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For the week of Monday, April 1st thru Friday, April 5th:
Monday, April 1st:
*Sentencing Hearing (Both cases) (@ 1:30pm PT) – AZ - *Dalmer Hussen (18) (Sept. 24, 2000 attacking while walking home from a friend’s house in Phoenix, found Sept. 25, 2000 in a vacant lot) – *Lance David Ray (32 @ time of crime/52/now 56) was charged (12/27/20), indicted (1/7/21) & arraigned (1/19/21) with 2nd degree intentional murder. Held without bond. Plead not guilty.
*Lance David Ray (52/now 56) was arrested (10/23/20 in Bloomington, IN. & extradited to AZ) (in connection with 3 separate incidents in 2000 after DNA evidence linked him to the crimes for a 14 yr. old & 17 yr. old) & charged & indicted (10/23/20) & arraigned (11/25/20) with 2 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, 2 counts of kidnapping (death/injury/sexual), 2 counts of sexual conduct with a minor & 2 counts of sexual assault. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 3/18/24 was cancelled. Plead no contest to 2nd degree intentional murder & 2 counts of 6 for sexual assault. Sentencing hearing on 4/1/24.
Crime info & Court info from 10/23/20 thru 3/15/24 reference post #101 here:
[URL='https://www.websleuths.com/fo...saults-2000-arrest-in-2020.554596/page-6[/url]
3/20/24 Update: No info if sentencing hearing happened. Court site has status conference hearing on 3/25/24 @ 1:30pm.
3/25/24 Update: Sentencing date ow set on 4/1/24.
*Jury Selection (Final voir dire) (@ 9am MT) – ID – Joshua Jaxon (JJ) Vallow (7) & Tylee Ashlyn Ryan (16) (JJ last seen Sept. 23, 2019 & Tylee on Sept. 9, 2019, Rexburg; found June 9, 2020 buried in Daybell’s yard in Salem, ID) & Tamara “Tammy” Michelle Douglas Daybell (49) (died on Oct. 19, 2019 at her residence in Salem, ID; dob 5/4/70). – *Chad Guy Daybell (53/now 55) arrested (6/9/20) & indicted (5/25/21) & charged (5/26/21) & arraigned (6/9/21) with Count 1 (for Tylee): Conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder & grand theft by deception (for Daybell, Vallow & Alex Cox) & other co-conspirators. Count 2 (for Tylee): 1st degree murder. Count 3 (for JJ): Conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder & grand theft by deception. Count 4 (for JJ): 1st degree murder. Count 5 (for Tammy, 49, died 10/19/19): Conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder. Count 6 (for Tammy): 1st degree murder. Count 8 & 9: Insurance Fraud (Two counts of insurance fraud related to 2 different life insurance policies he had on Tammy). Plead not guilty. No bond. DA will seek DP. (Judge denied removing DP 3/14/24).
Trial set to begin on 4/1/24 with final jury selection. Trial will be held in Ada County.
Jury will be sequestered during deliberations in the guilt phase thru the penalty phase.
Court hours are 8:30am to 3pm Monday-Friday.
Judge Steven W. Boyce presiding. Prosecutors: Lindsey Blake & Rachel Smith & defense attorney John Prior.
Previous charges, Grand jury indictment & Court info from 6/10/20 thru 3/21/24 reference post #557 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...bell-charles-vallow-arrests-77.686529/page-28
3/14/24 Update: Order: Authorizing Review of Questionnaire signed by Judge Stephen Boyce. Final jury selections now continues on 4/1/24.
3/28/24 Update: Judge Boyce has issued an Order [Non-Dissemination (gag) Order after John Prior did a TV interview [with KIVI TV, 3/26/24], It prohibits attorneys from making written or oral statements about the case until April 15 or after opening statements.
3/29/24 Update: Administrative Judge Steven Hippler says 2,500 potential jurors have been processed ahead of Daybell trial.
*Lori Norene Vallow aka Lori Norene Daybell (46/now 50) – Fremont County: Trial started on 4/10/23 & ended 5/10/23. 5/12/23: Guilty of all charges. Sentenced (7/31/23) to 3 consecutive life without parole sentence. 8/31/23 Update: Jim Archibald, Vallow's attorney has filed a Notice of Appeal & a motion to appoint state appellate public defender. New appeal attorney Craig Durham.
