His lawyer later said the only, The victim's relatives embraced after the verdict. For the young journalists, obtaining these rare interviews was understandably electrifying. [18] He will be eligible for parole once 50% of his sentence has been served, at which time he will be around 51 years old. Whereas some true-crime anthologies might barrel headlong toward the most gruesome, shocking detail, Thomas and Butler underline their reporting philosophy upfront. "Snapped: Killer Couples" Laura Hall & Colton Pitonyak (TV Episode 2013) photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more. Am I next?'". She looks just like Jennifer Cave. He's got my daughter," Loren Hall recalls thinking at the time. have said he is taking, Defense attorney Sam Bassett holds a machete found in Pitonyak's But Laura does admit to a problem with men. Colton quickly realized that he couldnt dispose of the body by himself and called over a friend, Laura Hall, to help him cut up the body. began to suspect that Pitonyak was a fugitive. young son. suffered a number of bizarre wounds after death, including a Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. [6], Laura Ashley Hall[12] was a University of Texas at Austin student who at one time had been Pitonyak's girlfriend. The state's highest criminal court on Wednesday dismissed without comment the latest appeal from Colton Pitonyak, who is serving 55 years in prison for killing and dismembering an acquaintance . Pitonyak was sentenced to 55 years in prison for the murder; Hall was convicted of tampering with evidence in the case and of helping Pitonyak flee to Mexico to avoid apprehension. Pitonyak is not eligible for parole until 2033. Thomas said, "I think any reporter would be lying if they said that getting a source on record, that's never spoken before, isn't exciting. [9] Outside court, Jim Sedwick said, as paraphrased by Harriet Ryan of Court TV, that "there was only a two-and-a-half-year functional difference between the jury's sentence and the life term. the Murderpedia project stay alive. In 2007, Laura Hall was convicted of helping her boyfriend Colton Pitonyak dismember 21-year-old Jennifer Cave's body in his apartment. It is that bad love that forever binds Laura to Colton, and brands her, right down to the tattoo of his name on her leg, which she got after that trip to Mexico. Laura Ashley Hall [12] was a University of Texas at Austin student who at one time had been Pitonyak's girlfriend. I'll take you to dinner to celebrate your new job.' At his trial, Pitonyak testified that he had been in an alcohol-and-drug-induced stupor the night of Caves death. A jury found Pitonyak guilty and sentenced him to 55 years in prison for killing Cave. On the same day, the jury panel recommended a 55-year prison sentence for Pitonyak. "Even looked like the floors had been mopped. carpet cleaner, gloves. They found Jennifer's car nearby. The mutilation was anger it wasn't any effort to hide the body or get rid of the body. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Laura Hall, 34, was released from prison in Gatesville at 10:30 a.m. Hall wasconvicted in 2007 for hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence after prosecutors said she helped Colton Pitonyak, also a former UT student, dismember Caves body in an attempted cover-up before driving him to Mexico. The official cause of death was determined to be a single gunshot from a .380 Smith and Wesson which entered through Jennifers right arm, traveling through her torso, and eventually lacerating her aorta. About 12 hours after he shot Cave, Pitonyak stopped for a meal At around 8 p.m., Jim calls 911, but when the cops arrive, they wouldn't break in without a search warrant. This podcast isn't a summer project to giddily decode and solve on Reddit, but instead a nuanced and empathetic portrait of the human lives, emotions, and relationships that tragically collided on August 17, 2005. Panicked, he called Hall. "I was trying to stay alive. As Jim Sedwick (Cave's stepfather) shakily recounts the fateful night in August 2005, in which he sneaks into Pitonyak's condo to search for his missing stepdaughter, Thomas and Butler pump the brakes and take a moment to describe the affectionate bond Cave had shared with Sedwick in life. She became eligible again in November 2012. 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To keep creating I'm absolutely stupid with them," she says. 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", Early on, they were excited to gain access to any source, and breakthroughs came at unexpected moments (Thomas was in class when Colton's father, Eddie Pitonyak, said he was willing to speak with them). Come here.'". 