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For the week of Monday, Nov. 1st thru Friday, Nov. 5th:
Monday, Nov. 1st:
*Trial continues with Jury Selection (Day 10) for all (@ 8:30am ET) - GA – Ahmaud Marquez Arbery (25) (Feb. 23, 2020, shot while jogging in Satilla Shores neighborhood, Brunswick) - *Gregory Johns McMichael (64/now 65) arrested (5/7/20) & charged (5/8/20) with felony murder & aggravated assault. Indicted (6/24/20), charged & arraigned (7/17/20) with 1 count of malice murder, 4 counts of felony murder, 2 counts of aggravated assault, 1 count of false imprisonment & 1 count of criminal attempt to commit a felony. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Bond denied (11/13/20).
*Travis James McMichael (34/now 35) arrested (5/7/20) & charged (5/8/20) with felony murder & aggravated assault. Indicted (6/24/20), charged & arraigned (7/17/20) with 1 count of malice murder, 4 counts of felony murder, 2 counts of aggravated assault, 1 count of false imprisonment & 1 count of criminal attempt to commit a felony. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Bond denied (11/13/20).
*William “Roddie” Roderick Bryan, Jr. (50/now 51) arrested & charged (5/21/20) with felony murder & criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. Indicted (6/24/20), charged & arraigned (7/17/20) with 1 count of malice murder, 4 counts of felony murder, 2 counts of aggravated assault, 1 count of false imprisonment & 1 count of criminal attempt to commit a felony. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial began on 10/18/21 with jury selection. Jurors summoned for Superior Court on Monday, October 18th & Monday, October 25th: Monday, October 18th: Jurors with summons numbers: 1-67 are to appear at 8:15 am, 68-135 are to appear at 8:25am, 136-200 are to appear at 8:55am, 201-268 are to appear at 1:00pm, 269-335 are to appear at 1:15 pm, 336-400 are to appear at 1:30pm, 401-468 are to appear at 3:00pm, 469-535 are to appear at 3:15pm, & 536-600 are to appear at 3:30pm. 10/20/21: Judge originally had two panels of 20 scheduled for each day (AM & PM), now shifting to just one panel a day. 10/19/21 Day 2: These 8 jurors still in the jury pool today: #s 39, 41, 44, 52, 62, 72, 76, & 79. 10/20/21 Day 3: Seven qualified today: #s 140, 143, 158, 161, 167, 168 & 170. That's 15/64 total. 10/21/21: Total: 23/64. 10/25/21: Jurors #s 380, 381, 383, 386, 395, 396, 402, 403, & 414. Total now: 32/64. 10/26/21: Jurors #s 466, 475, 479 & 496. Total now: 36/64. 10/27/21: 6 more jurors qualified. Total now 42/64. 10/28/21: Jurors #s 178, 195, 199, 205 & 209. That brings the total to 47/64 jurors. 10/29/21: 8 more jurors qualified. Total now 55/64.
Court info from 5/8/20 thru 10/17/21 & Jury selection (Day 1-7) 10/18/21-10/27/21 reference post #600 here:
GA - Ahmaud Arbery, 25, jogger, fatally shot by former LEO and son, Brunswick, Feb 2020 *Arrests* #3
10/28/21 Thursday, Jury Selection Day 8: 5 more Jurors qualified: #s 178, 195, 199, 205 & 209. That brings the total to 47/64 jurors. Jury selection continues on 10/29/21.
10/29/21 Friday, Jury Selection Day 9: At the end of two weeks, 55 potential jurors have been selected out of a total of 174 interviewed -- or an average of about 6 a day. Nine more are needed to reach the goal of 64 potential jurors from which attorneys can select a panel of 12 plus four alternates. Total qualified now at 55/64. Jury selection continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
Federal charges: *Travis James McMichael (34/now 35) & *Gregory Johns McMichael (64/now 65) indicted (4/28/21) & charged (5/11/21) with Federal crimes of 1 count of interference with rights (hate crime), 1 count of attempted kidnapping & 1 count of using, carrying & brandishing firearms during & in relation to a crime of violence & Travis: 1 count of discharging a firearm. Both plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial set to begin on 2/7/22 @ 9a. Next motions hearing on 11/19/21.
Federal Charges: *William “Roddie” Roderick Bryan, Jr. (50/now 51) indicted (4/28/21) & charged (5/11/21) with Federal crimes of 1 count of interference with rights (hate crime) & 1 count of attempted kidnapping. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial set to begin on 2/7/22. Next motions hearing on 11/19/21.
*Trial set to begin (@ 1:30pm ET) - PA – Nichole Pumphrey (31), her daughter, Ameriah Emery (10) & Lawrence Cannon (31) possibly BF (Oct. 16, 2018, New Castle) – for *Anthony Lavon “Mook” Cooper, Jr. (19/now 22) arrested (10/29/18), charged (10/19/18) & arraigned (11/13/18) with 3 counts of criminal homicide, 3 counts of criminal conspiracy, 1 count of attempted murder & 1 count of carrying firearms without a license. Plead not guilty. Bail denied.
Trial was set to begin on 10/4/21 continued to 11/1/21.
Court info from 12/7/20 thru 8/9/21 reference post #294 here:
PA - Three bodies found in New Castle Home, 16 Oct 2018 *Arrests*
10/4/21 Update: Trial was continued to 11/1/21.
*Steven Procopio (19/now 20) – Next omnibus pretrial motions hearing reset to 12/8/21. Trial is now set to begin on 1/3/22.
*Jody Lynn Hammer - 4/1/19: All charges are dismissed.
*Trial continues (Day 2)-MAYBE??! (@ 10am PT) – CA – Michelle Lozano (17) (found Apr. 25, 2011 along side Golden State (5) Freeway near State St. in Boyle Heights & dumped over a masonry barrier along the freeway, Los Angeles County) & Bree’Anna Guzman (22) (missing Dec. 26, 2011, Los Angeles, found Jan. 26, 2012 near the Riverside Drive onramp to the southbound Glendale (2) Freeway in the Silver Lake area. The body was apparently was dumped at the location, Los Angeles County ) – *Geovanni Borjas (24 @ time of 1st crime/33/now 36) charged (2/15/18) & arraigned (5/30/18) with 2 counts of murder, forcible rape & 1 count of kidnapping (for Guzman). Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will not seek DP.
DNA search matched familial DNA.
Trial began on 10/29/21.
Court info from 9/27/18 thru 9/17/21 reference post #55 here:
CA - Michelle Lozano, 17, & Bree'Anna Guzman, 22, murdered, Los Angeles, 2011 *Arrest*
10/29/21 Friday, Trial Day 1: No info available. Court site NOT updated as of 10/30. Not sure if trial continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
*Bench Trial continues (Day 4) (@ 8:30m PT) - CA - Dr. Weidong ‘Henry’ Han (57), wife Huijie ‘Jennie’ Yu (29), & Emily (5) daughter (March 23, 2016, Santa Barbara) - *Pierre Freedon Haobsh (27/now 32) arrested (3/25/16) & charged (3/29/16) & arraigned (5/5/16) with 3 counts of 1st degree murder with special circumstances of committing murders for financial gain & multiple murders. Plead not guilty. DA will seek DP. Judge issued gag order. DA will not seek DP if Haobsh agrees to bench trial.
