The game of inferences is on full display for BOTH SIDES with regard to the Tom T. Hall subject.

The prosecution is wanting the jury to infer that LC was clicking on a link about his suicide method on August 23, 2022, via the Surface Pro device, and specifically from the Tom T. Hall Wikipedia page. (Note, they referenced the wrong date/a day off in some questions, or the transcript didn’t capture cleanly.)

The defense is trying to bat that down, and have PC agree he is the searcher of said information, just because he’s a guitar player and had alleged interest in Tom T. Hall, a country music artist. And because LC searching this info is potentially damaging.

Both sides have failed their in respective gamesmanship. If anyone on the jury is an actual fan of Tom T. Hall, familiar with his music and was already familiar with his death, the prosecution might win this inference battle. Especially if they pay close attention to DATES.

Day 1 Transcript, Prosecutor confirmed w PC:

• No SI prior to Dec 2022.
• Both PC and LC had access to Surface Pro Tablet
• Aug 22, 2022 he said he didn’t recall searching “Methods of Suicide”
• August 2022, he didn’t believe she was on any medications yet
• Said LC’s spiral started in September; meds started in Sept

Day 2 Transcript, Defense cross-examined PC:

• Confirmed PC didn’t “Google” suicide methods Aug, 2022
• Confirmed PC’s familiarity w Tom T. Hall and that he died by suicide
• KR states as part of his question that PC was interested in him because of “new music or new album” in reference to Googling Tom T. Hall; PC confirms he listened to his music “briefly” and yes to Googling his name (lengthy drawn out interchange)
• Another long drawn out line of questions re: Tom T. Hall wiki page and hyperlinks; confirms again w PC, he just wanted to see the page “because he killed himself” - PC says yes.

Day 13 Transcript, Prosecution Witness Kyle Pavel extracted Surface Pro Data

• 9:40 a.m. August 23, 2022 - Access Lindsay’s FB Page
• 9:42 Search Spotify for Tom T Hall / Click on Memphis Song (more on this later)
• 9:44 Google search for Tom T. Hall / clicks on and opens Wikipedia Page
• The upper left list of Contents to go directly to that section of page is used
• Specifically clicked the contents title section “Death”
• Is automatically advanced to the Death Section
• 9:45 From there, an article about his suicide was clicked, but it was hyperlinked to another Wiki page, about Suicide Methods and went straight to “Shooting”.
• 9:48 From that same page, then clicked Grafton Bridge which was in the “Jumping” section

Day 13 Transcript, Defense Cross-examination Witness Patel

• KR states the searches were from 9:40 a.m. to about 10:00 - Pavel agrees.
• KR also insinuates that PC did these searches because he was logged into his gmail account using Chrome
• Also insinuates LC wouldn’t have time for all of this, Dawson had a doc appt and she would need to him get ready

Prosecution Rebuttal

• Confirms Witness can’t tell who was using Surface Pro that morning
• Also reconfirms Grafton Bridge link clicked at 9:48, not 10 a.m., witness agrees

LATER Phone Calendar Testimony Day 13

• Essentially, Lindsay’s phone had two Calendar entries for Aug 23, 2022 - one at 10:00 a.m. for Dawson ear recheck doctor appt. Also, a 9:45 a.m. reminder

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My Rebuttal to Both Sides:

- Patrick Clancy could have helped get Dawson ready (no one asked that)

- The Surface Pro was probably already logged in on PC’s Gmail acct.

- Tom T. Hall died Sept 2021 at 85 years old. The cause of death being suicide did not get released in the news until January 2022, months and months prior to August 2022.

- In August, there was no “fresh news” that would cause someone to investigate his death for curiosity’s sake. Even if a person was ”curious” about someone’s life, or music, clicking directly on “death” in the upper left contents links vs skimming his whole page is a CHOICE.

- Clicking two links further on the suicide subject from the “death” section is also a CHOICE

- Tom T. Hall/his estate, or Spotify for that matter, did not suddenly release “new music” or any “new album”.

- There was time for LC to do these searches, they amounted to 10 minutes, 9:40-9:50. She may have already had Dawson ready before searches , if PC didn’t help. Still time to put him in car seat and drive to MD 4 minutes away. He wasn’t seen until 10:15.

- Both sides effectively muddied these waters. And noticeably, no one listed or referenced the actual lyrics to the Memphis song since portions of those could be turned each way at each other.

- Slight edge on this subject from me with the inference to LC looking this info up. For being an “aficionado” of (country) music, it would seem PC would have already known this info. As for LC, she may have been a fan also - with a special attachment to the Memphis lyrics, and reading more about his suicide death and method.

Both sides did not get away cleanly here. But if LC looked them up, this was BEFORE meds or spiraling later on. Meaning she was already planning stuff pre-medications - that messes with the civil case over-medicated allegations, plus it helps the “planning” ahead argument.

