AMBER Alert VANESSA MORALES: Missing from Ansonia, CT - 29 Nov 2019 - Age 1 *JURY SELECTION*

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Girl, 1, feared kidnapped as mum found beaten to death inside family home

A girl, 1, is missing after her mum was found beaten to death inside their family home.

Police said little Vanessa Morales was last seen on November 29 at a relative’s house.

And then just three days later her mum Christine Holloway was found bludgeoned to death.

The 43-year-old was discovered by police during a “wellness check”.

She was found to have died of blunt force trauma at the property in Anosonia, Connecticut.

Police are now desperately searching for little Vanessa amid fears she has been snatched by her mum’s killer.

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Girl, 1, feared kidnapped as mum found beaten to death inside family home

Police said little Vanessa Morales vanished from her home after her mum Christine Holloway was found beaten to death at her home in the US
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FBI offers $10,000 reward in case of missing Connecticut toddler

The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the recovery of a missing 1-year-old girl whose mother was found dead in her Connecticut home.

Authorities released new images — a car seat, a backpage/diaper bag, a comforter and a pacifier. Investigators said the items were used to take care of the child.

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FBI offers $10,000 reward in case of missing Connecticut toddler

ANSONIA, Conn. — The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the recovery of a missing 1-year-old girl whose mother was found dead in her Connecticut home. Authorities releas…
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VANESSA MORALES has been missing from Ansonia, CT since 29 Nov 2019. Her mother was found murdered. #REWARD

Vanessa was last seen at a relative’s house. Three days later her mum Christine Holloway was found bludgeoned to death. She was discovered by police during a “wellness check” at the property in Anosonia, Connecticut. It is feared Vanessa has been...
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‘We live with the nightmare every day:’ Aunt of missing Ansonia child Vanessa Morales reflects on 5 year anniversary of her disappearance​

It’s been five years since one-year-old Vanessa Morales went missing, after her mother, Christine Holloway, was found dead in their Ansonia home.

“We live with the nightmare every day,” Christine Holloway’s sister-in-law and Vanessa’s Aunt Jodi Jacobellis said. “It’s heartbreaking because we’ve missed so many milestones with Vanessa.”

Investigators came to the conclusion the 14-month-old was kidnapped back in December of 2019. She’s been missing ever since.

Two months later, Vanessa’s father, Jose Morales, was charged with murder and is awaiting trial after rejecting a plea deal in July.


“I don’t care if you have her or if you know someone who has her,” Jacobellis said. “There’s an anonymous tipline with Ansonia Police and FBI. Just come forward at this point, enough is enough. We’re hurting. Our whole family is hurting and we just need that last piece that is Vanessa.”

Jacobellis said on Monday both lawyers and the judge will select a start date for Morales’ murder trial. She said it’s taken a long time to get to this point and they are ready to move forward and fight for Christine.
 

Trial date set for man in 2019 killing of Ansonia mom​

The trial of the man accused of killing the mother of his 14-month-old daughter inside her Ansonia home in 2019 is slated to begin March, 18, 2025, according to Christine Holloway’s family.

Jose Morales was charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence in the Dec. 2, 2019, death of Holloway.

He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges against him and is being held in lieu of more than a $5 million bond. He rejected a plea deal in July.

Morales has not been formally charged in the disappearance of his daughter, Vanessa, who went missing the day her mother was found dead.

Ansonia police said they are still actively investigating Vanessa’s disappearance.
 
POS.

This is five yrs ago already, He was charged in 2019. The system needs serious help. Just another case taking way, way too long.

Every time I see this little girls' picture...

I pretty much doubt she's alive or was long after but then who knows. That's part of it, NO ONE KNOWS. I can't imagine living with that as any family member remaining.

I mean at the age she was (now would be six or seven right), she'd certainly be recognizable. Big beautiful eyes, chubby cheeks and I mean that in a complimentary way, a pretty child imo. It's one reason I think her unlikely alive. Been then who knows how widely pics get circulated.

On the other hand he killed the mom but daughter was missing so I don't have no hope she is alive as she wasn't found dead there. It just seems unlikely.

I think I may be due for a break from crime. Not the first time but feel I might not be recognizing it.

Because right now I want to say how I think they should handle perps who won't tell where the child is, etc. I did, however, stop myself from going there. And that in turn makes me think of Mel who I'm sure would likely agree lol. And now I'm worried about her.

Anyhow.... It's TIME they try this man for God's sake.

I don't get how anyone can think it okay for cases to go this many years. It's just been happening and seems to be accepted.

Better stop there too.
 

Accused Ansonia killer: Don't mention missing daughter Vanessa Morales at murder trial​

The 2019 homicide of Christine Holloway of Ansonia remains linked to the still-unsolved disappearance of the woman's infant daughter, Vanessa Morales, at the time of her death.

