Nacole Winter, 15, Brutally Murdered

[SewingDeb]

http://www.cjonline.com/stories/121806/loc_winter.shtml

A teenage Topeka girl found Thursday in an undeveloped area near Lake Shawnee was "brutally murdered," according to Topeka Police Sgt. Steve Taylor.

Police are investigating Nacole Winter's death as a homicide after her body was identified using dental records.

Winter, 15, was found at about 4 a.m. in an open field on the east side of the 4100 block of S.E. East Edge Road by Shawnee County sheriff's officers on routine patrol in the vicinity. The area is part of the Rockfire housing development, which has been annexed by the city, police said.

The Shawnee County coroner's office performed an autopsy, and dental records confirmed the girl's identity, a police spokesman said.

[lizzybeth]

How horrible and such a sweet looking little girl. I read the article but I didn't see anything that said she had been reported missing. Was she only gone for a few hours before they found her body? They certainly weren't giving too much information.

[angarella]

This is a strange case and not much information about it. How incredibly sad. What happened to this girl? What is happening to all of these children???????

Rest in Peace Nacole.

[SewingDeb]

Originally Posted by lizzybeth

How horrible and such a sweet looking little girl. I read the article but I didn't see anything that said she had been reported missing. Was she only gone for a few hours before they found her body? They certainly weren't giving too much information.

I noticed the same thing. Hopefully more will come out in the news.

[SewingDeb]

Friends share memories of teen

Kaylee Simmons remembers talking to Nacole Winter at Hope Street Academy just days before Winter went missing. They talked about the weekend, like any other girls chatting in the halls of school.

"She was just saying stuff about the weekend and what we'd done," Simmons, 14, said Monday.

Then on Nov. 30, Winter, an eighth-grade student at Hope Street, didn't show up for school. Her parents said they filed a missing persons report with the Topeka Police Department that night.

On Dec. 14, the 15-year-old was found dead near Lake Shawnee.

Maj. John Sidwell said Monday that no further information was available about what the department called a brutal murder. Police wouldn't confirm early reports that Winter's body was partially burned but did say that dental records were used to identify her body.


more at link:
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/1219...lewinter.shtml

[SewingDeb]

Sources says her body was burned from the waist down, and her family wants answers. Nacole's family can't have her home for Christmas, but say the best present would be putting the killer behind bars.

http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/4952512.html

[SewingDeb]

http://ww2.wibw.com/global/video/pop...l&rnd=87369569

Video link: Nacole's Family Speaks Out

[LionRun]

How horrible and heartbraking. She was only 14 years old. I hope they find who did this to her. I've only been on this forum for a few days; but, boy have I, "seen" a lot.

[SewingDeb]

Originally Posted by LionRun

How horrible and heartbraking. She was only 14 years old. I hope they find who did this to her. I've only been on this forum for a few days; but, boy have I, "seen" a lot.

Welcome to the forum, LionRun.

I hope they catch whoever did this, too. If it is true that she was burned from the waist down, it sounds like she was possibly raped and they did this to destroy DNA evidence.

[MeoW333]

Good Lord, i have never heard of such a thing as a "Flip" party.. is this a relatively new thing? I hope LE has undercovers on such things.
Maybe the person who murdered Nacole was a smoker and had the lighter handy, burning her to destroy evidence as an afterthought? I wonder if they found any cigarette butts in the area, they might be able to get DNA off that and match it.
My prayers to Nacole's family.

[Belinda]

Friday, September 19, 2008

The murder of a Topeka teen took a unexpected turn today.

Christopher Hall plead guilty to the murder of 15 year-old Nicole Winter.

The 25-year-old also plead guilty to aggravated indecent liberties with a child and criminal discretion of a body.

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Also today, Hall plead guilty to the hammer attacks on a Southwest Topeka couple.

http://www.ktka.com/news/2008/sep/19...expected_turn/

Kansas does not give sentencing date, but here is what I have:

Christopher Dwayne Hall

Housed: Larned State Hospital

Offense Date: 12/11/2006 Sentence Date: 12/12/2008

Charge 1: 1st Degree Murder
Charge 2: Aggravated Indecent Liberties
Charge 3: Criminal Desecration

Offense Date: 12/25/2006 Sentence Date: 12/12/2008

Charge 1: Attempted 1st Degree Murder
Charge 2: Attempted 1st Degree Murder
Charge 3: Aggravated Robbery

Will search news stories for sentence. Undoubtedly LWOP, but one can't be too sure these days.