The end. For anyone wondering about the whole Tom T. Hall Wikipedia angle.

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I originally read the story at Law & Crime. We all know they aggregate and write stories, often based on other outlets’ reporting. Sometimes they *really* miss the mark, or leave out contextual details. After reading their story, I thought - well, maybe this guy has a ‘self-defense or defense of others’ legitimate defense to be made during this alleged “blind date” even though she (the date) refutes what happened (Incited herself?). Their headline and article link here:

Man thought he was protecting blind date when he unloaded hollow-point bullets from his Glock 9 mm — but then her words put him in jail: Police

Law & Crime Article Link

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Then I went to the original report from Cowboy State Daily, which is linked above in the main image, and posted below.

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Tinder Date Ends With Newcastle Man Shot Dead, S.D. Man Facing Murder Charge

A Tinder date gone horribly wrong ended with a Newcastle man dead with a hollow-point round in his chest and a South Dakota man facing a second-degree murder charge — and vastly different stories from the couple who had just met for a hook-up.

Greg Johnson August 12, 20264 min read

A Tinder date gone horribly wrong ended with a Newcastle man dead with a hollow-point round in his chest and a South Dakota man facing a second-degree murder charge — and vastly different stories from the couple who had just met for a hook-up.

The woman Drake Alexander Ingalls of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, had driven nearly 90 minutes to meet this past weekend told investigators that Ingalls “did not need to shoot that gun at all.”

Ingalls, however, says he shot the other man in defense of his Tinder date after the woman screamed for “help” several times, according to an affidavit of probable cause written by Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation Agent Zack Miller.

The shooting happened a little before 5 a.m. Sunday, and Ingalls had his initial court appearance Tuesday, where a Weston County Circuit Court judge gave him a $250,000 cash-only bond and set an Aug. 19 preliminary hearing.

By the time Newcastle police responded to the home of the victim, identified in court documents as Jason Greene, he was lying face-down on the floor and obviously dead, wrote Miller.

An officer “entered the trailer home and located the victim … lying face-down on the floor between the hallway and living room with a large pool of blood underneath his chest,” the affidavit says. “Officers and emergency medical personnel confirmed Greene was deceased.”

What She Said

In separate interviews with the woman and Ingalls, both told investigators how they met on Tinder and had been talking for anywhere from a couple weeks (according to her) to a few months (according to him) before Ingalls drove to Newcastle on Saturday so they could meet up, the affidavit says.

They had a room at a local hotel and had been drinking for hours by the time the woman got a text from Greene calling her a “whore,” Miller wrote. [My emphasis added here, this hotel and alcohol info was entirely left out of L&C’s article]

The woman then allegedly proceeded to claim Greene had mistreated her, but later told investigators that Greene had “never assaulted her and the two were not in any physical altercation,” the affidavit says.

Upset after getting the text, the woman asked Ingalls to take her to Greene’s place “so she could talk to him,” Miller wrote.

The woman “told Ingalls about the text message and that Greene had abused her in the past,” the affidavit says. “(She) told Ingalls that if he heard her yell for help to come and help her.”

Greene didn’t know they were coming to his residence, the document adds. Miller’s affidavit also doesn’t elaborate on how the woman and Greene knew each other.

The woman and Greene were in a “heated verbal argument” with her “yelling loudly,” which Ingalls reportedly heard, the affidavit says. So, he left his car outside the trailer and went to the woman.

The woman also told investigators that she didn’t actually see the shooting, “and adamantly stated Greene never assaulted her and the two were not in any physical altercation,” the affidavit says.

She continued to say that Ingalls “did not need to shoot that gun at all,” Miller wrote about her statement.

What He Said

That’s not how the confrontation went down, however, Ingalls said in his own interview with investigators, the affidavit says.

“Ingalls claimed he came around a shed and observed Greene struggling with (the woman) near the doorway threshold,” Miller wrote. “Ingalls described the struggle as Greene behind (the woman) and he had his arms hooked under her armpits and another hand on the back of her head or hair, and it appeared he was trying to pull (her) into his trailer.”

Ingalls said he tried to pull the door open, then pointed a handgun at Greene and demanded he let the woman go, according to his statement detailed in the affidavit.

“At which point, Ingalls said he fired his handgun,” Miller wrote. “Ingalls could only see Greene’s chest as (the woman) was in front of him and he believed he shot him right in the middle of the chest.”

That’s when Greene stumbled back into the trailer and fell onto the living room floor.

Ingalls had the gun because he had it in his car and grabbed it when he heard the woman yell for help, the affidavit says.

“Ingalls retrieved his 9 mm Glock 17 handgun from the center console of his car and chambered a hollow-point round into the handgun as he approached the side entrance of the trailer,” Miller wrote.

