GUILTY WI - Barbara Kendhammer, 46, dies in staged accident, Hamilton, 16 Sept 2016 *Appeal denied*

[meanmaryjean]

Another appeal denied:

Todd Kendhammer denied new trial in state court of appeals

MADISON (WKBT) -- A West Salem man convicted of killing his wife in 2016 has lost another appeal for a new trial.

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EXCELLENT!!

 

[Forest_Wood]

Another appeal denied:

Todd Kendhammer denied new trial in state court of appeals

MADISON (WKBT) -- A West Salem man convicted of killing his wife in 2016 has lost another appeal for a new trial.

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How many appeals does this guy get? Didn't he already lose his appeal a couple of years ago?

 

[46daze]

How many appeals does this guy get? Didn't he already lose his appeal a couple of years ago?

I was surprised to see the headline too. I think the previous was a county court and this the Wisconsin state court upholding the denial.

 

[lonewanderer]

Bumping this…just saw a analysis of it.

Is there any way possible someone else hurt his wife or another accident happened?

The injuries seem so severe I am having a hard time picturing an average man having the strength or endurance to inflict that much damage on her.

Is it possible she fell of off or jumped off of somewhere tall at some point?

Could she have been thrown from or jumped out of the vehicle?

Could someone else beat her half to death threatening him for some reason? He seemed to be involved in some really shady interpersonal business deals.

I am thinking she was super badly injured by him, a really bad accident or intentional action like jumping from a building, or someone beating her badly.

I just think there is more to this and he is possibly not revealing more because he is concerned for his children’s safety or is trying to not tarnish the memory of his wife.

 

[meanmaryjean]

He's trying not to tarnish his own image in the eyes of his children. The correct verdict was reached and the appeal denied properly. He is EXACTLY where he needs to be.

 

[Forest_Wood]

Bumping this…just saw a analysis of it.

Is there any way possible someone else hurt his wife or another accident happened?

The injuries seem so severe I am having a hard time picturing an average man having the strength or endurance to inflict that much damage on her.

Is it possible she fell of off or jumped off of somewhere tall at some point?

Could she have been thrown from or jumped out of the vehicle?

Could someone else beat her half to death threatening him for some reason? He seemed to be involved in some really shady interpersonal business deals.

I am thinking she was super badly injured by him, a really bad accident or intentional action like jumping from a building, or someone beating her badly.

I just think there is more to this and he is possibly not revealing more because he is concerned for his children’s safety or is trying to not tarnish the memory of his wife.

At one time, I thought he might be protecting his son. But the evidence points only to Todd ...
They seemed to have that "perfect" marriage, but I still remember the DA Tim Gruenke, during an interview, saying something like, "Husbands kill their wives all the time."
MOO

 

[lonewanderer]

At one time, I thought he might be protecting his son. But the evidence points only to Todd ...
They seemed to have that "perfect" marriage, but I still remember the DA Tim Gruenke, during an interview, saying something like, "Husbands kill their wives all the time."
MOO

Hmm…

I just feel like something is missing.

I have thought maybe she died (by him or otherwise) and he was driving around those roads to find a place to bury her.

He saw a pipe at some point, realized burying her was not an option and cooked up that idea instead.

If he lost it on her, what was the true motive? Something tells me there was some discarded burner devices involved somewhere….

 

[Forest_Wood]

Hmm…

I just feel like something is missing.

I have thought maybe she died (by him or otherwise) and he was driving around those roads to find a place to bury her.

He saw a pipe at some point, realized burying her was not an option and cooked up that idea instead.

If he lost it on her, what was the true motive? Something tells me there was some discarded burner devices involved somewhere….

