convicted in 2007 for hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence. "I was really attracted to Colton from the beginning.. And it is about to get much worse. in court were her sisters, Vanessa. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You have entered an incorrect email address! I can't live in Texas," she says. "That photograph to me means nothing," Laura says dismissively. [13] On August 3, 2010, Hall was taken into the custody of the state prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). It was early evening by the time they arrived. After police said they did not have the legal grounds to break Was she a brutal accomplice or just a lost soul along for the ride? For Thomas (a former Chronicle intern) and Butler, the interest in exploring a notorious chapter of campus lore was born of a curiosity for the story beyond the grisly details of the crime, or the sensationalized on-the-run narrative that characterized the subsequent trials and convictions of Pitonyak and Hall. Pitonyak is serving a 55-year prison sentence after he was convicted of murder in 2007. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This week marks the 15th anniversary of Caves death, a horrendous crime that still leaves questions: Why did this happen? "She's still a part of us.". Hall, who has since completed her prison sentence, even provides fresh insight to the reporters in a delicate, yet riveting, exchange over Facebook Messenger. "She was very enthusiastic, very organized, very excited to have The evidence provides some information about when and in what order the fateful events unfolded but yields no insight as to why. "They stated that during the group that inmate Hall confessed to the murder of Jennifer Cave," Turner explains. at Burger King. [14] A Mexican SWAT team[17] discovered the two in a Holiday Inn in Piedras Negras,[11] a city on the MexicoUnited States border across from Eagle Pass, Texas,[17] on August 23, 2005. A Travis County jury convicted Hall of hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence in connection with Cave's murder. Sanderson, Pitonyak seemed high. And that would be Laura Hall," Sawyer says. "When I got the tattoo, I was so in love with him," she says. He was the last person to be seen with their daughter, Jennifer Cave. Fernandez, to watch a pay-per-view professional fighting match, trigger, but acknowledged that someone might Laura says she went home. his best friend, after a Like so many reporters who have looked long and deep at a tragedy, the pair doesn't see the story of Jennifer Cave's murder leaving their radar anytime soon. [18] He will be eligible for parole once 50% of his sentence has been served, at which time he will be around 51 years old. Hall was released from her 10 year sentence five months early in 2018 while Pitonyak will not be eligible for parole until 2033, according to the KXAN report. Submit yours now at austinchronicle.com/opinion. need your help for this. Jennifer asked her roommate to make sure she was up by 9:30am, just in case she overslept for her first day. "Even looked like the floors had been mopped. "I remember that night - when we were trying to figure out what we were gonna do and getting some clothes packed. She said Case says he could not comment on Hall's upcoming sentencing hearing. "It is beyond my landed a job as a legal assistant in an environmental law firm. "She is a convicted felon, and it's no longer about whether or not she's guilty," Bishop says. have said he is taking, Defense attorney Sam Bassett holds a machete found in Pitonyak's 35 in the Apple Podcast all-genre list and No. When questioned why she didn't turn Colton in, Laura tells us that she was afraid of Colton, and that . I was like, 'Man, oh my God, you know, 'What happened?'". "Area west of UT relatively safe, officials say. Sharon says, "We start knocking on the door and we knock on the windows and we walk around the apartment seeing if there was a back door.". I think if people set out to kill me, done. Support the Chronicle, Tinu Thomas and Haley Butler, hosts of true crime podcast, We were able to lean on each other emotionally, and know that we werent alone in talking to the victims family.. In 2007, a jury convicted Laura Hall, 34, for helping her boyfriend Colton Pitonyak dismember 21-year-old Cave's body in his apartment's bathtub at the Orange Tree condominiums in August of. Prosecutors noted that he specified Sharon and Jim decided to head to Austin hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. For the prosecutors, Travis Co. assistant district attorneys Bill Bishop and Stephanie McFarland, it was not a straightforward case. claimed he used it on the victim's body. 'Chrome Underground' Goes Classic Car Hunting, I Live Here I Give Here: Amplify Austin Day. college. Pitonyak stated during the trial that he must have killed Jennifer as he was the only other person there at the time he just couldn't remember the details. Now an Austin podcaster is telling the personal stories behind that severing. [11], On August 23, 2005, Colton Pitonyak was charged with murder. urinating on a car. I mean, I wasn't ready to be rational yet," she explains to Maher. "He was incoherent and in a sense, so was I. Episode 6: Laura Hall & Colton Pitonyak. AUSTIN, Texas - August 17, 2020 marks the 15th anniversary of the murder of Jennifer Cave. Thank you very much in advance. Laura Hall was convicted of tampering with evidence and hindering the apprehension of Colton. Colton will remain in prison for most of his life after receiving 55 years. He successfully removed the head and both hands before stopping. Hall was found guilty of tampering with evidence and sentenced to 10 years in prison. S1 E943m. On March 15, 2018, she was released on parole from prison under mandatory supervision,[24] including GPS monitoring, and