ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:41 am
Friday, Oct 7, 2011 11 : 38 AM
Orlin Wagner/Associated Press) Adam Longoria wipes his eyes during a hearing in Barton County District Court on Thursday in Great Bend.
Longoria case will go to trial
State says it won't seek death penalty
GREAT BEND - After a judge found probable cause a 36-year-old man committed capital murder in the death of a 14-year-old Great Bend girl, prosecutors announced the state would not seek the death penalty.
Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts ruled Thursday that Adam Joseph Longoria should stand trial for capital murder in the August 2010 slaying of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt. Sodomy, an alternative charge of aggravated sodomy, or attempted rape are the underlying charges qualifying the murder charge as a capital offense.
The Kansas Attorney General's Office then announced it was withdrawing its notice to seek the death penalty, though the case still proceeds with the capital murder charge, carrying a sentence of life in prison without parole upon conviction.
Longoria stood mute during arraignment Thursday, so the judge entered a plea of innocence on his behalf. A trial date has not yet been scheduled, but a motions hearing will likely be scheduled in November.
Kevin O'Connor, special assistant attorney general, said prosecutors spent months considering the facts of the case and the law in deciding to abandon the death penalty. In order to seek such a penalty, the state would have to prove "aggravating factors," O'Connor said in court, and "we're limited by the law." Prosecutors consulted numerous people and Kansas Court of Appeals rulings before making the decision, O'Connor said in court.
In a capital murder case, the potential penalty is either life without parole or death, according to Ron Keefover, media liaison in the case and chief information officer for the Office of Judicial Administration. There have been about 10 capital murder cases in Kansas since the death penalty was reinstated in 1993, he said.
If convicted of capital murder, there would be no alternative to life in prison without parole for Longoria, but a routine sentencing would still be held without the separate "penalty phase" required when the death penalty is sought, Keefover said.
After the hearing Thursday, Alicia DeBolt's sister, Dawn DeBolt, made the following statement:
"We, the family of Alicia DeBolt, have been informed of the decisions made throughout the case by the staff of the attorney general's office," she said. "We are supportive of the decision to withdraw the intent to seek the death penalty, and we appreciate their time and effort."
Detectives testify
Two police detectives testified Thursday about statements Longoria made to them when he went to DeBolt's Great Bend home on Aug. 23, 2010, just two days after she was last seen by a neighbor leaving her home in a black Ford Escape.
Great Bend Police Det. Heather Smith testified she was on the phone with DeBolt's sister-in-law, Holly DeBolt, about 11 a.m. Aug. 23, 2010, when Holly said Longoria showed up at the DeBolt home.
Holly said Longoria went by the name "Rocko" and was "suspicious," Smith said, adding she asked Holly to put Longoria on the phone.
According to Smith, Longoria showed up at the DeBolt home and offered to help the family in a search for the missing girl. He said he was trying to find out "what was going on," Smith testified.
Longoria said he "didn't really know" DeBolt but met her at girlfriend Eva Brown's birthday party on July 17, 2010, at the couple's home, Smith said. He said he thought DeBolt was 16, and he didn't let her drink but "gave her his cellphone and told her when she arrived home to let him know she got home OK," Smith testified.
Longoria said DeBolt sent him text messages after the birthday party that upset Brown, so he quit communicating with DeBolt.
Smith said Longoria told her he went bowling with Brown the night of Aug. 21, 2010, and later went to Willie J's, a local club. He said "no one used his car except for him," she said.
Longoria said he knew DeBolt "but never saw her that night," and later said he texted DeBolt on Aug. 21, at another man's request, about plans for a party, Smith testified. When Smith asked to see the text messages on his cellphone, Longoria said he didn't have them and always erased all of his messages.
Great Bend Police Det. Terry Millard, however, testified Longoria told him on Aug. 23, 2010, that "he didn't even know the girl."
Millard said he went to the DeBolt home, in response to a missing person report, around 11 a.m. Aug. 23, 2010, where Longoria was in the front yard and appeared to be talking on two phones - one of those conversations was with Det. Smith.
Longoria told Millard he went bowling and to Willie J's the night DeBolt disappeared, and said his wife did not go to the club.
The statements to detectives contrast with the phone records and text messages submitted Wednesday, which prosecutors allege detail Longoria's increasing interest in the teenage girl. The defense argues, however, that the phone records don't prove who placed the calls or sent the messages.
On Wednesday, both Brown and an acquaintance of Longoria testified he asked them to tell investigators he was at Willie J's the night of Aug. 21, 2010.
Numerous text messages were exchanged between DeBolt's and Longoria's cellphones from July 18, 2010, through Aug. 21, 2010, with messages from Longoria's phone on Aug. 21 indicating he was picking her up from her home to go party. All activity stopped on DeBolt's phone by 11:40 that night, according to phone records.
Her burned body was found Aug. 24, 2010, at a Venture Corp. asphalt plant about five miles southwest of Great Bend, where Longoria worked. Longoria, who is also headed to trial on charges of vehicle burglary and theft in the case, was stopped Aug. 27, 2010, by the Kansas Highway Patrol on I-70. He was traveling in a Venture Corp. vehicle reported stolen, and authorities issued a statewide alert to apprehend him.
Intent questioned
O'Connor alleged in closing arguments Thursday that Longoria lured DeBolt into the black SUV he shared with Brown on Aug. 21, 2010, "with the promise of going to a party when there was never a party."
Kansas Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist James Newman testified a mixture of Longoria's and DeBolt's DNA profiles was found on the driver's side floor mat in the SUV.
From the evidence, a jury could find the sexual activity was either consensual or it wasn't, and they should be allowed to consider both, O'Connor said. But if they determine it was consensual, it would still be a crime because DeBolt was only 14, he said.
Although investigators couldn't determine what sexual activity occurred since the girl's body was badly burned, "that doesn't mean the end of the evidence," O'Connor said. He argued the burning of the girl's body could indicate an attempt to cover up a sexual assault.
"He was interested in this little girl in a sexual way," O'Connor told the judge, referring to the numerous text messages from Longoria's phone to DeBolt's phone, and how an acquaintance of Longoria's testified he heard the suspect talking about wanting to have sex with DeBolt.
And just because sexual intercourse didn't occur doesn't mean an attempted rape didn't happen, O'Connor argued.
Jeffrey Wicks, one of Longoria's attorneys with the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit, countered there is no scientific evidence supporting the alleged attempted rape. He said the state is relying on text messages from five weeks before DeBolt's death and "a comment he made at a party" to allege Longoria's intent was to rape the girl. Wicks suggested "every teenage boy having a locker-room conversation" should be worried if they pick up a girl for a date five weeks later.
O'Connor responded by saying the state is allowed to have different theories in the case, and the text messages recorded between July 18, 2010, and late Aug. 21, 2010, indicate a "course of conduct" from Longoria, who allegedly made repeated suggestions of taking DeBolt out on a date.
Judge Kitts ruled it was "more probable than not" Longoria committed the alleged crimes, but she noted evidence during a preliminary hearing is reviewed "in the light most favorable to the state" and the ruling was "not a decision beyond a reasonable doubt."
On Thursday, Kitts also said she sided with the defense's arguments that a June 30 state motion detailing evidence of an alleged relationship between Longoria and DeBolt was premature, and she would reserve her ruling until the time of trial. Wicks argued the motion did not include a text message from DeBolt asking Longoria for a ride.
In July, Kitts granted Longoria the new preliminary hearing after the state amended the capital murder charge.
http://www.hutchnews.com/Todaystop/longoria-day-2
Orlin Wagner/Associated Press) Adam Longoria wipes his eyes during a hearing in Barton County District Court on Thursday in Great Bend.
Longoria case will go to trial
State says it won't seek death penalty
GREAT BEND - After a judge found probable cause a 36-year-old man committed capital murder in the death of a 14-year-old Great Bend girl, prosecutors announced the state would not seek the death penalty.
Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts ruled Thursday that Adam Joseph Longoria should stand trial for capital murder in the August 2010 slaying of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt. Sodomy, an alternative charge of aggravated sodomy, or attempted rape are the underlying charges qualifying the murder charge as a capital offense.
The Kansas Attorney General's Office then announced it was withdrawing its notice to seek the death penalty, though the case still proceeds with the capital murder charge, carrying a sentence of life in prison without parole upon conviction.
Longoria stood mute during arraignment Thursday, so the judge entered a plea of innocence on his behalf. A trial date has not yet been scheduled, but a motions hearing will likely be scheduled in November.
Kevin O'Connor, special assistant attorney general, said prosecutors spent months considering the facts of the case and the law in deciding to abandon the death penalty. In order to seek such a penalty, the state would have to prove "aggravating factors," O'Connor said in court, and "we're limited by the law." Prosecutors consulted numerous people and Kansas Court of Appeals rulings before making the decision, O'Connor said in court.
In a capital murder case, the potential penalty is either life without parole or death, according to Ron Keefover, media liaison in the case and chief information officer for the Office of Judicial Administration. There have been about 10 capital murder cases in Kansas since the death penalty was reinstated in 1993, he said.
If convicted of capital murder, there would be no alternative to life in prison without parole for Longoria, but a routine sentencing would still be held without the separate "penalty phase" required when the death penalty is sought, Keefover said.
After the hearing Thursday, Alicia DeBolt's sister, Dawn DeBolt, made the following statement:
"We, the family of Alicia DeBolt, have been informed of the decisions made throughout the case by the staff of the attorney general's office," she said. "We are supportive of the decision to withdraw the intent to seek the death penalty, and we appreciate their time and effort."
Detectives testify
Two police detectives testified Thursday about statements Longoria made to them when he went to DeBolt's Great Bend home on Aug. 23, 2010, just two days after she was last seen by a neighbor leaving her home in a black Ford Escape.
Great Bend Police Det. Heather Smith testified she was on the phone with DeBolt's sister-in-law, Holly DeBolt, about 11 a.m. Aug. 23, 2010, when Holly said Longoria showed up at the DeBolt home.
