GUILTY PA - Karissa Kunco, 21, Baldwin, 11 January 2012

jwpmoyer said:

Missing woman may have been abducted

http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/apbreak11/AP-Missing-woman-011212

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Police have not charged the man with abducting the woman, only with physically abusing her last month. They have a simple assault warrant for his arrest. Police said Clemons assaulted Kunco in December and recently threatened the woman and her family in a Facebook post.

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Trooper at the scene would not say if it’s the body of a Baldwin woman who has been missing since Wednesday night.

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Deputy Public Defender Brian Gorman argued Friday before Washington County Judge Katherine Emery that the statement Jordan Clemons made on the evening of Jan. 13, 2012, should be suppressed because state police violated his right to remain silent and his right to counsel. Gorman also argued the statement should be suppressed because Clemons was intoxicated and/or incapacitated when he made them...

In addition to criminal homicide, aggravated assault, access device fraud, abuse of a corpse, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and tampering with evidence in the Kunco case, Clemons faces burglary, robbery, theft and simple assault charges in connection with a home invasion in Canonsburg Jan. 8, 2012, and a charge of flight to avoid apprehension in connection with an alleged assault of Kunco in December 2011.

The prosecution is seeking the death penalty against Clemons in the homicide case.

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Jordan Clemons, whose murder trial could begin as soon as September, was a standout football player in his high school years. He’s now claiming head injuries he suffered both on and off the field, plus years of drug abuse, diminished his mental capacity...

On Thursday, Emery granted Gorman’s request to have Allegheny Neurological Associates of Pittsburgh examine Clemons at a cost of up to $1,000, noting she would have to approve any additional costs. She also permitted Clemons to be evaluated by Dr. Duncan B. Clark of the University of Pittsburgh, who is both a psychiatrist and psychologist specializing in treating adolescents and young adults for drug and alcohol abuse...

Because capital punishment cases require a larger number of potential jurors, summonses will be sent in advance of a targeted Sept. 22 trial date, which is separate from Washington County Court’s two-week trial term that begins Sept. 8.

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Jury selection began Wednesday with Washington County Judge Gary Gilman posing group questions to 151 potential jurors...

State police allege after killing her, Clemons dragged her naked body into the woods along Sabo Road and covered it with leaves, brush and a tree stump. Kunco, whose throat was cut, had a protection-from-abuse order against Clemons...

Clemons also faces charges from a home invasion in Canonsburg Jan. 8, 2012, and is charged with flight to avoid apprehension in connection with an alleged assault of Kunco in December 2011.

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A Mount Washington man who was sentenced to death Thursday by a Washington County jury was formally sentenced Friday, the district attorney there said.

It was requested and granted that Jordan Clemons, 26, of Mount Washington be immediately transferred to the state Department of Corrections, District Attorney Eugene Vittone said.

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