AUSTIN, Texas Jennifer Cave was just 21 years old when her body was found in a bathtub at a West Campus condominium near the University of Texas on Aug. 18, 2005. and Lauren, brother Clayton, mother,Sharon, and her mother's fianc, Jim Sedwick. "He held himself out as a gangster," prosecutor Bill Bishop says. "I need to cut up a turkey.". 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. On the same day, the jury panel recommended a 55-year prison sentence for Pitonyak. Walking past the West Campus complex on their way to classes at UT-Austin, their conversations would inevitably circle back to the murder of Jennifer Cave, which occurred mere yards away, behind door #88. Got something to say? But Laura was in Colton's apartment dozens of times before the murder and she says the DNA - even the DNA on the gun - means nothing. And many say, so is Laura. Asked who's the other possible suspect, he replies, "Well, there's other suspects and Laura Hall is as good as any. Asked what he needed the saw for, killed Cave, who she said, he "loved deeply." "Her DNA was on the gun - the murder weapon itself, that was found in Colton's car.". "I'm innocent of all this. officers in Texas. dishwasher. Copyright 1981-2023 Austin Chronicle Corp. All rights reserved. ", "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." the Murderpedia project stay alive. Pitonyak told the store owner, 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. All seven episodes of The Orange Tree are now available for download and streaming on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. Who would commit such a depraved act of violence and murder? 'Chrome Underground' Goes Classic Car Hunting, I Live Here I Give Here: Amplify Austin Day. The answer in the presence of that jury, quote, 'Some Bitch.' Laura says Colton had been drinking and says he didn't remember what had happened. Bipartisan Senate group unveils rail safety bill in response to Ohio derailment, What to know about Shigella bacteria as drug-resistant strain spreads, How a tragic boating crash is connected to the family of Alex Murdaugh, Husband of woman murdered with an ax convicted 40 years after her death, Expert: Violent images sent to victim's family is "psychological terrorism", The Brighton ax murder: A timeline of the 40-year-old cold case. Jim tells Sharon to wait on the porch to protect her from what he feared he might find inside. left the courtroom with the victim's In Texas, those sentenced to life are eligible for parole in 30 years. Sharon Sedwick says her daughter, Jennifer Cave, was on Colton's side, too. Support the free press, so we can support Austin. Amendment right against [19], In 2010, a jury in Travis County, Texas resentenced Hall to the maximum possible sentence, including prison and $14,000 ($17396.92 when adjusted for inflation) in fines. Orange Tree Apartments, an off-campus complex where Pitonyak In Hall's trial, prosecutors were left to develop a portrait of intent mainly through conversations the 24-year-old Hall allegedly had with others in the months following the murder. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie . University of Texas student Colton Pitonyak, a one-time National [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. Hall was ", "Well it's neither," she replies. The Chronicle welcomes opinion pieces on any topic from the community. The 291136. "Judge Flowers found it appropriate to remand her into custody without bond," says D.A. might have gone off accidentally. "She told me, 'Dad, Colton's killed someone and they found a body.' boyfriend, Jim Sedwick, forced They found a machete that was in the dishwasher.". "Of course he remembers all that - then incriminates me and nothing about his own actions," Laura comments sarcastically. Donna Moonda and Damian Bradford. [23] In 2016, Laura Hall was still incarcerated in the Lockhart Unit. It was the quest for free parking that led Tinu Thomas and Haley Butler by the Orange Tree Condos. And I'm like, 'Were you with Jennifer?' As for Laura Hall, she remains a mystery. Prosecutor Stephanie McFarland holds the hacksaw used to ", Ryan, Harriet. But the jury never heard Laura's side of the story. later charged with hindering apprehension. Pitonyak is serving 55 years for the slaying. Prosecutors are fighting for the new sentence to be as long as possible. [14] Cave and Pitonyak went to dinner before Cave was murdered. effects of Jennifer's death. He will not get a new trial, but his attorney now has more ammunition. "It was on a flip flop in the bathroom. DNA recovered on a buck knife, a machete, and the hacksaw left resting on top of Cave's body matched only Pitonyak and Cave. "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.". "Colton flipped out," Laura explains. "no onions" on the sandwich. medication for depression. the job," her new boss recalled. And that's when I said, 'Man, you need to turn yourself in,' and he goes, 'Your daughter