GUILTY NC - Dr. Frank McCutcheon, 64, murdered in his Arden home, 16 July 2016
Another court date - Monday JULY 15
Court Dates | North Carolina Judicial Branch
Officer Name Agency Officer Number Court Date County Session Court Room Defendant
THROWER,W SFF 07/15/2019 BUNCOMBE AM 0510 MCCUTCHEON,BRENDA,KAY
Case Number: 17CRS000529
Defendant Name: MCCUTCHEON,BRENDA,KAY
County: BUNCOMBE
Court Date: 07/15/2019
Session: AM
Court Room: 0510
Court Dates | North Carolina Judicial Branch
Officer Name Agency Officer Number Court Date County Session Court Room Defendant
THROWER,W SFF 07/15/2019 BUNCOMBE AM 0510 MCCUTCHEON,BRENDA,KAY
Case Number: 17CRS000529
Defendant Name: MCCUTCHEON,BRENDA,KAY
County: BUNCOMBE
Court Date: 07/15/2019
Session: AM
Court Room: 0510
WLOS ABC 13 is covering it, but only sporadically.
Tomorrow will be THREE YEARS since the murder, so I'm hoping there will be a media update.
This is the most recent mention on WLOS that I could find (4 months ago, in reply to a question)
MARCH 12, 2019:
www.facebook.com/News13/posts/10156397721326799
WLOS ABC 13 Phyllis, she was indicted but has yet to go to trial.
This was from nearly a year ago - AUGUST 2018 - and there was never an update regarding "the conditions of her release".
Arden woman accused of killing surgeon husband released from jail
by WLOS STAFF |
Friday, August 10th 2018
ARDEN, N.C. (WLOS) — News 13 has learned a woman charged in her husband's death is now out of jail.
[...]
We're working to find out the conditions of her release.
Maybe I'm alone in my curiosity but I'm really surprised there isn't more news coverage on this case currently. (As well as no updates previously.) Thanks for posting!!!
Answer Man: Amboy Road bridge ready to fall? McCutcheon case update?
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McCutcheon case update?
SEPTEMBER 05, 2019
Question: What ever happened to Brenda McCutcheon, the wife of murdered plastic surgeon Dr. Frank McCutcheon? She was indicted for his murder in 2017, released on bond in 2018 and there's where the story ends (in the news anyway).
My answer: The wheels of justice are turning, but they're not setting any records here.
Real answer: "This case is currently set for trial Jan. 21, 2020," Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams said this week via email. "Further comment by this office is inappropriate at this time."
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McCutcheon case update?
SEPTEMBER 05, 2019
Question: What ever happened to Brenda McCutcheon, the wife of murdered plastic surgeon Dr. Frank McCutcheon? She was indicted for his murder in 2017, released on bond in 2018 and there's where the story ends (in the news anyway).
My answer: The wheels of justice are turning, but they're not setting any records here.
Real answer: "This case is currently set for trial Jan. 21, 2020," Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams said this week via email. "Further comment by this office is inappropriate at this time."
[...]
No court date listed for Brenda McCutcheon:
Court Dates | North Carolina Judicial Branch
I wonder if trial is still JAN 21, 2020. That's in 3 weeks!
Answer Man: Amboy Road bridge ready to fall? McCutcheon case update?
"This case is currently set for trial Jan. 21, 2020,"
Court Dates | North Carolina Judicial Branch
I wonder if trial is still JAN 21, 2020. That's in 3 weeks!
Answer Man: Amboy Road bridge ready to fall? McCutcheon case update?