2023 Talk Murder To Me. "He wanted to get out of town. The next day, Cave's mother filed a missing persons report. Laura Hall is the only person who has shown this sort of vicious hatred for the last several years, said Joe Turner, Pitonyak's defense attorney. It was great," she says smiling. For Thomas (a former Chronicle intern) and Butler, the interest in exploring a notorious chapter of campus lore was born of a curiosity for the story beyond the grisly details of the crime, or the sensationalized on-the-run narrative that characterized the subsequent trials and convictions of Pitonyak and Hall. But Hall's trial, like Pitonyak's, in the end produced little understanding either of what really happened to young Jennifer Cave or, most especially, why her supposed friends ended her life with such brutal, emotionless, and unthinking cruelty. Bryan Case, with the Travis County District Attorney s office, said, We stand by our position and conviction of Colton Pitonyak. I felt that he didn't really do this. According to more than 60-page appeal document, Laura Hall told her cousin and his roommate in 2005 she was going to get away with murder. Whoever did that had a lot of hatred towards her. Laura remarks. So just as in Colton's trial, Laura never takes the stand. Who would commit such a depraved act of violence and murder? criminally negligent homicide. "I need to cut up a turkey.". Another person, Laura Hall, was convicted of tampering with evidence and hindering the apprehension of Pitonyak after the two fled to Mexico. Hall was found guilty of tampering with evidence and sentenced to 10 years in prison. According to Fugitt, this is not the first time that this case has been covered but it is the first time that Pitonyak has ever agreed to speak about the incident to the press. "That's just a whole new set of nightmares coming at me that I'm not ready to deal with.". happy he You need to get her out of here.' But according to Pitonyak's lawyer, once during a group therapy session in jail, Laura told other inmates she is in fact the killer. Prosecutor Bill Bishop was held accountable. "I apologize to everybody here. need your help for this. The Texas . Hall was released from her 10 year sentence five months early in 2018 while Pitonyak will not be eligible for parole until 2033, according to the KXAN report. But Sharon sensed Colton was nothing but bad news, and had begged her daughter not to get involved with him. Her statement then became she'd seen the body but didn't know what had had happened. A jury found Pitonyak guilty and sentenced him to 55 years in prison for killing Cave. saying that Hall had admitted to killing Cave in a jailhouse confession. "We just wanted to expand on that," Butler explained. He later requested a new trial,saying that Hall had admitted to killing Cave in a jailhouse confession. Pitonyak had fled with Hall to Mexico, where the couple spent five days before they were picked up by U.S. marshals and returned to Austin. All rights reserved. After her death, she had been shot in the head once. Colton Pitonyak's mother wept during the verdict, but he was The night that Cave was killed he was in the middle of a multiday bender.. "They stated that during the group that inmate Hall confessed to the murder of Jennifer Cave," Turner explains. They quickly found out something they didn't expect. ", And he couldn't he explain the shooting. Previous Pause Next. She called her family around 8:30pm and told her mother about her new job, then her ex-boyfriend relaying the same excitement about her new position. He was the last person to be seen with their daughter, Jennifer Cave. In 2004, police found cocaine, prescription sleeping pills that he had unlawfully obtained, and anxiety medication in his apartment. Get the best viral stories straight into your inbox! "He was incoherent and in a sense, so was I. "It's impossible for me to have been jealous of Jennifer Cave, because I not only didn't know her, but I didn't know she existed," Laura says. "In your mind you're 100 percent convinced that Laura Hall was absolutely a part of the dismemberment and mutilation?" "I was really attracted to Colton from the beginning.. "I loved Colton Pitonyak.". His lawyers say Both were drinking, and according to witness Jeffrey There is no doubt that Colton Pitonyak was solely responsible for the murder of Jennifer Cave, said Fugitt. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands. ", CBS News. As the jury deliberates, Laura tries to remain optimistic. He told me to get out of there. So after they left, Jim muscled his way in through a window. And I'm kind of like, sitting up, 'Colton, what's the deal, what's going on?' Watch Live: Closing arguments underway in double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, Top McCarthy aide, House Oversight chair each met with Ashli Babbitt's mother, Colon cancer rates rising in younger age group, study finds, Garland testifies before Senate panel amid ongoing special counsel probes, Ex-Georgia star Jalen Carter was racing in deadly crash, arrest warrants allege, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students. She was initially assigned to the Plane State Jail. [5] She dropped out after one semester and worked at a restaurant in Austin, Texas,[6] while briefly attending Austin Community College, Riverside Campus. It was a crime that shocked a city a 21-year-old woman shot, stabbed and partially dismembered in the condo of her friend, a UT student. Laura and Colton met at a party in the spring of 2005. "[9], In 2007, Hall was convicted of tampering with evidence and hindering the apprehension of Pitonyak. [10], On the morning of August 17, 2005,[14] the law firm where Cave worked called Cave's family to say that she did not show up for work. "I'm still just so excited that the UT community seems to like it," she said. Pitonyak fled to Mexico with a former girlfriend, Laura Hall. Bank records also show that on the way home to dismember his victim, Pitonyak stopped at Burger King for a breakfast combo. claimed he used it on the victim's body. Inside, was the gun they believed to have been used to kill Jennifer Cave. And he says, 'Come here. . The relatively light sentence, after an emotional appeal from Hall's father, suggests that the delay in reaching a verdict reflected some division in the jurors' judgment of Hall's culpability. The studio apartment was in disarray and Sedwick immediately Her hands removed. '", "It's hard for listeners to really put themselves in the shoes of someone close to this case," added Thomas, who says these shades of personal perspective were integral to properly telling their story. The scene in Pitonyak's West Campus apartment in August 2005 was horrifying, the bloody and dismembered body of Jennifer Cave, a beautiful, bright, young woman Pitonyak had gone out to dinner with the evening before, found abandoned in the bathtub. Bishop says of the smiling couple, "She does not appear to be there against her will.". The apartment belonged to Colton Pitonyak, a University of Texas business student. dishwasher. Hall was allowed to leave by herself. Lindell, Chuck. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. "He held himself out as a gangster," prosecutor Bill Bishop says. "The thing that I am most fearful about is that she will choose my family to yet again hurt," Sharon tells Maher. Pitonyak, a former honor student, had been on a downward spiral of dealing drugs and abusing drugs and alcohol. "I have no idea what happened that night.". [20], As of 2013, Colton Pitonyak, TDCJ#01413729 and State ID (SID)#07004898, is incarcerated in the Memorial Unit. Colton did that. But Colton was nowhere to be found. Tabitha Messina & Carlos Christopher. I could not believe it," she recalls. Jennifer paid for that friendship with her life. And it eventually grew into, 'I was a victim, I was kidnapped, I had nothing to do with it. "It was just too soon. "You'll hear after her death she was dismembered. it was hilarious that he went in there," Fernandez testified. I didn't know who she was. So without knowing anything was wrong, Laura says she showed up at Colton's apartment just before dawn on Aug. 17, 2005. "Colton flipped out," Laura explains. He ended up saying, 'Take me to Mexico,'" Incredulously, she adds, "So, I did.". Pitonyak testified in court that he had been in an alcohol- and drug-induced stupor the night of the murder and did not remember killing her but that it must have been him. So I flipped the light switch on and there she was," he remembers. He shot her through the arm, bullet traveled into the chest, through the heart pretty much killing her instantly. The hosts of "The Orange Tree" dive into the court records and interview people involved in the case. 17, 2005, shooting of his friend, Jennifer Cave. He testified that he After police said they did not have the legal grounds to break 'Cause in my mind that's not possible," she says of going back to jail. However, there was one part of Coltons life that even he couldnt control, and that was the constant temptation of drugs and alcohol. For Travis County Prosecutor Bill Bishop, the case is indelible. bullet fired into her severed head. district. And they will always remember the child that is gone forever. In the end, Butler says, "We really do believe that being sensitive to a family who's been through a lot is not mutually exclusive to good journalism.". He bought the items, he testified, but he did not cut up the body, and he claimed it was Hall's idea to flee to Mexico. Next Gallery. Hall was convicted in 2007 and sentenced to five years. "She gave a series of statements to the police," says Bishop. Later, Travis County Deputy Medical Examiner Elizabeth Peacock (since retired) would discover that another bullet had been fired up through Cave's severed neck and into her brain a particularly gruesome detail that would remain unexplained. I said, 'Thank you so much for giving her this opportunity.' [6] Authorities found that the two had crossed into Mexico on August 18, 2005. And Bishop says Laura's DNA was found on a key piece of evidence. killed Cave, who she said, he "loved deeply." Combat veteran operated. And how could something so terrible happen at all? 291126. trigger, but acknowledged that someone might And I'd be like, 'Jennifer, please stay away from that.'". He will be eligible for parole Support the free press, so we can support Austin. 