GUILTY AK - Shelley Connolly, 16, Anchorage, 7 Jan 1978 *Arrest in 2019*

[Niner]

Since the Alaska court site was hacked I have not been able to access it.

@PayrollNerd - was wondering if I could ask for help on this case also?

Donald Frances McQuade - Case #3AN-19-08645CR

TIA! No rush!

 

[PayrollNerd]

Since the Alaska court site was hacked I have not been able to access it.

@PayrollNerd - was wondering if I could ask for help on this case also?

Donald Frances McQuade - Case #3AN-19-08645CR

TIA! No rush!

McQuade, Donald Frances
3AN-19-08645CR - nothing posted beyond Monday, 7/12/21. Maybe it's not updated yet?

https://records.courts.alaska.gov/eaccess/search.page.3?x=lDN0aG5NDMyd8V53mvv11Q

 

[Niner]

Thank you for taking the time @PayrollNerd - I'll check back in a few days then!

 

[Niner]

@PayrollNerd - another week has gone - any updates yet? TIA!

 

[PayrollNerd]

McQuade, Donald Frances
3AN-19-08645CR

https://records.courts.alaska.gov/e...TSsoZcPawSOZrU-u2zRcjtpNvRUwzIwFev8dcSkW*oQvQ


Date/Time Location Type Result Event Judge
09/13/2021 02:30 PM Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse Discovery Hearing
Saxby, Kevin M
07/12/2021 02:30 PM Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse Discovery Hearing Continued: Motion Practice Saxby, Kevin M

 

[Niner]

Thank you @PayrollNerd !

 

[Niner]

Monday, Sept. 13th:
*Discovery Hearing (@ 2:30pm PT) – AK – Shelley Connolly (16) (January 7, 1978, Anchorage) - *Donald Frances McQuade (21 @ time of crime/62/now 64) arrested & charged (8/30/19), arraigned (9/4/19) & indicted (10/3/19) with 1 count of 1st degree murder & 1 count of 2nd degree murder. $1M cash bond (Alaska). Judge reduced (4/1/20) to $10K CASH bail & $50K unsecured bond & 24-hour location monitoring. Out on bond (1/6/21).
New advances in DNA. GEDMatch & “genetic genealogy”. Admits to having sex with Shelley, but denies killing her.
In Oregon awaiting extradition to Alaska which was completed on 10/2/19.
Court info from 9/4/19 thru 12/29/20 reference post #58 here:
Found Deceased - AK - Shelley Connolly, 16, Anchorage, 7 Jan 1978 *Arrest in 2019*
1/11/21 Update: Defense asks for continuance-granted. Next discovery hearing on 4/12/21. 4/12/21 Update: Per defense request hearing continued to 7/12/21. 7/12/21 Update: Discovery hearing reset to 9/13/21.

 

[PayrollNerd]

McQuade, Donald Frances
3AN-19-08645CR

https://records.courts.alaska.gov/e...TSsoZcPawSOZrU-u2zRcjtpNvRUwzIwFev8dcSkW*oQvQ

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Date/Time Location Type Result Event Judge
09/13/2021 02:30 PM Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse Discovery Hearing
Saxby, Kevin M
07/12/2021 02:30 PM Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse Discovery Hearing Continued: Motion Practice Saxby, Kevin M

McQuade, Donald Frances
3AN-19-08645CR

Looked to see if the site had been updated yet. This is what I see on the Event tab:



09/27/2021 02:30 PM Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse Discovery Hearing
Saxby, Kevin M
09/13/2021 02:30 PM Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse Discovery Hearing Off-Record Continuance Saxby, Kevin M

https://records.courts.alaska.gov/e...uGmQeUHtbxjmJxYEmmtwnhnKcVyLxNLbHJkOPG8G*ePEw

 

[PayrollNerd]

This is the Docket tab so far today. Maybe it will be updated later.
https://records.courts.alaska.gov/e...uGmQeUHtbxjmJxYEmmtwnhnKcVyLxNLbHJkOPG8G*ePEw

 

[JudgeJoe]

Sure hope that day in court gets here before he dies. Sloooooowww!

