GUILTY VA - TerriLynn St John, 23, Middlesex County, 26 Feb 2018 *Arrest*
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You're very welcome. This is an article where it has information that I did not know. Perhaps it is because I haven't followed the case for sometime? But it seems that I did not know some of the information included here.
"When confronted with the facts of the case Keyser “hung his head and confessed that he had killed Terri and packed her mouth full of leaves,” wrote a detective in his report...
Keyser told the detective that on February 27 St. John got into his van where an argument turned into a struggle. “She hit him and he hit her back, she clawed his eye and made him mad,” the detective wrote. “She called the cops and he kicked her out of the car (van) and she hit her head.”
St. John’s 911 call at 5:36 a.m. was too short to get an exact location, but dispatchers determined it was in the Hartfield area. The dispatcher called the number twice, but there was no answer.
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Three hours after St. John’s call on February 27, 2018, Keyser called the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office at 8:39 a.m. and asked to talk to a particular deputy, who was not there.
Afterwards detectives got a tip and checked a Facebook photo of Keyser wearing a necklace that matched the broken necklace that had been found at the scene. "
I definitely don't recall that he was seen to be wearing her necklace on a Facebook photo. So important that folks here now do screenshots immediately of folks and suspects Facebook pages?
"When confronted with the facts of the case Keyser “hung his head and confessed that he had killed Terri and packed her mouth full of leaves,” wrote a detective in his report...
Keyser told the detective that on February 27 St. John got into his van where an argument turned into a struggle. “She hit him and he hit her back, she clawed his eye and made him mad,” the detective wrote. “She called the cops and he kicked her out of the car (van) and she hit her head.”
St. John’s 911 call at 5:36 a.m. was too short to get an exact location, but dispatchers determined it was in the Hartfield area. The dispatcher called the number twice, but there was no answer.
Statement
Three hours after St. John’s call on February 27, 2018, Keyser called the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office at 8:39 a.m. and asked to talk to a particular deputy, who was not there.
Afterwards detectives got a tip and checked a Facebook photo of Keyser wearing a necklace that matched the broken necklace that had been found at the scene. "
I definitely don't recall that he was seen to be wearing her necklace on a Facebook photo. So important that folks here now do screenshots immediately of folks and suspects Facebook pages?
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No - it was HIS necklace that broke in the driveway... not hers!
Old age forgetfulness! How did I forget that. Thank you.
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Wednesday, July 17th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ am ET) - VA - TerriLynn St. John (23) (Feb. 27, 2018, Middlesex County; found Mar. 1, 2018) - *Alvin Bernard Keyser (23) arrested & charged (3/1/18) & indicted (11/26/18) with 2 felonies counts of 1st degree murder & concealing a dead body. Held on no bond.
Led LE to body.
2/6/19 Update: Plead guilty to all charges. Sentencing on 7/17/19.
*Sentencing Hearing (@ am ET) - VA - TerriLynn St. John (23) (Feb. 27, 2018, Middlesex County; found Mar. 1, 2018) - *Alvin Bernard Keyser (23) arrested & charged (3/1/18) & indicted (11/26/18) with 2 felonies counts of 1st degree murder & concealing a dead body. Held on no bond.
Led LE to body.
2/6/19 Update: Plead guilty to all charges. Sentencing on 7/17/19.
Anyone hear what the sentence was?
TIA!
Continued 9/4/19 for both felonies
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Wednesday, Sept. 4th:
*Pre-Sentencing Report Hearing (@ 1:30pm ET) - VA - TerriLynn St. John (23) (Feb. 27, 2018, Middlesex County; found Mar. 1, 2018) - *Alvin Bernard Keyser (23) arrested & charged (3/1/18) & indicted (11/26/18) with 2 felonies counts of 1st degree murder & concealing a dead body. Amended (2/6/19) to 2nd degree murder. Held on no bond.
Led LE to body.
2/6/19 Update: Plead guilty to all charges of amended indictment of 2nd degree murder & concealing a dead body. Sentencing on 7/17/19.
7/17/19 Update: Sentencing has been continued. Pre-Sentencing Report hearing on 9/4.
*Pre-Sentencing Report Hearing (@ 1:30pm ET) - VA - TerriLynn St. John (23) (Feb. 27, 2018, Middlesex County; found Mar. 1, 2018) - *Alvin Bernard Keyser (23) arrested & charged (3/1/18) & indicted (11/26/18) with 2 felonies counts of 1st degree murder & concealing a dead body. Amended (2/6/19) to 2nd degree murder. Held on no bond.
Led LE to body.
2/6/19 Update: Plead guilty to all charges of amended indictment of 2nd degree murder & concealing a dead body. Sentencing on 7/17/19.
7/17/19 Update: Sentencing has been continued. Pre-Sentencing Report hearing on 9/4.
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Man sentenced to 35 years in 2018 slaying of Middlesex mother of two
Originally charged with first-degree murder, Keyser pleaded to second-degree murder in February, with no agreement between the sides on sentencing.
Shaw sentenced Keyser to 30 years on the murder charge and five years for concealing a dead body.
The February plea agreement reduced Keyser’s potential punishment from life to 45 years
Hurd asked Shaw to sentence Keyer to the full 45 years, while Keyser’s lawyer, Amy Van Fossen, asked for a sentence toward the lower end of discretionary state sentencing guidelines.
Those guidelines, Hurd said, ranged from about 13 to 22 years, with a midpoint of 17 years and eight months.
But Shaw said “the circumstances and nature of the killing" were not adequately reflected in those guidelines, Hurd said. Those circumstances, he said, included the concealing and that St. John’s mouth and nose were stuffed with leaves.
Originally charged with first-degree murder, Keyser pleaded to second-degree murder in February, with no agreement between the sides on sentencing.
Shaw sentenced Keyser to 30 years on the murder charge and five years for concealing a dead body.
The February plea agreement reduced Keyser’s potential punishment from life to 45 years
Hurd asked Shaw to sentence Keyer to the full 45 years, while Keyser’s lawyer, Amy Van Fossen, asked for a sentence toward the lower end of discretionary state sentencing guidelines.
Those guidelines, Hurd said, ranged from about 13 to 22 years, with a midpoint of 17 years and eight months.
But Shaw said “the circumstances and nature of the killing" were not adequately reflected in those guidelines, Hurd said. Those circumstances, he said, included the concealing and that St. John’s mouth and nose were stuffed with leaves.
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