GUILTY IA - Ackley couple arrested for locking 9 year old child under stairs & deprived food, July 2018

[mickey2942]

Our system of "justice" cares more about criminals, than their victims.

 

[Niner]

Friday, January 18th:
*Final Pretrial Hearing (@ 9am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Traci Lynn Tyler (39) arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only bond.
**Hardin County moved to Cerro Gordo County
8/13/18: Arraignment hearing. Bond reduction denied. 9/10: Pretrial hearing. 8/13/18: Motion to sever trial. Trial starts 11/5.
9/10/18 Update: Motion for continuance of trial (was to start 9/11/18 for both), & change of venue. 9/11/18 Update: Motion to continue trial & change of venue granted – from Hardin County to Cerro Gordo County for Tyler. Final Pretrial hearing was supposed to be on 11/2 in Hardin County & trial was supposed to start 11/5/18, both cancelled. Motions hearing on 10/26 reset for 12/7. Final pretrial hearing is 2/1/19 & trial is set for 2/4/19.
1/10/19 Update: Waiver of Jury Trial hearing set for 1/18/19.
*Alex Craig Shadlow (30) “dad” arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only or surety bond.
**Hardin County moved to Dickson County
7/30/18: Detention hearing. 8/2: Motion for Bond Review hearing. 8/13: Arraignment. A potential life sentence in prison if convicted. Next Pretrial hearing on 9/10, trial starts 9/11/18. Trial probably delayed due to motion filed to sever trial on 8/27/18.
8/27/18 Update: Motion to sever trial hearing set for 9/24.
9/10/18 Update: Motion for continuance of trial (was to start 9/11/18 for both), & change of venue. 9/11/18 Update: Motion to continue trial & change of venue granted – from Hardin County to Dickson County for Shadlow. On 10/1/18 set hearing for 10/12.
10/12/18 Update: Motions filed re protective order for closed circuit testimony. Hearing on 10/23. 10/23/18 Update: hearing was cancelled. Motion for Protective Order for Closed Circuit trial testimony of minor set for 10/26.
10/26/18 Update: Motions hearing reset for 12/7. Final pretrial hearing 1/4/19 & trial set for 1/7/19. 1/4/19: Trial reset to June 24, 2019. Next final pretrial hearing on 6/21.
Arrest affidavit says abuse occurred from July-Sept., 2017; was locked in 6’x6’ area under stairs & deprived of food & bathroom for 9 hrs a day where he slept on concrete with no bedding (pillow or blanket). Tyler urged her dog to attack the boy, which left scars on his back & limbs.

 

[Niner]

Tyler:

Event Filed By Filed Create Date Last Updated Action Date
COURT REPORTER MEMORANDUM AND CERTIFICATE 01/18/2019 01/18/2019 01/18/2019
Comments: MEYER-FEES-$40.00
ORDER SETTING TRIAL ELLEFSON JAMES C 01/18/2019 01/18/2019
01/18/2019
Comments: TRIAL WILL BE CONDUCTED TO THE COURT ALONE ON TUESDAY,
FEB. 5, 2019 IN HARDIN COUNTY. FINAL PRETRIAL SET FOR FRIDAY,
FEB. 1 @ 9:00 A.M. IN HARDIN COUNTY.
FAXED TO HC JAIL, & HCSO ADMIN, EMAILED TO CERRO GORDO CNTY,
& 2A COURT ADMIN 1/18/19

link: https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TIndexFrm

 

[Niner]

And stuff that has happened on Shadlow:

Event Filed By Filed Create Date Last Updated Action Date
OTHER APPLICATION SANDY JOHN LAWRENCE 01/16/2019 01/16/2019 01/16/2019
Comments: FOR FUNDS FOR TRANSCRIPT AT STATE EXPENSE

OTHER ORDER ELLEFSON JAMES C 01/16/2019 01/16/2019 01/16/2019
Comments: DEFTS MOTION TO SUPPRESS IS DENIED.

OTHER APPLICATION SANDY JOHN LAWRENCE 01/15/2019 01/15/2019 01/15/2019
Comments: APPLICATION FOR FUNDS

OTHER EVENT 01/11/2019 01/11/2019 01/11/2019
Comments: SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENA

OTHER ORDER ELLEFSON JAMES C 01/08/2019 01/08/2019 01/08/2019
Comments: ORDER GRANTING ADDITIONAL STATE EXPENSES VOUCHER

OTHER ORDER ELLEFSON JAMES C 01/07/2019 01/07/2019 01/07/2019
Comments: RE: PENDING MOTIONS
FAXED TO ATTORNEY HELLE, ATTORNEY STOLL, AND ATTORNEY FISHER

link: https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TIndexFrm

 

[Niner]

The lastest on Tyler:

Event Filed By Filed Create Date Last Updated Action Date
OTHER ORDER ELLEFSON JAMES C 01/30/2019 01/30/2019 01/30/2019
Comments: STATE'S MOTION FOR PHONE TESTIMONY FILED 1/28/19 IS DENIED.