Ingalls and the woman then got back into his car and drove around the block before returning to the scene and the woman called 911.

If convicted of second-degree murder, Ingalls could get anywhere from 20 years ot life in prison, a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.

Greg Johnson can be reached at greg@cowboystatedaily.com.

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It is not often a large civil case makes it to jury trial, but this case is, and you can even watch via Livestream when the jury is present/court is in session. Unlike commercial livestreams, it is very unlikely to remain on the court’s YouTube page, or be able to rewind. It will be a true watch while it is happening in real time and nothing else. This court is on PDT currently.

The Judge’s trial calendar is here:

https://apps.cand.uscourts.gov/CEO/cfd.aspx?7145

Court’s Livestream YouTube channel is here:

https://www.youtube.com/@USDCCAND/live

Federal Docket is here - you’ll need to click the sort buttons to get to the current filings page. There are 3,385 docket entries 😳but many filings are available to read.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65407433/in-re-social-media-adolescent-addictionpersonal-injury-products-liability/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc

IN RE: SOCIAL MEDIA ADOLESCENT ADDICTION/PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

Case Number: 4:22-md-03047-YGR

Judge: Gonzalez Rogers, Yvonne

Location: Oakland

Case Type: Multi-District

Date Filed: October 6, 2022

OPENING ARGUMENTS: August 18, 2026

Jury Selection is completed, with 8 Jurors selected. I‘m providing the selection process below, as reported by Courthouse News:

OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Jury selection for one of the largest multidistrict litigation trials in California history began Wednesday, with a Silicon Valley tech giant claiming their social media products don’t harm adolescents.

The blockbuster trial in U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ courtroom, the first in the multidistrict litigation of over 3,000 active cases, pits tech heavyweight Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, against a bipartisan coalition of 29 state attorneys general.

The states claim Meta violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, a federal law that requires online companies to obtain verifiable parental consent for users under 13 years old. Additionally, some of the states claim Meta made deceptive statements about its platforms that likely misled the public.

More generally, the plaintiffs say large tech companies intentionally develop social media features, like infinite scroll, to keep young users on their platforms, exposing them to more content and advertising that feeds addictive behaviors that are ultimately detrimental to mental health.

During jury selection for eight jurors on Wednesday, Rogers was considerate of people’s time.

“I know you all are not here voluntarily,” the Barack Obama appointee said. She explained to potential jurors the mechanics of jury selection and the trial.

“We all have bias, the question is do you know what you have and can set it aside,” she said. “What we want is jurors who can be critical of the evidence and listen to both sides.”

Rogers asked the jury pool if anyone currently owned stock in Meta and if they had Facebook or Instagram accounts and how often they use them. Most potential jurors said they either had accounts for one or both.

Rogers also asked if any of the potential jurors have a strong negative reaction to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Furthermore, she asked potential jurors whether their children had social media accounts and their role as parents managing their kid’s use.

“Do you have a view about if social media companies should install some kind of limit to social media use?” asked Rogers.

One of the potential jurors explained they used something akin to a “kid lock” to stop his children from buying things on Facebook marketplace.

Another potential juror said parents are responsible to watch their children’s social media use, but that Meta and other companies “make matters worse.”

Similar to the bellwether trial in Los Angeles that also litigated social media addiction claims, some high-profile witnesses like Zuckerberg may be called to the stand.

The initial multidistrict litigation consolidated hundreds of personal injury lawsuits on behalf of children and adolescents by school districts, local governments and state attorneys general. These plaintiffs claim Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, Google’s YouTube, ByteDance’s TikTok and Snap’s Snapchat are designed to foster compulsive use by minors.

In a joint lawsuit filed in late 2023, the states claimed Meta built a business model that maximizes young users’ time on its platforms and employs psychologically manipulative platform features. They accused the tech behemoth of publishing misleading reports on user harm and continuing to downplay the negative consequences of its products.

Rogers said she expects the trial to last about six weeks.

Opening statements for the trial begin Aug. 18.

23 Minute recap with Angenette Levy plus new court updates video. Dave Aronberg joins to discuss the NGRI defense (interesting)

- Prosecution Change of Venue granted - trial will not be in Letcher County

- Proseuction request for 2nd Mental Health Eval granted

- This case is another NGRI defense case; Kentucky law places burden to prove on the defendant by a preponderance of the evidence.

- Trial Date to be set after new venue is decided and MH eval is done

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Of most of the evidence, provider messaging, etc. and *if* I feel the state disproved NGRI / disproved psychosis (regardless of the rest of their “theory”), the journal passages and yes - the Dawson FB post when he was 19 months old tells me the LC motive.

