OH - Mahoning Co., WhtFem UP4764, 35-48, Apr'92 - Sharon Kedzierski *arrest*

[Niner]

Was wondering if anyone following this case can access this court site - Illinois - Lake county pertaining to Julie Konkol case. Just wondering if there are any docket entries. Won't let me access it....

Public Access

TIA!

 

[JerseyGirl]

Time ran out for Samuel Legg III to be restored to competency to stand trial for the murder of Sharon Kedzierski of Florida, whose body was found behind a former truck stop in Austintown in 1992.

Judge John Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court ruled Wednesday following a hearing that Legg must be confined to a state mental-health hospital and remain under the supervision of the judge indefinitely.

Legg’s mental health will be evaluated in six months and then every two years. The evaluations will guide the judge in determining whether Legg, a former truck driver, should remain hospitalized. Legg could remain hospitalized for the rest of his life.

Authorities had a year to “restore” Legg’s mental health sufficiently to stand trial, but that did not happen, Durkin said.

Murder suspect will not face trial

 

[Niner]

Sharon's case:

10/28/2020 01:00 PM COURTROOM #4 HEARING HEARD DURKIN, JOHN M.

03/29/2021 07:00 AM COURTROOM #4 NOTES FOR COURT DURKIN, JOHN M.

link: https://ecourts.mahoningcountyoh.go...vB52HuO6QHuzAJWcoXgNnCjRGiI0-Rq65b1m8fV9uwsjQ

 

[Niner]

Interesting article!

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost launches BCI Cold Case Unit

 

[GoBuckeyes]

Sharon's case:

10/28/2020 01:00 PM COURTROOM #4 HEARING HEARD DURKIN, JOHN M.

03/29/2021 07:00 AM COURTROOM #4 NOTES FOR COURT DURKIN, JOHN M.

link: https://ecourts.mahoningcountyoh.go...vB52HuO6QHuzAJWcoXgNnCjRGiI0-Rq65b1m8fV9uwsjQ

Thank you for the information. I can't help but think that the victims' family and friends must find this justice rather hollow. How many did he kill? 5? Regarding the ruling, I get it; but I really feel for the family and friends who waited so long for justice.

 

[wary]

Thank you for the information. I can't help but think that the victims' family and friends must find this justice rather hollow. How many did he kill? 5? Regarding the ruling, I get it; but I really feel for the family and friends who waited so long for justice.

Somehow I missed the details. What is his actual diagnosis?

 

[Niner]

Somehow I missed the details. What is his actual diagnosis?

Due to HIPPA we don't know the "actual" diagnosis. See my post #57 on 10/28/20 about his competency.

 

[wary]

Due to HIPPA we don't know the "actual" diagnosis. See my post #57 on 10/28/20 about his competency.

Thanks. “Neurosyphilis and schizophrenia,” your post says is the diagnosis.

 

[Niner]

Looks like Legg had a hearing on 1/6/21.

Attorneys agree on medication issue for man arrested in cold case Austintown murder | WKBN.com

Jan. 6, 2021

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — Attorneys Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court agreed on a proposed order for a man deemed incompetent to stand trial for the 1992 death of a woman found in Austintown who was not identified until 2013.

The agreement calls for Judge John Durkin ordering that doctors can force Samuel Legg, 52, to take his medications if they believe it is neccessary.
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Judge Durkin declared Legg incompetent to stand trial and that his competency can not be restored after a report by mental health professionals who evaluated him reached the same conclusion. He was ordered to be held in a treatment facility with the hope that his competency can be restored.

A hearing was to be held Wednesday [1/6/21] before Judge Durkin after a doctor requested that an order be handed down allowing doctors to give Legg his medications by force if necessary. However, Legg’s attorneys, Rachel Cerni and Mark Lavelle, said their client told them he had never refused any medication and would agree to take any medications necessary.

The doctor who asked for the order was to testify via video conference, but he never appeared.

After the attorneys talked to the judge, they agreed on a proposed order for Judge Durkin to sign saying that if Legg was not taking his medications, doctors could force him to take them if necessary.

 

[Niner]

Sharon's case

10/28/2020 01:00 PM COURTROOM #4 HEARING HEARD DURKIN, JOHN M.

01/06/2021 10:00 AM COURTROOM #4 HEARING HEARD DURKIN, JOHN M.

