Trials & Sentencings for December, 2025

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I could have sworn I started one for December but I don't have one bookmarked or couldn't find it....

For the Week of Monday, December 8th thru Friday, December 12th

Monday, Dec. 8th:
*Trial continues (Day 5) (@ 10:30am ADT) - AZ - Allison M. Feldman (31) (Feb. 17, 2015, Scottsdale) - *Ian L. Mitcham (39 @ time of crime/42/now 50) indicted (4/11/18) & arraigned & charged (4/30/18) on 1st degree premeditated murder, 2nd degree burglary & 2nd degree sexual assault. Plead not guilty. $5M Cash bond. Maricopa County
DNA matched with familial match in CODIS.
Jury Selection began on 10/27/25 & ended on 10/30/25.
Trial is set to begin on 11/12/25. [Trial dates: 12/8, 12/10, 12/11, 12/15, 12/16, 12/17, 12/18, 1/5/26, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/12, 1/13, 1/14, 1/15, 1/20, 1/21, 1/22, 1/27, 1/28, 2/4, 2/5, 2/9, 2/10, 2/11, 2/12, 2/17, 2/18, 2/19, 2/23, 2/24, 2/25, 2/26, 3/2, 3/3, 3/4, 3/5, 3/23, 3/24, 3/25, 3/26, 3/30, 3/31, 4/1, 4/2, 4/6, 4/7, 4/8, 4/9, 4/13, 4/14, 4/15, /16, 4/20, 4/21, 4/22, 4/23, 4/28, 4/29, 4/30, 5/4, 5/5, 5/6, 5/7, 5/11, 5/12, 5/13, 5/14, 5/18, 5/19, 5/20, 5/21, 5/26, 5/27 & 5/28 all at 10:30am]
Maricopa Superior Court Judge Sunita Cairo presiding. Prosecutor Erin Otis & defense attorney Jeffrey Kirchler.
Court hearings from 6/28/18 thru 10/24/25 & Jury Selection Day 1-4 (10/27-30/25) thru 11/10/25 & Trial Days 1-4 (11/12-18/25) reference post #735 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...cottsdale-18-feb-2015-4-arrest.305356/page-37
11/27/25 Thursday, Trial Day x: No hearing/trial was held. Trial continues on Monday, 12/8/25.
12/3/25 Docket update: Motion to transport witness from DOC.

*Trial continues (Day 23) (@ 10:30am AZT) – AZ – Sanaa Cunningham (7) (Feb. 12, 2017, Goodyear) - *Germayne L. Cunningham (39/now 46) “father” indicted & charged (12/1/17) & arraigned (1/2/18) with 1st degree murder & 10 counts of child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP. [DA withdrew intent to seek DP on 2/10/25]. Maricopa County
*Lisa-Marie Cunningham (44/now 51) “step mom” indicted & charged (12/1/17) & arraigned (1/19/18) with 1st degree murder & 10 counts of child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP. [DA withdrew intent to seek DP on 2/10/25]. Bond & conditions changed (3/10/25) to $500K secured bond & electronic monitoring for both. Maricopa County
Jury Selection began on 9/24/25 & ended 9//24/25. 12 jurors & 6 alternates.
Trial began on 9/24/25. [Trial dates: 12/8, 12/9, 12/10, 12/11 & 12/16 to 12/18/25, 1/5/26 to 1/8, 1/12 to 1/15, 1/20, 1/22, 1/26 to 1/29, 2/2 to 2/4, 2/9 to 2/11, 2/17 to 2/19, 2/23 to 2/26, 3/2 to 3/5, 3/9 to 3/12, 3/16 to 3/19, 3/23 to 3/26, 3/30 & 3/31/26.all @ 10:30am].
Maricopa Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Fish presiding. Prosecutor Jessi Wade & Joshua Clark. Defense attorneys for Germayne are Natlee Segal & Taylor Fox & Lisa’s are attorneys Eric Kessler & Dan Raynak.
Case & court info from 12/14/18 thru 11/3/25 & Jury Selection Day 1 (9/24/25) & Trial Days 1-20 (9/24-10/14 & thru 12/3/25) & thru 11/26/25 reference post #316 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...opa-county-12-feb-2017-arrests.405007/page-16
12/4/25 Thursday, Trial Day 22: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 12/8/25.