Tuesday, April 2nd:
*Jury Selection continues (Day 12) (@ 1:30pm PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 25) arrested & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial was set to begin on 7/15/22 with jury selection was vacated for competency evaluation. Found competent (10/21/22) to stand trial.
Trial began on 2/7/24 with jury selection & ended on 2/8/24.
Jury selection began on 2/21/24 declared a mistrial. (Due to outburst from Woodward).
Jury Selection began again on 3/5/24.
Trial will begin when jury is selection-no date predicted.
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/29/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-9 (3/6, 3/7, 3/13, 3/18, 3/19, 3/21, 3/25-3/26/24) reference post #240 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-12
3/27/24 Wednesday, Jury Selection Day 10: No info available. Jury selection continues on Thursday, 3/28/24.
3/28/24 Thursday, Jury Selection Day 11: No info available. Jury selection continues on Tuesday, 4/2/24 (Court dark on Fridays).
Wednesday, April 3rd:
*Trial continues (Day 5) (@ 9am CET) – Germany/Portugal - Hazel Behan (20 @ time/now 40) (in her home, June 16, 2004, Praia de Rocha on the Algarve coast, 10 miles from Praia de Luz, Portimao, Portugal) - *Christian Stefan Brückner (Bruekner) (27 @ time of 1st crime (2004)/45/now 47) charged (Oct. 11, 2022) with sexual assault (suspect held a knife & brutally raped her. The accused then tied & gagged the woman to a table & raped her again. He then whipped the victim on the back with a whip he had brought with him & finally forcibly performed oral sex with the victim. The accused filmed large parts of the events with a video camera he had brought with him). Braunschweig Regional District Court
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - a 14 year old teenager (unknown victim) (on tape: assaulted/hit the naked girl with a whip. Said to have brutally forced the girl to have oral sex. The accused also videotaped this act). Took place between Dec. 28, 2000 to April 8, 2006 on the Praia da Luz, Algarve coast, Portugal.
Germany/Portugal - *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - an elderly woman 70-80 yrs old (unknown victim) a Tour Rep (tied up & raped the victim in her holiday apt. He then hit the victim several times with a whip. The accused is said to have recorded the entire event with a video camera). Took place around the same time (between Dec. 28, 2000 to April 8, 2006) on the Praia de Luz, Algarve coast, Portugal.
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - 10 year old German girl (Joana E.) (wearing only shoes & otherwise naked. He grabbed the child's wrist & began to perform masturbation movements on his naked penis). On Salema (Zalema) beach, near Praia de Luz, Portugal, April 7, 2007).
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - 11 year old Portuguese girl (pulled down his trousers & underpants & made masturbation movements on his naked penis in order to sexually arouse himself, until the frightened girl ran to her father for help. The suspect was arrested on the spot by the Portuguese police). Exposed himself in playpark, São Bartolomeu de Messines, June 11, 2017).
Trial began on February 16, 2024. (And continued on Feb. 23, Mar. 1, Mar. 14)
Trial dates: April 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 25, May 2, 3, 8, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, June 4, 5, 6, 25, 26, July 5, August 5, 15, 16, Sept. 5, 26, 27, Oct. 2, 7, 8, 21 & Oct. 22, 2024. (Expected to last up to 8 months, it was 3 months).
Presiding Judge Dr. Engemann. Lead Prosecutor Ute Lindermann. Defense attorneys Dr. Friedrich Fülscher, Philipp Marquort, Dennis Bock & Atilla Aykac.
Brueckner is currently serving a 7 year sentence for the 2005 rape on a pensioner. While he is still the main suspect in Madeleine case, these above cases will be tried first & he will be charged with Madeleine later (maybe!)
