But then, surprisingly, Laura says Colton just let her go. "I didn't try and help him cover it up at all," she says on the tape. Prosecutor Bill Bishop was held accountable. And Bishop says Laura's DNA was found on a key piece of evidence. Pitonyak's kitchen wall. the chamber. mother testified. And he said, 'Well, there's a problem,' and he said, 'We're concerned." And it is about to get much worse. Finally, they got through to Laura's cell phone. 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. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You have entered an incorrect email address! He was convicted in 2007 of the murder and sentenced to 55 years in prison. She invoked her Fifth Check out a scene from Episode 7: Elizabeth Turpin & Karen Brown. "It upsets me tremendously to be in the same room with her and see her flitting about and talking on her cell phone. "I will have a heart attack and die, probably on the courtroom floor if they come back with a guilty verdict. Detectives believe Colton had just received a confirmation to meet his cocaine dealer so the two could do drugs together. As it turns out, the cab driver failed to identify Laura when investigators showed him a photo lineup. Submit yours now at austinchronicle.com/opinion. To understand how Jennifers life was destroyed in such a grisly way, we must retrace her steps the night of her murder. Laura and Colton met at a party in the spring of 2005. ", 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). The murder of Jennifer Cave occurred in the West Campus area of Austin, Texas. is in the bottom right corner. [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. apprehension. "Snapped: Killer Couples" Laura Hall & Colton Pitonyak (TV Episode 2013) photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more. When it came to relating anecdotes about being young and at college? detailing his son's childhood and academic Asked how he got back to his apartment, Colton said, "I assume Jennifer took me. Dismemberment of a human corpse is also rare.. concern he expressed was S1 E643m. Hall had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in the murder. was fried on drugs," he told police. Quit calling me,'" Jim remembers Colton saying. Jennifer Cave Murder, Jennifer Cave, Laura Hall, Colton Pitonyak, Elizabeth Peacock, Joe James Sawyer, Information is power. Toxicology tests concluded that during her death, Cave had alcohol, marijuana, and methamphetamine in her system. She was sentenced to five years for the tampering and one year for the hindering, with the sentences to be served concurrently. dishwasher. Hall was found guilty of tampering with evidence and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Those things just really upset me," Sharon says. In 2004, police found cocaine, prescription sleeping pills that he had unlawfully obtained, and anxiety medication in his apartment. insisted he didn't know anything. 30 photos. "But then we did the Lauren Cave interview, and then it was like, 'Oh my God, not only what if this happened to me, but what if I was alive and this happened to my sister? but Fernandez kicked them out after Pitonyak became belligerent "They stated that during the group that inmate Hall confessed to the murder of Jennifer Cave," Turner explains. [17] On Monday, January 29, 2007 Pitonyak, then 24, was convicted of murder. 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. He admitted he had killed her but that her death had been an accident. 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. Previous Pause Next. Prosecutors, Hall faces trial later this year on charges of felony hindering [6], Jennifer Cave died in Pitonyak's apartment at the Orange Tree Condominiums,[15] at 2529 Rio Grande Street in West Campus, Austin, Texas. Hall, who has since completed her prison sentence, even provides fresh insight to the reporters in a delicate, yet riveting, exchange over Facebook Messenger. Laura Hall was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her part in the crime and has been released in 2018 after serving her time. in court were her sisters, Vanessa. ", "I definitely feel like my life is closing in on me right now," Laura says of her situation. I can't go to jail," Laura tells Maher. Police found a shell casing in the tub that matched the bullet His apartment "Laura Hall says she didn't have a plan on what to do next after getting to Mexico, and that she didn't know what Colton Pitonyak was planning. The day before her death, however, she had His lawyers say But Sharon sensed Colton was nothing but bad news, and had begged her daughter not to get involved with him. "I'm stupid with men. Everyone has pointed their finger at me," she says.Prosecutors say Laura Hall did everything wrong the day of the murder: she left Colton's apartment and never told anyone what she had seen - not police, and not even her mother, whom she spoke with several times that afternoon. 2023 www.statesman.com. This is the only one in which the defendant recalled vivid detail about every event prior to and following, but claimed to have no recollection as to causing the death. