GUILTY CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*

[Niner]

Looking...

Ika Eden is representing herself. She successfully objected to certain aspects of testimony the prosecution intended to elicit from the woman who became the foster mother of Ceus’ children.

According to argument outside of the jury’s presence, the witness was to testify about a nightmare that left one of the surviving girls shaking and terrified — in which she saw “two girls alive and two girls dead.”

Mesa County District Judge Gretchen Larsen ruled in favor of Ika Eden on that aspect, finding this information irrelevant as to whether Ika Eden had caused Hannah and Makayla’s deaths.
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Trial resumes Monday, Blair will testify.

Thank you! I take it the State has rested, as Blair already testified for the State & now will be testifying for Eden. ?? Yes?

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, June 22nd:
*Trial continues (Day 6) (@ 9am MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Ika Eden (53/now 56) (from Jamaica) charged with 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, bond $125K; plead not guilty. Found incompetent to stand trial; in State hospital in Pueblo. Found competent to stand trial (5/25/21).
Trial began on 6/14/21 with jury selection & trial began on 6/15/21 (6/14-6/18, 6/21-6/23 & 6/29/21 & 7/1/21). Trial moved from San Miguel County to Mesa County. Eden is representing herself with a court-appointed attorney as advisory counsel.
Court info from 5/21/19 thru 6/10/21, Jury selection (Day 1-2) 6/14/21 to 6/15/21 & Trial (Day 1-3) 6/15/21 to 6/17/21 reference post #332 here:
CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*
6/21/21 Monday, Trial Day 5: State rested their case on 6/18/21. Defense witnesses: Frederick “Alex” Blair. No other info available. Trial continued on 6/22/21.
*Madani "Ama" Ceus – Child: Termination of parental rights hearing on 8/20 & 8/21/20. Sentenced for murder on 6/19/20 to 64 years in prison. Restitution hearing on 9/11/20.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison. 5/8/19: Appealing his guilty verdict. 1/29/20: The notice of appeal document from July is for now restricted to case parties; the opening for appeal 4/14/20. The appeal will be handled through the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison without parole. Bramble’s appeal brief had been due Thursday 2/27/20, but the Court of Appeals granted an extension until July 16. Until the appeal is filed, the specifics of what Bramble is contesting are not public.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, June 23rd:
*Trial continues (Day 7) (@ 10:30am MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Ika Eden (53/now 56) (from Jamaica) charged with 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, bond $125K; plead not guilty. Found incompetent to stand trial; in State hospital in Pueblo. Found competent to stand trial (5/25/21).
Trial began on 6/14/21 with jury selection & trial began on 6/15/21 (6/14-6/18, 6/21-6/23 & 6/29/21 & 7/1/21). Trial moved from San Miguel County to Mesa County. Eden is representing herself with a court-appointed attorney as advisory counsel.
Court info from 5/21/19 thru 6/10/21, Jury selection (Day 1-2) 6/14/21 to 6/15/21 & Trial (Day 1-3) 6/15/21 to 6/18/21 reference post #342 here:
CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*
6/22/21 Tuesday, Trial Day 6: No info available. Trial continued on 6/23/21.
*Madani "Ama" Ceus – Child: Termination of parental rights hearing on 8/20 & 8/21/20. Sentenced for murder on 6/19/20 to 64 years in prison. Restitution hearing on 9/11/20.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison. 5/8/19: Appealing his guilty verdict. 1/29/20: The notice of appeal document from July is for now restricted to case parties; the opening for appeal 4/14/20. The appeal will be handled through the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison without parole. Bramble’s appeal brief had been due Thursday 2/27/20, but the Court of Appeals granted an extension until July 16. Until the appeal is filed, the specifics of what Bramble is contesting are not public.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.

 

[MsMarple]

Guilty of reckless child abuse resulting in death.

I'm still behind a paywall but I can see the first few words.
Jury returns guilty verdict for Ika Eden in child deaths trial

 

[MsMarple]

In Ika Eden’s view, everything that happened on a Norwood farm four years ago was ordained — including the deaths of two children — and her subsequent trial for fatal abuse was meant to bring about an “awakening.”

