GUILTY UT - Peggy Case, 26, Spanish Fork, 9 July 1988 *Arrest in 2017*

[Niner]

Tuesday, June 22nd:
*Trial continues (Day 12) (@ 8:30m PT) - UT - Peggy Sue Ellsworth Case (28) (disappeared July 8, 1988, Spanish Fork; found May 22, 2017 buried where Peggy & BF used to live) - *Michael Ignatius Kufrin (32 @ time of crime/61/now 64) (BF) - arrested (10/17/17), charged (7/17/17) & indicted (10/30/17) with 1st degree felony murder. Has not entered a plea. $250K Cash only bond.
Case was last seen leaving a party in Payson with Kufrin on July 9, 1988.
Trial began on 6/2/21. (will last 5 weeks). No court on Mondays.
Court info from 11/6/17 thru 5/11/21 & Jury selection (6/1/21) & Trial Day 1-10 (6/2/21 to 6/17/21) reference post #180 here:
UT - Peggy Case, 26, Spanish Fork, 9 July 1988 *Arrest in 2017*
6/18/21 Friday, Trial Day 11: No info available. Trial continues on Tuesday, 6/22/21.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, June 23rd:
*Trial continues (Day 13) (@ 8:30m PT) - UT - Peggy Sue Ellsworth Case (28) (disappeared July 8, 1988, Spanish Fork; found May 22, 2017 buried where Peggy & BF used to live) - *Michael Ignatius Kufrin (32 @ time of crime/61/now 64) (BF) - arrested (10/17/17), charged (7/17/17) & indicted (10/30/17) with 1st degree felony murder. Has not entered a plea. $250K Cash only bond.
Case was last seen leaving a party in Payson with Kufrin on July 9, 1988.
Trial began on 6/2/21. (will last 5 weeks). No court on Mondays.
Court info from 11/6/17 thru 5/11/21 & Jury selection (6/1/21) & Trial Day 1-11 (6/2/21 to 6/18/21) reference post #181 here:
UT - Peggy Case, 26, Spanish Fork, 9 July 1988 *Arrest in 2017*
6/22/21 Friday, Trial Day 12: No info available. Trial continues on Tuesday, 6/23/21.

 

[Niner]

Wondering what is going on with this trial - I have not been able to find ANYTHING!!!

 

[Niner]

Oops - just re-read my case post....

that should read:

6/22/21 6/18/21 Friday.....

 

[Niner]

Thursday, June 24th:
*Trial continues (Day 14) (@ 8:30m PT) - UT - Peggy Sue Ellsworth Case (28) (disappeared July 8, 1988, Spanish Fork; found May 22, 2017 buried where Peggy & BF used to live) - *Michael Ignatius Kufrin (32 @ time of crime/61/now 64) (BF) - arrested (10/17/17), charged (7/17/17) & indicted (10/30/17) with 1st degree felony murder. Has not entered a plea. $250K Cash only bond.
Case was last seen leaving a party in Payson with Kufrin on July 9, 1988.
Trial began on 6/2/21. (will last 5 weeks). No court on Mondays.
Court info from 11/6/17 thru 5/11/21 & Jury selection (6/1/21) & Trial Day 1-12 (6/2/21 to 6/18/21) reference post #182 here:
UT - Peggy Case, 26, Spanish Fork, 9 July 1988 *Arrest in 2017*
6/23/21 Wednesday, Trial Day 13: No info available. Trial continues on 6/24/21.

 

[Niner]

@Seattle1 - maybe you can send me another pdf so I can check the court dates?
TIA!

 

[Niner]

Friday, June 25th:
*Trial continues (Day 15) (@ 8:30m PT) - UT - Peggy Sue Ellsworth Case (28) (disappeared July 8, 1988, Spanish Fork; found May 22, 2017 buried where Peggy & BF used to live) - *Michael Ignatius Kufrin (32 @ time of crime/61/now 64) (BF) - arrested (10/17/17), charged (7/17/17) & indicted (10/30/17) with 1st degree felony murder. Has not entered a plea. $250K Cash only bond.
Case was last seen leaving a party in Payson with Kufrin on July 9, 1988.
Trial began on 6/2/21. (will last 5 weeks). No court on Mondays.
Court info from 11/6/17 thru 5/11/21 & Jury selection (6/1/21) & Trial Day 1-13 (6/2/21 to 6/23/21) reference post #185 here:
UT - Peggy Case, 26, Spanish Fork, 9 July 1988 *Arrest in 2017*
6/24/21 Thursday, Trial Day 14: No info available. Trial continues on 6/25/21.