*Trial continues (Day 6) (@ 9am ET) - MA - Ana Walshe (39) was last seen at her home in Cohasset shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2023, according to her husband. She was reported missing Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 from her employer in Washington D.C. - *Brian Reza Walshe (47/now 50) arrested (1/8/23), charged & arraigned (1/9/23) with intimidation/ misleading police during the investigation into his wife's disappearance. Bond $5M Surety/$500K Cash. Plead not guilty (1/9/23). [See below for NEW charges]. Quincy DC in Mass Court/moved to Norfolk Superior Court
*Re-Charged (1/17/23) & arraigned (1/18/23) with murder, assault to beat Ana with intent to murder & improper transport of body. Plead not guilty. Held without bond pending indictment. Held in Norfolk County Correctional Center.
*Indicted (3/30/23), re-charged & arraigned (4/27/23) with 1st degree murder, for misleading a police investigation/ obstruction of justice [plead guilty] & for the improper conveyance of a human body [plead guilty]. Plead not guilty to all charges (4/7/23). Held without Bond.
On 11/18/25 plead guilty to intimidation/misleading police & improper conveyance [transport] of body & admitted dismembering Ana. Norfolk Superior Court
Jury Selection began on 11/18/25 & ended on 11/20/25. 16 jurors selected. [9 women & 7 men].
Jury Trial began on 12/1/25. Mondays thru Thursdays court ends at 4pm, on Fridays at 1pm.
Sentencing for the guilty pleas will be after murder trial per Judge Feniere’s ruling on 12/4/25.
Norfolk Superior Court Judge Diane Freniere presiding. Norfolk County Asst. DAs Gregory Connor & Anna Yas. Defense attorneys Larry Tipton & Kelli Porges, public defenders.
Case & court info from 1/6/23 thru 11/17/25 & Jury Selection Days 1-3 (11/18-20/25) & Trial Day 1-4 (12/1-12/4/25) reference post #1478 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...esh33are-to-airport-cohasset-4.658134/page-74
12/5/25 Friday, Trial Day 5: State witnesses: Massachusetts Trooper Connor Keefe, homicide detective with Norfolk County DA office [trained in digital forensics back on stand. Went thru text messages between Ana & Brian. Massachusetts State Trooper Heather Sullivan [retired this past summer]. Sullivan a crime scene investigator documented a dumpster & trash compactor. Prosecutors entered a pair of tin snips, hack saw, hammer, packing tape & hatchet. State's Office of Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Richard Atkinson. Dr. Atkinson is a forensic pathologist. See post #1587, page 80 for a recap of witnesses. Trial continues on Monday, 12/8/25.

*Trial continues (Day 23) (@ 9am PT) – CA – Nikko Lee Perez (approx. 3 mos. when found; b. Nov. 8, 1996 in Fresno, found March 29, 2007 east of Woodland in an irrigation slough & was wrapped in a Winnie the Pooh blanket & a layer of plastic before being placed in a metal cooler. The cooler was weighed down with heavy objects & submerged in the slough, located about 15 miles northwest of Sacramento. He suffered a fractured skull & other blunt force trauma. He also had healing fractures, including broken ribs, that showed a pattern of abuse), Kato Allen Perez (b. 1992 in Merced, known to be dead), Mika Alena Perez (b. 1995 in Merced, not found), Nikko Lee Perez (b. 1997 in Fresno, not found) & Kato Krow Perez (b. 2001 in Fresno, not found) - *Paul Allen Perez (30 @ time of first crime (1992)/57/now 63) arrested (1/21/20) & charged (1/22/20) & arraigned (1/28/20) with 5 counts of premeditated murder with special circumstances of lying in wait [special circumstances were dismissed], torture & multiple victims, 4 counts of assault on a child under 8 with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death & criminal enhancements for his prior convictions. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Remanded to Sheriff’s custody (3/24/21) no bond. DP will not seek DP. Yolo County
Trial began on 10/23/25.
Judge Daniel M. Wolk presiding. Yolo County DAs David Robbin & Deanna Hays. Defense attorney public defender Ron Johnson & Sarah MacDonald.
Info on children & court info from 1/28/20 thru 10/27/25 & Trial Day 1-21 (10/23-12/4/25) reference post #293 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...des-ago-yolo-co-arrest-in-2020.499745/page-15
12/5/25 Friday, Trial Day 22: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 12/8/25.
*Yolanda Teresa Perez () – Plead guilty to 4 counts of child abuse; murder charges dismissed (9/21/22). Court orders Yolanda Perez back to Court on 11/5/25 as State witness.