Holly said Longoria went by the name "Rocko" and was "suspicious," Smith said, adding she asked Holly to put Longoria on the phone.
According to Smith, Longoria showed up at the DeBolt home and offered to help the family in a search for the missing girl. He said he was trying to find out "what was going on," Smith testified.
Longoria said he "didn't really know" DeBolt but met her at girlfriend Eva Brown's birthday party on July 17, 2010, at the couple's home, Smith said. He said he thought DeBolt was 16, and he didn't let her drink but "gave her his cellphone and told her when she arrived home to let him know she got home OK," Smith testified.
Longoria said DeBolt sent him text messages after the birthday party that upset Brown, so he quit communicating with DeBolt.
Smith said Longoria told her he went bowling with Brown the night of Aug. 21, 2010, and later went to Willie J's, a local club. He said "no one used his car except for him," she said.
Longoria said he knew DeBolt "but never saw her that night," and later said he texted DeBolt on Aug. 21, at another man's request, about plans for a party, Smith testified. When Smith asked to see the text messages on his cellphone, Longoria said he didn't have them and always erased all of his messages.
Great Bend Police Det. Terry Millard, however, testified Longoria told him on Aug. 23, 2010, that "he didn't even know the girl."
Millard said he went to the DeBolt home, in response to a missing person report, around 11 a.m. Aug. 23, 2010, where Longoria was in the front yard and appeared to be talking on two phones - one of those conversations was with Det. Smith.
Longoria told Millard he went bowling and to Willie J's the night DeBolt disappeared, and said his wife did not go to the club.
The statements to detectives contrast with the phone records and text messages submitted Wednesday, which prosecutors allege detail Longoria's increasing interest in the teenage girl. The defense argues, however, that the phone records don't prove who placed the calls or sent the messages.
On Wednesday, both Brown and an acquaintance of Longoria testified he asked them to tell investigators he was at Willie J's the night of Aug. 21, 2010.
Numerous text messages were exchanged between DeBolt's and Longoria's cellphones from July 18, 2010, through Aug. 21, 2010, with messages from Longoria's phone on Aug. 21 indicating he was picking her up from her home to go party. All activity stopped on DeBolt's phone by 11:40 that night, according to phone records.
Her burned body was found Aug. 24, 2010, at a Venture Corp. asphalt plant about five miles southwest of Great Bend, where Longoria worked. Longoria, who is also headed to trial on charges of vehicle burglary and theft in the case, was stopped Aug. 27, 2010, by the Kansas Highway Patrol on I-70. He was traveling in a Venture Corp. vehicle reported stolen, and authorities issued a statewide alert to apprehend him.
Intent questioned
O'Connor alleged in closing arguments Thursday that Longoria lured DeBolt into the black SUV he shared with Brown on Aug. 21, 2010, "with the promise of going to a party when there was never a party."
Kansas Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist James Newman testified a mixture of Longoria's and DeBolt's DNA profiles was found on the driver's side floor mat in the SUV.
From the evidence, a jury could find the sexual activity was either consensual or it wasn't, and they should be allowed to consider both, O'Connor said. But if they determine it was consensual, it would still be a crime because DeBolt was only 14, he said.
Although investigators couldn't determine what sexual activity occurred since the girl's body was badly burned, "that doesn't mean the end of the evidence," O'Connor said. He argued the burning of the girl's body could indicate an attempt to cover up a sexual assault.
"He was interested in this little girl in a sexual way," O'Connor told the judge, referring to the numerous text messages from Longoria's phone to DeBolt's phone, and how an acquaintance of Longoria's testified he heard the suspect talking about wanting to have sex with DeBolt.
And just because sexual intercourse didn't occur doesn't mean an attempted rape didn't happen, O'Connor argued.
Jeffrey Wicks, one of Longoria's attorneys with the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit, countered there is no scientific evidence supporting the alleged attempted rape. He said the state is relying on text messages from five weeks before DeBolt's death and "a comment he made at a party" to allege Longoria's intent was to rape the girl. Wicks suggested "every teenage boy having a locker-room conversation" should be worried if they pick up a girl for a date five weeks later.
O'Connor responded by saying the state is allowed to have different theories in the case, and the text messages recorded between July 18, 2010, and late Aug. 21, 2010, indicate a "course of conduct" from Longoria, who allegedly made repeated suggestions of taking DeBolt out on a date.
Judge Kitts ruled it was "more probable than not" Longoria committed the alleged crimes, but she noted evidence during a preliminary hearing is reviewed "in the light most favorable to the state" and the ruling was "not a decision beyond a reasonable doubt."
On Thursday, Kitts also said she sided with the defense's arguments that a June 30 state motion detailing evidence of an alleged relationship between Longoria and DeBolt was premature, and she would reserve her ruling until the time of trial. Wicks argued the motion did not include a text message from DeBolt asking Longoria for a ride.
In July, Kitts granted Longoria the new preliminary hearing after the state amended the capital murder charge.
http://www.hutchnews.com/Todaystop/longoria-day-2
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:33 am
The above-entitled action is scheduled for 10 day Jury Tr i a l commencing on Monday the 26th
day of March, 2012, a t 09:00 AM.
http://www.kscourts.org/State-v-longoria/20111026-NOTICEOFHEARING.pdf
day of March, 2012, a t 09:00 AM.
http://www.kscourts.org/State-v-longoria/20111026-NOTICEOFHEARING.pdf
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:33 am
State Responds To Bizarre Request From Longoria
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Special Assistant Counsel Kevin O'Connor issued a scathing response to an accused murderer's request to pay jurors their current salary and pay for any child care that a potential juror might need to serve on the case.
Adam Longoria is charged with the brutal killing of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt, whose burned body was discovered at the asphalt plant where Longoria worked days after her disappearance.
In late October, Longoria and his defense team requested that Judge Hannalore Kitts order jurors in the case be paid the same salaries they make at their regular jobs and that if any potential jurors have children, they be reimbursed for child care during the trial.
O'Connor called the motion "without merit."
"The defendant and the State are entitled to a fair and impartial jury," O'Connor writes. "The defendant is not entitled to a juror that, as suggested in his motion, would favor him on the basis of the juror's socioeconomic condition."
O'Connor goes on to argue that Longoria's argument presupposes that poor people would understand the predicament of persons such as Longoria. The motion, O'Connor said, does not support the notion that poor people would better understand the defense of the murder of a 14-year-old girl.
http://www.kake.com/crime/headlines/State_Responds_To_Bizarre_Request_From_Longoria_135128053.html
You can read the entire response here.
http://www.kscourts.org/state-v-longoria/Plaintiff/RESPONSE-TO-DEF-MOTION-85-RECOMPENSATION-OFJURORS.pdf
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Special Assistant Counsel Kevin O'Connor issued a scathing response to an accused murderer's request to pay jurors their current salary and pay for any child care that a potential juror might need to serve on the case.
Adam Longoria is charged with the brutal killing of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt, whose burned body was discovered at the asphalt plant where Longoria worked days after her disappearance.
In late October, Longoria and his defense team requested that Judge Hannalore Kitts order jurors in the case be paid the same salaries they make at their regular jobs and that if any potential jurors have children, they be reimbursed for child care during the trial.
O'Connor called the motion "without merit."
"The defendant and the State are entitled to a fair and impartial jury," O'Connor writes. "The defendant is not entitled to a juror that, as suggested in his motion, would favor him on the basis of the juror's socioeconomic condition."
O'Connor goes on to argue that Longoria's argument presupposes that poor people would understand the predicament of persons such as Longoria. The motion, O'Connor said, does not support the notion that poor people would better understand the defense of the murder of a 14-year-old girl.
http://www.kake.com/crime/headlines/State_Responds_To_Bizarre_Request_From_Longoria_135128053.html
You can read the entire response here.
http://www.kscourts.org/state-v-longoria/Plaintiff/RESPONSE-TO-DEF-MOTION-85-RECOMPENSATION-OFJURORS.pdf
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mom_in_il on Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:33 am
March 29, 2012 12:41 PM
Trial of Adam Longoria, accused of murdering Kan. teen Alicia DeBolt, set to begin
By Crimesider Staff
(CBS/AP) GREAT BEND, Kan. - The trial of the man who prosecutors say sexually assaulted then killed 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt in August 2010 is scheduled to begin in Kansas today.
Adam Longoria, 38, faces life in prison without parole if convicted of capital murder. Prosecutors say Longoria was "obsessed" with the teenage cheerleader, and claim he lured her into his vehicle after texting her about a party on the weekend before she was supposed to start her freshman year in high school.
Her family reported her missing the next day, setting off a search that ended three days later when her charred body, with traces of duct tape on her ankles and face, was found at the asphalt plant where Longoria worked.
To convict him of capital murder, prosecutors must also prove aggravating circumstances such as sodomy or attempted rape when Alicia was killed. The state is not seeking the death penalty.
Longoria is also charged with vehicle burglary and theft related to the crime.
Longoria's attorneys suggested during jury selection that jurors must also be able to consider a lesser charge in the death that would not carry a sentence of mandatory life imprisonment without parole.
A panel of 12 jurors and two alternates is to be finalized Thursday and testimony in the case is expected to stretch into next week. As many as 170 potential state witnesses have been listed, although prosecutors have said they plan to call far fewer than that number to the stand.
Potential jurors were warned during questioning to expect gruesome crime scene photos to be projected onto a screen in the courtroom.
The government also has a collection of text messages Longoria allegedly sent DeBolt in the weeks leading up to her death, including an exchange the day of her death.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57406430-504083/trial-of-adam-longoria-accused-of-murdering-kan-teen-alicia-debolt-set-to-begin/
Trial of Adam Longoria, accused of murdering Kan. teen Alicia DeBolt, set to begin
By Crimesider Staff
(CBS/AP) GREAT BEND, Kan. - The trial of the man who prosecutors say sexually assaulted then killed 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt in August 2010 is scheduled to begin in Kansas today.