Trial began on 10/25/21. Trial has been changed to Bench Trial. Court in session on Monday, Thursdays & Fridays.
Court information from 3/29/16 thru 10/18/21 & Trial day 1 (10/25/21) reference post #263 here:
CA - Dr. Han, wife & 5yo daughter brutally slain, Santa Barbara, 23 March 2016
10/28/21 Thursday, Trial Day 2: State witness: Santa Barbara County sheriff’s Detective Joel Rivlin testified Thursday about evidence found in the Han family’s home, including the three bodies in the garage. Prosecutors showed the video taken by sheriff’s investigators walking through the house in the early morning hours of March 24, 2016 & Rivlin described the scenes & pieces of evidence recovered. No other info available. Trial continues on Thursday, 10/29/21.
10/29/21 Friday, Trial Day 3: State witness: Thomas Direda testified that he knew Haobsh through work & then they became friends. Prosecutor Hilary Dozer presented a conversation of text messages between the two men in March 2016 that Direda testified were related to the Han family killings. In response to questioning from the prosecution, Direda said he was scared for his safety & told Haobsh he would help, but did not. Direda admitted to deleting a message in the text chain because he didn’t want to look like he was helping Haobsh, which investigators discovered from phone evidence. In that deleted message, he said he would try to help Haobsh any way he could & planned to contact specific friends to see if they would help. In the series of text messages shown in court Friday, Haobsh wrote several unanswered texts asking for updates on March 23 & then wrote that he “rented an 18 wheeler with forklift & took care of it all.” He testified that he called the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department to report the confession in the early morning hours of March 25 & said he was scared for his life in case Haobsh decided to “come after me.” He also said he talked to his brother, who is a judge & former district attorney, before calling law enforcement & that he & his brother “agreed it was important to report.” Haobsh was arrested at gunpoint by law enforcement in San Diego County March 25, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. No other info available. Trial continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
*Trial continues (Day 5) (@ am CET) - Rome, Italy – Li Yinglei “Angie” (Xing Lei Li) (36) (Feb. 10, 2017, vanished from Mediterranean cruise, Rome; still missing) – Daniel Belling (45/now 49), DH arrested (2/11/17) on suspicion of murder; vanished off Med cruise, plead not guilty. A German citizen working in Ireland, where he has been accused of fraud. Released from prison (4/24/28). Charged (7/16/20) with 1 count of homicide & 1 count of alleged destruction of wife’s body while on cruise.
Trial began on 10/26/21.
Faces another year in prison, while pros investigate case; Judge will decide 1/26/18, postponed. Judge gave him 6 more months of detention. 4/24/18 was released from prison.
Court info from 2/11/17 thru 9/30/21 reference post #55 here:
Still Missing - Italy - Li Yinglei, 36, vanished from Mediterranean cruise, 10 Feb 2017 *husband Arrested*
Oct. 26, 2021 Tuesday, Trial Day 1: No info available. Trial continues on Oct. 27, 2021.
Oct. 27, 2021 Wednesday, Trial Day 2: No info available. Trial continues on Oct. 28, 2021.
Oct. 28, 2021 Thursday, Trial Day 3: No info available. Trial continues on Oct. 29, 2021.
Oct. 29, 2021 Friday, Trial Day 4: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
*Trial continues (Day 10) (@ am CET) - Germany - *Irmgard Furchner (18 @ time of crime/95/now 96) Indicted (Feb. 5, 2021) on 10,000 counts of accessory to murder in Nazi Camp. Fuchner is accused of having contributed as an 18-year-old to the murder of 11,412 people when she was a typist at the Stutthof concentration camp between 1943 & 1945.
Trial began on Oct. 19, 2021. Trial is scheduled to continue over the next few months. Sessions are limited to about two hours a day, based on medical advice.
After trying to escape the trial in late September, leaving the retirement home in Quickborn where she lives & traveling by taxi to the outskirts of Hamburg, she was arrested several hours later & placed in police custody for five days before being fitted with an electronic wrist tag.
Case & court info from Feb. 5, 2021 to Sept. 29, 2021 & trial day 1-8 (Oct. 19, 2021-Oct. 28, 2021) reference post #81 here:
Germany - Woman, 95, Indicted on 10,000 Counts, Accessory to Murder, 1943-1945 Nazi Camp, 5 Feb 2021
Oct. 29, 2021 Friday, Trial Day 9-Summary of week: Last week, the court heard how SS men in white medical uniforms would pretend to be doctors who were simply measuring prisoners' height. But instead, the prisoner's height was used as the setting for a specially engineered 'neck shot' device. She had knowledge of all of the horrific events at the camp due to her work for the commandment of the camp & was informed 'down to the last detail' about the murder methods practiced there, prosecutor Maxi Wantzen told the court in the northern town of Itzehoe. She typed out the deportation & execution commands' at concentration camp commandant Paul Werner Hoppe dictation & initialed each message herself. Her boss, SS officer Hoppe, was convicted for his role at the camp & sentenced to nine years in prison by a West German court in 1957. He died in 1974. No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
*Trial continues (Day 15) (@ 9am MT) – CO – Jonelle Renee Matthews (12) (went missing on Dec 20, 1984 after entering her home at 8pm, Greeley, found July 23, 2019 by construction workers at an oil & gas site in rural part of Weld County near County Road 49 & County Road 34½) – *Steven Dana Pankey (33 @ time of crime/69/now 70) indicted (10/9/20), arrested & charged (10/12/20 in Meridian, ID.) with 1st degree murder after deliberation, 1st degree felony murder, 2nd degree kidnapping, with sentence enhancers for using a weapon in a violent crime & 2 counts of crime of violence. Plead not guilty. $5M cash-only bond.
Trial began on 10/12/21 (thru 11/5/21). Have 12 jurors & 3 alternates. 10/14/21: Judge excuses a juror for inattentive behavior. Now 12 jurors & 2 alternates. Jury selection from 10/7/21 to 10/8/21.