MOTION SIEBRECHT AARON LEE 01/29/2019 01/29/2019 01/29/2019
Comments: DEFENSE RESISTANCE TO TELEPHONE TESTIMONY

RETURN OF SERVICE ON SUBPOENA BLACK HAWK COUNTY SHERIFF 01/29/2019 01/29/2019 01/29/2019
Comments: BLACK HAWK COUNTY SHERIFF-FEES-$76.56

RETURN OF SERVICE ON SUBPOENA BLACK HAWK COUNTY SHERIFF 01/29/2019 01/29/2019 01/29/2019

OTHER ORDER ELLEFSON JAMES C 01/28/2019 01/29/2019 01/29/2019
Comments: RE: MOTION TO PERMIT PHONE TESTIMONY

MOTION BULLER TYLER 01/28/2019 01/28/2019 01/28/2019
Comments: TO PERMIT PHONE TESTIMONY (RE FEB. 1 HEARING)

ORDER SETTING HEARING ELLEFSON JAMES C 01/25/2019 01/25/2019 01/25/2019
Comments: MOTION IN LIMINE SET FOR 2/01/19 @ 9:00 A.M.

MOTION IN LIMINE SIEBRECHT AARON LEE 01/25/2019 01/25/2019 01/25/2019

MOTION NELSON BREANNA MARGARET 01/24/2019 01/24/2019 01/24/2019
Comments: CONSENT AND JOINDER OF STATE'S SECOND MOTION FOR VIDEO TRIAL
TESTIMONY

OTHER ORDER ELLEFSON JAMES C 01/22/2019 01/22/2019 01/22/2019
Comments: ORDER ON MOTION FOR ACCESS OF CELL PHONE

NOTICE BULLER TYLER 01/21/2019 01/22/2019 01/22/2019
Comments: OF INTENT TO OFFER RESIDUAL HEARSAY PURSUANT TO IOWA R.
EVID. 5.807

ADDITIONAL MINUTES OF TESTIMONY BULLER TYLER 01/21/2019 01/22/2019 01/22/2019
Comments: SECOND ADDITIONAL MINUTES OF TESTIMONY

COURT REPORTER MEMORANDUM AND CERTIFICATE 01/18/2019 01/18/2019 01/18/2019
Comments: MEYER-FEES-$40.00

ORDER SETTING TRIAL ELLEFSON JAMES C 01/18/2019 01/18/2019 01/18/2019
Comments: TRIAL WILL BE CONDUCTED TO THE COURT ALONE ON TUESDAY, FEB.
5, 2019 IN HARDIN COUNTY. FINAL PRETRIAL SET FOR FRIDAY,
FEB. 1 @ 9:00 A.M. IN HARDIN COUNTY.
FAXED TO HC JAIL, & HCSO ADMIN, EMAILED TO CERRO GORDO CNTY,
& 2A COURT ADMIN 1/18/19

link: https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TIndexFrm

 

[Niner]