While many were quick to dismiss the FB post as anything but normal motherhood worries, when that is paired with her later journal entries, her fairly clear need for control, perfectionist tendencies, the need for NOW resolutions:

• Was very critical of Dawson being extremely difficult about everything, attachment issues
• Lots of words in the journals of feeling overwhelmed and desperate
• More words of an infant she perceived to be “behind” on milestones
• More words of a sick child making every other child sick all winter, increasing her childcare load
• Concerned about returning to work and managing
• Sounding resentful that she was doing everything childcare wise
• Complaints of not sleeping; feeling abusive for letting baby cry “sleep training”
• Stopped breastfeeding for sleep reasons

All of this - even as a very loving mother, no signs of aggression - the manner and order she murdered these child says something too.

Premeditated, sent Patrick out and then:

• Chose the basement as murder location
• Took the children to the basement
• My personal belief is she had Cora watch Callan, so she could murder her least favorite child first
• Not only murder him first, but do it in his dad’s office, the source of getting her pregnant x 3 and not helping her enough with childcare - there was a rage/anger release here
• Murdered Dawson FACE UP. Watching her least favorite‘s eyes and face is anger
• Systematically murdered each child by mechanical asphyxiation via ligature
• Each murder she could have stopped, but didn’t
• Next she moved to the other side and murdered Cora, face down - simply to avoid Cora from trying to save or seeing her baby brother murdered next
• Last was Callan, also face down

As for her own attempts/methods: they were real, but hesitant - each one of them

She did not dangle from the sill, dive out or jump. None of the evidence supports any of those. She did leave through the window, I’m not saying she didn’t, just not by the three listed ways.

I’m sure this will anger people, and as I said: this is IF I don’t believe her mental illness/defect created a lack of criminal responsibility.

Her motive was threefold: stop her overwhelming feelings by ending the source of her being overwhelmed - her “escape hatch” and also, rid the internal anger, and yes the office was resentment towards Patrick. Then end herself, but with much hesitancy in her methods.

Man strangled and paralyzed woman who rejected him then became the top donor on her family's online recovery fundraiser, posted cryptic message: Report

CHRIS PEREZ Aug 9th, 2026, 6:00 pm Updated Aug 9th, 2026, 7:04 pm 

A U.S. Marine "stewing" over a woman rejecting him broke into a North Carolina home where she was staying and paralyzed her from the neck down during a vicious strangulation attack, her family says.

"My niece called me and was screaming, 'Savannah, Savannah, unconscious,'" said Amanda Johnson, mother of victim Savannah Johnson, in a recent interview with local NBC affiliate WECT.

Isaac Ruiz — a 2nd Marine Division member stationed at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina — is charged with assault by strangulation, assault inflicting serious bodily injury, and first-degree burglary in connection with the June 14 attack in Wilmington.

According to Savannah Johnson's family, the 22-year-old was set up on a double date with Ruiz and another couple. She did not reciprocate Ruiz's romantic feelings toward her after the date, which her family believes was the motivation behind the alleged assault, Port City Daily reports.

"Obviously, he was stewing over that," Savannah's father, Ricky Johnson, told the local newspaper. "It's quite shocking that it would go to this length just because she wasn't interested in him."

Police say Ruiz, 26, broke into the home where Savannah Johnson, who is from Michigan, was staying while on vacation. Ruiz allegedly pummeled and strangled Savannah Johnson before fleeing.

"The defendant unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did assault Savannah Johnson and inflict physical injury, C5-C6 fracture with ligament injury, T2-T6 compression fracture, vertebral artery dissection, and narrowing of the internal carotid artery by strangulation and assaulting the victim," an arrest warrant says.

The 2nd Marine Division confirmed to WECT that Ruiz, a mortarman assigned to the 1st Battalion, was arrested and charged in connection with the alleged attack. U.S. officials say the division has been fully cooperating with the investigation.

According to Port City Daily, the Johnson family launched a Spotfund online fundraiser following the alleged assault to help with Savannah's recovery costs, and Ruiz was listed as the top donor with a contribution of $2,000.

A message included with the donation says, "Each day that passes you don't realize how much stronger you are becoming. It will be over before you know it."

Police declined to comment when asked if they were aware of the post.

According to the Johnson family, Savannah is currently paralyzed from the neck down and is undergoing physical therapy to try to walk again one day.

"She's giving it her all," Amanda Johnson told WECT.

