Still Missing CT - Vanessa Morales, 1, missing after mother found deceased, Ansonia, 28 Nov 2019 *arrest* #2
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JOSE MORALES TRIAL: We are finally underway.
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8:02 AM · Apr 7, 2025
JOSE MORALES TRIAL: The judge has arrived. Announces one of the jurors now has a conflict and cannot serve. Four alternates were chosen along with the jury of 12.
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7:18 AM · Apr 7, 2025
That juror is excused and an alternate will be appointed.
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7:20 AM · Apr 7, 2025
We are in a brief recess due to that. The state will begin presenting its case to the jury shortly.
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7:23 AM · Apr 7, 2025
Hard to hear in the courtroom too. Bad acoustics in there.
8:43 AM · Apr 7, 2025
HAPPENING TODAY: The trial of Jose Morales, charged w/ murder & evidence tampering in the death of his daughter's mother, Christine Holloway, begins this morning--over 5 years after Ansonia police found Holloway beaten to death and 1-year-old Vanessa Morales gone.
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6:56 AM · Apr 7, 2025
About 15 of Holloway's family members just made their way into the courtroom. We're told the judge will be in around 10:20 am.
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7:12 AM · Apr 7, 2025
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Here is Day 2 of trial.
Jury in Jose Morales murder trial sees crime scene photos, bloody items pulled from donation bins
Morales, 48, of New Haven, is accused of killing his girlfriend, Christine Holloway, in her home in Ansonia over five years ago.
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Wednesday, April 9th:
*Trial continues (Day 3) (@ 10am ET) – CT - Christine Marie Holloway (43) (last seen Nov. 27, 2019, found deceased on Dec. 2, 2019 during a welfare check, Ansonia) & Vanessa Morales (17 mos.) (last seen Nov. 29, 2019, reported missing Dec. 3, 2019, Amber Alert on Dec. 4, 2019-not found) - *Jose Luis Morales (43/now 48) (BF) arrested (12/3/19), charged & arraigned (2/7/20) with felony murder, tampering with physical evidence & 2 counts of criminal possession of firearm (see below). Plead not guilty. Bond $5M. CT Superior Court in Milford Superior Court
Jury selection began 2/24/25. A panel of 12 jurors & 4 alternates will be selected. [as of 3/12/25: 12 jurors selected.] 3/18/25 4 alternates selected. 2 jurors (1 juror & 1 alternate have dropped out as of 3/20/25. Final jury selection on 3/25/25.
Jury: 12 jurors & 4 alternates. 4/7/25: 1 juror excused – now 12 jurors & 3 alternates.
Trial began on 4/7/25. (thru 5/7/25)
Superior Court Judge Shari Murphy. Prosecutor Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein & Defense attorney Edward Gavin.
First arrested (12/3/19), charged (1/22/20) & arraigned (3/5/20) with 2 counts of criminal possession of a pistol (2 stun guns). Plead not guilty. Bond $25K. CT Superior court in New Haven/transfer to Milford Superior Court
Court info from 12/4/19 thru 2/18/25 & Jury Selection Day 1-19 (2/24-3/25/25) & Trial Day 1 (4/7/25) reference post #759 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...d-ansonia-28-nov-2019-arrest-2.490240/page-38
4/7/25 Monday, Trial Day 1: Additional info: Judge announces one of the jurors now has a conflict & cannot serve. Four alternates were chosen along with the jury of 12. That juror is excused & an alternate will be appointed.
4/8/25 Tuesday, Trial Day 2: State witnesses: Mira Watkins [a former Kiducation employee]. Mary Ann Tettelbach [Watkins’ supervisor]. Sgt. Kevin Duggan, of Connecticut State Police. Trial continues on Wednesday, 4/9/25.
*Trial continues (Day 3) (@ 10am ET) – CT - Christine Marie Holloway (43) (last seen Nov. 27, 2019, found deceased on Dec. 2, 2019 during a welfare check, Ansonia) & Vanessa Morales (17 mos.) (last seen Nov. 29, 2019, reported missing Dec. 3, 2019, Amber Alert on Dec. 4, 2019-not found) - *Jose Luis Morales (43/now 48) (BF) arrested (12/3/19), charged & arraigned (2/7/20) with felony murder, tampering with physical evidence & 2 counts of criminal possession of firearm (see below). Plead not guilty. Bond $5M. CT Superior Court in Milford Superior Court
Jury selection began 2/24/25. A panel of 12 jurors & 4 alternates will be selected. [as of 3/12/25: 12 jurors selected.] 3/18/25 4 alternates selected. 2 jurors (1 juror & 1 alternate have dropped out as of 3/20/25. Final jury selection on 3/25/25.
