Thursday, October 6, 2011
A jury found Carmela dela Rosa, 51, guilty of first-degree murder Thursday for throwing her granddaughter over a Tysons Corner Center walkway last November
Update 5:46 p.m.: Commonwealth Attorney Ray Morrogh said the verdict given to Carmela dela Rosa was a "just result," but said trying the case was "grueling" and there were "no winners in a case like this." "[There's] no joy," Morrogh said. "This is a scar that’s not going to go away.” “We’ve all lost a little piece of our hearts in this thing,” he said. Defense attorney Dawn Butorac said she was disappointed in the verdict; she believed dela Rosa was truly insane at the time of the crime. Morrogh said he spoke to James and Kat Ogdoc, 2-year-old Angelyn Ogdoc's parents, after the sentencing and said they’re both devastated after re-hashing the events surrounding their daughter's death. “They’re just surviving. Thank God they love each other…
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Grandmother was not insane, final prosecution witness says; did not use available resources to control her anger.
Update 5:50 p.m.: As the jury prepared to decide whether Carmela dela Rosa was insane when she threw her 2-year-old granddaughter over the edge of a Tysons Corner Center pedestrian walkway last November, the woman's defense team argued Wednesday she did not choose to have a mental illness that drove her to commit such a horrible act. The prosecution, however, said it was what the 51-year-old grandmother had planned all along. Defense attorney Dawn Butorac and Commonwealth's Attorney Raymond F. Morrogh gave closing statements as the jury prepared to choose from four verdicts: not guilty; not guilty by reason of insanity; guilty of first-degree murder, which implies the act was willful, deliberate and premeditated; or guilty of second-degree…
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Defense witness says grandmother could not distinguish between right and wrong when she lifted her granddaughter over a railing at Tysons Corner Center
Update The defense rested its case on Tuesday. Closing arguments and jury deliberations are expected to begin Wednesday afternoon. Original Post Carmela dela Rosa was stuck in a delusion when she threw her 2-year-old granddaughter over a Tysons Corner Center walkway last November, a psychologist said in court Tuesday during the grandmother's murder trial. Michael Hendricks, who evaluated dela Rosa while she was in prison, took the stand around 2 p.m. Tuesday, saying he believed the 51-year-old was insane in the moment she lifted Angelyn Ogdoc over a pedestrian bridge. She did not understand the consequences of her actions, he said, nor did she understand the difference between right and wrong. "She was so stuck in this very constricted …
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Doctor says Carmela dela Rosa took drugs as needed; friends say grandmother was vibrant, thoughtful before she lifted her granddaughter over a pedestrian walkway in November
Update 4:30 p.m.: Carmela dela Rosa's doctors said in court Thursday she had multiple diagnoses of major depressive disorder that ranged from moderate to severe before she lifted her 2-year-old granddaughter over a Tysons Corner Center walkway last November. Dela Rosa's defense team called the doctors to testify Thursday afternoon, along with a Fairfax County psychiatrist and two Fairfax County psychologists who have evaluated her since she was incarcerated. During an evaluation Dec. 2 at the Adult Detention Center, psychologist Ann Sigafoos said the deputy's log indicated dela Rosa had urinated on herself. She found the found the defendant lying on the floor of her cell, unresponsive to questioning. During follow-up evaluations Dec. 6 and…
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Mary 'Kat' Ogdoc describes watching her mother throw 2-year-old Angelyn Ogdoc over a walkway at Tysons Corner Center last November.
Update 6:30 p.m.: The Carmela dela Rosa murder convened on Wednesday afternoon after Rebecca Rush, dela Rosa's older sister, left the stand. Rush, who lives in Washington, D.C., testified she was like a mother-figure to Carmela and said, "That's not the same sister that I know that did that act." Rush also testified that she visited dela Rosa regularly in prison. During one visit, shortly after dela Rosa was incarerated and charged with her granddaughter's murder, Rush said that her sister expressed that she felt like "she was spinning around...in the middle of a car crash." Like other family members who have taken the stand during the past two days, Rush said she noticed marked changes in her sister when dela Rosa experienced waves of …
Keith Devine
4:11 pm on Monday, October 17, 2011
I'm getting into this rather late, sorry about all that Jamie, perhaps I should have said something earlier, actually I'm quite unnerved by this whole event. To be honest I know Jamie Barnhard, not well, we are by no means friends, or even friendly. I haven't spoken to him in about 5yrs, maybe more. Nevertheless, I feel compiled to spoke now on his behalf. Jamie Barnhard, for all his faults, no … more ›