could not return to Travis County or to make any contact with the Cave family[25][26] until after the end of her prison sentence, which was in August of the same year. It was the post-murder behavior that made it so grotesque. And Jennifer would fall for that line every time: 'I need a friend,'" says Sharon. "She's a psychopath. faces life She looks just like Jennifer Cave. Inside, was the gun they believed to have been used to kill Jennifer Cave. Midway through The Orange Tree's first episode, there's a small moment that is instructive of their approach. She invoked her Fifth, Colton Pitonyak's mother wept during the verdict, but he was At some point after midnight, early on Aug. 17, he passed out, and when he woke, he said, he found Cave's body in the bathtub. For Butler, the overwhelming popularity is still a little hard to comprehend. She had plans to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) so she could become a lawyer. But Sharon knew her big-hearted daughter had an instinct to help anyone in trouble. And I opened that door. Cave's murder is now the subject of a true-crime podcast put together by University of Texas students, professors, and graduates. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 2015 denied the request. "I apologize to everybody here. It's been two years since 21-year-old Jennifer Cave was brutally murdered and dismembered inside the West Campus apartment of her friend Colton Pitonyak. 's office will go up against Laura Hall. Hall faces trial later this year on charges of felony hindering Maher asks in disbelief. his way in through a window. 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They twice visited Pitonyak's apartment on Rio Grande Street but got no response Pitonyak and Hall had fled the previous day. The detective disagrees. is in the bottom right corner. "At about 3 o'clock, the law firm called me," says her mother, Sharon Sedwick. She's out on bond while prosecutors fight to put her back behind bars. At least one of Laura Hall's confessions that she had killed Jennifer came only after her initial sentence of 5 years was increased to 10 years on appeal. So you kind of want to know, who came in here and did this? "As far as murders go, this is a very clean murder. Langenbach said Hall told her that she didn't understand "what the big fuss was about. ", "I definitely feel like my life is closing in on me right now," Laura says of her situation. This is Jim.'". officers in Texas. "Once we learned more about the victim and all of the different relationships at play, we just knew that it should be our mission to do this in a way that I don't think is typically done in true crime.". And he said, 'Yeah, I'm afraid it could be.'". It was the quest for free parking that led Tinu Thomas and Haley Butler by the Orange Tree Condos. She became eligible again in November 2012. [3] Before coming to Austin, Pitonyak attended Christ the King School[8] and Catholic High School for Boys in Little Rock, Arkansas. On the same day, the jury panel recommended a 55-year prison sentence for Pitonyak. Maher asks. His lawyers say district. Cave, the young woman he considered, About 12 hours after he shot Cave, Pitonyak stopped for a meal She's sentenced to five years. "He wanted to get out of town. Both were drinking, and according to witness Jeffrey 35 photos. "He went to a hardware store and bought cleaning supplies such as ammonia and Febreze, masks, gloves and a hacksaw. Pitonyak is serving 55 years for the slaying. Sharon began frantically calling around to find her daughter and discovered Jennifer had been out with Colton. "That's just not who Jennifer was. Jim says the place was completely dark. ", "Well it's neither," she replies. He said, 'Jennifer didn't come to work today.' comprehension that Colton would ever intentionally harm someone, In August 2005, 21-year-old Cave was last seen with her close friend, UT finance major Colton Pitonyak, in Downtown Austin, on the eve of starting a new job at a local law firm. We were in no condition," she explains. Asked how he got back to his apartment, Colton said, "I assume Jennifer took me. "We just wanted to expand on that," Butler explained. Austin Police Department Detective David Fugitt told Reform Austin that he has assisted in over 500 homicide investigations, and the gruesome nature of this case is rare. he does not remember shooting Cave, Would you please help me? 291126. Located in the neighborhood of West Campus, Pitonyaks apartment turned into a crime scene on that day while Pitonyak along with his accomplice, Laura Hall, took off to Mexico. They're gonna do something and you're not gonna like it.". ", Jennifer Cave's mother, Sharon, and her fiance, Jim Sedwick, Hall was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Laura remarks. Quit calling me,'" Jim remembers Colton saying. Prosecutors, Hall faces trial later this year on charges of felony hindering Not only did investigators note several post-mortem stab wounds in Jennifers body, mostly to the chest and neck, as her head was not attached, they also found an additional slug resting against her skull showing that Pitonyak must have fired the second and last bullet through the base of her severed neck. "We have new evidence that we've developed that establishes that Colton was not responsible even for the killing," says Joe Turner. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events This would be the last conversation Jennifer Cave would have with anyone except her killer. 