But the lawyer representing Jose Morales, the man accused of Holloway's Dec. 2, 2019, killing, doesn't see it that way, and is hoping a judge will agree to bar prosecutors from introducing any testimony about Vanessa at Morales' upcoming murder trial.

In a three-page motion filed last week, the attorney, Edward Gavin, asked a judge to "preclude any testimony or other evidence from any witnesses on direct or cross-examination ... of any and all evidence concerning the alleged disappearance of the defendant's daughter, Vanessa Morales."

In the motion, Gavin notes, in bold type, that Morales has not been charged in Vanessa's disappearance, and argues that any mention of Vanessa could "mislead and confuse the jury."

In addition to the motion concerning Vanessa Morales, Gavin also filed a motion to suppress any evidence police seized from Morales and any statements he made to police in the early morning hours of Dec. 3, 2019, hours after Holloway's bloodied body was found inside her Myrtle Avenue home.
 
:mad: :angry:

Is there any emoticon here where someone blows steam or their top off???

I am sick to death of all being about the defendants.

There is a woman dead here and a baby (can figure). Of course the same person did BOTH at the same general time. For God's sakes, laws are one thing but use some darned common sense and LOGIC. IMHO such should play in in such decisions. And be allowed to. DUH. I think I should stick to getting angry with people who make chili with macaroni and ketchup... While our systems go to total heck...
 

Vanessa Morales disappearance will be allowed at father's CT murder trial, judge rules​

A judge on Monday denied a request from lawyers representing Jose Morales in advance of his upcoming murder trial in the 2019 killing of Ansonia mother Christine Holloway.

Morales' defense team had asked Judge Shari Murphy to prohibit prosecutors from introducing any evidence regarding Morales' and Holloway's daughter, Vanessa, who disappeared without a trace following the homicide.

In a motion, defense attorney Edward Gavin argued that any mention of his daughter could "mislead and confuse the jury."

But after a hearing Monday, the judge ruled that evidence concerning Vanessa's disappearance is "highly probative and relevant" — but did mandate certain limitations.

"We will see how the evidence goes in, but the court is not inclined at this point to restrict fully the state's ability to introduce evidence of the missing child," Murphy said.

While Supervisory Assistant State's Attorney Howard Stein told the judge he does not intend to introduce any evidence Vanessa is dead or has been harmed during the trial, scheduled to begin next month, the judge ordered that if he does, he must first inform the court outside the jury's presence beforehand.

"I will remind counsel this includes any testimony or evidence the child remains missing," the judge said.

Jury selection in the case is now scheduled for Tuesday morning. But before attorneys begin to question potential panelists, the judge said she'd hand down a ruling on a request from Morales' defense to suppress DNA and cellphone evidence at the upcoming trial.
 
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One juror seated on 1st day of jury selection for Jose Morales; judge allows DNA, cellphone evidence at trial

On Tuesday, before jury selection started, Judge Shari Murphy made another decision about what evidence will be allowed at trial.
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One juror seated on 1st day of jury selection for Jose Morales; judge allows DNA, cellphone evidence at trial​

One juror was chosen Tuesday as jury selection began in Jose Morale’s upcoming murder trial at Milford Superior Court. Morales is accused of killing his girlfriend, Christine Holloway. The two shared a 1-year-old daughter, Vanessa Morales, who disappeared at the time of the homicide and remains missing today. A panel of 12 jurors and four alternates will hear the case when it goes to trial March 18, over five years later.

On Tuesday, before jury selection started, Judge Shari Murphy made another decision about what evidence will be allowed at trial. Murphy denied a motion from the defense to exclude anything recovered from Morales’ two cellphones or clothing, which Ansonia police seized after finding Holloway beaten to death in her home Dec. 2, 2019. Data from Morales’ phones put him in Holloway’s neighborhood, despite Morales telling police otherwise, according to his arrest warrant. Tissue-like material and a reddish-brown stain on Morales’ shoes came back as Holloway’s DNA, the warrant said.


Morales’ mental state is expected to be a big part of the defense. According to his arrest warrant, Morales told police he was using PCP the weekend of Holloway’s death and Vanessa’s disappearance and doesn’t remember anything. But Morales said he would have never hurt them.


Jury selection continues at the Milford courthouse Wednesday.
 
It is like court and attys and judges don't work until April and then all trials put off forever commence. Seriously.

Praying for justice for this little girl and her mom, pretty obvious in this one who did what. A "man" with regret would tell where the child's body is. Yeah, never. And yeah, I could not be an unprejudiced juror in this one.

Man up? Not this guy. Not Harmony's dad. Not so very many... SAD. And SICK.
 
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