GUILTY IN - Thomas Grill Jr., 18, & Molley Lanham, 19, murdered, Lake County, 25 Feb 2019 *arrests*

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@Tippy Lynn - just going thru my August stuff & was wondering if either of them had a new hearing date?

TIA!
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@Niner :)

State of Indiana v. Connor Ralland Kerner
Case Number 64D01-1903-MR-002107
Court Porter Superior Court 1
Type MR - Murder
Filed 03/04/2019
Status 03/04/2019 , Pending (active)

09/01/2020
Request for Subpoena Duces Tecum Filed
Petition for Subpoena
Filed By:
State of Indiana
File Stamp:
09/01/2020
09/01/2020
Subpoena/Summons Filed
Subpoena
Filed By:
State of Indiana
File Stamp:
09/01/2020
09/02/2020
Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
Subpoena/Summons Filed ---- 9/1/2020 : James H Voyles;Mark Anthony Thiros;Gary Stephen Germann

09/02/2020
Motion to Substitute Party
petsubp.pdf
Filed By:
State of Indiana
File Stamped:
09/02/2020
09/02/2020
Subpoena/Summons Filed
subp.pdf
Filed By:
State of Indiana
File Stamp:
09/02/2020
09/02/2020
Order Issued
ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO ISSUE SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM

Order Signed:
09/01/2020
09/03/2020
Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
Subpoena/Summons Filed ---- 9/2/2020 : James H Voyles;Mark Anthony Thiros;Gary Stephen Germann Order Issued ---- 9/2/2020 : James H Voyles;Mark Anthony Thiros;Gary Stephen Germann

09/21/2020
Hearing on Motion in Limine
Session:
09/21/2020 1:00 PM, Judicial Officer: Bradford, Roger V
10/06/2020
Jury Trial
Session:
03/31/2020 9:00 AM, Rescheduled
Session:
07/07/2020 9:00 AM, Rescheduled
Session:
09/15/2020 9:00 AM, Rescheduled
Session:
10/06/2020 9:00 AM, Judicial Officer: Bradford, Roger V
Comment:
October 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23



State of Indiana v. JOHN SALVADORE SILVA, II
Case Number 64D01-2005-MR-003704
Court Porter Superior Court 1
Type MR - Murder
Filed 05/22/2020
Status 05/22/2020 , Pending (active)


09/04/2020
Order Granting Motion for Continuance

Order Signed:
08/31/2020
09/05/2020
Automated ENotice Issued to Parties
Order Granting Motion for Continuance ---- 9/4/2020 : Kenneth Bernard Elwood;Gary Stephen Germann

10/05/2020
Status Conference
Session:
10/05/2020 9:00 AM, Judicial Officer: Bradford, Roger V
 
Monday, Sept. 21st:
*Motion in Limine Hearing (Telephonic) (@ 1pm CT) – IN - Thomas Grill, Jr. (18) & Molley R. Lanham (19) (Feb. 25, 2019, St. John; found in Hebron, in burned out car) - for *Connor Ralland Kerner (17/now 19) arrested (3/1/19) & charged as adult (3/4/19) & arraigned (7/15/19) with 2 counts of murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial set to begin on 10/6/20. (Tuesdays thru Fridays for up to 2 weeks).
Court info from 3/4/19 thru 7/30/20 reference post #80 here:
Found Deceased - IN - Thomas Grill Jr., 18, & Molley Lanham, 19, St. John, Lake County, 25 Feb 2019 *arrests*
8/20/20 Update: On Thursday Porter Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford ruled to deny the motion to suppress the recordings as evidence. At the last hearing, the defense asked the judge to not present the recordings to jurors when the case goes to trial Oct. 6. A former FBI agent testified the cellphone recordings are not the originals & have been altered in some unknown ways. Porter County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Armando Salinas Jr. argued to keep the evidence, saying, in part, that the records were obtained from the iPhone of Silva, who will testify to their authenticity. Next status hearing on 8/31/20.
8/31/20 Update: Hearing held. 9/1/20: Request for Subpoena Duces Tecum filed. 9/2/20: Motion to Substitute Party. Order directing Clerk to issue subpoena duces tecum. Next Hearing on Motion in Limine on 9/21/20.
Accomplice:
*John Salvadore Silva II (17/now 19) arrested & charged (5/22/20) with 2 counts of felony murder in the perpetration of a robbery. Plead not guilty. No bond.
8/10/20: Status hearing. 8/10/20: Next pretrial conference hearing on 8/31/20. 8/31/20 Update: Update: Motion for continuance. 9/4/20: Motion for continuance-granted. Next status hearing on 10/5/20.
 