Case info & charges & Brueckner info from June 1, 2020 thru January 18, 2024 & Trial Day 1-3 (Feb. 16, Feb. 23 & Mar. 1) reference post #864 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-2.704227/page-44
March 14, 2024 Trial Day 4: The two prosecutors commented on defense requests. And made heavy accusations against the lawyers of the man who is said to have kidnapped & murdered little Maddie McCann (then 3) in 2007. Defender Dr. Friedrich Fülscher (39) had requested that two texts written by the defendant & found on a USB stick during a search in 2016 not to be allowed as evidence. The public prosecutor's office requested that all applications of the defenders Dr. Fülscher (r.) & Prof. Bock (l.) to reject. The defense wanted to hear an expert as a witness who doubts an expert opinion from 2019. The court must now decide on the applications. The trial will next take place on the 3rd. April & should last until the end of June. As a precaution, Judge Uta Inse Engemann asked all parties involved to name free dates by the end of October. [for more info see post #878, page 45, thread #2].
Gov’t Witness: Christian Post, friend of CB [music technician & part time teacher]. His comments came in a three hour video deposition which he gave in December, which was played in court after he told officials it was 'too far' for him to fly.
For more info see posts #867 (article) here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-2.704227/page-44
Trial continues on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 @ 9am.
3/25/24 Update: Additional trial dates were added to the schedule, now running thru Oct. 22, 2024.
Thursday, April 4th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9am MT) - CO - 23 month old baby girl (died Jan. 2, 2022 from fentanyl (10 times the amount necessary to kill an intolerant adult user), Brighton) - *Alonzo Ray Montoya (31/now 33) arrested & charged (3/30/22) & arraigned (8/4/23) with child abuse resulting in death & [distribution of a controlled substance (Sched I or II)-decided 11/30/22]. Plead not guilty. $250K bond.
Trial began on 11/29/22 & ending 11/30/22 for distribution charge (Montoya only). No idea what happened.
Trial began on 1/8/24 with jury selection. Jury selected.
Trial began on 1/10/24 & ended on 1/22/4 with a guilty verdict. Sentencing hearing on 4/4/24.
Court info from 3/30/22 thru 12/26/23 & Trial Days 1-10 (1/8-1/19/24) reference post #87 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...an-22-parents-arrested-mar-2022.617484/page-5
1/22/24 Monday, Trial Day 11: Found guilty. Sentencing hearing on 4/4/24 @ 9am.
*Nicole Danielle Casias (30/now 32) – Motions hearing on 5/10/24 & pretrial conference hearing on 7/10/24. Trial set to begin on 7/12/24.
Monday, April 1st:
*Sentencing Hearing (Both cases) (@ 1:30pm PT) – AZ - *Dalmer Hussen (18) (Sept. 24, 2000 attacking while walking home from a friend’s house in Phoenix, found Sept. 25, 2000 in a vacant lot) – *Lance David Ray (32 @ time of crime/52/now 56) was charged (12/27/20), indicted (1/7/21) & arraigned (1/19/21) with 2nd degree intentional murder. Held without bond. Plead not guilty.
*Lance David Ray (52/now 56) was arrested (10/23/20 in Bloomington, IN. & extradited to AZ) (in connection with 3 separate incidents in 2000 after DNA evidence linked him to the crimes for a 14 yr. old & 17 yr. old) & charged & indicted (10/23/20) & arraigned (11/25/20) with 2 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, 2 counts of kidnapping (death/injury/sexual), 2 counts of sexual conduct with a minor & 2 counts of sexual assault. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 3/18/24 was cancelled. Plead no contest to 2nd degree intentional murder & 2 counts of 6 for sexual assault. Sentencing hearing on 4/1/24.
Crime info & Court info from 10/23/20 thru 3/15/24 reference post #101 here:
[URL='https://www.websleuths.com/fo...saults-2000-arrest-in-2020.554596/page-6[/url]
3/20/24 Update: No info if sentencing hearing happened. Court site has status conference hearing on 3/25/24 @ 1:30pm.
3/25/24 Update: Sentencing date ow set on 4/1/24.