2023 www.statesman.com. "Part of Jennifer's nature," she explains, "is she had a real problem with stray dogs. "There was a dead woman curled up in his bathtub. Laura will wait behind bars to find out what her final sentence will be. [3] In 2002, she graduated from Mary Carroll High School in Corpus Christi and in August of that year she traveled to San Marcos, Texas, to attend Texas State University as a finance major. Additional evidence, never presented during Pitonyak's murder trial, includes DNA from an unknown female found in Cave's mouth and from under her fingernails. I'd certainly want that evidence presented to a jury," said Turner. Unless he wins a new trial, Colton Pitonyak will be eligible for parole in 2033.Produced by Chuck Stevenson, Jenna Jackson and James Stolz, First published on March 20, 2010 / 9:55 PM. After just four hours of work, Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie . "Trial set for college student accused of slaying, dismembering woman after date. The interrogation lasts nine grueling hours. They quickly found out something they didn't expect. The "You'll hear after her death she was dismembered. ", Early on, they were excited to gain access to any source, and breakthroughs came at unexpected moments (Thomas was in class when Colton's father, Eddie Pitonyak, said he was willing to speak with them). New court documents accuse Laura Hall of bragging about the murder of Jennifer Cave. ", CBS News. At trial, this time with no cameras allowed, the prosecutor outlines Laura's ever-changing account of events. Woman sent to prison after gruesome West Campus murder to be released Watch on Laura was released in 2018. She was sentenced to five years for the tampering and one year for the hindering, with the sentences to be served concurrently. After Cave's murder they escaped to Mexico where they were captured. "It was on a flip flop in the bathroom. [9] Pitonyak received a 55-year sentence. More specifically, the state claimed that Hall helped dismember Caves body and aided in Pitonyak s escape to Mexico. Her battle with drugs and alcohol had been a constant struggle, but now the 21-year-old waitress was imbued with a new level of confidence she never felt before. [17] On Monday, January 29, 2007 Pitonyak, then 24, was convicted of murder. I'm here to help you. I had just gotten away from him. the job," her new boss recalled. When he took the stand, Colton said he couldn't remember what happened that night. We can help. But that portrait of Hall, without her own testimony, was never fully fleshed out.). "And they said, 'Jennifer has gone to work for us.' Pitonyak is serving 55 years for the slaying. It was a crime that shocked a city a 21-year-old woman shot, stabbed and partially dismembered in the condo of her friend, a UT student. Laura was arrested and later charged with "hindering apprehension" for her role in Colton's escape. The defense had wanted the jury to see the tape of Laura's police interrogation, where for nine emotional hours, she firmly maintained she had nothing to do with the dismemberment. Laura says Colton led her into the bathroom. Finally, she called her friend, Michael Rodriguez. After not hearing from their daughter,Cave's parents drove to Austin from Corpus Christi and made the gruesome discovery. Hall did not testify during her trial, but her attorney, Joe James Sawyer, painted a completely different picture for the jury. His lawyers said his DNA was on the handle [21][22], In 2014, Hall was denied parole by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. detailing his son's childhood and academic Laura Ashley Hall [12] was a University of Texas at Austin student who at one time had been Pitonyak's girlfriend. Jennifer paid for that friendship with her life. The two talked for a bit before she told him she was going out for a while to meet up with another friend who was having some problems. I can't go to jail," Laura tells Maher. "She had a heart as big as Texas. "I need to cut up a turkey.". she was still out with Pitonyak. "[9], In 2007, Hall was convicted of tampering with evidence and hindering the apprehension of Pitonyak. He's got my daughter," Loren Hall recalls thinking at the time. We immediately just got together. Pitonyak's cell. Police found a shell casing in the tub that matched the bullet Colton Pitonyak will testify in his own defense. "A jury, in Travis County, of 12 people found Colton Pitonyak guilty, and a jury of 12 people, in Travis County . "Mistakes were made," he says. But Laura was in Colton's apartment dozens of times before the murder and she says the DNA - even the DNA on the gun - means nothing. Among those On the second visit, Sharon Cave slipped a window lock, and Sedwick climbed inside. faces a possible life sentence. "[14] On February 19, 2009, the Texas Third Court of Appeals ordered re-sentencing. When she finally got Colton on the phone, he told her nothing. And I'm kind of like, sitting up, 'Colton, what's the deal, what's going on?' Bill Bishop. Within days of the murder, Colton ran off with another woman, Laura Hall, to Mexico. As for Laura Hall, she remains a mystery. "Colton's going, 'No man, I don't know. Laura's parents say they feared Colton was going to kill their daughter. police found Cave's Saturn sedan parked on a street near the She was also a student at UT, a government major with hopes of becoming a lawyer. Laura Hall was sentenced Tuesday for her role in the 2005 murder of Jennifer Cave. Jennifer Cave Murder, Jennifer Cave, Laura Hall, Colton Pitonyak, Elizabeth Peacock, Joe James Sawyer, Information is power. left the courtroom with the victim's Langenbach told the jury that during the three weeks the two shared a cell, Hall made several incriminating statements about her involvement including that she was in charge of the mutilation, devised (although aborted) in order to keep the police from identifying Cave's body. suffered a number of bizarre wounds after death, including a Director Gregory Kohn Stars Robert Ivkovic Laura Fraker (uncredited) See production, box office & company info Watch on Bravo Now The Mexican law enforcement drove the two to the border. 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