Jury: 12 jurors & 4 alternates. 4/7/25: 1 juror excused – now 12 jurors & 3 alternates.
Trial began on 4/7/25. (thru 5/7/25)
Superior Court Judge Shari Murphy. Prosecutor Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein & Defense attorney Edward Gavin.
First arrested (12/3/19), charged (1/22/20) & arraigned (3/5/20) with 2 counts of criminal possession of a pistol (2 stun guns). Plead not guilty. Bond $25K. CT Superior court in New Haven/transfer to Milford Superior Court
Court info from 12/4/19 thru 2/18/25 & Jury Selection Day 1-19 (2/24-3/25/25) & Trial Day 1 (4/7/25) reference post #759 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...d-ansonia-28-nov-2019-arrest-2.490240/page-38
4/7/25 Monday, Trial Day 1: Additional info: Judge announces one of the jurors now has a conflict & cannot serve. Four alternates were chosen along with the jury of 12. That juror is excused & an alternate will be appointed.
4/8/25 Tuesday, Trial Day 2: State witnesses: Mira Watkins [a former Kiducation employee]. Mary Ann Tettelbach [Watkins’ supervisor]. Sgt. Kevin Duggan, of Connecticut State Police. Trial continues on Wednesday, 4/9/25.
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Day 3
More crime scene photos, blood evidence focus of Jose Morales’ murder trial on Day 3
Sgt. Kevin Duggan, with Connecticut State Police, picked up his testimony about the condition Holloway was found in when Ansonia police forced their way into her home on Dec. 2, 2019.
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Thursday, April 10th:
*Trial continues (Day 4) (@ 10am ET) – CT - Christine Marie Holloway (43) (last seen Nov. 27, 2019, found deceased on Dec. 2, 2019 during a welfare check, Ansonia) & Vanessa Morales (17 mos.) (last seen Nov. 29, 2019, reported missing Dec. 3, 2019, Amber Alert on Dec. 4, 2019-not found) - *Jose Luis Morales (43/now 48) (BF) arrested (12/3/19), charged & arraigned (2/7/20) with felony murder, tampering with physical evidence & 2 counts of criminal possession of firearm (see below). Plead not guilty. Bond $5M. CT Superior Court in Milford Superior Court
Jury selection began 2/24/25. A panel of 12 jurors & 4 alternates will be selected. [as of 3/12/25: 12 jurors selected.] 3/18/25 4 alternates selected. 2 jurors (1 juror & 1 alternate have dropped out as of 3/20/25. Final jury selection on 3/25/25.
Jury: 12 jurors & 4 alternates. 4/7/25: 1 juror excused – now 12 jurors & 3 alternates.
Trial began on 4/7/25. (thru 5/7/25)
Superior Court Judge Shari Murphy. Prosecutor Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein & Defense attorney Edward Gavin.
First arrested (12/3/19), charged (1/22/20) & arraigned (3/5/20) with 2 counts of criminal possession of a pistol (2 stun guns). Plead not guilty. Bond $25K. CT Superior court in New Haven/transfer to Milford Superior Court
Court info from 12/4/19 thru 2/18/25 & Jury Selection Day 1-19 (2/24-3/25/25) & Trial Day 1-2 (4/7-4/8/25) reference post #766 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...d-ansonia-28-nov-2019-arrest-2.490240/page-39
4/9/25 Wednesday, Trial Day 3: State witnesses: Sgt. Kevin Duggan, of Connecticut State Police [crime scene investigator] continues on stand. Forensic science examiner Jennifer Nelson. Trial continues on Thursday, 4/10/25.
*Trial continues (Day 4) (@ 10am ET) – CT - Christine Marie Holloway (43) (last seen Nov. 27, 2019, found deceased on Dec. 2, 2019 during a welfare check, Ansonia) & Vanessa Morales (17 mos.) (last seen Nov. 29, 2019, reported missing Dec. 3, 2019, Amber Alert on Dec. 4, 2019-not found) - *Jose Luis Morales (43/now 48) (BF) arrested (12/3/19), charged & arraigned (2/7/20) with felony murder, tampering with physical evidence & 2 counts of criminal possession of firearm (see below). Plead not guilty. Bond $5M. CT Superior Court in Milford Superior Court
Jury selection began 2/24/25. A panel of 12 jurors & 4 alternates will be selected. [as of 3/12/25: 12 jurors selected.] 3/18/25 4 alternates selected. 2 jurors (1 juror & 1 alternate have dropped out as of 3/20/25. Final jury selection on 3/25/25.