Adam Longoria, 38, faces life in prison without parole if convicted of capital murder. Prosecutors say Longoria was "obsessed" with the teenage cheerleader, and claim he lured her into his vehicle after texting her about a party on the weekend before she was supposed to start her freshman year in high school.
Her family reported her missing the next day, setting off a search that ended three days later when her charred body, with traces of duct tape on her ankles and face, was found at the asphalt plant where Longoria worked.
To convict him of capital murder, prosecutors must also prove aggravating circumstances such as sodomy or attempted rape when Alicia was killed. The state is not seeking the death penalty.
Longoria is also charged with vehicle burglary and theft related to the crime.
Longoria's attorneys suggested during jury selection that jurors must also be able to consider a lesser charge in the death that would not carry a sentence of mandatory life imprisonment without parole.
A panel of 12 jurors and two alternates is to be finalized Thursday and testimony in the case is expected to stretch into next week. As many as 170 potential state witnesses have been listed, although prosecutors have said they plan to call far fewer than that number to the stand.
Potential jurors were warned during questioning to expect gruesome crime scene photos to be projected onto a screen in the courtroom.
The government also has a collection of text messages Longoria allegedly sent DeBolt in the weeks leading up to her death, including an exchange the day of her death.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57406430-504083/trial-of-adam-longoria-accused-of-murdering-kan-teen-alicia-debolt-set-to-begin/
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:47 am
April 2, 2012 1:52 PM
Video of Alicia DeBolt murder suspect Adam Longoria shows him buying gas
(CBS/AP/KWCH) GREAT BEND, Kan. - Video surveillance at a convenience store shows a man accused of killing 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt and burning her body bought $1.32 in gas about an hour after the girl was last seen alive, according to police testimony Monday at the suspect's murder trial.
Gas was found on the teen's body and surrounding soil when she was found August 24, 2010. She was last seen alive at 11 p.m. on August 21, and the surveillance video shows the accused, 38-year-old Adam Longoria, buying gas at 12:07 a.m.on August 22.
The testimony from Denton Doze of the Great Bend Police Department came Monday as the prosecution resumed in the capital murder case against Longoria.
CBS affiliate KWCH reports jurors heard from Great Bend police det. Terry Millard. Millard testified that Longoria was at the DeBolt home shortly after she disappeared, and that Longoria told him he was there to help the family find Alicia, and that he didn't know anything about the disappearance. Millard also testified that Longoria said he didn't know Alicia and that the texting he did with her was on someone else's behalf.
However, Great Bend police agent Heather Smith testified Monday that Longoria said he met Alicia at a party about a month before the disappearance and that he gave her his phone number, but only to make sure she got home safely.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57408152-504083/video-of-alicia-debolt-murder-suspect-adam-longoria-shows-him-buying-gas/
Video of Alicia DeBolt murder suspect Adam Longoria shows him buying gas
(CBS/AP/KWCH) GREAT BEND, Kan. - Video surveillance at a convenience store shows a man accused of killing 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt and burning her body bought $1.32 in gas about an hour after the girl was last seen alive, according to police testimony Monday at the suspect's murder trial.
Gas was found on the teen's body and surrounding soil when she was found August 24, 2010. She was last seen alive at 11 p.m. on August 21, and the surveillance video shows the accused, 38-year-old Adam Longoria, buying gas at 12:07 a.m.on August 22.
The testimony from Denton Doze of the Great Bend Police Department came Monday as the prosecution resumed in the capital murder case against Longoria.
CBS affiliate KWCH reports jurors heard from Great Bend police det. Terry Millard. Millard testified that Longoria was at the DeBolt home shortly after she disappeared, and that Longoria told him he was there to help the family find Alicia, and that he didn't know anything about the disappearance. Millard also testified that Longoria said he didn't know Alicia and that the texting he did with her was on someone else's behalf.
However, Great Bend police agent Heather Smith testified Monday that Longoria said he met Alicia at a party about a month before the disappearance and that he gave her his phone number, but only to make sure she got home safely.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57408152-504083/video-of-alicia-debolt-murder-suspect-adam-longoria-shows-him-buying-gas/
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:59 am
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:03 am
Longoria trial starts
Victim's mother, sister recall her disappearance
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11 : 00 AM
GREAT BEND - A Venture Corp. foreman said he thought his co-workers were playing a joke on him when he saw what appeared to be a burned mannequin Aug. 24, 2010, at the company's asphalt plant near Great Bend.
"I was startled," Mike Mazouch testified Thursday in Barton County District Court. "I dismissed it as being a mannequin being burned."
Mazouch was among eight people who testified Thursday in a capital murder case against 38-year-old Adam Joseph Longoria, who also worked for the Venture Corp. construction company.
Longoria is charged with killing 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt of Great Bend, whose burned body was found Aug. 24, 2010, at Venture Corp.'s Dundee asphalt plant about five miles southwest of Great Bend. He is also charged with stealing a Venture Corp. vehicle Aug. 27, 2010, to allegedly flee amid the homicide investigation.
Testimony began Thursday before District Judge Hannelore Kitts after a jury of nine men and five women were seated, including two alternates.
Assistant Attorney General Andrew Bauch, in opening statements, described how a barrage of text messages between Longoria and DeBolt began shortly after the pair met at a party late July 17, 2010, at Longoria's Great Bend home.
" 'Good morning, beautiful' - that's the first text message Adam Longoria sent Alicia DeBolt a few hours after he met her for the first time," Bauch told jurors.
A mixture of Longoria and DeBolt's DNA was found in a black Ford Escape that Longoria drove - which DeBolt's neighbors testified was the vehicle she left home in Aug. 21, 2010, before she disappeared.
Tim Frieden, Longoria's defense attorney with the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit, told jurors, however, that the evidence will also show DNA from an unknown male was found on DeBolt.
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Eighty text messages were exchanged between Longoria and DeBolt on July 18, 2010, the day after the pair met at a birthday party for Longoria's then-girlfriend, Eva Brown, Bauch said Thursday. Brown had met Longoria online - after he'd been released from a Texas prison - and Longoria moved into Brown's Great Bend home in May 2010.
On Aug. 21, 2010, Longoria worked at the Dundee asphalt plant before Brown told his employer he had to leave for a "family emergency," Bauch told jurors. Longoria and Brown went out for dinner and bowling, and Brown saw him on his phone "texting," Bauch said.
"The phone records will show who he texted," Bauch said, adding that Longoria sent a text message to DeBolt offering to pick her up for a party.
Frieden told jurors the records will show messages between two phones but not who sent those messages.
Tamara Conrad, DeBolt's mother and the state's first witness, acknowledged her daughter left home at about 11 p.m. Aug. 21, 2010, to go to a party and said two teens named Ivan and Giovanni were picking her up. DeBolt put on new clothes bought that day in Wichita for her upcoming first day of high school, Conrad said: jean shorts, a T-shirt, shoes with neon colors, "crazy, mismatched socks," and a bracelet that said "Alicia."
She never returned home for her midnight curfew, Conrad said.
Three days later, search volunteers found DeBolt's cellphone and battery in a ditch near the asphalt plant, Bauch said in opening statements. Gas was found around her body at the plant, and Longoria was captured on surveillance video buying $1.32 in gas the night DeBolt disappeared, Bauch said. Gas was also found on a pair of shoes Longoria wore that night, Bauch said.
Bauch told jurors to expect to hear testimony from people who say Longoria asked them to tell police he was with them at local nightclub "Willie J's" the night DeBolt disappeared. Brown will also testify Longoria asked her to rip up his shirt he wore that night and throw it away, and she did, according to Bauch.
The cause of DeBolt's death was undetermined but was "some type of homicidal violence," Bauch said.
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Dawn DeBolt, Alicia DeBolt's 28-year-old sister, testified Great Bend police shrugged off the family when they reported concerns early Aug. 22, 2010, that something bad had happened to Alicia.
Conrad said Alicia had not come home before and said her cellphone died, but Conrad thought Alicia was back on track. She didn't file a missing person report until the afternoon of Aug. 22, because she didn't want Alicia to be taken to a juvenile detention center if she had messed up again.
Alicia talked before about how Longoria, known as "Rocko," was 25 years old, and they had exchanged text messages, Dawn said. But Dawn noted both she and Alicia's mother warned her to be cautious about an older man, although they had not met him.
"It wasn't normal for an older guy like that to be hanging out with a 14-year-old girl," Dawn testified.
Dawn said she decided to do her own investigating when Alicia went missing. She called Alicia's friends, sent text messages, and spread the word online.
"She was my best friend ... my baby sister," Dawn testified.
Dawn knocked on the door of Longoria's home, and Brown answered. When told about Alicia's disappearance, Brown responded by saying, "I never liked that little (expletive)," Dawn testified, adding she then told Brown she was Alicia's sister.
Brown called Longoria, who said on speakerphone he was a block away from DeBolt's home the night she disappeared, Dawn testified. Then Longoria "comes around the corner" of the home and said he was at Willie J's the night Alicia went missing, Dawn said.
Under cross-examination, Dawn acknowledged she also visited the homes of "Ivan and Giovanni," and when she asked Ivan if something had happened to Alicia, he "hung his head and said, 'Probably.' "
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:06 am
Ex-girlfriend: Longoria smelled like gas
GREAT BEND - The man charged with killing a Great Bend girl whose burned body was found in August 2010 came home smelling like gasoline the night of the girl's disappearance, his ex-girlfriend testified Friday.
Eva Brown testified Adam Longoria, charged with capital murder in the death of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt, also washed his shoes with bleach the day after DeBolt went missing.
Longoria asked her to lie to investigators about where he was the night of Aug. 21, 2010, so she did, Brown said when questioned Friday by Special Assistant Kansas Attorney General Kevin O'Connor.
