Baby Kate Phillips-jury deliberating

Baby Kate- jurors deliberate

LUDINGTON, MI – Jurors in the Baby Kate case began deliberating around 6 p.m. to decide the fate of Sean Michael Phillips.

Phillips, 22, of Mason County’s Victory Township is charged with unlawful imprisonment, a 15-year felony, in the alleged abduction of his 4 ½-month-old daughter, Katherine Shelbie-Elizabeth Phillips.

She has not been seen since just after 1 p.m. June 29, 2011, when Phillips allegedly took her from her mother, Ariel Courtland, outside Courtland’s Ludington apartment complex.

Mason County 51st Circuit Judge Richard I. Cooper gave jurors until 7:30 p.m. to deliberate, unless they reach a verdict sooner. At that time, he will poll them to see if they want to continue, go out to dinner or come back in the morning.

In closing arguments late Thursday afternoon, Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola and defense attorney Annette Smedley of Muskegon summed up their cases to jurors.

Spaniola called Phillips’ alleged actions – whatever he did with the baby – a “crime of opportunity” spurred by his being forced by a court order to take a paternity test at noon that day. He said Phillips feared the reaction of his parents, with whom he lived, and to whom he repeatedly denied being the baby’s father.

Read more here at source and read a replay of live twitters from courtroom

Isabel Mercedes Celis, 6 yr old missing in Arizona

Isabel Mercedes Celis, Tuscos, Arizona, 6 years old, missing from her home….

Police have evacuated the Celis family from their home after the FBI-trained dogs found something during a search overnight.

Celis was reported missing by her father around 8 a.m. Saturday after Celis’ mother had left for work and her father went to wake her up. The child was not in her room, and a bedroom window was opened with the screen removed, Villasenor said.

The little girl was last seen around 11 p.m. Friday, when she was put to bed, he said.

You can read about the case here where they give a good summary what has taken place so far.

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Dick Clark died at age 82

Dick Clark described as the oldest living teenager died of a massive heart attack today….

Dick Clark, the music industry maverick, longtime TV host and powerhouse producer who changed the way we listened to pop music with American Bandstand, and whose trademark Rockin’ Eve became a fixture of New Year’s celebrations, died today at the age of 82, ABC News has learned.

Clark, who suffered a serious stroke in 2004 but returned to the airwaves, reportedly died from a heart attack.

Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on Nov. 30, 1929, Richard Wagstaff Clark began his lifelong career in show business began before he was even out of high school. He started working in the mailroom of WRUN, a radio station in upstate New York run by his father and uncle. It wasn’t long before the teenager was on the air, filling in for the weatherman and the announce

Dick Clark dead at age 82

~~Hooker, line and stinker~~

Doesn’t he just look as pleased as punch?

It seems we have one pedofile that is just not going to give up. A little more brainwashing over the phone and Hooker reeled his trophy back in. It goes to show the mentality of Jordan who apparently, while on line being lured ended up with the stinker. I expect them to make all the media circuits again. Hooker tells the young thing, “look what I gave up to be with you.” Jordan echoed, “look what I lost because of him.” I think they deserve one another. I hope Jordan realizes that her prince charming will be going on trial for messing around with some other jail bait. In another couple of years, Jordan will be too old for the pedofile and he will dump her and go fishing for a younger fresher one.

MODESTO — After fleeing to Ohio and telling a national TV audience she was through with her former teacher, student Jordan Powers, 18, has returned to James Hooker, 41.

Powers told a reporter for Sacramento TV station KOVR (Ch. 13) that she and Hooker were back together. The reporter conducted a brief interview with Powers through a screen door at Hooker’s apartment this afternoon.

The couple did not answer calls and texts from The Bee, but mother Tammie Powers confirmed that she thought the two were seeing each other again.

The mom said her daughter left the Ohio home where she was staying several days ago.

“She left on her own. She hired a cab and booked her own flight,” Tammie Powers said.

Read more here at source…

Report: Former Enochs student, teacher back together

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Jennifer Hudson may testify at murder trial…

Jennifer Hudson, best known for being a semi-finalist on American Idol as well as a singer and oscar winning actress is scheduled to testify in the murder trial of the man charged with killing her mother, brother and nephew.

Today, a Chicago court began picking jurors in the trial of William Balfour, accused of brutally murdering Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. Judge Charles Burns plans to begin questioning prospective jurors one by one.

Hudson’s mother, Darnell Donnerson, and her brother, Jason, were found dead at their family home on Oct. 24, 2008. Her seven-year-old nephew, Julian King, was found dead in a 1994 Chevrolet Suburban four days later. He also died of multiple shotgun wounds. Balfour is charged with three counts of first degree murder and one count of home invasion.

Prosecutors allege that Balfour, the estranged husband of the actress’ sister Julia Hudson, shot the three in cold blood after he learned that his wife was dating another man. Balfour was charged with three counts of first degree murder and one count of home invasion in December 2010; at the time he was on parole after he’d spent nearly seven years in prison for attempted murder, vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen vehicle.

Jennifer , 30, is expected to attend the trial every day, and her name appears on a list of 300 potential witnesses that could be called to testify.

Prosecutors say that proof of Balfour’s involvement in the crime includes gun residue found on his car’s steering wheel; Balfour’s attorneys have said the evidence is circumstantial, According to court documents Balfour was previously a Gangster Disciples gang member who went by the street name “Flex,” and has a lengthy criminal record.

Since the devastating murders took place in October 2008, Hudson has rarely spoken about the tragedy.

No cameras will be allowed in the courtroom.

Illinois abolished the death penalty last year!

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Hooker, 41 yr old Modesto, CA, teacher has been arrested

James Hooker, 41, was arrested in Modesto, Calif., after police discovered he had an an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student in 1998. Hooker has been under investigation for his involvement with 18-year-old Jordan Powers, his former business class student, with whom he appeared on national TV programs earlier this year to profess his love.

Hooker was charged with one count of oral copulation with a minor and is in jail, according to a statement from Modesto police. Hooker allegedly befriended the victim while teaching at Enochs High School, and developed a romantic relationship with the student. Hooker then allegedly sexually assaulted the then 17-year-old girl.

Hooker and Powers spoke publicly about their relationship in March, days after Hooker quit his job as a teacher at Enochs in order to move into an apartment with Powers the same day. Hooker left his wife and children, including a 17-year-old daughter who attends Enoch High School, in order to date Powers.

Read more and watch videos here at Source

And….

Christopher James Hooker, the Modesto, Calif., ex-teacher whose romance with a student drew attention from around the world, was arrested Friday after being charged with one count of oral copulation with a minor in an incident that police said happened 14 years ago, the Modesto Bee reported.

The charge stems from a relationship Hooker is accused of having in 1998 with a 17-year-old student at Davis High School in Modesto, where he was teaching at the time, the newspaper said. Hooker was arrested at his home and booked into Stanislaus County Jail, police said.

During the investigation of that case, police said, it was alleged that in 1998 Hooker befriended the 17-year-old student, developed a romantic relationship with her and sexually assaulted her.

Tammie Powers, the student’s mother, told the Bee she believes Hooker pursued her daughter, and she cited recent problems with her daughter’s grades and health. Her daughter had panic attacks, Powers said.

“I believe it was the stress of the lie,” Tammie Powers told the newspaper.

Read more Here

Here is the post that I wrote back in March/12 about James Hooker, teacher, and his love affair with Jordan Powers, a student.

Shame on you Hooker

Prayers and Well Wishes for Kris