DecemberSunshine
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No updates!? Last MSM article I could find was 8/8.
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Bumping for the same reason.
We're still thinking about you, Alanna.....
August 8th is the last news article that I can find. A month and a week ago. I have said before that I have never watched a case like this, but I am having such a hard time imagining that there is no news at all. Just like it is forgotten. I am sure law enforcement hasn't forgotten, and I know the family most certainly hasn't forgotten, but like the rest of the world just started moving again and forgot. I just expected more news. Trial dates and reports of psych evaluations and I don't even know what else, but something.
Jessica Ridgeway was the first case I followed here. Even though there has been a trickle of news about Sigg it is jarring the way it just seems to come to a halt once a suspect is in custody. Meanwhile, the families have to endure their grief. I think with Tyler's injuries there has been an even longer delay in proceedings than usual. I hope Alanna's family is relieved to have the media off them.
I don't think most families of crime victims want a media circus unless it will find their relative or get their killer arrested. I think most would prefer for the trial to be low-key, so their loved one's killer doesn't become a celebrity. I think that if Alanna and Jessica's family were dissatisfied that the cases aren't in the media anymore, they would do something about it, such as interviews. I also think families of crime victims only put up with media coverage in the hope that it will lead to justice for their loved one. Once the killer is arrested, media coverage isn't necessary, and the family no longer has to deal with noisy reporters, strangers commenting and criticizing everything they do, etc.
I don't think we can really "compare" the media coverage when a case first happens to when it's in that pre-trial phase. When there's nothing happening, there's nothing to report. I would be more surprised if say, Austin Sigg's trial gets very little media attention since it was such a huge story when Jessica went missing.
Oh I certainly don't want the family harassed. I just mean that everything has stopped. To compare (and maybe it isn't a fair comparison), Ariel Castro (the man in Cleveland OH who held women hostage for years) was found out just a month before this happened with Alanna. His trial was already over. He was convicted. Justice was served. From the time the victims were found to the time he was convicted was roughly 3 months.
My point being this just seems to be so very very very slow. I do believe the family should have every right to mourn in private and media coverage has to be a double edges sword. I just can't believe that everything seems to have slowed down to a crawl.
Castro's arrest and sentencing did happen very close to each other. Did the defense ask for a speedy trial? Or did Castro plead guilty? I don't think someone getting arrested and convicted within 3 months is common at all.
In Jessica's case, her killer was arrested in late October 2011. Jury selection is supposed to begin on September 20. There have been very little delays in Jessica's case, and it still took about a year to go to trial.
Castro's arrest and sentencing did happen very close to each other. Did the defense ask for a speedy trial? Or did Castro plead guilty? I don't think someone getting arrested and convicted within 3 months is common at all.
In Jessica's case, her killer was arrested in late October 2011. Jury selection is supposed to begin on September 20. There have been very little delays in Jessica's case, and it still took about a year to go to trial.
Castro's arrest and sentencing did happen very close to each other. Did the defense ask for a speedy trial? Or did Castro plead guilty? I don't think someone getting arrested and convicted within 3 months is common at all.
In Jessica's case, her killer was arrested in late October 2011. Jury selection is supposed to begin on September 20. There have been very little delays in Jessica's case, and it still took about a year to go to trial.
In that case, you had four live victims, and Castro pleaded guilty.Oh I certainly don't want the family harassed. I just mean that everything has stopped. To compare (and maybe it isn't a fair comparison), Ariel Castro (the man in Cleveland OH who held women hostage for years) was found out just a month before this happened with Alanna. His trial was already over. He was convicted. Justice was served. From the time the victims were found to the time he was convicted was roughly 3 months.
My point being this just seems to be so very very very slow. I do believe the family should have every right to mourn in private and media coverage has to be a double edges sword. I just can't believe that everything seems to have slowed down to a crawl.
CID: 0833106
Name: HOLDER,TYLER LANE
Case: 1342621
Docket: 1342621
Offense: CAPITAL MURDER-TERROR-FEL
Court: MG - Magistrate Court
Event: IA - INITIAL APPEARANCE
Note:
Settings Date: 10/03/2013
Custody Status: In Jail
Prosecutor: GILL,ROBERT K [G08]
Defense Atty:
Bondsman: [ ]
Bond Amount: $0.00