*Jury Selection (Final voir dire) (@ 9am MT) – ID – Joshua Jaxon (JJ) Vallow (7) & Tylee Ashlyn Ryan (16) (JJ last seen Sept. 23, 2019 & Tylee on Sept. 9, 2019, Rexburg; found June 9, 2020 buried in Daybell’s yard in Salem, ID) & Tamara “Tammy” Michelle Douglas Daybell (49) (died on Oct. 19, 2019 at her residence in Salem, ID; dob 5/4/70). – *Chad Guy Daybell (53/now 55) arrested (6/9/20) & indicted (5/25/21) & charged (5/26/21) & arraigned (6/9/21) with Count 1 (for Tylee): Conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder & grand theft by deception (for Daybell, Vallow & Alex Cox) & other co-conspirators. Count 2 (for Tylee): 1st degree murder. Count 3 (for JJ): Conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder & grand theft by deception. Count 4 (for JJ): 1st degree murder. Count 5 (for Tammy, 49, died 10/19/19): Conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder. Count 6 (for Tammy): 1st degree murder. Count 8 & 9: Insurance Fraud (Two counts of insurance fraud related to 2 different life insurance policies he had on Tammy). Plead not guilty. No bond. DA will seek DP. (Judge denied removing DP 3/14/24).
Trial set to begin on 4/1/24 with final jury selection. Trial will be held in Ada County.
Jury will be sequestered during deliberations in the guilt phase thru the penalty phase.
Court hours are 8:30am to 3pm Monday-Friday.
Judge Steven W. Boyce presiding. Prosecutors: Lindsey Blake & Rachel Smith & defense attorney John Prior.
Previous charges, Grand jury indictment & Court info from 6/10/20 thru 3/21/24 reference post #557 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...bell-charles-vallow-arrests-77.686529/page-28
3/14/24 Update: Order: Authorizing Review of Questionnaire signed by Judge Stephen Boyce. Final jury selections now continues on 4/1/24.
3/28/24 Update: Judge Boyce has issued an Order [Non-Dissemination (gag) Order after John Prior did a TV interview [with KIVI TV, 3/26/24], It prohibits attorneys from making written or oral statements about the case until April 15 or after opening statements.
3/29/24 Update: Administrative Judge Steven Hippler says 2,500 potential jurors have been processed ahead of Daybell trial.
*Lori Norene Vallow aka Lori Norene Daybell (46/now 50) – Fremont County: Trial started on 4/10/23 & ended 5/10/23. 5/12/23: Guilty of all charges. Sentenced (7/31/23) to 3 consecutive life without parole sentence. 8/31/23 Update: Jim Archibald, Vallow's attorney has filed a Notice of Appeal & a motion to appoint state appellate public defender. New appeal attorney Craig Durham.
Tuesday, April 2nd:
*Jury Selection continues (Day 12) (@ 1:30pm PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 25) arrested & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial was set to begin on 7/15/22 with jury selection was vacated for competency evaluation. Found competent (10/21/22) to stand trial.
Trial began on 2/7/24 with jury selection & ended on 2/8/24.
Jury selection began on 2/21/24 declared a mistrial. (Due to outburst from Woodward).
Jury Selection began again on 3/5/24.
Trial will begin when jury is selection-no date predicted.
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/29/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-9 (3/6, 3/7, 3/13, 3/18, 3/19, 3/21, 3/25-3/26/24) reference post #240 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-12
3/27/24 Wednesday, Jury Selection Day 10: No info available. Jury selection continues on Thursday, 3/28/24.
3/28/24 Thursday, Jury Selection Day 11: No info available. Jury selection continues on Tuesday, 4/2/24 (Court dark on Fridays).
Wednesday, April 3rd:
*Trial continues (Day 5) (@ 9am CET) – Germany/Portugal - Hazel Behan (20 @ time/now 40) (in her home, June 16, 2004, Praia de Rocha on the Algarve coast, 10 miles from Praia de Luz, Portimao, Portugal) - *Christian Stefan Brückner (Bruekner) (27 @ time of 1st crime (2004)/45/now 47) charged (Oct. 11, 2022) with sexual assault (suspect held a knife & brutally raped her. The accused then tied & gagged the woman to a table & raped her again. He then whipped the victim on the back with a whip he had brought with him & finally forcibly performed oral sex with the victim. The accused filmed large parts of the events with a video camera he had brought with him). Braunschweig Regional District Court
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - a 14 year old teenager (unknown victim) (on tape: assaulted/hit the naked girl with a whip. Said to have brutally forced the girl to have oral sex. The accused also videotaped this act). Took place between Dec. 28, 2000 to April 8, 2006 on the Praia da Luz, Algarve coast, Portugal.
