After not hearing from their daughter,Cave's parents drove to Austin from Corpus Christi and made the gruesome discovery. 2023 www.statesman.com. Colton and Laura fled Austin 16 hours after the murder. concern he expressed was Colton Pitonyak's lawyer suggests Laura Hall murdered Jennifer Cave and her motive was jealousy. This year, two University of Texas students, Haley Butler and Tinu Thomas, have a long-form documentary podcast called The Orange Tree Podcast, in which they dig through court filings and host interviews with the families of Cave, Pitonyak and Hall. It appeared to be a bathtub, and I was seeing something. bullet fired into her severed head. Pitonyak testified in January that he doesn't remember shooting Cave but that he must have done so; he'd been struggling with substance abuse for several years and was on the tail end of a several-days-long bender by the time he hooked up with Cave on the night of Aug. 16. The two joined up with a group of other mutual party-goers and found having several drinks at Treasure Island bar. Additional evidence, never presented during Pitonyak's murder trial, includes DNA from an unknown female found in Cave's mouth and from under her fingernails. [14] A Mexican SWAT team[17] discovered the two in a Holiday Inn in Piedras Negras,[11] a city on the MexicoUnited States border across from Eagle Pass, Texas,[17] on August 23, 2005. I had just gotten away from him. He had a serious problem with drugs, especially cocaine. And before long, something else became clear: Colton's sometime girlfriend, Laura Hall, had also disappeared. He said. Laura Hall is back in the lock-up she despises, while her family and lawyer scramble again to set her free. The evidence provides some information about when and in what order the fateful events unfolded but yields no insight as to why. "The mutilation was anger it wasn't any effort to hide the body or get rid of the body. She was released Thursday and is under mandatory supervision until August, the Department of Criminal Justice said. Jennifer's stepfather, Jim Sedwick, also spoke with Colton. Eddie Pitonyak, the defendant's father, read a statement "She was having a hard time finding herself," her 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. partially dismembered body in the tub. Well, yeah, I saw her for a few minutes, but no I wasn't with her,' and he hung up.". She was also a student at UT, a government major with hopes of becoming a lawyer. "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. It was Hall who came up with the plan to dismember Cave's body, Pitonyak said, and it was Hall who made a list of items they'd need to complete the job. I'm kind of starting to freak out a little bit. 0:00. Merit Scholar, is standing trial. They drove Laura's dark green Cadillac some 200 miles to the Mexican town of Piedras Negras, a quiet border town just on the other side of Eagle Pass, Texas. Finally, they got through to Laura's cell phone. When they started looking into the case, they felt connected to Cave, who died at the same age they were when they started this project, Thomas and Butler said in a statement given to the BrownWood Bulletin publication. [1] In 2009, Chuck Lindell of the Austin American-Statesman called it the "most infamous West Campus crime". His lawyers said his DNA was on the handle In Texas, those sentenced to life are eligible for parole in 30 years. Maher asks. The jury finds Laura guilty of tampering with evidence, for cutting up Jennifer Cave's body and helping Colton to escape to Mexico. The murder of Jennifer Cave occurred in the West Campus area of Austin, Texas. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. It was the quest for free parking that led Tinu Thomas and Haley Butler by the Orange Tree Condos. On August 18, 2005, Cave's body was discovered. After calling 911, police raced back to the apartment and began the search for Colton. S1 E943m. Pitonyak testified to the contrary, saying she had come over the morning after the murder and cut up Caves body. "I wasn't able to even process - and even today, I have not processed the emotions. "I know one of them involves dismemberment with a machete.". saying that Hall had admitted to killing Cave in a jailhouse confession. "All I had was a flashlight. "And he inquired, 'Oh, who is he accused of killing, Miss?' "There was a dead woman curled up in his bathtub. Prosecutor Bill Bishop was held accountable. Whereas some true-crime anthologies might barrel headlong toward the most gruesome, shocking detail, Thomas and Butler underline their reporting philosophy upfront. [13] Murder [ edit] After her death, she had been shot in the head once. "I didn't try and help him cover it up at all," she says on the tape. His kitchen?" The clerk asked him what he needed a hacksaw for and he said he was frying a turkey and needed a hacksaw to cut it up because it was frozen.". with the verdict," Cave said. A boy's dorm room was sparkling clean? He later requested a new trial,saying that Hall had admitted to killing Cave in a jailhouse confession. But that portrait of Hall, without her own testimony, was never fully fleshed out.). Pedro Fernandez (pictured), the manager of the Casablanca Hotel in Piedras Blancas, took a photo with his Nicole Kasinskas and Billy Sullivan. I could not believe it," she recalls. His lawyers A Connecticut woman says her two 10-year-old German Shepherds, Cimo and Lieben, were shot, beheaded, and killed by a hunter from New York. [9] Pitonyak received a 55-year sentence. She had "She had a heart as big as Texas. Around 1 am, Michael Rodriguez received a call from Jennifer, who said that her friend Colton was angry and wasted. [10] Pitonyak had also once entered a rehabilitation program for drugs. Ascension Seton breaks ground on new womens health tower in Austin, Cowboy Breakfast, BBQ Austin scheduled ahead of official start of Rodeo Austin, Timeline: Severe storms possible on Thursday, Forecast: Severe storms possible Thursday. Loren and Carol Hall desperately tried to reach their daughter. Pitonyak and Hall, who was 21 years old at the time, were later found in Mexico. I can't live in Texas," she says. Quit calling me,'" Jim remembers Colton saying. So like, I definitely feel shackled.". 