The Frightening Case Of Dalene Carlson - videohaat.com

The Frightening Case Of Dalene Carlson - videohaat.com

The Frightening Case Of Dalene Carlson - videohaat.com

In the summer of 2011 23-year-old Dalene

Carlson moved from her small town in

Idaho to Stockton California

Sporty sociable and adventurous Dalene

enjoyed snowboarding fishing camping and

long walks with her dog Maddie Dene had

decided to relocate to Stockton to move

in with her aunt and cousin She was here

for one thing and one thing only to

further her

career After years and years of saving

up from her various restaurant jobs she

had enrolled at Sanwaqin Delta College

to major in child development And with

just a few months to go before college

started Dene was busy putting names to

new faces and getting to know the area

Her cousin Cesaly was always her tour

guide But on August 6th 2011 Dene would

venture out

alone Cesaly had a fever but Dene still

wanted to go out She had made some new

friends already and ever the confident

person she was happy to go out by

herself to places she was familiar with

One of those places was Finnegan's Bar

and Grill which had fast become a

favorite night out for her The

23-year-old got ready and said her

goodbyes As she shut the door her aunt

Maggie shouted to her that she needed to

be home by 3:00 a.m at the absolute

latest Deng agreed and walked off into

the

town But 3:00 a.m would soon come and go

Soon it was 3:30 and then 4 Maggie was

still awake and texting Dene to see if

everything was okay Hoping she had slept

at a friend's house Maggie tried to get

some rest But with every hour that

ticked by without the sound of the door

opening she was waking up tossing and

turning The sun soon rose along with

everyone else's concern If Dalene had

spent the night at a friend's house she

would have found a way to charge her

phone and contact people

Safe to say sometimes you just know when

you know and something was seriously

wrong Maggie called around her daughter

and niec's friends before she decided to

call 911 and report Dena's missing And

with this just a couple of months after

she moved the 23-year-old had

disappeared Unfortunately it was too

early to file an official report but

police logged it anyway and her family

and friends started looking around the

streets for her But as it went from hot

and light to cool and dark there was no

sign of

her The following morning the police got

to work Dene had asked Cesaly to take a

picture of her before she left the house

so Denene could look at her outfit Her

dark brown hair had been down and she

was wearing a black and white vest top

with ripped blue denim

jeans Armed with this the officers

started with Den's original plan for the

evening She was supposed to go to

Finnegan's bar and grill with Cesily One

of the managers at Finnegan's bar

remembered her Dene had been there many

times before and he said she had been

stood outside most of the night but

nothing had seemed out of the ordinary

Den had picked up a ride there with a

friend and once at the bar she bumped

into her on-off boyfriend Jacob

Evangelisti 25-year-old Jacob admitted

we weren't on the best terms I purposely

got there before she did She came up to

me to talk to me He said the couple had

got into quite a big fight 4 days before

He was drunk and grabbed Den's arm as

she tried to get away from him He said

he had heard from people that she had

been talking to a mutual friend called

James Cousins And safe to say things

between the pair had been far from good

Jacob said they hung out with a few

friends that night but were keeping

their distance That was until Denene

actually broke up with him He was upset

and wanted to work things out but it

seemed she was done Jacob maintained

Dalene had left the bar before him that

he didn't see if anyone was with her His

story did match with employees However

police said both Jacob and James cousins

were persons of interest

The cameras in the building showed

Dalene outside for a while

smoking before moving back inside at

about 10 to 1 in the

morning There were quite a few people

around and at one point a man even put

his arm around her for a moment before

walking behind her in the corridor He