She also ripped up and threw out a stained, gray T-shirt Longoria was wearing Aug. 21 after he asked her to.
"He said if I loved him enough, I'd throw it away," Brown testified.
Brown's testimony came in the fifth day of trial for Longoria, who appeared Friday in a gray suit and tie.
Jurors in the trial before Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts also heard testimony Friday from Longoria's co-workers at construction company Venture Corp. and Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents, who acknowledged a burn pattern was found around the girl's body when it was discovered Aug. 24, 2010, at Venture Corp's Dundee asphalt plant about five miles southwest of Great Bend.
DeBolt left her house late Aug. 21, 2010, to go to a party, but she never returned home. The charge against Longoria alleges the slaying occurred amid or after criminal sodomy or attempted rape.
Under cross-examination from Longoria's attorneys, Brown admitted lying to investigators in the past but maintained she was telling the truth in her testimony Friday.
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Brown said she met Longoria online in 2009 and in May 2010, she traveled to Texas to pick him up and bring him to her home in Great Bend.
She said she wasn't happy when an "underage" crowd showed up to her birthday party at their house on July 17, 2010, so she went to sleep while Longoria stayed with the party outside. Her 10-year-old daughter was at a family member's home, but her 12-year-old son was home at the time.
She said she received a text message on her cellphone at about 3:30 a.m. July 18 that said, "Hey, this is Alicia." Longoria told her "Alicia" was 16, and he was "just making sure she got home Ok," Brown testified. Brown acknowledged she told investigators about getting into a text-message feud with the girl in July when she found the girl's number listed under the name "Al" in Longoria's new phone.
"He said it was his cousin," Brown said, referring to Longoria's explanation of who "Al" was.
Brown said she sent "Al" a text message and learned it was "Alicia," who said "she was his friend." Brown told her to "stop texting" Longoria.
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On Aug. 21, 2010, Longoria went to work at Venture Corp. in Brown's black Ford Escape. Brown called his work to say there was a family emergency so he could come home, even thought there wasn't an emergency, Brown testified Friday. He spent most of the day in the garage with people she didn't know, she said.
That night, they went bowling and out to dinner, and she was irritated Longoria was on his phone texting during "our time," she testified. They returned home, and he left at about 11 p.m. to go to a friend named "Ghetto's" to look at pictures, Brown said.
Longoria came home in about 15 minutes dirty and smelling of gasoline, she testified, and he told her he had been working on Ghetto's car. He took off his gray Nike T-shirt, "pull-away" athletic pants and white Nike Air Jordans and washed the clothes, and then changed into a white tank top, shorts and flip-flops, Brown said.
He left the house without saying where he was going, came home around 12:30 a.m., showered and went to sleep, she said.
Brown said her black Ford Escape reeked of gasoline the next morning, and Longoria bleached his Nike shoes and threw away his pants.
On the afternoon of Aug. 22, 2010, she received a text message circulating in the community about DeBolt's disappearance, and Longoria told her he didn't know who the girl was. On Aug. 23, DeBolt's sister and aunt came over and said DeBolt was last seen a vehicle like the black Ford Escape, Brown testified. Longoria denied knowing anything about DeBolt's disappearance but went to clean the Escape after the women left, Brown said.
"What did he tell you to tell police?" O'Connor asked Brown.
"That he was at Willie J's," Brown said, referring to a local nightclub.
She said she ripped Longoria's gray Nike T-Shirt into pieces and threw it in different spots alongside a road but later showed police where the pieces were.
In November 2010, prior to her testimony in Longoria's preliminary hearing, Longoria said he wanted to get married so she wouldn't have to testify against him, according to Brown. She said in January 2011, she ended her relationship with Longoria, who was arrested Aug. 27, 2010, after he allegedly stole a Venture Corp. SUV and fled town,
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Adam Rios testified he was paving roads for Venture Corp. with Longoria on Aug. 23, 2010 - two days after DeBolt's disappearance.
Rios said Longoria was "stressin'" about a woman looking for her daughter and women looking for "Alicia."
Longoria then talked about where he was the night DeBolt disappeared without being asked, according to Rios. Longoria said he went "out with his girl" bowling and to The Rack. Under questioning from O'Connor, Rios acknowledged Longoria never mentioned going to "Willie J's" nightclub.
Longoria said he met DeBolt at a party "a couple months back" but found out her age and said "nothing was going on," Rios testified. Longoria also said DeBolt had "a real nice body" and did not look like a 14-year-old, Rios said.
Joel Cross, a Venture Corp. asphalt foreman, testified Friday he found the girl's burned body Aug. 24, 2010, at the Dundee asphalt plant, and he recalled the discovery as "surreal" and said he thought it was a mannequin at first.
"It had no humanlike features at all," he testified, wiping away tears as he identified a photo of DeBolt's body.
Cory Latham, who leads the Kansas Bureau of Investigation's Crime Scene Unit, said DeBolt's arms and legs were curled up because of the fire. There was a burn pattern in the soil around her head, torso and between her legs, and duct tape was found on her right ankle and face, Latham testified.
"There was no doubt in my mind that the body was burned at the scene," Latham testified.
Jewelry was found clutched in her hand and a necklace with the letter "A" was found on her neck. Latham said bits of "bling" were all around her body, which came from either her clothes or jewelry. Her jean shorts were unbuttoned, but Latham didn't know if that was due to fire or otherwise.
Latham noted that fire "certainly has a strong likelihood" of destroying biological evidence at a crime scene. Investigators did not find footprints or tire tracks, other than those who were working at the plant or who found the body, because of recent rain.
KBI Senior Special Agent John Nachtman testified Barton County Community College students, who assisted in a search of roadside ditches on U.S 56 from Great Bend to the Dundee asphalt plant, found DeBolt's cellphone, battery and cellphone cover on Aug. 30, 2010, in different spots alongside the north side of the road. The cellphone was the farthest away from the road.
"You can't say when ... or how it got there?" defense attorney Tim Frieden asked.
"Nobody can," Nachtman said.
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GREAT BEND - The man charged with killing a Great Bend girl whose burned body was found in August 2010 came home smelling like gasoline the night of the girl's disappearance, his ex-girlfriend testified Friday.
Eva Brown testified Adam Longoria, charged with capital murder in the death of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt, also washed his shoes with bleach the day after DeBolt went missing.
Longoria asked her to lie to investigators about where he was the night of Aug. 21, 2010, so she did, Brown said when questioned Friday by Special Assistant Kansas Attorney General Kevin O'Connor.
She also ripped up and threw out a stained, gray T-shirt Longoria was wearing Aug. 21 after he asked her to.
"He said if I loved him enough, I'd throw it away," Brown testified.
Brown's testimony came in the fifth day of trial for Longoria, who appeared Friday in a gray suit and tie.
Jurors in the trial before Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts also heard testimony Friday from Longoria's co-workers at construction company Venture Corp. and Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents, who acknowledged a burn pattern was found around the girl's body when it was discovered Aug. 24, 2010, at Venture Corp's Dundee asphalt plant about five miles southwest of Great Bend.
DeBolt left her house late Aug. 21, 2010, to go to a party, but she never returned home. The charge against Longoria alleges the slaying occurred amid or after criminal sodomy or attempted rape.
Under cross-examination from Longoria's attorneys, Brown admitted lying to investigators in the past but maintained she was telling the truth in her testimony Friday.
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Brown said she met Longoria online in 2009 and in May 2010, she traveled to Texas to pick him up and bring him to her home in Great Bend.
She said she wasn't happy when an "underage" crowd showed up to her birthday party at their house on July 17, 2010, so she went to sleep while Longoria stayed with the party outside. Her 10-year-old daughter was at a family member's home, but her 12-year-old son was home at the time.
She said she received a text message on her cellphone at about 3:30 a.m. July 18 that said, "Hey, this is Alicia." Longoria told her "Alicia" was 16, and he was "just making sure she got home Ok," Brown testified. Brown acknowledged she told investigators about getting into a text-message feud with the girl in July when she found the girl's number listed under the name "Al" in Longoria's new phone.
"He said it was his cousin," Brown said, referring to Longoria's explanation of who "Al" was.
Brown said she sent "Al" a text message and learned it was "Alicia," who said "she was his friend." Brown told her to "stop texting" Longoria.
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On Aug. 21, 2010, Longoria went to work at Venture Corp. in Brown's black Ford Escape. Brown called his work to say there was a family emergency so he could come home, even thought there wasn't an emergency, Brown testified Friday. He spent most of the day in the garage with people she didn't know, she said.
That night, they went bowling and out to dinner, and she was irritated Longoria was on his phone texting during "our time," she testified. They returned home, and he left at about 11 p.m. to go to a friend named "Ghetto's" to look at pictures, Brown said.
Longoria came home in about 15 minutes dirty and smelling of gasoline, she testified, and he told her he had been working on Ghetto's car. He took off his gray Nike T-shirt, "pull-away" athletic pants and white Nike Air Jordans and washed the clothes, and then changed into a white tank top, shorts and flip-flops, Brown said.
He left the house without saying where he was going, came home around 12:30 a.m., showered and went to sleep, she said.
Brown said her black Ford Escape reeked of gasoline the next morning, and Longoria bleached his Nike shoes and threw away his pants.
On the afternoon of Aug. 22, 2010, she received a text message circulating in the community about DeBolt's disappearance, and Longoria told her he didn't know who the girl was. On Aug. 23, DeBolt's sister and aunt came over and said DeBolt was last seen a vehicle like the black Ford Escape, Brown testified. Longoria denied knowing anything about DeBolt's disappearance but went to clean the Escape after the women left, Brown said.
"What did he tell you to tell police?" O'Connor asked Brown.
"That he was at Willie J's," Brown said, referring to a local nightclub.
She said she ripped Longoria's gray Nike T-Shirt into pieces and threw it in different spots alongside a road but later showed police where the pieces were.
