ATHIAN RIVERA: 2-year-old boy found dead in Wyoming dumpster hours after reported missing *GUILTY PLEA*

Investigation continues after missing Wyoming toddler found dead in dumpster

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Police in Wyoming continued Monday to investigate the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a dumpster at an apartment complex. Athian Rivera was found several hours after he was reported missing in Cheyenne around 1 p. m. Friday. Police still weren't saying...

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Investigation continues after missing Wyoming toddler found dead in dumpster

Police in Wyoming continued Monday to investigate the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a dumpster at an apartment complex.

Athian Rivera was found several hours after he was reported missing in Cheyenne around 1 p.m. Friday. Police still weren't saying Monday how the boy died and if they suspected foul play.

Notes of condolence and dozens of stuffed animals were attached to a chain-link fence partially surrounding a dumpster at the apartment complex Monday. A fierce wind blew and few people were out in the area.

The Facebook account of Cheyenne resident Kassy Orona led with "RIP my perfect innocent son, Athian Emmanuel Rivera" and included several posts of mourning.

"I don't know how I'll ever get over this ... you'll always be with me baby boy," read one post by Orona's account Friday.

The post indicated Orona had two other children but didn't explain or hint at how the toddler died or got in the dumpster. Orona didn't return a Facebook message seeking comment and didn't have a listed phone number.

Police and firefighters conducted an extensive search Friday after hearing of the missing toddler. They used a reverse 911 call to tell people within a half-mile (1 kilometer) of the Lexington Hills apartment complex to be on the lookout for him.

 

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Public defender seeks gag order on DA in child murder case

CHEYENNE – The state public defender has asked a judge to prevent Laramie County District Attorney Leigh Anne Manlove from speaking publicly about the case of a Cheyenne man accused

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Public defender seeks gag order on DA in child murder case​

The state public defender has asked a judge to prevent Laramie County District Attorney Leigh Anne Manlove from speaking publicly about the case of a Cheyenne man accused of killing a toddler.

The motion for a gag order, filed Thursday by State Public Defender Diane Lozano and public defender Brandon Booth in Laramie County District Court, comes after Manlove spoke with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle for a May 11 story.

Manlove told a reporter that Wyatt Lamb, charged with first-degree murder and 10 felony counts of child abuse, “wants a plea offer that gives him an opportunity for parole, and I won’t do that.”


In their motion for the gag order, Lozano and Booth called the statements made by Manlove to the WTE “judgmental and inflammatory” because they “include the denigration of opposing counsel, implications of an admission of guilt of the defendant, improper argument of alleged facts and campaign posturing.”

“At the very least, misconduct should be addressed by the issuance of a protective order or ‘gag’ order on the ability of the district attorney to comment on this case to the press or make any extrajudicial statements,” the motion said. “The facts of this case and the positions of the parties should be made in open court with all parties present before this court.”

Other measures “seem extreme or are premature, such as preventing the dissemination of court filings, change of venue or closure of pretrial hearings,” the attorneys wrote.

 

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Special prosecutors to serve in child murder case; gag order agreement reached

CHEYENNE – Two special prosecutors are likely to replace the Laramie County district attorney in a local child murder case.

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Special prosecutors to serve in child murder case; gag order agreement reached​

Two special prosecutors are likely to replace the Laramie County district attorney in a local child murder case.

During a Monday afternoon hearing, Laramie County District Judge Steven Sharpe indicated that attorneys Michael Blonigen and Pat Crank will be allowed to serve as special prosecutors in the case of Wyatt Dean Lamb.

Laramie County DA Leigh Anne Manlove is not running for a second term and will leave office in January, before Lamb’s February trial. She has said other attorneys in her office are unable to take on the case.

Manlove filed a motion July 18 to appoint Blonigen and Crank to prosecute the case.



Also on Monday, Lozano verbalized an agreement reached by the parties in a potential gag order in the case.

Lozano had been seeking to prevent DA Manlove from speaking publicly about Lamb’s case after an interview Manlove gave to this newspaper in May. The state public defender objected to comments made by Manlove implying that there had been discussions about a plea agreement in the case, and that Manlove wouldn’t accept such a deal.

As part of the agreement, Manlove “has agreed not to make any comments about this case to the newspaper,” Lozano said in court Monday. This has been under discussion “for some time,” the head public defender said. Lozano added that Blonigen had spoken with Manlove “and we’re all in agreement in that regard.”

Lozano also said there is an agreement with Bruce Moats, an attorney representing the Wyoming Tribune Eagle in the case, and WTE Managing Editor Brian Martin, that the newspaper would agree not to repeat the exact statements made by Manlove in future coverage of the case.

