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Man accused of keeping woman captive in attic for weeks

u/Pixiegirls1102 — 11 days ago

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MA v. Jordende Piere

Man accused of kidnapping woman he met on dating app, keeping her captive in attic for weeks

MALDEN, Mass. (WFXT) - A Massachusetts man is being held without bail after he pleaded not guilty to keeping a woman he reportedly met on a dating app captive in an attic for weeks.

Jordende Piere, 29, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges in court Sept. 25 after he was arrested in a human trafficking investigation. He was ordered held without bail.

Prosecutors say Piere is accused of keeping a woman in the attic of a Malden apartment building for weeks, where authorities say she was sexually abused and living in poor conditions. The woman had not eaten, was covered in scabs and was using a bucket as a toilet, according to prosecutors.

Malden Police Chief Marc Gatcomb said the investigation began when an officer noticed something out of place at the apartment building, which led officers to the victim.

The woman told police she met Piere on a dating app. Investigators say he forced her to have sex with him and arranged sexual encounters with other people.

Gatcomb says the case is a reminder that human trafficking can be happening anywhere.

“[These cases] are very disturbing. There are a lot of moving parts to them. Sometimes, these types of crimes are hidden in plain sight, right under your noses in neighborhoods, hotels and whatnot,” he said.

Piere is charged with kidnapping, human trafficking and indecent assault and battery on a person over 14. Authorities say he was on release at the time of his arrest on assault and battery and weapons charges out of Somerville.

Piere is scheduled to return to court Tuesday.

Police say the investigation is ongoing, and there could be more charges involving other people.

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u/Pixiegirls1102 — 11 days ago

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FL v. Tomasz Kosowski - Trial Day 3

9/16/2026 @ 9:00 AM

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Florida plastic surgeon Dr. Tomasz Roman Kosowski is charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 disappearance and presumed death of attorney Steven Cozzi — a case involving a bitter legal dispute, surveillance video, blood evidence, a suspicious cart, and a victim whose body has never been found.

Kosowski, 47, has waived his right to a jury and is representing himself, meaning Judge Joseph A. Bulone will ultimately determine whether the State has proven him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Judge: Joseph A. Bulone
Prosecution: Bruce Bartlett, Nathan Vonderheide, and Alexandra Spadaro
Defendant: Tomasz Roman Kosowski — Pro Se
Standby Counsel: Daniel Hernandez, Jane McNeill
Special Counsel: John Nohlgren

Background:

On March 21, 2023, Cozzi, 41, disappeared from the Blanchard Law Firm in Largo, Florida. Investigators say a significant amount of blood was discovered in the law firm's bathroom along with evidence suggesting a violent attack had occurred.

Prosecutors allege Kosowski entered the building that morning and later left while pulling a large cart. Investigators believe Cozzi's body was concealed inside. Authorities subsequently traced Kosowski's movements away from the law office as they attempted to determine what happened to Cozzi and where his remains may have been taken.

At the time of Cozzi's disappearance, Kosowski was involved in a contentious lawsuit against his former employer, the Laufer Institute of Plastic Surgery. Cozzi represented defendants involved in that litigation, and prosecutors allege the legal dispute provided the motive for the killing.

Kosowski was arrested several days after Cozzi disappeared. Although Cozzi's body has never been recovered, prosecutors contend that physical evidence, surveillance footage, digital evidence and Kosowski's movements before and after the disappearance establish what happened.

Kosowski has pleaded not guilty and is currently in jail awaiting his trial.

The State is seeking the death penalty.

If Kosowski is convicted of first-degree murder, the case could proceed to a penalty phase to determine whether he will be sentenced to death or life in prison.

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u/Pixiegirls1102 — 30 days ago

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Surgeon Representing Himself Raises Hand During His Own Murder Trial

✨✨ For those that missed it, before the afternoon session began in court, there was a discussion between Kosowski and he judge. Unfortunately, we only got to hear a couple of sentences, but they were tense. The judge did ask if he was speaking to him, or talking to himself since it was heard by several people. Kosowski then demanded the microphone be removed.

