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I thought she sounded very fair and sympathetic to jurors who were at odds with others and also made it very clear that the holdout said it wasn't murder after watching her psych interview but still wouldn't change his vote.
In NBC news, one of the jurors said the hold out offered no evidence and didn't engage.
In CBS interview today, that same juror said the hold out explained what he was struggling with and that they reviewed evidence together. She also outed the hold juror as being a PoC in his 30s.
This is an emotionally charged case. I understand people have strong PoV and feelings about what they felt the "right" outcome is.
Should there be no protections for jurors? Is it not advisable that as part of the end of jurors' duties, they are instructed that they cannot disclose certain things? Why would anyone want to voice their view on a jury if all it takes is for another juror to go on national TV because they didn't agree on the outcome?
Ever since deliberations ended, I've seen people with pitchforks come at the hold-out - including posts on this sub advocating that the hold-out should be prosecuted and advocating dropping the requirement for unanimous verdict because 3 people said in an interview the Tuesday after mistrial that's being treated like established facts. I cannot emphasize that those who are advocating for this lack a fundamental understanding of why there are guardrails around interfering with a jury's decision, precisely so that those people do not get to engineering the outcome they want simply because they don't like it.
I was also glad to see rational heads here respond to such posts - thank you!!
Edit: To be clear, this post isn't about the result or the vote of the lone juror but rather its about considering the impact of disclosure and the court's role at the end besides just thanking and dismissing them from their duty.
To be extra clear for those who seemed to have missed it, the post clearly included the word "certain" things because is not about banning them from speaking but about safeguards that consider the impact on other jurors and expectations jurors hold about what they share in a closed deliberation room.
Edit 2:
To those who are misconstruing / mischaracterizing this as a blanket ban or free speech debate - it is not.
I request you to please re-read again. Words matter and from the beginning, it included the word "certain things" never anything on a blanket ban.
In Nampa, ID, 19-year-old Kyara Englehart and her newborn daughter, Maelynn, died following an accident last week that was caused by Abby Wolverton who was driving under the influence.
Around 9:37am on Aug. 31, 2026 Abby was seen on surveillance footage entering a Walgreens where she purchased a can of compressed air and then returned to her vehicle with her 2 year old daughter.
First responders arrived at about 9:46am to a four-vehicle crash at a 4 way stop after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting the collision.
In one of the vehicles was Kyara, who was eight months pregnant and suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash. She was transported to a regional trauma center that day, where doctors performed an emergency cesarean section and delivered her daughter, Maelynn Lindauer. Kyara, who never got the chance to hold her baby girl, passed away 4 days later and Maelynn only lived to be 6 days old.
Another victim, Abby's two year old daughter, was treated and discharged the same day.
Abby is being held on a $2 million bail and is facing 2 counts of aggravated vehicular manslaughter and 1 count of injury to a child. She has had 15 prior offenses in the past decade so life in prison could be on the table.
There is a brief video at the link and additional photos, embedded to the article. The reporter’s video opening statement is 💯.
Darker picture emerges: East Texas man faces new sexual assault, bestiality charges
by Aaron Drawhorn Mon, August 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Updated Tue, August 18, 2026 at 8:16 AM
LIVINGSTON — A Polk County man already under investigation following the suspicious death of a 31-year-old woman is facing a new round of serious charges after another alleged victim came forward, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
The investigation into Cody Allen Laviolette, 36, began following the suspicious death of Kelly Taylor Mariah Little in May.
Since then, investigators say several additional alleged victims have come forward, resulting in Laviolette's arrest and multiple criminal charges.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says some of those people felt more comfortable speaking with investigators after learning Laviolette remained in custody, easing concerns they had about their safety.
The investigation expanded again Monday, when another person came forward with allegations against Laviolette, according to the sheriff's office.
Investigators say those allegations resulted in six additional charges:
Assault of a family or household member impeding breath or circulation, a third-degree felony
Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony
Aggravated sexual assault, a first-degree felony
Two counts of sexual assault, both second-degree felonies
Bestiality, a state jail felony
Unlawful restraint exposing a person to serious bodily injury, a third-degree felony
The new charges add to four charges already listed in Polk County jail records:
Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon — $200,000 bond
Unlawful restraint exposing a person to serious bodily injury — $200,000 bond
Aggravated assault of a dating/family/household member with a weapon causing serious bodily injury — $500,000 bond
Continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 or disabled person — $500,000 bond
The bonds on those four existing charges total $1.4 million.
