GUILTY TX - James Faith, AA tech director, fatally shot walking his dog, Dallas, 9 Oct 2020 *ARRESTS/wife*

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Wednesday, February 2nd:
*Announcement Hearing (Murder) (@ 9am CT) – TX – James (Jaime) Faith (49) (Oct. 9, 2020, fatally shot while walking dog, Dallas) - *Darrin Ruben Lopez (48/now 49) (BF) arrested & charged (1/11/21) & indicted (2/5/21) with murder. $1M bond. Extradited from TN to TX January, 2021.
Trial set to begin on 2/24/22.
Court info from 5/24/21 thru 11/11/21 reference post #389 here:
TX - James Faith, AA tech director, fatally shot walking his dog, Dallas, 9 Oct 2020 *ARRESTS/wife*
11/17/21 Update: Next announcement hearing on 1/11/22. 1/11/22 Update: Announcement hearing was rescheduled on 2/2/22.
*Federal charge (1/22/21) & indicted 3/25/21) with Federal firearm crime-transporting a firearm in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony offense. Plead not guilty.
Court info from 1/22/21 thru 3/26/21 reference post #389 here:
TX - James Faith, AA tech director, fatally shot walking his dog, Dallas, 9 Oct 2020 *ARRESTS/wife*
9/28/21: Lopez faces up to 10 years in federal prison on the firearm charge & up to life in a state penitentiary on the Dallas County murder charge. NDTX Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Calvert, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Briggs & Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian McKay are prosecuting the case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Rebecca Rutherford is assigned to the case. This federal case will trail his Texas State trial.
*Jennifer Lynne Faith (wife) - Next Re-arraignment hearing for Federal case on 2/4/21. Will be pleading guilty in plea deal.
 
  • #422
Seattle1 said:
JLF simply wanted her husband dead for both emotional and financial gain. She loved the sympathy that her husband's good name bought her.

She coached a vulnerable dude to drive his own vehicle, carrying his own cell phone from TN to TX, and shoot her husband Jaime in broad daylight! She knew he would be caught! Planned on it.

IMO, she was most reliant that DRL would never give her up. And he didn't.

In return, he got a big-screen TV and love letters.
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I think I need a very large green bucket ... JLF's behaviour is vomit-inducing.
 
  • #423
Looks like the announcement hearing was moved again & it seems that the trial scheduled for 2/24/22 disappeared...

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link: https://www.dallascounty.org/criminalBackgroundSearch/defendant_detail?ln=01
 
  • #424
Niner said:
Looks like the announcement hearing was moved again & it seems that the trial scheduled for 2/24/22 disappeared...

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link: https://www.dallascounty.org/criminalBackgroundSearch/defendant_detail?ln=01
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I sense DRL learned the news that his soulmate, the true love of his life, saved herself. All my thoughts are with Jaime's family and friends.
 