He was also seen today marking off items or names on a notepad. He still has not cross examined any of the witnesses so far. I would not be surprised if he did want to cross examine the four people that just had to do another deposition. The witnesses were asked again about the search warrants and the processing of the Toyota Tundra.

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After the lunch break, Dr. Tomasz Kosowski raised his hand in the courtroom to address the judge, telling him that he objected to having a microphone positioned in front of him. The judge acknowledged his concern and said the microphone would be removed. Kosowski is accused of killing Largo attorney Steven Cozzi, who disappeared in March 2023. Cozzi’s body has never been found.

u/Pixiegirls1102 — 30 days ago

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Murder of 21-year-old Chelsea Marie Yasser

A killer caught on camera. What happened to Chelsea Yasser in a Burlington Coat Factory parking lot?

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A young woman is stabbed 11 times. Her killer is caught on surveillance video. The suspected vehicle is captured on camera. And yet, more than a decade later, no one has been arrested.

Tonight on Courtroom Insider, Nate Eaton takes a closer look at the haunting unsolved murder of 21-year-old Chelsea Marie Yasser.

On May 15, 2016, Chelsea was seen getting into a dark red or maroon minivan in Aurora, Colorado. Less than 30 minutes later, surveillance cameras captured the vehicle pulling into a vacant Burlington Coat Factory parking lot.

What happened next lasted only seconds.

Tonight, Nate is joined by Aurora Police Detective Jason McDonald, who takes us inside the investigation, the evidence captured on camera and the clues detectives are still pursuing.

Could the clue that solves this case still be out there?

u/Pixiegirls1102 — 1 month ago

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Lindsay Clancy Discussion Megathread

✨✨Because we follow a variety of legal cases, we are opening a Lindsay Clancy Discussion thread for those to post questions and comments. Please post anything in here so the CWF feed doesn't get clogged with duplicates and random LC posts.

Thanks for understanding.

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u/Pixiegirls1102 — 1 month ago

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CA v. Menendez Brothers

Parole board grants Erik and Lyle Menendez early suitability hearing

LOS ANGELES (Court TV) — The California Board of Parole has granted the Menendez brothers another chance for release, scheduling an early parole suitability hearing for 2027.

Lyle Menendez, 58, and Erik Menendez, 55, were originally sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering their parents. The brothers fatally shot their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion on Aug. 20, 1989. Lyle and Erik Menendez originally claimed they were not home at the time of the killings; they later admitted to shooting their parents but maintained they had acted in self-defense after years of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of their father. Prosecutors argued the brothers killed the victims because they wanted a multimillion-dollar inheritance.

While Lyle and Erik Menendez were initially not eligible for release, they were resentenced in May 2025 after a change in California law for youthful offenders.

Two commissioners on the parole board denied Lyle Menendez parole in August 2025, noting he displayed “anti-social personality traits like deception, minimization and rule-breaking that lie beneath that positive surface,” and citing his behavior behind bars. The board denied Erik Menendez’s bid for parole days earlier, also in August 2025, for similar reasons after the board determined that his misbehavior in prison made him a risk to the public if released. Both brothers, the board found, illegally possessed cellphones while behind bars; the commissioners questioned how the pair could be trusted in society if they couldn’t follow prison regulations.

After their parole was denied in 2025, both brothers were initially told they would have to wait three years to apply again; the California Board of Parole granted a request to advance the date and tentatively scheduled the hearing for March 2027.

“For almost 40 years, Erik and Lyle have worked to take responsibility for their actions,” the Menendez family said in a statement to Court TV. “Erik and Lyle were once sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. We will always be profoundly grateful that they have been resentenced and that our family can now imagine a future in which they are once again part of our daily lives.”

