GUILTY WI - Lisa Holstead, 22, found deceased, Green Bay, 12 Aug 1986 *Arrest in 2020*

[imstilla.grandma]

Griffin entered his plea as potential jurors were reporting to court Friday ahead of Monday's expected start of his trial in the death of Lisa Holstead, 22.

Griffin was originally charged in October 2020 with first-degree intentional homicide in Holstead's killing. Her body was found in a swamp in a Green Bay nature area in August 1986.

Holstead's slaying had been Brown County's oldest unsolved murder case.

Cold case solved: Wisconsin man convicted in 1986 killing of 22-year-old woman

Lisa Holstead's slaying had been Brown County's oldest unsolved murder case.

abc7chicago.com

 

[Niner]

Court site update:

Court record
Date Event Court official Court reporter Amount
03-20-2023 Order on motion to seal/redact transcript Hinkfuss, Timothy A
Additional text:
The original document was titled: VW Restitution Form-SH.pdf
The original history event date is: 03-17-2023
The original document was titled: VW Victim Impact Statement-LB.pdf
The original history event date is: 03-17-2023
The original document was titled: Letter to the Court for Sentencing-HH.pdf
The original history event date is: 03-17-2023
The original document was titled: Letter to the Court for Sentencing-SS.pdf
The original history event date is: 03-17-2023

03-17-2023 Proposed Order
Additional text:
Order on Motion to Seal or Redact a Court Record

03-17-2023 Memorandum
Additional text:
Brown County Restitution Summary

03-17-2023 Motion to seal/redact court record

03-17-2023 Victim restitution request form

03-17-2023 Letters/correspondence
Additional text:
from victim to the Court for sentencing

03-17-2023 Victim impact statement

03-17-2023 Letters/correspondence
Additional text:
to the Court from victim for sentencing

03-03-2023 Pre-sentence investigation filed Hinkfuss, Timothy A
Additional text:
PSI available to attorneys 3 3 23 lp

02-10-2023 Transcript
Additional text:
Motion Hearing - January 26, 2023, Report Sharon Millis

02-09-2023 Confidential Crime Victim Information
Court activities


Date Time Location Description Type Court official
03-27-2023 08:30 am Brown County Courthouse, 3rd Floor, Room 360 Sentencing hearing Court Hinkfuss, Timothy A

link: Wisconsin Circuit Court Access

 

[Kate_Warne]

Court site update:

Court record
Date Event Court official Court reporter Amount
03-20-2023 Order on motion to seal/redact transcript Hinkfuss, Timothy A
Additional text:
The original document was titled: VW Restitution Form-SH.pdf
The original history event date is: 03-17-2023
The original document was titled: VW Victim Impact Statement-LB.pdf
The original history event date is: 03-17-2023
The original document was titled: Letter to the Court for Sentencing-HH.pdf
The original history event date is: 03-17-2023
The original document was titled: Letter to the Court for Sentencing-SS.pdf
The original history event date is: 03-17-2023

03-17-2023 Proposed Order
Additional text:
Order on Motion to Seal or Redact a Court Record

03-17-2023 Memorandum
Additional text:
Brown County Restitution Summary

03-17-2023 Motion to seal/redact court record

03-17-2023 Victim restitution request form

03-17-2023 Letters/correspondence
Additional text:
from victim to the Court for sentencing

03-17-2023 Victim impact statement

03-17-2023 Letters/correspondence
Additional text:
to the Court from victim for sentencing

03-03-2023 Pre-sentence investigation filed Hinkfuss, Timothy A
Additional text:
PSI available to attorneys 3 3 23 lp

02-10-2023 Transcript
Additional text:
Motion Hearing - January 26, 2023, Report Sharon Millis

02-09-2023 Confidential Crime Victim Information
Court activities


Date Time Location Description Type Court official
03-27-2023 08:30 am Brown County Courthouse, 3rd Floor, Room 360 Sentencing hearing Court Hinkfuss, Timothy A

link: Wisconsin Circuit Court Access

I know a family member of hers, who she was close to, and am glad to see that justice will finally be served.

 

[Niner]

