Same here.. demanding she pick up soda.. there was no "can u" or "please" nor a "thank u".. yet she still said she would do it cause that's her son and she loves him (as mothers should).. it's just heartbreaking that he would do something like this to the same woman that gave him life and was willing to do anything she could to help him. It's so horribly disgusting that anyone could hurt their own mother, let alone kill her!! Smh. Takes a real monster to do something like that
Out of everyone in this case, my heart broke for Krista. Especially when you hear friends and family talk about her. She was just a kind, patient, nurturing mother. Not just to her kids, but to everyone else around her. In the victim impact statements. The grandmother said despite everything Chandler did to them, if their parents were still alive in that courtroom, they wouldn’t want Chandler to spend the rest of his life in jail. I definitely believe that one for Krista. Despite how horrible her own son treated her, she still would’ve taken his side. She was a gentle soul that will truly be missed by everyone 💔 not just in Windsor, but everyone who learns about this case and her kindness.
@@astridvvv9662 That's just it, he didn't ask, he ordered her. Was he in the habit of speaking to her like this, if so she should have cared enough for herself to demand respect from him. There's a lesson in this, to harden your heart just a little when it comes to your children, and treat them as you would any other criminal. Bart really should have made his first stop the police station; in fact the emails he received from his child were fraud and phishing. As an accountant he should have acted in his own and his wife's behalf, just like he would advise a client experiencing something like this. He should have assumed the worst, not the best, of his child, in my opinion, and acted accordingly.
Do you know why he told her to get soda? They kept sodas in a small fridge in the basement, in the same room he shot them. Telling her to get soda, and that he's working was done to get her to walk directly into the basement when she got home, where he was waiting with his rifle to shoot. He probably didn't have enough time to move or clean up after his dad, so she likely found him in the basement right before it happened.
Agreed. Chandler has a right to a fair trial and his defense team had to do their best to give him that, no matter how bad the evidence was. You can't compete with that Mountain of evidence. So it's their job to save him from the death penalty or get the lowest sentence possible.
Right! Their hands were TIED!!! Smh They should’ve advised him to PLEAD OUT!! The defense had all of the prosecution’s evidence BEFORE trial in discovery etc. There ain’t NO WAY I’d let my client go to trial. Wasting time and money and dragging the surviving family and friends through these gruesome details. It’s sad!
@@keikeihendrix3646 I wonder if they tried to get him to plead. Maybe he said no! Maybe with such overwhelming evidence a plea deal wasn't offered by the prosecution 😳
He had help to have a better life: Parents paid for school, gave him money, provided a roof over his head and bought nourishment- food and drink for him to survive. What evil! and cowardice! and ungrateful a young man!
Just as Grant Amato did. He wanted to stay home and go online with his Bulgarian cam model forever and live off his parents money. When the "jig was up" so to speak they both murdered their parents thinking that would "solve" all of their problems. I truly believe there must have been SOME signs of psychopathy with both of these men (as well as Joel Guy) earlier in life. People don't just wake up one day and become a psychopath. It is really terrifying.
It was more important to him that his lying can keep going. Blows me away that his parents believed for a couple years that he was working.The mom( God bless her soul) Was in denial
It’s very telling of his general attitude and a sort of micro expression of his feelings of entitlement. The juxtaposition of that message, her response, and what he engaged in shortly afterwards is incredibly disturbing. These people didn’t deserve such brutality.
These people were less than 50 I mean it’s horrific. They did everything they could to provide their child a better a life. Worked hard seriously hard in good jobs. They were respectful and kind. How did they deserve this. I’m from England I am so impressed with the judge and all the people who have testified. High class act here.
@Jimmy Kartounii how do you know how tender his parents love and care was? maybe he started lying because he knew he couldn't meet expectations or cope with the level of criticism he was getting, and it spiralled out of control. we can only guess.
@Jimmy Kartounii most children begin to grapple with the concept of lies around 2 or 3. remember that psychopaths and sociopaths are not just born but also made. if a child does not receive consistent affection and feel secure in the dynamic, the parts of the brain to do with bonding and love are not always activated. if that doesn't start being used by around aged 5, it never works. and children who grow up stressed, can often learn that the truth isn't neccesarily the right answer to avoid a beating or grounding or shaming. if the child is doing their best in school and failing regardless, and nobody believes them when they say the letters dance in front of their eyes on the page, and tell them they're lazy again and again, of course some children will decide to tell their parents they got a higher grade. some will blend fantasy and fiction- and until 12 many aren't quite there with lies censoring the urge to exaggerate. lies can become every day coping strategies. holes they can't dig back out of. child development is a very complicated thing.
@Jimmy Kartounii all children lie as toddlers. it's actually a real developmental stage. they start to understand that they're an individual. they start to understand and use yes and no. then they try out using no where yes should be, and realise that doing so results in a different outcome. then they do naughty things because they can move around and open bottles now. then they insist that they didn't smear nutella on the couch, rub vaseline on the cat's butt incase it had diaper rash like the baby, and smear mummys lipstick all over their little brother's head while he was napping. and they're stunned when the lie doesn't convince us because babies don't have life experience. then they begin to learn to lie better. ;-) have you not spent any time around small children. they're very funny and quite predictably bad liars for the most part. a very small few are terrifying. they're like little wolves amidst the sheep, and you can envisage their sickening futures- knowing that it's unlikely what's broken or absent inside them can ever be fixed.
I have been obsessed with this case for months. I’ve been blown away by the competence, dedication, and flawless story line/telling of the prosecutors, Dane County police, and detectives. And the judge is just as amazing. Their emotion was palpable. It made me emotional and proud of our justice system.
Yes, but. The opening and closing arguments by the prosecution were masterful. The building of the story piece by piece is an excellent example of how it's done. Defense wasn't annoying, just kinda there but they didn't have much to work with. Was there never a plea deal offered? I imagine our esteemed judge with his grandkids and think how lucky they are to have such a fine humqn being in their lives.
Chandler's case is one of (or is) the most bizarre I've encountered. He murdered, dismembered and attempted to incinerate his parents with no conceivable motive.
I can't call this kid just lazy, something is pathological especially when you considered all the good people he had around him. There will never be more answers than questions in this case.
I cannot even imagine how Bart and Krista's family and friends feel not only going through losing them in such a horrible way, but watching this trial too. I hope with the verdict they can begin to find even a small amount of peace.
I can't imagine what Bart and Christa felt in the seconds they had to realize their son was gonna murder them. I didn't know any of these people, but when I think of that tears come to my eyes.
i feel bad all the cruelty he did to he’s parents i don’t why the family gave 2 lawyers are u kidding me i leave broke he brother is crazy to help him out had to be the brother that gave the money i wouldn’t of gave the brother nothing with he’s wealthy
@Scott Wise He should have plead guilty...but after so many years of getting away with lies...he just had to believe he would get away with the biggest lie of all.
I’m cleaning while listening to this but had to just stop when I heard, “folks, he MEASURED the parts of the bodies to see if they were small enough to fit in the fireplace.” Just so very jarring..
I think this is an example where the defense attorneys were not doing him any favors. There wasn't any evidence entered to indicate he used that tape measure for that purpose - it was merely in the area. They should have mentioned that as an example of the prosecution's lack of integrity or deception or whatever. They could have asked whether the tape measure was drenched in blood. If it wasn't, why not if it was really used for that purpose. Same story with the tiny little fan - pure speculation with zero evidence. Good defense attorneys are not going to let the prosecutor get away with unfounded speculation.