Parole board grants Erik and Lyle Menendez early suitability hearing | Court TV

u/Pixiegirls1102 — 1 month ago

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Plastic Surgeon Accused of Killing Lawyer Chooses Bench Trial

FL v. Tomasz Kosowski

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9/7/2026 @ 9:00 AM

Dr. Tomasz Kosowski, who will represent himself in his upcoming murder trial, stated in court on Monday that he wants a bench trial. Kosowski emphasized that he did not want a jury to hear his trial, leaving his fate in the hands of a judge. When Judge Joseph Bulone asked whether it was in his best interest to go non-jury as opposed to jury, Kosowski responded, “I really have to answer that?” Kosowski is accused of killing Steven Cozzi, an attorney representing a client who was suing him. Kosowski’s trial is scheduled to start with jury selection on Sept. 14.

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Also:

https://youtu.be/0A_TkRYQZog?si=fROoP0mFgkQnqxtQ

u/Pixiegirls1102 — 1 month ago

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UT v. Tyler Robinson

HEARING: Charlie Kirk Murder Trial — UT v. Tyler Robinson

9/1/2026 @ 12:00 PM

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, is back in court Tuesday as prosecutors and the defense deliver closing arguments in his preliminary hearing. Judge Tony Graf is expected to determine whether prosecutors presented enough evidence to establish probable cause and send Robinson’s case forward to trial. Kirk’s widow, Erika, and his parents are expected to attend the proceedings, while Robinson’s attorneys are also seeking to keep cameras out of the courtroom for the arguments.

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u/Pixiegirls1102 — 1 month ago

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MA v. Lindsay Clancy - Day 25

LIVE: MA v. Lindsay Clancy - Day 25| Accused Killer Mom Trial

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Opening statements begin Monday for Massachusetts mom Lindsay Clancy after she killed her three young children inside the family's home in January 2023 before attempting to take her own life. Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, were found with exercise bands around their necks. Prosecutors contend Clancy intentionally strangled the children, while her defense argues she was suffering from severe postpartum depression and psychosis that left her unable to understand her actions. Jurors are expected to hear testimony from medical experts, investigators, and family members as they determine whether Clancy is criminally responsible for her children's deaths.

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Day 25 was the jury’s fourth day of deliberations. There was no additional testimony or evidence presented.

The jury returned to court shortly after 9:00 a.m. At approximately 10:00 a.m., they sent Judge William Sullivan a note stating that, after many hours of deliberation, they had been unable to reach a unanimous decision.

Judge Sullivan brought the jurors into the courtroom and acknowledged the length and complexity of the case, which included more than 80 witnesses and approximately 300 exhibits. He instructed them to review the court’s previous instructions and continue deliberating.

This was the jury’s first indication that it may be at an impasse. The judge did not declare a mistrial, and the jury’s numerical split—or which verdicts are being considered—was not disclosed.

The jurors continued deliberating for the remainder of the day but did not reach a verdict. They were dismissed for the evening and are expected to resume deliberations Wednesday morning.

Where Things Stand

The jury must reach a unanimous verdict for each child. The available outcomes include:

Not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility
First-degree murder
Second-degree murder
Involuntary manslaughter

For a guilty verdict, the Commonwealth must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible at the time of the killings, in addition to proving the elements of the specific offense.

A report that jurors cannot agree does not automatically result in a mistrial. The judge may direct them to continue deliberating and, if the impasse continues, may later give the formal supplemental instruction commonly called a Tuey-Rodriguez or “dynamite” charge.

🚨 No verdict was reached on Day 25. Deliberations continue.

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u/Pixiegirls1102 — 1 month ago

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Katelyn Goble Hears GUILTY Five Times in Under a Minute

VERDICT: GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS

The jury was out barely an hour. Then they came back, and it took about twenty seconds to say it five times.

This is the verdict in State of Georgia v. Katelyn Goble, the disappearance and dismemberment case out of Newton County. Morgan Bauer was 19 when she vanished from Atlanta in 2016. Her family looked for her for seven years. Her remains were not recovered from a property in Porterdale until 2023.

Goble stood at the defense table between her two lawyers and listened to it. Malice murder. Felony murder. Aggravated assault. Tampering with evidence. Concealing the death of another. Guilty on every one.