Jury: 12 jurors & 4 alternates. 4/7/25: 1 juror excused – now 12 jurors & 3 alternates.
Trial began on 4/7/25. (thru 5/7/25)
Superior Court Judge Shari Murphy. Prosecutor Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein & Defense attorney Edward Gavin.
First arrested (12/3/19), charged (1/22/20) & arraigned (3/5/20) with 2 counts of criminal possession of a pistol (2 stun guns). Plead not guilty. Bond $25K. CT Superior court in New Haven/transfer to Milford Superior Court
Court info from 12/4/19 thru 2/18/25 & Jury Selection Day 1-19 (2/24-3/25/25) & Trial Day 1-2 (4/7-4/8/25) reference post #766 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...d-ansonia-28-nov-2019-arrest-2.490240/page-39
4/9/25 Wednesday, Trial Day 3: State witnesses: Sgt. Kevin Duggan, of Connecticut State Police [crime scene investigator] continues on stand. Forensic science examiner Jennifer Nelson. Trial continues on Thursday, 4/10/25.
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Prosecutor tries to connect Jose Morales to death of Ansonia mother in Day 3 of trial
MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Day three of the Jose Morales murder trial had the prosecutor zeroing in on efforts to connect Morales to the death of his girlfriend Christine Holloway. Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein introduced evidence of a black contractor’s bag found in the trunk...
April 9, 2025 -- Day 3
The prosecutor introduced the evidence from Morales’s car hoping to make a connection to the gruesome crime scene found inside his girlfriend Christine Holloway’s Ansonia home on Dec. 2, 2019. That’s when she was found in the bathtub beaten to death with a large open wound on her head.
“Was there a brain within her skull?” asked Stein.
“There was not,” answered Duggan.
Duggan also testified to blood-like substances found throughout Halloway’s house as well as on the items discovered in a Kiducation donation bin on Dec. 4.
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Testimony In Ansonia Murder Trial Concentrates On Items Recovered…
ANSONIA – Jurors in the trial of Jose Morales on Wednesday saw photos of bloodstained items police said were recovered from local donation bins, including…
I am local and still tear up any time I pass the parking lot where those bins are.
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BBM: OMG, do we know what happened to it???? Christ, I had not heard that detail before.
Prosecutor tries to connect Jose Morales to death of Ansonia mother in Day 3 of trial
MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Day three of the Jose Morales murder trial had the prosecutor zeroing in on efforts to connect Morales to the death of his girlfriend Christine Holloway. Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein introduced evidence of a black contractor’s bag found in the trunk...www.yahoo.com
April 9, 2025 -- Day 3
The prosecutor introduced the evidence from Morales’s car hoping to make a connection to the gruesome crime scene found inside his girlfriend Christine Holloway’s Ansonia home on Dec. 2, 2019. That’s when she was found in the bathtub beaten to death with a large open wound on her head.
“Was there a brain within her skull?” asked Stein.
“There was not,” answered Duggan.
Duggan also testified to blood-like substances found throughout Halloway’s house as well as on the items discovered in a Kiducation donation bin on Dec. 4.
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I dunno... Nobody testified it was CH's brain but we did hear testimony that tissue-like material was found on a towel and matter found on donated items recovered from the clothing bin. Horrific just the same.
Jury in Jose Morales murder trial sees crime scene photos, bloody items pulled from donation bins
Morales, 48, of New Haven, is accused of killing his girlfriend, Christine Holloway, in her home in Ansonia over five years ago.
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Day 4
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in the article they have this:
Defense Attorney Howard Stein also questioned Madel about her report findings.
I believe that is incorrect - I have defense attorney Edward Gavin & the prosecutor as Stein....
Forensic examiners provide insight during testimony in Jose Morales trial
On the fourth day of Jose Morales’ trial, the state introduced three witnesses, as they continue to build the connection between Morales and Christine Holloway to the jury. Morales is accused of murder and tampering with evidence in the death of his girlfriend, Christine Holloway, in December of...
www.nbcconnecticut.com
in the article they have this:
Defense Attorney Howard Stein also questioned Madel about her report findings.
I believe that is incorrect - I have defense attorney Edward Gavin & the prosecutor as Stein....