Attorneys agree on rules for upcoming Kerner trial

Trial is set to begin Oct. 6.

Among the questions brought up in Monday’s hearing was how to deal with discussion of John Silva II, who is also charged in the killings.

Kerner, who was 17 at the time of the killings, reportedly said he shot Grill after Grill tried to rob him during a drug deal.
 
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@Tippy Lynn - was wondering if the court site has a hearing for Kerner before the 10/6 trial?
Porter County #64D01-1903-MR-002107

TIA!
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I know that Silva has a status hearing on 10/5.
 
@Niner

State of Indiana v. Connor Ralland Kerner
Case Number 64D01-1903-MR-002107
Court Porter Superior Court 1
Type MR - Murder
Filed 03/04/2019
Status 03/04/2019 , Pending (active)
Reference
Prosecutor Case Management Number
64-DM39536


10/06/2020
Jury Trial
Session:
03/31/2020 9:00 AM, Rescheduled
Session:
07/07/2020 9:00 AM, Rescheduled
Session:
09/15/2020 9:00 AM, Rescheduled
Session:
10/06/2020 9:00 AM, Judicial Officer: Bradford, Roger V
Comment:
October 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23
 
Monday, October 5th:
*Status Conference Hearing (Telephonic) (@ 9am CT) – IN - Thomas Grill, Jr. (18) & Molley R. Lanham (19) (Feb. 25, 2019, St. John; found in Hebron, in burned out car) – for *John Salvadore Silva II (17/now 19) arrested & charged (5/22/20 with 2 counts of felony murder in the perpetration of a robbery. Plead not guilty. No bond.
8/10/20: Status hearing. 8/10/20: Next pretrial conference hearing on 8/31/20. 8/31/20 Update: Update: Motion for continuance. 9/4/20: Motion for continuance-granted. Next status conference hearing on 10/5/20.
Accomplice:
*Connor Ralland Kerner (17/now 19) arrested (3/1/19) & charged as adult (3/4/19) & arraigned (7/15/19) with 2 counts of murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial set to begin on 10/6/20. (Tuesdays thru Fridays for up to 2 weeks/thru 10/23/20).
Court info from 3/4/19 thru 8/20/20 reference post #84 here:
Found Deceased - IN - Thomas Grill Jr., 18, & Molley Lanham, 19, St. John, Lake County, 25 Feb 2019 *arrests*
8/31/20 Update: Hearing held. 9/1/20: Request for Subpoena Duces Tecum filed. 9/2/20: Motion to Substitute Party. Order directing Clerk to issue subpoena duces tecum. Next Hearing on Motion in Limine on 9/21/20.
9/21/20 Update: Attorneys reached agreement on a series of questions about what testimony should be allowed in the trial. At issue was what testimony might be prejudicial to Kerner’s defense. Judge Bradford also set out rules for the trial, which is set to begin Oct. 6. Jurors will be selected at the Porter County Expo Center, to facilitate social distancing. Because of the pandemic, the public will not be allowed inside. Two seats are being set aside for the media to represent the public. Only one chair each will be allowed for the victim’s family & the defendant’s family. Masks will be required at all times except when witnesses are testifying. Next trial starts on 10/6/20.
 
Double slaying case will be Porter County's first jury trial since COVID-19

About 150 potential jurors are being called in in an effort to select 12 jurors and two alternates in light of concerns by the defense of bias resulting from pretrial publicity surrounding the high-profile case.

Once a jury is selected, which is expected to be Tuesday or Wednesday, the evidence portion of the trial will commence back at Bradford's courtroom with new precautions in place, such as limiting attendance to just one family member each for the accused and for each of the victims. A couple seats are being set aside for the media and jurors will be kept safely apart in the courtroom.

