ELLINGTON.... IS BACK
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
TONIGHT.
4-YEARS AGO TODAY...
CONNIE DABATE WAS
SHOT AND KILLED... IN
HER HOME.
HER HUSBAND...WHO’S
CHARGED WITH MURDER...
REMAINS OUT ON
BOND.
THE CASE ... HASN’T
GONE TO TRIAL YET.
NBC CONN’S... LEN
BESTHOFF JOINS US IN
ELLINGTON... WITH AN
UPDATE.
LEN?
KEISHA CERTAINLY
PEOPLE IN TOWN ARE
FRUSTRATED THERE
HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT IN THIS
CASE FOR SOME TIME.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS A
PITCHED BATTLE OVER
WHAT CAN BE USED AS
EVIDENCE IN THE
TRIAL OF RICHARD
DABATE, CONNIE
DABATE’S HUSBAND.
NAT SOT
AFTER POLICE FOUND
39-YEAR OLD CONNIE
DABATE SHOT TO
DEATH IN HER
ELLINGTON HOME, HER
HUSBAND RICHARD
TOLD INVESTIGATORS
AN ARMED INTRUDER
ATTACKED HIM, AND
KILLED HER.
STATE POLICE FOUND
ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO
CHARGE DABATE WITH
HIS WIFE’S DEATH,
THOUGH HIS TRIAL HAS
NOT STARTED, AND HE
REMAINS OUT ON
BOND.
"I JUST THINK THE COURT
SYSTEMS ARE JUST REALLY
SLOW IN THEIR PROCESS AND I
THINK THE PRIORITY THEY
SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THAN
WHAT THEY DO"
COURT MOTIONS HAVE
SLOWED THIS CASE
UP.
RIGHT NOW, RICHARD
DABATE AND HIS
ATTORNEYS ARE
TRYING TO HAVE
EVIDENCE THROWN
OUT, IN PARTICULAR:
PORTIONS OF WHAT HE
SAID TO
INVESTIGATORS AT THE
HOSPITAL RIGHT AFTER
THE INCIDENT,
CLAIMING HE WAS NOT
READ HIS MIRANDA
RIGHTS
A STATE POLICE K9
TRACK THAT ALL LEAD
TO RICHARD DABATE
AND EVIDENCE FROM
CONNIE’S FITBIT THAT
CONTRADICTED
RICHARD’S ACCOUNT
OF THE ALLEGED
ATTACK ON HIM AND
HIS WIFE.
13;20;15+6:11=TC
13:26:26 ".THERE IS
NOTHING THAT HAS 100
DEGREE OF CERTAINTY"
LONGTIME DEFENSE
ATTORNEY BRIAN
WOOLF, WHO IS NOT
INVOLVED IN THIS
CASE, SAYS DABATE’S
ATTORNEYS COULD
MAKE A CASE THAT
POLICE K9’S AND FIT
BITS MAY NOT ALWAYS
PROVIDE ACCURATE
EVIDENCE.
HE DISAGREES THAT
DABATE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN READ HIS
MIRANDA RIGHTS IN A
SITUATION WHERE HE
WAS NOT BEING
DETAINED BY STATE
POLICE.
"I THINK IT’S A WEAK
STATEMENT, RESPECTFULLY,
BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF
RESPECT FOR THESE TWO
ATTORNEYS. HE WASN’T
UNDER ARREST, HE WASN’T IN
CUSTODY, THEY DIDN’T HAVE
TO READ HIM HIS MIRANDA
WARNINGS AND HE HAS THE
RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT"
WE REACHED OUT TO
BOTH THE
PROSECUTION AND
DEFENSE IN THIS CASE
FOR COMMENT, BUT
HAVE NOT HEARD
BACK.
LB NBCCT KEISHA
BACK TO YOU.
THIS IS IT!
THE HOLIDAY
RUSH....IN ... OVER