Chase Bramlage admits murder, pleads insanity

_god_ · Post by **_god_** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:48 pm

...april fools! or, not.

interesting side note: even snoop dogggg's lawyer couldn't help.

the life of a boom grip is trying, indeed.

Post by **Quantum P.** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:03 pm

Here's another article from the same site, and an article from a different site.

A few new details. According to the latter article, he gets sentenced tomorrow.

Mooseka · Post by **Mooseka** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:35 pm

The defendant went into convulsions when the verdict was read, slamming his head on the desk.

edit: i think it is interesting that the use of a knife as the murder weapon makes his sentence potentially longer

Post by **Fungahhh** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:10 pm

Yeah, I'm not really sure what you expect when you plot to kill your wife and then do so.

Bokonon_Lives · Post by **Bokonon_Lives** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:54 pm

Well this is freaking nuts. I remember that guy. Damn. :-(

Mooseka · Post by **Mooseka** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:34 pm

Most of Thursday’s testimony focused on evidence from the crime scene including a bloody butcher’s knife displayed in court by Christine Pinto, a senior criminalist with the Los Angeles Crime Laboratory.

At the crime scene, Pinto found a rubber glove on the bed, a black plastic trash bag in an open suitcase and the black-handled bloody knife by the victim’s feet. Another trash bag was found around the victim’s neck. In the bedroom, police found a bloody index card with handwriting on it and an orange and white capsule noted to be possibly significant as well. On a kitchen counter, police found an open bottle of Bramlage’s Lamictal medication, which helps people with epilepsy or bipolar I disorder.

Forensic expert John Vanderschaaf testified that the black-handled knife from the bedroom was not the only knife found in the West Hollywood apartment. On the living room futon two butcher knives, one butter knife and a fork were found.

Bryan Edmonds, a senior criminalist with the Los Angeles Crime Laboratory, found multiple abrasions on Bramlage’s body in addition to red and brown stains on his pants. Scabs were found on his feet, but Edmonds told Bramlage’s attorney Marcia Morrissey they did not test for blood on the feet. Morrissey also attempted to place doubt on the abrasions Edmonds found by pointing out he is not a bite mark expert.

Morrissey questioned whether Edmonds would know if the marks he described as scratches and abrasions were caused by a person, a “tree branch or any other objects in the world.”

Post by **Quantum P.** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:03 pm

Link to story Mooseka posted

Mooseka · Post by **Mooseka** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:18 pm

I still can't find any information about his prison sentence even though it was supposed to be announced yesterday.

consider this chapter of "ZZTers who are famous for the wrong reasons" still open until further notice

Commodore · Post by **Commodore** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:40 pm

or the "only famous zzters" category.

Schroedingers Cat · Post by **Schroedingers Cat** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:14 pm

More like "infamous".

Commodore · Post by **Commodore** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:40 am

sentencing for the case has been rescheduled for May 28, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Post by **Dr. Dos** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:12 am

the American justice system rules

RobertP · Post by **RobertP** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:08 pm

Post by **Zenith Nadir** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:13 pm

hollywood is a product, packaged for your consumption

coincidence??????

Post by **Quantum P.** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:34 am

I'm reviving this thread because I anticipate an update:

sentencing for the case has been rescheduled for May 28, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.