*Trial continues (Day 13) (for both) (@ 8am ET) - GA - Boy (6) Brutally beaten by mom's bf from June 4 thru June 6, 2023 suffering broken bones, blood clots in his lung & bleeding on the brain; fighting for his life & is in extremely grave condition in Conley. Update 7/25/23: The child has come out of a coma & is slowly recovering. *Napoleon Tracey Ates, Jr. (36/now 39) arrested (6/6/23), charged (6/7/23), indicted (1/17/24) & arraigned (4/5/24 & 8/2/24) with aggravated battery, aggravated assault w/deadly weapon, aggravated cruelty to children in the 1st degree, 2 counts of cruelty to children in the 2nd degree, battery, cruelty to children-allow child to witness, making false statements & contributing to deprivation of a minor. Bond denied on 6 charges & a total bond set at $15K on 3 charges/for Jan. charges bond at $7K) Plead not guilty [8/2/24]. Clayton County
Additionally charged (3/30/24) & with aggravated assault, cruelty to children in the 1st degree & battery-Family violence. Clayton County
*Porshe Renee Wells (33/now 36) arrested (6/7/23), charged (6/8/23), indicted (1/17/24) & arraigned (6/7/24 & 8/2/24) with cruelty to children in the 1st degree, cruelty to children in the 2nd degree, cruelty to children in the 3rd degree, contributing to deprivation of a minor, making a false statement, aggravated battery & aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Bond amounts range from $2K to $8K (total $27,500) with the exception of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon-no bond. Plead not guilty [8/2/24]. Clayton County
Trial began on 11/17/25.
Clayton Superior Court Judge Robert L. Mack Jr. presiding. Defense attorneys Jordan Price & Karlyn Skall for Ates & attorney Charles Tierrance for Wells.
Case & court info from 6/4/23 thru 10/9/25 & Trial Days 1-11 (11/17-12/4/25) reference post #162 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ed-atlanta-clayton-co-june-2023.680727/page-9
12/5/25 Friday, Trial Day 12: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 12/8/25.


Wednesday, Dec. 10th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 8:30am PT) - CA – Cecilia Bravo Cabrera (30) (last seen leaving the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, Ca. just before 12:30am on June 9, 2016. She was driving her dark gray 2013 Chevrolet Malibu. She has never been heard from again. Five hours later, her car was found abandoned & burned in an orchard near Traver, Ca, 30 miles from the casino. There was no sign of her at the scene, Lemoore, not found.) - *Francisco Javier Yanez Valdivia (37/now 45) (estranged husband) arrested (12/13/16), charged & arraigned (12/14/18) with 1 felony count of murder & arson, 2 counts of possession marijuana for sale, 2 counts of cultivating marijuana & storing of it, 2 counts of conspiracy to commit a crime & 1 count theft of utilities service over $400. Plead not guilty. No bond. Tulare County
Trial was set to begin on 9/10/24 continued on 6/20/25 with jury selection. Jury seated.
Trial began on 6/23/25 & ended 7/2/25 with a GUILTY verdict.
Court info from 12/16/18 thru 6/17/25 & Jury Selection (6/20/25) & Trial Days 1-7 (6/23-7/1/25) reference post #241 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...30-lemoore-9-june-2016-arrests.310011/page-13
7/2/25 Wednesday, Trial Day 8: The Tulare County DA's Office announced that a jury found Valdivia guilty on July 2 of first-degree murder & felony arson in connection with the death of his wife, Cecilia Cabrera. He is scheduled to be sentenced on 9/25/25 & faces life in prison.
9/25/25 Update: Sentencing hearing has been reset on 12/10/25 @ 8:30am.
*Rosalina Perez Lopez (39/now 46) – plead guilty (12/1/20) & was sentenced to three years in custody but was released after the plea due to time served awaiting trial. Testified against Valdivia per plea deal.

 

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Update!

