GUILTY CA - Roman Anthony Lopez, 11, found deceased, poisoned , Placerville, 11 Jan 2020 *arrests* #2

[Seattle1]

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Date/Time	Type	Result	Official	Location
	P21CRF0062-1: People v. JORDAN THOMAS PIPER
	10/26/2023 01:30 PM	Plea Hearing			Department 1
	10/31/2023 08:30 AM	Preliminary Examination - Est. 2 days			Department 1
	10/20/2023 08:30 AM	Pre Prelim	Heard: Continued	Ashworth	Department 1

 

[Niner]

Oh no -- I'll check the docket! Grrrr.

ETA: Seems the 10/20 hearing was continued and the next scheduled event on 10/26 is a plea hearing. Could a change of plea be coming???

Looks like it! Guess he saw the light... wonder what kind of plea deal they are giving him? Lindsey got 15 years to life.

And thanks for the new info.

 

[Niner]

Oh - @Seattle1 - I have his Federal case on 10/23 Monday for a sentencing hearing - still on?

TIA!

 

[Seattle1]

Oh - @Seattle1 - I have his Federal case on 10/23 Monday for a sentencing hearing - still on?

TIA!

Still on the calendar for 9 AM:

Daily Calendar - New CAED

Welcome to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The Eastern District encompasses the largest geographical area of the four districts in California. The district stretches from the Oregon border in the north to the Tehachapis in the south and from the Coastal...

www.caed.uscourts.gov

 

[Niner]

Still on the calendar for 9 AM:

Daily Calendar - New CAED

Welcome to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The Eastern District encompasses the largest geographical area of the four districts in California. The district stretches from the Oregon border in the north to the Tehachapis in the south and from the Coastal...

www.caed.uscourts.gov

Thanks - I did not have the time.

 

[Niner]

Monday, October 23rd:
*Sentencing Hearing (Federal) (@ 9am PT) - CA – Roman Anthony Lopez (11) (last seen Saturday morning Jan. 11, 2020, found later in evening dead in a storage bin in the basement, Placerville) – death is being investigated as suspicious. *Jordan Thomas Piper (35/now 38) “father” arrested (2/3/21), charged (2/4/21) & arraigned (2/9/21) with 1 count of child abuse likely to cause injury or death & causing cruel & extreme pain for revenge, extortion or sadistic purpose, 1 count of torture & 1 count with willfully failing to provide food, shelter & medical attention to the child. Plead not guilty. $1.05M bond.
Additional charge (10/29/21) & arraigned (11/19/21) of murder. Plead not guilty.
Info on crime, where children are & court info from 2/4/21 to 6/16/23 reference post #114 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-11-jan-2020-arrests-2-guilty-2.629673/page-6
9/19/23 Update: Pre-preliminary hearing on 9/8/23 was continued on 10/20/23 @ 8:30am & the preliminary hearings on 9/19 & 9/20 were reset on 10/30/23 & 10/31/23.
10/20/23 Update: Pre-preliminary hearing was cancelled. Next Plea hearing on 10/26/23 @ 1:30pm.
*Lindsay Marie Piper (38/now 41) “stepmother” - Plead no contest (5/16/22) to 2nd degree murder. Sentenced on 7/8/22 to 15 years to life with the possibility of parole. Her guilty plea (deal) will dismiss these charges: child abuse, poisoning & torture.
*Federal Criminal complaint filed (6/21/22) & charged (6/23/22) of sexual exploitation of a child/. U.S. District Court-Eastern District of Calif. U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes/Judge Kendall Newman
Jordan Piper is accused of secretly recording videos of a girl using the bathroom & bathing at his home in the months before Roman disappeared in Placerville, according to a filed FBI affidavit. His criminal case in El Dorado County stemming from his son’s death is still pending.
Court info from 6/21/22 to 3/20/23 reference post #114 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-11-jan-2020-arrests-2-guilty-2.629673/page-6
6/12/23 Update: Plead guilty (on 3/20/23). Sentencing hearing was reset on 9/5/23 @ 9am. 9/5/23 Update: Sentencing hearing was reset on 10/10/23 @ 9am. 10/10/23 Update: Sentencing hearing was rescheduled on 10/23/23 @ 9am.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a father, who faces murder and child abuse charges in the 2020 death of his 11-year-old son, to 15 years in prison for sexually exploiting a girl at his California home in the months before the boy disappeared in Placerville

As the Placerville Police Department investigated the death of his son, law enforcement seized a digital camera and other digital devices. Investigators searched cellphones and found evidence that Piper secretly recorded videos of the underage girl.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Roger Yang asked for Piper to serve 15 years on parole once he’s released from prison. On Monday, Yang told the judge that Piper has said he was in “a spiraling family situation” that led to him secretly recording video of the girl, and he’s facing charges in the pending El Dorado County murder case.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article280869970.html

 

[Ebon]

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a father, who faces murder and child abuse charges in the 2020 death of his 11-year-old son, to 15 years in prison for sexually exploiting a girl at his California home in the months before the boy disappeared in Placerville.

