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Opening statements began Tuesday in Daniel Bartelt's murder trial. The victim's mother and Hartford police testified. It was an especially emotional day for the parents of Jessie Blodgett. They've been side by side through it all, as the court decides the fate of the man who's charged with killing their only child.
An emotional and graphic opening day of testimony in the trial for Daniel Bartelt — accused in the murder of young actress Jessie Blodgett. She was found dead in her Hartford home last summer.
The start of the trial was so intense, one juror asked the judge if she could quit.
Shocking details were revealed in a Washington County courtroom Thursday. A young musician, strangled to death in her Hartford home, was also sexually assaulted.
Jessie Blodgett's parents walked out of court at one point, the testimony was simply too much to take. A detective took the stand. He talked about Daniel Bartelt, the 20-year-old man accused of killing their daughter...
There were a number of times, as he was speaking about Jessie that he appeared he was gulping and making sniffling noises as if he was crying. I noted that I did not see him shed a tear," said Thickens.
Daniel Bartelt has been found guilty of First Degree Intentional Homicide for killing Hartford resident Jessie Blodgett.
Bartelt's sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 14. He is facing a mandatory life sentence.
Citing a host of aggravating factors in the case, a judge on Tuesday sentenced Daniel J.H. Bartelt of Richfield to life in prison without any chance of release for the 2013 rape and strangulation of Jessie Blodgett, 19, in her bedroom at her parents' home...
Prosecutors said the truth was that Bartelt researched and planned his crime with careful premeditation, knowing his friend would be alone at home, sleeping in late after the "Fiddler on the Roof" cast party the night before. And that he killed Blodgett in a slow, deliberate and intimate way, to maximize her suffering both mentally and physically, to demean and shame her.
And after her mother found Jessie dead hours later, Bartelt joined family and friends at her home in the following days to grieve.
In the episode, investigators from Blodgett's case offered some inside details regarding the investigation, which included updates on Daniel Bartelt, who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder."Jessie Blodgett was a budding musician and actress; the morning after a performance, Jessie's mother found her dead."