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A murder suspect's brother under scrutiny. Breakthrough in parents' quest for answers. And should jurors question witnesses?
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Three months after the husband of a woman who went missing in Spain is charged with her murder, investigators have questions about his brother, too. Years after a young woman's death in Pennsylvania, her parents persuade local officials to take a second look at how she died. And the judge from the Jason Chen murder trial on why he allows jurors to question witnesses during trial. Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com
Chapter 1: What new developments are there in the murder case in Spain?
Correct, yeah. So sources tell me that they upgraded the charges because there was proof that Ana had a drastic change of life pattern, meaning to them that she has passed away. Movement on her Google and Spotify accounts abruptly stopped, as did the contact with her family and friends.
And we should say that David has pleaded not guilty. So let's get into the latest development. Who is the other member of David's family who is now in the crosshairs of investigators?
So we've learned that the Department of Homeland Security has seized the laptop and phone of David's brother, whose name is Ugesa.
How is he wrapped up in this now? What are they alleging?
They're alleging in a search warrant they filed last month that they're looking at Ugesa Konezovic for aiding and abetting accessory after the fact, wire and bank fraud, and destruction of records. The warrant was unsealed by a judge in Miami last week. What's kind of a surprise is we know that the FBI spoke to him last March, but he said he was estranged from David.
In the warrant, it says he told them he only spoke to David because he found out from Ana's brother that she was missing. Ugesa says that he had to ask his mother for David's phone number.
But according to the FBI, David's brother was the first person David called when he was arrested in May, correct?
Right. And the FBI is saying since then, the brothers have been in touch pretty often. The FBI says they have probable cause that his phone and laptop have evidence that Ugesa has pretended to be David to get Apple to lock David's phone so investigators couldn't open it. And then most recently, David's brother flew to Spain on vacation with his family.
Last month, he went to Sevilla, which is about a three and a half hour train trip from Madrid, which is where Ana disappeared. And they say that they don't know where he was for two days in January. So they're investigating what he's been doing electronically, but also maybe physically in an area where Spanish authorities had conducted searches for Ana.
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Chapter 2: Who is David Kinesovich and what are the allegations against him?
The defense also called Eric Thompson's brother, Michael, to give character testimony. What did he have to say about his brother?
So he described Eric as an easygoing guy. Like I've never seen him yell, swear or no physical anything with Joyce. That murdering someone would be extremely out of character. He doesn't let go. that let things affect him very much. And then when asked about how his brother Eric behaved around the time of Takahara's murder, he said there really wasn't any change to make note of.
He was, I guess, normal. Nothing to have me suspect anything.
Eric has pleaded not guilty. What can we expect from the trial in the coming days?
So in Eric Thompson's first trial, he did take the stand in his defense. So we're waiting to see if he'll do the same this time. And of course, his wife, Joyce, is still by his side and has been there every single day sitting behind him.
Okay, we'll be sure to check back in on that one and see what the jury decides. Up next, a defendant in a double homicide out of Kansas. And this is not her first murder trial or her second. Kelly, bring us up to speed on Dana Chandler and her third murder trial in two decades.
Yeah, so Dana Chandler stands accused of the 2002 murders. of her ex-husband, Mike Sisko, and his fiance, Karen Harkness. Dana Chandler and her ex-husband had a pretty rocky relationship in the 90s. Their divorce took four years to be processed. Mike Sisko gained complete custody of the couple's two kids, and Dana Chandler had to pay child support.
Prosecutors claim Chandler became jealous, full of rage, obsessed with her ex-husband, ultimately leading her to commit both murders. Dana Chandler went on trial for the murders, was found guilty, sentenced to life in prison in 2012. But then in 2018, the verdict was overturned because of prosecutorial misconduct. She was retried in 2022, but that trial ended with a hung jury.
Chandler has been out on bond ever since.
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