Still Missing CT - Vanessa Morales, 1, missing after mother found deceased, Ansonia, 28 Nov 2019 *arrest* #2

[Niner]

JMO but I don't understand why he has any bond at all!

You & me both!! ??

 

[LovesPeace2]

When did he get rid of pattis as his lawyer ?

 

[Seattle1]

When did he get rid of pattis as his lawyer ?

Nov 2021

https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Jose-Morales-father-of-Vanessa-Morales-to-get-16596344.php?src=nhrhpdesecp

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, July 8th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9:30am 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: 2 jurors excused – now 12 jurors & 2 alternates. 4/11/25: 1 juror dismissed – now 12 jurors & 1 alternates.
Trial began on 4/7/25. Prosecutors rested their case on 4/16/25. Defense started their case on 4/16/25 & rested their case on 4/17/25. Closing arguments on 4/21/25 & jury off to deliberate.
Jury deliberations: 4/21/25: ½ hour. 4/22/25 Day 2: 9:30am to ~1pm. Total deliberations: ~4 hours.
Verdict: Guilty on all charges.
Superior Court Judge Shari Murphy presiding. Prosecutor Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein & Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Marc Durso & Defense attorney Edward Gavin.
Court info from 12/4/19 thru 2/18/25 & Jury Selection Day 1-19 (2/24-3/25/25) & Trial Day 1-11/Verdict Watch Day 1-2 (4/7-4/22/25) reference post #816 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...d-ansonia-28-nov-2019-arrest-2.490240/page-41
4/22/25 Tuesday, Trial Day 11: Jury deliberations at 9:30am to about 1pm. A verdict was reached in a murder trial at Milford Superior Court. Morales was found guilty of killing Christine Holloway in her apartment in Ansonia in 2019. He was also found guilty of tampering with evidence. Morales’s bond was increased to $2.5 million. His sentencing date was set for 7/8/25.

 

[Seattle1]

Tuesday, July 8th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9:30am 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: 2 jurors excused – now 12 jurors & 2 alternates. 4/11/25: 1 juror dismissed – now 12 jurors & 1 alternates.
Trial began on 4/7/25. Prosecutors rested their case on 4/16/25. Defense started their case on 4/16/25 & rested their case on 4/17/25. Closing arguments on 4/21/25 & jury off to deliberate.
Jury deliberations: 4/21/25: ½ hour. 4/22/25 Day 2: 9:30am to ~1pm. Total deliberations: ~4 hours.
Verdict: Guilty on all charges.
Superior Court Judge Shari Murphy presiding. Prosecutor Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein & Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Marc Durso & Defense attorney Edward Gavin.
Court info from 12/4/19 thru 2/18/25 & Jury Selection Day 1-19 (2/24-3/25/25) & Trial Day 1-11/Verdict Watch Day 1-2 (4/7-4/22/25) reference post #816 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...d-ansonia-28-nov-2019-arrest-2.490240/page-41
4/22/25 Tuesday, Trial Day 11: Jury deliberations at 9:30am to about 1pm. A verdict was reached in a murder trial at Milford Superior Court. Morales was found guilty of killing Christine Holloway in her apartment in Ansonia in 2019. He was also found guilty of tampering with evidence. Morales’s bond was increased to $2.5 million. His sentencing date was set for 7/8/25.

Not sure if the sentencing date changed but the court site shows JM disposition for both of his case numbers on 7/14/25:

Defendant Information

Docket No:

AAN -CR20-0186660-T

Last, First: MORALES JOSE LUIS	Represented By: 402728 EJ GAVIN
Birth Year: 1976 Activity: Awaiting Disposition Next Court Date: [td] 7/14/2025 10:00 AM​

Pending Criminal/Motor Vehicle - Search By Defendant Name

Docket No:

AAN -CR19-0225552-T

Activity: Awaiting Disposition Next Court Date: [td] 7/14/2025 10:00 AM​

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[Niner]

Not sure if the sentencing date changed but the court site shows JM disposition for both of his case numbers on 7/14/25:

Defendant Information

Docket No:

AAN -CR20-0186660-T

Last, First: MORALES JOSE LUIS	Represented By: 402728 EJ GAVIN
Birth Year: 1976 Activity: Awaiting Disposition Next Court Date: [td] 7/14/2025 10:00 AM​

Pending Criminal/Motor Vehicle - Search By Defendant Name

Docket No:

AAN -CR19-0225552-T

Activity: Awaiting Disposition Next Court Date: [td] 7/14/2025 10:00 AM​

​

[/td]

Oh shoot.... I guess they changed the sentencing date. Thanks for the update!