03/29/2021 07:00 AM COURTROOM #4 NOTES FOR COURT DURKIN, JOHN M.

link: https://ecourts.mahoningcountyoh.go...dlPAhONG6wf0k49u3ozLfdbxmgOKSzIpY*g0nx*tcOOiQ

 

[Niner]

for Victoria Jane Collins case:

02/05/2021 Order Entry and Order
This matter came before the Court on the 5th day of February, 2021 on the Court's own motion.
IT IS ORDERED that Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare Hospital shall release any and all records of Defendant, Samuel W. Legg III, to Court Diagnostic and Treatment Center to perform and evaluation on Defendant on February 11, 2020 [SIC]. [me: I believe that should be 2021]
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02/08/2021 Clerk Distributed Copies Forwarded copies of JE to Deft by Regular U.S. Mail and to Counsel by email.
Copies to Service Parties by email
Copies to Sheriff's Department by interoffice mailbox

02/08/2021 Postage Issue Date: 02/08/2021
Service: Clerk forwarded Copies
Method: Clerk distributed copies
Cost Per: $0.00
Legg III, Samuel W
Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare
2200 W Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43223
Tracking No: P000124919

Legg III, Samuel W
c/o ATTY: Daler, Justin E
Wood Co. Public Defender
123 N. Summit Street
Bowling Green, OH 43402
Tracking No: P000124920

Legg III, Samuel W
c/o ATTY: Dech Jr, Merle R
610 Adams St 2nd Floor
Toledo, OH 43604
Tracking No: P000124921

Blackburn Dolan, Alyssa M
c/o ATTY: Blackburn Dolan, Alyssa M
WOOD COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
One Courthouse Square - 4th Floor
Bowling Green, OH 43402
Tracking No: P000124922

Twin Valley Behavorial Healthcare Hospital
2200 W Broad St
Columbus, OH 43223
Tracking No: P000124923

Court Diagnostic and Treatment Center
c/o [email protected]
Tracking No: P000124924

02/08/2021 Copies Copies of JE 2/5

link: https://pub.clerkofcourt.co.wood.oh...CQ8ds4eSkDa845Sl-37TfjADZLLwWt8mv84qf*8HzhTAg

 

[Andreee]

I was just wondering, should this thread be combined with Sharon's thread? I put this question to the mods.

 

[Niner]

I was just wondering, should this thread be combined with Sharon's thread? I put this question to the mods.

This is Sharon's thread... ??

 

[Andreee]

This is Sharon's thread... ??

Never mind, I was half asleep when I wrote that. Goofed.

 

[Niner]

@Suglo - you helped me on another Illinois case - was wondering if you can see what this one has on it - if anything.


IL - *Julie A. Konkol (39) (found strangled Oct. 23, 1997, behind the abandoned Senter's truck stop in the 43000 block of Old Route 41 in Russell) - *Samuel William Legg III (27 @ time of crime/49/now 51) charged (7/30/20) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder. $3M bond. Lake County can’t access DOB 8/19/69
Will eventually be extradited to Illinois to face the charges.


TIA!

 

[Suglo]

@Suglo - you helped me on another Illinois case - was wondering if you can see what this one has on it - if anything.


IL - *Julie A. Konkol (39) (found strangled Oct. 23, 1997, behind the abandoned Senter's truck stop in the 43000 block of Old Route 41 in Russell) - *Samuel William Legg III (27 @ time of crime/49/now 51) charged (7/30/20) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder. $3M bond. Lake County can’t access DOB 8/19/69
Will eventually be extradited to Illinois to face the charges.


TIA!

There is a case for him but it only has warrants so far. There are no hearings past, present or in the future yet. The case number is 20CF00001164. The warrants were filed on 07-29-2020 when the case was opened. They are for Murder/Intent to Kill/Injure and Murder/Strong Prob Kill/Injure.

 

[Niner]

There is a case for him but it only has warrants so far. There are no hearings past, present or in the future yet. The case number is 20CF00001164. The warrants were filed on 07-29-2020 when the case was opened. They are for Murder/Intent to Kill/Injure and Murder/Strong Prob Kill/Injure.

Thanks a bunch - more info than I have!

 

[Suglo]

Thanks a bunch - more info than I have!

Let me know when you need me to check again and I will.

 

[Niner]

Let me know when you need me to check again and I will.

Okay - I shall, but it probably won't be for quite a while. He has to go to trial in Ohio first then this one...

 

[Niner]