✨My note: he is still charged in FL, her parents are apparently going to testify against him✨

Kendra Duggar and Husband Joseph to Learn Fate in Child Endangerment Case After Withdrawing Not Guilty Pleas

Kendra and Joseph Duggar entered a plea by order ahead of their court appearance on Monday, Aug. 10

By Chris Spargo Published on August 10, 2026 02:03PM EDT

NEED TO KNOW

• Kendra Duggar and her husband Joseph were charged with four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment in March
• They were due in court on Monday, Aug. 10, but were able to skip their hearing after withdrawing their not guilty pleas and submitting a plea by order to the court
• This allows the couple to plead guilty or no contest to the charges and the judge overseeing the case will now determine if the two will serve time or pay any penalties for their alleged actions

Kendra Duggar and her husband Joseph were set to make their first appearance in an Arkansas courtroom on Monday, Aug. 10.

The couple was able to avoid that appearance, however, after withdrawing the not guilty pleas they previously entered back in April to four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment.

Instead, they submitted a plea by order to the court, which allows them to enter guilty or no contest pleas to those charges, a spokesperson for the Washington County District Court tells PEOPLE.

The judge overseeing the case will now sign an order accepting that plea and ultimately determine if the two will serve time or pay any penalties for their alleged actions.

If convicted on all eight counts, both Joseph and Kendra could each be facing a prison sentence of up to eight years and thousands of dollars in fines.

The charges against the couple were filed following a search of their home on March 19 by the Tontitown Police Department and Arkansas Department of Human Services.

Those agencies conducted the search one day after Joseph was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years old and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older in a separate and unrelated case filed in Florida.

After the search of the Duggars’ home, officials in Arkansas filed those endangering the welfare of a minor and false imprisonment charges against Kendra and Joseph.

Police then arrested Kendra and booked her into the same jail where Joseph was already being held on molestation charges; she posted bail a few hours later. Joseph remained in custody as he was still awaiting extradition to Florida.

“I can tell you the arrest was a result of a home inspection, and the door locks being on the exterior of the doors,” a source close to the family previously told PEOPLE about the charges.

Neither Joseph nor Kendra have commented publicly on any of the charges, but Kendra has hired longtime Duggar family lawyer Travis Story to represent her in the proceedings, according to a jail phone call previously obtained by PEOPLE.

Story did not respond to a request for comment.

The Duggar family was very open about the use of locks on the outside of doors of bedrooms in their home, where the 19 children were split into two rooms based on biological sex.

As PEOPLE reported in 2015, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar decided the best way to protect their 19 children after learning their oldest son Josh had molested four of his sisters was to lock the children in their rooms each night.

The court issued an order blocking Kendra from having contact with her four children for close to a month after her arrest, but that was later lifted after Story filed a motion with the court.

One of the conditions of Joseph’s pretrial release in his molestation case is that he have no unsupervised contact with any individual under 18, and he too had his attorney file a motion to modify that condition but it was rejected by the judge overseeing those proceedings.

I went and looked at the court docket.

2021 he had an assault w dangerous weapon charge, bench trial and Judge must have adjudicated it as not guilty as charges were dismissed, bond returned.

2023 it looks like he may have been Baker Acted. He was involuntarily held x 3 days for assessment then released.

2024 - charges are outlined in the video. There was quite a delay to arraignment, then more delays for competency evals. He was stipulated as competent by the State and Defense, and found to be competent by the Judge in July 2026.

I believe the new 2026 charges in Feb/March are what drove the new competency evals for the 2024 kidnapping case going to trial in October.

Nebraska Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Woman Hours Before His Wedding

Tyler Webber, 33, is charged with first-degree sexual assault and first-degree false imprisonment

By Christine Pelisek Published on August 7, 2026 05:10PM EDT

NEED TO KNOW

• Tyler Webber, 33, is charged with first-degree sexual assault and false imprisonment
• The Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office was advised of the alleged attack on May 30
• Webber has yet to enter a plea

A Nebraska man has been charged with first-degree sexual assault after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in the early morning hours before his wedding day.

Tyler Webber, 33, is also charged with false imprisonment in the first degree.

The Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office was advised of the alleged attack on May 30.

According to a warrant affidavit obtained by PEOPLE, the alleged victim, who was 18 at the time, told police she was at a residence the night before helping to “[get] things ready for the wedding.”

The alleged victim said that wedding party members were drinking.

She said she decided to stay overnight at the residence and later that evening went upstairs to get a blanket. On her way downstairs, she told police Webber “followed her down the stairs and grabbed her by the waist, as she tried to pull away, but Tyler pinned her against the stairs, with her back against the stairs,” the affidavit states.

The woman told police that Webber then sexually assaulted her on a couch.

According to the affidavit, she told her husband and her father, who advised her to seek medical treatment. She went to the hospital where a sexual assault kit was administered.

On August 4, police received a DNA report from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Forensic Department, which, according to the affidavit, showed that Webber’s DNA was found on the woman.

“This DNA report from the University of Nebraska Medical Center contradicts Webber’s claim he did not have any sexual contact with the victim,” the affidavit states.

Webber has yet to enter a plea.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.

