NV - Jeff German, 69, investigative reporter, stabbed to death, Las Vegas, Sept 2022 *arrest*

[arielilane]

German makes public records request about communications btwn Telles & Roberta Lee-Kennett.

8/8/22: county spokesperson notifies him German’s request will start to be fulfilled.

Hamner: Four days later, in your phone, Google maps by German’s home start popping up.

Hamner: By 8/8, how are you feeling about Jeff German’s upcoming article?

Telles: I don’t recall.

Now a break.

@Vanessa_Murphy

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1826744889411011029

 

[arielilane]

@Vanessa_Murphy

I believe jury will be sent home at 4 or 4:15pm.


6:36 PM · Aug 22, 2024 from Las Vegas, NV

 

[arielilane]

Back in session.

Telles messages to employee who was “Team Telles,” refers to “lies” in German’s articles.

Messages are from after he lost primary.

He tells her she’s his best employee.

This is the employee who was a witness for the defense.


Telles admits the articles were damaging.

Tells employee he is worried that the articles may follow him for years to come in this digital age.

Worried he may not have any good employment prospects.

Hamner says what follows are searches of German’s home, info, etc..


9/1/22: 5:45: Telles is notified German will receive messages about communications between Telles & Roberta Lee-Kennett.

Hamner: just a few hours later, German is dead, right?

Telles: yes.


@Vanessa_Murphy

 

[arielilane]

Hamner turns to 9/2/22, the day of Jeff German’s murder.

Telles says he took his brown BMW to the gym.

Hamner asks him what role Det. Jappe played in the framing.

Telles claims there is discrepancy with surveillance logs & Jappe knows he didn’t kill German.


Hamner asks why Jappe would clear Telles of wrongdoing in the bribes investigation…

Telles claims Jappe didn’t do full investigation into his concerns.

Telles said attorney general investigated for a month & didn’t do anything.Hamner says Jappe looked into it for 11 months.

@Vanessa_Murphy

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1826758110888988934

 

[arielilane]

@Vanessa_Murphy

Message from wife’s Apple Watch:“Where are you?”

Hamner asks if that message was on his phone.

Telles: From what you showed me, it is not.

Telles claimed earlier that he was home. Saying now he was on walk

10:30am: video of car that looks like his in German’s neighborhood.


7:09 PM · Aug 22, 2024 from Las Vegas, NV

 

[arielilane]

@Vanessa_Murphy

Hamner: no further questions. Jury to be sent home.


7:10 PM · Aug 22, 2024 from Las Vegas, NV

 

[arielilane]

Recess until 9:30 am PT (12:30 pm ET) tomorrow.

 

[pseudo_hum]

I give Telles an 'A' for effort, and a 'G' for GUILTY.

 

[geevee]

Holy moly that cross was so good, and the last about his wife's text asking where he was, and it not being on his phone (or on his wife's, according to Telles [and I wonder how he knew it wasn't on his wife's phone??]) was excellent. Can't wait to hear the jury questions after all that!