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"That's just a whole new set of nightmares coming at me that I'm not ready to deal with.". She had plans to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) so she could become a lawyer. The law firm that she interviewed with on August 16, 2005, was so impressed that they offered her a full-time position, starting the next morning. After a jury sentenced him to 55 years in prison, Pitonyak said, Toxicology tests concluded that during her death, Cave had alcohol, marijuana, and methamphetamine in her system. In 2004, police found cocaine, prescription sleeping pills that he had unlawfully obtained, and anxiety medication in his apartment. "That's just not who Jennifer was. Considering that both killer and victim were on mind-altering drugs would be the only proper explanation to what detectives discovered next. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. "We're really getting scared that something bad has happened inside that apartment," says Jim. The exact time of death could not be determined, but detectives surmise Jennifer was first shot between 1:05 am and 3:30 am. she reported that Pitonyak was upset because he had lost his phone and was but Fernandez kicked them out after Pitonyak became belligerent 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. Laura continues to fight a current of public rage that she believes was sweeping away her very life. "That was when it got big to us. She'd been shot, stabbed, and her body mutilated. "I have no idea what happened that night.". mother testified. lived. Cameras weren't allowed in the courtroom as the judge lays out how and when the new sentencing trial will proceed. Cave's phone number, labeled "J. Ribbit," was scrawled on "I think my life has been destroyed. 'Some bitch.' Also included in the appeal is Hall's alleged confession to two jail inmates. Both were drinking, and according to witness Jeffrey Hall was found guilty of tampering with evidence and sentenced to 10 years in prison. "Hey dude, I'm eating pizza, don't bother me any more. Jennifer Cave's family hopes Laura gets even more time behind bars. "When I got the tattoo, I was so in love with him," she says. Police didn't believe Laura's story that Colton had forced her to drive him to Mexico. "His brain Donna Moonda and Damian Bradford. Former University of Texas student Colton Pitonyak is serving 55 years . But the judge refused to allow it, calling it inadmissable hearsay. to cut up a turkey. The answer in the presence of that jury, quote, 'Some Bitch.' custody by Mexican officials and handed faces a possible life sentence. On Colton's side. 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. Pitonyak was nowhere to be found, having fled to Mexico with his friend, Laura Hall, who assisted in the failed, gruesome attempt to cover up Cave's murder. Amendment right against Fifteen years ago on Aug. 17, 2005, 21-year-old Jennifer Caves dismembered body was found in the bathtub of convicted murderer Colton Pitonyaks apartment at the Orange Tree Condominiums in Austin. "We thought we'd never see her again," says Carol. [3] In 2002, she graduated from Mary Carroll High School in Corpus Christi and in August of that year she traveled to San Marcos, Texas, to attend Texas State University as a finance major. I'm innocent of all that," Laura says. Pedro Fernandez (pictured), Pitonyak and Hall went to the home of the hotel manager, Pedro And how could something so terrible happen at all? It all has to do with the testimony of a taxi driver in Laura's original sentencing hearing, who swore Laura was a passenger in his cab. In June 2009, Hall told a neighbor in reference to Jennifer Cave's murder, "I capped that (expletive) whore.". His lawyers say And that would be Laura Hall," Sawyer says. What more do you want?" Is Texas Education Agency Commissioner Undermining Public Schools. dishwasher. He'd called her saying he needed to talk. She had plans to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) so she could become a lawyer. We can help. He will not get a new trial, but his attorney now has more ammunition. His apartment And I said. Laura Ashley Hall [12] was a University of Texas at Austin student who at one time had been Pitonyak's girlfriend. And Bishop says Laura's DNA was found on a key piece of evidence. And he said, 'Well, there's a problem,' and he said, 'We're concerned." [11], On August 23, 2005, Colton Pitonyak was charged with murder. 