So true! Now we all know the truth about him. It would've been better for his ego to plead guilty, I imagine, also because it's not like there was any actual defense here.
Wow, she was great; she laid it all out plain and simple. May Bart and Krista's souls rest in peace. I feel so sorry for their oldest son, I can't even imagine how he can function on a daily basis knowing that his younger brother slaughtered his parents, I pray that he finds peace too,.
You can only play that hand that is dealt. However there was no pushback on evidence to even create a doubt. He put up no defence, yet put every witness through the added trauma of having to give evidence. Especially Cat. He’s going deserve every day of rotting in prison….hopefully
@@loveforeignaccents Yes, I know and realize that. But, at least, it was A defense of some kind. Grasping at straws, but they could have tried that which would have also meant him admitting to the crimes, which I bet he wasn't willing to admit to. When he read the story of the guy who killed and chopped up his parent's bodies and got off on a technicality, I think he thought that would happen to him too. So deluded from the beginning of all this tragedy. He truly didn't think he would get caught or charged and put in jail for life; he was so smart in getting rid of evidence. That smirk just got wiped off his face forever.
@@tourdedogue4952 I think the emergency doctor testifying quashed that avenue. He almost laughed at the prospect of Chandler needing a hole drilled into his head and a colostomy bag for a possible mild concussion, which he had to diagnose based only on what Chandler told him. There were no test results or medical evidence to diagnose any injury. Chandler had absolutely no follow up medical treatment after the initial visit to the hospital with his father to set up the "i'm gong to be an invalid" lie to get out of the fake job and fake college lies. All of Chandler's lies being so easily exposed at every turn seemed to leave his attorneys with no viable defence. I doubt the jury was about to believe anything that may have come from Chandler. He had totally lied himself into a corner re the head injury... And probably any other defence idea they tossed around. They could not find even ONE witness to call in his defence! Even the very strange closing argument for him sounded more like it came from the state than his side.
I watched most of the trial, each time the camera went to him, he was devoid of emotion. Remember he's inosent, right, so all of the gruesome things that he has just learned of should have effected him terribly, as their son. Chilling how he just sat there.
It is so scary to think about would do this to his parents. The hate and rage hidden in him. I can't even carve a turkey , can you imagine how Difficult and gruesome to cut up a body. I am so sorry for these parents and their families. I am so sorry.
If only this lunatic put in as much effort as he did to lying…into actually getting a job and going to school….he could have had a good future. What a brat! Also…he really did a fabulous job covering his tracks 🙄 he may as well have recorded himself doing it.
@@astridvvv9662both. One one hand my blind, Alzheimer’s diseased grandma could have won this case, and on the other this attorney really is likeable and so well spoken.
Kress was a very perceptive person. She knew there was something off when she saw the hatch back was open and Chandler was coming out of the woods. She and Dulche could have been murdered at that point. They were both smart enough to make a getaway on that lawnmower and call the Sheriff's Dept. Cat was also fortunate enough to not catch onto the depravity occurring at that time. Her innocence was what kept her alive. She saw the good in everyone. Just to backtrack in her thoughts that she was spent the night with Chandler in a house with the dismembered parents will haunt her for decades. The dogs acting off because they witnessed the crime. Cat thought it was because they were missing Bart and Krista. In reality, animals are traumatized by all they saw. Thank God Cat made it out alive.
IslanderB, I've thought of that alot. It's one thing to know that an ex-lover committed a horrendous murder. But, how traumatizing in her case...the smells in the house, intimacy with a vicious killer, while the "bodies" are so close by. It surely haunts Cat, Dulce, and Cres. I sincerely wonder how they are now. If Dulce & Cres are still together. If the pool was ever used again; or even if she still owns that farm.
I feel like the public defenders, low paid and overworked, hated Chandler’s guts for not pleading guilty when the cops had so much evidence against him, so they put forth the least amount of defense they could get away with while still keeping their law licenses.
People saying how suspicious she seemed during the trial need to go watch the police interviews. You can tell that this experience has really changed her, made her less trusting. When she was up on the stand she must have felt so angry at Chandler (he tried to frame her for murder and used her as an alibi!), she must have felt so ashamed that she didn't see what in hindsight is so obvious. I hope she finds a good therapist to work with.
What shows me the depth of his depravity is the "overkill" so to speak. (Now I know where the expression must come from). Why not just shoot them, take them 200 miles away and bury them in a field and go home. Why take all the risks of doing it in the home and then the dismemberment and burning skulls in the fireplace and "burying" some of the remains on his girlfriend's families' farm and other places. Just way over the top. This is like Joel Guy 2.0. Tragic.
Obviously he didn't plan the murder. Still most of his mother's body was never found, probably dumped in the river mentioned at 22:30. So if he had done that with his father's body as well, the case would have been a bit more difficult. I think he didn't do that because in his twisted mind he wanted to pin the murder on Dulce and Cress. That's why he put his father's body, the gun and the tools on their property and he mentioned "the other couple" as well as that Cress would shoot anyone who trespasses on her property.
They didn't have a thing to build a defense with. I hope he gets extra time for wasting the court and jury's time. He ahould be made to do manual labor to pay back the costs of this case.
I believe he went through this whole charade of a trial for one reason: to see Cat one last time. He knew she would be called to testify, and he went through all of this just to see her one last time, nevermind how she was feeling. What a manipulative freak.
i lied to my wife about quitting smoking for a whole year. I dont think i got a proper night sleep that entire time. I dont understand how this guy could have lived like that. Well, he's clearly a sick dunce so i guess that explains it.
I took the defenses position as “well ok....he may have done it but AHA! You don’t know why, you don’t know totally how, and thanks to him destroying a lot of the evidence you don’t know exactly when he did it so it could have been a horrible accident-you don’t know! So you have to have a reasonable doubt and find not guilty. I’m not saying I believe it, but that was their position.
My mom has always told me, things done in the dark will always be discovered in the light! And Chandler thought he was being sneaky by doing most of this at night ! I wonder how Chandler feels sitting there while all his lies and secrets have been and are being exposed after all the years he spent making them a secret and having to lie!
This, all put together truly broke my heart in to a million pieces. What I wouldn't give to have my parents alive and still with me.... Great job prosecutors!
Truth is,Chandler used everybody that he has ever met,he did not care to have any genuine relationships with anyone,just what someone can give him and do for him
Right. Bizarre medical fantasies about limited use of his legs and possibly needed a colostomy bag in the future. That's the way to keep a girlfriend around loving you, huh? Run, Cat, Run!
I'm amazed at all the time and effort he spent concocting those bogus emails that he would periodically forward to his dad. Pity he didn't put that much time and effort into doing something that was worthwhile. I wonder if his defense attorneys went home and took an extra long, extra hot shower to rid themselves of the stench from sitting next to him all day. I'm not speaking of his personal hygiene. I'm referring only to the disgusting dirt and evil that is inside of him that would make anyone who comes in contact with him feel contaminated.
Wow, these two prosecutors were amazing. I thought it couldn't get better with Brown's opening, but this closing was the magnum opus. They were a great team and their different styles really compliment the other. Edit- even the judge looked teary eyed
Totally agree. The closing argument was just as solid as the opening. Andrea seemed a bit more nervous than William Brown, but did a stellar job none the less.
Chandler does not seem very bright. For example, he put one of his parents skulls on the top of the clean fireplace logs as part of the clean-up. He is unaware you can ping a cell-phone via GPS which has been known for years He did not even try to clean off the cutting implements before disposing of them.