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. He and Cave were friends and the two had gone out for drinks the night she died. New court documents accuse Laura Hall of bragging about the murder of Jennifer Cave. [2], Jennifer Rae Cave[3] moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, in high school. Laura will wait behind bars to find out what her final sentence will be. Colton even had business experience since his father built his own successful business.It is easy to see that Pitonyak was a shoo-in for a successful stay at UTs elite business program. [9] A hacksaw had been placed on her abdomen. Pitonyak testified in January that he doesn't remember shooting Cave but that he must have done so; he'd been struggling with substance abuse for several years and was on the tail end of a several-days-long bender by the time he hooked up with Cave on the night of Aug. 16. "Judge Flowers found it appropriate to remand her into custody without bond," says D.A. And I looked at Jim and said, 'This is gonna be really bad, isn't it?' Ultimately, Thomas and Butler remain confident that emotional sincerity is as important as getting the facts straight. killed Cave, who she said, he "loved deeply." Nothing. He will be eligible for parole And many say, so is Laura. "I'm ready to be acquitted," she says. The night that Cave was killed he was in the middle of a multiday bender.. "She gave a series of statements to the police," says Bishop. They drove Laura's dark green Cadillac some 200 miles to the Mexican town of Piedras Negras, a quiet border town just on the other side of Eagle Pass, Texas. she was still out with Pitonyak. Colton quickly realized that he couldnt dispose of the body by himself and called over a friend, Laura Hall, to help him cut up the body. Furthermore, the new witness states that Laura told him that she made the list of items for Colton to buy at the hardware store, and that she alone dismembered the body of Jennifer Cave. Would you please help me? Orange Tree Apartments, an off-campus complex where Pitonyak into Pitonyak's apartment, Cave's Sawyer can only hope the jury sees it his way. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. This was Colton's mess.". had died from a single gunshot wound to her right chest. "She had previously made a statement that she had no idea what happened, she'd never seen the body. "Did you have anything to do with the dismemberment of Jennifer's body?" She would get credit for two years that she had already spent in confinement prior to the sentencing. "Hall gets maximum sentence in Cave case.". "I guess, to use my word, I would say you have to be, you have to have, a good case of evil.". The state's highest criminal court on Wednesday dismissed without comment the latest appeal from Colton Pitonyak, who is serving 55 years in prison for killing and dismembering an acquaintance . Support the free press, so we can support Austin. And I'm like, 'Oh yes, I know.' Several friends and acquaintances testified they saw Cave with 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. Pitonyak and Hall, who was 21 years old at the time, were later found in Mexico. Langenbach said Hall told her that she didn't understand "what the big fuss was about. 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. 'Some bitch.' He's certainly mistaken, if not flat out lying, yes.". it was hilarious that he went in there," Fernandez testified. Murderpedia has thousands of hours of work behind it. Jurors perhaps reasoned that Hall's confirmed actions her collaboration with Pitonyak and their flight together reflect that she is certainly guilty of something, and the available charges would have to do. 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. On August 18th, the Sedwicks traveled to Austin and found Cave's car at Pitonyak's apartment. Colton Pitonyak will testify in his own defense. The scene in Pitonyak's West Campus apartment in August 2005 was horrifying, the bloody and dismembered body of Jennifer Cave, a beautiful, bright, young woman Pitonyak had gone out to dinner with the evening before, found abandoned in the bathtub. 291131. On Aug. 16, 2005, Cave was excited about her new job at an Austin law firm, and that night, she went with Pitonyak to Sixth Street to celebrate. Please leave me alone," she quoted him as saying. The book A Descent Into Hell by Kathryn Casey highlighted the trials. After police said they did not have the legal grounds to break [1] In 2009, Chuck Lindell of the Austin American-Statesman called it the "most infamous West Campus crime". "Jennifer Cave grew up in Corpus Christi, in a family of five girls. but he did lay the blame on his friend, 23-year-old Laura Hall . urinating on a car. his way in through a window. round from "48 Hours" has been following Laura Hall's case since 2005, and yet it is still difficult to know just exactly who Laura is or what role she played that awful August night in Austin. "So I kept going down this hallway, and then there was another door on my left which was closed. Whoever did that had a lot of hatred