Friday, November 30, 2012
Montgomery County District Court released the 23 minute video containing the confession of alleged murderer Raghunandan Yandamuri.
Montgomery County District Court has released the footage of Raghunandan Yandamuri alleged confession to the murders of 10-month-old Saanvi Venna and her 61-year-old grandmother Satyavathi Venna in October. According to NBC10, Yandamuri claimed both murders were accidental. In the video, he claims that he slit the grandmother's throat accidentally and stuffed a handkerchief in Saanvi's mouth and Wrapped a towel around her head to stop her from crying. Authorities have said the murders were part of a botched ransom scheme in which Yandamuri planned to demand $50,000 from Saanvi's parents for her safe return. Several copies of a ransom note were found at the murder scene. The Montgomery County District Attorney's office is reportedly …
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Raghunandan Yandamuri remains held without bail at the Montgomery County jail.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
The man accused of killing an infant girl and her grandmother in an Upper Merion apartment last month may face the death penalty. Phillyburbs.com reports that the Montgomery County district attorney's office is considering seeking a death sentence for Raghunandan Yandamuri, who allegedly killed 10-month-old Saanvi Venna and her 61-year-old grandmother, Satyavathi Venna, on Oct. 22 in a botched ransom plot. Yandamuri remains held without bail at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Lower Providence. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 28. Yandamuri has reportedly been assigned as a "mitigation counsel," whose job it would be to defend him against the death penalty. Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Kevin …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Prosecutors agree not to seek death penalty in exchange for guilty plea
According to published reports, James Lee Troutman pleaded guilty to the murder of 9-year-old Skyler Kauffman during a Monday morning hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown. Troutman also pleaded guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, kidnapping and abuse of corpse, and has been sentenced to life in prison by Judge William R. Carpenter. Though Troutman was originally facing the death penalty, prosecutors agreed to drop a capital pursuit in exchange for the guilty plea. The plea agreement was struck late in the day on Friday, March 16, according to 6ABC. "[The defense] indicated that he as willing to plead guilty to the charges, to all of the charges, and accept life in prison," said District Attorney Risa …
bob19740
5:15 pm on Thursday, April 4, 2013
He might have killed the grandmother so she wont identify him. I think he may also be heavily influenced by the Tollywood movies he watched regularly. I dont think he understood the reality, nor has he watched even a single episode of law and order. Had he done that, he might have been at large still more ›