Erin everett trial

None of her arguments swayed the state judges, who upheld her convictions and life sentence in an opinion by Judge Victor P. Stabile backed the county judge's decision to bar testimony about Battered Woman Syndrome since Everett couldn't claim she killed Minnick in self-defense in their home in Jerome. At her trial - she waived her right to a trial by jury - Everett admitted killing Minnick by shooting her in the head as she slept and beating her with a hammer.

Everett initially told police Minnick had been killed by a man who broke into their home, court records state. However, investigators said she later confessed to killing Minnick because she learned Minnick was still having sex with a former boyfriend. Court filings show that when a state trooper asked Everett what she was in her mind before she shot Minnick twice in the head, Everett replied she was "thinking about how much I wanted to be with her.

Everett told police she caused damaged to the house and dragged Minnick's body to the head of some stairs to create fake home invasion scene. It was a vape pen. Earlier that evening, Harper ran into a neighbor outside his Everett home when she was smoking a cigarette. The pair chatted and decided to hang out. They went on a walk to Walgreens around 9 p.

On their way back from the store, the pair passed through a neighborhood in the block of Beverly Lane. Leenders was drinking with a few friends at his home on East Beech St. Leenders, a stranger, saw the pair pass by and invited them to join the party. Harper and his friend got in a hot tub with Leenders. The friend told detectives that Leenders made unwanted sexual advances on the pair.

Another couple at the party reported Leenders also made unwanted advances toward them and had invited them into the tub, too.

Tory was a Pennsylvania native born in February An outgoing and charming woman, she took classes at a local community college as part of her nursing degree. Her dream was to become a licensed practical nurse. Over there, she met Erin Everett, and the two hit it off right away. But their seemingly happy relationship was marred by tragedy on March 25, On that day, the police were called onto the scene of what they initially believed was a break-in.

She had been shot in the head with a. Erin told the police that an intruder attacked them and, during a struggle, killed Tory. Erin stated that she was able to escape the attacker and call for help. But the crime scene told a different story.

Investigators quickly realized that there might have been no intruder. Tory and Erin started dating sometime in They were happy together, and Erin even proposed to Tory, who said yes.