 

[Niner]

Thank you @PayrollNerd !

 

[Niner]

Monday, Sept. 27th:
*Discovery Hearing (@ 2:30pm PT) – AK – Shelley Connolly (16) (January 7, 1978, Anchorage) - *Donald Frances McQuade (21 @ time of crime/62/now 64) arrested & charged (8/30/19), arraigned (9/4/19) & indicted (10/3/19) with 1 count of 1st degree murder & 1 count of 2nd degree murder. $1M cash bond (Alaska). Judge reduced (4/1/20) to $10K CASH bail & $50K unsecured bond & 24-hour location monitoring. Out on bond (1/6/21).
New advances in DNA. GEDMatch & “genetic genealogy”. Admits to having sex with Shelley, but denies killing her.
In Oregon awaiting extradition to Alaska which was completed on 10/2/19.
Court info from 9/4/19 thru 4/12/21 reference post #67 here:
Found Deceased - AK - Shelley Connolly, 16, Anchorage, 7 Jan 1978 *Arrest in 2019*
7/12/21 Update: Discovery hearing reset to 9/13/21. 9/10/21: Off-record continuance. Discovery hearing on 9/13/21 was continued on 9/27/21.

 

[JudgeJoe]

BBM

Monday, Sept. 27th:
*Discovery Hearing (@ 2:30pm PT) – AK – Shelley Connolly (16) (January 7, 1978, Anchorage) - *Donald Frances McQuade (21 @ time of crime/62/now 64) arrested & charged (8/30/19), arraigned (9/4/19) & indicted (10/3/19) with 1 count of 1st degree murder & 1 count of 2nd degree murder. $1M cash bond (Alaska). Judge reduced (4/1/20) to $10K CASH bail & $50K unsecured bond & 24-hour location monitoring. Out on bond (1/6/21).
New advances in DNA. GEDMatch & “genetic genealogy”. Admits to having sex with Shelley, but denies killing her.
In Oregon awaiting extradition to Alaska which was completed on 10/2/19.
Court info from 9/4/19 thru 4/12/21 reference post #67 here:
Found Deceased - AK - Shelley Connolly, 16, Anchorage, 7 Jan 1978 *Arrest in 2019*
7/12/21 Update: Discovery hearing reset to 9/13/21. 9/10/21: Off-record continuance. Discovery hearing on 9/13/21 was continued on 9/27/21.

I knew he’d claim consentual sex to explain away the DNA & hope a jury won’t convict. I think that eyewitness testimony will be key- seen leaving the bar with 4 men, but only 1 left his DNA. Found the next morning- so really only a few hours window for this crime. Hope those witnesses are still alive & certain about what they saw. Defense will try to poke holes in the timeline. This thing needs to get to trial asap. These stall tactics are maddening. I want Judy Connolly to get closure for her daughter before she passes.

“I've come to the conclusion that in my lifetime I'm sure I won't know," says Connolly. "Hopefully my family will find closure and I guess when I leave this old world then there will be answer."
Anchorage Cold Cases: Mother of teen murdered in 1978 still searches for answers

“The mother of an Alaska teenager who was murdered in 1978 says she never thought she would see the day when someone was arrested for her daughter’s death. Judy Connolly says she was flabbergasted when she heard from Alaska State Troopers that a 62-year-old Oregon man was arrested Friday in connection with the death of her 16-year-old daughter, Shelley.
1978 murder victim’s mom surprised by suspect’s arrest - KWHL

From article 1st post in thread:
“On the night she was killed, she went to the well-known Anchorage bar Chilkoot Charlie's, although she was underage. It was a singular time in the history of Anchorage: With oil freshly flowing through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, there were plenty of young men with money in their pockets, on R&R from pipeline work…

On the night of Jan. 7, the city was locked in thick fog. Shelley went out wearing a top her mom didn't quite approve of -- it showed too much of her bust, Judy Connolly thought -- and the ski jacket her parents had given her for Christmas.

