GUILTY SD - Jessica Rehfeld, 22, Rapid City, 18 May 2015 *Arrests*

[margarita25]

Police: Missing Rapid City woman not in danger

They got that wrong, found dead and murder for hire.
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/lo...cle_5dd77bd3-9597-57bc-a4c7-f6f75660fb8e.html

Nice.

 

[Reorxhammer]

New to the site so sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place. I don't live there anymore but I grew up in rapid city. My friend Mindy Ader has been missing for a year and a half. Gotta start somewhere. She's not the type to lose contact. Detectives say the odds are not good at finding her alive...
https://m.facebook.com/mindy.ader.9

 

[Tulessa]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154156425696798&id=57813171797

The video is on the Rapid City Police Departments Facebook link above.

[video=youtube;cnMFfYv6b2M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnMFfYv6b2M&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Prosecution agrees to separate trial for Rehfeld murder defendant

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/prosecution-agrees-to-separate-trial-for-rehfeld-murder-defendant/article_89c79604-29ca-5622-9a58-f472c737c7d3.html

The Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office agreed Monday to separate the trial of one of the three defendants in the Jessica Rehfeld murder case from that of his co-defendants after they had made incriminating statements against him.

In a written response Monday, Chief Deputy State’s Attorney Lara Roetzel said the prosecution consented to Klinetobe’s request for a separate trial. But she asked the court to continue keeping the three men’s pre-trial hearings together for judicial efficiency and convenience to the victim’s family.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.kotatv.com/content/news/Plea-deal-for-man-accused-of-moving-body-407965565.html

A guilty plea Thursday afternoon in the case of one of the men accused of moving the body of Jessica Rehfeld...

In exchange for the guilty plea to accessory charges, Frye will be released on bond. A pre-sentence investigation has been ordered with a status hearing set for June, 2017.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Schneider pleads guilty to first degree murder

http://www.blackhillsfox.com/content/news/Schneider-pleads-guilty-to-first-degree-murder-411128385.html

Twenty-four year old David Schneider pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Seventh Circuit Court today.

Schneider now faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole with the possibility of the death penalty.

Due to an ongoing investigation, the plea agreement is sealed.

Schneider is scheduled to have a status hearing on July 18.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Hirth, Klinetobe seek insanity defense in Rehfeld murder

http://www.newscenter1.tv/story/34337373/hirth-klinetobe-seek-insanity-defense-in-rehfeld-murder

Accused mastermind and boyfriend of Rehfeld, Jonathan Klinetobe appeared in court Tuesday, along with accused killer Richard Hirth.

Both Klinetobe and Hirth had motion hearings Tuesday. The men are both under investigation for an insanity defense. The investigation is in the early stages, and the next status hearing will be on March 30.

 

[0101ABA]

2 men face death penalty in murder of Jessica Rehfeld

The death penalty is on the table for two men accused of murdering a Rapid City woman in 2015.

Pennington County State’s Attorney Mark Vargo said in court Thursday that he will seek the death penalty against Jonathon Klinetobe and Richard Hirth for the murder of Klinetobe’s ex-girlfriend, 22-year-old Jessica Rehfeld.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Murder defendant seeks to suppress evidence

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/murder-defendant-seeks-to-suppress-evidence/article_fda43113-19ba-55c5-a6dd-98d645b22aae.html

A Sturgis man accused of plotting his ex-girlfriend’s killing in 2015 is asking the court to throw out any evidence gathered during a search of his jail cell last year.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

New details emerge in Rehfeld killing

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/new-details-emerge-in-rehfeld-killing/article_d1593630-c293-531a-9d84-33924bfde3df.html

A necklace, purse and cellphone believed to have belonged to Jessica Rehfeld were among the items police seized from the Sturgis apartment in May 2016, two days after law enforcement unearthed the body of the 22-year-old woman who had been missing for a year.

The necklace was allegedly going to be used as "proof of death" for a bounty that the motorcycle gang Hells Angels had offered in exchange for Rehfeld's killing. This was apparently so she would not go to police with information against the gang.

Detective Cade Bloomenrader, who wrote the search warrant application, told the court he doubted that the motorcycle gang had put a hit on Rehfeld.

Bloomenrader believed Rehfeld's killing was related to her filing a report that Klinetobe had assaulted her, as well as her seeking a protection order against Klinetobe.