The trial is scheduled to take place Tuesday through Friday during the next three weeks if needed, the court said.
 
State of Indiana v. Connor Ralland Kerner
Case Number 64D01-1903-MR-002107
Court Porter Superior Court 1
Type MR - Murder
Filed 03/04/2019
Status 03/04/2019 , Pending (active)

10/06/2020
Jury Trial
October 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23



State of Indiana v. JOHN SALVADORE SILVA, II
Case Number 64D01-2005-MR-003704
Court Porter Superior Court 1
Type MR - Murder
Filed 05/22/2020
Status 05/22/2020 , Pending (active)

10/05/2020
Status Conference
Session:
10/05/2020 9:00 AM, Judicial Officer: Bradford, Roger V
10/05/2020
Hearing Scheduling Activity
Status Conference scheduled for 01/04/2021 at 9:00 AM.

01/04/2021
Status Conference
Session:
01/04/2021 9:00 AM, Judicial Officer: Bradford, Roger V
 
Tuesday, October 6th:
*Trial set to begin (Telephonic) (@ 9am CT) – IN - Thomas Grill, Jr. (18) & Molley R. Lanham (19) (Feb. 25, 2019, St. John; found in Hebron, in burned out car) - for *Connor Ralland Kerner (17/now 19) arrested (3/1/19) & charged as adult (3/4/19) & arraigned (7/15/19) with 2 counts of murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial set to begin on 10/6/20. (Tuesdays thru Fridays for up to 3 weeks thru 10/23/20).
Court info from 3/4/19 thru 9/21/20 reference post #84 here:
Found Deceased - IN - Thomas Grill Jr., 18, & Molley Lanham, 19, St. John, Lake County, 25 Feb 2019 *arrests*
Porter Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford hosts jury selection at the Porter County Expo Center rather than at his much smaller courtroom on the fourth floor of the Porter County Courthouse. About 150 potential jurors are being called in in an effort to select 12 jurors & two alternates in light of concerns by the defense of bias resulting from pretrial publicity surrounding the high-profile case. Once a jury is selected, which is expected to be Tuesday or Wednesday, the evidence portion of the trial will commence back at Bradford's courtroom with new precautions in place, such as limiting attendance to just one family member each for the accused and for each of the victims. A couple seats are being set aside for the media & jurors will be kept safely apart in the courtroom. The trial is scheduled to take place Tuesday through Friday during the next three weeks if needed.
Accomplice:
*John Salvadore Silva II (17/now 19) arrested & charged (5/22/20) with 2 counts each of felony murder & robbery. Plead not guilty. No bond.
8/10/20: Status hearing. 8/10/20: Next pretrial conference hearing on 8/31/20. 8/31/20 Update: Update: Motion for continuance. 9/4/20: Motion for continuance-granted. Next status hearing on 10/5/20. 10/5/20 Update: Next status hearing on 1/4/21.
 
Unfortunately, I'm not getting any updated articles over here - so wondering if anyone in the U.S. can find something current?

Wednesday, October 7th:
*Trial continues (Day 2) (Telephonic) (@ 9am CT) – IN - Thomas Grill, Jr. (18) & Molley R. Lanham (19) (Feb. 25, 2019, St. John; found in Hebron, in burned out car) - for *Connor Ralland Kerner (17/now 19) arrested (3/1/19) & charged as adult (3/4/19) & arraigned (7/15/19) with 2 counts of murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial began on 10/6/20. (Tuesdays thru Fridays for up to 3 weeks thru 10/23/20).
Court info from 3/4/19 thru 9/21/20 reference post #84 here:
Found Deceased - IN - Thomas Grill Jr., 18, & Molley Lanham, 19, St. John, Lake County, 25 Feb 2019 *arrests*
Porter Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford hosts jury selection at the Porter County Expo Center rather than at his much smaller courtroom on the fourth floor of the Porter County Courthouse. About 150 potential jurors are being called in in an effort to select 12 jurors * two alternates in light of concerns by the defense of bias resulting from pretrial publicity surrounding the high-profile case. Once a jury is selected, which is expected to be Tuesday or Wednesday, the evidence portion of the trial will commence back at Bradford's courtroom with new precautions in place, such as limiting attendance to just one family member each for the accused and for each of the victims. A couple seats are being set aside for the media & jurors will be kept safely apart in the courtroom. The trial is scheduled to take place Tuesday through Friday during the next three weeks if needed.
10/6/20 Trial Day 1: Jury selection. ? No other info available. Trial continues on 10/7/20.
Accomplice:
*John Salvadore Silva II (17/now 19) – Next Status hearing on 1/4/21.
 