Monday, March 27th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 8:30am CT) – WI – Lisa Holstead (22) (last seen August 11, 1986, found August 12, 1986 strangled & partially submerged in a swamp in an area known as Ken Euers Nature area, Green Bay) - *Lou Archie Griffin (31 @ time of crime/65/now 67) arrested (10/28/20), charged (10/29/20) & arraigned (2/8/21) with 1st degree intentional homicide. Plead not guilty. $1M Cash bond. Cash bond has been revoked (1/27/23).
DNA tested for forensic genetic genealogy-match.
Trial was set to begin on 1/27/23 with jury selection but was cancelled as Griffin plead no contest/guilty to a plea deal.
Info on crime & court info from 12/6/22 to 1/26/23 reference post #58 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-bay-12-aug-1986-arrest-in-2020.322254/page=3
1/27/23 Update: Defendant Griffin in court. Defendant in custody at the Brown County Jail. Attorney Jeffrey Joseph Cano, attorney James M. Schoenecker & attorney Peter R. Heyne in court for Griffin. Attorney David L. Lasee, Assistant DA Aaron Linssen & Assistant DA Kevin Steuck appear on behalf of the State. Cash bond is revoked. Griffin has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. Griffin appeared in Brown County Court Friday to enter a plea in the death of Lisa Holstead. The case was once considered the longest-unsolved murder in Green Bay. On Friday, Griffin pleaded “no contest” to a charge of Homicide by Reckless Conduct. The court found him guilty. Griffin was originally charged with 1st degree intentional homicide, a higher class of felony than the reckless conduct charge. Order for pre-sentence investigation. Plea questionnaire, waiver of rights of Statute of Limitations for Griffin. John Sot Oconto judgment of conviction. Sentencing is scheduled for 3/27/23.
2/9/23: Confidential crime victim information. 2/10/23: Motion hearing on 1/26/23 report. 3/3/23: Pre-sentence investigation filed. 3/17/23: To the Court from victim for sentencing. Victim restitution request form. Motion to seal/redact court record. Memo: Brown County restitution summary. Proposed Order on motion to seal or redact a Court record. 3/20/23: Order on Motion to seal/redact transcript: The original document was titled: VW Restitution Form-SH.pdf. The original history event date is: 3/17/23. The original document was titled: VW Victim Impact Statement-LB.pdf. The original history event date is: 3/17/23. The original document was titled: Letter to the Court for Sentencing-HH.pdf. The original history event date is: 3/17/23. The original document was titled: Letter to the Court for Sentencing-SS.pdf. The original history event date is: 3/17/23.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Lou Griffin was sentenced Monday to ten years in prison for the death of Lisa Holstead.

Griffin sentenced after DNA solves 1986 cold case death of Lisa Holstead

Investigators found Lou Griffin through genetic genealogy, solving Green Bay's longest unsolved murder.

www.wbay.com

 

[Niner]

Lou Griffin was sentenced Monday to ten years in prison for the death of Lisa Holstead.

Griffin sentenced after DNA solves 1986 cold case death of Lisa Holstead

Investigators found Lou Griffin through genetic genealogy, solving Green Bay's longest unsolved murder.

www.wbay.com

Only 10 years?? The court site is not updated yet - so will look later in the day & post what it has.

And thanks for the article!

 

[JerseyGirl]

EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Holstead's family outraged over killer's sentencing

'If it were up to me it would be a life for a life," Lisa Holstead's family expresses anger over light sentencing for man convicted and sentenced for cold case death

www.nbc26.com

Brown County District Attorney, David Lasee says because of the decades that Lisa's case went cold and hearsay testimony that was admissible in court accusing another man of the crime, instead of first or even second-degree murder charges against Griffin, Lasee says to bring justice to the Holtead family, he needed to secure a conviction.

"We needed to secure a conviction, we needed to make sure that Mr. Griffin was held accountable for his actions in this case, and as a result, we had to come to a compromise on this case in terms of the nature of the charges," Brown County District Attorney, David Lasee.

Lasee calls it a "compromised outcome."

"At the end of the day, there is accountability. We know who killed Lisa. That person has taken responsibility, legally for his actions. He's sentenced for having killed her. He's labeled a murderer," adds Lasee.

Lisa's family calls it an injustice.

"His sentencing is done already, nothing is going to change that. but I mean we're not the only cold case out there," says Jeremy Holstead.

37 years after her death, Lisa's family continues to honor her memory and will continue to fight for justice in other cold cases.

Jeremy Holstead says amending the Constitution that follows old sentencing laws in homicide cases is the only way to make sure no other family goes through the same outrage they faced the last 2.5 years in court.

 

[Quoththeraven]

EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Holstead's family outraged over killer's sentencing

'If it were up to me it would be a life for a life," Lisa Holstead's family expresses anger over light sentencing for man convicted and sentenced for cold case death

www.nbc26.com

Brown County District Attorney, David Lasee says because of the decades that Lisa's case went cold and hearsay testimony that was admissible in court accusing another man of the crime, instead of first or even second-degree murder charges against Griffin, Lasee says to bring justice to the Holtead family, he needed to secure a conviction.

"We needed to secure a conviction, we needed to make sure that Mr. Griffin was held accountable for his actions in this case, and as a result, we had to come to a compromise on this case in terms of the nature of the charges," Brown County District Attorney, David Lasee.

Lasee calls it a "compromised outcome."

"At the end of the day, there is accountability. We know who killed Lisa. That person has taken responsibility, legally for his actions. He's sentenced for having killed her. He's labeled a murderer," adds Lasee.

Lisa's family calls it an injustice.

"His sentencing is done already, nothing is going to change that. but I mean we're not the only cold case out there," says Jeremy Holstead.

37 years after her death, Lisa's family continues to honor her memory and will continue to fight for justice in other cold cases.

Jeremy Holstead says amending the Constitution that follows old sentencing laws in homicide cases is the only way to make sure no other family goes through the same outrage they faced the last 2.5 years in court.

This would never have happened if the serial rapist hadn't been released before his 9 year sentence for the rape of a child was over.