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Alan Jones Sentenced in the Murder of Erin Maxwell
Alan Jones, the New York man convicted in September for the strangulation murder of 11-Year-Old Erin Maxwell in August of 2008 was sentenced earlier today to 25 years to life in spite of a motion that his defense attorney Sal Lanza filed asking the judge in the case to set aside the conviction because a [...]
Lynn and Lindsey Maxwell Found Guilty on ALL Charges
As anyone following this blog knows, I have been posting updates on this case and the surrounding investigations since last August. To recap, last August 11-year-old Erin Maxwell was brutally raped and murdered in her Palermo, New York home. Her step-brother Alan Jones has been charged with the murder but due to the circumstances of [...]
Maxwell Trial Day Nine
The first couple of hours from last night was spent finishing up the testimony of Brian Belrad, Alan Jones’ brother. When Belrad gave police a statement he told them that there was a “strong cat smell in the house”. In his testimony Belrad said that he didn’t use the word “strong” but didn’t ask to [...]
Maxwell Trial Day Eight
Lynn Maxwell finished her testimony last night in the Child Endangerment trial telling the court that Erin was not locked in her room and could and did open it up on a regular basis.She also told the court that the cats found in their hous lived in Lynn and Lindsey Maxwell’s bedroom and ate all [...]
Maxwell Trial Day Seven
Lynn Maxwell was back on the stand again for most of the evening and will be back on the stand again tonight when the trial resumes. Maxwell admitted during questioning that there was a pile of cat feces in the corner of the room that had been there for two months but she said that [...]
Trial for Erin Maxwell’s Parents Begins
The trial for the child endangerment charges brought against Erin Maxwell’s parents began earlier this evening. Lynn and Lindsey Maxwell are accused of forcing their 11-year-old daughter to live in filthy conditions and that she was malnourished, all charges that the defense denies. As of 9pm jury selection is still going on in Palermo Town [...]
More Fun and Games In The Maxwell Trial
Last night during the trial of Lynn and Lindsey Maxwell it got ugly. At one point during a recess Salvatore Lanza, the defense attorney for the Maxwells, went outside and as a woman walked by she called him a “fucking lawyer” and kept on walking. Rather than just suck it up and deal with it [...]
Erin Maxwell Updates
I wrote several posts a few months ago about Erin Maxwell and her family and thought it was about time to update the story here. A couple of weeks ago Alan Jones appeared in an Oswego County courtroom for a hearing. A large part of the hearing centered around the fact that a full autopsy [...]
Erin Maxwell Case Review Made Public
Last August Erin Maxwell was murdered. It was determined that she was stranglked and had also been sexually assaulted prior to her death. I’m not really going to get into the case much here because I have already detailed it in several other entries over the last few months. Basically her step-brother has been charged [...]
Erin Maxwell’s Family to Make Statement Today
October 7th, 2008 – I have an update on the main page. There have been three arrests in the murder of Erin Maxwell. Update is here. The Maxwell’s have retained attorney Salvatore Lanza, who will be reading a statement from members of the Maxwell family at a news conference about 11AM today. Unfortunately I will [...]