Klinetobe is scheduled to return to court on Aug. 15, but the court's decision on the warrant questions is not expected for another six months. Klinetobe is detained at the Pennington County Jail along with Hirth and Schneider.

Frye is free on bond while awaiting sentencing, whereas Brown was sentenced to prison in August and was released on parole last month.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Man accused of stabbing Rehfeld seeks to throw out evidence

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/man-accused-of-stabbing-rehfeld-seeks-to-throw-out-evidence/article_ceb1c149-da90-561e-bb0d-10641bac1881.html

On Tuesday, Judge Heidi Linngren scheduled a Nov. 16 hearing to listen to evidence on Hirth’s request to exclude from trial statements he made to investigators in May 2016.

Schneider is waiting to be sentenced to life in prison, and in the meantime has been asked to return to court every six months or so.

 

[0101ABA]

Murder victim's family requests no death penalty

Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against a Sturgis man accused of hiring others to kill his ex-girlfriend.

In a hearing Monday, the family of murder victim Jessica Rehfeld asked that the possibility of being sentenced to death be removed in the trial of Jonathon Klinetobe.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Court OKs as evidence items found in murder defendant's home, jail cell

Last year, Klinetobe asked the presiding judge to exclude from trial items that police had seized from his home in Sturgis, saying law enforcement officers lacked probable cause for their search warrant and went beyond its scope. He also sought to suppress notes found in his jail cell.

She denied Klinetobe’s requests, paving the way for the seized items to be presented at his yet-to-be-scheduled trial in Pennington County. They include a necklace Rehfeld was supposedly wearing when she was killed, which other case defendants reportedly told police Klinetobe wanted as “proof of death."

 

[JerseyGirl]

Richard Hirth faces murder and other charges in the 2015 stabbing death of 22-year-old Jessica Rehfeld. He’s set for trial Oct. 28 through Nov. 8 in Rapid City.

Fall trial set for suspect in 2015 murder-for-hire case

 

[JerseyGirl]

38-year old Richard Hirth earlier pleaded not guilty to the crime. In May 2019, that plea was changed to not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.

In court, Pennington County State's Attorney Mark Vargo said he hasn't seen Hirth's full competency report but says he has been given a good faith basis for the entry of the new plea. He's says they'll decide later if they need an independent evaluation of Hirth.

David Schneider has already pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the case and Jonathon Klinetobe is also charged with murder and is still awaiting trial.

Hirth opens door to insanity defense

 

[imstilla.grandma]

He could be sentenced to life without parole after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting first-degree manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Jessica Rehfeld.
Prosecutor: Sturgis man who planned murder is master of lies

***Michael said Klinetobe deserves the death penalty, which prosecutors took off the table at the request of the family before the plea deal, when Klinetobe was facing a first-degree murder charge. He asked Judge Heidi Linngren to sentence Klinetobe to life in prison without parole because he's a danger to society.

"If we cannot escape the loss of Jessica, he shouldn't escape the consequences of taking her," Misty said.
Jessica Rehfeld's loved ones describe never ending chapters of grief

***The case against Hirth is on hold while he undergoes competency restoration at the state mental health hospital in Yankton. Schneider is waiting to being sentenced to life without parole after pleading guilty in 2017 to first-degree murder. Brown has been released from prison after receiving a four-year sentence in 2016 for being an accessory to the murder, according to the Department of Corrections. Frye, who pleaded guilty in 2016 to being an accessory and is out of jail without bond, will be sentenced some time after his Jan. 13 status hearing.
Prosecutors: Ex-boyfriend went to great lengths to plan and cover up Rehfled murder

 

[CastlesBurning]

Man who helped re-bury murder victim Jessica Rehfeld sentenced to probation

A prosecutor, defense lawyer and judge agreed Wednesday that a man who helped re-bury Jessica Rehfeld and failed to report her murder but later cooperated in the investigation should not go to prison unless he violates his probation.

Michael Frye, a 29-year-old from Rapid City, was sentenced at the Pennington County Courthouse to a suspended execution of five years in prison, meaning he will only go to prison if he breaks his five-year probation term.

Frye pleaded guilty in December 2016 to being an accessory in the death of Rehfeld, a 22-year-old Rapid City woman who wasn’t found until a year after she was murdered on May 18, 2015. Frye has been living and working in the community after spending 220 days in jail.