“This trial is the opening of the Book of Daniel and the Revelation,” she told jurors in closing arguments Wednesday.
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Within a half hour, jurors convicted Ika Eden of reckless child abuse resulting in death, rejecting the lesser charge of negligent child abuse resulting in death, as well as the defendant’s general assertion: that her role had been one of inaction, based on the practice of her beliefs, so she did not have the legally culpable mental state necessary to have “knowingly” brought harm or risk to Hannah and Makayla.
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Per Ika Eden’s testimony Tuesday, Ceus told others not to help or feed them, except at the peril of their own souls. Believing the end of days was at hand, Ika Eden said she obeyed; she didn’t want to take the risk and because Hannah and Makayla were really just the human embodiments of evil spirits, she wanted them to reap what they had sowed, she said.
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She “repeatedly” acknowledged the girls were not given food or water — despite knowing they would die, Whiting said. She ignored their cries as she passed by the car at least once a day. As the sisters slowly starved, pounds and pounds of usable dried goods were “within throwing distance” of that car, Whiting said.
Swift guilty verdict for final defendant in Norwood cult deaths

More at the link.

 

[Niner]

Ah - just saw your post @MsMarple - but since I already had this posted - I'll go ahead.

Can't access this article - but can read the summary.

Jury returns guilty verdict for Ika Eden in child deaths trial
Montrose Daily Press
Ika Eden was found guilty of reckless child abuse resulting in death for her role in denying the children food and water in 2017. The children died in a car ...

link: Swift guilty verdict for final defendant in Norwood cult deaths



Date Len Appearance Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
7/28/21
4:00 PM 1Hr IN PERSON EDEN, IKA Sentencing Hearing D392021CR192 Mesa County Courtroom 12

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search

 

[MsMarple]

Ika Eden faces 16 to 48 years in prison for each count of fatal abuse when she is sentenced July 28.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, July 28th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 3pm MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Ika Eden (53/now 56) (from Jamaica) charged with 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, bond $125K; plead not guilty. Found incompetent to stand trial; in State hospital in Pueblo. Found competent to stand trial (5/25/21).
Trial began on 6/14/21 with jury selection & trial began on 6/15/21 & ended 6/23/21. Trial moved from San Miguel County to Mesa County. Eden is representing herself with a court-appointed attorney as advisory counsel.
Court info from 5/21/19 thru 6/10/21, Jury selection (Day 1-2) 6/14/21 to 6/15/21 & Trial (Day 1-6) 6/15/21 to 6/22/21 reference post #343 here:
GUILTY - CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*
6/23/21 Wednesday, Trial Day 7: Closing arguments done. Jury deliberated for a half hour & returned a guilty verdict of reckless child abuse resulting in death. Sentencing hearing on 7/28/21.
*Madani "Ama" Ceus – Child: Termination of parental rights hearing on 8/20 & 8/21/20. Sentenced for murder on 6/19/20 to 64 years in prison. Restitution hearing on 9/11/20.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison. 5/8/19: Appealing his guilty verdict. 1/29/20: The notice of appeal document from July is for now restricted to case parties; the opening for appeal 4/14/20. The appeal will be handled through the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison without parole. Bramble’s appeal brief had been due Thursday 2/27/20, but the Court of Appeals granted an extension until July 16. Until the appeal is filed, the specifics of what Bramble is contesting are not public.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.

 

[Niner]

Looks like sentencing was rescheduled.

Date Len Appearance Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
7/30/21
3:00 PM 1Hr IN PERSON EDEN, IKA Sentencing Hearing D392021CR192 Mesa County Courtroom 12

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search

 

[Niner]

