GUILTY AZ - Rainer Canku, 1 month, found dead in teen mom's apartment, Chandler, 24 Oct 2018 *mom suicide*

[Marg from Oz]

Looks like she got off lightly. Premeditated too. SMH. 14 years, she'll still have time to have more babies. MOO

 

[Niner]

Just an update on the docket. Sentencing still on for 12/14/20.

Case Documents
Filing Date Description Docket Date Filing Party
12/11/2020 SME – Sentencing Memo - Party (001) 12/11/2020
NOTE: STATE’S SENTENCING MEMORANDUM

link: Criminal Court Case Information - Case History

 

[Niner]

Monday, December 14th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9am PT) – AZ – Rainer Canku-Folwell (4 wks.) (Oct. 24, 2018, Chandler; reported abducted, found dead in mom’s apt.) – *Jenna M. Folwell (19/now 21) arrested & charged (10/24/18), indicted (11/1/18) & arraigned (11/8/19) with 1st degree premeditated murder, intentional child abuse & false reporting to LE. Plead not guilty. $1M cash only bond.
Admitted drowning her son so she wouldn’t have to listen to him crying; searched internet for quick ways to kill a baby.
Trial was set to begin on 1/28/21-plea deal: plead guilty to 2nd degree murder & other charges dismissed with sentencing on 12/14/20.
Court info from 11/5/18 thru 10/22/20 reference post #76 here:
AZ - Rainer Canku, 1 month, missing, found dead in teen mom's apartment, Chandler, 24 Oct 2018
11/4/20 Update: Settlement conference hearing rescheduled to 11/12/20. Trial continuance-granted. Pretrial conference hearing on 11/23, Complex/Capital case hearing on 1/11/21 & trial to begin on 1/28/21.
11/12/20 Update: Settlement has been agreed upon. Plead guilty to reduced charge of 2nd degree murder & due to plea deal false report to law enforcement & child abuse-intent charges are dismissed. According to Folwell’s plea agreement, the defendant has agreed to serve at least 14 years in the prison. The aggravated maximum prison sentence for 2nd degree murder is 25 years. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors dismissed other criminal charges, including child abuse & false reporting to law enforcement. Next pretrial hearing on 11/23/20 maybe & sentencing on 12/14/20.
11/23/20 Update: No pretrial conference – cancelled due to guilty plea. Next sentencing hearing on 12/14/20.

 

[Niner]

Well - this is strange! State's motion to dismiss??

Case Documents
Filing Date Description Docket Date Filing Party
12/14/2020 MTD - Motion To Dismiss - Party (001) 12/14/2020
NOTE: STATE'S MOTION AND ORDER TO DISMISS

link: Criminal Court Case Information - Case History

 

[Niner]

Only update in docket:

Filing Date Description Docket Date Filing Party
12/14/2020 MTD - Motion To Dismiss - Party (001) 12/14/2020
NOTE: STATE'S MOTION AND ORDER TO DISMISS

12/14/2020 RES - Response - Party (001) 12/15/2020
NOTE: Response to States Motion to Dismiss

link: Criminal Court Case Information - Case History


Couldn't find any recent articles - all were October, 2018 if she was formally charged on 12/14/20. Don't understand the Motion to Dismiss filed by the State though...

 

[Niner]

Ah - I see "why" there is a motion to dismiss. Folwell gave herself her own sentence----death....

Chandler baby killer takes her life day before jail

Jan. 6, 2021

A Chandler woman who pleaded guilty to drowning her month-old son died by suicide last month, the day before she was scheduled to be sentenced for her guilty plea to murder.
Jenna Folwell, 21, apparently took her life Dec. 13. Police found her body on a Tempe street. Investigators believe she jumped from a nearby building and found no evidence of foul play, Tempe Police Det. Greg Bacon said.
Court records show Folwell had been scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 14 for her plea to second-degree murder of her son, Rainer, who was found dead in the mother’s Chandler apartment two years ago.
[.....]
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office notified Judge Pamela Gates of Folwell’s death on Dec. 14, the same day she was expected to be sent to prison to begin her sentence.
Folwell had bonded out of jail shortly after her arrest in October 2018.
Chandler Police arrested her after discovering evidence on Folwell’s cell phone that indicated she had planned to kill Rainer.
[.....]
Because Folwell died before her case could be fully adjudicated, prosecutors have asked Gates to dismiss her criminal charges “without prejudice,” a legal term that leaves the door open for the state to refile charges against the same defendant.
Folwell’s attorneys objected to the prosecution’s request, asking the judge to dismiss the case “with prejudice” because it is impossible for Folwell to be charged again.
“The finality of her case is evident,” Folwell’s attorney stated. “Justice requires that the dismissal be with prejudice.”
Gates has not issued a ruling.