Simplestarz86
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No. None at all.Did any local news affiliate cover this story on the anniversary?
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No. None at all.Did any local news affiliate cover this story on the anniversary?
Wow, thanks again for noting this! Does this mean another long (sort of re-set) delay in proceedings, or does it mean we are closer than ever to a trial date? And HOW is MESO, after all this time, suddenly able to afford the services of a private attorney office (from Hillsborough)?According to an order posted today on the North Carolina eCourts portal (case number 21CR054671-310), MESO is no longer represented by the public defender as he has now "retained the law firms of Chris Barnes, PLLC and Coleman, Merritt, Murphy and Rainsford, P.C. as his attorneys."
Someone has mentioned to me that MESO is now represented by TWO separate law firms (one Chapel Hill and one Hillsborough) — I didn’t catch that when “faithx” originally posted the name of the new defenders. Seems a bit bizarre, 3 years after arrest; I can imagine things it might imply but don’t want to speculate…According to an order posted today on the North Carolina eCourts portal (case number 21CR054671-310), MESO is no longer represented by the public defender as he has now "retained the law firms of Chris Barnes, PLLC and Coleman, Merritt, Murphy and Rainsford, P.C. as his attorneys."
Someone has mentioned to me that MESO is now represented by TWO separate law firms (one Chapel Hill and one Hillsborough) — I didn’t catch that when “faithx” originally posted the name of the new defenders. Seems a bit bizarre, 3 years after arrest; I can imagine things it might imply but don’t want to speculate…
Hard to come to this crime “quite late in the case” there have been so many twists, turns, theories, from the past. Some (but certainly not all) of the many podcasts covering the murder do a pretty good job of covering main points. In any event, MESO has not been linked (so far as I know) to any major or violent crimes either before Faith’s murder, nor in the 9 yrs. following (before his arrest), and apparently remained in the area the whole time. Supposedly he continues to voice his innocence, and so far as I know the main evidence against him continues to be forensic DNA linkage (if police have developed more evidence in 3 yrs. time they're staying tight-lipped).Apologies as I am quite late to this case. But do have to concede the apparent extended time delay is worrisome IMO. And hope something might occur at tomorrow’s hearing, October 10.
IIUC the slaying occurred at an off-campus apartment or housing. So an initial theory of mine is gutted - i .e. perhaps some confusion between investigating local police and campus police. (In those scenarios sometimes there can be confusion, overlap, misses, or ambiguities and uncertainty.) Other than that, no clear idea why this is prolonged and not widely publicized.
Also interesting that the defendant MES-O now has legal representation other than a public defender. Wonder how that might manifest in tomorrow’s hearing?
As @Boodles notes in post 626 above with other unsolved area crimes wonder why there isn’t more emphasis on attempts to solve them? Has there been any discussion of links to other unsolved crimes? Is this defendant possibly linked to others? Not new to sleuthers here, but IIUC MES-O was arrested September 2021; this FH case dates from September 2012. That is a 9 years time period. A lot can occur in that time. SMH. MOO