Found Deceased GA - LaTania 'Janell' Carwell - Abducted & Murdered - Mom & Stepdad Charged - Augusta #2

[Niner]

I found this while searching for their case:

https://www.augustaga.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/22096

Jury Trial Calendar
Monday, February 23, 2026 - 9:00 AM
Hon. Charles H.S. Lyons, III - Presiding
Augusta Judicial Center - Courtroom 2G

Cases on this calendar were assigned at the January 8, 2026 calendar call

TRIPP, LEON LAMAR
TRIPP, TANYA FAYE


So it looks like they had a hearing on 1/8/26.

 

[Niner]

I thought about this ^^ last night - I do not believe it is a trial starting, but a Calendar Call hearing instead.....

 

[Keytonmom]

I was hoping it was the trial starting. Do you know if the public will be able to watch the trial online ?

 

[Niner]

Finally? Is it going to actually happen??!!

Trial set to begin for couple charged in Janell Carwell’s murder

Nearly a decade after 16-year-old Janell Carwell was reported missing, the murder trial of the two people charged in her death is set to begin Monday.

www.wrdw.com

Feb. 21, 2026

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Nearly a decade after 16-year-old Janell Carwell was reported missing, the murder trial of the two people charged in her death is set to begin Monday.

Leon Tripp and Tanya Tripp—Carwell’s mother—are both charged with murder in Carwell’s death. Prosecutors believe the Tripps tried to hire a hitman to kill her.

Carwell’s remains were found in March 2018 in a shallow grave behind a home on Golden Camp Road — nearly a year after she was first reported missing in 2017.

The case was delayed in March 2024, nearly two years after the Tripps were first scheduled to go to trial.
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The trial is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Monday [2/23/26].