'Made my blood boil ': DA blasts defense’s courtroom statements after Jesse Butler case is dismissed

Emotions ran high as a Payne County judge dismissed Jesse Butler’s sexual assault case as his youthful offender supervision ended one day before his 19th birthday.

Updated: 5:07 PM CDT Aug 3, 2026 By Kylee Thomas, Reporter

STILLWATER, Okla. —

A high-profile sexual assault case that captured attention across the country officially came to an end on Monday. 

A Payne County judge dismissed the case against Jesse Butler, the Stillwater teenager who pleaded no-contest to multiple sexual assault charges as his youthful offender supervision reached its legal end.

Inside the courtroom, emotions ran high, and the judge said he had no choice but to dismiss the criminal case. This all unfolded one day before Butler's 19th birthday. 

Butler was granted youthful offender status after initially being charged as an adult, later entering no-contest pleas in a case involving the sexual assault of two teenage girls. 

Since then, he has remained under court supervision. 

"They’re devastated, obviously, but it’s also the outcome they knew was going to happen just based on everything that has happened," Rachel Bussett, the attorney for one of the victims' families, said. 

Monday's hearing was the final review of Butler's rehabilitation plan. The Office of Juvenile Affairs said he completed every requirement, and the judge said that left the court with no choice. 

Under Oklahoma law, his supervision ends when he turns 19, and the court has no authority to extend it. 

"Judges aren’t supposed to make the law. They’re supposed to interpret the law. It’s the legislature’s job to make the law. If you don’t like it, vote for new legislators," Bussett said. 

Judge calls remarks in court 'disingenuous' 

Butler's attorney called it a "big day" for his client, encouraging him not to look back in a speech that left the victim and the victim's family in tears. 

The newly sworn-in Payne County District Attorney Jeremiah Gregory had an impassioned response to the speech, calling it a "disingenuous sack of garbage." 

The attorney for one of the victims' families said the next step will be a civil lawsuit, which she expects to file later this week.

Full Statement from Jeremiah Gregory, District Attorney for Logan and Payne Counties

>“Today was the final hearing in the matter of the criminal case against Jesse Mack Butler. Today’s hearing included disingenuous assertions from the defense regarding the defendant’s innocence, that he was the victim in this matter, and that the victim’s assertions were false had no bearing. The defense portrayed that somehow the perpetrator suffered more than these victims. What was said was insincere, untruthful, and affront to these victims and what they have endured. Nothing has made my blood boil more. I did not know this was going to be allowed, nor did the defense attorney reveal he intended to make any kind of statement. The statements made in court were inappropriate to say the least, and I will not remain silent without contradicting such assertions. I have asked the Court to allow me to supplement the record to refute these egregious statements made by the defense so that the victims of these crimes may be heard.

>This case was filed and prosecuted and the defendant was pled and sentenced a year ago prior to my assuming office last Friday. I want the public to understand that in cases where a defendant either has pled or has been found guilty by a judge or jury, the United States Constitution says the defendant shall not be “subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” This is the Double Jeopardy clause of our Constitution. So the government of the State of Oklahoma cannot prosecute a defendant a second time for the same offense after a defendant has already been convicted, nor can the government of the State of Oklahoma hand out more than one criminal punishment for the same offense. The Constitution I was sworn to uphold unambiguously prohibits it.

However, the federal government is a separate sovereign entity from the State of Oklahoma where double jeopardy has not attached. Therefore, my office will be submitting this case to the appropriate federal agency for prosecutorial review of this matter. I cannot undo what has already been done, but I can – and will – continue to stand as a strong voice for all victims of violent crime.”

✨My extra note from recent rumors that the perp was going to attend LSU this fall have been denied by LSU✨

Tragic and sad. 😭

91-year-old husband executed wife with Alzheimer's to keep promise he 'would never put her in a nursing home': Police

JERRY LAMBE Aug 5th, 2026, 5:29 pm

A 91-year-old Florida man allegedly spent weeks planning to kill his wife, telling detectives he shot her rather than break a promise never to place her in a nursing home as she suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

William Albert Lippold is charged with premeditated first-degree murder with a firearm in the death of his 87-year-old wife, Mary Lippold, court records show.

According to a probable cause affidavit from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to the couple's home on Como Court in St. Augustine shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, following a 911 call from the couple's son, who reported that his father had killed his mother.

When deputies arrived, they ordered William Lippold and his 63-year-old son, David Lippold, out of the residence. As deputies secured the scene, William allegedly made an unsolicited confession, telling them, "It's not complicated, I shot my wife."

Deputies found Mary Lippold dead on a bed in the master bedroom beside a firearm, a spent shell casing and a note, with blood surrounding her body.