Then comes the part almost nobody sees on television. The defense asked that the jury be polled, so the judge went down the box one at a time and asked every single juror the same three questions to their face. Was that your verdict in the jury room. Is that your verdict now. Was it freely and voluntarily entered into by you. Twelve people, one after another, with the woman they just convicted standing a few feet away. Nobody hesitated and nobody changed an answer.

KEY MOMENTS

0:00 - The jury files back in and takes its seats. Goble stands with both of her lawyers and waits. Watch the room in the silence before anyone says anything.

2:02 - The judge confirms the jury has reached a verdict and has it carried to the bench.

2:29 - The verdict, count by count. Five counts, five times guilty, in about twenty seconds.

2:52 - Signed and dated in open court, August 31, 2026.

3:02 - The polling begins. Every juror, three questions each, to their face.

5:00 - The judge thanks the jury, calls it six hard days, and tells them their service traces back to the Sixth and Seventh Amendments.

5:34 - Discharged. The whole courtroom is held in place until the last juror has walked out.

CASE BACKGROUND REPORT:
https://justiceisaprocess.com/ga-v-go...
Complete case overview: who Morgan Bauer was, the seven years her family spent looking for her, the five counts a Newton County grand jury returned, the co-defendant who has already pleaded guilty and is serving life without parole, and the recorded statements the State built its case on. Katelyn Goble was convicted on all five counts on August 31, 2026.

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u/Pixiegirls1102 — 1 month ago

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GA v. Katelyn Goble — Day 5

LIVE: Disappeared & Dismembered Trial — GA v. Katelyn Goble — Day 5

8/31/2026 @ 9:00 AM

Nineteen-year-old Morgan Bauer vanished in 2016 after moving from South Dakota to Georgia, launching a seven-year search for answers. Her remains were discovered in 2023, and investigators determined she had been strangled, dismembered and burned. Katelyn Goble now faces trial in connection with Bauer’s death. Her former co-defendant Jonathan Warren is expected to testify after pleading guilty and receiving life without parole.

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u/Pixiegirls1102 — 2 months ago

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⚖️”On the CWF Docket”:⚖️ Week of 8/31/2026

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We begin the week with Day 2 of jury deliberations for the Lindsay Clancy trial and closing arguments for Duane “Keffe D” Davis on Monday. The Katelyn Goble trial goes into it’s second week. It’s a disturbing, but interesting trial, satanic rituals, dismemberment, and canabalism.

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⚖️MONDAY 8/31/2026⚖️

✔️ MA v. Lindsay Clancy [TR] Trial Day 24

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✔️ NV vs Duane "Keefe D" Davis [TR] Trial Day 11

✔️ GA v. Katelyn Goble [TR] Trial Day 5

✔️ CA v. David Burke "D4vd" [SH]

✔️ FL v. Tomasz Kosowski [PT]

✔️ NY v. Richard Bilodeau [SH]

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⚖️TUESDAY 9/1/2026⚖️

✔️ MA v. Lindsay Clancy [TR] Trial Day 25

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✔️ NV vs Duane "Keefe D" Davis [TR] Trial Day 12

✔️ GA v. Katelyn Goble [TR] Trial Day 6

✔️ MI v. Kelli Bryant [STN]

✔️ US v. Matthew Farwell [SH]

✔️ UT v. Tyler Robinson [PL]

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⚖️WEDNESDAY 9/2/2026⚖️

✔️ MA v. Lindsay Clancy [TR] Trial Day 26

✔️ NV vs Duane "Keefe D" Davis [TR] Trial Day 13

✔️ GA v. Katelyn Goble [TR] Trial Day 7

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⚖️THURSDAY 9/3/2026⚖️

✔️ MA v. Lindsay Clancy [TR] Trial Day 27

✔️ NV vs Duane "Keefe D" Davis [TR] Trial Day 14

✔️ GA v. Katelyn Goble [TR] Trial Day 8

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⚖️FRIDAY 9/4/2026⚖️

✔️ MA v. Lindsay Clancy [TR] Trial Day 28

✔️ NV vs Duane "Keefe D" Davis [TR] Trial Day 15

✔️ GA v. Katelyn Goble [TR] Trial Day 9

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u/Pixiegirls1102 — 2 months ago

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MA v. Lindsay Clancy - Weekend Discussion Thread - 8/29/2026

✨✨We are now on Verdict Watch and there are still many discussions people are posting about. I've started another weekend discussion thread so we don't have a million new posts when your question can be posted in the discussion thread.