[Belinda]

Posted: 9:28 PM May 12, 2008

The brother of a man accused in the brutal killing of a Topeka teenager struck a deal in Shawnee County District Court Monday.

Anthony Hall pleaded guilty to charges of attempted second degree murder, attempted rape and aiding a felon. Shawnee County District Attorney Robert Hecht told 13 News the attempted murder charge stems from the beating of a man and a woman in December 2006; the attempted rape charge involves an incident with a 26-year old woman in an apartment complex laundry room; and the aiding a felon charge has to do with the murder of Nacole Winter.

http://www.wibw.com/crime/headlines/18880394.html

Anthony Earl Hall

Housed: Hutchinson CF - Central
Sentence Date: 12/19/2008

Offense: Attempted Rape - Offense Date: 11/28/2006
Offense: Aiding a Felon - Offense Date: 12/22/2006
Offense: Attempted 2nd Degree Murder - Offense Date: 12/25/2006

These two guys were quite the crime wave.

[Belinda]

Steve Fry

Published Saturday, September 20, 2008

Exactly a month after two of his brothers told horrific details of Christopher Dwayne Hall's part in the strangulation killing of a 15-year-old Topeka girl, Hall pleaded guilty late Friday afternoon to murder and sexual assault.

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Hall's convictions in the murder case and the sentencing ranges are:

• First-degree murder of Winter, a life term.

• Aggravated indecent liberties with a child, specifically sexual intercourse with a child 14 or 15, 55 to 247 months.

• Criminal desecration of a body, coffin or urn, a misdemeanor, one year.

Halls convictions in the hammer attack are:

• Attempted first-degree murder of Michael Joseph Delaney, 147 to 165 months.

• Attempted first-degree murder of Jennifer Leigh Hughes, 147 to 165 months.

• Aggravated robbery of Delaney, 55 to 247 months.

• Conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, 31 to 136 months.

It appears consecutive maximum terms would result in Hall being sentenced to a life plus 53 years and three months in prison.

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As part of plea agreements with prosecutors, Michael Hall, 27, pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and attempted second-degree murder. Anthony Earl Hall, 28, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder.

Much more at link:
http://cjonline.com/stories/092008/loc_334492870.shtml

BBM. Good heavens, there's another one! Going to look up Michael Hall.

[kbl8201]

i hope they all fry

[Belinda]

Michael Timothy Hall

Housed: Hutchinson CF - Central
Offense Date: 12/25/2006
Sentence Date: 12/15/2008

Charge 1: Aggravated Robbery
Charge 2: Attempted 2nd Degree Murder

[Belinda]

Posted: 11:53 AM Dec 12, 2008
Reporter: Amanda Lanum

TOPEKA, Kan. - Two years after he brutally murdered and dumped the body of a Topeka teen, Christopher Dwayne Hall learned his fate for the crime.

Judge Mark Brown Friday sentenced Hall, who pleaded guilty to first degree murder, aggravated indecent liberties with a child, sexual intercourse and criminal desecration of the body of 15 year old Nacole Winter, to life in prison for the murder charge.

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Hall was also convicted in a home invasion and hammer attack on a Topeka couple, Jennifer Hughes and Michael Delaney, about the same time as Winter's murder. That brought two charges of attempted first degree murder and aggravated robbery. Hall received 246 months for the attempted murder of Delaney, 165 months for Hughes' attempted murder, 61 months for aggravated robbery, and 34 months for conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery.

http://www.wibw.com/biolanum/headlines/36053814.html

One down.

[Belinda]

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Potential sentences for Anthony Hall are 55 to 247 months each for the attempted murder conviction and attempted rape and seven to 23 months for the aiding a felon conviction, Hecht said. The sentences depend on his criminal history.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m.../ai_n25449017/

This is the closet I could get to a sentence for Anthony Hall. Nothing on sentencing on Michael Hall, although I could just be tired of looking.

[Belinda]

Anthony Earl Hall

Earliest Possible Release Date: 09/22/2021

Don't have a definitive arrest date, but the sentence is approximately 14 years.

Michael Timothy Lamar Hall

Earliest Possible Release Date: 09/21/2014

Approximate sentence: 7 years

[teedie2]

I hope the mother of these three males doesn't have any more children.