I agree. It’s one thing if you’re talking about protecting a living victim, which is the whole purpose of that court. It’s another thing entirely when the charges are directly linked to a homicide.
Not at all unusual, ime. Judges and prosecutors are very protective of children. Affidavits will be sealed.
The victim here now is the baby
These charges do not pertain to a child, as the legal victim in question is an adult.
There may be charges related to the child.
If they had any evidence of that, they wouldn’t have waited until this morning to arrest this guy. Friends and neighbors have been keeping an eye on her, and law enforcement was there all last night too.I hope there won't be charges for harming the child coming up.
I’m sorry, the police are having a community meeting (presumably open to the public as Mamta does not have any family in the US) but are excluding reporters???? I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of that before
This is the group that's been searching for her. LE has been meeting with them daily.
I noticed, a female LE Officer escorted him out. How appropriate.
Not legally; that's not how it works.
There could be, and there are likely, charges related to the child. Hence DR. The affidavits would be sealed, and the right of the local jurisdiction to remove the child from father’s custody would be addressed. There may be discovery related to J/DR charges that pertain to criminal charges against father, but that would ultimately be litigated in PTCs.
Also of potential interest - Offense Date listed as 7/30
That’s my understanding as well. According to the Virginia manual about J&D courts, adults charged with felonies in J&D court will have their case transferred to circuit court after the preliminary hearing or the case will be dismissed. MOO but it seems to me like LE is trying to keep the details of the case from the public as long as possible while they work up murder charges (the accused must have a preliminary hearing date scheduled no later than 90 days from their arrest, so it might be quite a while before we learn anything).
If you scroll to page 8, under the Adult Criminal Cases section, it addresses felonies like this one. The same rules that apply to cases involving minors and protected victims do not necessarily apply here. It can be very nuanced, and I’m only familiar as a longtime resident of northern Virginia and how it works.