Germany/Portugal - *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - an elderly woman 70-80 yrs old (unknown victim) a Tour Rep (tied up & raped the victim in her holiday apt. He then hit the victim several times with a whip. The accused is said to have recorded the entire event with a video camera). Took place around the same time (between Dec. 28, 2000 to April 8, 2006) on the Praia de Luz, Algarve coast, Portugal.
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - 10 year old German girl (Joana E.) (wearing only shoes & otherwise naked. He grabbed the child's wrist & began to perform masturbation movements on his naked penis). On Salema (Zalema) beach, near Praia de Luz, Portugal, April 7, 2007).
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - 11 year old Portuguese girl (pulled down his trousers & underpants & made masturbation movements on his naked penis in order to sexually arouse himself, until the frightened girl ran to her father for help. The suspect was arrested on the spot by the Portuguese police). Exposed himself in playpark, São Bartolomeu de Messines, June 11, 2017).
Trial began on February 16, 2024. (And continued on Feb. 23, Mar. 1, Mar. 14)
Trial dates: April 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 25, May 2, 3, 8, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, June 4, 5, 6, 25, 26, July 5, August 5, 15, 16, Sept. 5, 26, 27, Oct. 2, 7, 8, 21 & Oct. 22, 2024. (Expected to last up to 8 months, it was 3 months).
Presiding Judge Dr. Engemann. Lead Prosecutor Ute Lindermann. Defense attorneys Dr. Friedrich Fülscher, Philipp Marquort, Dennis Bock & Atilla Aykac.
Brueckner is currently serving a 7 year sentence for the 2005 rape on a pensioner. While he is still the main suspect in Madeleine case, these above cases will be tried first & he will be charged with Madeleine later (maybe!)
Case info & charges & Brueckner info from June 1, 2020 thru January 18, 2024 & Trial Day 1-3 (Feb. 16, Feb. 23 & Mar. 1) reference post #864 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-2.704227/page-44
March 14, 2024 Trial Day 4: The two prosecutors commented on defense requests. And made heavy accusations against the lawyers of the man who is said to have kidnapped & murdered little Maddie McCann (then 3) in 2007. Defender Dr. Friedrich Fülscher (39) had requested that two texts written by the defendant & found on a USB stick during a search in 2016 not to be allowed as evidence. The public prosecutor's office requested that all applications of the defenders Dr. Fülscher (r.) & Prof. Bock (l.) to reject. The defense wanted to hear an expert as a witness who doubts an expert opinion from 2019. The court must now decide on the applications. The trial will next take place on the 3rd. April & should last until the end of June. As a precaution, Judge Uta Inse Engemann asked all parties involved to name free dates by the end of October. [for more info see post #878, page 45, thread #2].
Gov’t Witness: Christian Post, friend of CB [music technician & part time teacher]. His comments came in a three hour video deposition which he gave in December, which was played in court after he told officials it was 'too far' for him to fly.
For more info see posts #867 (article) here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-2.704227/page-44
Trial continues on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 @ 9am.
3/25/24 Update: Additional trial dates were added to the schedule, now running thru Oct. 22, 2024.
Thursday, April 4th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9am MT) - CO - 23 month old baby girl (died Jan. 2, 2022 from fentanyl (10 times the amount necessary to kill an intolerant adult user), Brighton) - *Alonzo Ray Montoya (31/now 33) arrested & charged (3/30/22) & arraigned (8/4/23) with child abuse resulting in death & [distribution of a controlled substance (Sched I or II)-decided 11/30/22]. Plead not guilty. $250K bond.
Trial began on 11/29/22 & ending 11/30/22 for distribution charge (Montoya only). No idea what happened.
Trial began on 1/8/24 with jury selection. Jury selected.
Trial began on 1/10/24 & ended on 1/22/4 with a guilty verdict. Sentencing hearing on 4/4/24.
Court info from 3/30/22 thru 12/26/23 & Trial Days 1-10 (1/8-1/19/24) reference post #87 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...an-22-parents-arrested-mar-2022.617484/page-5
1/22/24 Monday, Trial Day 11: Found guilty. Sentencing hearing on 4/4/24 @ 9am.
*Nicole Danielle Casias (30/now 32) – Motions hearing on 5/10/24 & pretrial conference hearing on 7/10/24. Trial set to begin on 7/12/24.