At some point in the night, Shelley was seen leaving Chilkoot Charlie's with several men. At least one person later reported seeing her at Leroy's, an all-night diner on C Street. Investigators had a hard time establishing a reliable timeline of the night from witness statements, Gallan said.

Two female hikers found her body the next morning, 10 miles south of Potter Marsh along the Seward Highway.

"They threw her out of the car alive," Connolly said. "Her hand got stuck in the door. They were driving with her -- she was still alive -- and once they realize they were dragging something they stopped and opened the door and threw her over the side. She rolled down near the train tracks. She tried to crawl up. You could see in the snow where she tried."

She ultimately died of a ruptured spleen and exposure.

"If they had just left her on the side of the road, somebody might have come along and saw her," Connolly said.

Shelley's death never made the front page of the Anchorage Daily News. It jostled for space with the ongoing saga of a family of crooked fortune tellers being run out of town and President Jimmy Carter's trip to France. In initial reports, her name was spelled wrong.”
Family clings to hope in an unsolved murder nearly 40 years old

 

[PayrollNerd]

This is the Docket tab so far today. Maybe it will be updated later.
https://records.courts.alaska.gov/e...uGmQeUHtbxjmJxYEmmtwnhnKcVyLxNLbHJkOPG8G*ePEw

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Took a look at the Docket & Event list to see if any changes. I don't understand the new line item but maybe someone else does.

McQuade, Donald Frances
3AN-19-08645CR

 

[Niner]

@PayrollNerd - was wondering if there might be another court date listed yet?

TIA!

 

[PayrollNerd]

Next up:
3AN-19-08645CR
10/25/2021 02:30 PM
Courtroom 603,
Nesbett Courthouse
Discovery Hearing

https://records.courts.alaska.gov/e...LyW9uqfHESNZgTqW3dbIGuWdBLooSw4gJH7WEc0FBYWHw

 

[Niner]

Thank you @PayrollNerd!

 

[Niner]

Monday, October 25th:
*Discovery Hearing (@ 2:30pm PT) – AK – Shelley Connolly (16) (January 7, 1978, Anchorage) - *Donald Frances McQuade (21 @ time of crime/62/now 64) arrested & charged (8/30/19), arraigned (9/4/19) & indicted (10/3/19) with 1 count of 1st degree murder & 1 count of 2nd degree murder. $1M cash bond (Alaska). Judge reduced (4/1/20) to $10K CASH bail & $50K unsecured bond & 24-hour location monitoring. Out on bond (1/6/21).
New advances in DNA. GEDMatch & “genetic genealogy”. Admits to having sex with Shelley, but denies killing her.
In Oregon awaiting extradition to Alaska which was completed on 10/2/19.
Court info from 9/4/19 thru 4/12/21 reference post #67 here:
Found Deceased - AK - Shelley Connolly, 16, Anchorage, 7 Jan 1978 *Arrest in 2019*
7/12/21 Update: Discovery hearing reset to 9/13/21. 9/10/21: Off-record continuance. Discovery hearing on 9/13/21 was continued on 9/27/21. 9/13/21: Attorney Shaun M. Sehl dismissed/withdrawn for Victim Advocate Alaska Office of Victims' rights. Notice of withdrawal of limited entry of appearance: Shaun M. Sehl.
9/27/21 Update: Motion #2 to dismiss indictment & request for evidentiary hearing filed by defendant. Confidential filing: attachments to Motion to Dismiss indictment & request for evidentiary hearing by Tristan Bordon. Discovery hearing moved to 10/25/21.

 

[PayrollNerd]

This is what I see this evening on the Event tab:

McQuade, Donald Frances
3AN-19-08645CR

11/08/2021 02:30 PM
Courtroom 603,
Nesbett Courthouse Discovery Hearing



https://records.courts.alaska.gov/e...3T1vyX9jHlDMFGw8Ng26smTt7fFBgMaBqKqHlYF39eSLg

 

[PayrollNerd]

Here is the Docket tab:

McQuade, Donald Frances
3AN-19-08645CR



https://records.courts.alaska.gov/e...3T1vyX9jHlDMFGw8Ng26smTt7fFBgMaBqKqHlYF39eSLg