Yes…and sadly that extremely, I think deliberately poor defence gives a Chandler GREAT grounds for an appeal. But doubt that will ever produce anything but the guilty verdict being upheld.
His girl friend (Cat) really is a very lucky girl if she would have had any suspicious she too would have joined his parents. My heart goes out to his older brother I cant imagine having to know that this happened to my parents and at the hands of my little brother.
How could someone do something like this ! If he had just put that much energy into living a more productive life. Sorry for his brother & girlfriend, but most of all his father & mother 😟
Right. Didn't need the soda. Wasn't working an extra hour at his job, but just needed to buy time before she walked in that door. So he needed to delay her just to ambush her.
Hope that kid has no internet in prison. Sitting in his little prison cell room with 3 meals a day, delivered to him, not having to work at a jon, he's going to like all that. And he'll be telling all his buddies in jail how he was a surgeon, an astronaut and a nuclear physicist from Star City.
Wow all this because he didn't want to come clean about school and his job I hooked school sometimes in high school and NEVER not ONCE have I thought' you know what if Mom ever finds out it is over for her WTF🤦♀🙆🏽♀
I feel like I have posted in every single trial post in this case. He was such a absolute disgusting manipulative guy. Why would he not just tell his parents! I have a 23 year old and know what’s it’s like to put pressure on your kid and things turn out different. Guess what every time your kid fails you may be upset but forgive. Things change and it’s not a huge deal. It went way to far with his lies. He wasn’t even really working. Living off mom and dad. Not even working a fast food job or helping in any way. I just don’t understand why he lied like he did. He could have told them a long time before he wanted to change plans go to cc and work local. They would not have cared. Heck they just wanted him to get out and be on his own and be independent. Chopping them up is so sick. Dumping on that lady’s property. Chopping his mom’s legs off and just dumping them. Like they were trash.
I think he planned on the family of thr GF being questioned if the tools and father's torso were found. He didnt think of DNA, or finger prints. He even stated in his interrogation, they might shoot someone who came on their property.
I’m not sure why the defense attorneys were even present. The prosecution did an outstanding job. They went above and beyond. The judge and investigators were very professional. I’ve watched most of this trial and I’ve never seen a more compelling case. This is beyond a reasonable doubt. Chandler made every mistake in the book. His poor girlfriend was in the house and had no clue what had happened. I really feel for family and friends in this story. What Chandler did I didn’t think humans were capable of.
Literally just legal obligation. Chandler was completely dead to rights but he did have a right to due process. The defence could literally do nothing but make sure the prosecutions was doing their job correctly.
I agree. Unfortunately I have experience with one of my sons who lied all the time. He would tell us he had a job .i would say where and my husband and I would go there and they said they never heard of him. He was very disrespectful of us.stole from us. I told him to leave on his 18 birthday He's 28 now .we have no relationship because I keep up boundaries So maybe that's why I'm kind of obsessed with this trial
Parents that are trying to just help their child get ahead start in adult hood could be lied to without being out of touch. I know a couple whose son lied, stold not only from them, but anyone he could, told them in was in formal education, working part time. None of it was true. He kept up the appearance, paid for his own hair cuts, cigarettes, whatever. He was using money he had stolen, or items and would sell them for money It was over a year when he was found out, sent to jail. Parents were shocked. They didnt ask for anything such as rent, just expected him to get his education and pay for his personal wants. This mother may have been in denial, the father figured Chandler was at the very least, lying. When confrontation came about, Chandler had already planned what he would do to continue HIS lifestyle.
I was thinking, an obvious defense to build would have been one of "chandler was terrified of and terrorized by his father. And when his army friend gave him a rifle, suddenly, for the first time in his entire life of living in terror of his father, Chandler had a way to defend himself. He didn't use it right away. Two weeks went by, of screaming, assault, belittlement, and his fathers rage. On July 1st, in fear of his life, he finally defended himself. He distracted his father as Bart came at him, and while he was looking away, Chandler shot him." Then spin the thing as "He was going to come clean to his mother, and when she came home and told him how she was going to kill him for what he had done, still holding onto the rifle for dear life, he shot her in a panic." Then obviously dress up the dismemberment as panic and trauma response. Go for a self defense and mental collapse angle where you could challenge the charge of premeditation and get him off the hook that way. Tbh, this all probably occurred to the defense, and I'd like to think they simply had the integrity to not drag his parents memory through the mud. Which is a nice thought on the tail end of an absolute shitshow, so I'll go with that.
@@loveforeignaccents I dunno. Apparently there are people who would buy that house for a big discount, especially with the tight real estate market. It looked like it needed updating anyway so they'd probably gut it and start over.
@@loveforeignaccents Well, I do agree. First thing I thought of was how the entire neighborhood's houses have just lost value. However, there are articles about people buying these homes with no problem, because of the deal. Money. Also, if you google the address, the lawns around there are magnificent. Nah, nobody wants a memorial of that site. Also, I'll bet the close neighbors will move away.
You are right just like Shannan and Chris Watts house right? I don't think anyone has bought that house yet either or I may be wrong,but I know I would never
@@loveforeignaccents God! NK. Hopefully professionals cleaned up the house. Many relatives have to do it themselves and are shocked when they see it still there. Blood everywhere. I can't imagine his brother wanting anything in the house, but I hope he keeps any profit the house gets when it's sold. It's not blood money, per se. His parent's would want to him to have it as he starts his new family.
The only and I mean it: the only good thing about this story besides finding the killer is: the parents were dead when their bodies have been .....you know what. Your own son..flesh and blood...unbelievable...
With all the evidence available the procecution had an easy job. Feel sorry for his brother and the horrific memories he will carry for the rest of his life.
For someone to go to all the trouble of burning bodies and disposing of body parts in a swift running river, makes me wonder why he didn't ditch the weapon, tools and rags, etc in the river as well? Did he WANT to get caught?
Part of me thinks he was trying to spread the blame onto his girlfriend and her family... He clearly has no conscience to make up a completely fake life to his parents and gf so I think he would be the type to get his gf blamed so she can't find out about his lies either...
Well done prosecution, and also well done defence. I thought the prosecution did an amazing job making sense of it all and spelling it out, and the defence did a good job of introducing doubt as was their duty, while staying classy.
I can’t believe how Chandler’s defense attorney is typing away, not looking at or listening to the prosecutor. So disrespectful to the whole court, including the jurors. I know the defense didn’t have anything to work with, but I haven’t even seen them speak to their client at all. Chandler’s a POS, but they are his attorneys. The prosecution in this case was incredible.
Where did the tuition money go? If he wasn't getting paid how was he paying college? Obviously the parents were covering tuition but isn't the accountant father getting suspicious that this school isn't asking for any payments?
How can someone do this to another person are these people born evil are they a different species of life. To kill your loving parents this way its sickening dismemberment all the tools used I cant understand it
I wonder how much money it cost to get all that expert evidence/research/analysis. There was so much: exhibts from home surveillance video frames, trace phone cell tower locations & chat gps, blood dna, bone fracture matching, fire and burn experts, footwear, fingerprints, tool and gun experts... just so much detail. I bet Chaz is feeling pretty unintelligent and like a child. I mean come on dude.