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, June 29th:
*Trial continues (Day 16) (@ 8:30m PT) - UT - Peggy Sue Ellsworth Case (28) (disappeared July 8, 1988, Spanish Fork; found May 22, 2017 buried where Peggy & BF used to live) - *Michael Ignatius Kufrin (32 @ time of crime/61/now 64) (BF) - arrested (10/17/17), charged (7/17/17) & indicted (10/30/17) with 1st degree felony murder. Has not entered a plea. $250K Cash only bond.
Case was last seen leaving a party in Payson with Kufrin on July 9, 1988.
Trial began on 6/2/21. (will last 5 weeks). No court on Mondays.
Court info from 11/6/17 thru 5/11/21 & Jury selection (6/1/21) & Trial Day 1-14 (6/2/21 to 6/24/21) reference post #187 here:
UT - Peggy Case, 26, Spanish Fork, 9 July 1988 *Arrest in 2017*
6/25/21 Friday, Trial Day 15: No info available. Trial continues on Tuesday, 6/29/21.

 

[cocomod]

@Niner

Michael Kufrin, suspect in 1988 Peggy Sue Case murder, found guilty

The Justice Files: Jury finds boyfriend guilty in 1988 murder

It’s taken more than 30-years to learn who murdered Peggy Sue Case in 1988.

Late Wednesday, a jury returned a guilty verdict against her former boyfriend, Michael Kufrin, who in 2017 was charged with her murder.

It took the jury four hours to end their deliberations. They found Kufrin guilty of second degree murder. The offense carries a one-to-fifteen year prison sentence. The judge set July 20 for sentencing.

 

[cocomod]

The Justice Files: Remembering Peggy Sue Case | ABC4 Utah

The Justice Files: Remembering Peggy Sue Case

PROVO, Utah (ABC4) – Beverly Peterman was afraid of Michael Kufrin when he came to her door.

It was shortly after her friend Peggy Sue Case had suddenly vanished in 1988. Kufrin wanted to use her car to go see Case.

“At that point I was getting scared because he kept in contact with me which was not normal,” recalled Peterman. “He and I had not had contact without her (presence). So when he showed up at my house that day, I was very scared.

 

[Seattle1]

Michael Kufrin, suspect in 1988 Peggy Sue Case murder, found guilty

June 23, 2021

“On July 9, 1988, 30+ years ago, 27-year old Peggy Sue Case disappeared,” said deputy Utah County attorney Chad Grunnander. “She simply vanished.”

Grunnander made that opening statement as the trial began on June 2.

In 2017, the human remains of Case were found in a shallow grave inside a root cellar. It was located in the backyard of a home that Case once shared with Kufrin.

It was Gordon Cazier and his friend who discovered the bones. In 2017, he was the new tenant at the home where Kufrin and Case once lived. He had heard from a neighbor about Case’s disappearance and learned the boy may still be on the property. One day, he noticed a depression in the cellar, and with the help of a friend, started digging.

“We dug down about 18 inches and there was a blanket,” said Cazier in 2017. “He (friend) asked for my knife and he cut open the blanket and there was a skull looking at us.”

Case was last seen leaving a company party in 1988. Witnessed said Case and Kufrin left together. Her friends also claimed Case was wearing a black top and black shorts. Kufrin was long suspected of her disappearance but was never arrested.

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It took the jury four hours to end their deliberations. They found Kufrin guilty of second degree murder. The offense carries a one-to-fifteen year prison sentence. The judge set July 20 for sentencing.

 

[Niner]

Last Wednesday they had a verdict??!! Geez - not very fast with this news - at least it made the news!

Thanks a bunch @Seattle1 for finding these articles!

 

[Niner]

Update!

