noZme
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2008
- Messages
- 4,238
- Reaction score
- 98
adding links:
Four months after their daughter disappeared, private investigator Bobby Minter discovered the skeletal remains of Kate Waring in a wooded area of Wadmalaw Island. Co-defendant Heather Kamp pointed him there.
Both Kamp and Mack were arrested and charged with murder. Since then, the case has been a roller coaster. Kamp pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced 45 years. Solicitor Scarlett Wilson voided that after she said Kamp lied to them in the investigation leading up to Mack's October trial. Then, Kamp took the stand and testified in the case and pointed the finger at Mack as the killer. She told the jury she and Mack brought Waring back to their James Island apartment after dinner that night. She says they dared Waring to get into a suitcase and Mack began tazing her once she was in it. She claims Mack covered her face with a pillow then hit her over the head repeatedly with a wine bottle until she became unconscious. Then she says the two dragged her into the bathtub full of water. She also admitted to helping Mack dump the body.
Heather Kamp's testimony wasn't enough though to convict Mack. Two jurors held out on a guilty verdict and he was jailed for the two other charges.Thomas Waring told Judge Jefferson Friday he was pleased Mack was now accepting responsibility for his actions. "His actions also have the beneficial effect that neither our family and friends nor his family and friends will have to endure the ordeal of a retrial of the case," Waring said.But, Mack told the judge he didn't agree with all the facts Solicitor Wilson presented in the case, but he thought they have enough evidence to convict him, called an Alford plea.
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/14360073/mack-expected-to-plead-we-will-provide-live-coverage
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/14292354/kamps-pleads-guilty-mentally-ill
Four months after their daughter disappeared, private investigator Bobby Minter discovered the skeletal remains of Kate Waring in a wooded area of Wadmalaw Island. Co-defendant Heather Kamp pointed him there.
Both Kamp and Mack were arrested and charged with murder. Since then, the case has been a roller coaster. Kamp pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced 45 years. Solicitor Scarlett Wilson voided that after she said Kamp lied to them in the investigation leading up to Mack's October trial. Then, Kamp took the stand and testified in the case and pointed the finger at Mack as the killer. She told the jury she and Mack brought Waring back to their James Island apartment after dinner that night. She says they dared Waring to get into a suitcase and Mack began tazing her once she was in it. She claims Mack covered her face with a pillow then hit her over the head repeatedly with a wine bottle until she became unconscious. Then she says the two dragged her into the bathtub full of water. She also admitted to helping Mack dump the body.
Heather Kamp's testimony wasn't enough though to convict Mack. Two jurors held out on a guilty verdict and he was jailed for the two other charges.Thomas Waring told Judge Jefferson Friday he was pleased Mack was now accepting responsibility for his actions. "His actions also have the beneficial effect that neither our family and friends nor his family and friends will have to endure the ordeal of a retrial of the case," Waring said.But, Mack told the judge he didn't agree with all the facts Solicitor Wilson presented in the case, but he thought they have enough evidence to convict him, called an Alford plea.
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/14360073/mack-expected-to-plead-we-will-provide-live-coverage
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/14292354/kamps-pleads-guilty-mentally-ill