"This case is currently set for trial Jan. 21, 2020,"
Court Date: 01/21/2020
Court Dates | North Carolina Judicial Branch
Case Details
01/07/2020
Case Number: 17CRS000529
Defendant Name: MCCUTCHEON,BRENDA,KAY
County: BUNCOMBE
Court Date: 01/21/2020
Session: AM
Court Room: 0510
Offense Code Description Statute
0935 Felony-FIRST DEGREE MURDER 14-17
Court Dates | North Carolina Judicial Branch
Case Details
01/07/2020
Case Number: 17CRS000529
Defendant Name: MCCUTCHEON,BRENDA,KAY
County: BUNCOMBE
Court Date: 01/21/2020
Session: AM
Court Room: 0510
Offense Code Description Statute
0935 Felony-FIRST DEGREE MURDER 14-17
I wonder if reporters are covering this tomorrow?
I would really like to follow this trial live or by tweet.
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glad u bumped this thread or I would have missed out on the trial. Thanks f & e!
Wife of well-known Arden doctor set for trial as jury selection begins for 2016 murder
Monday, January 20th 2020
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The trial for an Arden woman, charged with murdering her husband in July 2016, is scheduled to begin this week in Buncombe County.
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Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams tells News 13 jury selection for Brenda McCutcheon is scheduled to start on Tuesday, January 21, 2020.
Monday, January 20th 2020
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The trial for an Arden woman, charged with murdering her husband in July 2016, is scheduled to begin this week in Buncombe County.
[...]
Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams tells News 13 jury selection for Brenda McCutcheon is scheduled to start on Tuesday, January 21, 2020.
https://twitter.com/KimKingReports
Kimberly King @KimKingReports 7h7 hours ago
Jury Selection today. I’m covering. Brenda M. charged with shooting her husband at point-blank range. I’ll be live with new info at 5 and 6 tonight. @WLOS_13
Kimberly King @KimKingReports 3h3 hours ago
No cameras allowed in court: McCutcheon Murder trial. @WLOS_13
Kimberly King @KimKingReports 7h7 hours ago
Jury Selection today. I’m covering. Brenda M. charged with shooting her husband at point-blank range. I’ll be live with new info at 5 and 6 tonight. @WLOS_13
Kimberly King @KimKingReports 3h3 hours ago
No cameras allowed in court: McCutcheon Murder trial. @WLOS_13
Long awaited murder trial for wife of Arden doctor gets underway
Tuesday, January 21st 2020
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — After more than three years, jury selection is set to begin for the woman accused of killing her husband in their Arden home.
[...]
Pre-trial motions were heard Tuesday, and jury selection is expected to begin Wednesday.
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Brenda McCutcheon, who was a registered nurse and worked with her husband in his Asheville office, walked out of the courtroom Tuesday with her attorney. She is out on bond.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — After more than three years, jury selection is set to begin for the woman accused of killing her husband in their Arden home.
[...]
Pre-trial motions were heard Tuesday, and jury selection is expected to begin Wednesday.
[...]
Brenda McCutcheon, who was a registered nurse and worked with her husband in his Asheville office, walked out of the courtroom Tuesday with her attorney. She is out on bond.
S-L-O-W going. . . .
I found only the following brief blurbs for Wed & Thur.
Nothing for today, Friday.
It would be nice to know if the jury has been selected.
Taylor Stewart (@TaylorStewartTV) | Twitter
Taylor Stewart on Twitter
MORNING MINUTE UPDATE
@WLOS_13
: We’re following Brenda McCutcheon’s upcoming trial. The Arden woman is charged with shooting and killing her husband, surgeon Dr. Frank “Buddy” McCutcheon.
@KimKingReports has followed the case since the start.
2:33 PM · Jan 22, 2020
Murder Trial Update, Broken Water Mains, Devestating Home Fire, and more! | WLOS Local News
•Jan 23, 2020
I found only the following brief blurbs for Wed & Thur.
Nothing for today, Friday.
It would be nice to know if the jury has been selected.
Taylor Stewart (@TaylorStewartTV) | Twitter
Taylor Stewart on Twitter
MORNING MINUTE UPDATE
@WLOS_13
: We’re following Brenda McCutcheon’s upcoming trial. The Arden woman is charged with shooting and killing her husband, surgeon Dr. Frank “Buddy” McCutcheon.
