Angel Downs Murder Investigation - County Commissioner Steve Nodine only suspect
MuffyBee:
Quote from: Cherry6905 on September 11, 2012, 10:37:55 AM
Just FYI the Plea was a blind plea and it in no way eliminates the statute of limitation on murder. The plea paper work states nolle prossed which means if more evidence comes out they can retry. He has not been found innocent. The special prosecutor states he feels Nodine caused Angel's death and I believe he truly wanted to try the case.
Nodine has cost the state an incredible amount of money. And it is sad he is now re-victimizing Angel and her loving family in the press.
Whetstone is one good prosecutor and in my opinion his atty's may have advised Nodine to take the plea.
Thank you for this update and information Cherry. It's good to know there is still hope for justice for Angel. ::MonkeyAngel::
Cherry6905:
You are welcome Muffy Bee -
I am always hopeful. We don't know what kind of sentence he'll get. After the court disposition is passed on to the next State criminal department - we'll know more. If he gets time he'll go to DOC, or probation, parole or both. They have a say on how his sentence is served and the family can appeal to them.
There maybe more charges of perjury filed. He lied about being broke. He's already cost the state supposedly 1 million.
What I don't like is the defense is now trying the case in the press which is of course all one sided. I also don't like that they are trying to say the DA Hallie is vindicated. I don't believe that. IMHO Hallie is who messed this whole case up.
I say let the courts decide and so many cases are not being adjudicated due to judicial expediency, mishandling or cost - that's not justice. I also think it is not helpful to the criminals and it re-victimizes the victims. It's not a perfect system buts it's the best we have. I think the special prosecutor really wanted to try Nodine and he very well could have convicted him. Otherwise why would Nodine take a plea? He wants you to think he is innocent and has been exonerated. But that's not true.
Angel has a large loving family who hasn't put their faith in the justice system but in God. I think that is best and we may all be surprised what happens. Lets wait and see - it's not over til the fat lady sings. And we all know that is in God's time.
Just look at Beth Holloway - she is never going to give up. A mother who knows can't.
I'm curious to see if 48 hours proceeds and how they present the case. The piece which appeared in the American Spectator was pure fiction. Maybe the family will seek out a civil suit, I don't know. I know they truly believe Angel did not kill herself and Special Prosecutor Whetstone stated in the news, he felt Nodine was responsible. I agree with him.
Cherry6905:
http://modmobilian.com/2012/09/14/kevin-lee-blinders-or-blindfold/
Kevin Lee: Blinders or blindfold?
Posted on 14 September 2012 by Klee
Cherry6905:
http://classic.lagniappemobile.com/article.asp?articleID=5792&sid=1"
A quick end for the lengthy saga of Stephen Nodine
By Kevin Lee
MuffyBee:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18559_162-57579346/suicide-or-murder-investigating-the-death-of-angel-downs/
Suicide or murder? Investigating the death of Angel Downs
April 13, 2013
(5 pgs)
(CBS News) GULF SHORES, Ala. -- Angel Downs was hard to miss. Her friends joked about her startling good looks, calling her "Barbie." Her life revolved around the beach and it's what kept her close to home.
"We were best friends ... We did everything together," Susan Bloodworth, Angel's younger sister, told "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger. "If you saw one of us, you saw both of us. We were just very tight, very close."
Angel was 45. She sold real estate in Gulf Shores and lived in one of those quiet subdivisions where nothing much ever happens. By all accounts, she was happy -- except when it came to affairs of the heart -- emotionally and physically. She was born with a life-threatening heart condition.
"Her heart was the size of a man 65 years old and she was 18 months old when we discovered that," said Thelma Hinckley, Angel's mother.
Because of her heart trouble, Angel could never have children.
"Her animals were, indeed, her babies," said Bloodworth, who now cares for Angel's cat, Winston. "He's all we have left of Angel."
The emotional heartache in Angel Downs' life began on the beach. In 2004, she met Stephen Nodine on a weekend centered here around a storied local tradition called Mullet Toss.
More...
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50144783n
Power and Passion
April 13, 2013 7:50 PM
A powerful politician's girlfriend is shot dead. Did he love her to death? Richard Schlesinger reports.
Suicide or murder? Investigating the death of Angel Downs
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50144781n
Extra: Remembering Angel Downs
April 13, 2013 7:45 PM
Tanya McGowin talks about her friendship with Angel Downs and her feelings about Stephen Nodine.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50144718n
Extra: Police body cameras offer unique view of investigation
April 13, 2013 7:30 PM
See what police in Gulf Shores, Ala., saw as they arrived outside of Angel Downs' condo the night of May 9, 2010. The case was the first time the department used body cameras. Downs, 45, was found dead in her driveway from a single gunshot to the head - fired from her own weapon
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50144672n
Extra: "I heard a gunshot" witness tells Gulf Shores police
April 13, 2013 7:45 PM
Firefighter Roger Whitehead and other neighbors tell Gulf Shores, Ala., police what they saw and heard in the area near Angel Downs' home the night of May 9, 2010. Downs was discovered dead in her driveway from a gunshot to the head. The conversations were recorded by police wearing body cameras.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50144671n
Extra: Did politics play role in prosecution of Stephen Nodine?
April 13, 2013 7:45 PM
"48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger questions former Baldwin County DA Judy Newcomb and her successor, current DA Hallie Dixon, about how each handled the case against Stephen Nodine, a Mobile County commissioner who was charged with murdering his mistress, Angel Downs in May 2010.
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