Friday, February 1st:
*Motions & Final Pretrial Hearing (@ 9am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Traci Lynn Tyler (39) arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only bond. **Hardin County moved to Cerro Gordo County
8/13/18: Arraignment hearing. Bond reduction denied. 9/10: Pretrial hearing.
8/13/18: Motion to sever trial. Trial starts 11/5.
9/10/18 Update: Motion for continuance of trial (was to start 9/11/18 for both), & change of venue. 9/11/18 Update: Motion to continue trial & change of venue granted – from Hardin County to Cerro Gordo County for Tyler. Final Pretrial hearing was supposed to be on 11/2 in Hardin County & trial was supposed to start 11/5/18, both cancelled. Motions hearing on 10/26 reset for 12/7. Final pretrial hearing is 2/1/19 & trial is set for 2/4/19. 1/10/19: Waiver of Jury Trial hearing set for 1/18/19.
1/18/19 Update: Motion to suppress is denied. Next Motion in limine & final pretrial hearing on 2/1. Trial set for 2/4/19.
*Alex Craig Shadlow (30) “dad” arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only or surety bond.
**Hardin County moved to Dickson County
7/30/18: Detention hearing. 8/2: Motion for Bond Review hearing. 8/13: Arraignment. A potential life sentence in prison if convicted. Next Pretrial hearing on 9/10, trial starts 9/11/18. Trial probably delayed due to motion filed to sever trial on 8/27/18.
8/27/18 Update: Motion to sever trial hearing set for 9/24.
9/10/18 Update: Motion for continuance of trial (was to start 9/11/18 for both), & change of venue. 9/11/18 Update: Motion to continue trial & change of venue granted – from Hardin County to Dickson County for Shadlow. On 10/1/18 set hearing for 10/12.
10/12/18 Update: Motions filed re protective order for closed circuit testimony. Hearing on 10/23. 10/23/18 Update: hearing was cancelled. Motion for Protective Order for Closed Circuit trial testimony of minor set for 10/26.
10/26/18 Update: Motions hearing reset for 12/7. Final pretrial hearing 1/4/19 & trial set for 1/7/19. 1/4/19: Trial reset to 6/24. Final pretrial hearing on 6/21.
Arrest affidavit says abuse occurred from July-Sept., 2017; was locked in 6’x6’ area under stairs & deprived of food & bathroom for 9 hrs a day where he slept on concrete with no bedding (pillow or blanket). Tyler urged her dog to attack the boy, which left scars on his back & limbs.

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, February 5th:
*Trial Set to begin (@ 9am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Traci Lynn Tyler (39) arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only bond.
**Hardin County moved to Cerro Gordo County
8/13/18: Arraignment hearing. Bond reduction denied. 9/10: Pretrial hearing.
8/13/18: Motion to sever trial. Trial starts 11/5.
9/10/18 Update: Motion for continuance of trial (was to start 9/11/18 for both), & change of venue. 9/11/18 Update: Motion to continue trial & change of venue granted – from Hardin County to Cerro Gordo County for Tyler. Final Pretrial hearing was supposed to be on 11/2 in Hardin County & trial was supposed to start 11/5/18, both cancelled. Motions hearing on 10/26 reset for 12/7. Final pretrial hearing is 2/1/19 & trial is set for 2/5/19.
1/10/19 Update: Trial has been reset. Waiver of Jury trial set for 1/18/19.
*Alex Craig Shadlow (30) “dad” arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only or surety bond.
**Hardin County moved to Dickson County
7/30/18: Detention hearing. 8/2: Motion for Bond Review hearing. 8/13: Arraignment. A potential life sentence in prison if convicted. Next Pretrial hearing on 9/10, trial starts 9/11/18. Trial probably delayed due to motion filed to sever trial on 8/27/18.
8/27/18 Update: Motion to sever trial hearing set for 9/24.
9/10/18 Update: Motion for continuance of trial (was to start 9/11/18 for both), & change of venue. 9/11/18 Update: Motion to continue trial & change of venue granted – from Hardin County to Dickson County for Shadlow. On 10/1/18 set hearing for 10/12.
10/12/18 Update: Motions filed re protective order for closed circuit testimony. Hearing on 10/23. 10/23/18 Update: hearing was cancelled. Motion for Protective Order for Closed Circuit trial testimony of minor set for 10/26.
10/26/18 Update: Motions hearing reset for 12/7. Final pretrial hearing 1/4/19 & trial set for 1/7/19.
Arrest affidavit says abuse occurred from July-Sept., 2017; was locked in 6’x6’ area under stairs & deprived of food & bathroom for 9 hrs a day where he slept on concrete with no bedding (pillow or blanket). Tyler urged her dog to attack the boy, which left scars on his back & limbs.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, February 6th:
*Trial Continues (Day 2) (@ 9am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Traci Lynn Tyler (39) arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only bond.
**Hardin County moved to Cerro Gordo County
Trial started 2/5/19.
2/4/19 Update: The State's renewed motion for protective order for closed circuit trial testimony of a minor is again denied. Exhibits entered.
2/5/19 Update: Proposed transcript of defendant's audio interview. No further information on court site….
*Alex Craig Shadlow (30) “dad” arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only or surety bond. **Hardin County moved to Dickson County
7/30/18: Detention hearing. 8/2: Motion for Bond Review hearing. 8/13: Arraignment. A potential life sentence in prison if convicted. Next Pretrial hearing on 9/10, trial starts 9/11/18. Trial probably delayed due to motion filed to sever trial on 8/27/18.
8/27/18 Update: Motion to sever trial hearing set for 9/24.
9/10/18 Update: Motion for continuance of trial (was to start 9/11/18 for both), & change of venue. 9/11/18 Update: Motion to continue trial & change of venue granted – from Hardin County to Dickson County for Shadlow. On 10/1/18 set hearing for 10/12.
10/12/18 Update: Motions filed re protective order for closed circuit testimony. Hearing on 10/23. 10/23/18 Update: hearing was cancelled. Motion for Protective Order for Closed Circuit trial testimony of minor set for 10/26.
10/26/18 Update: Motions hearing reset for 12/7. Final pretrial hearing 1/4/19 & trial set for 1/7/19.
1/17/19 Update: Final pretrial hearing on 6/21. Trial set to start 6/24/19.
Arrest affidavit says abuse occurred from July-Sept., 2017; was locked in 6’x6’ area under stairs & deprived of food & bathroom for 9 hrs a day where he slept on concrete with no bedding (pillow or blanket). Tyler urged her dog to attack the boy, which left scars on his back & limbs.