@KimKingReports has followed the case since the start.
2:33 PM · Jan 22, 2020
Murder Trial Update, Broken Water Mains, Devestating Home Fire, and more! | WLOS Local News
•Jan 23, 2020
Trial "is already underway".
That's not much of an update.
Where are the news reports??
Buncombe County prepares for two major murder trials
Friday, January 31st 2020
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — With two significant trials coming up around the same time, the Buncombe County District Attorney’s office is about to be very busy.
The first murder trial for Brenda McCutcheon is already underway. McCutcheon is accused of killing her husband, a well-known doctor in Arden.
[...]
Cameras are not allowed inside the courtroom during the McCutcheon trial.
[...]
That's not much of an update.
Where are the news reports??
Buncombe County prepares for two major murder trials
Friday, January 31st 2020
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — With two significant trials coming up around the same time, the Buncombe County District Attorney’s office is about to be very busy.
The first murder trial for Brenda McCutcheon is already underway. McCutcheon is accused of killing her husband, a well-known doctor in Arden.
[...]
Cameras are not allowed inside the courtroom during the McCutcheon trial.
[...]
McCutcheon testifies in murder trial that she did not kill her husband in 2016
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FEBRUARY 11, 2020
ASHEVILLE - Brenda McCutcheon says she didn't know anything was wrong until she smelled gunpowder in the TV room.
She said she awoke in the night to a sound she couldn't identify and her dog barking. She thought maybe a heavy picture frame had fallen from a wall in the house. She went downstairs, through each room and was in the TV room, where her husband, Dr. Frank "Buddy" McCutcheon Jr., always slept, when the scent hit her.
“Up until that point, nothing seemed unusual," she said. "But at that point I knew something had happened because there shouldn’t have been a gun in our TV room,” she said through tears.
That was her testimony Feb. 11. Almost three weeks into her trial for first-degree murder, the 69-year-old had taken the stand the day before in Buncombe County Superior Court.
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In court, Brenda McCutcheon and her defense attorney, Sean Devereux, of Asheville, made an effort to distance her from the financial issues of her husband's practice.
Frank McCutcheon had primary control over expenses while she was a part time worker not listed as a corporate officer at the business, she testified. She said she trusted her husband to pay the appropriate taxes, but tried to fix the problem when she discovered he had not.
She testified that she learned in late 2017 that authorities believed her motive in killing her husband was that he hadn’t paid taxes. Before that, she said, she wasn’t really thinking about the taxes.
[...]
The defense also explored the week before Buddy McCutcheon’s death, during which Brenda McCutcheon said the couple kept to their normal routines, despite a recent visit from Department of Revenue agents.
Devereux played a video the couple took of a bear in their yard the evening of July 14. Both could be heard commenting casually as the bear ate from a bird feeder, dug a hole and fled after disrupting a bee’s nest.
[...]
Lock took issue with Brenda McCutcheon's choice to run to a neighbor's yard after finding her husband's body, fleeing out the front door past multiple loaded firearms, but not taking any of them with her.
She noted that, when Brenda McCutcheon got no answer at her neighbor's door, she went back into the house where her husband lay dead without turning on any lights to grab a cordless phone and call law enforcement from the dark yard.
"And you went back out the front door and walked past the weapons again,” Lock noted.
When deputies arrived, Brenda McCutcheon testified, they asked her whether there were any guns in the house. She pointed out the ones she knew were there, including a silver one they usually kept in a kitchen drawer, she said.
It was the gun detectives later found in the yard.
[...]
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FEBRUARY 11, 2020
ASHEVILLE - Brenda McCutcheon says she didn't know anything was wrong until she smelled gunpowder in the TV room.
She said she awoke in the night to a sound she couldn't identify and her dog barking. She thought maybe a heavy picture frame had fallen from a wall in the house. She went downstairs, through each room and was in the TV room, where her husband, Dr. Frank "Buddy" McCutcheon Jr., always slept, when the scent hit her.