was 25-year-old Jason Gilly another

mutual friend He even lived with James

cousins Dene then went back outside

where she spoke to Jacob She looked

animated and was moving her arms around

a lot This matched what Jacob had said

to them about having a heated

conversation She went inside again and

Jacob stayed put with a friend finishing

his

cigarette 3:00 a.m Finnegan was closed

and everyone had gone

Dalene had somehow left without being

caught on any camera as had Jacob so

they didn't know what time she was there

until Jacob told police that Dalene had

text him saying that she was leaving the

bar to go to a party at a friend's house

He then had about 12 calls from her

after she left the bar During one of the

brief calls he heard a man's voice in

the background Den said she was drinking

at Jason's house Jason was Jason Gilly

who lived with James Cousins Jason was

the man seen putting his arm around Den

and

Finneigans In one text early in the

morning Denene asked Jacob if she could

go to his house later and he had agreed

but hours passed and he didn't hear

anything else falling asleep and waking

up to nothing more on his

phone Police next wanted to talk to

Jason Gilly and James cousins

Jason Gilly shared the house with his

mom grandma and James who was also

staying there too James was pretty

upfront and to the point Yes he and

Dalene had been chatting but nothing was

official and they weren't in a

relationship He was also quickly able to

prove that he was out of Stockton on a

trip something corroborated by multiple

people Jason Gilly also said he couldn't

help the police He said the pair had

parted ways at the bar He had offered

her a lift home but had to leave without

her at 1:00 a.m because his grandmother

had text him that his young son was sick

But Jacob said Dalene told him she was

drinking at Jason Gilly's house His

grandma said Jason had arrived back home

himself at about 1:30 a.m Jason then

pointed the detectives back to Jacob and

the fight he and Denene had had He

actually had witnessed the whole thing

and said it was pretty

bad So police were really no further

forward

Also new tonight the search is

intensifying for a Stockton woman who

mysteriously disappeared after a night

out 23-year-old Denene Carlson was last

seen on August 7th At the start of this

case three men talked to police and said

they had contact with Carlson the night

she disappeared We just want her home

safe Carlson's cousins held a flyer

displaying her photos today The family

has been fraught with worry since

Carlson disappeared last weekend She was

last seen at Finnegan's Pub and Grill

very early last Sunday morning You know

I just want my family to you know have

have peace and and get you know get um

my aunt get her daughter home We hope

there's a hope that you know we would

like love to find her safe but as time

progresses it looks more grim For now

investigators plan to be here all

afternoon And we're told that Carlson

moved here from Idaho to start a new

life She had plans to attend Delta

College and was living with family when

she

disappeared Meanwhile family and friends

were working hard to raise some money

managing to get $1,000 together to add

to the Crimestoppers already $1,000

reward for

information A local semi-pro football

team wanted to host a game and raffle to

raise more money and everyone was out

giving out flyers and searching but

things were really not looking good

friends said "Having to talk your brain

out of every single possible scenario is

exhausting and scary The not knowing

trying to connect the dots that may or

may not exist creating lines to read in

between to maybe figure something out is

all consuming But when someone is

missing your mind is constantly going at

a million miles an

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hour." Unfortunately investigators had

exhausted all of their leads from

Finneans so they had to move elsewhere

going from business to business in the

area asking for any and all camera

footage They finally got a lead from a

24-hour food vest

store At 1:30 a.m the camera showed Dene

and a man buying some alcohol in

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there It was Jason Gilly the same man