The evidence is so overwhelming that he can not be found innocent!!! The sad part is all the people he involved in his game, and all for lying and covering it up. He left his brother with no parents and to take care of that house and the poor guy probably doesn’t want to go back home to handle the mess of his parents home, and not to mention knowing they died there. THE PROSECUTION NOCKED THIS OUT THE BOX WITH THE EVIDENCE, WITNESSES,AND TIME LINE!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I just realized this happened just 7 months ago. I am so impressed how swiftly this case proceeded. I'm still waiting on the daybell/vallow case in Idaho. The children and victims need closure. I don't understand how long it's taking. I realize the evidence is overwhelming against him. But the same could be said for the above case. Did he confess?
They will probably have to destroy the house or there will be people showing up to see it all of the time while disrupting the neighbors lives. I doubt they could sell the house.
@@sharonhoyt2133the house was for sale for $450k. It had been completely redone on the inside and is beautifully furnished and remodeled. I still could not live there, you would think of them every time you had a fire in the fireplace. Horrific.
I am really surprised the girl friend did not know all this how is that she could not smell some thing in the house? Things can be different when she visited than her previous visits…..
She was totally fooled by his lies just like his parents...which is why he was setting her and her family up for the murders...she was getting too close to understanding that everything he told her was a lie.
@@sharonhoyt2133 she spent the entire night at his house the day he murdered his parents and froze their bodies down stairs. Am sure thing can be off that night she was there.
No she was completely fooled. You can tell by her testimony that she is completely betrayed and horrified. I don't think she played a part in this. To be honest I think he was gonna kill her that night if she noticed anything but couldn't bring himself to do it. Let's be honest her at least acting like he wasn't acting weird saved her life.
How could anyone kill anyone..let alone cut their head..legs..arms...feet. then burn them. I'm just disgusted. These where the people that gave him life. Took good care of him for 23 years. I cant even kill spiders...so I literally cant fathom this. Their other child. I feel so bad for him. Imagine realizing your whole family is gone in blink.
those text messages between him and his mom completely broke my heart! her kindness went totally unreciprocated..
Asking her to stop by a store to get him soda on her way home from work KNOWING he was going to kill her the moment she walked through the front door.
Same here.. demanding she pick up soda.. there was no "can u" or "please" nor a "thank u".. yet she still said she would do it cause that's her son and she loves him (as mothers should).. it's just heartbreaking that he would do something like this to the same woman that gave him life and was willing to do anything she could to help him. It's so horribly disgusting that anyone could hurt their own mother, let alone kill her!! Smh. Takes a real monster to do something like that
Out of everyone in this case, my heart broke for Krista. Especially when you hear friends and family talk about her. She was just a kind, patient, nurturing mother. Not just to her kids, but to everyone else around her. In the victim impact statements. The grandmother said despite everything Chandler did to them, if their parents were still alive in that courtroom, they wouldn’t want Chandler to spend the rest of his life in jail. I definitely believe that one for Krista. Despite how horrible her own son treated her, she still would’ve taken his side. She was a gentle soul that will truly be missed by everyone 💔 not just in Windsor, but everyone who learns about this case and her kindness.
@@astridvvv9662 That's just it, he didn't ask, he ordered her. Was he in the habit of speaking to her like this, if so she should have cared enough for herself to demand respect from him. There's a lesson in this, to harden your heart just a little when it comes to your children, and treat them as you would any other criminal. Bart really should have made his first stop the police station; in fact the emails he received from his child were fraud and phishing. As an accountant he should have acted in his own and his wife's behalf, just like he would advise a client experiencing something like this. He should have assumed the worst, not the best, of his child, in my opinion, and acted accordingly.
Do you know why he told her to get soda? They kept sodas in a small fridge in the basement, in the same room he shot them. Telling her to get soda, and that he's working was done to get her to walk directly into the basement when she got home, where he was waiting with his rifle to shoot. He probably didn't have enough time to move or clean up after his dad, so she likely found him in the basement right before it happened.
Cat is SOOOOO lucky that she didn't meet the same fate as the Haldersons. If she had shown the least bit of curiosity he would have ended her.
I wanna be her rebound
Doubt it 🤦♀️
Pretty sure she knew something
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Or any relative
Don't give the Defense a hard time with this one. What on EARTH could they have possibly done for Chandler?! The prosecution's case is incredible.
Agreed. Chandler has a right to a fair trial and his defense team had to do their best to give him that, no matter how bad the evidence was. You can't compete with that Mountain of evidence. So it's their job to save him from the death penalty or get the lowest sentence possible.
I agree. They had nothing to work with, not even a witness. I’m sure they hated being on that case.
Right! Their hands were TIED!!! Smh They should’ve advised him to PLEAD OUT!! The defense had all of the prosecution’s evidence BEFORE trial in discovery etc. There ain’t NO WAY I’d let my client go to trial. Wasting time and money and dragging the surviving family and friends through these gruesome details. It’s sad!
Well, defense COULD have used his “concussion” as a possible defense and they didn’t even do that. Shocking.
@@keikeihendrix3646 I wonder if they tried to get him to plead. Maybe he said no! Maybe with such overwhelming evidence a plea deal wasn't offered by the prosecution 😳
He had help to have a better life: Parents paid for school, gave him money, provided a roof over his head and bought nourishment- food and drink for him to survive. What evil! and cowardice! and ungrateful a young man!
He wanted his parents to take care of him forever so he could stay home all day and play video games. Terrible
Just as Grant Amato did. He wanted to stay home and go online with his Bulgarian cam model forever and live off his parents money. When the "jig was up" so to speak they both murdered their parents thinking that would "solve" all of their problems. I truly believe there must have been SOME signs of psychopathy with both of these men (as well as Joel Guy) earlier in life. People don't just wake up one day and become a psychopath. It is really terrifying.
It was more important to him that his lying can keep going.
Blows me away that his parents believed for a couple years that he was working.The mom( God bless her soul) Was in denial
Well said, very sad.
Your comment is on point!🎯
the way he asks his mum for a can of soda - doesnt even say please or ask - its just a command
indicative of his general attitude toward his parents' generosity, honestly.
sorry for the late reply lol, i'm just watching these now.
It’s very telling of his general attitude and a sort of micro expression of his feelings of entitlement. The juxtaposition of that message, her response, and what he engaged in shortly afterwards is incredibly disturbing. These people didn’t deserve such brutality.
Yeahhh right, that bugged me as well
@@skylarsf4574 the whole murder thing bugged me a bit, but the soda really made me shiver down the spine
These people were less than 50 I mean it’s horrific. They did everything they could to provide their child a better a life. Worked hard seriously hard in good jobs. They were respectful and kind. How did they deserve this. I’m from England I am so impressed with the judge and all the people who have testified. High class act here.
They were 50 and 53 but agree
Yes that is what I was thinking the entire trial. Why not just move out and don’t bather with them. They seem like such good parents.
@Jimmy Kartounii how do you know how tender his parents love and care was? maybe he started lying because he knew he couldn't meet expectations or cope with the level of criticism he was getting, and it spiralled out of control. we can only guess.
@Jimmy Kartounii most children begin to grapple with the concept of lies around 2 or 3. remember that psychopaths and sociopaths are not just born but also made. if a child does not receive consistent affection and feel secure in the dynamic, the parts of the brain to do with bonding and love are not always activated. if that doesn't start being used by around aged 5, it never works. and children who grow up stressed, can often learn that the truth isn't neccesarily the right answer to avoid a beating or grounding or shaming. if the child is doing their best in school and failing regardless, and nobody believes them when they say the letters dance in front of their eyes on the page, and tell them they're lazy again and again, of course some children will decide to tell their parents they got a higher grade. some will blend fantasy and fiction- and until 12 many aren't quite there with lies censoring the urge to exaggerate. lies can become every day coping strategies. holes they can't dig back out of. child development is a very complicated thing.
