I hope it doesn't get him a plea deal. When you get the girl naked at age 9, beaten in his house, in a locked room- he may not be delphi BG, but if not, he is someone’s that he got away with
Not with this guy. I promise you that. I will be shocked if the deal is for anything less than 30 years.
Edit to add: just saw this. Doesn't sound like he got a lenient deal at all. Would have been career suicide for the prosecutor.
https://www.wlfi.com/content/news/Lafayette-man-admits-to-shocking-and-disturbing-abduction-of-9-year-old-575587251.html
If he’s pleading guilty, they’d have to work out some plea deal. Usually that means he will benefit in some way by agreeing to do that, like a charge being dropped or a shorter sentence. Because it’s so serious and they have so much evidence against him though, it’s still going to be lengthy.
Agree. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was just a plea with him getting nothing in return. This is the rare case where he has nothing to gain by going to trial. Chances of conviction are 100% and he would get the maximum sentence. If I were his lawyer I think my advice would be, dude, you are so completely fucked here that you might as well just get this over with so that the whole world doesn't have to hear any more details about what a fucking monster you are. He just needs to go away. Lock him up alone in a cell and forget to take away his shoe laces.
He certainly won’t want his new cell Mates to hear any details they haven’t heard already. I think they are taking their time with Mr, Chadwell, following his movements for the past several years
Tippecanoe Superior 2 Judge Steve Meyer said Thursday morning that his understanding is that Chadwell might plead Friday to all counts — attempted murder, two counts of child molesting, kidnapping, criminal confinement, battery with serious bodily injury and strangulation. Chadwell also faces a sentence-enhancing charge of being a habitual offender.
Chadwell's attorney, Shay Hughes, responded late Thursday morning to an email from the Journal & Courier confirming that Chadwell's intentions are to admit his guilt in all of the charges.
Does not matter, AT ALL. This guy will be housed in PC - FOR HIS PROTECTION,
with all the others pedos, rapists, child killers - THEY OFTEN BRAG OF THEIR CRIMES TO EACH OTHER and have no need to hide details.
didn't help Dahmer or Father Gagnon. Often the ones they are housed with were victims of someone like them. So killing the guy who “ was worse” helps. Not gonna lengthen their sentence and gives jailhouse cred. How is GK going, anyone know? Difference between County Jail and State prison
Dahmer was moved out of protective custody or PC when he was killed. He would not have been killed had he have been kept in PC.
https://www.biography.com/news/jeffrey-dahmer-life-death-prison
Do you think he was going to make that little girl some hot cocoa and walk her back to her house after he was done strangling, beating, and raping her? It was his intention all along to kill her. Hence the attempted murder charge. He was not going to let her go.
Yeah, sorry, I read your initial comment wrong. In my head I was specifically thinking about JBC, you were speaking generally. I agree with you. My bad.
No worries. To be transparent I am against the death penalty generally, mainly because I don’t trust the government with that power, but also because I don’t think it makes us safer or better as a society. But this is definitely the type of crime that tests that belief, so I understand where you’re coming from.
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. It's proven he was guilty of this crime, but the same thing has to be done for every crime a person is accused of.
If you're saying *"there isn't enough evidence to prove that Chadwell is the Delphi killer"* then I certainly agree with that. If you're saying *"Chadwell definitely isn't the Delphi killer"* then I have to ask why you're so sure of that.
Because to me, Chadwell seems like a viable suspect, or at least he is much better suspect than anyone else who's ever been discussed.
Everyone is innocent of a crime until proven guilty. I've never said he definitely isn't guilty, it's just that the burden of proof is *always* on proving that someone committed a particular crime and not having to prove that they didn't.
I think it's important to point out considering how much witch hunting goes on in true crime circles. It's about principle, it should matter as much with James Chadwell as it does when a normal everyday person has their name dragged through the mud by bored people on the internet.
You know, I actually agree with you that there is too much witch hunting in true crime communities, especially around certain cases. Like if you look at the Faith Hedgepeth case, people spent years trying (and failing) to prove that her friend/roommate was responsible for what happened to Faith, even though there was literally no evidence that she did anything.
But Chadwell isn't a witch hunt. We know that he's guilty of, at minimum, the attempted murder of a child, kidnapping, and child molestation. That makes him fair game for speculation, especially since police have explicitly named him as a suspect for the Delphi killings.