Monday, March 29th:
*Notes for Court Hearing (Sharon’s case) (@ 7am ET) – OH - *Sharon Lynn Kedzierski (43) (reported missing Mar, 1992, found April 9, 1992 @ Universal Truck Mall & Flea Market, Austintown, Mahoning County) – *Samuel William Legg III (23 @ time of crime/49/now 51) arrested & charged (1/2018), indicted (2/14/19) & arraigned (2/26/19) with 3 counts of aggravated murder & 1 count of murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Mahoning County
DNA link.
Court info from 2/26/19 thru 4/14/20 reference post #57 here:
Found Deceased - OH - Mahoning Co., WhtFem UP4764, 35-48, Apr'92 - Sharon Kedzierski *arrest*
10/9/20: Judgement entry & warrant for removal filed for Sheriff of Mahoning County. Notes of the court hearing held on 10/13/20, next Competency restoration report hearing on 10/28/20.
10/28/20 Update: Judge John Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court ruled Wednesday following a hearing that Legg must be confined to a state mental-health hospital and remain under the supervision of the judge indefinitely. Legg’s mental health will be evaluated in six months & then every two years. The evaluations will guide the judge in determining whether Legg, a former truck driver, should remain hospitalized. Legg could remain hospitalized for the rest of his life. Based on earlier evaluations, Durkin found Legg incompetent to stand trial in June 2019 & ordered that Legg be sent to Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare in Columbus. Authorities had a year to “restore” Legg’s mental health sufficiently to stand trial, but that did not happen, Durkin said. The hearing had testimony from Austintown detective Robert Whited. Part of the purpose of the hearing was to hear from Whited on the history of the case & evidence he & detective Greg McGlynn of the Austintown Police Dept. gathered. The truck stop was near state Route 46. Kedzierski’s oldest daughter, Katherine Kedzierski Kuring, was allowed to give a victim impact statement at the hearing, emotionally unloading on Legg as she read from prepared remarks that expressed the pain & frustration she experienced.
1/6/21 Update: Before Judge John M. Durkin a Judgment Entry: Legg appear via videoconference with his counsel attorney Mark Lavella & Rachel Cerni & State of Ohio by Assistant prosecuting attorney Dawn Cantalamessa & assistant prosecuting attorney Michael Yacovone for the motion for Court approval of medical treatment & administration of medication. Based on the stipulated report, the Court finds that Legg is in need of psychotropic meds & is mentally unable to receive information required to enable him to give a fully informed intelligent & knowing consent to specific treatment regimen. Next Notes for Court hearing on 3/29/21.
OH - *17 year old woman (Sept. 7, 1997, Medina County) - *Samuel William Legg III (27 @ time of crime/49/now 51) arrested (1/2018), charged & indicted (1/23/19) & arraigned (2/14/19) with 2 counts of rape. Plead not guilty. $1M bond. Medina County
Familial DNA match. Was extradited (Jan. 2018) from Chandler, AZ to Ohio.
Court info from 2/14/19 thru 10/30/19 reference post #52 here:
Found Deceased - OH - Mahoning Co., WhtFem UP4764, 35-48, Apr'92 - Sharon Kedzierski *arrest*
9/16/20 Update: Legg will remain in state custody in Franklin County, where he is under treatment in an effort to make him competent enough to stand trial in Medina County. Medina County Common Pleas Court Judge Joyce Kimbler ruled Wednesday that prosecutors have at least an additional 6 months to restore Legg to competency. Legg is facing two rape charges in Medina County as well as two murder charges in Wood & Mahoning counties & an out-of-state murder charge in Illinois. At Wednesday's hearing, Legg's attorney argued that under Ohio law, if a defendant hasn't been restored to competency after being at a mental hospital for one year following a court order, the charges have to be dismissed. Legg was ordered to Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare in September 2019. Judge Kimbler found that Legg, by refusing to take part in the hospital's treatment program, had stopped the running of the one-year restoration period. She found that the time period should be extended by 6 months & could be extended even longer if Legg continues to refuse to take part in his treatment, and ordered the hospital, through the state of Ohio, file monthly reports regarding Legg's cooperation with his treatment. Legg has been diagnosed with neurosyphilis & schizophrenia, according to the Ohio Attorney General's Office. Next hearing in February of 2021. Court site says competency hearing 1 year from 9/17/20, so put on 9/17/21.
IL - *Julie A. Konkol (39) (found strangled Oct. 23, 1997, behind the abandoned Senter's truck stop in the 43000 block of Old Route 41 in Russell) - *Samuel William Legg III (27 @ time of crime/49/now 51) charged (7/30/20) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder. $3M bond. Lake County
Will eventually be extradited to Illinois to face the charges. The warrants were filed on 7/29/20 when the case was opened. They are for Murder/Intent to Kill/Injure & Murder/Strong Prob Kill/Injure.
OH - *Victoria Jane Collins (27) (found behind the Union 76 truck stop in Lake Township on Dec. 20, 1996) - *Samuel William Legg III (26 @ time of crime/51) indicted & charged (8/20/20) with 2 counts of aggravated murder, murder, 1st degree rape & 1st degree kidnapping. Wood County
Legg's DNA was linked to her death.
8/20/20 Update: Bench warrant issued. 8/27/20: Motion for determination of competency of defendant filed. Prosecuting Attorney's Request for Issuance of Warrant on Indictment-filed by Alyssa M. Blackburn Dolan. No update as of 3/29/21.
OH - *Angela Marie “Angie” Hicks (14) (disappeared July 21, 1990, found by Midway Mall on Aug. 30, 1990, Elyria, Lorain County) – suspect in ongoing investigation.
Legg (21 @ the time) was Angela’s step father. DNA link to 3 homicides in Ohio & 1 in Illinois.