Please remember to be civil. No name calling, no report abuse, no comment 'wars'. The amount of mean and disparaging comments is truly disappointing. CWF is NOT a drama sub and will not tolerate any drama. This case is already emotional and heart breaking. Let's leave our posts/comments about the case in an adult and civil.😊😁

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u/Pixiegirls1102 — 2 months ago

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Patrick Clancy Didn't Kill His Kids

✨✨LYK goes over evidence, investigation, testimony, and discrepancies that have been brought up lately.

💥💥This post wasn’t to debate Patrick’s guilt or innocence. It was to put the speculation to bed. LYK answers those questions in this video. Some of you may not agree that the investigation was sufficient, but Patrick was cleared by police, and no charges were filed. Continuing to perpetuate rumors of an affair or involvement in this awful tragedy is irresponsible, harmful, and unfair, especially when those claims are unsupported by evidence. Please stop perpetuating these rumors, and refrain from making hostile or personal attacks against one another in the comments. Disagreement is understandable, but cruelty and disrespect are not.

Bronx Woman in Psychosis Found Not Responsible for Killing Her 2 Sons - The New York Times

u/Pixiegirls1102 — 2 months ago

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NY v. Dimone Fleming

Bronx Woman in Psychosis Found Not Responsible for Killing Her 2 Sons

^(A judge found Dimone Fleming not responsible for the deaths of her children at a shelter in 2022. Doctors said she had postpartum psychosis.)

She was naked from the waist up, sitting on a bed and holding a children’s book upside down when the police found her in a Bronx shelter on Nov. 26, 2022, according to prosecutors.

The woman, Dimone Fleming, 22, had repeatedly stabbed her sons, Octavius Canada, 11 months, and Daishawn Fleming, 3, and then submerged them in a bathtub full of water.

On Monday, nearly four years later, prosecutors and a lawyer for Ms. Fleming, now 26, agreed she was in a state of psychosis when she killed her children. A judge found her not responsible by mental disease or defect. As a result, she will avoid prison, but could be hospitalized for months, if not years, if doctors determine she is still mentally ill.

The resolution, reached quietly in Bronx Criminal Court, came as national attention has been focused on the trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts woman charged with murdering her three young children in 2023.

Her case, unlike Ms. Fleming’s, has drawn local and international coverage with Court TV constantly streaming testimony, and has revived discussion on how mentally ill mothers who kill their children should be treated and prosecuted. Ms. Clancy has admitted to strangling her children, but has said she was experiencing postpartum psychosis, a condition that can cause hallucinations and delusions. In contrast with Ms. Fleming’s case, Massachusetts prosecutors have rejected Ms. Clancy’s defense and have argued that she “coldly and calculatingly executed” her children.

In the Bronx case, prosecutors, who had initially charged Ms. Fleming with first-degree murder, said that trying her for the killings and seeking a prison sentence would not serve justice.

“Prosecuting mothers does not and cannot prevent these crimes from happening, but public discourse might,” Tiffany Wichman, a Bronx assistant district attorney, said in an interview after the judge, Audrey Stone, accepted the plea. “People talking about it is important, and I hope people continue talking about it.”

In November 2022, Ms. Fleming was working at a concession stand in Flushing Meadows in Queens and living in a shelter in the Mount Hope neighborhood of the Bronx with Octavius and Daishawn. Columbus Canada, then Ms. Fleming’s boyfriend and Octavius’s father, lived with her and the children at the time.

