

Video police reviewed in the case showed Graber's car left Fairfield High School and entered the park about 4 p.m. The documents say a friend of Goodale’s showed police Goodale's Snapchat messages indicating Miller and Goodale "were involved in the planning, execution, and disposal of evidence." The messages also described where Graber’s body was located, where her car was parked and how they disposed of and concealed evidence. Previously: Offering new details of Fairfield teacher's death, prosecutor alleges teens surveilled and ambushed her What do the unsealed search warrant filings contain? The new details included in the search warrant documents had been sealed by Showers until this week. 3, hidden under a tarp, wheelbarrow and railroad ties at the Chautauqua Park in Fairfield. The two teens have been in custody since shortly after Graber’s body was found Nov. In response, Showers ordered both cases delayed until the high court makes a decision, including pausing Thursday's hearing. The Iowa Supreme Court has the discretion to accept or deny a pretrial appeal.


They argue that the state should not be able to use potentially unconstitutional evidence as part of its argument to keep the case in adult court. Judge Shawn Showers, who also ruled Tuesday that the public and media should be able to view that hearing, rejected the request, and on Wednesday, attorneys for Miller appealed both rulings, followed shortly after by attorneys for Goodale. On Tuesday, the judge overseeing the cases rejected a request by the defense that he rule on a motion challenging some prosecution evidence before proceeding with a hearing Thursday that will decide whether Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller be tried in the juvenile system rather than in adult court. The newly unsealed filings emerge as the cases have been put on hold.
#Iowa teens ambushed trial#
Also on Tuesday, Judge Shawn Showers scheduled Goodale’s trial for Aug. No suspected motive has been laid out in court documents. The 16-year-olds are charged with murder in the death of teacher Nohema Graber, 66. Two teenagers allegedly used a baseball bat last fall to kill a Fairfield High School Spanish teacher, and one posted on Snapchat details of how they followed the woman, attacked her and hid her body after she died from head trauma, search warrant documents unsealed this week show.
