Print ArticleIn legal news out of the state of Colorado, according to various credible media reports Sarah Berry, who is a co-defendant in the starvation case of seven year old Chandler Grafner, has changed her plea to guilty. This comes as her trial is set to begin and the fate of the other defendant in the case is in the hands of the jury.
This change in Berry´s plea occurred in the Denver District Court, in an agreement where all the other charges will be dropped against her and she will serve almost fifty years to the sentence for pleading guilty to second degree murder charges.
The legal case in question centers on the starvation death that occurred May 6, 2007 of Chandler Gafner, a child that was in the custody of Berry´s boyfriend Jon Phillips. When Chandler died he reportedly weighted 34 pounds and had just turned seven years old.
Jon Phillips is currently on trial charged with first degree murder, child abuse resulting in death and tampering with evidence and is now in the hands of jurors after testimony from witnesses including Phillips family that testified against Phillips.
The younger brother of Chandler also has talked with one detective from the police department Detective Ken Klaus. Dominick now six years old told Klaus that Chandler was made to stay in a linen closet to eat, sleep and as a rest room. When this closet was tested there bottom of the closet tested positive for human fecal matter. It is not clear as to what the lawyer on the case offered in the form of a rebuttal.
Phillips brother testified that he saw a faint black eye on the child during an Easter dinner when the child was forced to eat oatmeal as a punishment while the family ate roast pork. It was not exactly clear if the family attempted to claim that the black eye was due to an accident, but these events helped to spur action in the case, which has outraged many in the Mile High City. By the way if you happen to live either in the city of Houston or the surrounding are and you require a Houston Accident Lawyer then you may wish to try the law offices of Francisco Medina. He is an experienced Houston Accident Lawyer who covers most of Harris County, as well as Houston proper itself.
This change in Berry´s plea occurred in the Denver District Court, in an agreement where all the other charges will be dropped against her and she will serve almost fifty years to the sentence for pleading guilty to second degree murder charges.
The legal case in question centers on the starvation death that occurred May 6, 2007 of Chandler Gafner, a child that was in the custody of Berry´s boyfriend Jon Phillips. When Chandler died he reportedly weighted 34 pounds and had just turned seven years old.
Jon Phillips is currently on trial charged with first degree murder, child abuse resulting in death and tampering with evidence and is now in the hands of jurors after testimony from witnesses including Phillips family that testified against Phillips.
The younger brother of Chandler also has talked with one detective from the police department Detective Ken Klaus. Dominick now six years old told Klaus that Chandler was made to stay in a linen closet to eat, sleep and as a rest room. When this closet was tested there bottom of the closet tested positive for human fecal matter. It is not clear as to what the lawyer on the case offered in the form of a rebuttal.
Phillips brother testified that he saw a faint black eye on the child during an Easter dinner when the child was forced to eat oatmeal as a punishment while the family ate roast pork. It was not exactly clear if the family attempted to claim that the black eye was due to an accident, but these events helped to spur action in the case, which has outraged many in the Mile High City. By the way if you happen to live either in the city of Houston or the surrounding are and you require a Houston Accident Lawyer then you may wish to try the law offices of Francisco Medina. He is an experienced Houston Accident Lawyer who covers most of Harris County, as well as Houston proper itself.
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