towards her. Check out a scene from Episode 7: Elizabeth Turpin & Karen Brown. I thought, 'Yeah, I'm very aware of that. She was released in . Pitonyak's lawyer, Roy Minton, questioned Austin police firearms His lawyers "Absolutely nothing to do with it," she replies. Fifteen years ago this week: The tragic death of Jennifer Cave, Send hate mail to: TalkocastPO Box 1102Isle of Palms, SC, 29451. Pitonyak told Sedwick that Cave was not around and asked them to leave him alone. faces life She's sentenced to five years. Hall was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Cave, who was an Austin legal assistant, was found in Pitonyaks bathtub in his West Campus apartment on Aug. 18, 2005. ", Ryan, Harriet. Colton Pitonyak's defense attorney says the appeal he filed last week in Travis County could clear his. [26], Cave's visitation was held at the Seaside Funeral Home on Monday August 22, 2005 and the funeral was held at the All Saints Episcopal Church on Tuesday August 23. Pedro Fernandez (pictured), the manager of the Casablanca Hotel in Piedras Blancas, took a photo with his Jennifer Cave's mother, Sharon, and her fiance, Jim Sedwick, When they started looking into the case, they felt connected to Cave, who died at the same age they were when they started this project, Thomas and Butler said in a statement given to the BrownWood Bulletin publication. Asked if Colton had asked her to help him, Laura tells the detective, "No! success. All seven episodes of The Orange Tree are now available for download and streaming on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. 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. [6], Colton Aaron Pitonyak[7] was a finance major at the University of Texas at Austin,[6] originating from Bryant, Arkansas, in Greater Little Rock. I just started crawling through the window trying to push the drapes out of my way. Sharon Cave, the victim's mother, broke down as she recalled the Laura and Colton met at a party in the spring of 2005. Hall was released on parole in 2018 after. Woman sent to prison after gruesome West Campus murder to be released Watch on Laura was released in 2018. 'Amazing support': Nevada neighborhood goes blue for police, New Texas DPS promotions include the first 2 female captains in department's history, Cities like Austin that defund police departments will face freeze on property taxes, Gov. Bryan Case, with the Travis County District Attorney s office, said, We stand by our position and conviction of Colton Pitonyak. 1 of 35. Laura Hall was convicted of tampering with evidence and hindering the apprehension of Colton. 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. Sawyer.' S1 E1043m. Sanderson, Pitonyak seemed high. There is no soul.". Asked if that was enough physical evidence to tie her to the dismemberment, Bishop says, "When put with her statements to co-workers and things such as that, absolutely.". And within just a couple of hours, the judge rules against Laura. Colton Pitonyak and his new accomplice, Laura Hall, were quickly arrested by Mexican police officers and extradited back to face his crimes. "And he inquired, 'Oh, who is he accused of killing, Miss?' Who would commit such a depraved act of violence and murder? (It was difficult to judge Langenbach's credibility; the more sensational aspects of her testimony e.g., that Hall spoke of "telling her grandchildren" about dismembering a body seemed either far-fetched or shockingly cold and calculating. She was initially assigned to the Plane State Jail. [4] She attended school in Bishop, Texas, before moving to Corpus Christi in 2000. lived. His lawyer later said the only district. trigger, but acknowledged that someone might Pitonyak's ongoing appeals process still makes the news; more loose threads and details arise as more people discover the podcast; and there's the lasting responsibility they feel to their interview subjects, whom they've asked to revisit a painful chapter in their lives. Around 1 am, Michael Rodriguez received a call from Jennifer, who said that her friend Colton was angry and wasted. But as the investigation grew, the most intriguing player would be Laura Hall. Jennifer Cave's hands and head were wrapped in white trash bags Prosecutors are fighting for the new sentence to be as long as possible. "She was having a hard time finding herself," her S1 E743m. later charged with hindering apprehension. Hall was And the other thing you kind of think is, 'Well, there's one. Jennifer Cave's family hopes Laura gets even more time behind bars. In court, Colton says he did not cut Jennifer's body with the knife." Back in Austin, Colton Pitonyac was charged with murder on Aug. 23, 2005. The case packed the courtroom and drew breathless media coverage although this time, unlike Pitonyak's Court TV melodrama, Judge Wilford Flowers excluded the TV cameras. And I said, 'What? And I was on his side, I'm sorry to say.". It was the post-murder behavior that made it so grotesque. [11] There, U.S. He successfully removed the head and both hands before stopping. "The mutilation was anger it wasn't any effort to hide