“Up until that point, nothing seemed unusual," she said. "But at that point I knew something had happened because there shouldn’t have been a gun in our TV room,” she said through tears.
That was her testimony Feb. 11. Almost three weeks into her trial for first-degree murder, the 69-year-old had taken the stand the day before in Buncombe County Superior Court.
[...]
In court, Brenda McCutcheon and her defense attorney, Sean Devereux, of Asheville, made an effort to distance her from the financial issues of her husband's practice.
Frank McCutcheon had primary control over expenses while she was a part time worker not listed as a corporate officer at the business, she testified. She said she trusted her husband to pay the appropriate taxes, but tried to fix the problem when she discovered he had not.
She testified that she learned in late 2017 that authorities believed her motive in killing her husband was that he hadn’t paid taxes. Before that, she said, she wasn’t really thinking about the taxes.
[...]
The defense also explored the week before Buddy McCutcheon’s death, during which Brenda McCutcheon said the couple kept to their normal routines, despite a recent visit from Department of Revenue agents.
Devereux played a video the couple took of a bear in their yard the evening of July 14. Both could be heard commenting casually as the bear ate from a bird feeder, dug a hole and fled after disrupting a bee’s nest.
[...]
Lock took issue with Brenda McCutcheon's choice to run to a neighbor's yard after finding her husband's body, fleeing out the front door past multiple loaded firearms, but not taking any of them with her.
She noted that, when Brenda McCutcheon got no answer at her neighbor's door, she went back into the house where her husband lay dead without turning on any lights to grab a cordless phone and call law enforcement from the dark yard.
"And you went back out the front door and walked past the weapons again,” Lock noted.
When deputies arrived, Brenda McCutcheon testified, they asked her whether there were any guns in the house. She pointed out the ones she knew were there, including a silver one they usually kept in a kitchen drawer, she said.
It was the gun detectives later found in the yard.
[...]
Closing arguments underway in trial of woman charged with killing doctor husband
Thursday, February 13th 2020
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The Defense
McCutcheon’s attorneys argued there is zero physical evidence pointing to Brenda. No confirmable DNA belonging to Brenda on a gun found in the ivy outside their Arden home, and no fingerprints. There was DNA detected but it linked to Buddy and two other individuals but not enough to get a match to anyone.
[...]
As for the non-payment of taxes, Brenda McCutcheon’s attorneys argued Buddy knew for years his practice was in trouble with the IRS and was delinquent and didn’t pay taxes including corporate taxes.
The defense has presented McCutcheon had been having affairs with nurses over the course of his 30-plus year marriage to Brenda.
The defense argued a back door was left open and there were signs of an intruder, they don’t know who, coming in and shooting McCutcheon at close range in the head while he slept on a downstairs sofa.
Her attorney also argued Brenda allowed investigators to interrogate her for over seven hours and was cooperative with the investigation. In addition, the defense argues no bloody clothes were ever found belonging to Brenda.
Thursday, February 13th 2020
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The Defense
McCutcheon’s attorneys argued there is zero physical evidence pointing to Brenda. No confirmable DNA belonging to Brenda on a gun found in the ivy outside their Arden home, and no fingerprints. There was DNA detected but it linked to Buddy and two other individuals but not enough to get a match to anyone.
[...]
As for the non-payment of taxes, Brenda McCutcheon’s attorneys argued Buddy knew for years his practice was in trouble with the IRS and was delinquent and didn’t pay taxes including corporate taxes.
The defense has presented McCutcheon had been having affairs with nurses over the course of his 30-plus year marriage to Brenda.
The defense argued a back door was left open and there were signs of an intruder, they don’t know who, coming in and shooting McCutcheon at close range in the head while he slept on a downstairs sofa.
Her attorney also argued Brenda allowed investigators to interrogate her for over seven hours and was cooperative with the investigation. In addition, the defense argues no bloody clothes were ever found belonging to Brenda.
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