Info on warrant & court info from 8/18/20 thru 9/30/21 & Jury selection (Day 1-3) 10/6/21-10/8/21 & Trial (Day 1-12) 10/12/21-10/27/21 reference post #68:
Found Deceased - CO - Jonelle Matthews, 12, Greeley, 20 Dec 1984 *arrest 2020* #2
10/28/21 Thursday, Trial Day 13: Defense witnesses: Firearms instructor & pastor Lance Earl in Idaho testified to giving Pankey gun training around 2019, when he became a person of interest in the case. Greeley Police Detective Robert Cash was called back to the stand, facing further questions about Viorst’s alternate suspect, Norris Drake, who died in 2007. Cash testified he didn’t know Drake’s shoe size, but said he conducted a follow-up investigation into Drake. James Roybal, a retired Greeley police sergeant who interviewed Jonelle’s classmates. Another witness (no name given) testified to a discussion she had with Pankey about his self-published book, “Graveyards,” in which he depicts the murder of a young Greeley woman as the result of nefarious people in the Nazarene Church. Miller highlighted the murder was publicized in the media & that the victim had worked with Pankey’s wife. Blaine County Coroner Russell Mikel. Steven Pankey.
10/29/21 Friday, Trial Day 14: Defense witness: Steven Pankey continues on stand on cross examination by DA Rourke. When given the opportunity to ask questions themselves, some from the jury questioned Pankey on his series of timelines from 1984. Others questioned his knowledge of the case & noted his extreme proximity & connections to both the church where Matthews was last seen & the field where her body was found decades later.
for more info on cross-exam see post #75 here:
Found Deceased - CO - Jonelle Matthews, 12, Greeley, 20 Dec 1984 *arrest 2020* #2
The defense rested its case Friday afternoon. Next week, the prosecution will be able to bring any witnesses back to testify in front of the jury before the attorneys make their closing statements & the jury is asked to deliberate. Trial continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
Tuesday, Nov. 2nd:
*Trial continues (Day 22) (@ 9am PT) - CA – for *Elizabeth A. Holmes (34/now 37) (CEO of Theranos) charged (March, 2018) & indicted (6/14/18) & arraigned (6/15/18) with 9 counts of wire fraud & 2 counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and charged & indicted (4/11/20) with fraud relating to a patient's blood test. Another count of wire fraud was added in 2020, bringing the total number of felony charges to 12. Plead not guilty. No bond. Faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison & up to $2.75 million in fines, plus restitution, & $250K for each individual count of wire fraud & conspiracy.
Defrauding investors out of $700 million in funding for their blood-testing startup Theranos.
Trial began on 8/31/21 with jury selection. 12 jurors of 7 men & 5 women (6 Caucasians, 4 Hispanics & 2 Asians) with five alternates (3 men & 2 women). Juror #7 excused & replaced with alternate #1. Now jurors are 8 men & 4 women. Alternates 2 men & 2 women. 10/6/21: Juror #4 excused & replace with alternate #2. Now jurors are 8 men & 4 women. Alternates 2 men & 1 woman. 10/22/21: The judge excused Juror #5, moving up the third alternate to replace the juror. Both are women. No word on why the juror was excused. Now jurors are 8 men & 4 women. Alternates 2 men.
Trial began on 9/8/21.
The Court trial days will be Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday, possibly other half days. The Court may modify the trial time & set either 8:30am-2pm or 9am-2pm & possibly 30-minute breaks in between. Judge Edward J. Davila presiding. Jury selection was on 8/31 & 9/1 completed. Judge Davila said the juror whose mother-in-law died suddenly last week wants to travel for a few days next week for the memorial service, so trial won't be in session next Friday, Oct. 29. 10/20/21: Judge Davila notes that a juror can't be in court Friday, 11/12 & 12/3 & the judge has a conflict in November at some point due to a meeting in the Ninth Circuit committee. Trial dates:10/29, 11/2, 11/3, 11/4, 11/5, 11/9, 11/10, 11/12, 11/15, 11/16, 11/17, 11/18, 11/19, 11/22, 11/23, 11/24, 11/29, 11/30, 12/3 so far.
Indictment & court info from 4/11/20 thru 8/26/21 & on 9/30/21 & jury selection (Day 1-3) 8/31/21 to 9/2/21 & trial (Day 1-19) 9/8/21 to 10/22/21 reference post #726 here:
CA - Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) Wire Fraud
10/27/21 Wednesday, Trial Day 21: The courthouse is closed due to a “water outage.” Court security won’t let anyone inside even though it’s my understanding there are still court proceedings going on currently. No report yet. Trial continues on 11/2/21.
*Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani (53/now 56) (CFO & President of Theranos) – Motion hearing on 9/30/21 which was cancelled & trial set to begin on 1/11/22 with jury selection & trial starts on 1/18/22. No update as of 10/27/21.
Wednesday, Nov. 3rd:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ am ET) – RI – Zah-Nae Rothgeb (9) (aka Zha-Nae Wilkerson) (Jan. 3, 2019, Warwick; handicapped w/cerebral palsy) - *Michele Rothgeb (56/now 58) “guardian” arrested & charged (1/13/19) & arraigned (6/28/19) with felony manslaughter & cruelty to a child. Charged (12/10/19) with 7 additional counts of cruelty to or neglect to a child & 1 count of unnecessary cruelty to animals. Plead not guilty. Released on $10K Surety bond. Held without bond (after no show @ hearing on 9/16/20).
8 special needs children (2½ to 15 yrs. old; 3 are her grandchildren).
Court info from 6/28/19 thru 4/6/21 reference post #132 here:
RI - Zah-Nae Rothgeb, 9, handicap, cerebral palsy, dies of cruelty, filthy home, Warwick, 3 Jan 2019
5/18/21 Update: Next Trial Calendar Call hearing on 7/27/21. 7/27/21 Update: Trial calendar call hearing rescheduled to 8/3/21 & then rescheduled to 8/4/21. 8/4/21 Update: Trial calendar call hearing rescheduled to 8/25/21. Rothgeb faces charges of manslaughter & cruelty or neglect. She originally pled not guilty to all those charges, but she is now expected to enter a new plea.
8/26/21 Update: Rothgeb plead no contest. As part of a plea deal, Rothgeb could face up to 5 to 15 years in prison on the manslaughter charge in addition to more time on the other counts. Her sentencing was set for 11/3/21. She could still face the maximum of three years each on eight child neglect charges & up to five years on an animal cruelty charge.
*Trial set to begin (@ 9am ET) – FL – Megan Denise Gula Todt (42), Aleksander (13), Tyler (11), Zoe (4) & dog Brezzy (last heard from Jan. 6, 2020, Celebration; found Jan. 13, 2020; LE believe they have been dead since Dec. 29, 2019) - *Anthony John Todt (44/now 46) arrested (1/15/20), charged (1/16/20), indicted (2/25/20) & arraigned (2/28/20) with 4 counts of premeditated murder & 1 count of animal cruelty. Charges changed (1/29/20) & arraigned (2/28/20) with 4 counts of 2nd degree murder & animal cruelty charge dismissed. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP & has changed mind on 1/4/21 will not seek DP.