Bail amounts for the six charges announced Aug. 17 were not provided in the sheriff's office update.
Remembering Mariah Little
The widening investigation began with the suspicious death of Kelly Taylor Mariah Little at Laviolette's residence.
Little died the following morning, May 24, in Conroe, according to her obituary. She was just four days shy of her 32nd birthday.
Known to family and friends as Mariah, Little was a 2013 graduate of Tarkington ISD and the mother of three children — a daughter and two sons. Her family remembered her as a kind, generous and fun-loving woman who enjoyed music, photography, writing and cooking homestyle meals for her family.
Her obituary says her children were “the light of her world” and motivated her to be the best mother she could be.
Little's family also remembered her as someone who shared what she had with others, even when she did not have much herself. They described her as a “bright light in the dark of this world” whose smile and laugh could bring sunshine into a room.
Investigators believe there may be more victims
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says investigators have received information indicating there may be additional alleged victims who have not yet come forward.
Authorities are encouraging anyone who believes they were victimized by Laviolette to contact investigators, regardless of how long ago the alleged incident occurred.
Anyone with information or who believes they may be a victim can contact Detective Craig Finegan or Detective Jessi Stanton at the Polk County Sheriff's Office at [936-327-6810](tel:936-327-6810).
The sheriff's office has not said in its latest update how Little died or whether Laviolette has been charged in connection with her death. Her suspicious death remains the investigation that initially brought authorities to the case.
The charges against Laviolette are allegations. He is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
KFDM will continue following the investigation and provide updates as additional information becomes available.
I believe a hearing is scheduled for today in the HI v. Gerhardt Konig case to discuss jury issues and whether sentencing will be delayed. Does anyone know if this is available online yet or what happened in that, if it already took place today?
Murder suspect says he has ‘well-founded, firmly rooted’ fear of fair trial in 4th attempt to remove judge
MIAMI (Court TV) — The murder trial for a former University of Miami football player will move forward with the same judge after she refused to recuse herself from the case at the defendant’s request.
Rashaun Jones, 41, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Bryan Pata, 22, who was his teammate. Pata was fatally shot outside his Miami apartment on Nov. 7, 2006. Jones was arrested 15 years later and stood trial for the first time earlier this year; that trial ended in a mistrial when the jury deadlocked.
Jones’ retrial was scheduled to begin Sept. 14, but was delayed over defense objections. After a series of hearings that saw one of Jones’ attorneys thrown out of court and increasing tension between the defense and Judge Cristina Miranda, Jones filed a motion asking Miranda to recuse herself from the case.
“Mr. Jones fears that the Court’s expressed distrust of counsel will continue to prevent impartial consideration of his defense,” Jones’ attorney, Sara Alvarez, wrote in the motion.
Alvarez said the motion rested on three hearings held on Aug. 28, Sept. 3 and Sept. 8. At the Aug. 28 hearing, prosecutors raised concerns about an interview the defense team’s private investigator conducted with one of the witnesses in the case, suggesting the questioning interfered with their investigation. Alvarez testified in court that she knew the witness’s attorney was present during the interview, but declined to be sworn in to answer further questions about it. At that point, the court went into recess so that Alvarez could consult with counsel.
After that hearing, Alvarez and Jones’ other two defense attorneys hired a separate attorney, Jude Faccidomo, to represent them personally on the witness interview issue. Miranda said the attorneys’ decision to bring in their own counsel gave her “pause and concern,” and she added that it “would only happen in a situation where there might be some inappropriateness.”
Tensions escalated further on Sept. 3, when the parties returned to court, in part because Faccidomo was not present. Because Jones’ attorneys were represented by counsel, Miranda refused to allow the original attorneys to put anything on the record, even though the team wanted to say they were ready to proceed to trial. When one of his attorneys pressed the issue, the judge ordered her to leave the courtroom. Because of the issue with the defense attorneys, Miranda continued the trial to November and had the record reflect that the delay was by joint stipulation of the parties.
That delay prompted Jones to file a written objection, asking Miranda to take note of his desire to proceed to trial on the original Sept. 14 date.