had nothing to do with this. "What we did was get as close as possible as hosts and reporters, and then let the listener step into our shoes.". "That was when it got big to us. examiner Greg Karim about whether but Fernandez kicked them out after Pitonyak became belligerent And then, it got worse when the district attorney failed to tell Laura's attorney about that - which was a significant legal mistake. It had the light in there. Tabitha Messina & Carlos Christopher. his best friend, after a Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. [2] Bill Bishop, a prosecutor in the Travis County, Texas government, said "As far as murders go, this is a very clean murder. "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. went to the fast-food chain But, as is usually the case with Laura Hall, that was not the end of this story.Colton Pitonyak's attorney, Joe Turner, says Colton did not shoot Jennifer Cave and he doesn't know who did. Hall did not testify during her trial, but her attorney, Joe James Sawyer, painted a completely different picture for the jury. Pitonyak was convicted of murder after fleeing to Mexico with his friend Laura Hall. You need to get her out of here.' Podcast Revisits Gruesome Texas Murder, Including Rare Interview. Cave, the young woman he considered We stood right here in [the] hallway. Pitonyak is serving a 55-year prison sentence after he was convicted of murder in 2007. It's been two years since 21-year-old Jennifer Cave was brutally murdered and dismembered inside the West Campus apartment of her friend Colton Pitonyak. "Like I already know. They found Jennifer's car nearby. Dismemberment of a human corpse is also rare.. In fact, she spent most of the day running errands before she went back to pick up Colton and drive him to Mexico. Pitonyak, a former honor student, had been on a downward spiral of dealing drugs and abusing drugs and alcohol. "Hall gets maximum sentence in Cave case.". Colton was not your typical clean-cut business student. on her son's behalf. Those things just really upset me," Sharon says. Maher asks. "So I kept going down this hallway, and then there was another door on my left which was closed. His lawyers Become an Oxygen Insider. She's sentenced to five years. The events are so hard to believe. to keep expanding and making Murderpedia a better site, but we really Laura Hall is currently in prison on charges of tampering with evidence and hindering apprehension after Caves murder. The list of confirmed facts is brief. A former University of Texas student who was convicted for her role in the 2005 killing and dismemberment of 21-year-old Jennifer Cave was released from prison on Thursday. "She gave a series of statements to the police," says Bishop. Law officers also accused her of helping to dismember Caves body. [9] A hacksaw had been placed on her abdomen. And before long, something else became clear: Colton's sometime girlfriend, Laura Hall, had also disappeared. You can find the Orange Tree Podcast on podcast listening apps or at the Drag Production Houses website here. "We're really getting scared that something bad has happened inside that apartment," says Jim. Sawyer countered that in fact Hall took no part in the abandoned dismemberment, a version of the story that the jury apparently found unpersuasive. a filed another appeal disputing the timeline of the murder, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. In court, Colton says he did not cut Jennifer's body with the knife." Eddie Pitonyak, the defendant's father, read a statement 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. And I'm like, 'Oh yes, I know.' into Pitonyak's apartment, Cave's, Police found a shell casing in the tub that matched the bullet "Trial set for college student accused of slaying, dismembering woman after date. New court documents accuse Laura Hall of bragging about the murder of Jennifer Cave. Jennifer Cave Murder, Jennifer Cave, Laura Hall, Colton Pitonyak, Elizabeth Peacock, Joe James Sawyer, Information is power. 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.". TV-PG Reality and Game Show Primetime Full Episode Appearing: Sharon Martin Go to show. The troubled young man seemed to somehow draw people in. Pedro Fernandez (pictured), the manager of the Casablanca Hotel in Piedras Blancas, took a photo with his The Texas . bullet fired into her severed head. Check out a scene from Episode 7: Elizabeth Turpin & Karen Brown. [3] Before coming to Austin, Pitonyak attended Christ the King School[8] and Catholic High School for Boys in Little Rock, Arkansas. And I'm not talking the four-legged kind.". After her death, she had been shot in the head once. Finally, they got through to Laura's cell phone. He was arrested for possession of illegal drugs. at Burger King. The next day, Cave's mother filed a missing persons report. "There's a line we say in the podcast about [Colton's mother] being pretty happy to talk with us, because