Trial set to begin on 11/3/21. (3 week trial)
Confession & court info from 1/15/20 thru 10/15/21 reference post #237 here:
Found Deceased - FL - Megan Todt 42, Alek 13, Tyler 11, Zoe 4, & dog Breezy, Celebration, 6 Jan 2020 *ARREST* #2
10/18/21 Update: Order status hearing held. Defense attorneys present with defendant. Prosecutor present for State. Defendant expresses trial to remain as set. Pretrial reset case to remain as set. Next pretrial hearing on 10/20/21 & motions hearing on 10/26/21. 10/20/21 Update: Next motions hearing on 10/26/21.
10/26/21: Present for State: DP & KH present for defense: TW, PS & defendant present with counsel. Motion to exclude evidence of collateral crimes (Federal health care fraud allegations) hearing held. State does not object-Motion granted. Motion to edit the defendant's 1/13/20 & 1/15/20 statements. State does not object-Motion granted. Motion to suppress the defendant's 1/13/20 & 1/15/20 statements. Defense invoked the rule of sequestration. Sworn & testified for the State: Dr. BG, Detective CM, Detective RQ. State exhibits 1-4 entered into evidence. Richardson hearing held. Court finds no violation for reasons placed on the record. Sworn & testified for defense: Dr. SSD & defense exhibits 1-2 entered into evidence. Defense to submit a memorandum of law within 10 business days & State to submit a memorandum of law in response by 11/29/21. Court to reserve ruling & to issue a written order on the motion to suppress. Joint stipulation to be filed within 5 business days in regards to the break between the reading of the Miranda warning. Case to remain as set. Next jury trial changed from 11/1 to 11/3/21 @ 9am.
10/27/21: Notice of provision of amended witness list.
Thursday, Nov. 4th:
*Sentencing Hearing with post-Trial Motions before (@ 11:30am ET) - WV – Riley Grace Crossman (15) (reported missing May 8, 2019, Berkeley Springs; found May 16, 2019, near Tuscarora Pike in Berkeley County) - *Andrew (“Andy”) Jackson McCauley, Jr. (41/now 43) (mom’s BF) arrested & charged (5/16/19) & indicted (1/7/20) & re-indicted (6/17/21) with 1st degree murder, concealment of a deceased human body & felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 4/26/21. Jury selection began on 4/16 & jurors will be from Morgan County. Jury: 12 jurors & 2 alternates. These jurors will be let go & a new jury will be selected. First trial was cancelled due to COVID.
Trial began on 9/27/21 and ended on 10/5/21. Jury selection started & finished on 9/17/21. Juror will come from Jefferson County & transported to the Morgan County courthouse. Trial expected to last 2 weeks. Jurors: 9 men & 7 women (i.e. 4 alternates). 10/4/21: Jurors deliberated for 3 ½ hours. 10/5/21: Jurors deliberated for ½ hours. Total deliberations: 4 hours. Found guilty of all charges.
Court info from 5/16/19 thru 8/19/21 & jury selection (9/17/21) & trial 9/27/21 to 10/4/21 (Day 1-6) reference post #710 here:
GUILTY - WV - Riley Crossman, 15, Martinsburg, Morgan County, 7 May 2019 *arrest*
10/5/21 Tuesday, Trial Day 7: The 12-member Morgan County jury will resume deliberations. McCauley was found guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder, concealment of a body & death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. It took the jury about four hours over the course of two days to reach a verdict. Following an emotional statement from the victim’s father, jurors also took less than 20 minutes in unanimously deciding to recommend that no mercy be attached to the verdict, thus requiring the judge to hand down a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for the convicted killer. Sentencing is scheduled for 11:30am 11/4/21 in front of presiding Judge Debra McLaughlin. Prior to pronouncing the sentence, the court will hear any post-trial motions from the defense.
*Re-Sentencing Hearing (Elkhart County) (@ 9am CT) – IN – Conviction overturned: Michael K. Middaugh, Sr. (51) sentenced after pleading guilty to burglary, but serious bodily injury occurs, criminal confinement while armed with a deadly weapon & sexual battery under threat of deadly force. Was sentenced to 20 years for a 1991 rape & for burglary, etc. charges ended up with a 78 year sentence.
Marshall County: Trial was set to begin on 10/26/21 continued to 3/8/22 which was cancelled. Elkhart County: Resentenced on 11/4/21.
Case & court info from 9/15/21 reference post #12 here:
CONVICTION OVERTURNED - IN - Man Guilty of Multiple Charges Against Elderly Woman Wins Appeal - 21 June 2021
9/23/21 Update: Marshall County/rape charge: Hearing Journal Entry: Jury Trial Status Hearing: Parties by counsel meet with the Court. Jury Trial Status Hearing is re-set for 10/13/21 at 9:00am with the consent & approval of each party. Any CR4 delay is charged to the Defendant. Present: Judicial Officer: Bowen, Robert O, Noticed: Chipman, Eugene Nelson, Noticed: Hoover, Alexander Lewis. Present: State of Indiana & Hoover, Alexander Lewis. Status Conference scheduled for 10/13/21 at 9:00am. Correct time is 10:00am for the Jury Trial Status Hearing. 9/23/21 Update: Elkhart County case: State appears by DPA Laura Bird via Webex. Sheriff of Marshall County produces the defendant via Webex & attorney Chris Crawford also via Webex. Due to Marshall County not having audio, re-sentencing hearing reset on 11/4/21 @ 9am.
10/13/21 Update: Marshall County: Jury trial status hearing: Court & counsel meet. Hearing is reset for 11/18/21 @ 9am with consent & approval of each party. Any CR4 delay is charged to defendant. Defendant to file Motion to Continue. Jury trial was set to begin on 3/8/22 but was cancelled.
Friday, Nov. 5th:
*Sentencing Hearing (for Janet’s case) (@ 9am PT) - CA – Janet Ann Taylor (21) (March 24, 1974, from La Honda; found March 25, 1974 in Stanford, Palo Alto) - *John Arthur Getreu (29 @ time of crime/74/now 76) charged (5/10/19) & arraigned (11/20/19) with 1 count of felony murder, enhanced GBI/torture, enhanced serious felony & enhanced special allegation prior acts. Plead not guilty. $10M bond.
DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Trial began on 4/9/21 with jury selection again & ended 8/19/21. Trial began on 8/30/21 & ended 9/14/21. 12-member jury & 4 alternates. Jury deliberated for 60 minutes & found him guilty.
Court info from 5/10/19 thru 7/8/21 & Jury selection (Day 1-12) 4/9/21 to 8/19/21 & trial (Day 1-4 (21)) 8/30/21 to 9/13/21 reference post #206 here:
GUILTY - CA - Leslie Perlov, 20, Palo Alto, 1973 & Janet Taylor, 21, Stanford, 1974, murdered, *Arrest 2018**
9/14/21 Tuesday, Trial Day 21: Prosecutor Josh Stauffer & Defense Attorney John Halley gave closing arguments. Jury deliberations started. Jury deliberated for 60 minutes to find Getreu guilty of first-degree murder & a special allegation of infliction of great bodily injury. Sentencing hearing on 11/5/21.