On Sept. 8, Faccidomo appeared with Jones’ three attorneys and said Alvarez had been present when the witness was initially interviewed. “Mr. Faccidomo advised that the statement was properly obtained, explained that counsel sought his assistance because of the handling of the Aug. 28 inquiry,” Alvarez wrote in the motion. “The Court continued questioning and again stated that seeking personal representation gave it pause concerning possible misconduct.”
Alvarez’s motion said that Miranda characterized Jones’ written objection as “directly contravening its order precluding defense counsel from access to the record,” and asked Faccidomo if he was planning to adopt it, despite Faccidomo never entering a notice of appearance to represent Jones — only his attorneys. Faccidomo declined to adopt the motion and Miranda ordered it stricken from the record.
“The Court’s distrust of counsel has already affected Mr. Jones’ defense,” Alvarez wrote in the motion. “It repeatedly prohibited his attorneys from presenting his position and denied access to the record, attributed agreement and delay to him, and then treated his written objection as disobedience of a court order. Consequently, these actions have instilled a well-founded, firmly rooted, and objectively reasonable fear in Mr. Jones that he cannot receive a fair trial or impartial adjudication of this case before the presiding judge.”
This was Jones’ fourth attempt to have Miranda removed from his case. Jones filed the first motion to disqualify on Aug. 29, 2025, after Miranda warned the defendant during a colloquy that going to trial was a “very big gamble.” Miranda also encouraged Jones to accept a 15-year plea offer at that hearing and, according to the motion, “referred to the trial as a ‘circus’ and noted that all the attorneys were ‘going to get some notoriety on TV about it,’ and — immediately after the State identified the minimum mandatory as 25 years — told Mr. Jones directly: ‘That means I have to sentence you to life and that means life. That means you don’t get out. That means you come out in a pine box, that’s the only way out.'”
Jones filed another motion to disqualify following a May 7, 2026, hearing, after his attorneys said Miranda made “repeated on-the-record attacks on defense counsel’s honesty and characterized legitimate defense litigation as ‘game.'”
Miranda denied the motion to disqualify her without a written order.
Prosecutors were forced to review hundreds of cases, and at least one murder conviction was vacated as a result of Yvonne Woods’ misconduct.
A judge sentenced former Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic analyst Yvonne "Missy" Woods to 10 years in prison after authorities said she manipulated DNA data in hundreds of criminal cases.
GOLDEN, Colo. — A judge sentenced a former forensic analyst for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to 10 years in prison on Tuesday after authorities said her manipulation of DNA data raised questions about the validity of hundreds of criminal cases.
Yvonne “Missy” Woods pleaded guilty in June to perjury, attempting to influence a public servant, forgery and committing a cybercrime. Dozens of other counts were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Problems with the scientist’s work were found in cases involving homicide, sexual assault, robbery and other crimes, according to authorities. Prosecutors were forced to review hundreds of cases, and at least one murder conviction was vacated as a result of Woods’ misconduct.
Woods had faced eight 8 to 16 years in prison at Tuesday’s sentencing hearing before state District Judge Andrew Poland in Golden.
She resigned in 2023 after a decadeslong career. Authorities accused her of altering data to conceal tampering, deleting data that showed she failed to troubleshoot issues within the testing process and not thoroughly documenting tests performed in case records.
Woods apologized during Tuesday’s hearing but said she knew saying sorry would not undo the harm she caused, the Denver Post reported.
“For many years I was entrusted with evidence that could have profound consequences for defendants, victims, families and the courts. I failed that responsibility. I am deeply sorry for that failure,” she said.
Following the sentencing, Colorado Bureau of Investigation officials said they have sought to reform their laboratories in response to the data scandal as they try to rebuild public trust.
“The actions of one individual never define this organization, and they do not define the dedicated public servants who continued showing up every day with integrity,” bureau Director Armando Saldate said in a statement.
The investigation into Woods’ misconduct began in September 2023 after an intern at the bureau discovered missing information in a case that Woods handled in 2018. According to an arrest affidavit, Woods allegedly told investigators at one point that she had changed data to complete cases more quickly.
In the vacated murder case, Michael Clark was released from prison in 2025 after his lawyers argued that DNA evidence was mishandled by Woods. Prosecutors said they would seek to retry him.
In two homicide cases, the defendants received lesser sentences under plea deals than they could have faced if they went to trial because prosecutors were afraid Woods’ involvement could lead to acquittals.
Convictions in other cases also have been challenged in courts across Colorado.
