GUILTY VA - Nicole Lovell, 13, murdered, Blacksburg, 27 Jan 2016 #8

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Tonia Moxley

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Olin recapped the psychologist, Jonathan Mack, who said that someone with Keepers mental health disorders under the stress of interrogation could be easily influenced.

 

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Tonia Moxley

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In her rebuttal to Olin, Pettitt called it ridiculous that Keepers would talk for weeks with Eisenhauer about a plan to kill Lovell, go with him to buy a shovel and pick out a crime scene with him but not believe he would go through with the murder.

 

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Tonia Moxley

@ReporterToniaM

#NatalieKeepers' case is in the hands of the jury.


Did the judge give instructions to the jury?

 

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Thanks so much Buf. I have been following.

 

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Jury begins deliberating in Natalie Keepers trial

 

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Tonia Moxley

@ReporterToniaM
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In her rebuttal to Olin, Pettitt called it ridiculous that Keepers would talk for weeks with Eisenhauer about a plan to kill Lovell, go with him to buy a shovel and pick out a crime scene with him but not believe he would go through with the murder.

This would do it for me. As a Juror.

 

[Inthedetails]

"He never mentioned a name, gender or age of the person he was communicating with, but said they had military knowledge," she said.

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What the heck? Where does this "military knowledge" fit in?

jmo

 

[Inthedetails]

So, it's in the hands of the jury now.

THANK YOU to the excellent coverage WSers provided - really great.

Any predictions on the verdict?

 

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Hoping more videos get posted.

 

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IMO Guilty

 

[JohnTate90210]

Well, it's gone to the jury now. How quick/long will this be?

 

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The defense urged the jury to focus on “reasonable doubt.” Keepers’ attorney Kris Olin reminded the jury that the Commonwealth has to not only prove their case but also disprove any other reasonable possibility.

Olin told the jury that the Commonwealth had to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Keepers shared David Eisenhauer’s criminal intent to kill Lovell and allegedly encouraged, aided, or incited Eisenhauer.

During his closing statement, Olin read statements from Keepers initial interrogation. Keepers had said that she didn’t think that Eisenhauer “would actually kill that girl” and that she was “just playing along with his fantasy.”

He also said that because Natalie didn’t know Nicole, she had no motive for the kill her. He said that Keepers “loved being part of the plan, not because it was a plan to murder but because it was a plan to be close to David.”

Olin told the jury that “playing along” is not the same as “shared intent.” “All that is required is a ‘maybe,'" he said.

Commonwealth Attorney, Mary Pettitt then gave her closing argument. At the end of her statement, she said that during her opening statements she told the jury she would ask them to find Natalie Keepers guilty. “I am absolutely asking you to find her guilty,” Pettitt said before returning to her seat.

During both the Commonwealth’s and the Defense’s closing statements, Natalie Keepers put her head down at times, sometimes wiping tears from her eyes or shaking her head.

UPDATE: Jury begins deliberating in Natalie Keepers trial

 

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IMO Guilty

I think so too.

The mental illness might have been overplayed, imo. It seemed an overload of how many conditions the doc said she had, and I'm not sure the jury is going to appreciate the long list.

I didn't notice any testimony that she doesn't know right from wrong, unless I missed it. She knew it was wrong to murder, and "playing along with a fantasy" doesn't ring true if she was also offering to meet with NL. Why meet the victim in person if you're just pretend-playing her murder? Why buy a shovel if you're just pretending? You could pretend to buy a shovel instead of actually buying one.

jmo

 

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Watch NK and her lawyer..,

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WOW that was fast!

Tonia Moxley

@ReporterToniaM
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Keepers found guilt of accessory to the first-degree murder of Nicole Lovell.

 

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Watch NK and her lawyer..,

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I don't think the "she was a young person in love" or "she thought she had a best friend" defense gets her off the hook.

I think the jury is going to think she was indeed infatuated with DE, but went along with his REAL plans to please him. She knew the plans were real; she wasn't pretending.

jmo

edited to add: They found her guilty while I was typing this!

 

[JohnTate90210]

Wow, that was fast for such a serious charge. They had little or no doubt.

 

[Inthedetails]

WOW that was fast!

Tonia Moxley

@ReporterToniaM
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Keepers found guilt of accessory to the first-degree murder of Nicole Lovell.

WOW! Doesn't sound like they needed to discuss much - took a vote and that was that.

 

[JohnTate90210]

WOW! Doesn't sound like they needed to discuss much - took a vote and that was that.

Probably spent more time picking a foreman than discussing and voting.

 

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What the heck? Where does this "military knowledge" fit in?

jmo

I'm guessing DE was referencing NK's "military knowledge" based on NK's claim that a former boyfriend "was a military special ops leader recruited at age 17 to save the world". I guess the former boyfriend shared his "special op" secrets with NK (where's an eye-roll emoji when I need one?).

Keepers trial update Day 4: Case goes to jury