@Jimmy Kartounii all children lie as toddlers. it's actually a real developmental stage. they start to understand that they're an individual. they start to understand and use yes and no. then they try out using no where yes should be, and realise that doing so results in a different outcome. then they do naughty things because they can move around and open bottles now. then they insist that they didn't smear nutella on the couch, rub vaseline on the cat's butt incase it had diaper rash like the baby, and smear mummys lipstick all over their little brother's head while he was napping. and they're stunned when the lie doesn't convince us because babies don't have life experience. then they begin to learn to lie better. ;-) have you not spent any time around small children. they're very funny and quite predictably bad liars for the most part. a very small few are terrifying. they're like little wolves amidst the sheep, and you can envisage their sickening futures- knowing that it's unlikely what's broken or absent inside them can ever be fixed.
I have been obsessed with this case for months. I’ve been blown away by the competence, dedication, and flawless story line/telling of the prosecutors, Dane County police, and detectives. And the judge is just as amazing. Their emotion was palpable. It made me emotional and proud of our justice system.
Same I've been obsessed months too 🤣
Likewise! the evidence is astounding. They did an amazing job on this case
Well, let's be fair, my orange cat Stanley could have litigated this case for the prosecution high on catnip and still would've put Chandler away.
Yes, but. The opening and closing arguments by the prosecution were masterful. The building of the story piece by piece is an excellent example of how it's done. Defense wasn't annoying, just kinda there but they didn't have much to work with. Was there never a plea deal offered? I imagine our esteemed judge with his grandkids and think how lucky they are to have such a fine humqn being in their lives.
Chandler's case is one of (or is) the most bizarre I've encountered. He murdered, dismembered and attempted to incinerate his parents with no conceivable motive.
I loved when she said “had he just done that, he wouldn’t have had to do the previous 3” in reference of him putting “get a job” on the list.
I can't call this kid just lazy, something is pathological especially when you considered all the good people he had around him. There will never be more answers than questions in this case.
I cannot even imagine how Bart and Krista's family and friends feel not only going through losing them in such a horrible way, but watching this trial too. I hope with the verdict they can begin to find even a small amount of peace.
I can't imagine what Bart and Christa felt in the seconds they had to realize their son was gonna murder them. I didn't know any of these people, but when I think of that tears come to my eyes.
i feel bad all the cruelty he did to he’s parents i don’t why the family gave 2 lawyers are u kidding me i leave broke he brother is crazy to help him out had to be the brother that gave the money i wouldn’t of gave the brother nothing with he’s wealthy
@@iveliserojas612 The lawyers were public and court ordered, which means that the state pays for them!
Chandler’s family didn’t pay a cent for him.
Prosecutor about the Haldersons:"They don't even get to be buried next to each other". It's bad enough how they died, but this....😔 just horrible.
RIP BART AND KRISTA. I will be very happy to hear this guilty verdict
Justice served
All that Bart and Krista did for him, it's so terribly sad. And they didn't even get to lay in rest, a very nasty transition for their souls.
@Scott Wise He should have plead guilty...but after so many years of getting away with lies...he just had to believe he would get away with the biggest lie of all.
I’m cleaning while listening to this but had to just stop when I heard, “folks, he MEASURED the parts of the bodies to see if they were small enough to fit in the fireplace.” Just so very jarring..
Calculating literally
I think this is an example where the defense attorneys were not doing him any favors. There wasn't any evidence entered to indicate he used that tape measure for that purpose - it was merely in the area. They should have mentioned that as an example of the prosecution's lack of integrity or deception or whatever. They could have asked whether the tape measure was drenched in blood. If it wasn't, why not if it was really used for that purpose. Same story with the tiny little fan - pure speculation with zero evidence. Good defense attorneys are not going to let the prosecutor get away with unfounded speculation.
He’s busy making lists, going shopping, arranging rooms, chopping up bodies… *Whew*!Being a criminal is hard work!
This trial might the best punishment for Chandler because it finally exposed him for who he really is to the ENTIRE WORLD.
So true! Now we all know the truth about him. It would've been better for his ego to plead guilty, I imagine, also because it's not like there was any actual defense here.
Wow, she was great; she laid it all out plain and simple. May Bart and Krista's souls rest in peace. I feel so sorry for their oldest son, I can't even imagine how he can function on a daily basis knowing that his younger brother slaughtered his parents, I pray that he finds peace too,.
Same.
@@0T772 And his fiance, who is scared of Chandler ever getting out of prison. Is that valid? Yes, I would be terrified.😒
Why didn’t the prosecutor who made the opening case do the closing? He was great
@@esshor. He does the rebuttal after the defense attorney does the closing argument.
@@esshor. he didn’t have to ! She was right on target that attorney nailed it ….
His story about his cuts and the fireplace breaking is comical. Sounds like something a 5 year old would make up when they get caught
The prosecutor did an excellent job of presenting all the evidence. No guesswork there whether he is guilty.
You can only play that hand that is dealt. However there was no pushback on evidence to even create a doubt. He put up no defence, yet put every witness through the added trauma of having to give evidence. Especially Cat. He’s going deserve every day of rotting in prison….hopefully
I was flabbergasted when the defense rested. I was expecting at least something from them.
@@jnnlis I suppose if they had something we would’ve heard it!
@@loveforeignaccents Why did they not go with the head-injury defense?
@@loveforeignaccents Yes, I know and realize that. But, at least, it was A defense of some kind. Grasping at straws, but they could have tried that which would have also meant him admitting to the crimes, which I bet he wasn't willing to admit to. When he read the story of the guy who killed and chopped up his parent's bodies and got off on a technicality, I think he thought that would happen to him too. So deluded from the beginning of all this tragedy. He truly didn't think he would get caught or charged and put in jail for life; he was so smart in getting rid of evidence. That smirk just got wiped off his face forever.
@@tourdedogue4952 I think the emergency doctor testifying quashed that avenue. He almost laughed at the prospect of Chandler needing a hole drilled into his head and a colostomy bag for a possible mild concussion, which he had to diagnose based only on what Chandler told him. There were no test results or medical evidence to diagnose any injury. Chandler had absolutely no follow up medical treatment after the initial visit to the hospital with his father to set up the "i'm gong to be an invalid" lie to get out of the fake job and fake college lies. All of Chandler's lies being so easily exposed at every turn seemed to leave his attorneys with no viable defence. I doubt the jury was about to believe anything that may have come from Chandler. He had totally lied himself into a corner re the head injury... And probably any other defence idea they tossed around. They could not find even ONE witness to call in his defence! Even the very strange closing argument for him sounded more like it came from the state than his side.
Wrapping the parents phones in aluminum foil, was to keep the aliens (from SpaceX) away. 😆
Yeah...did he think it would block the location? He thought he could work at SpaceX?
@@knightowlish3 I believe the tin foil does work as a way to make your phone untraceable as they weren't able to find them via pings.
I wonder if he really thought deep down he was getting away with this? Chandler is such a strange guy, devoid of emotion
You would have to be, to do this, especially to your own parents! He had a dark aide no one saw, he lived among us! That’s truly frightening!
I watched most of the trial, each time the camera went to him, he was devoid of emotion. Remember he's inosent, right, so all of the gruesome things that he has just learned of should have effected him terribly, as their son. Chilling how he just sat there.