Wednesday, Dec. 10th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 8:30am PT) - CA – Cecilia Bravo Cabrera (30) (last seen leaving the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, Ca. just before 12:30am on June 9, 2016. She was driving her dark gray 2013 Chevrolet Malibu. She has never been heard from again. Five hours later, her car was found abandoned & burned in an orchard near Traver, Ca, 30 miles from the casino. There was no sign of her at the scene, Lemoore, not found.) - *Francisco Javier Yanez Valdivia (37/now 45) (estranged husband) arrested (12/13/16), charged & arraigned (12/14/18) with 1 felony count of murder & arson, 2 counts of possession marijuana for sale, 2 counts of cultivating marijuana & storing of it, 2 counts of conspiracy to commit a crime & 1 count theft of utilities service over $400. Plead not guilty. No bond. Tulare County
Trial was set to begin on 9/10/24 continued on 6/20/25 with jury selection. Jury seated.
Trial began on 6/23/25 & ended 7/2/25 with a GUILTY verdict.
Court info from 12/16/18 thru 6/17/25 & Jury Selection (6/20/25) & Trial Days 1-8 (6/23-7/2/25) reference post #265 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...30-lemoore-9-june-2016-arrests.310011/page-13
9/25/25 Update: Sentencing hearing has been reset on 12/10/25 @ 8:30am.
12/10/25 Update: Judge sentenced Valdivia to life in prison for the 2016 murder of Cecilia Bravo Cabrera,
*Rosalina Perez Lopez (39/now 46) – plead guilty (12/1/20) & was sentenced to three years in custody but was released after the plea due to time served awaiting trial. Testified against Valdivia per plea deal.

 

[Niner]

For the week of Monday, December 15th thru Friday, December 19th:

Monday, Dec. 15th:
*Trial continues (Day 8) (@ 10:30am ADT) - AZ - Allison M. Feldman (31) (Feb. 17, 2015, Scottsdale) - *Ian L. Mitcham (39 @ time of crime/42/now 50) indicted (4/11/18) & arraigned & charged (4/30/18) on 1st degree premeditated murder, 2nd degree burglary & 2nd degree sexual assault. Plead not guilty. $5M Cash bond. Maricopa County
DNA matched with familial match in CODIS.
Jury Selection began on 10/27/25 & ended on 10/30/25.
Trial is set to begin on 11/12/25. [Trial dates: 12/15, 12/16, 12/17, 12/18, 1/5/26, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/12, 1/13, 1/14, 1/15, 1/20, 1/21, 1/22, 1/27, 1/28, 2/4, 2/5, 2/9, 2/10, 2/11, 2/12, 2/17, 2/18, 2/19, 2/23, 2/24, 2/25, 2/26, 3/2, 3/3, 3/4, 3/5, 3/23, 3/24, 3/25, 3/26, 3/30, 3/31, 4/1, 4/2, 4/6, 4/7, 4/8, 4/9, 4/13, 4/14, 4/15, /16, 4/20, 4/21, 4/22, 4/23, 4/28, 4/29, 4/30, 5/4, 5/5, 5/6, 5/7, 5/11, 5/12, 5/13, 5/14, 5/18, 5/19, 5/20, 5/21, 5/26, 5/27 & 5/28 all at 10:30am]
Maricopa Superior Court Judge Sunita Cairo presiding. Prosecutor Erin Otis & defense attorney Jeffrey Kirchler.
Court hearings from 6/28/18 thru 10/24/25 & Jury Selection Day 1-4 (10/27-30/25) thru 11/10/25 & Trial Days 1-6 (11/12-18/25 & 12/10/25) & thru 11/27/25 reference post #738 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...cottsdale-18-feb-2015-4-arrest.305356/page-37
12/11/25 Thursday, Trial Day 7: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 12/15/25.