Friday, July 20th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 3pm MT) - CO - Makayla Victoria Roberts (10) & Hannah Elizabeth Rosaline Marshall (8) (June, 2017, Norwood; found Sept. 8, 2017) – for *Ika Eden (53/now 56) (from Jamaica) charged with 2 counts felony child abuse causing death, bond $125K; plead not guilty. Found incompetent to stand trial; in State hospital in Pueblo. Found competent to stand trial (5/25/21).
Trial began on 6/14/21 with jury selection & trial began on 6/15/21 & ended 6/23/21. Trial moved from San Miguel County to Mesa County. Eden is representing herself with a court-appointed attorney as advisory counsel. Jury deliberated for ½ hour & verdict: Guilty.
Court info from 5/21/19 thru 6/10/21, Jury selection (Day 1-2) 6/14/21 to 6/15/21 & Trial (Day 1-6) 6/15/21 to 6/22/21 reference post #343 here:
GUILTY - CO - Makayla Roberts, 10, & Hannah Marshall, 8, slain, Norwood, June 2017 *Arrests*
6/23/21 Wednesday, Trial Day 7: Closing arguments done. Jury deliberated for a half hour & returned a guilty verdict of reckless child abuse resulting in death. Sentencing hearing on 7/28/21. 7/28/21 Update: Sentencing hearing was rescheduled to 7/30/21.
*Madani "Ama" Ceus – Child: Termination of parental rights hearing on 8/20 & 8/21/20. Sentenced for murder on 6/19/20 to 64 years in prison. Restitution hearing on 9/11/20.
*Ashford Nathaniel Archer aka Nathan Yah aka Nathanyah Nitchitu (50) – found guilty & sentenced to 24 years in prison. 5/8/19: Appealing his guilty verdict. 1/29/20: The notice of appeal document from July is for now restricted to case parties; the opening for appeal 4/14/20. The appeal will be handled through the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
*Nashika Leonie Bramble (36) – Jury verdict guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison without parole. Bramble’s appeal brief had been due Thursday 2/27/20, but the Court of Appeals granted an extension until July 16. Until the appeal is filed, the specifics of what Bramble is contesting are not public.
*Frederick "Alec" A. Blair – Plead guilty. Sentenced to 12 years in prison.

 

[Niner]

'Caretaker' gets 96 years for gruesome deaths of 2 children

July 30, 2021

Ika Eden was sentenced Friday to 96 years in prison for her role in causing the deaths of two girls near Norwood in 2017.

Ika Eden was found guilty on two counts of child abuse, knowingly or recklessly causing death, a Mesa County jury decided in June.

Judge Gretchen Larson sentenced Ika Eden to 48 years in prison for each count, to be served consecutively.



Now I can put this case away - they all have been sentenced.

 

[coastal]

'Caretaker' gets 96 years for gruesome deaths of 2 children

July 30, 2021

Ika Eden was sentenced Friday to 96 years in prison for her role in causing the deaths of two girls near Norwood in 2017.

Ika Eden was found guilty on two counts of child abuse, knowingly or recklessly causing death, a Mesa County jury decided in June.

Judge Gretchen Larson sentenced Ika Eden to 48 years in prison for each count, to be served consecutively.



Now I can put this case away - they all have been sentenced.

Thank you for keeping vigil for these children, Niner. I will not forget them.
Justice, while sweet, is empty, sometimes.

 

[cnmccarthy]

Petition made to state supreme court after verdict in Norwood child deaths upheld

With his appeal denied, Ashford Archer is looking toward the Colorado Supreme Court to overturn his convictions in the deaths of two young girls.

www.montrosepress.com

 

[MsMarple]

Petition made to state supreme court after verdict in Norwood child deaths upheld

With his appeal denied, Ashford Archer is looking toward the Colorado Supreme Court to overturn his convictions in the deaths of two young girls.

www.montrosepress.com

Thanks for finding that! I hate these people. They're all twisted and evil and need to stay in prison for the rest of their lives as they're too dangerous to be free in society.

From the link:

An answer brief to Ceus’ appeal is due Jan. 10, 2023.

• An appeal for Bramble, who is serving life for two counts of first-degree murder, hasn’t yet been assigned to a court division; the assignment could happen in December, according to information from the Colorado Judicial Branch.
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Ika Eden, who uses both names as one, represented herself after she was deemed restored to legal competency; she was the only defendant not tried in the 7th Judicial District.

At trial, she told jurors what happened in Norwood had been ordained. At sentencing, she portrayed the little girls as evil spirits and said she and her codefendants “need to be exonerated,” although she didn’t know how that would take place.

The sentencing judge called Ika Eden reckless, said she had no remorse, and “simply chose to let these girls die.”

Ika Eden is also appealing her conviction, according to Colorado Judicial. An opening brief is due Nov. 10.

Bramble's appeal was denied. December 15, 2022:

Nor would have the testimonial evidence that was disallowed shown that Bramble was not aware her own conduct was practically certain to cause her daughters’ deaths: In speaking with law enforcement, Bramble said it was her job to ‘guard’ her daughters as they stayed in the car without food or water. She knew they were nearing death “because they were crying out for help,” the Dec. 15 order states.

When it was her turn to be banished to a vehicle, Bramble acted to save herself, demonstrating that she knew what would happen if she remained there without food or water. “because they were crying out for help,” the Dec. 15 order states.

Mom’s murder convictions stand in Norwood sect deaths

The mother of two girls who died on a Norwood farm in 2017 remains convicted of first-degree murder.

www.montrosepress.com