Found Deceased TX - Heidi Broussard, 33, murdered, baby stolen, Austin, 12 Dec 2019 *friend charged* #12

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justme11 said:
Tweet from reporter Rudy Koski with Fox7 Austin.

Hearing underway in case of Magen Fieramusca who is accused of killing her friend Heidi Broussard & stealing Heidi’s newborn baby. Defense Attorneys claim police didn’t have search warrant when baby & mom’s body found at Magen’s home.want evidence thrown out @fox7austin https://t.co/Jm5X3zjuLf

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Unbelievable. And is that the extent of the coverage for today's hearing? Is that Fieramusca in that photo?
 
Does anybody know the name of Judge MF is appearing before today?

Here's the link to several live streams by Judge/Dept/Location:

Texas Court Live Streaming - Court Live Streaming

ETA: For the 460th District Court, I only find Judge Alvaranga and nothing live at this time.

Ooops -- hearing was at 9:30AM. I thought it was 3 pm hearing, sorry.
 
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Seattle1 said:
Does anybody know the name of Judge MF is appearing before today?

Here's the link to several live streams by Judge/Dept/Location:

Texas Court Live Streaming - Court Live Streaming

ETA: For the 460th District Court, I only find Judge Alvaranga and nothing live at this time.

Ooops -- hearing was at 9:30AM. I thought it was 3 pm hearing, sorry.
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Court website says:

(Judicial Officer: 460TH, DISTRICT COURT)

ETA, I just checked and I'm subbed to that YT channel and it never went live today

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCALUM3kHXJWL_VInE3AbheQ
 
Warwick7 said:
Are there any updates???
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At last check at around 5 p.m., the defense lawyer went over whether law enforcement had a reasonable belief that the child was in danger on the property. The defense was trying to imply that even though the child was kidnapped, there were still good conditions on the inside.

The court went into recess and will come back until 9 a.m. on Friday.
Magen Fieramusca, accused of kidnapping, killing Austin mom, set to be in court Thursday

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During the morning portion of the hearing, Fieramusca’s defense requested a motion to suppress evidence on the basis that Texas Rangers entered Fieramusca’s Houston home on Dec. 19, 2019, at 1:17 p.m. without a warrant. The defense claimed Texas Rangers didn’t have probable cause to enter the home at that time. A warrant was eventually issued later that day at 8:30 p.m.

The burden then shifted to the state to establish why there was probable cause to enter the home without a search warrant.

The state cited three exceptions justifying the search and seizure of the home at that time: 1) law enforcement isn’t required to show probable cause when action is immediately necessary to protect human life, 2) there was an objective standard of reasonableness to enter, given the facts and circumstances of the case and 3) consent was given by someone authorized to provide consent, allowing Texas Rangers to enter the home without a warrant.

more details from today here:

Magen Fieramusca, woman accused of killed Heidi Broussard, appears in court
 
MAR 10, 2022
Heidi Broussard case: Magen Fieramusca set to appear in court | kvue.com
During Thursday's hearing, Austin Police Department Sgt. Brad Herries and Texas Rangers Christopher Rainwater and Gary Phillips testified regarding the investigation leading up to Fieramusca's arrest. Law enforcement had taken Fieramusca's boyfriend into custody leading up to finding Broussard's body and her baby, Margo Carey, alive in Christopher Green's home.

According to a recording played in front of the Judge Thursday, Green questioned Texas Rangers saying, "She’s not my child? Are you serious?" and “Go get that baby, what are y’all waiting for, man?"
 
MAR 10, 2022
Magen Fieramusca, woman accused of killed Heidi Broussard, appears in court (kxan.com)
He [lead detective] explained how Fieramusca became a person of interest after speaking with Carey, who told him at the time a friend of Broussard’s had a pregnancy around the same time, but there weren’t any pictures of the baby. A search for Fieramusca’s Facebook page found the account had been deleted, which the former detective also found to be unusual, given the timing.

The sergeant told the court officers went to the hospital where Broussard’s baby was born, and nurses told them they remembered Fieramusca being there and wanting to hold the child before the actual family could.

[...]

Texas Rangers stopped a man, Chris Green, who was buying baby products. Green said he was previously in a relationship with Fieramusca, and they still lived together. Green stated Fieramusca had just gotten home with their newborn baby on the same day Broussard and her baby went missing in Austin, according to the sergeant. When Texas Rangers showed Green a picture of the missing baby, Green confirmed that was the same baby in Fieramusca’s home.

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One of two Texas Rangers who testified explained they did a “protective sweep” of the house to find the baby. Once the baby was found safe, he ordered everyone to exit the home, because they didn’t have a search warrant.

Further, the Texas Ranger said they noticed the smell of a decomposing body and traced it to the car but didn’t search or seize anything until the search warrant was obtained later that day. It was only until after the search warrant was issued did the Rangers find Broussard’s body in the trunk of the car and ordered Fieramusca to be arrested.

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Heidi Broussard murder: Magen Fieramusca appears in court (fox7austin.com)
Herries testified they believed baby Margo had jaundice and that based on the information he had, the situation could be life-threatening, one of the reasons why they didn’t wait for a search warrant.
 