 

[Niner]

https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/st...hardin-staircase-basement-iowa-ia/2770081002/

UPDATE: Witnesses: Ackley boy was locked under stairs (PHOTOS)

 

[Niner]

I can't read this - can someone give a 10% synopsis, please?

TIA!
UPDATE: Boy describes horrific abuse during Traci Tyler trial


edited to add: If there are witness names in the article, please post!

 

[bears10]

I can't read this - can someone give a 10% synopsis, please?

TIA!
UPDATE: Boy describes horrific abuse during Traci Tyler trial


edited to add: If there are witness names in the article, please post!

He said he was forced to pick up rocks and put them in a backpack and wear it around the house, told to stand in in a dining room of the home and not sit down, told he couldn't go to the bathroom without permission and wet his pants a couple of times when he wasn't given permission.

He said he slept in a bedroom for a time and then was told he was acting up and made to sleep in a locked cement enclosure in the basement. At first he was allowed a box spring to sleep on but that was taken away as well.

He escaped at first through an opening at the top of the door, but then was caught searching for food.

The boy described being hungry and "super cold" in the basement room. He was afraid because Tyler had told him that a dead dog was buried in the room with him. He said he slept sitting up with his arms around his legs to try to keep warm.

 

[cybervampira]

Woman accused of helping torture her boyfriend's son allegedly filmed the abuse | Daily Mail Online

An Iowa woman accused of helping her boyfriend torture his eight-year-old son allegedly filmed the abuse in the basement staircase where they kept him.

Traci Lynn Tyler, 40, and her boyfriend Alex Craig Shadlow, 30, have been charged with first-degree kidnapping.

Authorities claim the couple 'intentionally subjected' the boy to 'physical and mental torture' in a 6-foot-by-6-foot area under the basement stairs for at least nine hours a day from July to September 2017.

The basement had no light, furniture, or bedding and the boy had to pee in a tin coffee can. He was also never given food while inside the basement, prosecutors said.

Assistant Attorney General Tyler Buller revealed during Tyler's trial on Tuesday that the boy is seen on the seven-minute video desperately needing to use the bathroom.

Buller said the boy is in visible pain in the footage and eventually 'loses control of his bodily functions and urinates', according to the Des Moines Register.

'This part of the crime is on tape,' Buller told Judge James Ellefson.

Ackley Police Chief Brian Shimon said the couple's case was one that 'just makes you sick' and described the basement as being 'locked in a dungeon'.

Authorities said the boy was also assaulted by the couple, who urged their pet dog to bite him. Tyler allegedly frequently hit him with the handle of a flyswatter.

The boy has permanent scarring on his back and limbs and now suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, police added.

Teachers become concerned about the boy when he returned to school in September 2017. He was so underweight that patches of his hair were falling out.

'He looked very pale, he looked very thin and I was very surprised by his appearance,' Susan Brandt, the boy's second-grade teacher, said on Tuesday.

'I couldn't believe that that was the little boy that I knew the year before.'

Cam Schipper, the boy's third-grade teacher, said he 'looked like a skeleton' and often complained of being hungry.

