The court on Tuesday decided that because Cairo Jordan's body was found in Washington County, Indiana law says Washington County can have jurisdiction.
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Author: WTHR.com staff
Published: 6:44 PM EDT March 21, 2023
Updated: 11:33 PM EDT March 21, 2023
WASHINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA, Ind. — An Indiana court ruled it would
not be throwing out the case against a woman charged in the death of a boy
whose body was found in a suitcase in southern Indiana.
Dawn Coleman, 40, of Louisiana, is charged with aiding, inducing or causing murder, neglect of a dependent resulting in death and obstruction of justice.
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The court on Tuesday decided that, because Cairo's body was found in Washington County, Indiana, law says Washington County can have jurisdiction.
Plus, the court said, despite the fact that this case involves multiple states and counties, so far, there hasn't been any kind of dispute with any other jurisdiction about who has priority or if Washington County is the right place for the case to be heard.
Bower also
argued the charges are unconstitutional because they fail to specify the acts that prompted Coleman to be charged. Without this specific evidence, he said, Coleman is not able to prepare a defense, which violates her 6th and 14th Amendment rights.
In response to this argument, the court simply wrote: "The Defendant was obviously able to figure out the allegations in order to make arguments in support of her Motion to Dismiss."
The court wrote that Coleman's case could ultimately be dismissed -- but only if prosecutors fail to present sufficient evidence and right now, the court said, it's premature for it to dismiss the case.
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Anderson, on the other hand, remains at large.
A felony murder arrest warrant was issued for Anderson in November 2022. She is currently still missing. Police searched for her in the Los Angeles metro area, but had no luck finding her.