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Friday, March 11th:
*Pretrial Conference Hearing continued (@ 9am CT) - TX - Heidi Elizabeth Broussard (33) & Margo(t) Elizabeth Carey (2 wks.) (missing on Dec. 12, 2019, Austin; found Dec. 19, 2019, Heidi deceased inside trunk of car (2015 Nissan Versa) owned by Magen at Jersey Village near Houston; baby Margo(t) alive & healthy). *Magen Rose Fieramusca (33/now 36) aka Maygen Humphrey, Magan (& Magen) Rose Humphrey, Maygen Fieramusca, May Humphrey & May Fieramusca arrested (12/19/19) & charged (12/20/19) with 2 counts of 3rd degree kidnapping & 1 count of 2nd degree tampering with a human corpse. $600K bond.
Indicted & recharged (1/28/20) with 1 count of capital murder by terror threat & 2 counts of 3rd degree kidnapping (Margo(t)) & 1 count of tampering with evidence. $1M bond (on murder).
Court info on case & hearings from 12/20/19 thru 11/2/21 reference post #977 here:
Found Deceased - TX - Heidi Broussard, 33, murdered, baby stolen, Austin, 12 Dec 2019 *friend charged* #12
1/27/22 Update: Pretrial conference hearing continued to 3/10/22. 3/10/22 Update: Defense Attorneys claim police didn’t have search warrant when baby & mom’s body found at Magen’s home & want evidence thrown out. During the morning portion of the hearing, Fieramusca’s defense requested a motion to suppress evidence on the basis that Texas Rangers entered Fieramusca’s Houston home on Dec. 19, 2019, at 1:17 p.m. without a warrant. The defense claimed Texas Rangers didn’t have probable cause to enter the home at that time. A warrant was eventually issued later that day at 8:30 p.m. The burden then shifted to the State to establish why there was probable cause to enter the home without a search warrant. The State cited three exceptions justifying the search & seizure of the home at that time: 1) law enforcement isn’t required to show probable cause when action is immediately necessary to protect human life, 2) there was an objective standard of reasonableness to enter, given the facts & circumstances of the case and 3) consent was given by someone authorized to provide consent, allowing Texas Rangers to enter the home without a warrant.
Austin Police Dept. Sgt. Brad Herries & Texas Rangers Christopher Rainwater & Gary Phillips testified regarding the investigation leading up to Fieramusca's arrest. Law enforcement had taken Fieramusca's boyfriend into custody leading up to finding Broussard's body and her baby, Margo Carey, alive in Christopher Green's home.
for more info see posts #994 & 995 here:
Found Deceased - TX - Heidi Broussard, 33, murdered, baby stolen, Austin, 12 Dec 2019 *friend charged* #12
Pretrial conference hearing continues on 3/11/22 @ 9am.
 
MAR 11, 2022
‘There was a kidnapped baby inside this house’: Law enforcement defend response during Fieramusca hearing | KXAN Austin
A judge will wait to rule on a motion to suppress evidence in the case of a woman accused of killing her best friend, Heidi Broussard, kidnapping Broussard’s newborn baby and pretending it was her own.

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The first witness from the state Friday morning was a trooper who told the state he was coordinating with the FBI early in the case and would later become the first member of law enforcement to make contact with the then-missing baby.

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Video shown by the defense from an FBI surveillance plane showed Fieramusca was still in the backyard when law enforcement arrived.

Lopez said shortly after arriving he hopped the fence to get access to the back of the house. He told the state he jumped the fence because Fieramusca requested she be allowed to go back inside to meet law enforcement in the front, instead of opening a rear gate for them, saying he was worried if she went back to the baby “she would kill it.”

“The reason I jumped over the fence was because there was a kidnapped baby inside this house,” he later told the defense when they cross-examined him.

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The next witness, and the witness that was left on the stand before the court broke for lunch, was Daron Parker, a Texas Ranger. Parker was one of the first to make contact with Fieramusca as law enforcement approached the Houston suburb home, he said.

He was also assigned to stand with Fieramusca between the time law enforcement made contact with her until roughly eight hours later, when someone from the Austin Police Department took over. Parker had an audio recording device on him which recorded that roughly eight-hour interaction, he testified.

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Closing arguments and a ruling will be made on April 28 at 9 a.m.
 
MAR 11, 2022
Magen Fieramusca evidentiary hearing wraps up | kvue.com (VIDEO)

Heidi Broussard murder: Preliminary hearings continue (fox7austin.com)
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Friday, each law enforcement officer testified that they rescued the child and secured the property – but waited for a warrant to initiate a search.

In Austin Police Sgt. Patrick Eastlick’s body camera video, a Texas Ranger can be heard telling other law enforcement officers "once it’s cleared everybody else get the f— out of the house because it’s a crime scene."

Fieramusca's defense attorneys pointed out that Texas Ranger Eric Lopez started a crime scene log at 1:25 p.m. that day. He submitted photos to evidence that were taken in bright sunlight. However, a search warrant was not secured until 8:53 p.m. Sunset in Houston was 5:26 p.m.

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