In November 2010, prior to her testimony in Longoria's preliminary hearing, Longoria said he wanted to get married so she wouldn't have to testify against him, according to Brown. She said in January 2011, she ended her relationship with Longoria, who was arrested Aug. 27, 2010, after he allegedly stole a Venture Corp. SUV and fled town,
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Adam Rios testified he was paving roads for Venture Corp. with Longoria on Aug. 23, 2010 - two days after DeBolt's disappearance.
Rios said Longoria was "stressin'" about a woman looking for her daughter and women looking for "Alicia."
Longoria then talked about where he was the night DeBolt disappeared without being asked, according to Rios. Longoria said he went "out with his girl" bowling and to The Rack. Under questioning from O'Connor, Rios acknowledged Longoria never mentioned going to "Willie J's" nightclub.
Longoria said he met DeBolt at a party "a couple months back" but found out her age and said "nothing was going on," Rios testified. Longoria also said DeBolt had "a real nice body" and did not look like a 14-year-old, Rios said.
Joel Cross, a Venture Corp. asphalt foreman, testified Friday he found the girl's burned body Aug. 24, 2010, at the Dundee asphalt plant, and he recalled the discovery as "surreal" and said he thought it was a mannequin at first.
"It had no humanlike features at all," he testified, wiping away tears as he identified a photo of DeBolt's body.
Cory Latham, who leads the Kansas Bureau of Investigation's Crime Scene Unit, said DeBolt's arms and legs were curled up because of the fire. There was a burn pattern in the soil around her head, torso and between her legs, and duct tape was found on her right ankle and face, Latham testified.
"There was no doubt in my mind that the body was burned at the scene," Latham testified.
Jewelry was found clutched in her hand and a necklace with the letter "A" was found on her neck. Latham said bits of "bling" were all around her body, which came from either her clothes or jewelry. Her jean shorts were unbuttoned, but Latham didn't know if that was due to fire or otherwise.
Latham noted that fire "certainly has a strong likelihood" of destroying biological evidence at a crime scene. Investigators did not find footprints or tire tracks, other than those who were working at the plant or who found the body, because of recent rain.
KBI Senior Special Agent John Nachtman testified Barton County Community College students, who assisted in a search of roadside ditches on U.S 56 from Great Bend to the Dundee asphalt plant, found DeBolt's cellphone, battery and cellphone cover on Aug. 30, 2010, in different spots alongside the north side of the road. The cellphone was the farthest away from the road.
"You can't say when ... or how it got there?" defense attorney Tim Frieden asked.
"Nobody can," Nachtman said.
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:09 am
(Orin Wagner/Associated Press) Great Bend police detective Heather Smith holds a piece of T-shirt as she testifies Monday during the trial of Adam Longoria in Barton County District Court in Great Bend.
Testimony offers detail about death
By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News
GREAT BEND - A police detective testified Monday that the man charged with killing a 14-year-old Great Bend girl said he invited her to a party the day she disappeared.
Great Bend Police detectives interviewed 38-year-old Adam Joseph Longoria two days after Alicia DeBolt was last seen leaving her home in a black SUV the night of Aug. 21, 2010, to go to a party.
Her burned body was found Aug. 24, 2010, at Venture Corp.'s Dundee asphalt plant about five miles south of Great Bend, where Longoria worked.
Detectives, testifying Monday in the trial for Longoria, who is charged with capital murder in DeBolt's death, said they spoke with Longoria both in person and on the phone on Aug. 23, 2010, after he showed up to DeBolt's Great Bend home to talk with her family.
Longoria said he went to the DeBolt home "to help find that missing girl" and because "he heard he was involved and a description of his vehicle was involved," testified Detective Terry Millard, who interviewed Longoria at the DeBolt residence.
"He said, 'I want to get that straightened out right now,' " Millard said of Longoria. "He said he didn't know anything about it."
DeBolt's family members were on the phone with police when Longoria arrived at their house, and they put him on the phone, Detective Heather Smith said. Longoria gave his name and identified himself as "Rocko," Smith said. He said he didn't know DeBolt, but then said he met her once on July 17, 2010, at a party at his house for his girlfriend, Eva Brown, Smith testified.
Longoria said he sent DeBolt a text message Aug. 21, 2010, inviting her to a party because "Ivan Ramirez asked him to," Smith testified when questioned by Kevin O'Connor, special assistant Kansas attorney general. Longoria also said the last text he sent to DeBolt that day informed her there wasn't going to be a party, according to Smith.
Under cross-examination by Longoria's attorney, Jeffrey Wicks with the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit, Smith acknowledged she told Longoria that Ramirez might know where DeBolt was and probably wouldn't say anything if he did know.
"(Longoria) stated he was the only subject driving that vehicle, that he did not lend that vehicle to anyone," Smith said, referring to the black Ford Escape that Longoria drove and that DeBolt was reportedly last seen getting into when she left her home the night of Aug. 21, 2010.
Both detectives testified Longoria told them he was at Willie J's nightclub the night DeBolt disappeared, after he'd gone bowling and to dinner with Brown.
Hugo Hernandez, 22, also testified Monday that Longoria told him on Aug. 23, 2010, that "his friends were in trouble." Hernandez said Longoria asked him to lie to law enforcement.
"He wanted me to say I seen him at Willie J's that night," Hernandez said, acknowledging he did not initially tell investigators of Longoria's request because he was scared.
On Friday, Brown testified she ripped up a gray Nike T-shirt Longoria was wearing Aug. 21, 2010, and threw the pieces in the street after Longoria asked her to get rid of the shirt. A piece of a gray Nike T-shirt was found on Ninth Street, about six blocks from the home Longoria and Brown previously shared, Kansas Bureau of Investigation special agent Robert Conde testified. Smith said she found pieces of a gray Nike T-shirt at a compost site where street sweepers discard debris.
After DeBolt's body was found Aug. 24, 2010, at the Dundee asphalt plant, investigators found an orange Auto Zone oil jug next to a cemetery fence adjacent to the plant, KBI Special Investigator Roger Butler testified. An "underwater dive team" was also called to the plant, Butler said.
Great Bend Police Detective Denton Doze testified Longoria was captured on video surveillance at 12:07 to 12:13 a.m. Aug. 22, 2010, at Love's convenience store purchasing $1.32 in gas and dressed in a white, sleeveless shirt, shorts and flip-flops. Love's employees testified Longoria came in asking for a little jug or container he could put gas in, but one wasn't available, and he bought about a half-gallon of gas.
According to Doze, Longoria arrived at the convenience store in a small SUV and could be seen on video reaching into a trash can near the gas pump and removing an item before paying for gas. Doze said he could not see what it was Longoria pulled from the trash can.
Testimony will continue today before Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts.
On the Web: For extensive coverage of the Barton County capital murder case against Adam Longoria, including video, previous stories and a copy of the complaint, visit www.hutchnews.com/longoria.
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:11 am
Suspect's texts had victim 'freaking out'
GREAT BEND - About a week before her burned body was discovered in August 2010, 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt was "freaking out" over relentless text messages from 38-year-old Adam Longoria, a witness testified Tuesday.
Longoria is standing trial before Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts on a capital murder charge in the death of DeBolt, who was last seen leaving her Great Bend home Aug. 21, 2010, in a black SUV to go to a party. Her body was found three days later at Venture Corp.'s Dundee asphalt plant southwest of Great Bend where Longoria worked. He is also charged with vehicle burglary and theft for allegedly stealing a Venture Corp. vehicle Aug. 27, 2010, to flee amid the homicide investigation.
Rolando Molina, 19, testified Tuesday that he talked to DeBolt about a week before her disappearance.
"She was freaking out because Adam Longoria kept texting her," Molina said when questioned by Kevin O'Connor, special assistant Kansas attorney general. "I told her to ignore the text messages."
Testimony also indicated Longoria flirted with DeBolt when he saw her in July 2010 at a birthday party at his Great Bend home for his then-girlfriend Eva Brown.
Witnesses who testified Tuesday said Longoria ignored comments DeBolt was too young for him, and after she disappeared the night of Aug. 21, 2010, he reportedly gave different accounts of where he was that night and asked people to lie to investigators.
A forensic pathologist testified DeBolt died of undetermined homicidal violence. Testimony Tuesday from forensic scientists with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation revealed gas was found on and around the girl at the asphalt plant, gas was found in an Auto Zone oil jug found next to a cemetery fence by the asphalt plant, and gas was found on Longoria's white Nike shoes he reportedly wore the night DeBolt disappeared. A mixture of DNA from both DeBolt and Longoria, including Longoria's seminal fluid, was found on the driver's floor mat in the black Ford Escape Longoria shared with Brown.
The capital murder charge against Longoria alleges he killed her amid or after criminal sodomy or attempted rape. The state is not pursuing the death penalty, but if Longoria is convicted of capital murder, he faces a sentence of life in prison without parole.
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Molina testified Tuesday that most of the people at the party at Longoria's house in July 2010 were teenagers, including DeBolt.
Molina said the party was the first time he met Longoria, and he overheard a conversation between Longoria and DeBolt.
"He asked her if she had a boyfriend, and she said yes ... they were broken up at the time," Molina testified.
Longoria told DeBolt that if she would go out with him, he would buy her clothes, take her out to dinner and get her "nose done," Molina said, adding that it was "weird, because (Longoria) was pretty old and she was pretty young."
Emmanuel Ferrel, 21, and Miguel Armendariz, 25, testified they were also at the party in July 2010 at Longoria's house. Under cross-examination by Tim Frieden, Longoria's attorney with the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit, Ferrel acknowledged he remembered having a conversation with Longoria after the party in which Longoria said he had sex with DeBolt in his car.
Armendariz testified he told Longoria at the party that DeBolt was too young for him, but Longoria "didn't seem to care."
Erick Herrera, 21, testified Tuesday that he, Ferrel and Ivan Ramirez were "walking around" on Aug. 22, 2010, the day after DeBolt's disappearance, when they walked by Longoria's house and Longoria called them over.
