A man charged in the killing of his estranged wife and her 11-year-old son says police violated his privacy rights when they used his cell phone to trace his movements before the wife’s body was discovered in Germantown, The Associated Press reports.
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A man charged with first-degree murder in the beating deaths of his estranged wife and her 11-year-old son in Montgomery County last fall will face the charges collectively rather than in separate trials, against the wishes of defense attorneys.
After Curtis Lopez killed his wife and her son last year in Montgomery County, he tried to mislead police as he fled by sending text messages impersonating the victims, prosecutors said Thursday.
The ruse failed, prosecutors said, and Lopezs own cellphone ended up leading investigators to an associates house where they found bloody gloves with Williams DNA on them and bloody shoes bearing Jane McQuains DNA.
Lopezs murder trial, which is scheduled for October.
Prosecutors said Lopez, who was living in North Carolina, came to Montgomery with the idea of stealing McQuain’s new Honda CR-V, which she had purchased with money inherited from an uncle. Deputy State’s Attorney John Maloney said McQuain told people more money was still to come, which also motivated Lopez.
Lopez thought he had to kill both Jane McQuain and her son to get the inheritance, Maloney said.
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A Montgomery County judge is refusing to block the testimony of a medical expert in the case of a man charged with killing his estranged wife and her 11-year-old son.
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A Montgomery County judge is refusing to block the testimony of a medical expert in the case of a man charged with killing his estranged wife and her 11-year-old son.
A spokesman for the Montgomery County state's attorney's office confirmed that the death penalty was no longer an option.
Lopez's lawyers asked a judge to block the testimony of a medical expert who examined William's skull. They said the expert's testimony would put them at a disadvantage because their experts didn't have the opportunity to examine it, the AP reported.
Defense lawyers urged a judge Tuesday to suppress any evidence seized from the car or the motel room, where, for instance, a debit card in McQuain's name was found in a toilet. Public defender Alan Drew argued that the search warrants should be considered inadmissible because there was no probable cause at the time to identify Lopez as a suspect.
"There's no indication that Mr. Lopez was involved in the crime," Drew said. "There's absolutely nothing that would support a finding of probable cause."
But Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Mary Beth McCormick flatly dismissed that claim in ruling against Lopez.
"You have a dead lady ... and her card is found in the (motel room) where the defendant's residing?" she said.
What CP said. If this doesn't fit a death penalty case I don't know what does.
This case has disturbed me so much that I have a hard time even posting or reading anything anymore...![]()
What CP said. If this doesn't fit a death penalty case I don't know what does.
This case has disturbed me so much that I have a hard time even posting or reading anything anymore...![]()
As the sun set Friday, about 50 blue and orange balloons were released into the air.
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Players and coaches from the Germantown Sports Association, which includes multiple football teams, wore shirts reading “In Loving memory of William McQuain, Gone but not forgotten” during the vigil held by the Victims’ Rights Foundation and the Germantown Sports Association.
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“A few mothers have told me that some of the boys still have nightmares, so this, I think, will help them to heal,” Wims said.