Any updates on the case? @Tippy Lynn - is the trial still continuing? TIA!


Thursday, October 8th:
*Trial continues (Day 3) (Telephonic) (@ 9am CT) – IN - Thomas Grill, Jr. (18) & Molley R. Lanham (19) (Feb. 25, 2019, St. John; found in Hebron, in burned out car) - for *Connor Ralland Kerner (17/now 19) arrested (3/1/19) & charged as adult (3/4/19) & arraigned (7/15/19) with 2 counts of murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial began on 10/6/20. (Tuesdays thru Fridays for up to 3 weeks thru 10/23/20).
Court info from 3/4/19 thru 9/21/20 reference post #84 here:
Found Deceased - IN - Thomas Grill Jr., 18, & Molley Lanham, 19, St. John, Lake County, 25 Feb 2019 *arrests*
Porter Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford hosts jury selection at the Porter County Expo Center rather than at his much smaller courtroom on the fourth floor of the Porter County Courthouse. About 150 potential jurors are being called in in an effort to select 12 jurors * two alternates in light of concerns by the defense of bias resulting from pretrial publicity surrounding the high-profile case. Once a jury is selected, which is expected to be Tuesday or Wednesday, the evidence portion of the trial will commence back at Bradford's courtroom with new precautions in place, such as limiting attendance to just one family member each for the accused and for each of the victims. A couple seats are being set aside for the media & jurors will be kept safely apart in the courtroom. The trial is scheduled to take place Tuesday through Friday during the next three weeks if needed.
10/6/20 Trial Day 1: Jury selection. No other info available. Trial continues on 10/7/20.
10/7/20 Trial Day 2: No info available. Trial continues on 10/8/20.
Accomplice:
*John Salvadore Silva II (17/now 19) – Next Status hearing on 1/4/21.
 
Friday, October 9th:
*Trial continues (Day 4) (@ 9am CT) – IN - Thomas Grill, Jr. (18) & Molley R. Lanham (19) (Feb. 25, 2019, St. John; found in Hebron, in burned out car) - for *Connor Ralland Kerner (17/now 19) arrested (3/1/19) & charged as adult (3/4/19) & arraigned (7/15/19) with 2 counts of murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial began on 10/6/20. (Tuesdays thru Fridays for up to 3 weeks thru 10/23/20).
Court info from 3/4/19 thru 9/21/20 & re trial scheduling reference post #93 here:
Found Deceased - IN - Thomas Grill Jr., 18, & Molley Lanham, 19, St. John, Lake County, 25 Feb 2019 *arrests*
10/6/20 Trial Day 1: Jury selection was complete. Trial continues on 10/7/20.
10/7/20 Trial Day 2: Opening Statements. State witnesses: Kerner’s ex-girlfriend. No other info available. Trial continues on 10/8/20.
10/8/20 Trial Day 3: No info available. Trial continues on 10/9/20.
Accomplice:
*John Salvadore Silva II (17/now 19) – Next Status hearing on 1/4/21.
 
Defendant not put off by graphic images of charred skeletal remains in murder trial

Numerous photographs of skeletal remains found in a burned-out car were shown Thursday morning to jurors in the Connor Kerner murder trial, despite objections from the defense.

Porter County Sheriff Cpl. Nathan Graf, who is part of the department's crime scene unit, said the burned vehicle and remains were discovered March 2, 2019, in the area of County Roads 250 West and 550 South in Porter Township.

