GUILTY WA - Meshay Melendez, 27 & daughter, Layla Stewart, 8, Vancouver, 12 Mar 2023 *vehicle found Mar 19*

[Knox]

@AislingGray18 - I know I can count on you to keep us up to date on this case, thank you for that.

 

[AislingGray18]

@AislingGray18 - I know I can count on you to keep us up to date on this case, thank you for that.

I will. I have been a ten plus year reader, but this is what got me posting here. Tensions are high, and blame is being cast all around, it is important to remember only Kirk is to blame for this.

 

[PommyMommy]

Wow, didn't expect this.

SEP 5, 2024

Man changes plea to guilty for murder of Vancouver mom, girl

The 28-year-old man accused of killing a Vancouver woman and her 7-year-old daughter in Clark County changed his plea to guilty on Thursday.

www.kptv.com

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Appearing in court on Thursday, he pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated murder, second-degree murder and first-degree child molestation.

Warren’s sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 8.

 

[AislingGray18]

I wanted to thank each and every one of you who has shown love and care for Meshay and Layla. Emotions are very high right now, but this is the best case for Meshay's mother. That is who we all need to respect and honor, whatever she wishes, we will follow her wishes. He pleads guilty and she doesn't have to hear what he did in detail.

Like I said there is a lot of tension, a lot of high emotions, and a lot of blame being cast. (Laylas paternal father is casting a lot of blame and causing a lot of pain) We all need to remember the fault in this lies soley with three entities:

Kirkland Warren himself
The state of Arkansas
And the State of Washington.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone, to pay attention to DV. Put your nose in where it doesn't belong. Be noisy. Look people up. Google that dude your daughter likes. Just pay attention. Her family did not know. He played up the square persona, when he was nothing but a predator.

And may everyone who loved them (I see you guys ) heal as much as they can.

 

[PommyMommy]

I wanted to thank each and every one of you who has shown love and care for Meshay and Layla. Emotions are very high right now, but this is the best case for Meshay's mother. That is who we all need to respect and honor, whatever she wishes, we will follow her wishes. He pleads guilty and she doesn't have to hear what he did in detail.

Like I said there is a lot of tension, a lot of high emotions, and a lot of blame being cast. (Laylas paternal father is casting a lot of blame and causing a lot of pain) We all need to remember the fault in this lies soley with three entities:

Kirkland Warren himself
The state of Arkansas
And the State of Washington.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone, to pay attention to DV. Put your nose in where it doesn't belong. Be noisy. Look people up. Google that dude your daughter likes. Just pay attention. Her family did not know. He played up the square persona, when he was nothing but a predator.

And may everyone who loved them (I see you guys ) heal as much as they can.

I was so relieved to hear you say this, "...this is the best case for Meshay's mother." I was going to make a similiar comment but decided it wasn't appropriate for me to assume how she feels. So I've been waiting and hoping to hear this from you. Thank you, @AislingGray18, and (((hugs))).

 

[AislingGray18]

I was so relieved to hear you say this, "...this is the best case for Meshay's mother." I was going to make a similiar comment but decided it wasn't appropriate for me to assume how she feels. So I've been waiting and hoping to hear this from you. Thank you, @AislingGray18, and (((hugs))).

Thank you. She has been vocal that if it were not her own girls, she could not handle the trial, and she understood if anyone could not be present for their own mental health. She is still looking out for others, she is a strong soul. We will all honor all her wishes when it comes to her girls.
He still has to face charges in Arkansas, and Meshay's mother is asking for thoughts and prayers to that victims loved ones as well. I don't know anything about the victim, but they have my thoughts and I hope they too, see justice.

 

[Rikissa]

Kirklan Warren pleaded guilty to murder.

Man pleads guilty to murder in killings of former girlfriend, her daughter

A man accused of killing his former girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated first-degree murder.

13wham.com

 

[Knox]

Kirklan Warren pleaded guilty to murder.

Man pleads guilty to murder in killings of former girlfriend, her daughter

A man accused of killing his former girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated first-degree murder.

13wham.com

My thoughts are with Meshay's mom now and forever, because that's the sentence SHE received. For the rest of HER life she doesn't have Meshay or Layla.

 

[PommyMommy]

From an Arkansas news source

SEP 21, 2024

Man from Pine Bluff takes plea deal in murders | Pine Bluff Commercial News

A man from Pine Bluff has pleaded guilty to the 2023 murders of a 27-year-old woman and her 7-year-old daughter in Washington state and has agreed to plead guilty to the 2017 murder of a man near Stuttgart.

www.pbcommercial.com

In Arkansas, Warren was charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in connection with the Nov. 27, 2017, death of Curtis Urquhart, 57. He accepted a joint offer from the two states to plead guilty to the respective charges in exchange for the death penalty taken off the table in Arkansas and his sentence in Arkansas to run concurrent to his sentence in Washington. It is not clear when Warren will plead guilty to the charges in Arkansas, but he will do so through Zoom from Washington.

Warren will be sentenced in Washington on Oct. 8 and faces life in prison for the murder charges. According to the motion to plead guilty, the sentences must run consecutively.

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 8, 2024

Kirkland Warren gets life in prison in murders of Meshay Melendez and daughter Layla Stewart

Although Kirkland Warren will serve a life sentence in prison, friends and family of the Vancouver mother and daughter he shot to death in March 2023 say they don’t feel justice was served.

www.columbian.com

Layla’s father, JS, who attended the hearing virtually, spoke of the pain of losing his child and her mother.

“The impacts of their deaths have left me and others here today struggling to find a way forward, and the grief is something I carry with me every moment of my life,” he said.

Ex-boyfriend sentenced to life in prison for killing Vancouver mother and her 7-year-old daughter

A Vancouver mom and daughter were found shot dead in Washougal. Her ex-boyfriend was first arrested for violating a no-contact order and later for their murders.

www.kgw.com

"I'm glad that he's getting a consequence but that will never amount to the pain and suffering that me and my family loved ones have felt since this all started," said RM, Meshay Melendez' brother.

Man sentenced to life in prison for murders of Vancouver mom, girl

Kirkland Warren, 28, was charged with murder in the shooting deaths of 27-year-old Meshay Melendez and her daughter, 7-year-old Layla Stewart, in 2023.

www.kptv.com

“I can’t even get phone calls from Meshay to say, ‘I’m dropping off Layla’ or ‘I’m picking her up,’ said LG, Layla’s aunt. “I would watch Layla almost every weekend and when those weekends come back up, I don’t get to see her anymore.”

https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/vancouver-man-sentenced-to-life-in-2023-murders-of-ex-girlfriend-her-daughter/

The judge said because Washington no longer has the death penalty, he could only sentence Warren to spend the rest of his life in prison.

 

[Rikissa]

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