@@anthonypoli8937 💯so sorry so sad!
Ya think??
It is so scary to think about would do this to his parents. The hate and rage hidden in him. I can't even carve a turkey , can you imagine how
Difficult and gruesome to cut up a body. I am so sorry for these parents and their families. I am so sorry.
Especially carving up a body that changed your diapers and fed and clothed you. Theses cases are so difficult to even fathom
Jury will be out a very short time before coming back with a guilty verdict...my prediction.
I would bet my house on it.
You were right on point
If only this lunatic put in as much effort as he did to lying…into actually getting a job and going to school….he could have had a good future. What a brat!
Also…he really did a fabulous job covering his tracks 🙄 he may as well have recorded himself doing it.
Very impressed with this closing. conversational, apologizing for the photos, the puzzle metaphor.
That. Was. An. Outstanding. Summation by the prosecution. BRAVO. What an amazing attorney. The best I’ve ever seen. OUTSTANDING.
Watch closing of Tim jones ..the best prosecutor closing ul ever see
I don't know if it's so much their skills as attorneys or how much evidence they had in their favor.
Yeah, she's great !
@@astridvvv9662both. One one hand my blind, Alzheimer’s diseased grandma could have won this case, and on the other this attorney really is likeable and so well spoken.
Kress was a very perceptive person. She knew there was something off when she saw the hatch back was open and Chandler was coming out of the woods. She and Dulche could have been murdered at that point. They were both smart enough to make a getaway on that lawnmower and call the Sheriff's Dept. Cat was also fortunate enough to not catch onto the depravity occurring at that time. Her innocence was what kept her alive. She saw the good in everyone. Just to backtrack in her thoughts that she was spent the night with Chandler in a house with the dismembered parents will haunt her for decades. The dogs acting off because they witnessed the crime. Cat thought it was because they were missing Bart and Krista. In reality, animals are traumatized by all they saw. Thank God Cat made it out alive.
IslanderB, I've thought of that alot. It's one thing to know that an ex-lover committed a horrendous murder. But, how traumatizing in her case...the smells in the house, intimacy with a vicious killer, while the "bodies" are so close by. It surely haunts Cat, Dulce, and Cres. I sincerely wonder how they are now. If Dulce & Cres are still together. If the pool was ever used again; or even if she still owns that farm.
What was going on with the dogs I must of missed it somewhere, just acting different or anything specific?
Can't believe he let this go to trial. The defence had no chance of defending him.
I feel like the public defenders, low paid and overworked, hated Chandler’s guts for not pleading guilty when the cops had so much evidence against him, so they put forth the least amount of defense they could get away with while still keeping their law licenses.
@garywatson there was no defense whatsoever
Insanity.
Cat believed he was innocent up to the trial. I can’t imagine how that mentally messed her up.
People saying how suspicious she seemed during the trial need to go watch the police interviews. You can tell that this experience has really changed her, made her less trusting. When she was up on the stand she must have felt so angry at Chandler (he tried to frame her for murder and used her as an alibi!), she must have felt so ashamed that she didn't see what in hindsight is so obvious. I hope she finds a good therapist to work with.
Defense Attorneys look disgusted and defeated! Jeez, how could you do this to your parents! So many sick people out there and they are family!
What shows me the depth of his depravity is the "overkill" so to speak. (Now I know where the expression must come from). Why not just shoot them, take them 200 miles away and bury them in a field and go home. Why take all the risks of doing it in the home and then the dismemberment and burning skulls in the fireplace and "burying" some of the remains on his girlfriend's families' farm and other places. Just way over the top. This is like Joel Guy 2.0. Tragic.
He didn't want them to be identified, I guess that's wht the hands and heads were never found.
Amen! I thought that too ,how could you dismember your parents, your MOM !! 😈 EVIL
@@Tee1312Jay He doesn't know much about forensic science apparently. He is no "rocket scientist."
Obviously he didn't plan the murder. Still most of his mother's body was never found, probably dumped in the river mentioned at 22:30. So if he had done that with his father's body as well, the case would have been a bit more difficult. I think he didn't do that because in his twisted mind he wanted to pin the murder on Dulce and Cress. That's why he put his father's body, the gun and the tools on their property and he mentioned "the other couple" as well as that Cress would shoot anyone who trespasses on her property.
@@vandecasa3795 Excellent point.
Boy that was a fast verdict. No clue why he even bothered going to trial. Didn’t put on a defense. 🤷🏽♀️
A Hail Mary pass
They didn't have a thing to build a defense with. I hope he gets extra time for wasting the court and jury's time. He ahould be made to do manual labor to pay back the costs of this case.
I believe he went through this whole charade of a trial for one reason: to see Cat one last time. He knew she would be called to testify, and he went through all of this just to see her one last time, nevermind how she was feeling. What a manipulative freak.
@@tranquilrabies Wow, he is pure evil!!!
This is so horrific that anyone can do this to anyone much less his parents.
The Judge is doing an outstanding job as well as the State.
i lied to my wife about quitting smoking for a whole year. I dont think i got a proper night sleep that entire time. I dont understand how this guy could have lived like that. Well, he's clearly a sick dunce so i guess that explains it.
I know the feeling re:stealth smoking. I hope you quit eventually I did.
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Your wife must not be very smart... how do you hide that smell...
Justice for Krista & Bart Halderson. R. I.P
What an excellent closing. Extremely detailed yet cropped to perfection!
R.I.P. Bart and Krista.
This is a heartbreaking case, he is pure evil.
How on earth does anyone believe in their heart that they can actually get away with a heinous crime like this?
Criminals do not believe they will be caught.
@@bens.664 Both your parents disappear into thin air like a puff of smoke with no explanation? Crazy
Bc this guy is anything but smart, nevermind ethics respecting which he has none
@@cassandras7399 True! He certainly doesn't look very smart does he? All those F's on his transcript are proof.
@@thomism1016 No, not smart at all. He left a treasure trove of evidence right there at the crime scene.
Excellent closing argument! What could the defence possibly say to rebut it! I think he’s guilty .🇨🇦🇨🇦👏
I took the defenses position as “well ok....he may have done it but AHA! You don’t know why, you don’t know totally how, and thanks to him destroying a lot of the evidence you don’t know exactly when he did it so it could have been a horrible accident-you don’t know! So you have to have a reasonable doubt and find not guilty. I’m not saying I believe it, but that was their position.
@@brenandbruiser9885 excellent summation. That is exactly what they implied.
My mom has always told me, things done in the dark will always be discovered in the light!
And Chandler thought he was being sneaky by doing most of this at night !
I wonder how Chandler feels sitting there while all his lies and secrets have been and are being exposed after all the years he spent making them a secret and having to lie!
He doesn’t “feel”!
@@pennyb298 ohh he’s gonna “feel” something alright!!
This, all put together truly broke my heart in to a million pieces. What I wouldn't give to have my parents alive and still with me.... Great job prosecutors!
Truth is,Chandler used everybody that he has ever met,he did not care to have any genuine relationships with anyone,just what someone can give him and do for him
Right. Bizarre medical fantasies about limited use of his legs and possibly needed a colostomy bag in the future. That's the way to keep a girlfriend around loving you, huh? Run, Cat, Run!
him texting his mom to bring him soda... that's just terrible
I'm amazed at all the time and effort he spent concocting those bogus emails that he would periodically forward to his dad. Pity he didn't put that much time and effort into doing something that was worthwhile. I wonder if his defense attorneys went home and took an extra long, extra hot shower to rid themselves of the stench from sitting next to him all day. I'm not speaking of his personal hygiene. I'm referring only to the disgusting dirt and evil that is inside of him that would make anyone who comes in contact with him feel contaminated.
