GUILTY WI - Melissa Tuinstra & Justin Daniels, both 28, murdered, Berlin, 27 Sept 2014

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Thankfully, she is safe! Poor girl probably has been through an absolute nightmare. I hope she has stable loving family to care for her.
 
Sorry, is there a link stating she's safe? I feel like I missed something.


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Sorry, is there a link stating she's safe? I feel like I missed something.


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It's in that article link. Her dad killed her mom and another person. Article says he's been found as well. She's ok.
 
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/stor...omicide-preliminary-autopsy-results/16493273/

Nicholas Tuinstra was arrested while he was at the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office and booked into Green Lake County Jail at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on two counts of first degree homicide, according to Berlin Police Chief Dennis Plantz...

Berlin Police said they are still looking for the murder weapon, which they believe is a handgun. Police are asking residents, especially hunters who will be in the woods, to be on the lookout for any handguns...

According to online court records, Nicholas and Melissa Tuinstra jointly filed for divorce on Sept. 25 in Green Lake County Circuit Court.
 
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/stor...-hear-arguments-berlin-murder-trial/79350702/

Jurors heard opening arguments Tuesday in the case of a 34-year-old Berlin man accused of killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend...

Prosecutors painted a picture of a gun enthusiast who was controlling toward his estranged wife. Enraged when he found out she was seeing another man, he obsessively waited for hours, watching her apartment from a booth in the restaurant across the street for the chance to strike...

Defense attorney Barb Privat countered that there was a lack of physical evidence against her client: No DNA, no fingerprints, no eyewitnesses or video footage of the shooting. And no murder weapon.
 
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/stor...-rests-berlin-double-homicide-trial/79651574/

It took jurors a little more than two hours to convict Nicholas D. Tuinstra shortly before 10 p.m. Monday in Green Lake County Circuit Court of two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of stalking resulting in bodily harm with a dangerous weapon, all as a domestic abuse incident, according to online court records.

Judge Mark Slate accepted the jury's verdict and convicted Tuinstra on all three counts and ordered a pre-sentence investigation.
 
[h=1]Tuinstra sentenced in Berlin double murder[/h]
GREEN LAKE (WLUK) — A Green Lake County man convicted of killing his estranged wife and the man she was seeing was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Thursday.


As prosecutors talked about the allegations of abuse by Nicholas toward Melissa in front of their daughter, Nicholas lashed out.
He lunged at the prosecution table, screaming profanities.
After a recess, court resumed, and Tuinstra apologized for his outburst.

More (including video of said outburst) @ link: http://fox11online.com/news/local/fox-cities/tuinstra-removed-from-court-during-sentencing-hearing
 
[h=1]Berlin man sentenced for 2014 double murder[/h]
“I apologize for the disturbance,” Tuinstra said after sheriff's deputies returned him to the courtroom following a 20-minute recess. "I wanted my wife and (her boyfriend) to be happy. ... She was my princess."

Melissa Tuinstra’s sister, Jessica Seegert, was one of several family members who spoke during Thursday’s hearing, directly addressing her former brother-in-law.
“I now get to carry around Melissa’s ashes wherever I go,” she said. “If you, Nick, loved Melissa, why did you kill her? Jealousy? You should’ve put your big-boy pants on and left her alone."


The court proceedings were interrupted twice by Tuinstra. At one point he shouted an expletive when District Attorney Andrew Christenson said Tuinstra has not shown concern for his 11-year-old daughter.
A shackled Tuinstra stood up from his swivel chair at the defense table, took what the judge later described as a “threatening stance” and stepped toward the prosecution. It took two sheriff’s deputies to restrain him and a third to remove him from the courtroom and into a holding cell.
“My daughter is a very sensitive subject," Tuinstra said after returning to the courtroom after a 20-minute recess. "I don’t care what happens to me; all I ask is, please, don’t take away my consultation with my family or my daughter."
More @ link: http://www.thenorthwestern.com/stor...02/man-sentenced-2014-double-murder/83795206/
 

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