*Trial continues (Day 11)-VERDICT WATCH! (Day 2) (@ 9am ET) - MA - Ana Walshe (39) was last seen at her home in Cohasset shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2023, according to her husband. She was reported missing Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 from her employer in Washington D.C. - *Brian Reza Walshe (47/now 50) arrested (1/8/23), charged & arraigned (1/9/23) with intimidation/ misleading police during the investigation into his wife's disappearance. Bond $5M Surety/$500K Cash. Plead not guilty (1/9/23). [See below for NEW charges]. Quincy DC in Mass Court/moved to Norfolk Superior Court
*Re-Charged (1/17/23) & arraigned (1/18/23) with murder, assault to beat Ana with intent to murder & improper transport of body. Plead not guilty. Held without bond pending indictment. Held in Norfolk County Correctional Center.
*Indicted (3/30/23), re-charged & arraigned (4/27/23) with 1st degree murder, for misleading a police investigation/ obstruction of justice [plead guilty] & for the improper conveyance of a human body [plead guilty]. Plead not guilty to all charges (4/7/23). Held without Bond.
On 11/18/25 plead guilty to intimidation/misleading police & improper conveyance [transport] of body & admitted dismembering Ana. Norfolk Superior Court
Jury Selection began on 11/18/25 & ended on 11/20/25. 12 jurors (6 women & 6 men; alternates: 3 women & 1 man]. [16 jurors originally selected; 9 women & 7 men].
Jury Trial began on 12/1/25 & ended on 12/12/25 with closing arguments by Anna Yas & defense attorney Larry Tipton.
Prosecutors rested their case on 12/10/25. Defense started & ended their case on 12/11/25 calling no witnesses.
Jury started deliberations on 12/12: ~12:25pm to ~4:15pm [3 hours 40 minutes].
Sentencing for the guilty pleas will be after murder trial per Judge Feniere’s ruling on 12/4/25.
Norfolk Superior Court Judge Diane Freniere presiding. Norfolk County Asst. DAs Gregory Connor & Anna Yas. Defense attorneys Larry Tipton & Kelli Porges, public defenders.
Case & court info from 1/6/23 thru 11/17/25 & Jury Selection Days 1-3 (11/18-20/25) & Trial Day 1-9 (12/1-12/11/25) reference post #2324 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...sh33are-to-airport-cohasset-4.658134/page-117
12/12/25 Friday, Trial Day 10: Judge gave juror instructions on charges. Closing arguments by defense attorney Larry Tipton [about an hour] & by Prosecutor Anna Yas [about 25 minutes]. Judge gave jurors final juror instructions on deliberations. Picked jurors & alternates. Jury started deliberations approximately 12:25pm. Jury had 2 questions about the list/index of exhibits #97 [Ana lying on a rug] & Exhibit #189 [photo of plastic container with clumped substance & blood clots]. The Judge did not read the questions out loud. After 3 hours & 40 minutes [about 4:15pm] of deliberations the jury is headed home for the weekend. See post #2669, page 134 for more info. Trial continues with jury deliberations on Monday, 12/15/25.

*Trial continues (Day 28) (@ 9am PT) – CA – Nikko Lee Perez (approx. 3 mos. when found; b. Nov. 8, 1996 in Fresno, found March 29, 2007 east of Woodland in an irrigation slough & was wrapped in a Winnie the Pooh blanket & a layer of plastic before being placed in a metal cooler. The cooler was weighed down with heavy objects & submerged in the slough, located about 15 miles northwest of Sacramento. He suffered a fractured skull & other blunt force trauma. He also had healing fractures, including broken ribs, that showed a pattern of abuse), Kato Allen Perez (b. 1992 in Merced, known to be dead), Mika Alena Perez (b. 1995 in Merced, not found), Nikko Lee Perez (b. 1997 in Fresno, not found) & Kato Krow Perez (b. 2001 in Fresno, not found) - *Paul Allen Perez (30 @ time of first crime (1992)/57/now 63) arrested (1/21/20) & charged (1/22/20) & arraigned (1/28/20) with 5 counts of premeditated murder with special circumstances of lying in wait [special circumstances were dismissed], torture & multiple victims, 4 counts of assault on a child under 8 with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death & criminal enhancements for his prior convictions. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Remanded to Sheriff’s custody (3/24/21) no bond. DP will not seek DP. Yolo County
Trial began on 10/23/25.
Judge Daniel M. Wolk presiding. Yolo County DAs David Robbin & Deanna Hays. Defense attorney public defender Ron Johnson & Sarah MacDonald.
Info on children & court info from 1/28/20 thru 10/27/25 & Trial Day 1-26 (10/23-12/11/25) reference post #305 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...des-ago-yolo-co-arrest-in-2020.499745/page-16
12/12/25 Friday, Trial Day 27: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 12/15/25.
*Yolanda Teresa Perez () – Plead guilty to 4 counts of child abuse; murder charges dismissed (9/21/22). Court orders Yolanda Perez back to Court on 11/5/25 as State witness.