U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb sentenced 38-year-old Jordan Thomas Piper to the required minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, which was recommended by both his defense attorney and the federal prosecutor. But they disagreed on how long his parole should be.

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article280869970.html#storylink=cpy

Father and Stepmother Charged with Murdering 11-Year-Old Boy Found Dead in Basement Storage Bin

Slowly but surely, authorities ramp up their quest to get justice for a dead 11-year-old boy. Police have said they found Roman Anthony Lopez, 11, passed away in a basement storage bin at his family's home on Jan. 11, 2020, but it is only now that his father Jordan Piper, 36, and wife Lindsay...

lawandcrime.com

 

[Niner]

Thursday, October 26th:
*Plea Hearing (@ 1:30pm PT) - CA – Roman Anthony Lopez (11) (last seen Saturday morning Jan. 11, 2020, found later in evening dead in a storage bin in the basement, Placerville) – death is being investigated as suspicious. *Jordan Thomas Piper (35/now 38) “father” arrested (2/3/21), charged (2/4/21) & arraigned (2/9/21) with 1 count of child abuse likely to cause injury or death & causing cruel & extreme pain for revenge, extortion or sadistic purpose, 1 count of torture & 1 count with willfully failing to provide food, shelter & medical attention to the child. Plead not guilty. $1.05M bond.
Additional charge (10/29/21) & arraigned (11/19/21) of murder. Plead not guilty.
Info on crime, where children are & court info from 2/4/21 to 9/19/23 reference post #126 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-11-jan-2020-arrests-2-guilty-2.629673/page-7
10/20/23 Update: Pre-preliminary hearing was cancelled. Next plea hearing on 10/26/23 @ 1:30pm.
*Lindsay Marie Piper (38/now 41) “stepmother” - Plead no contest (5/16/22) to 2nd degree murder. Sentenced on 7/8/22 to 15 years to life with the possibility of parole. Her guilty plea (deal) will dismiss these charges: child abuse, poisoning & torture.
*Federal Criminal complaint filed (6/21/22) & charged (6/23/22) of sexual exploitation of a child/. Plead guilty on 3/20/23 to a plea deal. Sentenced on 10/23/23 to 15 years in prison & 7 ½ years parole.

 

[Seattle1]

Placerville Man Sentenced to 15-Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

Jordan T. Piper, 38, of Placerville, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison to be followed by seven and a half years of supervised release for sexual exploitation of a minor.

www.justice.gov

 

[Seattle1]

Shubb scheduled Piper to return to his courtroom June 12 for sentencing. Piper then would be returned to El Dorado County, where he continues to await prosecution in his son’s death.

^^rsbm

@Niner -- as an FYI for federal cases and sentencing, take note JP plead guilty in federal court on March 20, and was initially scheduled to be sentenced on June 12 -- about 2.25 months after his plea change.

In Federal cases, sentencing generally follows about 8-10 weeks after conviction and/or entering plea change.

In this case, he wasn't sentenced until 7 months later!

 

[Niner]

^^rsbm

@Niner -- as an FYI for federal cases and sentencing, take note JP plead guilty in federal court on March 20, and was initially scheduled to be sentenced on June 12 -- about 2.25 months after his plea change.

In Federal cases, sentencing generally follows about 8-10 weeks after conviction and/or entering plea change.

In this case, he wasn't sentenced until 7 months later!

I know - they kept putting it off quite a few times as I recall. And today is plea hearing in the murder of Roman.

 

[Niner]

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article281073543.html

Oct 26, 2023

A father accused of murder and child abuse in the 2020 Placerville death of his 11-year-old son, Roman Lopez, unexpectedly changed his plea Thursday and was convicted in the boy’s death.

A preliminary hearing to determine whether 38-year-old Jordan Thomas Piper should stand trial as charged initially was scheduled to begin next Tuesday morning in El Dorado Superior Court. But that hearing has now been vacated, according to online court records.

Instead, Piper appeared Thursday afternoon in Judge Vicki Ashworth’s courtroom and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Roman’s death, online court records show. Piper remains in custody and is scheduled to return to court Nov. 21 for his sentencing hearing. CBS 13 first reported Thursday that Piper had switched his plea to guilty in the murder case.

 

[Seattle1]

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article281073543.html

Oct 26, 2023

A father accused of murder and child abuse in the 2020 Placerville death of his 11-year-old son, Roman Lopez, unexpectedly changed his plea Thursday and was convicted in the boy’s death.

A preliminary hearing to determine whether 38-year-old Jordan Thomas Piper should stand trial as charged initially was scheduled to begin next Tuesday morning in El Dorado Superior Court. But that hearing has now been vacated, according to online court records.

Instead, Piper appeared Thursday afternoon in Judge Vicki Ashworth’s courtroom and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Roman’s death, online court records show. Piper remains in custody and is scheduled to return to court Nov. 21 for his sentencing hearing. CBS 13 first reported Thursday that Piper had switched his plea to guilty in the murder case.