that had told them he had left her at

the bar and hadn't seen her since

The police took him in for questioning a

second time because now he had been

caught in a pretty big lie But they gave

him a chance to come clean What time did

you get home At about 1:20 1:30 When he

confirmed his original story of being

home at 1:30 a.m They showed him the

CCTV footage We know a lot more of

what's going on right Okay Wait a minute

Wait wait wait wait wait I left the bar

with Den to Food for Jason then suddenly

remembered that he had gone to buy some

Jerger with Denene at Food for Less but

he said he had dropped her back off at

Finnegan's before heading home

Detectives could tell there was

definitely more to his story And as they

pressed him more he started getting

tearary Jason let's make it better Let's

make it better right now Okay Did you

guys have sex No Jason Jason what were

you

Jason we had sex and we we hang out for

a little bit more and we should want to

go home He admitted that they had gone

to his house where they had had

consensual sex but he said she was angry

after and seemed to regret sleeping with

him so she decided to walk home He

followed her in his car picked her up

and drove her 40 mi south dropping her

off at a random place at her request and

then getting gas He said he felt

horrible about his decision and as the

days passed the more worried he became

knowing he was seemingly the last person

to see her he had lied to protect

himself The police felt in their guts

that Denene was dead and they bluntly

came out and asked Jason where her body

was Where are we going to find her body

Help us find

her Her family deserves it too She has a

special Jason

Don't do this please Really

It was here just as they felt they might

be getting somewhere Jason asked for a

lawyer Investigators arrested

25-year-old Jason Gilly for kidnapping

and holding Denene against her will They

did not have enough for a murder charge

Jason was denying everything His mom was

adamant that he was innocent and Jason's

family would then say that in fact Dene

was at the house with Jason but she left

alive and well Sunday morning Another

contradiction Although Jason was now the

only suspect in her disappearance he

walked out of custody after prosecutors

said there wasn't enough evidence to

press charges against him for

kidnap The prosecutor said "It doesn't

matter how strong your gut is You have

to be able to prove something So the

police needed more They needed to find

a out of jail Jason said he had

basically been caught up in a bad

situation but he was not a bad person It

was wrong place wrong time and yes it

looked a certain way but it didn't mean

it was that

way Gilly told KC3 earlier this week

that Carlson was at his home in those

early morning hours Sunday but left on

her own He spoke to the media and said

"It's been a rough few days I'm trying

to recuperate right now I hope they find

her okay I wish they would find the

facts first before they arrest somebody

They've been interrogating my mom my

grandma everybody All fingers are

pointing at me I understand Why would I

be charged with kidnapping when I'm

totally not that person I'd never hurt

myself or anybody Everybody that knows

me knows that

CCTV from a 7-Eleven showed that at

11:00 a.m the following morning he had

topped up the gas in his car Whilst in

the 7-Eleven he was seen wiping his arms

and shirt and further enhancement on the

footage showed he was covered in

dirt They then focused their attention

on searching new areas including parts

of the Calaveris River commonly used as

a dumping ground for all kinds of things

This area was particularly muddy and

overgrown and it was just a few blocks

from Jason's house Stockton police out

on the Calaveris River searching for any

signs of a woman who disappeared more

than a week and a half ago This is

exclusive video from Live Copter 3HD

right over the search 23-year-old Den

Carlson hasn't been seen or heard from

since August 7th Police aren't saying at

this point what led them to the

Calaveris River The search is taking

place just north of the University of

Pacific campus That location just about

2 miles from the Food for Less grocery

store where she was last seen and just

two blocks from the home of a man who

was initially arrested in her

disappearance 25-year-old Jason Kelly of

course remember was arrested this week

He was arrested on Monday on charges of

false imprisonment and kidnapping Now he

was released again on Wednesday

afternoon but police say he's still a

person of interest Newly released

documents show that police believe Jason

Gilly has been lying to them since the

first time they questioned him The

documents show that Gilly first told

officers he wasn't with Dalen Carlson

the night she disappeared But former

boyfriend Jacob Evangelista told police

that at 5 Sunday morning he received a

text message Den said she was at Jason's

house drinking but that she would be

leaving soon to come to his house This

was the last time Jacob has seen or

spoken with Dene Gilly later said he and

Delene went to his home had sex and then

an argument ensued but he gave her a

ride The report states that Jason got on

the crossdown freeway and then south on

Highway 99 for approximately 40 minutes

until stopping at an unknown location

where he claims he let Dalene out of the

car And for the first time we are