Tuesday, Dec. 16th:
*Trial continues (Day 27) (@ 10:30am AZT) – AZ – Sanaa Cunningham (7) (Feb. 12, 2017, Goodyear) - *Germayne L. Cunningham (39/now 46) “father” indicted & charged (12/1/17) & arraigned (1/2/18) with 1st degree murder & 10 counts of child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP. [DA withdrew intent to seek DP on 2/10/25]. Maricopa County
*Lisa-Marie Cunningham (44/now 51) “step mom” indicted & charged (12/1/17) & arraigned (1/19/18) with 1st degree murder & 10 counts of child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP. [DA withdrew intent to seek DP on 2/10/25]. Bond & conditions changed (3/10/25) to $500K secured bond & electronic monitoring for both. Maricopa County
Jury Selection began on 9/24/25 & ended 9//24/25. 12 jurors & 6 alternates.
Trial began on 9/24/25. [Trial dates: 12/16, 12/17, 12/18/25, 1/5/26 to 1/8, 1/12 to 1/15, 1/20, 1/22, 1/26 to 1/29, 2/2 to 2/4, 2/9 to 2/11, 2/17 to 2/19, 2/23 to 2/26, 3/2 to 3/5, 3/9 to 3/12, 3/16 to 3/19, 3/23 to 3/26, 3/30 & 3/31/26.all @ 10:30am].
Maricopa Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Fish presiding. Prosecutor Jessi Wade & Joshua Clark. Defense attorneys for Germayne are Natlee Segal & Taylor Fox & Lisa’s are attorneys Eric Kessler & Dan Raynak.
Case & court info from 12/14/18 thru 11/3/25 & Jury Selection Day 1 (9/24/25) & Trial Days 1-25 (9/24-10/14 & thru 12/10/25) & thru 12/9/25 reference post #324 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...opa-county-12-feb-2017-arrests.405007/page-17
12/11/25 Thursday, Trial Day 26: No info available. Trial continues on Tuesday, 12/16/25.


Thursday, Dec. 18th:
*Plea/Sentencing Hearing (@ 2pm ET) - WI - 2 children (ages 2 & 4) were found naked in a completely wild, unkept state at a Waukesha apartment that was a complete & total mess on May 20, 2025. *Jessica Rae Borkert (31/now 32) "mom" arrested & charged (6/5/25) & arraigned (6/13/25) with 2 counts of abandonment of a child. Plead not guilty. Bond set at $20K, Cash at $2,500. Signature bond denied on 7/16/25. Bond set at $250 cash (on 9/10/25). Failed to show up for plea/sentencing (10/9/25) & bond forfeiture. Warrant out for her arrest. Bond set at $10K CASH (on 11/25/25). Waukesha County
Judge Michael J. Aprahamian presiding. Prosecuting attorney Zachary A. Wittchow & DAs Viien Morris, Randy P. Sitzberger, Mary Caitlin Brejcha, David Joseph Tombasco & attorney Kevin J. Galezewski. Defense attorneys Cassandra A. Miller & Adam Galavitz.
Case & court info from 5/20/25 thru 9/12/25 reference post #20 here:
https://websleuths.com/threads/wi-j...hild-abandonment-waukesha-5-june-2025.745911/
10/8/25 Docket update: Report. Wisconsin Community Service non-compliance letter dated 10/8/25 re GPS battery. Plea/sentencing hearing on 10/9/25 @ 3pm.
10/9/25 Update: Non appearance before Judge Michael J. Aprahamian. Defendant Borkert not in court. Attorney Adam Galaviz in court for Borkert. Prosecuting attorney Ted Szczupakiewicz in court for the State of Wisconsin. The matter was set for Plea & Sentencing. The Court addresses the Defendant's non-appearance. Defense Counsel has no information on the Defendant's whereabouts. State motions the Court to issue a warrant for the defendant & to revoke and forfeit any bail. The Court will issue a capias & forfeit bail. This is a Branch 9 only matter. Bench warrant authorized for Borkert. Authorized Warrant Not Issued for Borkert to be reissued. Bench warrant authorized for Borkert by Judge Aprahamian. Notice of bail/bond forfeiture. Cash bond ordered forfeited for Borkert. 10/29/25 Docket update: Report. Wisconsin Community Service non-compliance letter dated 10/29/25 received & filed. 11/24/25 Docket update: Notice of bail/bond hearing on 11/25/25 @ 8:30am.
11/25/25 Update: Bail/bond hearing with Judge Michael J. Aprahamian presiding. Defendant Borkert in court, in custody Waukesha County Jail. Attorney Adam Galaviz in court for Borkert. Prosecuting attorney Daniel Joseph Tombasco in court for the State of Wisconsin. Victim rights have been complied with by the Waukesha County DA's Office. The Court quashes capias. The case goes over case history with parties. The State places arguments as to bail. The Defense places arguments. The Court will set a new cash bond of $10K in this matter with the same conditions as previously set. The Defense request a Plea & Sentencing date. Plea/sentencing hearing scheduled for 12/18/25 @ 2pm. Warrant/Capias/ Commitment canceled for Borkert.
11/25/25 Docket updates: Cash bond set for Borkert by Judge Aprahamian. On 11/25/25 the Court sets a cash bond with the same conditions previously ordered: The Court will require GPS monitoring. Defendant to comply with I.D. Processing. Defendant to have no contact with victim A-B/ co defendant listed in the Criminal Complaint/Victim Identification Key. Defendant is not to share, reproduce or distribute any personal and/or identifying information about the crime victim(s), except to their attorney. Defendant to report/comply with Wisconsin Community Services Pretrial Supervision Program under Level 4 supervision. The defendant is ordered to comply with drug testing through WCS. Drug testing frequency pursuant to Pretrial Supervision Program protocols. Defendant to pay costs associated with drug testing. The Defendant to report to WCS within one (1) business day of being released.
11/26/25 Docket update: Return on warrant by Judge Aprahamian.
*James Vernon Domoracki (36/now 37) “father” charged (5/20/25 with 2 counts of child abandonment. Bond set at $35K. And charged with narcotic drugs, possession of cocaine, 2 counts of possession of drug paraphernalia & bail jumping [misdemeanor]. Next preliminary hearing on 2/13/26 for drug possession. No movement on child abandonment charges as of 9/13/25.