David Lippold told detectives his father had called him that morning and said, "I did something bad, I need you to come over." When he arrived at the house, his father asked him to sit down before telling him he had killed his mother, according to the affidavit.

David Lippold said he then walked into the bedroom and found his mother "obviously deceased" with blood, a gun and a note nearby. He also told investigators that his father said he had tried to kill himself by placing a plastic bag over his head after the shooting but "ultimately couldn't do it."

According to the affidavit, David Lippold explained that his father had been the sole caregiver for his mother.

During a post-Miranda interview, Lippold told detectives he had been planning the killing for about a month.

“William described his wife as blind and having Alzheimer's and that he was her sole caretaker [sic]," the affidavit states. "William said he had previously promised his wife he would never put her in a nursing home, so he views this as keeping his promise to her. William also described text messages and emails he had shared back and forth with his adult children about the stress of the situation."

Lippold allegedly admitted recently purchasing the firearm used in the shooting, going to a firing range to learn how to use it and planning to suffocate himself with a plastic bag afterward, though he said the attempt failed.

The affidavit also states that detectives canvassed the neighborhood and spoke with a resident who reported hearing what sounded like a gunshot around 11 p.m. the previous night.

Neighbors described the couple as well-liked members of the community in interviews with Jacksonville CBS affiliate WJXT.

"Well, she was blind, and frail. And then he started getting even frailer. But they were a really nice couple, and everybody's heart broke," neighbor Bill Meyers told the station. "Everybody in the neighborhood's heart broke because we all loved the guy and we'd do anything for him."

Lippold remained in custody on the murder charge as of Wednesday. Court records did not indicate whether he had retained an attorney or when he was scheduled to appear in court.

This was an interesting video (24 minutes) for a break from other current cases. Per the video comments, former employees cite this as being really accurate. The historical footage and news reports were interesting too.

Warning: Long Post

For clarity, I am NOT watching this trial. I typically have a hard time with child deaths. They are so tragic and depressing. I have read the recaps; the transcripts of specific testimony: the civil case complaints; reviewed the photos of the exterior windows, trim blood, house shingles blood marks (very important evidence), and the distances involved. I also am aware it was winter, very cold, and the ground was essentially frozen.

I’ve seen many comments about her “jump” / “jumping”; “diving” / “nose-diving”; the impossibility that she wasn’t trying to su*cide herself, given her ultimate extensive spinal injuries. Her “shattered” spine being one sign she really was sincere in her effort to die.

I decided to post only for the additional education aspect. Someone posted the alleged injuries. I believe these were from a search warrant. Please note: there is no discussion on this list of the classification of her C1 burst fracture aka ”Jefferson fracture”. The search warrant list could be incomplete.

https://preview.redd.it/vuhtceia2xgh1.jpg?width=937&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=576201fa3a875d847d1d76ce8a189537a165b2d6

In case anyone wishes to understand #3 nominally better regarding the tricolumnar aspect, review here - has good graphics and easy to understand explanation:

Three column concept of spinal fractures

There is also conflicting information provided by her Defense attorney. Specifically around the number of rib fractures.

https://preview.redd.it/hltyotyy2xgh1.jpg?width=1849&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=682f17cd3eaee206f01f01022b7463c48d111102

So far I feel dubious about her su*cide attempt(s). I sought out more information specifically to understand the injuries she suffered, as the blood patterns on the exterior house do not say: jumped, or a dive to me; it seems more likely that she slid partway to reduce distance, and ultimately she smacked the ground on her back, back of head, thoracic spine, taking the brunt of the contact.

I similarly hit the ground on my back, from about 5-6 feet up, so at least 4-6 feet lower at a lighter weight on non-frozen ground. My fall was backwards from losing my grip in a tree. No broken bones, but severely knocked the wind out of myself - close to passing out. Maybe a concussion. I had a fat layer, as a somewhat chubby kid of 10 or 11 years old. My own experience made me delve further, as there are definitely differences. Height of fall, weight, age, ground, fat layer, not lactating or recently lactating.

What is not being discussed:

1. The C1 burst aka “Jefferson fracture” details, except no significant TBI.

These fractures may be more common to axial downward force (as a dive), but that is NOT the only way they can happen. They can also arise from other significant forces, more akin to car wrecks, etc.

2. There are no details as to the Lindsay Clancy’s specific C1 injury classification.

I would venture: it seems this was the least troublesome of the spinal injuries at least as to her cause of paralysis, which is why so little is stated vs. her expanded upon significant T-spine injuries.

See these two videos. One is clear regarding the 3 different types of trauma that can cause a C1 burst fracture. It is also very thorough as to the classifications. The second video may be better to watch to understand ligamentous injury that sometimes accompanies these fractures.

Brain, Spine & Beyond Atlas / C1 video 10 min.