Well said. They were very thorough and came prepared.
Wow, these two prosecutors were amazing. I thought it couldn't get better with Brown's opening, but this closing was the magnum opus. They were a great team and their different styles really compliment the other.
Edit- even the judge looked teary eyed
Totally agree. The closing argument was just as solid as the opening. Andrea seemed a bit more nervous than William Brown, but did a stellar job none the less.
Chandler does not seem very bright. For example, he put one of his parents skulls on the top of the clean fireplace logs as part of the clean-up.
He is unaware you can ping a cell-phone via GPS which has been known for years He did not even try to clean off the cutting implements before disposing of them.
Evil out does "smart" every time...it will catch up eventually
Pretty sure smart outdid evil in this case. Both prosecutors and a ton of witnesses were smart as whips
Chandler was so guilty there wasnt even a need for the trial, his defense did nothing for him
Yes…and sadly that extremely, I think deliberately poor defence gives a Chandler GREAT grounds for an appeal. But doubt that will ever produce anything but the guilty verdict being upheld.
@@doreendaykin6693 the evidence tells a grisly tail no matter how many appeals!
His girl friend (Cat) really is a very lucky girl if she would have had any suspicious she too would have joined his parents. My heart goes out to his older brother I cant imagine having to know that this happened to my parents and at the hands of my little brother.
..." all he had to do was get a job"!!! wow-so very true!!
The defense attorney on the right of the table totally looks like “yea… I’m with you state. 😑”
How could someone do something like this ! If he had just put that much energy into living a more productive life. Sorry for his brother & girlfriend, but most of all his father & mother 😟
Thinking of the Haldersons today, and I hope both Bart and Krista are at peace.
They are at “piece”!
The gall of this guy asking his mother to purchase him soda on her way back home where he plans to kill her the moment she walks inside.
Right. Didn't need the soda. Wasn't working an extra hour at his job, but just needed to buy time before she walked in that door. So he needed to delay her just to ambush her.
Hope that kid has no internet in prison. Sitting in his little prison cell room with 3 meals a day, delivered to him, not having to work at a jon, he's going to like all that. And he'll be telling all his buddies in jail how he was a surgeon, an astronaut and a nuclear physicist from Star City.
In a way he got exacty what he wanted. He gets to sit around all day with free room and board and no responsibilities.
Wow all this because he didn't want to come clean about school and his job I hooked school sometimes in high school and NEVER not ONCE have I thought' you know what if Mom ever finds out it is over for her WTF🤦♀🙆🏽♀
Definitely need to give them the dignity and respect they lacked in life, and in death. Rest in peace, Mr. And Mrs. Halderson 🖤
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Best Prosecution Team I have ever watched!-- 3 times for Open /Close Statements alone°°°°°EXCELLANT WORK"
agreed, they both did an amazing job on this trial
May you find eternal Peace Bart and Krista! Praying for those people who are hurting, missing and loving you the most! 🙏🙏🙏
Hearing the defense closing after this was nothing short of comedy. Bury Chandler under the prison.
It is really too bad Wisconsin doesn't have the death penalty.
The Defense didn't have much to work with. Put yourself in their place.
@Samantha Ruvika plus i read people did not want to testify for him either.
If a movie is ever made of this case, the title should be "I spoke to Omar Jobe"
I feel like I have posted in every single trial post in this case. He was such a absolute disgusting manipulative guy. Why would he not just tell his parents! I have a 23 year old and know what’s it’s like to put pressure on your kid and things turn out different. Guess what every time your kid fails you may be upset but forgive. Things change and it’s not a huge deal. It went way to far with his lies. He wasn’t even really working. Living off mom and dad. Not even working a fast food job or helping in any way. I just don’t understand why he lied like he did. He could have told them a long time before he wanted to change plans go to cc and work local. They would not have cared. Heck they just wanted him to get out and be on his own and be independent. Chopping them up is so sick. Dumping on that lady’s property. Chopping his mom’s legs off and just dumping them. Like they were trash.
19:07 Holy smokes, its amazing how attorneys can explain this without being affected. I don't think I could do it.
Rest In Peace Bart and Krista Halderson 🥀🥀🥀🥀
Mitchell, wishing you peace and happiness moving forward with your life and creating your own family …
Ya...about that....Mitch is divorced...so...ya.
Those poor Parents. Murdered by their own Son. So many lives destroyed and damaged by Chandler.
I wish endles, sleepless, lonely, image filled nights for Chandler.
RIP 🙏 Mr. & Mrs. Halderson. 🕊
Why did he leave the tools he used with the bodies?
He could have thrown them in a river or buried them in an unknown location
It's the delusional thinking that he wouldn't get caught
I think he planned on the family of thr GF being questioned if the tools and father's torso were found. He didnt think of DNA, or finger prints. He even stated in his interrogation, they might shoot someone who came on their property.
He’s not the smartest tool in the shed as they say and too much work to dig holes for everything.
he's not very smart
@@carriewittbrodt5072 Agree...he set up the girlfriend and her family.
Why didn’t he just plead out?? Can’t even defend this murder blueprint with 100 defense attorneys on your side
Hard to dispute the mountain of evidence just like his mountain of lies!
I’m not sure why the defense attorneys were even present. The prosecution did an outstanding job. They went above and beyond. The judge and investigators were very professional. I’ve watched most of this trial and I’ve never seen a more compelling case. This is beyond a reasonable doubt. Chandler made every mistake in the book. His poor girlfriend was in the house and had no clue what had happened. I really feel for family and friends in this story. What Chandler did I didn’t think humans were capable of.
Literally just legal obligation. Chandler was completely dead to rights but he did have a right to due process.
The defence could literally do nothing but make sure the prosecutions was doing their job correctly.
I think the parents were out of touch to be led along for a year, which made it easier for chandler to keep up appearances. Sad sad story all around.
Same story with Casey Anthony. Denial is a strong drug when it comes to people you love.
His father was onto him, but nobody would have been able to take the leap to predict that he would friggin murder them.
I agree. Unfortunately I have experience with one of my sons who lied all the time. He would tell us he had a job .i would say where and my husband and I would go there and they said they never heard of him. He was very disrespectful of us.stole from us. I told him to leave on his 18 birthday
He's 28 now .we have no relationship because I keep up boundaries
So maybe that's why I'm kind of obsessed with this trial
@@carmenlatham4136 I think alot of children will try to lie to parents, but I don't think they will stoop to this level.
Parents that are trying to just help their child get ahead start in adult hood could be lied to without being out of touch. I know a couple whose son lied, stold not only from them, but anyone he could, told them in was in formal education, working part time. None of it was true. He kept up the appearance, paid for his own hair cuts, cigarettes, whatever. He was using money he had stolen, or items and would sell them for money
It was over a year when he was found out, sent to jail. Parents were shocked. They didnt ask for anything such as rent, just expected him to get his education and pay for his personal wants. This mother may have been in denial, the father figured Chandler was at the very least, lying. When confrontation came about, Chandler had already planned what he would do to continue HIS lifestyle.