Sharpe directed Lozano to draft an order based on the agreement.

 

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Investigation continues after missing Wyoming toddler found dead in dumpster

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Police in Wyoming continued Monday to investigate the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a dumpster at an apartment complex. Athian Rivera was found several hours after he was reported missing in Cheyenne around 1 p. m. Friday. Police still weren't saying...

wpde.com

Investigation continues after missing Wyoming toddler found dead in dumpster

Police in Wyoming continued Monday to investigate the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a dumpster at an apartment complex.

Athian Rivera was found several hours after he was reported missing in Cheyenne around 1 p.m. Friday. Police still weren't saying Monday how the boy died and if they suspected foul play.

Notes of condolence and dozens of stuffed animals were attached to a chain-link fence partially surrounding a dumpster at the apartment complex Monday. A fierce wind blew and few people were out in the area.

The Facebook account of Cheyenne resident Kassy Orona led with "RIP my perfect innocent son, Athian Emmanuel Rivera" and included several posts of mourning.

"I don't know how I'll ever get over this ... you'll always be with me baby boy," read one post by Orona's account Friday.

The post indicated Orona had two other children but didn't explain or hint at how the toddler died or got in the dumpster. Orona didn't return a Facebook message seeking comment and didn't have a listed phone number.

Police and firefighters conducted an extensive search Friday after hearing of the missing toddler. They used a reverse 911 call to tell people within a half-mile (1 kilometer) of the Lexington Hills apartment complex to be on the lookout for him.

The mad face works but I wish there was one right now that was about apoplectic! How MANY have we heard of in apartment complexes and it is USUALLY the POOL ot he DUMPSTER??!!!!!!!!!!!!! They don't even bother taking the body off the premises, maybe two many eyes, lazy, don't drive, don't have a car, I don't know....And it is ALMOST ALWAYS a parent or a bf of a parent, etc.

Not enough known here to say but one can see where it is headed!!

What a sweet beautiful TODDLER!! Thrown away like GARBAGE with the garbage!! DISGUSTING PERSON/PEOPLE who DID THIS.

 

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Ok. I screwed something up here. I thought I was in a new case and must have come in on page one instead of 2 or something. Even so, what I said still stands even though I didn't realize it was not a new murder of a child. Long week thus far...

 

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Cheyenne man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's toddler son

CHEYENNE – A local man has admitted to killing his then-girlfriend’s 2-year-old son.

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Cheyenne man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's toddler son​

A local man has admitted to killing his then-girlfriend’s 2-year-old son.

Wyatt Dean Lamb pleaded guilty Wednesday morning in Laramie County District Court to second-degree murder in connection with the death of Athian Rivera.

Lamb’s attorney, Wyoming State Public Defender Diane Lozano, and prosecutors jointly recommended 45 to 60 years in prison on the murder charge. Sentencing will likely take place sometime in March.

 

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Despite objection by DA, child murder trial pushed to early 2023

CHEYENNE – Despite an objection by the Laramie County district attorney, the trial of a man accused of killing a local 2-year-old and putting his body in a dumpster was

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Despite objection by DA, child murder trial pushed to early 2023​

Despite an objection by the Laramie County district attorney, the trial of a man accused of killing a local 2-year-old and putting his body in a dumpster was reset for a second time Monday afternoon.

Following a motion filed by state public defender Diane Lozano and public defender Brandon Booth on behalf of Wyatt Dean Lamb, Laramie County District Judge Steven Sharpe reset the jury trial for Feb. 6, 2023.

Lozano and Booth argued they needed more time to find particular experts, including a forensic pathologist, which they said is “crucial” to Lamb’s defense. The severity of the charges, the “voluminous” amount of evidence and a shortage of attorneys in the Office of the State Public Defender also contributed to their request for more time.


In an interview Tuesday, Manlove said she also objected to the continuance because she believes the decision to push the trial to early next year may privilege Lamb.

“I will not make a plea offer in that case, and Mr. Lamb wants a plea offer that gives him an opportunity for parole, and I won’t do that,” Manlove told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. “So the concern I have is, depending on how elections go, what if I’m not the district attorney and my (successor) agrees to give him parole?”

Manlove said that, for a 15-month-old case, she doesn’t see much difference between her requested continuance to December 2022 and the defense’s request of Feb. 6, 2023. She said she thinks Lamb’s attorneys believe it’s in their client’s interest that Manlove is not district attorney when his case is resolved.

Politics. The real dirt behind many delays.

And again whatever the defendant/defense wants.

As far as needing to find an expert, reading between the lines, what is meant is they haven't found one that will agree with them/say what they want them to say yet...

Yep. I'm cynical. Justice doesn't matter. Politics and shenanigans do.