GUILTY WI - Bart, 50, and Krista Halderson, 53, found deceased, Windsor, 1 Jul 2021 *son arrested*

[joe jones]

I am very interested in defence opening as I haven't seen any information on what he will argue, unless they choose to not give one until the state rests

 

[doyoulovemepfg]

MH has been identified as Mitchell Halderson, Bart and Krista's older son.

 

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Chandler Halderson was a student at Madison College, studying engineering, about to graduate. Was working for an insurance company and had gotten hired at SpaceX and was planning to move to Florida with his girlfriend. He was a scuba diver with the DNR/Madison Police rescue dive team.

 

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Homeowner CL found the murder weapon in her barn in October.

 

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CM has been cooperating with authorities the entire time.

 

[doyoulovemepfg]

Chandler Halderson was a student at Madison College, studying engineering, about to graduate. Was working for an insurance company and had gotten hired at SpaceX and was planning to move to Florida with his girlfriend. He was a scuba diver with the DNR/Madison Police rescue dive team.

None of this information is correct - Chandler Halderson lied about his entire life according to prosecutors.

 

[doyoulovemepfg]

It sounds like the concussion was fake, per prosecutors. The "concussion" happened roughly a week after MH, who is diabetic, went to the hospital due to some complications.

 

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Cathy Russon
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YIKES! "He had burned his parents' heads in the fireplace." Prosecutor tells jury #ChandlerHalderson burned body parts of his parents in the family's fireplace.
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[joe jones]

very good, clear, concise opening from state, and an absolutely incredible story of what happened, expect the defence will be to say his (imaginary maybe) head injury was why he murdered his parents

shades of Joel Guy

 

[joe jones]

even if he had a concussion I can't see where that would rise to mitigate all he did, the years of lying about college and jobs came before the alleged concussion, the days of dismembering, burning, disposing of bodies post the murders could surely not be blamed on concussion,

 

[doyoulovemepfg]

even if he had a concussion I can't see where that would rise to mitigate all he did, the years of lying about college and jobs came before the alleged concussion, the days of dismembering, burning, disposing of bodies post the murders could surely not be blamed on concussion,

The concussion happened just DAYS after MH was in the hospital for awhile with (what I'm assuming was) DKA, which can be a life-or-death kind of thing. I'm unsure due to the prosecutor's language whether the diabetes was a recent dx for MH or something he'd been dealing with for awhile.
Link to explanation of DKA

 

[doyoulovemepfg]

Defense attorney CD is taking the stand.

 

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Cathy Russon
@cathyrusson
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Basically, defense is going to be #ChandlerHalderson did not kill his parents. Defense tells the jury by the end of the case they still won't know who killed them. She said her client is innocent.
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[joe jones]

defence is not going to concussion is why he did it, just that he didn't kill them, that the jurors will just not know what happened,

 

[joe jones]

defence attorney not as focused or concise, but she made good points on how the jury should examine the evidence and she revealed that they may agree at the end of the trial and say the state has proven some charges (not verbatim) which to me says they will accept he dismembered of bodies, lied to cops etc just won't agree that he murdered them,

I can't imagine what else they could have said with all the state has, so they are going to focus on nobody knows what happened in the home during the period of the murders, thus you can't convict him,

 

[joe jones]

case is moving along speedily, I like the trials where everybody is on their game, not like the ones where the judge lets it get out of control

 

[genuineusa77]

None of this information is correct - Chandler Halderson lied about his entire life according to prosecutors.

So could his girlfriend could confirm all he said.

 

[doyoulovemepfg]

this feels like it is pretty open and shut

 

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So could his girlfriend could confirm all he said.

CM has not testified yet but ADA says she is a prosecution witness.

 

[genuineusa77]

If this guy was so accomplished, what the heck happened to him to do this? I've heard stories of people doing really bad stuff after being on antidepressants. Wonder if he took these?