 

[Niner]

Thursday, February 7th:
*Trial Continues (Day 3) (@ 9am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Traci Lynn Tyler (39) arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only bond.
**Hardin County moved to Cerro Gordo County
Trial started 2/5/19. If convicted of first-degree kidnapping, a class A felony, Tyler would face a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. She declined a discussed deal from prosecutors in which she would have pleaded guilty to child endangerment and third-degree kidnapping, which would have carried a 50-year sentence.
2/4/19 Update: The State's renewed motion for protective order for closed circuit trial testimony of a minor is again denied. Exhibits entered.
2/5/19 Day 1: Proposed transcript of defendant's audio interview. Opening Statements. Opening Statements. State witnesses: Susan Brandt, the boy's second-grade teacher. Cam Schipper, 3rd grad teacher. Principal Teresa Keninger. DHS's child protective worker who responded to the home, Carol Allen. Penny Osborn, a physician's assistant. Trial continues on 2/6.
2/6/19 Day 2: State witnesses: Boy (E.S.). Trial continues on 2/7.
*Alex Craig Shadlow (30) “dad” arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only or surety bond. **Hardin County moved to Dickson County
7/30/18: Detention hearing. 8/2: Motion for Bond Review hearing. 8/13: Arraignment. A potential life sentence in prison if convicted. Next Pretrial hearing on 9/10, trial starts 9/11/18. Trial probably delayed due to motion filed to sever trial on 8/27/18.
8/27/18 Update: Motion to sever trial hearing set for 9/24.
9/10/18 Update: Motion for continuance of trial (was to start 9/11/18 for both), & change of venue. 9/11/18 Update: Motion to continue trial & change of venue granted – from Hardin County to Dickson County for Shadlow. On 10/1/18 set hearing for 10/12.
10/12/18 Update: Motions filed re protective order for closed circuit testimony. Hearing on 10/23. 10/23/18 Update: hearing was cancelled. Motion for Protective Order for Closed Circuit trial testimony of minor set for 10/26.
10/26/18 Update: Motions hearing reset for 12/7. Final pretrial hearing 1/4/19 & trial set for 1/7/19.
1/4/19 Update: Trial has been rescheduled for 6/24/19. Final Pretrial hearing is 6/21/19.
Arrest affidavit says abuse occurred from July-Sept., 2017; was locked in 6’x6’ area under stairs & deprived of food & bathroom for 9 hrs a day where he slept on concrete with no bedding (pillow or blanket). Tyler urged her dog to attack the boy, which left scars on his back & limbs.



Don't know if there were anymore witnesses yesterday - guess I'll have to see if I get any articles.
Also - did this guy - Ackley Police Chief Brian Shimon testify on Day 1? or yesterday? TIA!

 

[Niner]

If anyone seems any articles & such on what happened on Thursday 2/7 & Friday 2/8, please post! I personally have not seen anything....

 

[Kavya01]

Video of boy in agony shown in court during Tyler trial

Did find this article from last night.

 

[Kavya01]

I am very incensed at this case, and have to go sit on my hands now. Thanks Niner for the updates, i can't type much in this thread for fear of a permanent ban.

 

[Niner]

Video of boy in agony shown in court during Tyler trial

Did find this article from last night.

Oh shoot - no access....

Is this from Thursday or Friday? Is the little still on the stand on Thursday? Anyone know?
TIA!

 

[Kavya01]

This was from friday night.

"ELDORA -- Prosecutors showed video of an 8-year-old boy screaming while he needed to use the bathroom as trial resumed for his father's girlfriend on Friday.

In the footage, the child is seen dressed in pajamas and wearing a backpack in a dining room. He stands and shuffles his feet, holding his hands over his groin area. He bends over in agony, always screaming.

It lasts for seven minutes while someone off camera films with a cell phone, occasionally shooing away the family dog, who tries to investigate.


At one point he apparently wets himself.

An Iowa DCI agent who discovered the video said it came from Traci Tyler's phone, and the agent said she could be heard in the background. Three similar videos, lasting 30 seconds or less, also were recovered."

"Testimony in Tyler's case resumed Friday with Agent Jim Thiele showing photos he took of the enclosure about a month after an Iowa Department of Human Services worker had been shown the area and became involved.

Thiele said some of the basement had been altered. The cement floor was painted, the door and frame had been removed, and an interior wall had been taken out, he said.

The agent described finding the door, complete with a metal hasp, in the garage and lumber resting on a mattress in the basement. He reassembled the parts, which matched up, down to the hasp on the door meeting an eye on the rebuilt frame.

The enclosure measured 5.7 feet wide and 6.6 feet long with a ceiling that ranged from 7.3 feet to 4.7 feet high. A partition blocked off the shorter descent under the stairs, and the door was about 2.5 feet wide, Thiele said."