"First, he wanted to know what we'd done that night, where we'd been ..." Herrera said. "He asked if we knew about the missing girl."
Both Herrera and Ferrel testified Longoria, also known as "Rocko," asked them to lie and tell investigators he was at Willie J's nightclub with them the night DeBolt went missing.
Molina said Ramirez was his cousin who moved to Mexico in April 2011 after he lost his job and his father was deported. According to Molina, Ramirez and Ferrel were at a wedding party with him the night of Aug. 21, 2010, and left "around 10 or 11." Ferrel testified the pair left the party around midnight and went to Willie J's, where they stayed until at least 1:30 a.m.
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Sloan Folk was working as a clerk at Ampride on Aug. 23, 2010, when Longoria came in before closing at 10 p.m. and almost left without paying for a drink. Longoria said "his mind was in another place" and was on the "missing girl" before he paid for the drink.
She said she didn't know Longoria, but he proceeded to tell her that his wife was friends with DeBolt and that his friends used his phone to text DeBolt. He said he was at Willie J's with his wife the night DeBolt disappeared, and they got there at 11 p.m. and were there for five hours, Folk testified. Longoria also said DeBolt asked him to pick her up that night while he was at Willie J's, but her friends had his phone, Folk testified.
Longoria said a red pickup and a black SUV "like the one he was driving" were involved in DeBolt's disappearance, and he said "Ivan Ramirez was involved" but he didn't know Ramirez, Folk said. She said she realized later who Longoria was after she "saw him on the news."
Kawailanilehua "Hua" Martinez testified she also talked to Longoria on Aug. 23, 2010, and he said "someone was messing with his life" and "trying to pin it on him." Longoria said he wasn't at Willie J's on Aug. 21, the night DeBolt disappeared and he "might know who did it but wasn't going to tell," Martinez testified. On Aug. 27, 2010, however, Longoria showed up at her house in a white Venture Corp. SUV, asked her to take him to the bank so he could pay her back the $250 he owed her, and then said he had been at Willie J's the night DeBolt disappeared, according to Martinez.
Longoria didn't want to use the SUV to go to the bank because "he didn't want his boss to see him in it," testified Alleda Hoilien, Martinez's mother. After going to the bank, Longoria said he was headed to Oklahoma and got in the Venture Corp. SUV and left, Martinez said.
Great Bend U.S. Postal Service clerk Crystal Easley said Longoria shipped a package Aug. 27, 2010, to a post office box in Texas, and the package with two cowboy hats, shirts and boots was addressed to himself.
"He said he had a rodeo to go to," Easley said. "He seemed a little scatterbrained ... he had to go out at least twice and left his phone and keys at the window."
Longoria bought tape, so before he left, Easley asked him if he wanted to keep the rest of the tape he didn't use.
"He said, 'I don't want it. Leave it for someone else because I'm never coming back to Great Bend,'" Easley testified.
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GREAT BEND - About a week before her burned body was discovered in August 2010, 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt was "freaking out" over relentless text messages from 38-year-old Adam Longoria, a witness testified Tuesday.
Longoria is standing trial before Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts on a capital murder charge in the death of DeBolt, who was last seen leaving her Great Bend home Aug. 21, 2010, in a black SUV to go to a party. Her body was found three days later at Venture Corp.'s Dundee asphalt plant southwest of Great Bend where Longoria worked. He is also charged with vehicle burglary and theft for allegedly stealing a Venture Corp. vehicle Aug. 27, 2010, to flee amid the homicide investigation.
Rolando Molina, 19, testified Tuesday that he talked to DeBolt about a week before her disappearance.
"She was freaking out because Adam Longoria kept texting her," Molina said when questioned by Kevin O'Connor, special assistant Kansas attorney general. "I told her to ignore the text messages."
Testimony also indicated Longoria flirted with DeBolt when he saw her in July 2010 at a birthday party at his Great Bend home for his then-girlfriend Eva Brown.
Witnesses who testified Tuesday said Longoria ignored comments DeBolt was too young for him, and after she disappeared the night of Aug. 21, 2010, he reportedly gave different accounts of where he was that night and asked people to lie to investigators.
A forensic pathologist testified DeBolt died of undetermined homicidal violence. Testimony Tuesday from forensic scientists with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation revealed gas was found on and around the girl at the asphalt plant, gas was found in an Auto Zone oil jug found next to a cemetery fence by the asphalt plant, and gas was found on Longoria's white Nike shoes he reportedly wore the night DeBolt disappeared. A mixture of DNA from both DeBolt and Longoria, including Longoria's seminal fluid, was found on the driver's floor mat in the black Ford Escape Longoria shared with Brown.
The capital murder charge against Longoria alleges he killed her amid or after criminal sodomy or attempted rape. The state is not pursuing the death penalty, but if Longoria is convicted of capital murder, he faces a sentence of life in prison without parole.
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Molina testified Tuesday that most of the people at the party at Longoria's house in July 2010 were teenagers, including DeBolt.
Molina said the party was the first time he met Longoria, and he overheard a conversation between Longoria and DeBolt.
"He asked her if she had a boyfriend, and she said yes ... they were broken up at the time," Molina testified.
Longoria told DeBolt that if she would go out with him, he would buy her clothes, take her out to dinner and get her "nose done," Molina said, adding that it was "weird, because (Longoria) was pretty old and she was pretty young."
Emmanuel Ferrel, 21, and Miguel Armendariz, 25, testified they were also at the party in July 2010 at Longoria's house. Under cross-examination by Tim Frieden, Longoria's attorney with the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit, Ferrel acknowledged he remembered having a conversation with Longoria after the party in which Longoria said he had sex with DeBolt in his car.
Armendariz testified he told Longoria at the party that DeBolt was too young for him, but Longoria "didn't seem to care."
Erick Herrera, 21, testified Tuesday that he, Ferrel and Ivan Ramirez were "walking around" on Aug. 22, 2010, the day after DeBolt's disappearance, when they walked by Longoria's house and Longoria called them over.
"First, he wanted to know what we'd done that night, where we'd been ..." Herrera said. "He asked if we knew about the missing girl."
Both Herrera and Ferrel testified Longoria, also known as "Rocko," asked them to lie and tell investigators he was at Willie J's nightclub with them the night DeBolt went missing.
Molina said Ramirez was his cousin who moved to Mexico in April 2011 after he lost his job and his father was deported. According to Molina, Ramirez and Ferrel were at a wedding party with him the night of Aug. 21, 2010, and left "around 10 or 11." Ferrel testified the pair left the party around midnight and went to Willie J's, where they stayed until at least 1:30 a.m.
***
Sloan Folk was working as a clerk at Ampride on Aug. 23, 2010, when Longoria came in before closing at 10 p.m. and almost left without paying for a drink. Longoria said "his mind was in another place" and was on the "missing girl" before he paid for the drink.
She said she didn't know Longoria, but he proceeded to tell her that his wife was friends with DeBolt and that his friends used his phone to text DeBolt. He said he was at Willie J's with his wife the night DeBolt disappeared, and they got there at 11 p.m. and were there for five hours, Folk testified. Longoria also said DeBolt asked him to pick her up that night while he was at Willie J's, but her friends had his phone, Folk testified.
Longoria said a red pickup and a black SUV "like the one he was driving" were involved in DeBolt's disappearance, and he said "Ivan Ramirez was involved" but he didn't know Ramirez, Folk said. She said she realized later who Longoria was after she "saw him on the news."
Kawailanilehua "Hua" Martinez testified she also talked to Longoria on Aug. 23, 2010, and he said "someone was messing with his life" and "trying to pin it on him." Longoria said he wasn't at Willie J's on Aug. 21, the night DeBolt disappeared and he "might know who did it but wasn't going to tell," Martinez testified. On Aug. 27, 2010, however, Longoria showed up at her house in a white Venture Corp. SUV, asked her to take him to the bank so he could pay her back the $250 he owed her, and then said he had been at Willie J's the night DeBolt disappeared, according to Martinez.
Longoria didn't want to use the SUV to go to the bank because "he didn't want his boss to see him in it," testified Alleda Hoilien, Martinez's mother. After going to the bank, Longoria said he was headed to Oklahoma and got in the Venture Corp. SUV and left, Martinez said.
Great Bend U.S. Postal Service clerk Crystal Easley said Longoria shipped a package Aug. 27, 2010, to a post office box in Texas, and the package with two cowboy hats, shirts and boots was addressed to himself.
"He said he had a rodeo to go to," Easley said. "He seemed a little scatterbrained ... he had to go out at least twice and left his phone and keys at the window."
Longoria bought tape, so before he left, Easley asked him if he wanted to keep the rest of the tape he didn't use.
"He said, 'I don't want it. Leave it for someone else because I'm never coming back to Great Bend,'" Easley testified.
http://www.hutchnews.com/longoria/A1--longoria--1
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:13 am
Forensic scientist cross-examined in Longoria case
By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News
GREAT BEND – Testimony in the trial of a 38-year-old man charged with killing a 14-year-old Great Bend girl in August 2010 resumed Wednesday with the cross-examination of a forensic scientist with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Both the prosecution and the defense in the capital murder case against Adam Joseph Longoria agreed that an oral swab test from the mouth of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt contained male DNA and that it wasn’t Longoria’s.
DeBolt was last seen Aug. 21, 2010, leaving her Great Bend home in a black SUV to attend a party. Her burned body was found three days later at a Venture Corp. asphalt plant near Great Bend where Longoria worked.
James Newman, a forensic scientist with the KBI, testified the unknown male DNA was a very small amount – only enough for a partial DNA profile. Numerous people were tested, including DeBolt’s family and forensic employees, in an attempt to see if the sample came from contamination.
He said it was possible that the DNA came from a sexual assault that occurred shortly before DeBolt’s death. He also said it was possible, however, that the unknown male DNA came from DeBolt kissing someone or sharing a drink, and the DNA would have likely been left six hours before being found on her body.