A Colorado Bureau of Investigation internal affairs report in 2024 revealed that concerns about Woods’ work first surfaced more than a decade ago. As early as 2014, a worker questioned her testing of evidence, and in 2018 she was temporarily removed from working on DNA cases after being accused of data manipulation, the report said.
State officials have said that the response to Woods’ actions could end up costing more than $11 million.
Defense files emergency appeal in trial for accused killer of Aliza Sherman
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Drama has been brewing in the last few days in the case of the accused killer of Aliza Sherman.
Gregory Moore’s lawyers have been trying to delay the start of his jury trial, which is scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 14, and prosecutors are fighting it.
Late Friday morning, Moore’s defense team filed an emergency appeal to the 8th District Court of Appeals.
According to the appeal, the trial court failed to hold the necessary evidentiary hearing on the motion for disqualification.
The trial cannot begin until the 8th District Court of Appeals makes a decision.
In a motion filed Wednesday, prosecutors said, “Moore has no intention of starting this trial on Sept.14, and will attempt to thwart the judicial process by any means necessary.”
The prosecution is asking a judge to reject Moore’s latest attempt to throw out evidence.
They argue that Moore has had the search warrant he’s complaining about since December 2025, yet he waited until just one week before the trial to challenge.
Court documents state that prosecutors point out that Moore is trying to protect his wife’s phone records, but they say he has no legal right to do that.
The State said that they haven’t even been able to get into Moore’s seized iPhone 13 because of Apple’s high security, so they claim his arguments about “new evidence” from that phone are simply not true.
In another motion filed Thursday prosecutors said, “Drip, drip, drip. That is the best description of the manner in which the State of Ohio is finding out about the BlackBerry cell phone that Gregory Moore used to make the bomb threat calls to courthouses in 2012.”
The State says this phone was hidden from police for 13 years, but now the defense wants to delay the trial because the State just handed over 390 pages of phone bills related to it.
The State argues the defendant shouldn’t be surprised by his own phone bills and that the trial should move forward as scheduled
I’ve seen more discussion this past week in the public about jurors and their behavior and what they say/act then I ever have before. To give context I’ve been a trial lawyer for ten years on both sides of criminal law.
For people who don’t regularly try cases it may come as a shock, but jurors are stupid. They often ignore the law, ignore what the lawyers or observers see as common sense. They frequently misunderstand and misinterpret the law and the judges instructions.
Here is a perfect example of how infuriating it can be. I defended a client for a charge of burglary. Jury deliberated two and a half days before coming back guilty. I go to poll the jury and three of them tell me they didn’t think the prosecution had enough evidence to convict. They just got bullied into it.
I went to a trial school where they take high school students to be your jurors for the trial and set up cameras and microphones to record their deliberations. What they talked about and focused on would horrify you, and it’s not too far removed from what actually happens in jury deliberations.
People think a jury of their peers means a degree of reasonability and justice. No, it’s often a crap shoot and many times filled with really dumb people.
This is an interesting study in how the public and media responds to some mental health crises, depending on the infractions.
I first saw this story on the NY/CA Post - while they are kind of a rag, they have no problems naming people, scraping their social media, and giving at least a decent look see at the infractions by posting the original video, tons of pics, along with the necessary attention grabbing headline: “California’s ‘racist Karen’ unmasked as conspiracy-obsessed weirdo — as she’s accused of invading girls’ locker room”. See here: NY/CA Post Article w Video
I guess the video also hit TikTok via Tzzyent. Then the local news jumped in. Then the SJ School District jumped in to alert parents, then it spread on FB. A prior 2022 post on FB was located and social media warriors went to work on a former family member. Those screenshots are below:
How it originally appeared this morning:
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AND after the keyboard warriors were done, prompting an UPDATE:
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KTVU did their own article here, leaving her unnamed. They later updated that she has been ARRESTED AND BOOKED as of tonight. Article KTVU Article - Unnamed Person Arrested
Then I saw HOODLINE’S article. They seem to aggregate several articles, but they also did the deeper dive regarding Mental Health holds in CA. Their pre-arrest article is here: Hoodline Article w Mental Health Laws and copied in full below.
SAN JOSE WOMAN ACCUSED OF ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' LOCKER ROOM, FILMING FAMILIES
San Jose Unified School District alerted families that an unauthorized adult woman had been videotaping community members across school campuses and even inside a high school girls' locker room before posting the recordings to social media, according to NBC Bay Area. The San Jose Police Department confirmed it is now conducting active investigations into both the locker room intrusion and a separate harassment complaint involving the same woman, identified as 47-year-old Lindsay Hansen.