  • #425
Friday, February 4th:
*Re-arraignment Hearing (Federal) (@ 11am CT) – TX – James (Jaime) Faith (49) (Oct. 9, 2020, fatally shot while walking dog, Dallas) - *Jennifer Lynne Faith (48/now 49) (wife) arrested & charged (2/24/21), indicted (3/25/21) & arraigned (4/6/21) with federal charges of destruction & concealment of a tangible object with the intent to obstruct a Federal investigation, use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire (charged on 9/28/21), obstruction of an official proceeding & obstruction of justice. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 11/15/21 continued to 2/28/22 with jury selection was cancelled due to plea agreement to plead guilty.
2/26/21 Update: Wavier of preliminary hearing & arrest warrant executed 2/24/21. 3/26/21 Update: Recusal of Judge U.S. Magistrate Judge David Horan to U.S. Magistrate Judge Rebecca Rutherford. 4/6/21 Update: arraigned & plead not guilty. Pretrial hearing on 5/28/21 & jury trial set to begin on 6/1/21. 5/7/21 Update: Motion to continue pretrial & trial-granted. 5/18/21 Update: Pretrial hearing on 8/20/21 & trial set to begin on 8/23/21. Motion to continue pretrial & trial-granted. Pretrial conference now on 11/12/21 @ 10am & trial set to begin on 11/15/21 @ 9am.
9/28/21 Update: Faith was charged Tuesday via superseding indictment with use of interstate commerce in the commission of murder-for-hire, a charge that carries a potential death penalty. She was previously charged with obstruction of justice, to which she entered a plea of not guilty. Court documents unsealed today allege that Ms. Faith used two phony email accounts to correspond with Mr. Lopez, assuming the identities of her own husband & one of her friends in order to falsely convince Mr. Lopez that her husband was physically & sexually abusing her. If convicted, Ms. Faith faces up to life in federal prison, and could be subject to the death penalty. See article for extend of crime:
Jennifer Lynne Faith Charged With Murder-For-Hire in Husband’s Death
NDTX Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Calvert, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Briggs and Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian McKay are prosecuting the case.
10/12/21: #29 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Jane J. Boyle: Arraignment as to Jennifer Lynne Faith (1) Count 1s, & 2s held on 10/12/21. Plea entered by Jennifer Lynne Faith: Not Guilty on count(s) 1 & 2. Defendant custody continued. Attorney Appearances: AUSA Rick Alan Calvert & Andrew J Briggs; Defense attorneys Toby L Shook & Cody Lee Skipper. 10/26/21: #30 Joint Motion to Continue Jury Trial filed by USA as to Faith. #31 Amended Motion to Continue Jury Trial filed by USA as to Faith. 10/27/21: #32 Order granting #31 Motion to continue as to Jennifer Lynne Faith: Jury Trial set for 2/28/22 at 9:00am before Judge Jane J. Boyle. Motions due by 12/27/21. Pretrial materials due by 2/7/22. Pretrial conference set for 2/25/22 at 10:00am before Judge Jane J. Boyle.
1/28/22 Update: Next week, Jennifer Faith plans to voluntarily waive her rights as a defendant & plead guilty to the murder-for-hire charge, the plea agreement said. She will also have to give information & testimony about her involvement in her husband's death. After talking to her lawyers, Faith has concluded that it is in her best interest to enter into this plea agreement & all its terms, rather than to proceed to trial in this case. Faith will also waive her right to an appeal from her conviction & sentencing, as long as it does not exceed the statutory maximum punishment. The government will not bring any additional charges against Faith related to her plea of guilty, per the agreement. The plea agreement is conditioned upon approval from the Attorney General of the United States. If Faith violates any part of the agreement, the government will be free to prosecute Faith for all offenses. Faith has been charged in US District Court under Federal statutes & this agreement does not extend to any charges that may be brought against the defendant at the State level. Re-arraignment set for 2/4/22 at 11am before Judge Jane J. Boyle.
*Darrin Ruben Lopez (48/now 49) (BF) arrested & charged (1/11/21) & indicted (2/5/21) with murder. $1M bond. Plead not guilty. Dallas County. Extradited from TN to TX January, 2021. Announcement hearing on 2/24/22.
Federal charge (1/22/21) with Federal firearm crime-transporting a firearm in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony offense. Will be tried after State’s case.
 
  • #426
Fake Emails and Calculated Lies: How Investigators Say a Woman Convinced Her High School Boyfriend to Kill

The emotional affair seemed to begin in March 2020, shortly after the former high school and college sweethearts reconnected on social media.

"I love and miss you so much," Darrin Lopez, 49, wrote in an email to Jennifer Faith on April 6. "Keep dreaming of our life together. Keep planning our lives together."

In the same email, Lopez, then referring to Jennifer's husband James "Jamie" Faith of nearly 10 years, wrote: "Nothing he can do to stop my love for you," he said. "He cannot destroy us no matter how hard he tries."

Just over six months later, Jamie Faith, a well-liked American Airlines technology director, was dead, gunned down outside the Dallas home he shared with Jennifer, 49. He was killed one day after celebrating the 15th anniversary of the day he and Jennifer met.

11/29/2021 Fake Emails and Calculated Lies: How Investigators Say a Woman Convinced Her High School Boyfriend to Kill
 
  • #427
Seattle1 said:
Fake Emails and Calculated Lies: How Investigators Say a Woman Convinced Her High School Boyfriend to Kill

The emotional affair seemed to begin in March 2020, shortly after the former high school and college sweethearts reconnected on social media.

"I love and miss you so much," Darrin Lopez, 49, wrote in an email to Jennifer Faith on April 6. "Keep dreaming of our life together. Keep planning our lives together."