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Columbus Canada, Ms. Fleming’s former boyfriend and Octavius Canada’s father, said that he forgave Ms. Fleming and that “she was a loving person.”Credit...Elias Williams for The New York Times

For about two months, Ms. Fleming had been going to the Floating Hospital in Queens, where she was being treated for symptoms of anxiety and depression, according to court records. Doctors gave her a diagnosis of major depressive disorder and prescribed her psychotropic medication.

But she was not taking the medicine and instead was using marijuana daily, which exacerbated the symptoms, according to court records.

The night she killed her children, Ms. Fleming was “grossly psychotic and out of touch with reality,” Dr. Eric Goldsmith, a psychiatrist who evaluated her at the request of prosecutors, wrote in a report.

She was hallucinating, convinced that the world was coming to an end and that a spirit had invaded her body, Dr. Goldsmith wrote.

According to a forensic psychiatric report written by doctors retained by the defense, “Ms. Fleming believed her actions were necessary to protect or ‘cleanse’ her children.”

She stabbed her children with kitchen shears, then placed them in the bathtub where she covered them with a sheet.

Sometime before 7:30 p.m., an employee of the shelter called 911 after smoke and water started coming from the apartment. (She had left the stove on and the faucet running.) When the police arrived, the officers, who did not know about the boys and did not see the children, waited for emergency medical services to take Ms. Fleming, who was visibly agitated, to St. Barnabas Hospital.

Mr. Canada found the children when he returned home later that night. The boys were later declared dead at a hospital.

In court on Monday, Ms. Fleming, dressed in a white sweater and sweatpants, said she understood Judge Stone’s questions about her ability to comprehend the proceedings.

Ms. Fleming will be evaluated again by court-appointed psychiatrists and return to court on Sept. 18, when Judge Stone expects to make a ruling based on the results of their examinations.

Ms. Fleming faces three possible consequences, Judge Stone said.

If doctors determine she still has a mental illness and is dangerous, she could be committed to a high-security hospital and held for an initial six months, with her commitment extended indefinitely if her condition does not improve. If doctors find she is not dangerous but still mentally ill, she could be sent to a less restrictive hospital and evaluated again, with the possibility of an indefinite hold.

If they find she is mentally fit, she could be discharged, Judge Stone said. The court is likely to place conditions on her release, such as requiring her to attend counseling programs, according to Ms. Fleming’s lawyer, Jodi Morales.

Mr. Canada, 35, was in court on Monday and said in an interview that he forgave Ms. Fleming.

“She’s a good person,” Mr. Canada said. “She was a loving person. She loved kids.”

Ms. Fleming, who has been held at Rikers, still mourns her children, said Ms. Morales.

Ms. Morales praised Ms. Wichman, the prosecutor, describing her approach to the case as compassionate and understanding.

“Everybody recognized what we were dealing with here, so I think the resolution was a result of collaboration,” Ms. Morales said. “That doesn’t happen often when you’re on opposite sides of the table.”

A handwritten ‘spell’ allegedly written by Katelyn Goble. (Court TV)

u/Pixiegirls1102 — 2 months ago

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GA v. Katelyn Goble

‘I think we got away with it’: Accused killer’s ex recounts disturbing conversation

PORTERDALE, Ga. (Court TV) — A woman accused of killing, dismembering and burning a victim found on her ex-boyfriend’s property allegedly confessed to the crime years later after drinking.

Katelyn Goble, 30, is charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, tampering with evidence and concealing the death of another; she has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Goble’s co-defendant, Jonathan “Alex” Warren, pleaded guilty to the same charges and admitted his involvement in the death of Morgan Bauer.

Bauer, 19, disappeared in 2016, but her remains weren’t found until 2023, when Goble allegedly admitted to having a role in her disappearance. Prosecutors said that Goble tried to convince officers that Warren was the true killer in an effort to minimize her own culpability — she decided to come forward, investigators said, because her ex-husband knew the truth.

David Settles II met Goble in 2016 after Bauer’s death and after the defendant’s relationship with Warren had ended. The two married and divorced but share children together. Settles was named as a key witness for the prosecution after investigators revealed that the defendant had allegedly confessed to him.