CA - Leslie Marie Perlov (21) – Santa Clara County. Trial setting hearing on 1/19/22.
Monday, Nov. 1st:
*Trial continues with Jury Selection (Day 10) for all (@ 8:30am ET) - GA – Ahmaud Marquez Arbery (25) (Feb. 23, 2020, shot while jogging in Satilla Shores neighborhood, Brunswick) - *Gregory Johns McMichael (64/now 65) arrested (5/7/20) & charged (5/8/20) with felony murder & aggravated assault. Indicted (6/24/20), charged & arraigned (7/17/20) with 1 count of malice murder, 4 counts of felony murder, 2 counts of aggravated assault, 1 count of false imprisonment & 1 count of criminal attempt to commit a felony. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Bond denied (11/13/20).
*Travis James McMichael (34/now 35) arrested (5/7/20) & charged (5/8/20) with felony murder & aggravated assault. Indicted (6/24/20), charged & arraigned (7/17/20) with 1 count of malice murder, 4 counts of felony murder, 2 counts of aggravated assault, 1 count of false imprisonment & 1 count of criminal attempt to commit a felony. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Bond denied (11/13/20).
*William “Roddie” Roderick Bryan, Jr. (50/now 51) arrested & charged (5/21/20) with felony murder & criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. Indicted (6/24/20), charged & arraigned (7/17/20) with 1 count of malice murder, 4 counts of felony murder, 2 counts of aggravated assault, 1 count of false imprisonment & 1 count of criminal attempt to commit a felony. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial began on 10/18/21 with jury selection. Jurors summoned for Superior Court on Monday, October 18th & Monday, October 25th: Monday, October 18th: Jurors with summons numbers: 1-67 are to appear at 8:15 am, 68-135 are to appear at 8:25am, 136-200 are to appear at 8:55am, 201-268 are to appear at 1:00pm, 269-335 are to appear at 1:15 pm, 336-400 are to appear at 1:30pm, 401-468 are to appear at 3:00pm, 469-535 are to appear at 3:15pm, & 536-600 are to appear at 3:30pm. 10/20/21: Judge originally had two panels of 20 scheduled for each day (AM & PM), now shifting to just one panel a day. 10/19/21 Day 2: These 8 jurors still in the jury pool today: #s 39, 41, 44, 52, 62, 72, 76, & 79. 10/20/21 Day 3: Seven qualified today: #s 140, 143, 158, 161, 167, 168 & 170. That's 15/64 total. 10/21/21: Total: 23/64. 10/25/21: Jurors #s 380, 381, 383, 386, 395, 396, 402, 403, & 414. Total now: 32/64. 10/26/21: Jurors #s 466, 475, 479 & 496. Total now: 36/64. 10/27/21: 6 more jurors qualified. Total now 42/64. 10/28/21: Jurors #s 178, 195, 199, 205 & 209. That brings the total to 47/64 jurors. 10/29/21: 8 more jurors qualified. Total now 55/64.
Court info from 5/8/20 thru 10/17/21 & Jury selection (Day 1-7) 10/18/21-10/27/21 reference post #600 here:
GA - Ahmaud Arbery, 25, jogger, fatally shot by former LEO and son, Brunswick, Feb 2020 *Arrests* #3
10/28/21 Thursday, Jury Selection Day 8: 5 more Jurors qualified: #s 178, 195, 199, 205 & 209. That brings the total to 47/64 jurors. Jury selection continues on 10/29/21.
10/29/21 Friday, Jury Selection Day 9: At the end of two weeks, 55 potential jurors have been selected out of a total of 174 interviewed -- or an average of about 6 a day. Nine more are needed to reach the goal of 64 potential jurors from which attorneys can select a panel of 12 plus four alternates. Total qualified now at 55/64. Jury selection continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
Federal charges: *Travis James McMichael (34/now 35) & *Gregory Johns McMichael (64/now 65) indicted (4/28/21) & charged (5/11/21) with Federal crimes of 1 count of interference with rights (hate crime), 1 count of attempted kidnapping & 1 count of using, carrying & brandishing firearms during & in relation to a crime of violence & Travis: 1 count of discharging a firearm. Both plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial set to begin on 2/7/22 @ 9a. Next motions hearing on 11/19/21.
Federal Charges: *William “Roddie” Roderick Bryan, Jr. (50/now 51) indicted (4/28/21) & charged (5/11/21) with Federal crimes of 1 count of interference with rights (hate crime) & 1 count of attempted kidnapping. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial set to begin on 2/7/22. Next motions hearing on 11/19/21.
*Trial set to begin (@ 1:30pm ET) - PA – Nichole Pumphrey (31), her daughter, Ameriah Emery (10) & Lawrence Cannon (31) possibly BF (Oct. 16, 2018, New Castle) – for *Anthony Lavon “Mook” Cooper, Jr. (19/now 22) arrested (10/29/18), charged (10/19/18) & arraigned (11/13/18) with 3 counts of criminal homicide, 3 counts of criminal conspiracy, 1 count of attempted murder & 1 count of carrying firearms without a license. Plead not guilty. Bail denied.
Trial was set to begin on 10/4/21 continued to 11/1/21.
Court info from 12/7/20 thru 8/9/21 reference post #294 here:
PA - Three bodies found in New Castle Home, 16 Oct 2018 *Arrests*
10/4/21 Update: Trial was continued to 11/1/21.
*Steven Procopio (19/now 20) – Next omnibus pretrial motions hearing reset to 12/8/21. Trial is now set to begin on 1/3/22.
*Jody Lynn Hammer - 4/1/19: All charges are dismissed.
*Trial continues (Day 2)-MAYBE??! (@ 10am PT) – CA – Michelle Lozano (17) (found Apr. 25, 2011 along side Golden State (5) Freeway near State St. in Boyle Heights & dumped over a masonry barrier along the freeway, Los Angeles County) & Bree’Anna Guzman (22) (missing Dec. 26, 2011, Los Angeles, found Jan. 26, 2012 near the Riverside Drive onramp to the southbound Glendale (2) Freeway in the Silver Lake area. The body was apparently was dumped at the location, Los Angeles County ) – *Geovanni Borjas (24 @ time of 1st crime/33/now 36) charged (2/15/18) & arraigned (5/30/18) with 2 counts of murder, forcible rape & 1 count of kidnapping (for Guzman). Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will not seek DP.
DNA search matched familial DNA.
Trial began on 10/29/21.