A mixture of DeBolt’s DNA and Longoria’s DNA, including Longoria’s seminal fluid, was found in the driver’s side floor mat of the black Ford Escape that Longoria allegedly drove the night of Debolt’s disappearance.
The capital murder charge against Longoria alleges he killed her amid or after criminal sodomy or attempted rape. The state is not pursuing the death penalty, but if Longoria is convicted of capital murder, he will face a sentence of life in prison without parole.
http://www.hutchnews.com/longoria/Forensic-scientist-cross-examined-in-Longoria-case
By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News
GREAT BEND – Testimony in the trial of a 38-year-old man charged with killing a 14-year-old Great Bend girl in August 2010 resumed Wednesday with the cross-examination of a forensic scientist with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Both the prosecution and the defense in the capital murder case against Adam Joseph Longoria agreed that an oral swab test from the mouth of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt contained male DNA and that it wasn’t Longoria’s.
DeBolt was last seen Aug. 21, 2010, leaving her Great Bend home in a black SUV to attend a party. Her burned body was found three days later at a Venture Corp. asphalt plant near Great Bend where Longoria worked.
James Newman, a forensic scientist with the KBI, testified the unknown male DNA was a very small amount – only enough for a partial DNA profile. Numerous people were tested, including DeBolt’s family and forensic employees, in an attempt to see if the sample came from contamination.
He said it was possible that the DNA came from a sexual assault that occurred shortly before DeBolt’s death. He also said it was possible, however, that the unknown male DNA came from DeBolt kissing someone or sharing a drink, and the DNA would have likely been left six hours before being found on her body.
A mixture of DeBolt’s DNA and Longoria’s DNA, including Longoria’s seminal fluid, was found in the driver’s side floor mat of the black Ford Escape that Longoria allegedly drove the night of Debolt’s disappearance.
The capital murder charge against Longoria alleges he killed her amid or after criminal sodomy or attempted rape. The state is not pursuing the death penalty, but if Longoria is convicted of capital murder, he will face a sentence of life in prison without parole.
http://www.hutchnews.com/longoria/Forensic-scientist-cross-examined-in-Longoria-case
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:18 pm
At least 80 text messages exchanged between Longoria, DeBolt
By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News
GREAT BEND – “Hey, it’s Alicia.”
“Good morning beautiful, and I got your text.”
Those were the first text messages exchanged between 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt and 38-year-old Adam Joseph Longoria on July 18, 2010, the morning after the pair reportedly met at a party at Longoria’s Great Bend home, according to Stephanie Smith, an intelligence analyst with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Smith testified Wednesday before Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts in the eighth day of trial for Longoria, who is charged in with capital murder in DeBolt’s August 2010 death.
Smith acknowledged at least 80 text messages were exchanged between the pair’s cellphones on July 18, 2010, including messages from Longoria calling DeBolt “hot stuff” and offering to take her to a movie.
DeBolt was last seen the night of Aug. 21, 2010, leaving her Great Bend home in a black SUV to go to a party. Her burned body was found three days later at a Venture Corp.’s Dundee asphalt plant near Great Bend where Longoria worked.
More than 200 text messages between DeBolt and Longoria were read aloud Wednesday to the jury, revealing what prosecutors with the Kansas Attorney General’s Office have described as Longoria’s growing obsession with the girl.
In the messages, Longoria allegedly lies about his age, and on the night of Aug. 21, 2010, offers to take DeBolt out partying.
Longoria’s attorneys with the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit argue, however, that there is no evidence of who sent the text messages from the phones.
The state is not seeking the death penalty for Longoria, but if convicted of capital murder, he faces a sentence of life in prison without parole. The capital murder charge alleges Longoria killed DeBolt amid or after criminal sodomy or attempted rape.
Text messages
On July 18, 2010, DeBolt received text messages from Longoria thanking her for coming to his party. He calls her “miss shy.”
“I’m not shy,” DeBolt says in a text message to Longoria’s phone at 11:04 a.m. July 18.
“In some ways you are, and I like that,” Longoria replies.
“Ok, well good,” DeBolt says.
Minutes later, Longoria asks DeBolt to send him a picture and then says, “Damn, I like.”
DeBolt asks Longoria, “How old are you?” and he allegedly replies with, “Does it matter?”
He asks for another picture, and when he doesn't get one, Longoria allegedly says, “You don’t love me anymore, and I’m 25. Is that good or bad? … Am I too old for you?”
At 6:06 p.m. July 18, DeBolt sends Longoria a text message that says, “I don’t even know you. When are we going to party again?” She tells him they’re “just friends” when he asks if she is going to be his date.
On July 20, 2010, DeBolt receives a text message from Longoria’s phone saying he hasn’t heard from her and he misses her. He offers to pick her up from work that day and take her out to “get a bite later.”
“I’ll even get you something to drink,” Longoria allegedly tells DeBolt.
On July 21, Eva Brown, Longoria’s then-girlfriend, sends DeBolt a text message asking who she is, how old she is and how she knows Longoria. Brown says Longoria is claiming DeBolt is his cousin, and DeBolt says she is his friend.
“Well, he ain’t your friend no more, got that?” Brown says in a text message to DeBolt, adding that she’s Longoria’s wife.
“She’s your wife!!!!??” DeBolt asks Longoria. He denies it and tells DeBolt she has “nothing to worry about.”
On July 31, Longoria again offers to pick up DeBolt, and also asks her repeatedly for a picture.
“That’s screwed up I can’t have my pic,” one message states, followed by, “I want my pic!” and “Send me my pic!”
On Aug. 15, DeBolt gets text messages from Longoria’s cellphone telling her it’s “Adam.” She replies, “Oh.”
“Is that an oh that you don’t want to talk to me?” he asks.
“Yeah,” DeBolt says.
“What did I do to you?” Longoria asks, but he doesn’t get a response.
On Aug. 21, the day DeBolt disappeared, she gets text messages from Longoria’s cellphone offering to pick her up to go partying. Shortly after 10 p.m. he tells her he has five cases of beer, one house and “there will be lots of people.” She agrees to go and gives Longoria her address. DeBolt tells a friend she can come, too, and sends text messages to other friends about what she is going to wear and take to her upcoming first day of high school.
“I’m here,” Longoria says at 11:01 p.m. DeBolt continues to exchange text messages with a friend until 11:20 p.m., and her phone’s signal ceases at 11:40 p.m., Smith testified Wednesday.
DeBolt’s mother, Tamara Conrad, sends her daughter messages at 12:11 and 12:24 a.m. Aug. 22 asking DeBolt where she is at, and reminding her it’s past her curfew.
At 12:29 a.m., DeBolt’s friend sends her a text message asking her why she ditched her.
The last message sent from Longoria’s phone to DeBolt’s phone – at 12:57 a.m. on Aug. 22, 2010 – says, “There isn’t going to be a party. Nevermind.”
Forensic evidence
Both the prosecution and the defense agreed Wednesday that an oral swab test from the DeBolt’s mouth during an autopsy revealed there was unknown male DNA in her mouth, and that it wasn’t Longoria’s.
James Newman, Kansas Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist, testified the unknown male DNA was a small amount – only enough for a partial DNA profile. Numerous people were tested, including DeBolt’s family and those who conducted the autopsy at the Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center, in an attempt to see if the unknown male DNA came from contamination.
Under cross-examination by Tim Frieden, Longoria’s attorney with the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit, Newman said it was possible the DNA came from a sexual assault that occurred shortly before DeBolt’s death. But when questioned by Kevin O’Connor, special assistant Kansas attorney general, Newman said it was also possible the unknown male DNA could have come from DeBolt kissing someone or sharing a drink.
According to Newman, six hours is typically the limitation on the amount of time a person’s DNA profile can be detected in someone’s mouth after it’s deposited there.
A mixture of DNA from both DeBolt and Longoria, including Longoria’s seminal fluid, was found on the driver’s side floor mat of the black Ford Escape that Longoria reportedly drove the night of Debolt’s disappearance.
Longoria is also charged with vehicle burglary and theft for allegedly stealing a Venture Corp. vehicle Aug. 27, 2010, to flee amid the homicide investigation.
His neighbor, Coletta Mogbo, testified she watched as investigators executed a search warrant Aug. 27, 2010, at Longoria’s Great Bend home. She said Longoria asked for a ride to the Venture Corp. asphalt plant, and she gave him one. He looked through company vehicles at the plant to see how much gas they had, she testified.
“I told him, ‘You told me you had a personal vehicle out here,’” Mogbo said, adding she left and did not see what vehicle Longoria left in.
Venture Corp. co-owner Chris Spray testified Longoria did not work there Aug. 27, 2010, and did not have permission to take the company’s white Ford Explorer from its main office south of Great Bend.
Jurors watched a videotape of Lt. Andrew Dean with the Kansas Highway Patrol parked behind the white Ford Explorer on Aug. 27, 2010, just north of I-70 west of Salina. Law enforcement had used the Venture Corp. cellphone inside the SUV to track Longoria’s whereabouts after the SUV was reported stolen, Dean acknowledged.
With Highway Patrol aircraft circling overhead, Longoria pulled over to the side of the road after Dean started following him, awaiting back-up. Longoria got out of the SUV, walked backward as ordered, got down on his hands and knees and placed his hands behind his head before being taken into custody.
http://www.hutchnews.com/longoria/Forensic-scientist-cross-examined-in-Longoria-case
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by mermaid55 on Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:15 am
Prosecution: Text messages paint picture
(Orlin Wagner/Associated Press) Adam Longoria, right, winks at his attorney Tim Frieden following the cross examination of a witness during his trial in Barton County District Court in Great Bend on Wednesday.
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More than 200 text messages between DeBolt and Longoria were read aloud Wednesday to the jury, in an attempt to reveal what prosecutors with the Kansas Attorney General's Office have described as Longoria's growing obsession with the girl.