Settles testified on Friday that months into his relationship with Goble, the two went on a road trip to California, where they met up with Warren. He recounted a strange conversation between Warren and Goble that he overheard one day, which he described as “hush-hush.”

>Warren: “How much does he know?”
Goble: “What we’ve discussed.”
Warren: “So he doesn’t know anything?”
Goble: “Correct.”
Warren: “So I think we got away with it.”

Days later, Settles said that he and Goble came upon Warren fighting with his girlfriend. Warren was yelling, “She’s gonna talk! She’s gonna talk!” While Settles said that he stayed back from the confrontation, Goble allegedly approached Warren’s girlfriend and said, “You better keep your mouth shut, or else you’re gonna regret it.”

Settles had no idea what the conversations were about for months, until Goble called him one evening while she was drunk at the strip club where she worked. “She had called me up one night and was having a really bad night and she had basically confessed everything to me because I guess that she had reached her breaking point. She didn’t want to hold it in anymore,” he testified.

Settles said that Goble blamed Warren for killing Bauer while she was out of the house. “Eventually, she came back to the house,” Settles said. “I’m assuming Alex wanted help with cleanup.”

In interviews with investigators, Settles said that Goble described the grisly way they tried to dispose of Bauer’s body. “She admitted that they had chopped up her body and put it in acid,” he said. “Like, dissolved it.”

In their opening statement to the jury, Goble’s defense attorney conceded that his client had helped dispose of the victim’s body, but maintained she had no role in killing Bauer. He described Goble as “scared of her boyfriend” after Bauer’s death.

Prosecutors elicited testimony from Settles saying exactly the opposite. “There had been times when Katelyn was talking about what she does for her job, working at the club, and she was talking about how easy it is to manipulate men to get what she wants.”

Part of the manipulation, Settles said, was using spells on people. Settles gave prosecutors a photograph of a “manipulation spell” he said he found in his belongings, which he believed Goble had tried to target him with. When asked whether Goble was “into witchcraft,” Settles responded, “She had an altar in our closet.”

The spell, introduced into evidence, required ingredients including a photo, hair or nail clipping, vinegar, glass and bugs. The instructions recommended that the person who performs the spell follow it with “a cleansing protection spell for self.”

Prosecutors also called Goble’s younger brother, Alexander Stafford, to the stand on Friday to testify that he had never seen his sister be controlled by a boyfriend. “She’s never been, like, the follower of a boyfriend. She’s always been either right there beside them doing what they’re doing or the one making the decisions,” he said. Recalling his sister in high school, he said that she was interested in serial killers and would dress in “all black, dark clothes” with “really dark eyeliner all down her eyes, and just kind of outlandish makeup a little bit.”

Testimony is scheduled to continue on Monday.

‘I think we got away with it’: Accused killer’s ex recounts disturbing conversation | Court TV

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Kouri Richins restitution hearing

Kouri Richins appeared for a restitution hearing before Judge Richard Mrazik on Friday, August 28th, 2026.

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LAURA OWENS PLEADS GUILTY | State of AZ v Laura Owens | Settlement Conference | Aug. 28, 2026

Laura Owens

A Settlement Conference in the State of Arizona v. Laura Michelle Owens criminal case occurred on August 28, 2026 @ 2:30 PM MST in Maricopa County Superior Court. Ed Leiter represented the State.

Laura was represented by attorney Christian Lueders.

During the proceedings, Laura pled GUILTY to 4 counts:

Count 1: Fraudulent Schemes & Artifices (victim Clayton Echard)
Count 6: Perjury (victim Clayton Echard)
Count 9: Fraudulent Schemes & Artifices (victim Greg Gillespie)
Count 10: Taking the Identity of Another (victim Mitchell – ultrasound)

Case Details: Official Sentencing Hearing: October 23, 2026, at 9:00 AM.

Sentencing Terms: Probation is anticipated for the majority of the charges; Count 1 carries potential prison time under Arizona law.

Laura was originally charged with 14 felonies.

Express permission has been obtained by Maricopa County Court to post this publicly available video to YouTube.

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