Police have said Kerner, then 17, loaded the bodies of Grill and Lanham into the trunk of the teens' Honda Civic after killing them, loading the car with various containers of flammable liquids, driving it to Porter Township and setting the car and bodies ablaze.

Kerner reportedly told his then-girlfriend he shot Grill about noon Feb. 25, 2019, after Grill tried to rob him during a drug deal in the garage of Kerner's grandparents' home in south Hebron.

That former girlfriend, who The Times is not naming at the request of prosecutors due to safety concerns, testified Wednesday afternoon that he threatened her if she were to tell anyone about the killings.
 
And since Monday is a holiday - I'm going to "assume" that trial continues on Tuesday, Oct. 13th.
 
found this for Wednesday's testimony

UPDATE: Valpo man threatened more killings following double slaying, former girlfriend says

Oct. 7, 2020

VALPARAISO — A few days after Valparaiso resident Connor Kerner allegedly killed two Lake County teens, his then-girlfriend asked what would happen if she told someone, the young woman told jurors Wednesday afternoon.

"You know how I am," the woman said, quoting Kerner. "I would kill your family and make you watch it. I would kill you after."

The woman, who The Times is not naming at the request of prosecutors due to safety concerns, is credited with leading police to Kerner following the Feb. 25, 2019, killings of 18-year-old Thomas Grill Jr., of Cedar Lake, and 19-year-old Molley Lanham, of St. John, at Kerner's grandparents home in south Hebron.
[.....]
Indianapolis-based defense attorney James Voyles raised questions earlier in the day Wednesday about the reliability of Kerner's former girlfriend. He told jurors the young woman offered two different explanations of where Kerner told her those details, was uncertain if Kerner was talking about himself or co-defendant John Silva II, went to lunch with Kerner the next day, and only came forward after Kerner broke up with her.
[.....]
The woman testified that Kerner never mentioned Silva in relation to the killings.
[.....]
He said prosecutors will present evidence Silva, who is also charged, made audio recordings of the crime in question and a conversation with Kerner. But an expert will testify those recordings were altered in some fashion.
 
Tuesday, October 13th:
*Trial continues (Day 4) (@ 9am CT) – IN - Thomas Grill, Jr. (18) & Molley R. Lanham (19) (Feb. 25, 2019, St. John; found March 2, 2019 in Porter Township, in burned out car) - for *Connor Ralland Kerner (17/now 19) arrested (3/1/19) & charged as adult (3/4/19) & arraigned (7/15/19) with 2 counts of murder, murder in the perpetration of a robbery & attempted robbery, & individual counts of arson & intimidation. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial began on 10/6/20. (Tuesdays thru Fridays for up to 3 weeks thru 10/23/20).
Court info from 3/4/19 thru 9/21/20 & re trial scheduling reference post #93 here:
IN - Thomas Grill Jr., 18, & Molley Lanham, 19, murdered, Lake County, 25 Feb 2019 *arrests*
10/6/20: Jury selection was complete. Trial continues on 10/7/20.
10/7/20 Trial Day 1: Opening Statements. State witnesses: Kerner’s ex-girlfriend. No info available. Trial continues on 10/8/20.
10/8/20 Trial Day 2: State witness: Porter County Sheriff Cpl. Nathan Graf, who is part of the department's crime scene unit. Numerous photographs of skeletal remains found in a burned-out car were shown Thursday morning to jurors. The defense tried to keep the images away from jurors, arguing their value is not worth the risk of prejudice. Porter Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford denied the defense's motion. Porter County Sheriff’s Department Detective Dan Alonzo, a crime scene investigator. Went over bullet holes & fragments, blood splatters & areas in a garage that appeared to have been cleaned & painted over. That included the crescent wrench & also went over the processing of several bullet holes found in the garage, including in the walls & garage door, as well as a Honda CRV & Harley-Davidson motorcycle parked there at the time of the crime. No other info available. Trial continues on 10/9/20.
10/9/20 Trial Day 3: No info available. Trial continues on 10/13/20. Monday is a holiday.
Accomplice:
*John Salvadore Silva II (17/now 19) – Next Status hearing on 1/4/21.
 
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