OH - Katelyn Markham, 22, Fairfield, 14 Aug 2011, found deceased in 2013 *arrest in 2023* #5
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That was the maximum per the plea deal.
The statute of limitations had passed on other possible charges.
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One of the first cases I followed here on WS. Glad to see JC has been held accountable.
I think the plead deal was done to ensure a conviction and justice for Katelyn. Likely lack of physical evidence hindered the case along with the amount of time that has passed. Witness memory after that long can also be a problem in court.
36 months is better than a not guilty verdict or hung jury if the case had gone to trial.
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I think the plead deal was done to ensure a conviction and justice for Katelyn. Likely lack of physical evidence hindered the case along with the amount of time that has passed. Witness memory after that long can also be a problem in court.
36 months is better than a not guilty verdict or hung jury if the case had gone to trial.
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Dave Markham, Katelyn Markham’s father, read a letter in court before Carter was sentenced:
“Not a day goes by that I don’t think of Katelyn,” he said, imploring Judge Daniel Haughey to sentence Carter to the maximum sentence by law. “Let him feel the pain that many of us have endured for the past 13 years.”
Carter did not speak during the sentencing hearing. His attorneys asked Haughey to impose probation or a minimal prison term, asking him to consider the law and not emotional statements.
Haughey, though, imposed the maximum term allowed under the plea deal, saying Carter “has shown no genuine remorse for this offense.” He also noted that Carter did not try to help Markham or acknowledge what happened to her immediately after her death.
“Not a day goes by that I don’t think of Katelyn,” he said, imploring Judge Daniel Haughey to sentence Carter to the maximum sentence by law. “Let him feel the pain that many of us have endured for the past 13 years.”
Carter did not speak during the sentencing hearing. His attorneys asked Haughey to impose probation or a minimal prison term, asking him to consider the law and not emotional statements.
Haughey, though, imposed the maximum term allowed under the plea deal, saying Carter “has shown no genuine remorse for this offense.” He also noted that Carter did not try to help Markham or acknowledge what happened to her immediately after her death.
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Inside the War Room: How prosecutors, investigators cracked the John Carter case
A week after John Carter was sentenced for his role in Katelyn Markham's death, the lead investigator is peeling back the curtain to the investigation.
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The disappearance and death of Fairfield’s Katelyn Markham that ended 13 years later with the conviction of her fiancée John Carter is scheduled to be featured Friday night in a NBC News “Dateline” report, according to producers.
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Gmoser was interviewed for the “Dateline” report and said he included statements about the circumstantial evidence used to build the case, lack of the cause of death for Katelyn, which created issues, and “a war” between Fairfield officers who could not agree on the guilt or innocence of Carter during the initial investigation that dragged the case on for years.
These were all factors in Carter’s plea deal. And Carter made no admissions at sentencing as to specifics of what happened the night Markham died.
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Disappearance and death of Fairfield’s Katelyn Markham to air on ‘Dateline’ Friday
A Butler County judge sentenced John Carter for his role in the death of Katelyn Markham of Fairfield in 2011.
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Gmoser was interviewed for the “Dateline” report and said he included statements about the circumstantial evidence used to build the case, lack of the cause of death for Katelyn, which created issues, and “a war” between Fairfield officers who could not agree on the guilt or innocence of Carter during the initial investigation that dragged the case on for years.
These were all factors in Carter’s plea deal. And Carter made no admissions at sentencing as to specifics of what happened the night Markham died.
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DATELINE FRIDAY SNEAK PEEK: The Butterfly
A young Ohio woman vanishes one summer night, prompting her community to conduct a massive search. When she’s found dead, investigators work to uncover her killer. Andrea Canning reports Friday, September 27, at 9/8c on NBC.
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DATELINE FRIDAY SNEAK PEEK: The Butterfly
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The disappearance and death of Fairfield’s Katelyn Markham that ended 13 years later with the conviction of her fiancée John Carter is scheduled to be featured Friday night in a NBC News “Dateline” report, according to producers.Disappearance and death of Fairfield’s Katelyn Markham to air on ‘Dateline’ Friday
A Butler County judge sentenced John Carter for his role in the death of Katelyn Markham of Fairfield in 2011.
[...]
Gmoser was interviewed for the “Dateline” report and said he included statements about the circumstantial evidence used to build the case, lack of the cause of death for Katelyn, which created issues, and “a war” between Fairfield officers who could not agree on the guilt or innocence of Carter during the initial investigation that dragged the case on for years.
These were all factors in Carter’s plea deal. And Carter made no admissions at sentencing as to specifics of what happened the night Markham died.
[...]
DATELINE FRIDAY SNEAK PEEK: The Butterfly
A young Ohio woman vanishes one summer night, prompting her community to conduct a massive search. When she’s found dead, investigators work to uncover her killer. Andrea Canning reports Friday, September 27, at 9/8c on NBC.DATELINE FRIDAY SNEAK PEEK: The Butterfly
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In an interview with “Dateline,” Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Gmoser detailed why he chose to pursue charges against Carter after more than a decade — and why he agreed to drop them in exchange for a plea to crime that carried a far less severe punishment.
“I know that there’s a number of people that will condemn me for taking a plea that only allows them to go to prison for three years,” Gmoser said, adding: “To me, whether it’s one day or six days or six months or six years or 60 years, it was more important to me to get justice by an admission of guilt for Katelyn Markham.”
For a decade, he was the man mourning a missing fiancée. Then he was charged with her murder.
Just before John Carter was to stand trial in Katelyn Markham’s 2011 death, he pleaded guilty to the lesser crime of involuntary manslaughter.
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Vanished at 21: The disappearance and death of Katelyn Markham
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Highly unsatisfying. I feel they should have gone at him in court, let the chips fall where they may.
You get an offer like 3rd degree manslaughter because the penalties are so light. You need to say you are responsible but you do not need to disclose anything else.
Pemberton got off with nothing.. Had they leaned on him harder , they may have been able to get him to roll over.
Looks simple where I am sitting, for sure, but much of the info was pretty much in plain sight early on and just wasn't pieced together.
You get an offer like 3rd degree manslaughter because the penalties are so light. You need to say you are responsible but you do not need to disclose anything else.
Pemberton got off with nothing.. Had they leaned on him harder , they may have been able to get him to roll over.
Looks simple where I am sitting, for sure, but much of the info was pretty much in plain sight early on and just wasn't pieced together.
Tonight at 9 p.m. ET Crime Nation on the CW covers Katelyn Markham’s case. They interviewed her dad. Dave Markham. Katelyn’s case was a tragedy. Her boyfriend, John Carter, is serving 3 years in prison for her death.
@TVAshleigh is on the show - you might see me in there, too ;-)
@TVAshleigh is on the show - you might see me in there, too ;-)
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