In the same email, Lopez, then referring to Jennifer's husband James "Jamie" Faith of nearly 10 years, wrote: "Nothing he can do to stop my love for you," he said. "He cannot destroy us no matter how hard he tries."

Just over six months later, Jamie Faith, a well-liked American Airlines technology director, was dead, gunned down outside the Dallas home he shared with Jennifer, 49. He was killed one day after celebrating the 15th anniversary of the day he and Jennifer met.

11/29/2021 Fake Emails and Calculated Lies: How Investigators Say a Woman Convinced Her High School Boyfriend to Kill
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They will likely get life for this psycho Romeo and Juliet saga.
 
  • #428
worm said:
They will likely get life for this psycho Romeo and Juliet saga.
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JLF confessed to impersonating both her husband and best friend in fake emails sent to DRL. Her accomplice was receiving fake emails designed to egg him on (all by his soulmate) and he still didn't get it! :eek:
 
  • #429
Does anyone know if JLF's Re-arraignment took place this morning?
 
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  • #431
I also can't find anything about the hearing.

@Seattle1 - anything in the court site? I'd check, but can't access it...
 
  • #432
Niner said:
I also can't find anything about the hearing.

@Seattle1 - anything in the court site? I'd check, but can't access it...
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Texas is frozen :eek:-- no updates on my end either but I'll check next week when they've had some time the thaw out.
 
  • #433
Seattle1 said:
Texas is frozen :eek:-- no updates on my end either but I'll check next week when they've had some time the thaw out.
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Okay - I'll be on vacation starting this Wed. Feb. 9th - and won't be back online probably not until Thursday, Feb. 24th. I "might" check in periodically - we shall see if I can "plug in" somewhere! :D
Just "tag" me - and I'll see it then.
 
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  • #435
Much of what was written in the plea agreement and JLF's resume are shared in the Dept of Justice link below.

The Office of the United States Attorney General approved Ms. Faith’s plea agreement, as is customary in cases involving death penalty eligible cases. She is slated to be sentenced on May 26.

Feb 7 - 2022
Jennifer Faith Pleads Guilty to Murder for Hire in Husband’s Death

@Niner
 
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  • #437
Jennifer Faith pleas guilty to plot of husband's murder | wfaa.com

Feb 7, 2022

During federal court Monday, Faith, who stood in a pinstripe jumpsuit, emotional throughout the duration of the half-hour hearing, pleaded guilty to the murder-for-hire charge. In return for her plea, prosecutors agreed to drop the obstruction charge and to recommend a sentence of life imprisonment.

The use of interstate commerce in the commission of murder-for-hire charge does carry a death penalty, but Jamie Faith's [family] requested to not seek the death penalty.

Sentencing, scheduled for May 26, will ultimately be at the discretion of the judge.
 
  • #438
Sending my prayers, support, and wishes for comfort and peace to all Jaime's family and friends.

Although JLF entered her guilty plea today, I imagine there's no such concept as justice for the betrayal they must all feel knowing somebody they welcomed and loved because she was Jaime's partner could be so full of greed to wish this stand up guy death.

And her "one and only love" accomplice, a single dad and disabled veteran, left his minor children all alone for a prison cell. Everybody lost. :eek:

ETA: Learned today it was the grace of Jaime's family that saved JLF from the prosecutors from seeking the death penalty.
 
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  • #440
Trackdown: Oak Cliff woman pleads guilty in murder-for-hire of husband

Feb 7, 2022

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Murder for hire is a death penalty case. Jamie Faith's family asked for the death penalty not be an option.

Darren Lopez, the old high school boyfriend, has not gone to trial for his alleged role in the murder.

Jennifer Faith concocted the scheme so she could go back to a life with her high school sweetheart on the $629,000 insurance policy that Jamie Faith had through his I.T. director job at American Airlines.

"You usually see stuff like this in the movies, but in this case it's real life," Roper said.

Jennifer Faith admitted sending emails to Lopez with generic pictures downloaded from the internet depicting physical and sexual abuse she said was caused by her husband. She even created fake emails supposedly from her husband and girlfriend sent to Lopez. It was abuse that never happened.

After the murder, she sent Lopez her credit cards to use in Tennessee and even sent money raised in a GoFundMe to her distant lover.

"Miss Faith isn’t going to get out of prison during her life, in my estimation," Roper said.

Sentencing for Jennifer Faith is set for the afternoon of May 26.
 
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