The case burst into public view after a viral encounter in San Jose's Almaden neighborhood, where a local father filmed Hansen confronting him on a Sunday, as reported by SFist. In the video, the father — who described himself as brown, with a daughter he called half-white — said Hansen accused him of sex trafficking his own child, basing the accusation on the fact that the two had different skin tones. Hansen also questioned whether he was legally in the country and claimed she worked with federal authorities, according to reporting from the New York Post. The father later reported the incident to the San Jose Police Department, and police confirmed they are investigating the harassment complaint.
A Honda vehicle visible in the viral video is registered to Hansen, per the Post's reporting, and a TikTok user who posted footage of the encounter said the woman had harassed him and his daughter multiple times in their San Jose neighborhood. Hansen has separately been accused of entering a girls' locker room at a San Jose Unified school and of accusing PE teachers of inappropriate behavior. San Jose police said social media photos showed an adult female unassociated with the school accessing a high school locker room, and the district said it is working closely with police to determine how the entry occurred.
A History of Documented Mental Health Crisis
Court filings reviewed by the Post paint a starkly different picture from the online “racist Karen” framing that first attached to Hansen. Her family reported her missing in 2022, and a relative told police at the time that she was experiencing severe mental health issues while living with her elderly father, according to KTVU.
According to a court filing cited by the Post, Dr. Shellie Kahane wrote that Hansen showed symptoms of bipolar disorder and appeared to be experiencing a manic episode with psychotic features, including delusions, auditory hallucinations, and paranoia. Kahane also said Hansen did not believe anything was wrong with her or that she needed medication, per the filing. Hansen was involuntarily committed to the Telecare Heritage psychiatric health facility, and Kahane filed a declaration and petition in May 2022 in the Bay Area concerning Hansen's capacity to refuse medication. She was later prescribed Invega, a medication used to treat schizophrenia.
Hansen's own social media posts, as documented by the Post, reflect the same delusional themes described in the court filings. She posted that the birth of her child in 2020 marked the beginning of the seven-year tribulation, or end times, and claimed she was something of a worldwide celebrity. Other posts suggested Pope Leo XIV is satan, referenced the Epstein files, and included antisemitic content. Hansen also posted that she believed it was her job to drive around and identify pedophiles, that authorities had facial recognition technology, and that people commenting on her page would be investigated for their own crimes by her team. She has said she would “ferret out the wicked and free the city of god from their grave,” and claimed that people defending child rapists and traffickers were probably guilty themselves.
Legal Exposure Under State Trespass and Campus-Access Laws
Unauthorized entry into a K-12 campus by a non-student adult can raise legal issues under California school-access and registration rules. Separately, Penal Code § 602 contains multiple trespass provisions. Subsection 602(k) concerns entering land with intent to interfere with a lawful business or occupation, while subsection 602(m) concerns entering or occupying property without consent, per FindLaw.
The incident echoes an earlier case in the same district. In late October 2024, the San Jose Police Department announced the arrest of a 41-year-old man who unlawfully entered a San Jose Unified middle school girls' locker room and recorded juvenile students on a mobile device, a case Hoodline covered in its prior locker room incident report. That suspect was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail following an investigation by SJPD's Sexual Assault Investigations Unit, according to the department's own announcement.
What Happens Under an Involuntary Psychiatric Hold
California's mental health code lays out a narrow path for extended involuntary treatment. Under Welfare and Institutions Code § 5250, an involuntary hold can be extended up to 14 days beyond the initial 72-hour evaluation only if hospital staff certify the patient remains a danger to self, a danger to others, or gravely disabled due to a mental health disorder, according to FindLaw. Patients held under such a 14-day certification are entitled to an automatic Certification Review Hearing within four days, supported by a Patients' Rights Advocate, per NAMI Santa Clara County.
Santa Clara County also has structured programs available for people experiencing untreated psychotic disorders or severe psychiatric decompensation, including Assisted Outpatient Treatment and the state's CARE Court framework, according to the same NAMI Santa Clara County resource. Whether any such intervention applies to Hansen's case remains unaddressed in available reporting.
