GUILTY IL - Willow Long, 7, Watson, 8 Sept 2013 - #5

[seattlechiquita]

Sorry, typo.

The correct date is 2/4/14.

Do courts in IL allow cameras?

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Cameras are allowed on a county by county basis. As of now, most counties do not.


http://www.state.il.us/court/Media/Extended_Media/extended_media.asp
Effingham County is not on this list (unless that is an update)

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

Is the Pre-Trial hearing still on for today?

lease:

TIA... :seeya:

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

http://s296.photobucket.com/user/cr...IL-/010914deryke-hearing.jpg.html?sort=6&o=26

If I am reading this correctly... It looks like the next hearing is February 10th...

Am I correct?

I hope you don't mind I linked this from your photobucket, AmandaReckonwith... :seeya:

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

http://s296.photobucket.com/user/cr...IL-/010914deryke-hearing.jpg.html?sort=6&o=26

If I am reading this correctly... It looks like the next hearing is February 10th...

Am I correct?

I hope you don't mind I linked this from your photobucket, AmandaReckonwith... :seeya:

Sorry to quote my own post... But I read it more in depth this time...:blushing:

I THINK it reports... In short... That there was to be a pre-trial hearing today... And the trial was set for Monday, February 10th...

But hardly anyone seems to be ready/prepared... :banghead:

Therefore trial date is put off until (too long IMO) later...

:sigh:

JMO

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

The trial is now set to begin April 7, and the next pretrial hearing is March 18.

http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/local/x1280775102/Justin-DeRyke-trial-pushed-back

http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/9712-justin-deryke-trial-delayed-until-april

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Sorry to quote my own post... But I read it more in depth this time...:blushing:

I THINK it reports... In short... That there was to be a pre-trial hearing today... And the trial was set for Monday, February 10th...

But hardly anyone seems to be ready/prepared... :banghead:

Therefore trial date is put off until (too long IMO) later...

:sigh:

JMO

Yes, you did read it right. But schedule changed since that article was posted. Today was a brief hearing, then the next is 3/18/14.

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

Yes, you did read it right. But schedule changed since that article was posted. Today was a brief hearing, then the next is 3/18/14.

Thank you so much for clarifying...

I didn't read far enough...

Oops!

:seeya:

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

No worries, the news in this case has been confusing. Best coverage is Greg Sapp at the xradio site (I forget the letters) but in his article (linked in my #546 post, bottom link), he says:

During a brief court appearance Tuesday morning, Effingham County Public Defender Scott Schmidt requested a continuance until the April trial setting. Schmidt said they cannot be ready for trial this coming Monday as had been scheduled.

Effingham County State's Attorney Bryan Kibler had no objection to the request for a continuance.

 

[laura83]

Justin Deryke has pleaded guilty. Sentenced to life in prison, no chance of parole https://www.facebook.com/979XFM

 

[Jayarre]

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Laura Hettiger KMOV ‏@LauraKHettiger 57s
#breaking: Justin DeRkye pleads guilty to murdering #WillowLong; sentenced to natural life in prison without the possibility of parole @kmov

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

Justin Deryke has pleaded guilty. Sentenced to life in prison, no chance of parole https://www.facebook.com/979XFM

Thanks, Laura!

Wow! I haven't seen a case where the suspect has pled guilty... Since.... Like ...FOREVER!

Will there be explanation of motive, etc?

Do any of you Sleuthers know?

TIA...:seeya:

 

[tlcya]

Justin DeRyke has pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder in connection with the September murder of 7-year-old Willow Long in Effingham County.

Effingham County prosecutors say DeRyke will serve natural life in prison, with no possibility of parole.

We'll have more on this story as it becomes available.

http://www.wics.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_16173.shtml

 

[neverletgo]

Justin Deryke pleads guilty to murder of niece
Posted on: 2:09 pm, March 18, 2014, by Staff Writer

Snipped:

The Watson, Illinois girl’s uncle, admitted to killing her to quote, “put her out of her misery,” after he claimed that she fell on a stick that pierced her neck.

http://fox2now.com/2014/03/18/justin-deryke-pleads-guilty-to-murder-of-niece/

 

[Flutterflies]

How timely! The weeping willow trees here are budding. Every time I see a weeping willow with its long flowing branches, I think of little Miss Willow’s beautiful red hair, her lovely smile, and it makes me smile. It is so sad what happened at the hands of her uncle who she trusted and loved. But I prefer to think of Willow running and playing in heaven safely with all our other WS children whose lives have been stolen from them. They have each other and are no longer suffering in any way.

:rose: Willow, you are loved. :rose:

 

[al66pine]

Here's another article about his plea and sentence "to life in prison without parole."

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_0d5ce472-987b-52db-9c6f-6d217bbba424.html

 

[FeistyCat76]

Justin Deryke pleads guilty to murder of niece
Posted on: 2:09 pm, March 18, 2014, by Staff Writer

Snipped:



http://fox2now.com/2014/03/18/justin-deryke-pleads-guilty-to-murder-of-niece/

I don't know if I really believe his version of the motive--putting her 'out of her misery'. We probably won't ever know what happened, but someone who really thought that he was putting her out of her misery wouldn't just please guilty without caveats.

 

[noZme]

Bless little Willow.
I guess this is all that can be done, for her, for now, but it's a bittersweet victory. True justice would have been for her to live & make her own way in the world away from the circumstances of her birth. I am glad her killer will never be free, but my heart is heavy tonight.

 

[bettiepageturner]

I wonder if the plea was in exchange for taking sexual assault off the table. Leaving that out could make the social aspect of life in prison slightly less daunting. Sorry, but the /masturbation story was just too unsettlingly convenient for that not to have been a factor. JMO.

 

[Puzzler]

I wonder if the plea was in exchange for taking sexual assault off the table. Leaving that out could make the social aspect of life in prison slightly less daunting. Sorry, but the /masturbation story was just too unsettlingly convenient for that not to have been a factor. JMO.

I had the same thought, sadly.