He used the measurements to make a reconstruction of the enclosure, which was set up in the courthouse for the judge to review.

Also on Friday, Tyler's former employer, Anthony Miller, took the stand and explained photos Tyler had sent him through Facebook messenger. He said he had never been to the home, but Tyler had shown him the boy's sleeping arrangements in the basement.

"It was a pillow, a blanket and it looked like a blow-up mattress," Miller said.

Miller, who had operated a bar and grill at a campground, said Tyler had complained about the boy urinating in the registers and his bedroom, and climbing on the stove to retrieve food from on top of the refrigerator.

She sometimes took the child to the bar and grill, he said, and Miller identified a photo Tyler sent him of the boy sweeping at the establishment. Miller said Tyler told him she made the boy sweep because he had stolen crackers.

Miller also recounted seeing Tyler and Shadlow during a camping outing. They came to his camper for drinks, and after half an hour to 45 minutes, Miller asked where the boy was. He said he was told the boy was in the back of their truck. He said the get-together lasted about two hours.

Shadlow is being tried separately.

Testimony in Tyler's trial is expected to resume Tuesday."

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, February 12th:
*Trial Continues (Day 5) (@ 9am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Traci Lynn Tyler (39) arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only bond.
*Hardin County moved to Cerro Gordo County
Trial started 2/5/19. If convicted of first-degree kidnapping, a class A felony, Tyler would face a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. She declined a discussed deal from prosecutors in which she would have pleaded guilty to child endangerment and third-degree kidnapping, which would have carried a 50-year sentence.
2/4/19 Update: The State's renewed motion for protective order for closed circuit trial testimony of a minor is again denied. Exhibits entered.
2/5/19 Day 1: Proposed transcript of defendant's audio interview. Opening Statements. Opening Statements. State witnesses: Susan Brandt, the boy's second-grade teacher. Cam Schipper, 3rd grad teacher. Principal Teresa Keninger. DHS's child protective worker who responded to the home, Carol Allen. Penny Osborn, a physician's assistant. Ackley Police Chief Brian Shimon. Trial continues on 2/6.
2/6/19 Day 2: State witness: Boy (E.S.).
2/7/19 Day 3: State witness: Boy (E.S.).
2/8/19 Day 4: State witnesses: Iowa DCI Agent Jim Thiele. Prosecutors showed video of an 8-year-old boy screaming while he needed to use the bathroom. Anthony Miller, Tyler's former employer. Trial resumes on Tuesday, 2/12.
*Alex Craig Shadlow (30) “dad” arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only or surety bond. **Hardin County moved to Dickson County
1/4/19 Update: Trial has been rescheduled for 6/24/19. Final Pretrial hearing is 6/21/19.
Arrest affidavit says abuse occurred from July-Sept., 2017; was locked in 6’x6’ area under stairs & deprived of food & bathroom for 9 hrs a day where he slept on concrete with no bedding (pillow or blanket). Tyler urged her dog to attack the boy, which left scars on his back & limbs.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, February 13th:
*Trial Continues (Day 6) (@ 9am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Traci Lynn Tyler (39) arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only bond.
*Hardin County moved to Cerro Gordo County
Trial started 2/5/19. If convicted of first-degree kidnapping, a class A felony, Tyler would face a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. She declined a discussed deal from prosecutors in which she would have pleaded guilty to child endangerment and third-degree kidnapping, which would have carried a 50-year sentence.
2/4/19 Update: The State's renewed motion for protective order for closed circuit trial testimony of a minor is again denied. Exhibits entered.
2/5/19 Day 1: Proposed transcript of defendant's audio interview. Opening Statements. Opening Statements. State witnesses: Susan Brandt, the boy's second-grade teacher. Cam Schipper, 3rd grad teacher. Principal Teresa Keninger. DHS's child protective worker who responded to the home, Carol Allen. Penny Osborn, a physician's assistant. Ackley Police Chief Brian Shimon. Trial continues on 2/6.
2/6/19 Day 2: State witness: Boy (E.S.).
2/7/19 Day 3: State witness: Boy (E.S.).
2/8/19 Day 4: State witnesses: Iowa DCI Agent Jim Thiele. Prosecutors showed seven minute video, the child screamed in pain while holding his groin area, according to the cellphone video shown in court on Friday. He shuffled around, bent himself over, and cried out while someone continued to record the agonizing incident. Anthony Miller, Tyler's former employer. Trial resumes on Tuesday, 2/12.
2/12/19 Day 5: State witnesses: No info available. Trial continues to 2/13.