Court info from 9/27/18 thru 9/17/21 reference post #55 here:
CA - Michelle Lozano, 17, & Bree'Anna Guzman, 22, murdered, Los Angeles, 2011 *Arrest*
10/29/21 Friday, Trial Day 1: No info available. Court site NOT updated as of 10/30. Not sure if trial continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
*Bench Trial continues (Day 4) (@ 8:30m PT) - CA - Dr. Weidong ‘Henry’ Han (57), wife Huijie ‘Jennie’ Yu (29), & Emily (5) daughter (March 23, 2016, Santa Barbara) - *Pierre Freedon Haobsh (27/now 32) arrested (3/25/16) & charged (3/29/16) & arraigned (5/5/16) with 3 counts of 1st degree murder with special circumstances of committing murders for financial gain & multiple murders. Plead not guilty. DA will seek DP. Judge issued gag order. DA will not seek DP if Haobsh agrees to bench trial.
Trial began on 10/25/21. Trial has been changed to Bench Trial. Court in session on Monday, Thursdays & Fridays.
Court information from 3/29/16 thru 10/18/21 & Trial day 1 (10/25/21) reference post #263 here:
CA - Dr. Han, wife & 5yo daughter brutally slain, Santa Barbara, 23 March 2016
10/28/21 Thursday, Trial Day 2: State witness: Santa Barbara County sheriff’s Detective Joel Rivlin testified Thursday about evidence found in the Han family’s home, including the three bodies in the garage. Prosecutors showed the video taken by sheriff’s investigators walking through the house in the early morning hours of March 24, 2016 & Rivlin described the scenes & pieces of evidence recovered. No other info available. Trial continues on Thursday, 10/29/21.
10/29/21 Friday, Trial Day 3: State witness: Thomas Direda testified that he knew Haobsh through work & then they became friends. Prosecutor Hilary Dozer presented a conversation of text messages between the two men in March 2016 that Direda testified were related to the Han family killings. In response to questioning from the prosecution, Direda said he was scared for his safety & told Haobsh he would help, but did not. Direda admitted to deleting a message in the text chain because he didn’t want to look like he was helping Haobsh, which investigators discovered from phone evidence. In that deleted message, he said he would try to help Haobsh any way he could & planned to contact specific friends to see if they would help. In the series of text messages shown in court Friday, Haobsh wrote several unanswered texts asking for updates on March 23 & then wrote that he “rented an 18 wheeler with forklift & took care of it all.” He testified that he called the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department to report the confession in the early morning hours of March 25 & said he was scared for his life in case Haobsh decided to “come after me.” He also said he talked to his brother, who is a judge & former district attorney, before calling law enforcement & that he & his brother “agreed it was important to report.” Haobsh was arrested at gunpoint by law enforcement in San Diego County March 25, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. No other info available. Trial continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
*Trial continues (Day 5) (@ am CET) - Rome, Italy – Li Yinglei “Angie” (Xing Lei Li) (36) (Feb. 10, 2017, vanished from Mediterranean cruise, Rome; still missing) – Daniel Belling (45/now 49), DH arrested (2/11/17) on suspicion of murder; vanished off Med cruise, plead not guilty. A German citizen working in Ireland, where he has been accused of fraud. Released from prison (4/24/28). Charged (7/16/20) with 1 count of homicide & 1 count of alleged destruction of wife’s body while on cruise.
Trial began on 10/26/21.
Faces another year in prison, while pros investigate case; Judge will decide 1/26/18, postponed. Judge gave him 6 more months of detention. 4/24/18 was released from prison.
Court info from 2/11/17 thru 9/30/21 reference post #55 here:
Still Missing - Italy - Li Yinglei, 36, vanished from Mediterranean cruise, 10 Feb 2017 *husband Arrested*
Oct. 26, 2021 Tuesday, Trial Day 1: No info available. Trial continues on Oct. 27, 2021.
Oct. 27, 2021 Wednesday, Trial Day 2: No info available. Trial continues on Oct. 28, 2021.
Oct. 28, 2021 Thursday, Trial Day 3: No info available. Trial continues on Oct. 29, 2021.
Oct. 29, 2021 Friday, Trial Day 4: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
*Trial continues (Day 10) (@ am CET) - Germany - *Irmgard Furchner (18 @ time of crime/95/now 96) Indicted (Feb. 5, 2021) on 10,000 counts of accessory to murder in Nazi Camp. Fuchner is accused of having contributed as an 18-year-old to the murder of 11,412 people when she was a typist at the Stutthof concentration camp between 1943 & 1945.
Trial began on Oct. 19, 2021. Trial is scheduled to continue over the next few months. Sessions are limited to about two hours a day, based on medical advice.
After trying to escape the trial in late September, leaving the retirement home in Quickborn where she lives & traveling by taxi to the outskirts of Hamburg, she was arrested several hours later & placed in police custody for five days before being fitted with an electronic wrist tag.
Case & court info from Feb. 5, 2021 to Sept. 29, 2021 & trial day 1-8 (Oct. 19, 2021-Oct. 28, 2021) reference post #81 here:
Germany - Woman, 95, Indicted on 10,000 Counts, Accessory to Murder, 1943-1945 Nazi Camp, 5 Feb 2021
Oct. 29, 2021 Friday, Trial Day 9-Summary of week: Last week, the court heard how SS men in white medical uniforms would pretend to be doctors who were simply measuring prisoners' height. But instead, the prisoner's height was used as the setting for a specially engineered 'neck shot' device. She had knowledge of all of the horrific events at the camp due to her work for the commandment of the camp & was informed 'down to the last detail' about the murder methods practiced there, prosecutor Maxi Wantzen told the court in the northern town of Itzehoe. She typed out the deportation & execution commands' at concentration camp commandant Paul Werner Hoppe dictation & initialed each message herself. Her boss, SS officer Hoppe, was convicted for his role at the camp & sentenced to nine years in prison by a West German court in 1957. He died in 1974. No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
*Trial continues (Day 15) (@ 9am MT) – CO – Jonelle Renee Matthews (12) (went missing on Dec 20, 1984 after entering her home at 8pm, Greeley, found July 23, 2019 by construction workers at an oil & gas site in rural part of Weld County near County Road 49 & County Road 34½) – *Steven Dana Pankey (33 @ time of crime/69/now 70) indicted (10/9/20), arrested & charged (10/12/20 in Meridian, ID.) with 1st degree murder after deliberation, 1st degree felony murder, 2nd degree kidnapping, with sentence enhancers for using a weapon in a violent crime & 2 counts of crime of violence. Plead not guilty. $5M cash-only bond.
Trial began on 10/12/21 (thru 11/5/21). Have 12 jurors & 3 alternates. 10/14/21: Judge excuses a juror for inattentive behavior. Now 12 jurors & 2 alternates. Jury selection from 10/7/21 to 10/8/21.
