OR - Leah Freeman, 15, found murdered, Coquille, 28 June 2000

[chicagofa13]

http://www.registerguard.com/web/up...n-verdict-courtright-barron-nicholas.html.csp

oops...now don't be a nasty you know what!
snip...
As Barron announced the verdict, Courtright fell back into her front-row seat, eyes closed. Kathy McGuffin and Edgerton each let out a cry, and Nicholas McGuffin’s gaze dropped to the floor as he shook and wept.

When his mother regained her composure, she glared at the jurors, one by one, shaking her head, until Barron noticed, and threw both her and Edgerton out of the courtroom.

“Ma’am,” Barron said. “You and you need to leave, now.”

“We will go,” Kathy McGuffin shot back, and she and Edgerton walked out.

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[jrb0124]

http://www.registerguard.com/web/up...n-verdict-courtright-barron-nicholas.html.csp

Also from the article you linked:

“I look at law enforcement, (Coos County District Attorney) Paul Frasier and I don’t even know how to say ‘Thank you,’ ” she said, as most of the Coquille Police Department lined up against the wall. “I’ve gotten to know some of you pretty good.”

Replied one of the police officers, “You’ve gotten to yell at us pretty good, too.”

“A mom’s gotta do what a mom’s gotta do,” Courtright replied. After the press conference, she hugged several of the officers and posed for a group photo.​

:smile:

 

[ohiogirl]

TEN years is all this Jerk got? Seriously, is a Life worth Ten years????

10 years is the minimum, he has not been sentenced yet. Aug. 1.

RIP Leah.

 

[iluvmua]

Oh, Whew! I though he would only get Ten years..... I glad I read that wrong.

 

[Missing Budweiser]

Did Brent Bartlet testify? I've read all the articles posted and didn't see his name.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Yes, Brent testified on July 11.

You can see some of the pics here, Brent is on page 20 (which will change as I add pics)

http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Leah%20Freeman%20-OR-/#!cpZZ20QQtppZZ12

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Oh, Whew! I though he would only get Ten years..... I glad I read that wrong.

Well, the truth is he might get 9 more years to serve in prison.
He will get credit for time served, 1 year now.
Manslaughter= 10 to 20.

 

[ohiogirl]

IMO, he may get the minimum. Too bad the first investigation lagged.

 

[Missing Budweiser]

Yes, Brent testified on July 11.

You can see some of the pics here, Brent is on page 20 (which will change as I add pics)

http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Leah%20Freeman%20-OR-/#!cpZZ20QQtppZZ12

Any details on what he said on the stand?

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Bartley's testimony was about the Mustang trunk. He said that it was dirty.
Then after Leah disappeared, it was cleaned.

He said he was drinking the night Leah disappeared, and that he helped look for her.

(paraphrased)

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Nick McGuffin has been sentenced to 10 years.

 

[ohiogirl]

That's a shame. He was responsible for her death according to the jury. 10 years is not enough for taking someone's life, imo. I guess it's better than nothing.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Case archive is updated with prison info, they shipped him across the mountains to near the OR/ID border.

http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Leah%20Freeman%20-OR-/

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Today was the defense motion hearing for a new trial.

Judge Barron denied.

Nick stays put.

 

[chicagofa13]

Thanks AmandaReckonwith for all the posting and hard work.

I know they will appeal again, the defense said she will go for ineffective counsel. Sigh...

 

[katydid23]

There is a 20/;20 special on right now of this case. Interesting.

 

[Jacie Estes]

I am watching a TLC 20/20 program about Leah right now. We are traveling and are in a hotel in Wyoming so I don't know what channel other than TLC. Interesting program.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Court of Appeals upholds Nick McGuffin's manslaughter conviction

http://theworldlink.com/news/local/...cle_57a3d222-6809-11e3-8bb6-0019bb2963f4.html

McGuffin’s earliest release date is Aug. 22, 2020.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Here's a bombshell.

Conviction has been overturned.
Judge overturns conviction for Oregon man serving 10 years for manslaughter
The new developments in the case center around DNA evidence that was collected from Freeman’s bloody shoes.

The Oregon State Police crime lab found unknown male DNA on Freeman’s shoes during the investigation, but the findings were never reported to McGuffin’s legal team, according to the Oregon Innocence Project.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Bloodstained shoe helps overturn man’s 2011 conviction

Nicholas McGuffin, who has been in prison for nearly a decade for a crime he has always maintained he didn’t commit, may soon walk free after his post-conviction legal team found “exculpatory DNA evidence that was never disclosed to the jury.”

In June 2000, Leah Freeman disappeared while walking in Coquille, a small city south of Coos Bay. About a month later, the 15-year-old’s body was found in the small town of Fairview. Physical evidence was limited and there were no witnesses, so the case went cold.

Leah Freeman, who was killed in 2000 at the age of 15, is seen in an undated photo (KOIN, file)

Ten years later police arrested McGuffin, who had been Leah’s boyfriend at the time of her disappearance. He was convicted of manslaughter in 2011.


According to McGuffin’s legal team, the Oregon State Police Forensics Services Division “found DNA belonging to an unidentified male on the victim’s bloodstained shoe” before the criminal trial began, but did not report the find to anyone outside the lab.