you can tell that she's wanted to talk about her son for a long time," said Butler. He claimed he was strung out on drugs and alcohol. She said She had plans to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) so she could become a lawyer. "Mistakes were made," he says. Prosecutors charged Pitonyak with murder. And it is about to get much worse. Defense attorney Sam Bassett holds a machete found in Pitonyak's Hall had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in the murder. [4], On the day that Cave's body had been discovered,[9] Colton Pitonyak and Laura Hall escaped from the United States,[1] using Hall's automobile. In the summer of 2005, police were called to an apartment in Austin, Texas. So I flipped the light switch on and there she was," he remembers. On August 18, 2005, Cave's body was discovered. [16] Laura Hall was arrested in September 2005. Jim says the place was completely dark. later charged with hindering apprehension. Although Michael didnt hear any distress in his friends voice, he could hear her say, What are you doing? Unfortunately Cave wouldnt show up for her first day of work, or any other day, because little did anyone know at the time she was laying in a bloody bathtub murdered and partially dismembered. . Jennifer Cave's family hopes Laura gets even more time behind bars. 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. "And they said, 'Jennifer has gone to work for us.' Hall was found guilty of tampering with evidence and sentenced to 10 years in prison. But before police could question Pitonyak, he and another UT student, Laura Hall, fled to Mexico. [18] The court ruled that her sentencing hearing was unfair and Hall was released on bond. A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austins independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the communitys political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. [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. [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. Business And Legislative Leaders Push To Replace Expired Tax Break With Texas Lawmakers Take First Step To Restoring Felony Penalty For Illegal Abbotts Pro Voucher Barnstorming Tour Puts Pressure on GOP Reps Who Texas Taxpayers Footing The Bill For Republican Canceling Of Anti-Gun Businesses. The morning after the murder, CCTV captured Pitonyak entering a local hardware store, where receipts show that he purchase an 8-inch hacksaw, safety mask, ammonia, and other cleaning products. Back in Austin, Colton Pitonyac was charged with murder on Aug. 23, 2005. In August 2005, 21-year-old Cave was last seen with her close friend, UT finance major Colton Pitonyak, in Downtown Austin, on the eve of starting a new job at a local law firm. "We would spend days together at a time. value meal "out of habit." 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Prosecutors offered testimony from her former cell mate in the Travis Co. Colton Pitonyak will testify in his own defense. On the advice of her lawyer, she never took the stand at Colton's trial. She will get a new sentencing hearing. "I'm ready to be acquitted," she says. Next Gallery. ", "Until you get to know Colton," she continues, "you can't see on the surface that there's something wrong underneath.". But there is one other critical item on the docket: deciding whether Laura will remain free while she waits for that new sentence or if she will be back behind bars. Asked if the cab driver is lying, Laura says, "I never said that to him. Asked if Colton had asked her to help him, Laura tells the detective, "No! Inside, a woman's body lay in the bathtub; her hands and head severed. And he says, 'Come here. the chamber. I felt that he didn't really do this. 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 . 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. I think if people set out to kill me, done. 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. but he did lay the blame on his friend, 23-year-old Laura Hall . he does not remember shooting Cave, This friend, which police believe was her drug supplier, was named Colton Pitonyak and although a top-marked student at the University of Texas, had some previous arrest for DWI and PCOS (possession of controlled substances.). Several friends and acquaintances testified they saw Cave with 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. That afternoon, he went to a hardware store and purchased a hacksaw, garbage bags, cleaning products, and rubber gloves; around the same time, Hall drove her green Cadillac to a gas station, where she filled the tank and washed the car. Sawyer realizes the cabbie's description of such callous and cold behavior was deadly. The brown paper bag in Pitonyak's studio apartment led police to Podcasts, True Crime, The Orange Tree, Podcast, The Drag Audio, Tinu Thomas, Haley Butler, Jennifer Cave, Colton Pitonyak, Laura Hall, Information is power. Jennifer's stepfather, Jim Sedwick, also spoke with Colton. Hall will serve five years in state prison for tampering with evidence and one year concurrently in jail for hindering the apprehension of convicted killer Colton Pitonyak. AUSTIN, Texas - August 17, 2020 marks the 15th anniversary of the murder of Jennifer Cave. End quote. It was the post-murder behavior that made it so grotesque. Watch an excerpt of Laura Hall's interrogation. Yeah," she continues with a laugh, "I felt I was on top of the world when I was with Colton. Combat veteran operated. 