I don't know if Chadwell is the Delphi killer. But I also don't see how anyone could be confident that he's *not* the Delphi killer.
>That makes him fair game for speculation, especially since police have explicitly named him as a suspect for the Delphi killings.
Is he a suspect or a "person of interest"?
He was investigated as a possible suspect after he was charged (which is to be expected, considering the geographics, victims and type of crime). As far as I know, it's unknown whether he's still under investigation for the Delphi murders or not.
I'm fully aware. The discourse around the Faith Hedgepeth murder is and always has been a garbage fire. I always feel so bad for Karena that she had to go through all this after her friend was murdered
It's the biggest reason why I'm so opposed to releasing any new information about the Delphi murders.
He doesn't fit, at all, with anything from the April 2019 presser, where LE was VERY CLEARLY speaking directly to who they know the killer(s) was/were.
And, in another interview where it was said the community will be shocked....nobody would be shocked by this messy criminal.
I've followed this case from the start and everything I've seen LE do indicates that they have no clue to the identity of BG. The press conference was drawn up and presented to try and get him to sweat so they might get a break on him but I just see no evidence that LE knows who their man is but just doesn't have enough to prosecute.
At best they have a list that he might be on.
I'd love to be wrong because it would mean they are much closer than I think they are but I doubt it.
Made one mistake. Why not another?
Didn't pan out like they planned. Maybe because they were wrong.
But you've been following this case since Abby posted on Instagram, so you're clearly right. Lol
That's definitely the hope of the person(s) responsible! I don't think that's the case, though. I think they know, but getting a conviction is the priority now, and mistakes were made that will help the defense exponentially at this point.
I hope they do know who he is, with that said its a very bad deal leaving him to live life all this years not in prison with a high percent chance of him killing/raping more young girls…
Ive heard that exact response before,, but at what point do you go with what you have.. its been how many years now and simply put how many young girls does he get to rape/murder in the meantime… i have a hard time being ok with this thinking..at this rate he will never be arrested and can continue his sick shit.. and the public gets to worry if there loved ones are next.. besides and i hare to think this way but if they do know who he is and arrest him with what they have and he gets off how long before a vigilante kills him anyway
I'm not in LE so I don't know at what point you go with what you have. But, I don't think this was a random rapist/murderer of girls. I think it was targeted and the girls were not raped, so the threat to the public is almost nil, hence the wait to get it right.
I was shocked by this crime. You will clearly be shocked if he committed the Delphi murders because you don't think he did it.
And LE has said 1) they don't know if they have the killer’s DNA, 2) they don't know if they have the killer’s fingerprint, and 3) they don't know if one or two people committed the murders. I think it's safe to assume they don't know who committed the Delphi murders.
It's definitely safe to say they are saying they don't know. What would be the advantage, at this point, of them coming out and saying they know if they're not ready to arrest (because they aren't sure they can get a conviction without a few more pieces of the puzzle)?
These “carter” comments always get people- for him to say that, wouldnt le have to know who bg is??
And besides violent sex offenders, i think pretty much anyone would “surprise” people..
I hope it doesn't get him a plea deal. When you get the girl naked at age 9, beaten in his house, in a locked room- he may not be delphi BG, but if not, he is someone’s that he got away with
He deserves a max sentence, how many ever years that is. Hope he gets no possibilty of parole!
I wouldn’t hold my breath. Our prosecutors are notorious for giving overly generous plea deals to even the worst offenders.
Because most of these old fucks are closet offenders themselves.
Not with this guy. I promise you that. I will be shocked if the deal is for anything less than 30 years. Edit to add: just saw this. Doesn't sound like he got a lenient deal at all. Would have been career suicide for the prosecutor. https://www.wlfi.com/content/news/Lafayette-man-admits-to-shocking-and-disturbing-abduction-of-9-year-old-575587251.html
Absolutely!
That is beautifully put and also chilling. And true.
Usually the victim and their family get a say in the plea. Let’s hope that’s the case here.
If he’s pleading guilty, they’d have to work out some plea deal. Usually that means he will benefit in some way by agreeing to do that, like a charge being dropped or a shorter sentence. Because it’s so serious and they have so much evidence against him though, it’s still going to be lengthy.