Good riddance!

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, November 21st:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ am PT) - CA – Roman Anthony Lopez (11) (last seen Saturday morning Jan. 11, 2020, found later in evening dead in a storage bin in the basement, Placerville) – death is being investigated as suspicious. *Jordan Thomas Piper (35/now 38) “father” arrested (2/3/21), charged (2/4/21) & arraigned (2/9/21) with 1 count of child abuse likely to cause injury or death & causing cruel & extreme pain for revenge, extortion or sadistic purpose, 1 count of torture & 1 count with willfully failing to provide food, shelter & medical attention to the child. Plead not guilty. $1.05M bond.
Additional charge (10/29/21) & arraigned (11/19/21) of murder. Plead not guilty.
Info on crime, where children are & court info from 2/4/21 to 9/19/23 reference post #126 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-11-jan-2020-arrests-2-guilty-2.629673/page-7
10/20/23 Update: Pre-preliminary hearing was cancelled. Next plea hearing on 10/26/23 @ 1:30pm.
10/26/23 Update: Piper accused of murder & child abuse in the death of his 11-year-old son, Roman Lopez, unexpectedly changed his plea Thursday & was convicted in the boy’s death. A preliminary hearing to determine whether Piper should stand trial as charged initially was scheduled to begin next Tuesday morning in El Dorado Superior Court. But that hearing has now been vacated. Instead, Piper appeared Thursday afternoon in Judge Vicki Ashworth’s courtroom & pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder in Roman’s death. Piper remains in custody & is scheduled to return to court 11/21/23 his sentencing hearing.
*Lindsay Marie Piper (38/now 41) “stepmother” - Plead no contest (5/16/22) to 2nd degree murder. Sentenced on 7/8/22 to 15 years to life with the possibility of parole. Her guilty plea (deal) will dismiss these charges: child abuse, poisoning & torture.
*Federal Criminal complaint filed (6/21/22) & charged (6/23/22) of sexual exploitation of a child/. Plead guilty on 3/20/23 to a plea deal. Sentenced on 10/23/23 to 15 years in prison & 7 ½ years parole.

 

[Seattle1]

El Dorado Superior Court | Public Access

P21CRF0062-1

People v. JORDAN THOMAS PIPER Next Event 11/21/2023 1:30 PM Sentencing Hearing in Department 1

 

[Niner]

Well - geez...

Jordan Piper's sentencing in murder of Roman Lopez delayed

The sentencing of a Placerville man charged in his own young son's death was postponed Tuesday after issues getting him logged on to the courtroom's Zoom call. Nearly three years after 11-year-old Roman Lopez's body was found in a storage bin in his family's basement, Jordan Piper pleaded guilty...

news.yahoo.com

Nov. 22, 2023
The sentencing of a Placerville man charged in his own young son's death was postponed Tuesday after issues getting him logged on to the courtroom's Zoom call.

this article - video

Jordan Piper's sentencing in murder of Roman Lopez delayed

The sentencing of a Placerville man charged in his own young son's death was postponed Tuesday after issues getting him logged on to the courtroom's Zoom call. Nearly three years after 11-year-old Roman Lopez's body was found in a storage bin in his family's basement, Jordan Piper pleaded guilty...

ca.sports.yahoo.com

New sentencing date is 1/4/24.

 

[borndem]

Late seeing this thread...
It's just a "same verse, same as the first," type thing.
One little boy, one little girl, etc., etc. Only the names and locations change.
They do it because they can, and the "why do it" eludes me. Some may have been abused when they were children; some are drug-addled; some do it because they can do it. No excuses are good enuff. It also seems that step-children may indeed be at risk more than a natural child.
So glad jail/prison is housing them them -- and please, please let there be no early prison releases. <sigh>
Just dammit.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2023/homeschooling-child-abuse-torture-roman-lopez/

 

[Seattle1]

Late seeing this thread...
It's just a "same verse, same as the first," type thing.
One little boy, one little girl, etc., etc. Only the names and locations change.
They do it because they can, and the "why do it" eludes me. Some may have been abused when they were children; some are drug-addled; some do it because they can do it. No excuses are good enuff. It also seems that step-children may indeed be at risk more than a natural child.
So glad jail/prison is housing them them -- and please, please let there be no early prison releases. <sigh>
Just dammit.

Good to see you here @borndem . In a nutshell, it's a case of another vulnerable child that fell through the cracks of a strange family that collected children across the country. However, Roman happened to be the biological child of Jordan (not Piper's son) who was living with his father and stepmother while his mother was deployed (Soldier mom returned home disabled and has since died). I hope the additional 7 children these parents left behind are safe and being loved:

At the time of Roman's death, the child was living in a home with the Pipers and seven other children whose ages ranged from 1 to 17 years old. The family had recently moved to Placerville and had only been in the house for a little over two months before Roman's death.

Roman was reported missing in January 2020. He was found dead hours later in a storage bin in the basement of the family's home, and police said at the time that his death was suspicious and authorities were investigating. Both pleaded not guilty.

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