2023 www.statesman.com. She had plans to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) so she could become a lawyer. A deeply reported account of Cave's life and the fallout from her horrific death, it's regularly broken into the top 50 shows on Apple Podcasts, and into the top 10 for true crime. Movies. over to law enforcement "His brain The reporters were acutely aware of the gravity that came with securing an interview with Pitonyak himself, who is serving his 55-year sentence for murder in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice French M. Robertson Unit maximum security prison, just outside of Abilene. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. smelled a bad odor. Laura Hall is back in the lock-up she despises, while her family and lawyer scramble again to set her free. Sawyer realizes the cabbie's description of such callous and cold behavior was deadly. Pitonyak (pictured) twice by phone trying to get information Laura Hall & Colton Pitonyak. What Impact Will the Latino Vote Have in Texas This Year? University of Texas student Colton Pitonyak, a one-time National His lawyers "Once we learned more about the victim and all of the different relationships at play, we just knew that it should be our mission to do this in a way that I don't think is typically done in true crime.". She had spent time in Austin as a student, but was about to start work at a law firm. Thank you very much in advance. Quit calling me,'" Jim remembers Colton saying. She was one of five girls in her family. 35 in the Apple Podcast all-genre list and No. Bridgett Pitonyak, the defendant's mother, wept as she testified She would get credit for two years that she had already spent in confinement prior to the sentencing. "Laura Hall says she didn't have a plan on what to do next after getting to Mexico, and that she didn't know what Colton Pitonyak was planning. Pitonyak was convicted in 2007 of Cave's murder and is still serving a 55-year prison sentence in Abilene. "I didn't try and help him cover it up at all," she says on the tape. time Jennifer Cave is believed to have been killed. because he had owned She had been shot, stabbed and her body had been partially dismembered. Pitonyak and Hall, who was 21 years old at the time, were later found in Mexico. It appeared to be a bathtub, and I was seeing something. Police also found a machete and hacksaw with blood on it nearby. This is the only one in which the defendant recalled vivid detail about every event prior to and following, but claimed to have no recollection as to causing the death. It was the quest for free parking that led Tinu Thomas and Haley Butler by the Orange Tree Condos. Was she a brutal accomplice or just a lost soul along for the ride? Among those but that it must have been and Lauren, brother Clayton, mother,Sharon, and her mother's fianc, Jim Sedwick. An appeals court in Austin set Laura loose - upholding her conviction, but throwing out her five-year sentence. But Jennifer's parents feel they must bear witness. An appeals court upheld the convictions but overturned the sentence. New court documents accuse Laura Hall of bragging about the murder of Jennifer Cave. He said. my friends. University of Texas student Colton Pitonyak, a one-time National Cave, the young woman he considered, About 12 hours after he shot Cave, Pitonyak stopped for a meal It is not known if Hall helped with this gruesome task, but later the two fled across the Mexico border, leaving Jennifers partially dismembered corpse to decompose in his apartment. "We did have the realization that this was going to be a different story from any other that's been told about this case," said Thomas. He found Jennifer in the bathtub. "Dude, I am eating pizza with Thomas said she and Butler were lucky to have each other throughout production. [9] Pitonyak received a 55-year sentence. ", "Until you get to know Colton," she continues, "you can't see on the surface that there's something wrong underneath.". "I did not want to go to jail. As it turns out, the cab driver failed to identify Laura when investigators showed him a photo lineup. We'd just stay in the house all day. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. "'Donnie Brasco' and 'Goodfellas' and a series of movies that involved dismemberment," Bishop says. Jennifer Cave's mother, Sharon, and her fiance, Jim Sedwick, Example video title will go here for this video. Langenbach said Hall told her that she didn't understand "what the big fuss was about. 'That's a mannequin.' "With all due respect, which one is it? After five days, they were nabbed by a Mexican SWAT team and handed over to American authorities. "And he inquired, 'Oh, who is he accused of killing, Miss?' "48 Hours Mystery: In Too Deep. It had the light in there. Sharon made a series of calls, including one to Pitonyak, who lied to her that he last saw Jennifer around midnight. And it is about to get much worse. in prison if convicted of murder. And I was on his side, I'm sorry to say.". Police found a shell casing in the tub that matched the bullet for murder in the fatal Aug. [26], Cave's visitation was held at the Seaside Funeral Home on Monday August 22, 2005 and the funeral was held at the All Saints Episcopal Church on Tuesday August 23. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie . "Mistakes were made," he says. Their project went live on July 14 and has since ranked No. Pitonyak is serving 55 years for the slaying. victim's relatives. The Chronicle welcomes opinion pieces on any topic from the community. custody by Mexican officials and handed At trial, this time with no cameras allowed, the prosecutor outlines Laura's ever-changing account of events. Sanderson, Pitonyak seemed high. Is Texas Education Agency Commissioner Undermining Public Schools. He will not get a new trial, but his attorney now has more ammunition. Colton Pitonyak's lawyer suggests Laura Hall murdered Jennifer Cave and her motive was jealousy. "48 Hours" has been following Laura Hall's case since 2005, and yet it is still difficult to know just exactly who Laura is or what role she played that awful August night in Austin. "They've lost their child, and a lot of times their hearts are filled with hate," Laura's father, Loren Hall cries, "but that's no reason to convict the innocent.". "I remember him goading me out of the bathroom with a knife that had blood on it up to the hilt The last thing you wanna think is this person that I've had sex with has, you know, killed somebody. Defies reason, said Fugitt. in court were her sisters, Vanessa. I am facing 10 years in prison for mutilating a body. Pitonyak testified to the contrary, saying she had come over the morning after the murder and cut up Caves body. "I know what's coming," she tells Maher. She died in the residence of UT student Colton Pitonyak. 0:00. Who's gonna be next?" And then, it got worse when the district attorney failed to tell Laura's attorney about that - which was a significant legal mistake. Support the Chronicle, Tinu Thomas and Haley Butler, hosts of true crime podcast, We were able to lean on each other emotionally, and know that we werent alone in talking to the victims family.. Orange Tree Apartments, an off-campus complex where Pitonyak Eddie Pitonyak, the defendant's father, read a statement "And what did she say?" Hall was released from her 10 year sentence five months early in 2018 while Pitonyak will not be eligible for parole until 2033, according to the KXAN report. Around 1 am, Michael Rodriguez received a call from Jennifer, who said that her friend Colton was angry and wasted. Got something to say? "I felt he was innocent. But before police could question Pitonyak, he and another UT student, Laura Hall, fled to Mexico. Investigators say Hall also helped him leave the country for a romantic trip to Mexico. Please leave me alone," she quoted him as saying. In the end, the verdict was unsurprising, although it unexpectedly took the jury two days to return with the convictions that could have brought Hall as many as 11 years of incarceration. Laura Hall was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her part in the crime and has been released in 2018 after serving her time. Laura was arrested and later charged with "hindering apprehension" for her role in Colton's escape. Pitonyak told the store owner, He referred The jury finds Laura guilty of tampering with evidence, for cutting up Jennifer Cave's body and helping Colton to escape to Mexico. ", And the D.A. In fact, she spent most of the day running errands before she went back to pick up Colton and drive him to Mexico. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events "She's still a part of us.". As for Laura Hall, she remains a mystery. Jennifer Cave was on track to putting her life back in order. the attorney asks. And I said, 'What? 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