In the messages, Longoria allegedly lies about his age, and on the night of Aug. 21, 2010, offers to take DeBolt out partying.
Longoria's attorneys with the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit argue, however, that there is no evidence of who sent the text messages from the phones.
The state is not seeking the death penalty for Longoria, but if convicted of capital murder, he faces a sentence of life in prison without parole. The capital murder charge alleges Longoria killed DeBolt amid or after criminal sodomy or attempted rape.
Read more>
http://hutchnews.com/Longoria/A1--longoria--2
(Orlin Wagner/Associated Press) Adam Longoria, right, winks at his attorney Tim Frieden following the cross examination of a witness during his trial in Barton County District Court in Great Bend on Wednesday.
snipped...
More than 200 text messages between DeBolt and Longoria were read aloud Wednesday to the jury, in an attempt to reveal what prosecutors with the Kansas Attorney General's Office have described as Longoria's growing obsession with the girl.
In the messages, Longoria allegedly lies about his age, and on the night of Aug. 21, 2010, offers to take DeBolt out partying.
Longoria's attorneys with the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit argue, however, that there is no evidence of who sent the text messages from the phones.
The state is not seeking the death penalty for Longoria, but if convicted of capital murder, he faces a sentence of life in prison without parole. The capital murder charge alleges Longoria killed DeBolt amid or after criminal sodomy or attempted rape.
Read more>
http://hutchnews.com/Longoria/A1--longoria--2
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by twinkletoes on Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:38 pm
Factory worker guilty of murdering cheerleader, 14, and dumping her body after he seduced and raped her
A man has been convicted of capital murder for killing a 14-year-old
cheerleader whose charred body was found at the asphalt plant where the
man worked.
Adam Longoria, 38, stood and stared straight at
jurors, wearing a blank expression as the judge polled each of them to
confirm the decision.
The jury had deliberated less than four
hours after closing arguments capped six days of testimony about the
August 2010 killing of Alicia DeBolt.
Brutally murdered: The charred remains of Alicia DeBolt, 14, were found at a Kansas asphalt plant in 2010
Facing life: Adam Joseph Longoria, 38, has been found guilty of capital murder after Alicia's death
Carefree: Alicia was just 14 when she was brutally murdered by Longoria not far from her home
Alicia was last seen alive when she left her home in Great Bend, Kansas for a party just before midnight on August 21.
Her family reported her missing the next day, setting off a search that
ended three days later when her remains, with traces of duct tape on her
ankles and face, were found at the Venture Corp. plant.
Alicia's remains were so badly burned that the coroner had to rely on dental records to identify her.
The community of Great Bend was so shaken by the cheerleader's August 2010
death that more than 2,000 people attended a vigil to remember the teen
known as 'Babygurl.'
En masse: The community of Great Bend was so shaken by the cheerleader's
August 2010 death that more than 2,000 people attended a vigil to
remember the teen known as 'Babygurl'
Disbelief: Friends and classmates of Ms DeBolt exchanged hugs and cried during the vigil
A town in shock: Mourners held candles at the August 29, 2010 vigil for Alicia DeBolt in in Great Bend
Longoria was 36 when he began pursuing the teen after meeting her at a party in July that year.
'She is a teenager,' prosecutor Kevin O'Connor told jurors earlier on
Friday. 'Maybe this little girl is trying to be a little bit older than
she was - but he was a lot older.'
Mr O'Connor reminded
jurors of the hundreds of text messages Longoria exchanged with Alicia,
underlining his obsession with the teen, including the text messages
that showed he picked her up the night she disappeared and that she
thought she was going to a party.
The prosecutor noted Longoria's semen was found mixed with Alicia's DNA in his vehicle.
Other
evidence indicating Longoria was involved in Alicia's grisly death
included gasoline on his gym shoes and video surveillance showing him
buying $1.32 of gas on the night she disappeared.
His
ex-girlfriend testified that he smelled of gasoline when he came home
and that her car reeked of it the next morning. Other witnesses
testified that Longoria asked them to lie about his whereabouts that
night.
Denial: Factory worker Longoria pleaded not guilty to the killing but failed to convince a jury
Fatal attraction: Longoria, left, seduced the teen through text messages and had a 'depraved fantasy'
Mr O'Connor also pointed to the destruction of evidence: Alicia's body was
burned so badly it was impossible to determine if she was sexually
assaulted; Longoria's ex-girlfriend testified that he washed his clothes
when he came home that night, and later shredded his T-shirt and asked
her to dispose of it.
Defence attorney Jeff Wicks said text
messages indicated Alicia was in a sexual relationship with another boy
and suggested that boy or someone else could have killed her.
He said Longoria had bragged about having sex with Alicia, meaning her DNA
could have ended up in his car on another occasion. And DNA from an
unknown male was found in the girl's mouth.
Mr O'Connor said text messages sent from Longoria's phone did not indicate he had
'accomplished his goal, his conquest of a 14-year-old,' and he derided
Mr Wicks's efforts to portray someone else as a possible killer.
'It is his fault,' Mr O'Connor said, pointing to the defendant. 'And the evidence establishes that.'
To find Longoria guilty of capital murder, jurors had to determine he
committed criminal sodomy, aggravated criminal sodomy or attempted rape
during the killing. Jurors were also allowed to consider lesser charges
such as first-degree murder and second-degree murder.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2126338/Adam-Longoria-guilty-murdering-Alicia-DeBolt-14-seduced-raped-her.html#ixzz1rM7SuxfC
- Adam Longoria sent a series of text messages to Alicia DeBolt
- Teen disappeared in August 2010 after leaving home to attend a party
- Her charred body was found at the asphalt factory where Longoria worked
A man has been convicted of capital murder for killing a 14-year-old
cheerleader whose charred body was found at the asphalt plant where the
man worked.
Adam Longoria, 38, stood and stared straight at
jurors, wearing a blank expression as the judge polled each of them to
confirm the decision.
The jury had deliberated less than four
hours after closing arguments capped six days of testimony about the
August 2010 killing of Alicia DeBolt.
Brutally murdered: The charred remains of Alicia DeBolt, 14, were found at a Kansas asphalt plant in 2010
Facing life: Adam Joseph Longoria, 38, has been found guilty of capital murder after Alicia's death
Carefree: Alicia was just 14 when she was brutally murdered by Longoria not far from her home
Alicia was last seen alive when she left her home in Great Bend, Kansas for a party just before midnight on August 21.
Her family reported her missing the next day, setting off a search that
ended three days later when her remains, with traces of duct tape on her
ankles and face, were found at the Venture Corp. plant.
Alicia's remains were so badly burned that the coroner had to rely on dental records to identify her.
The community of Great Bend was so shaken by the cheerleader's August 2010
death that more than 2,000 people attended a vigil to remember the teen
known as 'Babygurl.'
En masse: The community of Great Bend was so shaken by the cheerleader's
August 2010 death that more than 2,000 people attended a vigil to
remember the teen known as 'Babygurl'
Disbelief: Friends and classmates of Ms DeBolt exchanged hugs and cried during the vigil
A town in shock: Mourners held candles at the August 29, 2010 vigil for Alicia DeBolt in in Great Bend
Longoria was 36 when he began pursuing the teen after meeting her at a party in July that year.
'She is a teenager,' prosecutor Kevin O'Connor told jurors earlier on
Friday. 'Maybe this little girl is trying to be a little bit older than
she was - but he was a lot older.'
Mr O'Connor reminded
jurors of the hundreds of text messages Longoria exchanged with Alicia,
underlining his obsession with the teen, including the text messages
that showed he picked her up the night she disappeared and that she
thought she was going to a party.
The prosecutor noted Longoria's semen was found mixed with Alicia's DNA in his vehicle.
Other
evidence indicating Longoria was involved in Alicia's grisly death
included gasoline on his gym shoes and video surveillance showing him
buying $1.32 of gas on the night she disappeared.
His
ex-girlfriend testified that he smelled of gasoline when he came home
and that her car reeked of it the next morning. Other witnesses
testified that Longoria asked them to lie about his whereabouts that
night.
Denial: Factory worker Longoria pleaded not guilty to the killing but failed to convince a jury
Fatal attraction: Longoria, left, seduced the teen through text messages and had a 'depraved fantasy'
Mr O'Connor also pointed to the destruction of evidence: Alicia's body was
burned so badly it was impossible to determine if she was sexually
assaulted; Longoria's ex-girlfriend testified that he washed his clothes
when he came home that night, and later shredded his T-shirt and asked
her to dispose of it.
Defence attorney Jeff Wicks said text
messages indicated Alicia was in a sexual relationship with another boy
and suggested that boy or someone else could have killed her.
He said Longoria had bragged about having sex with Alicia, meaning her DNA
could have ended up in his car on another occasion. And DNA from an
unknown male was found in the girl's mouth.
Mr O'Connor said text messages sent from Longoria's phone did not indicate he had
'accomplished his goal, his conquest of a 14-year-old,' and he derided
Mr Wicks's efforts to portray someone else as a possible killer.
'It is his fault,' Mr O'Connor said, pointing to the defendant. 'And the evidence establishes that.'
To find Longoria guilty of capital murder, jurors had to determine he
committed criminal sodomy, aggravated criminal sodomy or attempted rape
during the killing. Jurors were also allowed to consider lesser charges
such as first-degree murder and second-degree murder.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2126338/Adam-Longoria-guilty-murdering-Alicia-DeBolt-14-seduced-raped-her.html#ixzz1rM7SuxfC
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Re: ALICIA DANIELLE DeBOLT - 14 yo -(2010) Great Bend (NW of Wichita) KS
by babyjustice on Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:43 am
Thank God this monster was convicted of capital murder. I hope he gets life in prison with no parole. He is clearly a demented predator and given the opportunity, I am positive he would do this again. I hope he burns in h@ll for what he did to this sweet girl.
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