Friday, Dec. 19th:
*Plea Hearing (@ 1pm CT) - MO – Ivy House (5) died & AH (5) her twin survived & found on Nov. 3, 2022 in home, Kansas City - *Adair R. Fish (43/now 46) arrested (12/1/22) & charged (12/5/22), arraigned (2/21/23) & indicted (3/1/23) with 1 count of felony abuse/neglect of a child resulting in death, 1 count of felony abuse/neglect of a child-serious emotional or physical injury, 1 count of 1st degree endangering the welfare of a child-death of child & 1 count of 1st degree endangering the welfare of a child-serious physical injury. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Jackson County
Trial was set to begin on 2/18/25 was continued with no further dates.
Judge Sarah A. Castle presiding. Prosecutor Jamie K. Hunt. Defense attorney Anthony Ray Vibbard.
Case & court info from 12/1/22 thru 8/14/25 reference post #136 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...death-of-one-neglect-of-another.648819/page-7
9/19/25 Update: A warrant is not Ordered for defendant. CMC management held. Next case management conference hearing on 11/6/25 @ 11am with Judge Sarah A. Castle presiding.
11/6/25 Update: Case management conference hearing held. Next plea hearing on 12/19/25 @ 1pm.

 

[Niner]

Update!

Monday, Dec. 15th:
*Trial continues (Day 11)-VERDICT REACHED! (Day 2) (@ 9am ET) - MA - Ana Walshe (39) was last seen at her home in Cohasset shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2023, according to her husband. She was reported missing Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 from her employer in Washington D.C. - *Brian Reza Walshe (47/now 50) arrested (1/8/23), charged & arraigned (1/9/23) with intimidation/ misleading police during the investigation into his wife's disappearance. Bond $5M Surety/$500K Cash. Plead not guilty (1/9/23). [See below for NEW charges]. Quincy DC in Mass Court/moved to Norfolk Superior Court
*Re-Charged (1/17/23) & arraigned (1/18/23) with murder, assault to beat Ana with intent to murder & improper transport of body. Plead not guilty. Held without bond pending indictment. Held in Norfolk County Correctional Center.
*Indicted (3/30/23), re-charged & arraigned (4/27/23) with 1st degree murder, for misleading a police investigation/ obstruction of justice [plead guilty] & for the improper conveyance of a human body [plead guilty]. Plead not guilty to all charges (4/7/23). Held without Bond.
On 11/18/25 plead guilty to intimidation/misleading police & improper conveyance [transport] of body & admitted dismembering Ana. Norfolk Superior Court
Jury Selection began on 11/18/25 & ended on 11/20/25. 12 jurors (6 women & 6 men; alternates: 3 women & 1 man]. [16 jurors originally selected; 9 women & 7 men].
Jury Trial began on 12/1/25 & ended on 12/12/25 with closing arguments by Anna Yas & defense attorney Larry Tipton.
Jury started deliberations on 12/12/25: ~12:25pm to ~4:15pm [3 hours 40 minutes]. 12/15/25: ~9:40am to ~11:45am [2 hours 5 minutes.
Total deliberations: 5 hours & 45 minutes. Verdict: GUILTY of murder in the 1st degree.
Prosecutors rested their case on 12/10/25. Defense started & ended their case on 12/11/25 calling no witnesses.
Sentencing for the guilty pleas will be after murder trial per Judge Feniere’s ruling on 12/4/25.
Norfolk Superior Court Judge Diane Freniere presiding. Norfolk County Asst. DAs Gregory Connor & Anna Yas. Defense attorneys Larry Tipton & Kelli Porges, public defenders.
Case & court info from 1/6/23 thru 11/17/25 & Jury Selection Days 1-3 (11/18-20/25) & Trial Day 1-10 (12/1-12/12/25) & Verdict Watch Day 1 (12/12/25) reference post #2722 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...sh33are-to-airport-cohasset-4.658134/page-137
12/15/25 Monday, Trial Day 11/Verdict Watch Day 2: Jurors started deliberations [~9:40am] – a bit delayed for a missing alternate juror. [Started with 3 alternates, juror #15 alternate a no show]. Verdict reached at ~11:45am. Verdict: Guilty in the 1st degree murder.
Trial continues with sentencing on Wednesday, 12/17/25 @ 9am.