I had the sense that she was pressuring him to sell that thing and the person never bought it ... do you recall what that was...was it a windshield? The same thing he told the cops he was selling to the co-worker but he actually didn't have that lined up like he had said. His whole story about going to find the guy was so out of left field that I think it had an element of truth to it. It was the weekend of their get-a-way that they took every year. She was happy because she liked going there, maybe she was exuberant to go, and he was not. But she also wanted him to get rid of the thing that had been in their garage for a long time. His whole story of going to find that guy to sell whatever it was, made me think she had been pressuring him, and he suddenly lost it on her due to the stress, either in the car before the staging, or at that neighbor's house they looked after. He didn't have a big window of opportunity. He had said something in the initial police interview that I had hoped the detectives would follow up on but they interrupted him. He was talking about her always buying lots of things at that weekend away and he didn't know what she'd be doing with it all. And also, it was so weird that he was switching shifts at work, from daytime to overnight, and nobody was aware of it! My favorite part of the trial was when his wife's cousin finally testified against him in support of her cousin, after initially believing he did not do it. Then the daughter put her down, saying her mother never liked her (or something similar).
MOO

 

[lonewanderer]

I had the sense that she was pressuring him to sell that thing and the person never bought it ... do you recall what that was...was it a windshield? The same thing he told the cops he was selling to the co-worker but he actually didn't have that lined up like he had said. His whole story about going to find the guy was so out of left field that I think it had an element of truth to it. It was the weekend of their get-a-way that they took every year. She was happy because she liked going there, maybe she was exuberant to go, and he was not. But she also wanted him to get rid of the thing that had been in their garage for a long time. His whole story of going to find that guy to sell whatever it was, made me think she had been pressuring him, and he suddenly lost it on her due to the stress, either in the car before the staging, or at that neighbor's house they looked after. He didn't have a big window of opportunity. He had said something in the initial police interview that I had hoped the detectives would follow up on but they interrupted him. He was talking about her always buying lots of things at that weekend away and he didn't know what she'd be doing with it all. And also, it was so weird that he was switching shifts at work, from daytime to overnight, and nobody was aware of it! My favorite part of the trial was when his wife's cousin finally testified against him in support of her cousin, after initially believing he did not do it. Then the daughter put her down, saying her mother never liked her (or something similar).
MOO

That was another thing…

The night shift work the night of their trip…REEKS of a lie to go spend the night elsewhere.

 

[Snoopster]

This man killed his wife. Simple.

And she deserved justice and thankfully got it. It burns me that her own family wouldn't stand up for her. This is likely because he was a gas lighter and convinced her not to speak up and convinced others that he was a good guy. I hate hearing people blame the victim.

He was a controlling man. He couldn't even go on a deer hunt weekend with the boys without going back to check on his wife early each evening at dinner time. What kind of healthy relationship is that?

JMO, but the jury agrees too. His story was completely unbelievable.

 

[lonewanderer]

This man killed his wife. Simple.

And she deserved justice and thankfully got it. It burns me that her own family wouldn't stand up for her. This is likely because he was a gas lighter and convinced her not to speak up and convinced others that he was a good guy. I hate hearing people blame the victim.

He was a controlling man. He couldn't even go on a deer hunt weekend with the boys without going back to check on his wife early each evening at dinner time. What kind of healthy relationship is that?

JMO, but the jury agrees too. His story was completely unbelievable.

I agree with that part.

I think there’s something missing though that would make it all make sense because his story makes zero sense but the evidence doesn’t quite show exactly what happened.

 

[Snoopster]

I agree with that part.

I think there’s something missing though that would make it all make sense because his story makes zero sense but the evidence doesn’t quite show exactly what happened.

I agree with you that we don't know the exact details of what he did.
Here's my best guess...and it's only a guess:

He hit her in the head with the pipe and killed her. Then put her in the passenger seat of the car and drove to that sideroad. He walked around the back side of the car, taking the pipe out of the trunk. He ducked and hid while a car drove by. He then smashed the pipe through the front windshield with all of his might, hitting Barbara in the head. He didn't account for the wounds on the back of her head though.

 

[lonewanderer]

I agree with you that we don't know the exact details of what he did.
Here's my best guess...and it's only a guess:

He hit her in the head with the pipe and killed her. Then put her in the passenger seat of the car and drove to that sideroad. He walked around the back side of the car, taking the pipe out of the trunk. He ducked and hid while a car drove by. He then smashed the pipe through the front windshield with all of his might, hitting Barbara in the head. He didn't account for the wounds on the back of her head though.

What about the inside glass being busted? I think that was likely from a struggle inside the car.

I personally don’t think the pipe was the murder weapon. I think that could have been found on the country roads and the idea popped into his head. It may have actually fallen off a truck but bounced on the ground and into the grass.