 

[Seattle1]

A reminder of the brutal death JM caused Christine to suffer in the presence of her still missing
child.

Jury Sees Police Video Where Morales’ Family Learns Of Christine…

MILFORD – Jurors watched a six-minute edited video in court Tuesday where investigators from the Ansonia Police Department tell Jose Morales, his mother,…

valley.newhavenindependent.org

4/15/25

 

[Megnut]

A reminder of the brutal death JM caused Christine to suffer in the presence of her still missing
child.

Jury Sees Police Video Where Morales’ Family Learns Of Christine…

MILFORD – Jurors watched a six-minute edited video in court Tuesday where investigators from the Ansonia Police Department tell Jose Morales, his mother,…

valley.newhavenindependent.org

4/15/25

Bones in the garbage disposal.

How will these jurors ever recover after seeing the autopsy photos? Homicidal rage.

How has it been six years?????

This case haunts me. It'll haunt the jurors forever.

JMO

 

[LovesPeace2]

Bones in the garbage disposal.

How will these jurors ever recover after seeing the autopsy photos? Homicidal rage.

How has it been six years?????

This case haunts me. It'll haunt the jurors forever.

JMO

.just holy heck bones in the disposals . It turned out worse then I thought. May he rot. I hope one day they find the little one jmvho

 

[Niner]

This article says Morales is getting sentenced on Monday....

Ansonia Murderer Scheduled To Be Sentenced Monday, July 14

ANSONIA – Jose Morales is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday (July 14) for murdering Christine Holloway in 2019. Morales, 48, faces up to 65 years in…

valley.newhavenindependent.org

July 10, 2025
ANSONIA – Jose Morales is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday (July 14) for murdering Christine Holloway in 2019.
Morales, 48, faces up to 65 years in prison.

A jury found Morales guilty in April of murdering Holloway in her Myrtle Avenue home in December 2019, then cleaning up the scene.
[.....]
Morales’ case worked its way through the court for more than five years before his two-week-long trial in April. Jurors took less than two hours to reach a guilty verdict at the end of the trial.

After the trial, police said their focus is now on finding Vanessa. They said they’re hoping Morales, the last person seen with Vanessa, will help them find her.

 

[Niner]

Going with the article I posted above - with sentencing & disposition hearing today.

Monday, July 14th:
*Disposition & Sentencing Hearing (@ 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: 2 jurors excused – now 12 jurors & 2 alternates. 4/11/25: 1 juror dismissed – now 12 jurors & 1 alternates.
Trial began on 4/7/25. Prosecutors rested their case on 4/16/25. Defense started their case on 4/16/25 & rested their case on 4/17/25.
Closing arguments on 4/21/25 & jury off to deliberate.
Jury deliberations: 4/21/25: ½ hour. 4/22/25 Day 2: 9:30am to ~1pm. Total deliberations: ~4 hours.
Verdict: Guilty on all charges.
Superior Court Judge Shari Murphy presiding. Prosecutor Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein & Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Marc Durso & Defense attorney Edward Gavin.
Court info from 12/4/19 thru 2/18/25 & Jury Selection Day 1-19 (2/24-3/25/25) & Trial Day 1-11/Verdict Watch Day 1-2 (4/7-4/22/25) reference post #816 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...d-ansonia-28-nov-2019-arrest-2.490240/page-41
4/22/25 Tuesday, Trial Day 11: Jury deliberations at 9:30am to about 1pm. A verdict was reached in a murder trial at Milford Superior Court. Morales was found guilty of killing Christine Holloway in her apartment in Ansonia in 2019. He was also found guilty of tampering with evidence. Morales’s bond was increased to $2.5 million. His sentencing date was set for 7/8/25.
7/8/25 Update: No sentencing today. Next disposition & sentencing hearing on 7/14/25 @ 10am.

 

[Leilei]

Anna Rodonski, Christine's aunt, is speaking, and it is just heart wrenching.
This is so awful.
Morales completely broke this family.
IMO.

 

[Seattle1]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1944794465589186620

 

[Seattle1]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1944762838326665240

 

[Seattle1]

Jose Morales Sentenced in Missing Daughter, Murdered Mother Trial

The judge said no statements regarding Vanessa Morales' disappearance would be considered at Jose Morales' sentencing.

www.courttv.com

 

[Seattle1]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1944797810605359392

Remember when Jose passed on a plea deal for 35 years? So two lawyers later, and a trial, he received 60 plus 5 or 65 years-- a LIFE SENTENCE, from Judge Murphy!