 

[Niner]

Update!

Thursday, Dec. 18th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9am ET) - MA - Ana Walshe (39) was last seen at her home in Cohasset shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2023, according to her husband. She was reported missing Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 from her employer in Washington D.C. - *Brian Reza Walshe (47/now 50) arrested (1/8/23), charged & arraigned (1/9/23) with intimidation/ misleading police during the investigation into his wife's disappearance. Bond $5M Surety/$500K Cash. Plead not guilty (1/9/23). [See below for NEW charges]. Quincy DC in Mass Court/moved to Norfolk Superior Court
*Re-Charged (1/17/23) & arraigned (1/18/23) with murder, assault to beat Ana with intent to murder & improper transport of body. Plead not guilty. Held without bond pending indictment. Held in Norfolk County Correctional Center.
*Indicted (3/30/23), re-charged & arraigned (4/27/23) with 1st degree murder, for misleading a police investigation/ obstruction of justice [plead guilty] & for the improper conveyance of a human body [plead guilty]. Plead not guilty to all charges (4/7/23). Held without Bond.
On 11/18/25 plead guilty to intimidation/misleading police & improper conveyance [transport] of body & admitted dismembering Ana. Norfolk Superior Court
Jury Selection began on 11/18/25 & ended on 11/20/25. 12 jurors [6 women & 6 men; alternates: 3 women & 1 man].
Prosecutors rested their case on 12/10/25. Defense started & ended their case on 12/11/25 calling no witnesses.
Jury Trial began on 12/1/25 & ended on 12/12/25 with closing arguments by Anna Yas & defense attorney Larry Tipton.
Jury started deliberations on 12/12/25: ~12:25pm to ~4:15pm [3 hours 40 minutes]. 12/15/25: ~9:40am to ~11:45am [2 hours 5 minutes].
Total deliberations: 5 hours & 45 minutes. Verdict: GUILTY of murder in the 1st degree.
Victim impact statements on 12/17/25. Sentencing hearing on 12/18/25 @ 9am.
Sentencing for the guilty pleas will be after murder trial per Judge Feniere’s ruling on 12/4/25.
Norfolk Superior Court Judge Diane Freniere presiding. Norfolk County Asst. DAs Gregory Connor & Anna Yas. Defense attorneys Larry Tipton & Kelli Porges, public defenders.
Case & court info from 1/6/23 thru 11/17/25 & Jury Selection Days 1-3 (11/18-20/25) & Trial Day 1-11 (12/1-12/15/25) & Verdict Watch Day 1-2 (12/12-15/25) & thru 12/16/25 reference post #2890 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...sh33are-to-airport-cohasset-4.658134/page-145
12/18/25 Update: Sentencing hearing. Judge read Diane Walshe's victim impact statement in court. The judge said she had received & reviewed sentencing memorandums from prosecutors & the defense, as well as multiple written victim impact statements. One submitted on behalf of Ana Walshe's children from the Massachusetts Department of Children & Family Services relayed the "devastating impact on her children," the judge said. Aleksandra Dimitrijevic, Ana's sister gave a victim impact statement. Judge: LWOP is immensely appropriate for your murderous actions & the lifelong trauma you inflicted on your own children. Judge finds only aggravating factors, no mitigating factors. Walshe was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a Massachusetts jury found him guilty of killing & dismembering his wife, the mother of their three children, with the judge calling his acts "barbaric & incomprehensible." She handed down consecutive sentences on the three counts, with up to 20 years for lying to police & up to three years for illegally conveying his wife's body.