hearing Dalen's phone sent a text

message late Sunday morning At about

11:25 Sunday morning Gilly's roommate

received a text saying Dalene said she

was somewhere on Country Club and that

her phone was dying James said he did

not know if it was Dalene that was

sending these messages only that they

were coming from her phone Text message

is just that It's texts that come to you

Uh but who's sending that It could be

sent from anybody Anybody could have had

control of that phone and been sending

those messages Search for Denene Carlson

has now lasted more than 7 weeks Here's

a look back Dene was last seen August

7th leaving Finnegan's pub Then August

15th police arrested 25-year-old Jason

Gilly who was seen leaving with Carlson

the night she disappeared Two days later

Gilly was released after the DA decided

not to file criminal charges because of

lack of evidence And then on August 18th

search crews looking for Dalene found a

flip-flop that may have belonged to her

in the Calveris River

Holding out help but fearing the worst

The family of a missing woman from

Stockton spoke to KC 3 giving their

perspective about the discovery of a

body yesterday in rural Sanwaqin County

and the chance it is their missing loved

one

2 months after she went missing a farm

worker in a cornfield would find

Dalene Her body was so badly decomposed

it was virtually just her skeleton She

was naked and had been shot five times

from behind One bullet was to the back

of her head and two had hit her in the

back It appeared she was clutching her

head as she fell and it looked like an

execution style killing with her having

been on her knees and facing away from

the gun A black bra was located near her

body And a few days later her jeans were

discovered 6 miles away From a missing

person's case to a murder mystery We

have this new at 5 tonight We now know

the body of a woman found this weekend

in a Sanwaqin County cornfield has been

identified as Dene Carlson We continue

to follow this incoming information in

this case out of Stockton KC3's Rich

Iber joins us now from the police

department So Rich what's next now in

this murder investigation

Well the identification of Daly Carlson

was made through her dental records and

now investigators will have to see how

she was killed and link that with any

evidence that may lead to her killer

Couldn't believe that everything

happened the way it did Uh I thought

that she'd turn up somewhere Glad the

family can get some closure finally but

uh wish it was under different

circumstances

Police said that there were huge

inconsistencies in Jason's statements

and despite what his grandma said his

alibi had now been picked apart She

would later admit to lying to police to

protect him

They also got a call from someone else

close to Jason saying they knew he owned

a gun And sure enough the casings found

at the crime scene matched that very gun

Cell phone tower data put the pair of

them together in the area she was found

in and authorities were confident that

Jason had been using Den's phone to send

messages to people after she was dead

Den's aunt said "I can't conceive why

someone would do it to somebody who just

wanted to be a friend She wanted people

to like her She loved people She was a

little social magnet you know I can't

understand why I honestly think he

probably advanced himself and she

probably refused

it The prosecutor added that based off

of all of the evidence they had Jason

had convinced Ailen to go to his house

after stopping for some alcohol possibly

offering to drive her home after But

when they got to his house things took a

quick and dark turn They believe he

raped her grabbed his gun forced her

back into his car and drove her to the

cornfield where he shot her to death

According to text messages it appeared

Jason had spoken to Dalene far more than

had been let on In a 3-day span he had

sent her 200 texts the final few being

on the same day she was last seen The

messages had become more demanding and

sexual including incessant requests for

her underwear and photographs of her

naked Dene would either try to laugh

them off and ignore them or just dismiss

him outright He had a real fixation with

her and authorities said the only

possible motive for wanting her dead

would be because he sexually assaulted

her and he knew she would report him The

prosecutor said he killed her because he

raped her and he didn't want that

information to get out Why bring the gun

to take her home Because you were never

going to take her What was going through

her head when she was being marched in

that cornfield The defendant had Den

strip and kneel down with her hands

behind her

head The prosecution's case was now as

strong as it could be and they had more

than 1,000 pages of evidence and that

was without the phone records Jason

Gilly was charged with the kidnap rape

and murder of Dalen Carlson

We're learning more information tonight

about the death of a Stockton woman and

the evidence against the man accused of

killing her KC3's Melinda Mesa was in

court for the second day of hearings to

look at the evidence against Jason Gilly

Well court just wrapped up a short time

ago on this day two of Jason Gilly's

preliminary hearing Now it's up to a

judge to decide if there's enough

evidence in this case to go to trial

Gilly is accused of murder rape and and

kidnapping of Den Carlson