I was thinking, an obvious defense to build would have been one of "chandler was terrified of and terrorized by his father. And when his army friend gave him a rifle, suddenly, for the first time in his entire life of living in terror of his father, Chandler had a way to defend himself. He didn't use it right away. Two weeks went by, of screaming, assault, belittlement, and his fathers rage. On July 1st, in fear of his life, he finally defended himself. He distracted his father as Bart came at him, and while he was looking away, Chandler shot him."
Then spin the thing as "He was going to come clean to his mother, and when she came home and told him how she was going to kill him for what he had done, still holding onto the rifle for dear life, he shot her in a panic."
Then obviously dress up the dismemberment as panic and trauma response. Go for a self defense and mental collapse angle where you could challenge the charge of premeditation and get him off the hook that way.
Tbh, this all probably occurred to the defense, and I'd like to think they simply had the integrity to not drag his parents memory through the mud. Which is a nice thought on the tail end of an absolute shitshow, so I'll go with that.
Prosecution: Look, we all know he's guilty but at least pretend to deliberate, okay? Be cool.
If there was ever a slam dunk case in the history of US court cases. It’s this one 😂
"I'm ready whenever you are" that's so eerie! RIP Mr & Mrs Halderdon 🙏🏼
They will have to bulldoze that house, nobody will want to live there.
@@loveforeignaccents I dunno. Apparently there are people who would buy that house for a big discount, especially with the tight real estate market. It looked like it needed updating anyway so they'd probably gut it and start over.
@@loveforeignaccents Well, I do agree. First thing I thought of was how the entire neighborhood's houses have just lost value. However, there are articles about people buying these homes with no problem, because of the deal. Money. Also, if you google the address, the lawns around there are magnificent. Nah, nobody wants a memorial of that site. Also, I'll bet the close neighbors will move away.
You are right just like Shannan and Chris Watts house right? I don't think anyone has bought that house yet either or I may be wrong,but I know I would never
@@caseymariedaniels6941 With children slaughtered there? Oh God, no way.
@@loveforeignaccents God! NK. Hopefully professionals cleaned up the house. Many relatives have to do it themselves and are shocked when they see it still there. Blood everywhere. I can't imagine his brother wanting anything in the house, but I hope he keeps any profit the house gets when it's sold. It's not blood money, per se. His parent's would want to him to have it as he starts his new family.
How did he ever think he would get away with this horrific situation. To kill ones parents is the biggest sin.
The only and I mean it: the only good thing about this story besides finding the killer is: the parents were dead when their bodies have been .....you know what. Your own son..flesh and blood...unbelievable...
The prosecution knocked this one out, the defense had nothing! I hope the murderous jerk doesn't try to appeal saying his counsel was inadequate.
I don't think he is that smart
The defense is not even trying. They know it's not even worth it.
With all the evidence available the procecution had an easy job. Feel sorry for his brother and the horrific memories he will carry for the rest of his life.
I can't imagine...such a beautiful couple, no parent deserves this or any human being for that matter.
Anyone remember Scott Peterson enjoying fireworks in Paris?
If she had gone looking for ice cream, she would have ended up in that freezer.
For someone to go to all the trouble of burning bodies and disposing of body parts in a swift running river, makes me wonder why he didn't ditch the weapon, tools and rags, etc in the river as well? Did he WANT to get caught?
I wonder that myself…it’s almost as if he wanted to get caught!
Setting up the girlfriend and her family.
Part of me thinks he was trying to spread the blame onto his girlfriend and her family... He clearly has no conscience to make up a completely fake life to his parents and gf so I think he would be the type to get his gf blamed so she can't find out about his lies either...
Brilliant closing....., absolutely brilliant
Well done prosecution, and also well done defence. I thought the prosecution did an amazing job making sense of it all and spelling it out, and the defence did a good job of introducing doubt as was their duty, while staying classy.
Yes, defense deserves credit too.
Defense didn’t even do the bare minimum. They were horrible.
He stayed amazingly calm texting his girlfriend in the shower after cleaning up mess of dead parents. Chilling. Should have joined the military
I can’t believe how Chandler’s defense attorney is typing away, not looking at or listening to the prosecutor. So disrespectful to the whole court, including the jurors. I know the defense didn’t have anything to work with, but I haven’t even seen them speak to their client at all. Chandler’s a POS, but they are his attorneys. The prosecution in this case was incredible.
Defense closing argument..
THAAAANK YOOOOOU
Where did the tuition money go?
If he wasn't getting paid how was he paying college? Obviously the parents were covering tuition but isn't the accountant father getting suspicious that this school isn't asking for any payments?
How can someone do this to another person are these people born evil are they a different species of life. To kill your loving parents this way its sickening dismemberment all the tools used I cant understand it
I wonder how much money it cost to get all that expert evidence/research/analysis. There was so much: exhibts from home surveillance video frames, trace phone cell tower locations & chat gps, blood dna, bone fracture matching, fire and burn experts, footwear, fingerprints, tool and gun experts... just so much detail. I bet Chaz is feeling pretty unintelligent and like a child. I mean come on dude.
The evidence is so overwhelming that he can not be found innocent!!! The sad part is all the people he involved in his game, and all for lying and covering it up. He left his brother with no parents and to take care of that house and the poor guy probably doesn’t want to go back home to handle the mess of his parents home, and not to mention knowing they died there.
THE PROSECUTION NOCKED THIS OUT THE BOX WITH THE EVIDENCE, WITNESSES,AND TIME LINE!!!!
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Thank God his brother has a fiancé by his side to help him through this tragedy. At least he has one person by his side to grieve with.
I just realized this happened just 7 months ago.
I am so impressed how swiftly this case proceeded.
I'm still waiting on the daybell/vallow case in Idaho.
The children and victims need closure.
I don't understand how long it's taking.
I realize the evidence is overwhelming against him.
But the same could be said for the above case.
Did he confess?
@@ajordan1976 , no. He did not confess. He actually pled not guilty. His attorneys never requested a continuation.
They will probably have to destroy the house or there will be people showing up to see it all of the time while disrupting the neighbors lives. I doubt they could sell the house.
@@sharonhoyt2133the house was for sale for $450k. It had been completely redone on the inside and is beautifully furnished and remodeled. I still could not live there, you would think of them every time you had a fire in the fireplace. Horrific.
Let's hear the defense, that'll be hilarious
I feel so bad for his brother and his girfriend,girlfriend, family.I would have a hard time on my property after this.
The great animated Hank Hill would describe Chandler as a “stick boy”.
I am really surprised the girl friend did not know all this how is that she could not smell some thing in the house? Things can be different when she visited than her previous visits…..
She's culpable on some level.
Probably no hard evidence to charge her.
Just my opinion.
I would look into the matter
She was totally fooled by his lies just like his parents...which is why he was setting her and her family up for the murders...she was getting too close to understanding that everything he told her was a lie.
@@sharonhoyt2133 she spent the entire night at his house the day he murdered his parents and froze their bodies down stairs. Am sure thing can be off that night she was there.
No she was completely fooled. You can tell by her testimony that she is completely betrayed and horrified. I don't think she played a part in this. To be honest I think he was gonna kill her that night if she noticed anything but couldn't bring himself to do it. Let's be honest her at least acting like he wasn't acting weird saved her life.
His poor Mom ..also his Dad probably doesn't even send that semi confrontational "I'm ready when you are" text...
How could anyone kill anyone..let alone cut their head..legs..arms...feet. then burn them. I'm just disgusted. These where the people that gave him life. Took good care of him for 23 years. I cant even kill spiders...so I literally cant fathom this. Their other child. I feel so bad for him. Imagine realizing your whole family is gone in blink.