Info on warrant & court info from 8/18/20 thru 9/30/21 & Jury selection (Day 1-3) 10/6/21-10/8/21 & Trial (Day 1-12) 10/12/21-10/27/21 reference post #68:
Found Deceased - CO - Jonelle Matthews, 12, Greeley, 20 Dec 1984 *arrest 2020* #2
10/28/21 Thursday, Trial Day 13: Defense witnesses: Firearms instructor & pastor Lance Earl in Idaho testified to giving Pankey gun training around 2019, when he became a person of interest in the case. Greeley Police Detective Robert Cash was called back to the stand, facing further questions about Viorst’s alternate suspect, Norris Drake, who died in 2007. Cash testified he didn’t know Drake’s shoe size, but said he conducted a follow-up investigation into Drake. James Roybal, a retired Greeley police sergeant who interviewed Jonelle’s classmates. Another witness (no name given) testified to a discussion she had with Pankey about his self-published book, “Graveyards,” in which he depicts the murder of a young Greeley woman as the result of nefarious people in the Nazarene Church. Miller highlighted the murder was publicized in the media & that the victim had worked with Pankey’s wife. Blaine County Coroner Russell Mikel. Steven Pankey.
10/29/21 Friday, Trial Day 14: Defense witness: Steven Pankey continues on stand on cross examination by DA Rourke. When given the opportunity to ask questions themselves, some from the jury questioned Pankey on his series of timelines from 1984. Others questioned his knowledge of the case & noted his extreme proximity & connections to both the church where Matthews was last seen & the field where her body was found decades later.
for more info on cross-exam see post #75 here:
Found Deceased - CO - Jonelle Matthews, 12, Greeley, 20 Dec 1984 *arrest 2020* #2
The defense rested its case Friday afternoon. Next week, the prosecution will be able to bring any witnesses back to testify in front of the jury before the attorneys make their closing statements & the jury is asked to deliberate. Trial continues on Monday, 11/1/21.
Tuesday, Nov. 2nd:
*Trial continues (Day 22) (@ 9am PT) - CA – for *Elizabeth A. Holmes (34/now 37) (CEO of Theranos) charged (March, 2018) & indicted (6/14/18) & arraigned (6/15/18) with 9 counts of wire fraud & 2 counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and charged & indicted (4/11/20) with fraud relating to a patient's blood test. Another count of wire fraud was added in 2020, bringing the total number of felony charges to 12. Plead not guilty. No bond. Faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison & up to $2.75 million in fines, plus restitution, & $250K for each individual count of wire fraud & conspiracy.
Defrauding investors out of $700 million in funding for their blood-testing startup Theranos.
Trial began on 8/31/21 with jury selection. 12 jurors of 7 men & 5 women (6 Caucasians, 4 Hispanics & 2 Asians) with five alternates (3 men & 2 women). Juror #7 excused & replaced with alternate #1. Now jurors are 8 men & 4 women. Alternates 2 men & 2 women. 10/6/21: Juror #4 excused & replace with alternate #2. Now jurors are 8 men & 4 women. Alternates 2 men & 1 woman. 10/22/21: The judge excused Juror #5, moving up the third alternate to replace the juror. Both are women. No word on why the juror was excused. Now jurors are 8 men & 4 women. Alternates 2 men.
Trial began on 9/8/21.
The Court trial days will be Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday, possibly other half days. The Court may modify the trial time & set either 8:30am-2pm or 9am-2pm & possibly 30-minute breaks in between. Judge Edward J. Davila presiding. Jury selection was on 8/31 & 9/1 completed. Judge Davila said the juror whose mother-in-law died suddenly last week wants to travel for a few days next week for the memorial service, so trial won't be in session next Friday, Oct. 29. 10/20/21: Judge Davila notes that a juror can't be in court Friday, 11/12 & 12/3 & the judge has a conflict in November at some point due to a meeting in the Ninth Circuit committee. Trial dates:
Indictment & court info from 4/11/20 thru 8/26/21 & on 9/30/21 & jury selection (Day 1-3) 8/31/21 to 9/2/21 & trial (Day 1-19) 9/8/21 to 10/22/21 reference post #726 here:
CA - Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) Wire Fraud
10/27/21 Wednesday, Trial Day 21: The courthouse is closed due to a “water outage.” Court security won’t let anyone inside even though it’s my understanding there are still court proceedings going on currently. No report yet. Trial continues on 11/2/21.
*Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani (53/now 56) (CFO & President of Theranos) – Motion hearing on 9/30/21 which was cancelled & trial set to begin on 1/11/22 with jury selection & trial starts on 1/18/22. No update as of 10/27/21.
Wednesday, Nov. 3rd:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ am ET) – RI – Zah-Nae Rothgeb (9) (aka Zha-Nae Wilkerson) (Jan. 3, 2019, Warwick; handicapped w/cerebral palsy) - *Michele Rothgeb (56/now 58) “guardian” arrested & charged (1/13/19) & arraigned (6/28/19) with felony manslaughter & cruelty to a child. Charged (12/10/19) with 7 additional counts of cruelty to or neglect to a child & 1 count of unnecessary cruelty to animals. Plead not guilty. Released on $10K Surety bond. Held without bond (after no show @ hearing on 9/16/20).
8 special needs children (2½ to 15 yrs. old; 3 are her grandchildren).
Court info from 6/28/19 thru 4/6/21 reference post #132 here:
RI - Zah-Nae Rothgeb, 9, handicap, cerebral palsy, dies of cruelty, filthy home, Warwick, 3 Jan 2019
5/18/21 Update: Next Trial Calendar Call hearing on 7/27/21. 7/27/21 Update: Trial calendar call hearing rescheduled to 8/3/21 & then rescheduled to 8/4/21. 8/4/21 Update: Trial calendar call hearing rescheduled to 8/25/21. Rothgeb faces charges of manslaughter & cruelty or neglect. She originally pled not guilty to all those charges, but she is now expected to enter a new plea.
8/26/21 Update: Rothgeb plead no contest. As part of a plea deal, Rothgeb could face up to 5 to 15 years in prison on the manslaughter charge in addition to more time on the other counts. Her sentencing was set for 11/3/21. She could still face the maximum of three years each on eight child neglect charges & up to five years on an animal cruelty charge.
*Trial set to begin (@ 9am ET) – FL – Megan Denise Gula Todt (42), Aleksander (13), Tyler (11), Zoe (4) & dog Brezzy (last heard from Jan. 6, 2020, Celebration; found Jan. 13, 2020; LE believe they have been dead since Dec. 29, 2019) - *Anthony John Todt (44/now 46) arrested (1/15/20), charged (1/16/20), indicted (2/25/20) & arraigned (2/28/20) with 4 counts of premeditated murder & 1 count of animal cruelty. Charges changed (1/29/20) & arraigned (2/28/20) with 4 counts of 2nd degree murder & animal cruelty charge dismissed. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP & has changed mind on 1/4/21 will not seek DP.
Trial set to begin on 11/3/21. (3 week trial)
Confession & court info from 1/15/20 thru 10/15/21 reference post #237 here:
Found Deceased - FL - Megan Todt 42, Alek 13, Tyler 11, Zoe 4, & dog Breezy, Celebration, 6 Jan 2020 *ARREST* #2
10/18/21 Update: Order status hearing held. Defense attorneys present with defendant. Prosecutor present for State. Defendant expresses trial to remain as set. Pretrial reset case to remain as set. Next pretrial hearing on 10/20/21 & motions hearing on 10/26/21. 10/20/21 Update: Next motions hearing on 10/26/21.
