To the absolute surprise to know one, Steven Avery will likely enter “not guilty” pleas to charges he abducted and murdered Teresa Halbach this Tuesday in court. Steven Avery is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
Avery’s attorneys plan ask that his $500,000 cash bond be reduced when they make a brief appearance in a morning session before Manitowoc County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Willis.
Willis, who last month ordered Avery to stand trial on charges related to the Oct. 31 disappearance of Halbach, a 25-year-old freelance photographer from Calumet County, will also set schedules for motions, pretrial hearings and conferences and a trial.
It is expected that defense attorneys for Avery will consider asking for a change of venue because publicity influencing a jury pool. Unless the venue is changed to the moon, it will not matter in this most heinous crime with DNA evidence.
Avery’s attorneys, assistant state public defenders Erik Loy and Craig Johnson, have not commented on the case since Avery’s preliminary hearing, except to say not guilty pleas would be entered.
But Loy has said the defense team will consider asking for a change of venue because publicity may have influenced the jury pool.
Calumet County Dist. Atty. Ken Kratz, the special prosecutor, also has declined comment.
(Post Crescent)
January 16th, 2006 at 10:03pm
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Anthony Soriano has been missing since January 6th when he failed to return from his daily walk. Soriano’s picture has been added to the National Center for Missing 
Adults organization’s Web site.
Soriano failed to come home from his daily walks across Merced as he normally does about 3 p.m. Jan. 6. Police are continuing to look for the retired truck driver and cannery employee; friends and relatives keep searching in Merced, Mariposa and toward Chowchilla.
Rita Soriano said the family has contacted the National Center for Missing Adults and her father’s picture has been added to the organization’s Web site. The family is thinking about enlisting the help of a Fresno psychic.
Description:
- Height: 5 feet, 7 inches tall
- Weight: 140 to 150 pounds
- The balding man has greenish-gray eyes and always wears a cowboy hat.
Rita Soriano said the family has received about a half-dozen calls in the week since Soriano was reported missing. Someone called Sunday to report they had seen Soriano on Thursday walking toward Mariposa on Highway 140; another person reported seeing him Saturday walking south along Highway 99 near Gerard Avenue.
About 600 fliers with Soriano’s picture have been circulated lately. Between 30 and 40 friends and family members are helping search for Soriano, who worked for California Canners and Growers and later Stribling’s Nursery before retiring.
Those with information about Soriano are asked to call the Merced Police Department at 385-3905.
(Merced Sun Star)
Full Description from National Center for Missing Adult
- Classification: Endangered Missing Adult
- Alias / Nickname: Tony
- Date of Birth: 1919-05-10
- Date Missing: 2006-01-06
- From City/State: Merced, CA Missing From (Country): USA
- Age at Time of Disappearance: 86
- Gender: Male
- Race: Hispanic
- Height: 68 inches
- Weight: 175 pounds
- Hair Color: Gray
- Eye Color: Brown
- Complexion: Medium
- Glasses/Contacts Description: Reading glasses.
- Identifying Characteristics: Tattoo of a “mermaid” on left forearm, beauty mark on right side of lip, dimple in chin, missing teeth.
- Clothing: Green corduroy “Docker” pants, black “Rockport” shoes (size 10 1/2), green plaid hooded jacket, white cowboy type hat.
- Circumstances of Disappearance: Unknown. Anthony was last seen at approximately 11:00am at his residence in the vicinity of the 1000 block of W. 12th St. in Merced, CA. He left the residence to go for a walk but never returned. Anthony was possibly later seen walking along Hwy 99 going south toward Chowchilla, CA.
- Investigative Agency: Merced Police Department
- Phone: (209) 385-4756
- Investigative Case #: 06-917
January 16th, 2006 at 09:33pm
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A single-engine D-35 Beechcraft plane carrying two U-S citizens that apparently crashed amid heavy rains near a volcano. The plane was last spotted by radar about 19 miles from San Jose.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica Costa Rica authorities say they are searching for a small plane carrying two U-S citizens that apparently crashed amid heavy rains near a volcano.
A Des Moines man an unidentified person took off in his single-engine D-35 Beechcraft plane from Panama yesterday morning along with 22 other planes from the “Fly Farmers” club. Officials say the group was headed to Nicaragua.
She says authorities started looking for the craft after officials at the Irazu volcano national park and nearby residents reported hearing a loud explosion in the area.
(WHO-TV)
January 16th, 2006 at 09:14pm
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The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a man and his two sons who went missing while fishing on the James River in Virginia.
The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a man and his two sons who went missing while fishing on the James River in Virginia after the father’s body was found Sunday.
The Coast Guard found the body of Lewis Mclean of Suffolk one mile south of the James River Bridge. 14-year-old Kelton Troup and eight-year-old Desmond Mclean haven’t been located.
The Coast Guard began its search late last night when the family didn’t return from a fishing trip.
(WIS 10)
January 16th, 2006 at 01:25am
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Police have found the body of Tina Fontaine who had been missing since January 7. Her boyfriend Franky Niles was arrested in connection with the death of the 29-year-old woman.
ALBANY, Vt. –Police have found the body of Tina Fontaine, missing since Jan. 7, and arrested her boyfriend in connection with the death of the 29-year-old woman.
The state police said Sunday that Franky Niles, 32, was arrested Saturday.
State police said that Fontaine’s body was found in a shallow grave “a short distance” from the home.
The police did not say whether the body was found before or after Niles’ arrest.
Authorities had said Fontaine had been last seen buying cigarettes Friday at Bob’s Quick Stop in Irasburg. Her car was found in the driveway at her home. She was said to be seven weeks pregnant.
(Boston Globe)
Police recover body of missing woman; arrest boyfriend
Vermont State Police have recovered the body of an Albany woman who was reported missing earlier this month and have arrested her boyfriend in connection with her death.
Tina Fontaine, 29, was reported missing Jan. 7. Police recovered her body today in a shallow grave near her home.
(Burlington Free Press)
Missing Albany Woman Found Murdered
Police found the body of a missing woman from Albany Sunday in a shallow grave near her home. They now say Tina Fontaine was murdered and they have arrested her boyfriend.
January 16th, 2006 at 12:46am
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