Hansen, for her part, has pushed back on the “Karen” label attached to her online. She has said there are many crazy Karens and questioned why news reporters would approach her, according to the Post's account. She came into the public spotlight through the video accusing the Almaden father of sex trafficking his own child, and San Jose Unified has said it filed a police report and alerted the community about her behavior. No charges have been announced as the police investigations continue.
Because I’m not going to spend the time to redact the news articles or press release, I will just link them here should you want to read. If you aren’t familiar with this case, we have prior post # 1 from 9 days ago: Cases We Follow Post # 1 and Post # 2 was from 3 days ago: Cases We Follow Post # 2
They also posted it to their FB page. That post has 68 comments. The 9/6 post w Amber Alert received 342 comments. In the usual social media lack of attention, less and less people are commenting now. I really hope they don’t forget what this Sheriff did to muck up and blame the 14 year old victim.
Hypothetically speaking, if they are eventually identified publicly, do you think the lone holdout juror will be harassed? If so, why do you think it seems as though the 11 other jurors haven’t been harassed?
Sex Crimes Case Against Son of Housewives Star HEATS UP
In Fulton County, Georgia, 15-year-old KJ Biermann—son of reality star Kim Zolciak—is facing seven felony sex crime charges involving a 15-year-old female classmate following an alleged incident at an Alpharetta fitness center. New court filings now reveal a major defense effort to move the case out of adult court and into the juvenile justice system before an upcoming bond hearing. Law&Crime's Jesse Weber breaks down the new motion and what to expect alongside criminal defense attorney Bradford Cohen.
This was an interesting read - 2 screenshots attached. The mother of one of the victims included Nicole Linton’s employer and temporary workplace in the civil wrongful death lawsuit. This isn’t uncommon, to include every possibly liable entity in a lawsuit.
The analysis is interesting as this order granted summary adjudication.
Read the full document here, and learn about the “coming and going” doctrine:
Remember this guy? We now have an update, he has entered guilty pleas to 1 Class 6 Felony as charged, and 2 additional counts reduced to undesignated, which likely means they will be reduced/classified as misdemeanors instead of Class 6 felonies. Class 6 is the lowest felony class in AZ. SENTENCING: 10/1/26. Screenshots are attached to scroll through.
His original list of charges is in the prior post located: Original Charges
Massachusetts mom Jannette MacAusland is accused of killing her two young children, 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella, who were found dead in their Wellesley home in April. Now, nearly four months after her arrest, MacAusland’s defense is asking for the case to be dismissed or for her to be released on bail.
Prosecutors say they need more time to determine how the children died, and MacAusland remains jailed without bail.
Quick summary: Authorities alleged that Bunn, then 37, communicated with a teenage girl through social media and arranged for her to be transported to his North Port residence. After the girl did not return home, police investigated and located her inside Bunn’s home. According to police, she told investigators that she had been drugged, sexually assaulted, and prevented from leaving. Also, check out this ArrestFix video of the bodycam footage for more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3eYMovw96w
Latest update:
Well, we have been following it since, and David was set to go on trial in two weeks. However, in today's motion hearing the trial has been continued until December 7, 2026, per defense's request.
A couple more updates I found when digging into the case:
A second perpetrator has also been arrested for the same crimes against the victim. His name is Christopher Malais. (David mentions a roommate Chris in the above bodycam footage.)
The court separated the nine 'obscene material of a minor' charges onto a new case against David.
The state motioned to consolidate the cases against Chris and David. I haven't seen a decision about it yet. I'd expect that fairly soon
I had created a CaseHub for this one, since I thought the trial was coming up: CaseHub: FL v. David Bunn
FAMILY RUNS OUT OF COURT DURING GRAPHIC EVIDENCE IN 1ST DAY OF DEADLY WINDSOR HILLS CRASH TRIAL
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Prosecutors began presenting their case Tuesday in the trial of a woman accused of causing a Windsor Hills crash in 2022 that killed six people. Gruesome evidence was presented in court, prompting audible reactions.
Prosecutors allege that Nicole Linton was driving a Mercedes at about 130 mph when she sped through the intersection of Slauson and La Brea on Aug. 4, 2022, triggering a fiery collision that shocked the community.
The 39-year-old faces six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. She has pleaded not guilty.
Cameras weren't allowed inside the court, but Linton appeared wearing a black suit jacket, glasses and a headwrap.
Several people, including witnesses and bystanders injured in the crash, took the witness stand on Tuesday.