291131. Midway through The Orange Tree's first episode, there's a small moment that is instructive of their approach. "everyone's favorite" and bonded the family together. After police said they did not have the legal grounds to break effects of Jennifer's death. convicted in 2007 for hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence. There was a shop towel out in the living room of the apartment that had both her DNA and Colton Pitonyak's DNA," Bishop says. Colton even had business experience since his father built his own successful business.It is easy to see that Pitonyak was a shoo-in for a successful stay at UTs elite business program. Among those district. They have just created a fictional character and put my name on it. Become an Oxygen Insider. criminally negligent homicide. And that's what got her in trouble," adds Jim. district. Laura says Colton had been drinking and says he didn't remember what had happened. 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In fact, she spent most of the day running errands before she went back to pick up Colton and drive him to Mexico. He was hot. [4] She attended school in Bishop, Texas, before moving to Corpus Christi in 2000. On the advice of her lawyer, she never took the stand at Colton's trial. Come here.'". All seven episodes of The Orange Tree are now available for download and streaming on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. Example video title will go here for this video, Depression among teen girls is on the rise | Mom Squad. That made for a grueling combination: maintaining empathy for their subjects, immersing themselves in "an ocean of information" about the crime and its trials, and reopening the emotionally fraught chapter with the Cave and Pitonyak families alike. examiner Greg Karim about whether, Colton Pitonyak testified he has no memory of killing Jennifer "I am accused of some unspeakable things. Colton Pitonyak and his new accomplice, Laura Hall, were quickly arrested by Mexican police officers and extradited back to face his crimes. 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. HarperCollins Publishers published the book. round from Laura Hall & Colton Pitonyak. Pitonyak's kitchen wall. "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.". Laura told them she had crossed the border into Mexico with Colton. Four days after he crossed the border, Pitonyak was taken into Check out a scene from Episode 7: Elizabeth Turpin & Karen Brown. At around 8 p.m., Jim calls 911, but when the cops arrive, they wouldn't break in without a search warrant. She is to be sent back to jail. [11] The two were in Mexico for five days. "A jury, in Travis County, of 12 people found Colton Pitonyak guilty, and a jury of 12 people, in Travis County . from the into Pitonyak's apartment, Cave's, Police found a shell casing in the tub that matched the bullet ", "We knew him to be the only person in her company that evening once they left Sixth Street, the location obviously of her body being in his apartment," Bishop tells "48 Hours." "At about 3 o'clock, the law firm called me," says her mother, Sharon Sedwick. Whoever did that had a lot of hatred towards her. But the jury never heard Laura's side of the story. You can find the Orange Tree Podcast on podcast listening apps or at the Drag Production Houses website here. I felt bad for him. cellphone after he Orange Tree Apartments, an off-campus complex where Pitonyak Dismemberment of a human corpse is also rare.. Copyright 1981-2023 Austin Chronicle Corp. All rights reserved. Cave was buried in a private ceremony.[3]. the chamber. She would get credit for two years that she had already spent in confinement prior to the sentencing. on her son's behalf. As of 2013, Colton Pitonyak is still imprisoned at the Robertson Unit, a maximum-security state prison in Abilene, Texas. "I need to cut up a turkey.". This photo was taken after Pitonyak fell There is no doubt that Colton Pitonyak was solely responsible for the murder of Jennifer Cave, said Fugitt. She was released in 2018 after serving time. [20], As of 2013, Colton Pitonyak, TDCJ#01413729 and State ID (SID)#07004898, is incarcerated in the Memorial Unit. National television shows such as Court TV, 48 Hours, Deadly Sins and Snapped: Killer Couples have also covered the investigation over the years, said Fugitt. Support the Chronicle. 2023 Talk Murder To Me. Laura says she went home. Hall was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Cave, the young woman he considered Sawyer can only hope the jury sees it his way. "He held himself out as a gangster," prosecutor Bill Bishop says. I heard this rustling, like someone's grabbing the phone from you. over to law enforcement So you kind of want to know, who came in here and did this? Bill Bishop. 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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. Asked what he needed the saw for, DNA recovered on a buck knife, a machete, and the hacksaw left resting on top of Cave's body matched only Pitonyak and Cave. time Jennifer Cave is believed to have been killed. With movie production in lockdown, try the sounds of Paper Street, Casey Cep solves the mystery of the true crime book that Harper Lee never wrote, Amanda Jacobson pairs vino reviews with different varietals of lawbreaking, With unprecedented demand for new inventory, parts, and repairs throughout quarantine, local bicycle shops struggle to keep up, One click gets you all the newsletters listed below, Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events. 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