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Friday, April 11th:
*Trial continues (Day 5) (@ 10am ET) – CT - Christine Marie Holloway (43) (last seen Nov. 27, 2019, found deceased on Dec. 2, 2019 during a welfare check, Ansonia) & Vanessa Morales (17 mos.) (last seen Nov. 29, 2019, reported missing Dec. 3, 2019, Amber Alert on Dec. 4, 2019-not found) - *Jose Luis Morales (43/now 48) (BF) arrested (12/3/19), charged & arraigned (2/7/20) with felony murder, tampering with physical evidence & 2 counts of criminal possession of firearm (see below). Plead not guilty. Bond $5M. CT Superior Court in Milford Superior Court
Jury selection began 2/24/25. A panel of 12 jurors & 4 alternates will be selected. [as of 3/12/25: 12 jurors selected.] 3/18/25 4 alternates selected. 2 jurors (1 juror & 1 alternate have dropped out as of 3/20/25. Final jury selection on 3/25/25.
Jury: 12 jurors & 4 alternates. 4/7/25: 1 juror excused – now 12 jurors & 3 alternates.
Trial began on 4/7/25. (thru 5/7/25)
Superior Court Judge Shari Murphy. Prosecutor Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein & Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Marc Durso & Defense attorney Edward Gavin.
First arrested (12/3/19), charged (1/22/20) & arraigned (3/5/20) with 2 counts of criminal possession of a pistol (2 stun guns). Plead not guilty. Bond $25K. CT Superior court in New Haven/transfer to Milford Superior Court
Court info from 12/4/19 thru 2/18/25 & Jury Selection Day 1-19 (2/24-3/25/25) & Trial Day 1-3 (4/7-4/9/25) reference post #768 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...d-ansonia-28-nov-2019-arrest-2.490240/page-39
4/10/25 Thursday, Trial Day 4: State witnesses: Michael Morganti, a forensic science examiner with the Connecticut Division of Scientific Services, Forensic Laboratory. Kristen Madel, forensic science examiner with the CT Division of Scientific Services. CT FBI Agent David Carney, an agent with the cellular analysis survey team (CAST).
Trial continues on Friday, 4/11/25.
*Trial continues (Day 5) (@ 10am ET) – CT - Christine Marie Holloway (43) (last seen Nov. 27, 2019, found deceased on Dec. 2, 2019 during a welfare check, Ansonia) & Vanessa Morales (17 mos.) (last seen Nov. 29, 2019, reported missing Dec. 3, 2019, Amber Alert on Dec. 4, 2019-not found) - *Jose Luis Morales (43/now 48) (BF) arrested (12/3/19), charged & arraigned (2/7/20) with felony murder, tampering with physical evidence & 2 counts of criminal possession of firearm (see below). Plead not guilty. Bond $5M. CT Superior Court in Milford Superior Court
Jury selection began 2/24/25. A panel of 12 jurors & 4 alternates will be selected. [as of 3/12/25: 12 jurors selected.] 3/18/25 4 alternates selected. 2 jurors (1 juror & 1 alternate have dropped out as of 3/20/25. Final jury selection on 3/25/25.
Jury: 12 jurors & 4 alternates. 4/7/25: 1 juror excused – now 12 jurors & 3 alternates.
Trial began on 4/7/25. (thru 5/7/25)
Superior Court Judge Shari Murphy. Prosecutor Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein & Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Marc Durso & Defense attorney Edward Gavin.
First arrested (12/3/19), charged (1/22/20) & arraigned (3/5/20) with 2 counts of criminal possession of a pistol (2 stun guns). Plead not guilty. Bond $25K. CT Superior court in New Haven/transfer to Milford Superior Court
Court info from 12/4/19 thru 2/18/25 & Jury Selection Day 1-19 (2/24-3/25/25) & Trial Day 1-3 (4/7-4/9/25) reference post #768 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...d-ansonia-28-nov-2019-arrest-2.490240/page-39
4/10/25 Thursday, Trial Day 4: State witnesses: Michael Morganti, a forensic science examiner with the Connecticut Division of Scientific Services, Forensic Laboratory. Kristen Madel, forensic science examiner with the CT Division of Scientific Services. CT FBI Agent David Carney, an agent with the cellular analysis survey team (CAST).
Trial continues on Friday, 4/11/25.
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Here's another article from Day 4
DNA, cellphone experts tie Jose Morales to evidence, crime scene on Day 4 of murder trial
Forensic science examiner Kristen Madel, from the state crime lab, testified the blood stains on nearly every item collect by police matched Christine Holloway’s DNA—from an infant’s Croc shoe to children’s books to XXXL T-shirts.
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Juror dismissed in the Jose Morales trial after it was brought to the attention of prosecutors that he’s related to an officer that testified today. During jury selection, the juror disclosed they had a cousin who was a police officer, but the officer was not on the witness list.
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