We don't know what the prosecution has, she specifically said she was not releasing all the facts at that hearing.
I agree. The state's case is very weak, relying on unreliable eye witness testimony. JMO.
Without at least casings from unaccounted weapons the defense has Kelly's testimony and his wife's testimony (and extensive circumstantial communication records with border patrol). Without a bullet, the prosecution has witness testimony and circumstantial evidence that it was even Kelly who shot the guy.
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Yes. And since Mr Kelly is innocent until proven guilty the state will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he shot and killed the victim.
I am hoping there is more proof than a changing story. There has to be something to tie the body to Kelly's armaments or the whole thing is just a tragic spectacle. Obviously, I know.
It's all in the links on the thread, I don't have bookmarks on the apparatus I use in the daytime. He said he was "returning fire", that they were "near" his house, that he fired "over their heads", he might be underfire, the "leader" pointed an ak at him, that they were too far away to tell if they were armed, and so on. Also the story of when he found the body has some contradictions. He went to the pasture to see if the horse really had been hurt, after checking his horse earlier. Voila, a body by the pasture. There are at least a couple of stories about what led him to the pasture, re the horse. He had lots of time to develop his stories, (and to potentially rearrange evidence like casings) iirc there were nearly 3 hours between the first call - that he was returning fire - and LE ultimately taking charge of the victim's body. In one of those links the prosecuting atty lists some of the contradictions, but as I say I can't provide those links on this device. We are lucky to have just one thread with all the links in one place.
I wonder why BP didn't find the body when they searched Mr Kelly's property? Was C-B shot after that? Was his body dumped there after the search by unknown persons? JMO.
Callers harass county employees over Kelly case
Santa Cruz County employees are receiving hostile, and at times racist, phone calls in response to the case of a Kino Springs man accused of the first-degree murder of awww.nogalesinternational.com
Since Sheriff’s Deputies arrested George Alan Kelly, staff at the Sheriff’s Office, as well as the county courthouse and main complex, have received aggressive calls from people sympathetic to Kelly. "It’s just people calling, and, you know, expressing themselves. Cussing us out, basically." Chief Deputy Gerardo Castillo said.
One caller, Castillo said, told him he “sounded Hispanic,” adding: “So I hope your family gets killed.”
A dispatch log shows that the Sheriff’s Office received a report on Wednesday of “harassing” emails and phone calls received at the courthouse.
The callers, Castillo said, are not identifying themselves, and the area codes largely indicate out-of-state phone numbers. None of the calls seemed specific enough to constitute a criminal threat.
“They’ve been very vague,” he said.
If that changes, he said, the Sheriff’s Office would work with federal authorities such as the FBI to further investigate. But for now, the callers seem to be aiming the insults at any individual who happens to answer the phone.
Arizona rancher who shot 'cartel drug smuggler' dead on his property made '30 to 40' calls to Border Patrol in January ALONE
Until C-B's time of death is confirmed, GK "staging" anything related to his death is pure speculation.
I think most people would feel threatened if they had armed people on their property.
Isn't that sourced to a "neighbor" who lives by the fence? It really wouldn't matter if he had 1000 in a month if he slaughtered someone who wasn't a threat.
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Even in 2005, 3 years after GK bought his Arizona land...I, even then oldish obvious didn't fit the suspect profile American woman, was stopped about 10 times by bp or other local le as I was bird watching, alone, from Big Bend State Park, Alpine, BBNP, Del Rio, etc. Probably the binocs didn't help, but the stops were brusque, I had to get out of the obvious cheapskate clearly coded rental car, have a flashlight in my face once. I could have gotten brusque right back at them, but they scared me although they were simply competent and polite, definitely no smiley faces.
the only one who said that was him. may be true, may not be. LE said his stories were inconsistent that day.
well that seems really productive -_-Callers harass county employees over Kelly case
Santa Cruz County employees are receiving hostile, and at times racist, phone calls in response to the case of a Kino Springs man accused of the first-degree murder of awww.nogalesinternational.com
Since Sheriff’s Deputies arrested George Alan Kelly, staff at the Sheriff’s Office, as well as the county courthouse and main complex, have received aggressive calls from people sympathetic to Kelly. "It’s just people calling, and, you know, expressing themselves. Cussing us out, basically." Chief Deputy Gerardo Castillo said.
One caller, Castillo said, told him he “sounded Hispanic,” adding: “So I hope your family gets killed.”
A dispatch log shows that the Sheriff’s Office received a report on Wednesday of “harassing” emails and phone calls received at the courthouse.
The callers, Castillo said, are not identifying themselves, and the area codes largely indicate out-of-state phone numbers. None of the calls seemed specific enough to constitute a criminal threat.
“They’ve been very vague,” he said.
If that changes, he said, the Sheriff’s Office would work with federal authorities such as the FBI to further investigate. But for now, the callers seem to be aiming the insults at any individual who happens to answer the phone.
