AK - Lauri Waterman, 48, slain, Craig, PWI, 14 Nov 2004

[tompettyfan]

All I can say is that Dad had better watch his back and sleep with one eye open. His daughter appears to be a master manipulator!

Not only ol Doc, but anyone who ever may get in the way of anything she wants. This girl spooks the heck out of me. I can't believe she's walking free.

 

[OneLostGrl]

http://www.courttv.com/trials/waterman/032106_ctv.html

 

[jannuncutt]

This case was featured on Dateline last weekend. IMO she should have served some time. I must say though, that this really didn't seem like a "cut and dry" sort of case. Her lawyer did a great job on her behalf.

 

[Masissy]

This case was featured on Dateline last weekend. IMO she should have served some time. I must say though, that this really didn't seem like a "cut and dry" sort of case. Her lawyer did a great job on her behalf.

I watched it. What greasy boyfriends she had..:sick:

She is still in jail pending a new trial due to the hung jury. I don't think she is innocent.

 

[hndinglove]

isn't she still out on bail? not in jail?

I watched it. What greasy boyfriends she had..:sick:

She is still in jail pending a new trial due to the hung jury. I don't think she is innocent.

 

[Paladin]

Is it not obvious she gave them the means, the time, and the location to commit this murder? I highly doubt she called this off at the last minute...and even if she did I say she is still responsible.

 

[joe jones]

she will be retried on the 18th January

 

[ziggy]

Thanks for the update.

 

[fran]

Alaska woman to be retried for conspiracy in mom's death


KETCHIKAN, Alaska - A woman accused of conspiring to kill her mother outside the southeast Alaska community of Craig six years ago will be retried in January.

Rachelle Waterman was a 16-year-old high school student in November 2004 when she was accused of conspiring with two former boyfriends, Jason Arrant and Brian Radel, to kill Lauri Waterman. The 48-year-old woman's body was found by a hunter north of Craig, a small fishing and logging town on Prince of Wales Island.

Rachelle Waterman's first trial ended in February 2006 with a hung jury. After the jury deadlocked, a mistrial was declared and the indictment against Waterman thrown out, as well as her statements to police, which were an important part of the state's evidence.

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http://newsminer.com/bookmark/10698148

 

[hndinglove]

This is interesting -- it appears that she's updating her journal on a semi-regular basis...

http://smchyrocky.livejournal.com/

 

[fran]

Judge moves Waterman trial to Anchorage

January 13, 2011
KETCHIKAN, Alaska - A second trial for a woman accused of conspiring to kill her mother in 2004 is scheduled to begin next week in Anchorage.

The Ketchikan Daily News reports that Judge William Carey ordered the trial of Rachelle Waterman moved from Ketchikan after determining it would be difficult to seat an impartial jury. The defense has sought the change of venue.

District Attorney Stephen West said attorneys expect to learn Friday whether jury selection will begin Tuesday or Wednesday.

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He said it followed the results of questionnaires sent to prospective jurors in which half believed Waterman was at least "probably guilty." Carey said it might be possible to seat a jury - 84 Ketchikan-area respondents said they either hadn't heard of the case or had no opinion of it. But if a jury couldn't be seated, he said the logistics of moving the case within the four weeks allotted for the trial "are somewhat daunting."

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http://newsminer.com/bookmark/11004722

 

[Rle7]

Jason Arrant refused to testify this morning in the murder retrial of Rachelle Waterman. He pleaded guilty to murdering Waterman's mother, Lauri, and testified at Waterman's first trial but said he was taking a stand now. A second man, Brian Radel, who also pleaded guilty in the murder, has agreed to testify and is doing so this morning. ​

Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/01/25/1667367/father-testifies-in-daughters.html#ixzz1CBRkOX54​

 

[OkieGranny]

From August 2015:

http://www.krbd.org/2015/08/18/waterman-to-report-to-jail-this-month/

Anchorage jurors found Waterman not guilty of 1st and 2nd degree murder, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder. They did find her guilty of negligent homicide. Waterman&#8217;s lawyer, Steven Wells, says they tried to appeal the verdict, arguing that the trial should&#8217;ve been in juvenile court...

Wells says that Waterman&#8217;s three-year sentence doesn&#8217;t mean three more years in jail because a third of that time can be taken off for good behavior, and Waterman already served some time during the trial process...

Ten and a half years after her mother&#8217;s murder, Waterman is scheduled to appear at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center Aug. 31st to serve the remainder of her sentence.

 

[ilovewings]

Love Websleuths!! i can always find an old crime thread here: I just saw the story of how Rachelle masterminded the hit on her mother Lori- and at the end i almost fell off my chair: she got THREE YEARS IN PRISON--- I am gobsmacked. What a miscarriage of justice: just awful.

 

[GoBuckeyes]

Love Websleuths!! i can always find an old crime thread here: I just saw the story of how Rachelle masterminded the hit on her mother Lori- and at the end i almost fell off my chair: she got THREE YEARS IN PRISON--- I am gobsmacked. What a miscarriage of justice: just awful.

I just read that she started posting on her old blog. I'm repulsed.

 

[ilovewings]

I just read that she started posting on her old blog. I'm repulsed.

We should not be surprised at anything she does- she got a slap on the wrist for murdering her mother! Who is to say she won't kill again when she gets mad at somebody?