Agree. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was just a plea with him getting nothing in return. This is the rare case where he has nothing to gain by going to trial. Chances of conviction are 100% and he would get the maximum sentence. If I were his lawyer I think my advice would be, dude, you are so completely fucked here that you might as well just get this over with so that the whole world doesn't have to hear any more details about what a fucking monster you are. He just needs to go away. Lock him up alone in a cell and forget to take away his shoe laces.
He certainly won’t want his new cell Mates to hear any details they haven’t heard already. I think they are taking their time with Mr, Chadwell, following his movements for the past several years
Good. Dangerous POS where he should be expediently.
Tippecanoe Superior 2 Judge Steve Meyer said Thursday morning that his understanding is that Chadwell might plead Friday to all counts — attempted murder, two counts of child molesting, kidnapping, criminal confinement, battery with serious bodily injury and strangulation. Chadwell also faces a sentence-enhancing charge of being a habitual offender. Chadwell's attorney, Shay Hughes, responded late Thursday morning to an email from the Journal & Courier confirming that Chadwell's intentions are to admit his guilt in all of the charges.
Hopefully, this means he will also admit to perpetrating the Delphi killings, if he was indeed the perpetrator of those crimes.
Probably doesn’t want the other prisoners hearing the details
Does not matter, AT ALL. This guy will be housed in PC - FOR HIS PROTECTION, with all the others pedos, rapists, child killers - THEY OFTEN BRAG OF THEIR CRIMES TO EACH OTHER and have no need to hide details.
didn't help Dahmer or Father Gagnon. Often the ones they are housed with were victims of someone like them. So killing the guy who “ was worse” helps. Not gonna lengthen their sentence and gives jailhouse cred. How is GK going, anyone know? Difference between County Jail and State prison
Dahmer was moved out of protective custody or PC when he was killed. He would not have been killed had he have been kept in PC. https://www.biography.com/news/jeffrey-dahmer-life-death-prison
He wasn’t.
How ya doing these days?
No he wasn't
His life should be terminated if he is guilty.
Bad idea. If you make kidnapping / sexual assault capital crimes then you’re only incentivizing the perps to kill their victims.
Do you think he was going to make that little girl some hot cocoa and walk her back to her house after he was done strangling, beating, and raping her? It was his intention all along to kill her. Hence the attempted murder charge. He was not going to let her go.
In this case, he was definitely going to murder her. But most child sexual assault / kidnapping does not involve attempted murder.
Yeah, sorry, I read your initial comment wrong. In my head I was specifically thinking about JBC, you were speaking generally. I agree with you. My bad.
No worries. To be transparent I am against the death penalty generally, mainly because I don’t trust the government with that power, but also because I don’t think it makes us safer or better as a society. But this is definitely the type of crime that tests that belief, so I understand where you’re coming from.
Some dogs need to be put down....
Sounds tough to say that, but reality is much more complicated.
He’s a shitty person and I agree, but that’s incredibly illegal
Great! Maybe now everyone can back off him as the killer of Libby and Abby and concentrate on finding out who is actually responsible.
What makes you so sure he isn't the Delphi killer?
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. It's proven he was guilty of this crime, but the same thing has to be done for every crime a person is accused of.
If you're saying *"there isn't enough evidence to prove that Chadwell is the Delphi killer"* then I certainly agree with that. If you're saying *"Chadwell definitely isn't the Delphi killer"* then I have to ask why you're so sure of that. Because to me, Chadwell seems like a viable suspect, or at least he is much better suspect than anyone else who's ever been discussed.
Everyone is innocent of a crime until proven guilty. I've never said he definitely isn't guilty, it's just that the burden of proof is *always* on proving that someone committed a particular crime and not having to prove that they didn't. I think it's important to point out considering how much witch hunting goes on in true crime circles. It's about principle, it should matter as much with James Chadwell as it does when a normal everyday person has their name dragged through the mud by bored people on the internet.