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. "She's a psychopath. Pitonyak fled to Mexico with a former girlfriend, Laura Hall. Laura Hall & Colton Pitonyak. Copyright 1981-2023 Austin Chronicle Corp. All rights reserved. for murder in the fatal Aug. success. It appeared to be a bathtub, and I was seeing something. Am I next?'". She was released in . 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. ", And the D.A. However, there was one part of Coltons life that even he couldnt control, and that was the constant temptation of drugs and alcohol. mother testified. Asked how he got back to his apartment, Colton said, "I assume Jennifer took me. Michael Rodriguez, a friend, said he spoke to Cave at 1 a.m. and He has sincefiled another appeal disputing the timeline of the murder. His lawyer later said the only On October 28, 2011, the state denied parole to Laura Hall. Detectives believe Colton had just received a confirmation to meet his cocaine dealer so the two could do drugs together. "48 Hours Mystery: In Too Deep. Laura Hall and Colton Pitonyak. Jennifer Cave's mother, Sharon, and her fiance, Jim Sedwick, 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. Finally, she called her friend, Michael Rodriguez. And I said. "How hard is it to go like this?" Laura says Colton led her into the bathroom. It was Pitonyak a "sociopath" and a "beast" who destroyed everyone around him, Sawyer argued who mutilated Cave's body. "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.". The next afternoon, Jennifer's mother, Sharon Cave, got a phone call in Corpus Christi from Jennifer's new employer, who told her Jennifer had never arrived at work that morning. [13] On August 3, 2010, Hall was taken into the custody of the state prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). I'm innocent of all that," Laura says. Laura Hall is back in the lock-up she despises, while her family and lawyer scramble again to set her free. Prosecutors, Hall faces trial later this year on charges of felony hindering I haven't seen her. cellphone after he "He wanted to get out of town. 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. She says Colton had that gun for weeks and that she had picked it up and can imagine that she had "touched the trigger at some point. [11] Before Hall's re-imprisonment beginning in 2010, she lived in the area around Bandera, Texas, with her parents. In August 2005, 21-year-old Cave was last seen with her close friend, UT finance major Colton Pitonyak, in Downtown Austin, on the eve of starting a new job at a local law firm. my friends. She was also a student at UT, a government major with hopes of becoming a lawyer. Much more importantly: Why did it happen? I was like, 'Man, oh my God, you know, 'What happened?'". "That's just a whole new set of nightmares coming at me that I'm not ready to deal with.". Loren says. And I was on his side, I'm sorry to say.". Laura remarks. She invoked her Fifth, Colton Pitonyak's mother wept during the verdict, but he was He was the last person to be seen with their daughter, Jennifer Cave. was fried on drugs," he told police. '", "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. Come here.'". Laura Hall The 3rd Court of Appeals on Feb. 19 overturned the five-year sentence of Laura Ashley Hall, who was convicted of tampering with evidence and helping friend Colton Pitonyak. [6], Laura Ashley Hall[12] was a University of Texas at Austin student who at one time had been Pitonyak's girlfriend. I'm kind of starting to freak out a little bit. Once again, the D.A. He's got my daughter," Loren Hall recalls thinking at the time. Fernandez, to watch a pay-per-view professional fighting match, "I was trying to stay alive. S1 E643m. faces a possible life sentence. I mean, look, I didn't know what was gonna happen if I called the police, OK? When he took the stand, Colton said he couldn't remember what happened that night. the saw was too small to cut up a body and reminded jurors that sisters and brother after Pitonyak was sentenced to 55 years in prison. Laura sighs before answering. Jennifers head lay in a plastic bag by the tub, along with both her hands. ", "I think that people are going to look at this and they're going to see how articulate you are, and they're going to say, 'OK, either this girl is really stupid or she's a sociopath," says Maher. 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