10/26/21: Present for State: DP & KH present for defense: TW, PS & defendant present with counsel. Motion to exclude evidence of collateral crimes (Federal health care fraud allegations) hearing held. State does not object-Motion granted. Motion to edit the defendant's 1/13/20 & 1/15/20 statements. State does not object-Motion granted. Motion to suppress the defendant's 1/13/20 & 1/15/20 statements. Defense invoked the rule of sequestration. Sworn & testified for the State: Dr. BG, Detective CM, Detective RQ. State exhibits 1-4 entered into evidence. Richardson hearing held. Court finds no violation for reasons placed on the record. Sworn & testified for defense: Dr. SSD & defense exhibits 1-2 entered into evidence. Defense to submit a memorandum of law within 10 business days & State to submit a memorandum of law in response by 11/29/21. Court to reserve ruling & to issue a written order on the motion to suppress. Joint stipulation to be filed within 5 business days in regards to the break between the reading of the Miranda warning. Case to remain as set. Next jury trial changed from 11/1 to 11/3/21 @ 9am.
10/27/21: Notice of provision of amended witness list.
Thursday, Nov. 4th:
*Sentencing Hearing with post-Trial Motions before (@ 11:30am ET) - WV – Riley Grace Crossman (15) (reported missing May 8, 2019, Berkeley Springs; found May 16, 2019, near Tuscarora Pike in Berkeley County) - *Andrew (“Andy”) Jackson McCauley, Jr. (41/now 43) (mom’s BF) arrested & charged (5/16/19) & indicted (1/7/20) & re-indicted (6/17/21) with 1st degree murder, concealment of a deceased human body & felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 4/26/21. Jury selection began on 4/16 & jurors will be from Morgan County. Jury: 12 jurors & 2 alternates. These jurors will be let go & a new jury will be selected. First trial was cancelled due to COVID.
Trial began on 9/27/21 and ended on 10/5/21. Jury selection started & finished on 9/17/21. Juror will come from Jefferson County & transported to the Morgan County courthouse. Trial expected to last 2 weeks. Jurors: 9 men & 7 women (i.e. 4 alternates). 10/4/21: Jurors deliberated for 3 ½ hours. 10/5/21: Jurors deliberated for ½ hours. Total deliberations: 4 hours. Found guilty of all charges.
Court info from 5/16/19 thru 8/19/21 & jury selection (9/17/21) & trial 9/27/21 to 10/4/21 (Day 1-6) reference post #710 here:
GUILTY - WV - Riley Crossman, 15, Martinsburg, Morgan County, 7 May 2019 *arrest*
10/5/21 Tuesday, Trial Day 7: The 12-member Morgan County jury will resume deliberations. McCauley was found guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder, concealment of a body & death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. It took the jury about four hours over the course of two days to reach a verdict. Following an emotional statement from the victim’s father, jurors also took less than 20 minutes in unanimously deciding to recommend that no mercy be attached to the verdict, thus requiring the judge to hand down a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for the convicted killer. Sentencing is scheduled for 11:30am 11/4/21 in front of presiding Judge Debra McLaughlin. Prior to pronouncing the sentence, the court will hear any post-trial motions from the defense.
*Re-Sentencing Hearing (Elkhart County) (@ 9am CT) – IN – Conviction overturned: Michael K. Middaugh, Sr. (51) sentenced after pleading guilty to burglary, but serious bodily injury occurs, criminal confinement while armed with a deadly weapon & sexual battery under threat of deadly force. Was sentenced to 20 years for a 1991 rape & for burglary, etc. charges ended up with a 78 year sentence.
Marshall County: Trial was set to begin on 10/26/21 continued to 3/8/22 which was cancelled. Elkhart County: Resentenced on 11/4/21.
Case & court info from 9/15/21 reference post #12 here:
CONVICTION OVERTURNED - IN - Man Guilty of Multiple Charges Against Elderly Woman Wins Appeal - 21 June 2021
9/23/21 Update: Marshall County/rape charge: Hearing Journal Entry: Jury Trial Status Hearing: Parties by counsel meet with the Court. Jury Trial Status Hearing is re-set for 10/13/21 at 9:00am with the consent & approval of each party. Any CR4 delay is charged to the Defendant. Present: Judicial Officer: Bowen, Robert O, Noticed: Chipman, Eugene Nelson, Noticed: Hoover, Alexander Lewis. Present: State of Indiana & Hoover, Alexander Lewis. Status Conference scheduled for 10/13/21 at 9:00am. Correct time is 10:00am for the Jury Trial Status Hearing. 9/23/21 Update: Elkhart County case: State appears by DPA Laura Bird via Webex. Sheriff of Marshall County produces the defendant via Webex & attorney Chris Crawford also via Webex. Due to Marshall County not having audio, re-sentencing hearing reset on 11/4/21 @ 9am.
10/13/21 Update: Marshall County: Jury trial status hearing: Court & counsel meet. Hearing is reset for 11/18/21 @ 9am with consent & approval of each party. Any CR4 delay is charged to defendant. Defendant to file Motion to Continue. Jury trial was set to begin on 3/8/22 but was cancelled.
Friday, Nov. 5th:
*Sentencing Hearing (for Janet’s case) (@ 9am PT) - CA – Janet Ann Taylor (21) (March 24, 1974, from La Honda; found March 25, 1974 in Stanford, Palo Alto) - *John Arthur Getreu (29 @ time of crime/74/now 76) charged (5/10/19) & arraigned (11/20/19) with 1 count of felony murder, enhanced GBI/torture, enhanced serious felony & enhanced special allegation prior acts. Plead not guilty. $10M bond.
DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Trial began on 4/9/21 with jury selection again & ended 8/19/21. Trial began on 8/30/21 & ended 9/14/21. 12-member jury & 4 alternates. Jury deliberated for 60 minutes & found him guilty.
Court info from 5/10/19 thru 7/8/21 & Jury selection (Day 1-12) 4/9/21 to 8/19/21 & trial (Day 1-4 (21)) 8/30/21 to 9/13/21 reference post #206 here:
GUILTY - CA - Leslie Perlov, 20, Palo Alto, 1973 & Janet Taylor, 21, Stanford, 1974, murdered, *Arrest 2018**
9/14/21 Tuesday, Trial Day 21: Prosecutor Josh Stauffer & Defense Attorney John Halley gave closing arguments. Jury deliberations started. Jury deliberated for 60 minutes to find Getreu guilty of first-degree murder & a special allegation of infliction of great bodily injury. Sentencing hearing on 11/5/21.
CA - Leslie Marie Perlov (21) – Santa Clara County. Trial setting hearing on 1/19/22.
