Now comes Owen with the crazies:

02/04/2020 = Motion to Determine Competency to Stand Trial Filed
02/04/2020 = Administrative Event
Court now sets Deft's Motion to Determine Competency and/or As An Individual With Intellectual Disability for hearing Feb. 20, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. cj
02/20/2020 = 8:30 AM: PTC and hearing on Motion to Determine Competency

The 5/07 and 6/15 dates stay the same.

 

[Mmmmk]

So, with Matthew Murzynski, at least, he is a member of the Latin Kings gang. They call it an "organization", but it is a gang. How do I know this?? Well, I hate to admit it, but his girlfriend (not his wife that he stabbed) happens to be my ex. She is currently an escort and is also an alcoholic and does and sells drugs. She is black, but since her great grandmother is from the Dominican, she claims to be Latina now. She is 38 and says on her escorting posts that she is 28. I really don't care what happens to her, other than I hope she is enjoying the gang life which she escaped 20 years ago in Altlanta. That is how I found this page in the first place, she was posting on facebook that her "corazon" was innocent and being falsely accused, so I did a search for him, and bam, I am here. Anyways, I have been debating on contacting the Elkhart Prosecutor's office, but have been hesitant because she used to date a Mishawaka cop and hang with the Elkhart cops. A few of which had visited our home and threatened me numerous times.

 

[Niner]

@Mmmmk to WS & this thread.

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[Terrib11]

So, with Matthew Murzynski, at least, he is a member of the Latin Kings gang. They call it an "organization", but it is a gang. How do I know this?? Well, I hate to admit it, but his girlfriend (not his wife that he stabbed) happens to be my ex. She is currently an escort and is also an alcoholic and does and sells drugs. She is black, but since her great grandmother is from the Dominican, she claims to be Latina now. She is 38 and says on her escorting posts that she is 28. I really don't care what happens to her, other than I hope she is enjoying the gang life which she escaped 20 years ago in Altlanta. That is how I found this page in the first place, she was posting on facebook that her "corazon" was innocent and being falsely accused, so I did a search for him, and bam, I am here. Anyways, I have been debating on contacting the Elkhart Prosecutor's office, but have been hesitant because she used to date a Mishawaka cop and hang with the Elkhart cops. A few of which had visited our home and threatened me numerous times.

Sounds like they want it to sound like the local Rotary Club...probably not gonna work.

 

[FrostedGlass]

So, with Matthew Murzynski, at least, he is a member of the Latin Kings gang. They call it an "organization", but it is a gang. How do I know this?? Well, I hate to admit it, but his girlfriend (not his wife that he stabbed) happens to be my ex. She is currently an escort and is also an alcoholic and does and sells drugs. She is black, but since her great grandmother is from the Dominican, she claims to be Latina now. She is 38 and says on her escorting posts that she is 28. I really don't care what happens to her, other than I hope she is enjoying the gang life which she escaped 20 years ago in Altlanta. That is how I found this page in the first place, she was posting on facebook that her "corazon" was innocent and being falsely accused, so I did a search for him, and bam, I am here. Anyways, I have been debating on contacting the Elkhart Prosecutor's office, but have been hesitant because she used to date a Mishawaka cop and hang with the Elkhart cops. A few of which had visited our home and threatened me numerous times.

I'm glad to see another local; welcome!

LE was listening to Murzynski's phone conversations and that's why the judge set his bond so high. They learned of his plans to split if/when he got out on bail.

 

[FrostedGlass]

Considering Owen Jr's troubled past, his attorneys might be able to get him a little sympathy with a jury. He was born 12/30/1998; he was only 16 when he committed this crime.

20D01-1510-F5-000231
09/13/2015: 35-42-2-1(b)(1)/F5: Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury
09/15/2015: 35-43-4-2(a)/MA: Theft
09/22/2015: 35-47-10-5(1)/MA: Dangerous Possession of a Firearm

He had 2 juvenile offenses already by that age. This is one that was noted in one of his other offenses 20C01-1402-JD-64 and I believe there was another before that one.

000231 has a list of witnesses to be called and some of them are family members.

It's really sad to see these young men go so terribly wrong. I know this isn't a totally popular idea but putting them in the service may save many of these kids.

A man I hired to do repair work was in and out of prison and I asked him about it one day. He said it wasn't so bad to go back. That he had more friends in than out on the street. He went on to say it was so stressful being out; he had to keep a job, stay out of trouble, provide for his family. On the inside he knew what was expected of him and as long as he did it, doing time was easy.

 

[FrostedGlass]

Attorneys for Owen have filed a motion to determine competency as an individual with an intellectual disability. A court hearing on the request is set for Thursday.

Motion filed for evaluation of Elkhart murder suspect - 95.3 MNC

It's also been added to his court record:

02/20/2020 = Hearing
Session: 02/20/2020 8:30 AM, Judicial Officer: Christofeno, Michael A
Comment:
PTC and hearing on Motion to Determine Competency (NOTE: Dr. Parker is planning on doing the competency evaluation on Mar. 6 at the jail; Dr. Seltman will schedule an appointment in March as well.)