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

Tuesday, October 3rd:
*Trial Call Hearing (@ 2:30pm PT) – AK – Shelley Connolly (16) (January 7, 1978, Anchorage) - *Donald Frances McQuade (21 @ time of crime/62/now 66) 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. Arrested in Oregon & extraditing to Alaska on 10/2/19. Out on bond (1/6/21).
New advances in DNA help this case. GEDMatch & “genetic genealogy”. Admits to having sex with Shelley, but denies killing her.
Court info from 9/4/19 thru 10/31/22 reference post #134 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...orage-7-jan-1978-arrest-in-2019.322252/page-7

1/23/23 Update: By defense request hearing continued on 3/20/23 @ 2:30pm. 3/20/23 Update: Trial setting conference hearing rescheduled on 8/14/23. 8/14/23 Update: Felony trial scheduling Order. Next trial call hearing on 10/3/23 @ 2:30pm.
 
I don't know if this was posted previously but I thought I'd add it. I was looking for anything on MSM that discussed the judge recusing himself.


Snip:

In early 2019, forensic DNA analysis identified Donald McQuade as a suspect. He was living in Gresham. Troopers in Alaska asked the Gresham Police Department for assistance.

Gresham detectives tracked McQuade and recovered a couple of his cigarette butts. DNA from those matched DNA from the crime scene.
 
I don't know if this was posted previously but I thought I'd add it. I was looking for anything on MSM that discussed the judge recusing himself.


Snip:

In early 2019, forensic DNA analysis identified Donald McQuade as a suspect. He was living in Gresham. Troopers in Alaska asked the Gresham Police Department for assistance.

Gresham detectives tracked McQuade and recovered a couple of his cigarette butts. DNA from those matched DNA from the crime scene.

Can not access this article - does it say in the article WHY the judge is recusing himself? TIA! :)
 
Can not access this article - does it say in the article WHY the judge is recusing himself? TIA! :)
This article was from 2019 where they interviewed the perps brother. I haven’t found anything that explicitly stated the judge recused himself but I’ll keep you posted if I do.
 
This article was from 2019 where they interviewed the perps brother. I haven’t found anything that explicitly stated the judge recused himself but I’ll keep you posted if I do.
Okay - thanks!

So no update in the court site yet? Last hearing was on 10/3 - a trial call hearing.

TIA!
 
Friday, November 3rd:
*Status Hearing (@ 11:30am PT) – AK – Shelley Connolly (16) (January 7, 1978, Anchorage) - *Donald Frances McQuade (21 @ time of crime/62/now 66) 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. Arrested in Oregon & extraditing to Alaska on 10/2/19. Out on bond (1/6/21).
New advances in DNA help this case. GEDMatch & “genetic genealogy”. Admits to having sex with Shelley, but denies killing her.
Court info from 9/4/19 thru 3/20/23 reference post #144 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...orage-7-jan-1978-arrest-in-2019.322252/page-8

8/14/23 Update: Felony trial scheduling Order. Next trial call hearing on 10/3/23 @ 2:30pm. 10/2/23 Update: Notice of experts: Norman Thompson & Jennifer Foster filed by attorney Erin F. McCarthy. 10/3/23: Administration Judicial reassignment. 10/16/23 Update: Notice of Expert-Jessica Hogan on behalf of State. 10/19/23 Update: Recusal by Judge.
10/20/23: Request for status hearing attorney Erin F. McCarthy. 10/26/23: Notice of expert: Dr. Karl Reich attorney Benjamin Seth Dresner. Confidential filing by attorney Benjamin Dresner. 10/31/23 Update: Notice of co-counsel entry of appearance attorney Kyle Mithcell Barber representing defendant McQuade as of 10/31/23. Public Defender Agency. Next status hearing on 11/3/23 in front of Judge Andrew Peterson.
 

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