the body or get rid of the body. They drove Laura's dark green Cadillac some 200 miles to the Mexican town of Piedras Negras, a quiet border town just on the other. "I feel this huge weight of pressure - a dark cloud around me that is the police and the District Attorney's office that could snatch away what I have at any second. I mean, look, I didn't know what was gonna happen if I called the police, OK? effects of Jennifer's death. A jury found Pitonyak guilty and sentenced him to 55 years in prison for killing Cave. And I'm kind of like, sitting up, 'Colton, what's the deal, what's going on?' Colton did that. Jennifer's stepfather, Jim Sedwick, also spoke with Colton. The only real blemishes on his record were the DWI and PCOS previously mentioned. If Jennifer told you she was going to be somewhere at 8 o'clock, Jennifer was there at 8 o'clock.". Marshals[14] arrested Pitonyak. "With all due respect, which one is it? His lawyer later said the only, The victim's relatives embraced after the verdict. ", Maher asks, "Did you have any concern for the girl who was dead?". It had the light in there. "I mean I still - I was in denial, OK.", Asked if it never occurred to her to call police, family or friends, Laura says, somewhat defensively, "It didn't seem like a good move. It was the quest for free parking that led Tinu Thomas and Haley Butler by the Orange Tree Condos. She was also a student at UT, a government major with hopes of becoming a lawyer. Investigators say Cave had been out to dinner with 22-year-old Colton Pitonyak, who'd lost his cell phone and was upset about it. Laura agrees to talk to police, but initially holds back. He has sincefiled another appeal disputing the timeline of the murder. "Really? Ascension Seton breaks ground on new womens health tower in Austin, Cowboy Breakfast, BBQ Austin scheduled ahead of official start of Rodeo Austin, Timeline: Severe storms possible on Thursday, Forecast: Severe storms possible Thursday, 'The Orange Tree' | 2005 murder of Jennifer Cave the topic of successful UT podcast, Person involved in 2005 murder of Jennifer Cave released on parole. Eddie Pitonyak, the defendant's father, read a statement "Trial set for college student accused of slaying, dismembering woman after date. The evidence provides some information about when and in what order the fateful events unfolded but yields no insight as to why. I haven't seen her. "I felt he was innocent. So like, I definitely feel shackled.". It was fired by. A deeply reported account of Cave's life and the fallout from her horrific death, it's regularly broken into the top 50 shows on Apple Podcasts, and into the top 10 for true crime. Asked who's the other possible suspect, he replies, "Well, there's other suspects and Laura Hall is as good as any. Colton and Laura fled Austin 16 hours after the murder. "There's no question the most volatile component in this case is that people are going to be repulsed by what happened to Jennifer Cave," Sawyer says. His kitchen?" cellphone after he 291136. This podcast isn't a summer project to giddily decode and solve on Reddit, but instead a nuanced and empathetic portrait of the human lives, emotions, and relationships that tragically collided on August 17, 2005. The next day, Cave's mother filed a missing persons report. of a lesser charge, such as manslaughter or Yes.". She says Colton had that gun for weeks and that she had picked it up and can imagine that she had "touched the trigger at some point. He shot her through the arm, bullet traveled into the chest, through the heart pretty much killing her instantly. (Courtesy of Moody College of Communications), Recording the Day India and Pakistan Split in, The Paper Street Podcast Gives a Voice to the Indie Film Industry, Uncorking the Story to the True Crime/Comedy Podcast, New Speed-Dating App Developed in Austin Doesn't Want to Waste Your Time, I Live Here I Give Here: Amplify Austin Day. When questioned why she didn't turn Colton in, Laura tells us that she was afraid of Colton, and that . He referred inside this bag. [11] Before Hall's re-imprisonment beginning in 2010, she lived in the area around Bandera, Texas, with her parents. Lindell, Chuck. Bishop says of the smiling couple, "She does not appear to be there against her will.". His lawyers say Once again, the D.A. the manager of the Casablanca Hotel after the Laura Hall and Colton Pitonyak. "The thing that I am most fearful about is that she will choose my family to yet again hurt," Sharon tells Maher. was fried on drugs," he told police. Watch Live: Closing arguments underway in double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, Top McCarthy aide, House Oversight chair each met with Ashli Babbitt's mother, Colon cancer rates rising in younger age group, study finds, Garland testifies before Senate panel amid ongoing special counsel probes, Ex-Georgia star Jalen Carter was racing in deadly crash, arrest warrants allege, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students. 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. 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