Because of the special circumstances of

the kidnapping and rape it made him

eligible for California's capital

punishment However back in February 2006

the execution of condemned inmate

Michael Morales was temporarily

suspended because of his defense claims

that California's administration of the

lethal injection would subject him to an

unnecessary risk of excessive pain and

thus it would violate the ETH

amendment's prohibition of cruel and

unusual punishment Morales had been on

death row since 1983 for the kidnap rape

and murder of Terry Winchell This had

flowed into other capital punishment

cases and the DA announced they would

not be seeking the death penalty but

they were pushing for life without

parole given the level of premeditation

His former best friend Robert Cousin

said he was disgusted and had completely

written him out of his life When things

in the media were tough Robert let him

stay at his house to get away from it

all Everyone had defended him so much

because of how adamant he was that he

had nothing to do with it 23-y old

innocent woman she didn't deserve to die

the way she did at all So why'd you come

down here today To be honest I want to

watch this step by step I want to see

this man go down for what he did to that

girl I got a 5-year-old daughter at home

so I don't feel any sympathy for him or

his family anybody alive harm anybody

that helped him out I don't feel sorry

for you How did you know Mr Gilly I've

known him for 20 years was my best

friend His story's changed so many times

I mean I don't see how people could sit

back and look like if this guy's

innocent why is he continuing to lie Did

you have any interaction with him after

Den went missing Yes Describe that Uh he

was uh I been he had been staying my

house for a couple weeks you know just

to get away from it all People coming by

his house bugging him you know 20 years

I you know was trying to help him out

How was his demeanor

Cool calm and collected Really He wasn't

worried That's what the eerie part is

just cool calm and collected Was it

worried Not at all It didn't seem like

it at all Sat him down one night and I

asked him "Did you have anything to do

with it Do you know what happened to

her?" He said "No I don't know what

happened to her." Has the murder weapon

been found We have no murder weapon

We're well within our right to charge

personal use of a firearm We have

ballistic evidence We don't have the

actual We have not confirmed that we

have the actual weapon itself but

there's ballistic evidence We have um a

series of facts forensic and otherwise

that would allow us to deduce one fact

and that the fact is that she was raped

We'll be put to that test at the

preliminary hearing and have a judge

determine whether those circumstantial

evidence shows that or not Do you think

anyone else was involved No In my heart

of hearts I think it was just him

You said you describe yourself as his

best friend for all these years Are you

supporting him now No I can't support

something like that Can't support it

Just seeing all the facts that are

starting to come out Can't support

something like

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that As soon as Jason was removed from

protective custody and placed in general

inmate population he was beaten up that

evening by Dalene's cousin

It was now just over 2 years since Dene

went missing and Jason would go on

trial After numerous different stories

Jason's final one was this Jason left

Finnegan's bar with Dene They bought

alcohol at the store and he took Dalene

back to his house where they slept

together He said Dalene then got angry

and wanted to go home demanding that

Jason drive her He said in the car Dene

called him a piece of garbage and tried

to jump out of the moving vehicle but

Jason had locked the doors He then

dropped her off in Modesto got back on

the freeway and went home Well I can

tell you it was emotional for the jury

today as they heard closing arguments

from the prosecution But the defense

attorney says that cell towers could

feed three different sites and that all

the evidence presented today is

circumstantial Gilly's defense attorney

says Gilly did not kidnap rape or kill

Dalene He says he admits to lying but he

says he lied to cover up his sexual

relationship with Denene because that

would have been inappropriate to other

friends Now the defense will continue

its side of its closing arguments

tomorrow morning and then Jason Gilly's

fate will be in the hands of the jury

Jason Gilly was found guilty of

kidnapping and murder The charge of rape

ended in a

mistrial He was sentenced to life in

prison without the possibility of parole

Jason has never admitted what really

happened that

night Dian Carlson had packed up her

life to make a huge move She had big

plans and dreams and worked everything

out to make sure she fulfilled them A

night out with friends became a

horrifying nightmare for the 23-year-old

and one can only imagine how frightening

her final moments must have been begging

for her life in a cold dark field with

no one around to hear or help her Her

aunt Maggie said in an interview "It's

not that you ever get over it What helps

with healing is remembering the good

times remembering everything that was

good when she was alive because what we

did get was great

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