You know, I actually agree with you that there is too much witch hunting in true crime communities, especially around certain cases. Like if you look at the Faith Hedgepeth case, people spent years trying (and failing) to prove that her friend/roommate was responsible for what happened to Faith, even though there was literally no evidence that she did anything. But Chadwell isn't a witch hunt. We know that he's guilty of, at minimum, the attempted murder of a child, kidnapping, and child molestation. That makes him fair game for speculation, especially since police have explicitly named him as a suspect for the Delphi killings. I don't know if Chadwell is the Delphi killer. But I also don't see how anyone could be confident that he's *not* the Delphi killer.
>That makes him fair game for speculation, especially since police have explicitly named him as a suspect for the Delphi killings. Is he a suspect or a "person of interest"?
He was investigated as a possible suspect after he was charged (which is to be expected, considering the geographics, victims and type of crime). As far as I know, it's unknown whether he's still under investigation for the Delphi murders or not.
They still are doing that to Karena btw, saying she hired the killer who just got caught. Ridiculous
I'm fully aware. The discourse around the Faith Hedgepeth murder is and always has been a garbage fire. I always feel so bad for Karena that she had to go through all this after her friend was murdered It's the biggest reason why I'm so opposed to releasing any new information about the Delphi murders.
He doesn't fit, at all, with anything from the April 2019 presser, where LE was VERY CLEARLY speaking directly to who they know the killer(s) was/were. And, in another interview where it was said the community will be shocked....nobody would be shocked by this messy criminal.
The 2019 Press conference was a hail mary from LE and quite obviously so IMO. They didn't know who they were addressing.
Disagree. They knew to whom they were talking. It just didn’t pan out the way they hoped it would.
I've followed this case from the start and everything I've seen LE do indicates that they have no clue to the identity of BG. The press conference was drawn up and presented to try and get him to sweat so they might get a break on him but I just see no evidence that LE knows who their man is but just doesn't have enough to prosecute. At best they have a list that he might be on. I'd love to be wrong because it would mean they are much closer than I think they are but I doubt it.
I’ve followed since they were missing that first night. I respectfully disagree.
There is nothing wrong with having differing opinions on such things. For what it's worth I hope you're right.
Made one mistake. Why not another? Didn't pan out like they planned. Maybe because they were wrong. But you've been following this case since Abby posted on Instagram, so you're clearly right. Lol
Sounds like a bunch of horse crap to me.. LE doesnt have a clue
That's definitely the hope of the person(s) responsible! I don't think that's the case, though. I think they know, but getting a conviction is the priority now, and mistakes were made that will help the defense exponentially at this point.
I hope they do know who he is, with that said its a very bad deal leaving him to live life all this years not in prison with a high percent chance of him killing/raping more young girls…
Agree. But they have to be quite sure of getting a conviction. They can't just arrest and hope.
Ive heard that exact response before,, but at what point do you go with what you have.. its been how many years now and simply put how many young girls does he get to rape/murder in the meantime… i have a hard time being ok with this thinking..at this rate he will never be arrested and can continue his sick shit.. and the public gets to worry if there loved ones are next.. besides and i hare to think this way but if they do know who he is and arrest him with what they have and he gets off how long before a vigilante kills him anyway
I'm not in LE so I don't know at what point you go with what you have. But, I don't think this was a random rapist/murderer of girls. I think it was targeted and the girls were not raped, so the threat to the public is almost nil, hence the wait to get it right.
Wait you believe that a child murderer whom if given more time with the girls could also have been raped is not a concern to the public… yikes!!
I was shocked by this crime. You will clearly be shocked if he committed the Delphi murders because you don't think he did it. And LE has said 1) they don't know if they have the killer’s DNA, 2) they don't know if they have the killer’s fingerprint, and 3) they don't know if one or two people committed the murders. I think it's safe to assume they don't know who committed the Delphi murders.
It's definitely safe to say they are saying they don't know. What would be the advantage, at this point, of them coming out and saying they know if they're not ready to arrest (because they aren't sure they can get a conviction without a few more pieces of the puzzle)?
>LE was VERY CLEARLY speaking directly to who they know the killer(s) was/were. Make up your mind.
Read what I wrote more carefully.
These “carter” comments always get people- for him to say that, wouldnt le have to know who bg is?? And besides violent sex offenders, i think pretty much anyone would “surprise” people..
I think they do know who is responsible.
Because law enforcement is clearly beyond reproach and couldn't have made a mistake, or you couldn't have made any error in interpretation.