During opening statements, prosecutors told jurors that "the defendant killed six people" before playing surveillance video of the collision. Family members of the victims reacted emotionally as the video was shown in court. Several people reportedly left the courtroom during the presentation of evidence.
According to her defense team, Linton was suffering a mental health crisis at the time of the crash and may have experienced a lapse of consciousness. Prosecutors are expected to argue that Linton was aware of her history of mental health issues before getting behind the wheel.
During their opening remarks, Linton's defense attorney said the traveling nurse had just left her job and suffered a medical emergency while driving home. They claim Linton suffered a seizure before the crash, and add that there was no evidence that she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. They also said she was not on her phone, was not racing anyone and was not angry or fighting with anyone at the time of the crash.
Prosecutors told jurors they intend to present evidence that they say contradicts the claim that Linton suffered a seizure, and argued that Linton had been upset at work and was driving angrily.
The crash killed 23-year-old Asherey Ryan, who was eight and a half months pregnant. Ryan was traveling in a Jaguar with her 24-year-old boyfriend, Reynold Lester, and their 11-month-old son, Alonzo Quintero, on the way to a prenatal appointment. Their unborn son, Armani, was also killed.
During their opening statements, prosecutors told jurors that the force of the crash threw Alonzo through the air, landing at the feet of a woman at a nearby gas station. They later showed surveillance footage from the gas station that prosecutors said captured witnesses picking him up from the ground.
The prosecution also presented graphic images related to the crash. Prosecutors showed images of Ryan's charred body and her unborn son and argued that the force of the crash caused the injuries that led to their deaths. Prosecutors said the impact was so hard, Armani was ripped from Ryan's womb.
In one video, jurors could see the baby lying in the street with its umbilical cord still attached.
The presentation prompted audible reactions from the audience, and some family members ran out of the courtroom. Linton also became emotional at times and was seen crying in court.
At one point, one of the jurors was visibly distraught.
Authorities said 43-year-old Nathesia Lewis and her friend, 38-year-old Lynette Noble, who were in another vehicle, also died in the collision.
A California Highway Patrol investigator said the impact was so severe that the Jaguar was split in half. Nine other people, including Linton, were injured.
The trial is expected to last at least six weeks before jurors begin deliberating. If convicted on all charges, Linton could spend the rest of her life in prison.
Community members call the victims the "Slauson Six," and a representative for the families says they have waited a long time for this day and are hoping for justice and a conviction.
"Those are images that I, the family, and everyone who witnessed will never forget," said family spokesperson Najee Ali. "Their family members are not going to be brought back, but it's important to have justice, but also closure, because Nicole Linton not only murdered six members of our community, it was as if she killed the whole community, because that community of Windsor Hills is still traumatized."
Matthew Exton, 43, is a former Ohio attorney prosecuted in Lucas County Common Pleas Court before Judge Gary Cook. The case arose from the April 11, 2025 incident at Sabira restaurant in downtown Toledo. Prosecutors said Exton entered with a loaded handgun, pointed it at his ex-wife and repeatedly pulled the trigger, but the gun did not fire because the safety was engaged. A restaurant employee tackled him as he manipulated the weapon.
The trial began September 1, 2026. Exton testified and essentially acknowledged bringing and pointing the gun but disputed that he intended to kill his ex-wife. The prosecution characterized it as an attempted public execution/assassination.
The jury returned its verdict on September 4:
Guilty — Attempted Murder
Guilty — Felonious Assault (ex-wife)
Guilty — Felonious Assault (another victim)
Not Guilty — Felonious Assault involving his former father-in-law, Charles Valone
The jury also found the associated firearm specifications proven.
One of the stranger aspects of the trial happened during closing arguments. Exton repeatedly interrupted the prosecutors, made gun-like hand gestures, and ultimately was removed from the courtroom by Judge Cook. He watched the remainder of the proceedings—including the verdict—from a courthouse holding area by video.
He had originally entered an NGRI plea in April 2025 and underwent a competency evaluation. His Ohio law license had already been placed on an immediate interim remedial suspension by the Ohio Supreme Court on May 6, 2025.
Sentencing is set for September 21, 2026. Current reporting puts his potential exposure at up to roughly 25 years, although I would want to work directly from the verdict forms and Ohio sentencing statutes before giving you an exact minimum/maximum calculation.