Wednesday, June 23rd:
*Trial continues (Day 13)-VERDICT REACHED! (@ 8:30m PT) - UT - Peggy Sue Ellsworth Case (28) (disappeared July 8, 1988, Spanish Fork; found May 22, 2017 buried where Peggy & BF used to live) - *Michael Ignatius Kufrin (32 @ time of crime/61/now 64) (BF) - arrested (10/17/17), charged (7/17/17) & indicted (10/30/17) with 1st degree felony murder. Has not entered a plea. $250K Cash only bond.
Case was last seen leaving a party in Payson with Kufrin on July 9, 1988.
Trial began on 6/2/21 & ended 6/23/21. No court on Mondays.
Court info from 11/6/17 thru 5/11/21 & Jury selection (6/1/21) & Trial Day 1-13 (6/2/21 to 6/23/21) reference post #182 here:
GUILTY - UT - Peggy Case, 26, Spanish Fork, 9 July 1988 *Arrest in 2017*
6/23/21 Wednesday, Trial Day 13: Late Wednesday, a jury returned a guilty verdict against Kufrin, who in 2017 was charged with her murder. It took the jury four hours to end their deliberations. They found Kufrin guilty of 2nd degree murder. The offense carries a 1 to 15 year prison sentence. The judge set July 20 for sentencing.

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, July 20th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ am PT) - UT - Peggy Sue Ellsworth Case (28) (disappeared July 8, 1988, Spanish Fork; found May 22, 2017 buried where Peggy & BF used to live) - *Michael Ignatius Kufrin (32 @ time of crime/61/now 64) (BF) - arrested (10/17/17), charged (7/17/17) & indicted (10/30/17) with 1st degree felony murder. Has not entered a plea. $250K Cash only bond.
Case was last seen leaving a party in Payson with Kufrin on July 9, 1988.
Trial began on 6/2/21 & ended 6/23/21. Jury deliberated for 4 hours & returned with a guilty verdict of 2nd degree murder.
Court info from 11/6/17 thru 5/11/21 & Jury selection (6/1/21) & Trial Day 1-13 (6/2/21 to 6/23/21) reference post #193 here:
GUILTY - UT - Peggy Case, 26, Spanish Fork, 9 July 1988 *Arrest in 2017*
6/23/21 Wednesday, Trial Day 13: Late Wednesday, a jury returned a guilty verdict against Kufrin, who in 2017 was charged with her murder. It took the jury four hours to end their deliberations. They found Kufrin guilty of 2nd degree murder. The offense carries a 1 to 15 year prison sentence. The judge set July 20 for sentencing.

 

[Seattle1]

Kufrin was to be sentenced at 3 pm today but not seeing anything in MSM yet!

03:00 PM 27 SENTENCING
SPA 171402277 State Felony

STATE OF UTAH VS. KUFRIN, MICHAEL IGNATIUS

ATTY: LUDLOW SR, ALEXANDER
GRIFFIN, M CORT
PERKINS, M JARED

ATTY: PUBLIC, DEFENDER
MORRISE, MATTHEW
THOMPSON, DOUGLAS

OTN: 55666622

DOB: 07/24/1956

F1 - MURDER - 07/01/88

Use this link to join the hearing: Meet virtually with Cisco Webex. Anytime, anywhere, on any device.

https://www.utcourts.gov/cal/data/PROVO_Calendar.pdf

 

[Niner]

Just tried to find something... nothing over here! Just articles from June, 2021.

 

[Seattle1]

Just tried to find something... nothing over here! Just articles from June, 2021.

Still nothing in MSM!

I'm recalling in June when MK refused to be transported to court and they had to take him by force. I believe for sentencing he'd have to appear in person.

 

[Niner]

@Seattle1 - can you pm me the pdf file - maybe his sentencing was rescheduled, as I still can't find anything about it.

TIA!

 

[Seattle1]

@Seattle1 - can you pm me the pdf file - maybe his sentencing was rescheduled, as I still can't find anything about it.

TIA!

WebEx shows the courtroom assignment so I think it happened as shown on the docket but I'll send you the pdf that goes to August.

Judge Powell 7/20/21 Sentencing -Michael Kufrin 171402277 (7A)
Hosted by Calli Stephensen (Judge Powell)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Tuesday, Jul 20 2021 (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

 

[Niner]

Not on the pdf thru August....