Jefferson Fracture - Dr. Nabil Ebraheim 7 min.

3. Another contributing factor to severity could be lack of fat layer, low BMI

It seems to me, given her working out, weight loss, there was little to no fat layer meeting the frozen ground; possibly exacerbating the severity of injury to some degree.

4. Potential Bone Density Issues - Lactating or Recently Lactating Mother

In reviewing the civil case, there are notations about Lindsay being concerned with prescriptions at least into late October 2022 with regard to breastfeeding safety, delayed taking medications for this reason, so she was most certainly breastfeeding Callan. Most, if not all the providers she sought care from were in the psychiatric maternal infant care space.

There were no notations that I could find that she actually ever stopped breastfeeding. She may have, but she was definitively breastfeeding at least 3 months and possibly much less in advance. I suspect she was still breastfeeding almost up to the day of, or possibly stopped during her inpatient stay at McLean.

A pretty significant amount of calcium, which is high demand during milk production/lactation comes from spinal bone resorption. I’m not saying she suffered from fragility fractures, but I am saying this could have worsened/contributed to the severity of the spinal fractures she had. More brittle bones fracture/shatter more easily.

Short Version Explanation w Pic NIH Library

Long Version Explanation NIH Library

All of this may further explain various reasons WHY she ended up much more significantly injured than some of us would expect. Of the three alleged su*cide attempt methods, the bone density loss and lack of fat layer seem like the least “top of mind” for a nurse, vs. the cut injuries or ingesting medications not succeeding (intentionally?). Meaning, these two things (compromised spinal bone density and no fat layer) wouldn’t necessarily enter one’s mind in terms of ”feigned attempts” going horribly wrong.

Edit to add - I did find this article to be very useful in understanding PPD w psychosis better.

https://www.kqed.org/news/11797827/postpartum

✨My add on note: WHY NOT JUST PLEAD GUILTY?. It’s on Video!!!✨Creepy jerk.

Former Ohio Mayor Was Allegedly Caught on Video Sniffing Teen’s Underwear

Former Butler mayor Wesley Dingus faces two charges of voyeurism in connection with the alleged incident

By Angel Saunders Published on July 29, 2026 11:13PM EDT

NEED TO KNOW

• Former Butler Mayor Wesley Dingus resigned from his post in February after being charged with two counts of voyeurism
• Dingus waived his right to have his case decided by a jury and requested a bench trial on July 28
• Dingus is also facing a lawsuit from a man who claims he was hit by Dingus’ car in 2025

The mayor of an Ohio village waived his right to a jury trial after being accused of sniffing a teen’s underwear on video.

A jury trial on two misdemeanor charges of voyeurism filed against former Butler mayor Wesley Dingus was set to begin on Wednesday, July 29 in the Mansfield Municipal Court. However, one day before the trial began, Dingus withdrew his prior demand to have his case decided by a jury, according to online court records viewed by PEOPLE.

Dingus instead requested a bench trial, in which a judge would decide the outcome of the case. Following the request, the judge in the case recused himself because of Dingus’ status as a “public figure,” Cleveland 19 reported. Now, the Ohio Supreme Court will appoint a visiting judge to preside over the bench trial.

PEOPLE was unable to reach an attorney for Dingus for comment.

Dingus’ filing comes after he was charged with the two counts of voyeurism on Feb. 13 in connection with an alleged incident that authorities say took place the previous month.

In early January, a member of the Richland County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the Richland County Children’s Services after the office was “sent a video showing an adult male going through [a child’s] bedroom, picking up her underwear and smelling it,” the news station reported, citing an incident report.

In the report, the teen alleged that she became suspicious of Dingus, so she placed cameras in her bedroom because she believed he had been entering the area. Shortly after she left her home for school around 7 a.m. on Jan. 13, she got a motion detection alert from the cameras, per Cleveland 19.

The footage allegedly showed him smelling her underwear. He’s also accused of returning the following morning after she’d left for school, smelling her worn underwear, and touching his groin area over his clothes, the news station added, citing the report.

Ten days after he was charged, Dingus resigned his post as mayor in a hand-written letter on a torn piece of paper on Feb. 23.

“Effective immediately I Wesley Dingus resign as Village of Butler Mayor NOT under stress but under duress,” Dingus reportedly wrote, according to Cleveland 19.

Dingus, who had been the mayor of Butler since 2022, was later ordered to not have any contact with the teen, who has not been identified.

In addition to the voyeurism charges, Dingus is also facing a lawsuit filed by a man named Anthony Ward, who claims Dingus ran him over in a car in July 2025, causing him serious and permanent physical injuries, emotional distress, and other damages, per Cleveland 19. Dingus also faces criminal charges related to the incident, according to WJW.

PEOPLE reached out to the RCSO for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.