There is some TMI info
The only thing I dont get is, why am I not updated about this stuff from work, I'm guessing they dont know and if they dont, why dont they? Shouldnt I know when these cases are and not have to wait till my mom reads it in the news paper and lets me know about it?
Steff's mother is doing a fundraiser, shouldnt we know about that as well?
Why do I have to find out about it in the news paper?
I am going to just copy the article
I tried to go through it and paste just the info I didnt know but it makes me angry and some of the wrong info just frustrates me.
Like...the info my father gave me just a couple of days ago was wrong
^ bridgewater is a mental health jail-prison
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The brief hearing at Suffolk Superior Court turned into bedlam as relatives of Stephanie Moulton lashed out at the defendant, calling him a fake, a liar, and a murderer.
Moulton’s fiance, Ryan Papazian, was restrained by several court officers during a violent struggle inside the courtroom, after he threw his Boston Bruins cap at the defendant and rushed toward him. Other family members cried out during the proceedings.
The defendant, Deshawn James Chappell, 27, was taken out of the courtroom as court officers tried to control the spectators.
Chappell, who had been staying at a group home for mental health patients in Revere, was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court yesterday in the stabbing death of Moulton, a 25-year-old student and aspiring nurse who had worked at the home for only a few months.
Prosecutors said for the first time yesterday that Chappell repeatedly stabbed Moulton in the neck on Jan. 20, and that they are investigating whether he sexually assaulted her.
Jeffrey Miner, a court-appointed psychologist, said that Chappell was sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for a psychiatric review after his arrest in January, and that doctors there determined nine days ago that he should be committed for six months.
Miner said that Chappell appeared psychotic during a half-hour interview yesterday morning, and that he kept rambling about lawyers and a masseuse.
“My take on this is Mr. Chappell is still very psychotic and that he does not understand the reality around him,’’ Miner said.
Superior Court Judge Frank Gaziano ruled that — even with the diagnosis — Chappell was composed enough to be arraigned on the murder charge. A not guilty plea was entered, and the case was continued to April 5, when Chappell’s mental health will be discussed further.
Chappell’s lawyer said that his client has a history of schizophrenia and that he had stopped taking his medication at the time of the attack.
Assistant District Attorney Edmond Zabin said yesterday that Chappell and Moulton were the only people in the group home when he stabbed her. Another worker who was supposed to accompany them that morning to a program for Chappell heard smoke detectors when he arrived at the home on Ocean Avenue, and saw smoke coming out of the building. A trail of blood led to where Moulton’s car would have been, Zabin said.
According to police, Chappell dragged Moulton’s body to her car, a Chrysler PT Cruiser, before the other social worker arrived, and drove to a parking lot behind St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Lynn, where he left Moulton’s body.
Zabin said authorities found the body partially naked, Moulton’s pants and underwear dangling from one ankle, with deep stab wounds and slashes to her throat and blunt trauma to her face.
Police said that Chappell tried to contact family members in Dorchester to ask for money and a place to stay, but was unsuccessful. He then discarded his clothes and stole clothing from a store in Dorchester. Police found him on his way to a relative’s home in Roxbury.
The killing sparked a review of the safety of group homes by the state Department of Mental Health. That review is pending, and a task force plans to hold public hearings. The North Suffolk Mental Health Association, the agency that runs the home, said after the death that it would conduct its own review. An official there did not return a call for comment yesterday.
Family members of Moulton who called for an investigation after the death lashed out at Chappell yesterday, calling him a liar and questioning how he could drive to a relative’s home and ask for money if he was insane, as doctors have said.
Moulton’s mother, Kimberly Flynn, said the family is organizing a fund-raiser to be held April 23 at the Elks Lodge in Peabody to pay for funeral expenses.
“I just want to put my daughter to rest,’’ Flynn said yesterday, adding that she was too emotional to comment on the hearing. She said in a letter announcing the fund-raiser: “The family would like to thank everyone for their support and prayers during this tragic time.’’
Jeffrey T. Karp, an attorney for Chappell, expressed sympathy for the Moulton family after the struggle inside the courtroom.
Karp said yesterday that he has learned that his client had stopped taking his medication at the time of the killing, and that the group home in Revere was aware of that. He said Chappell is still psychotic but has improved since being referred to Bridgewater.
“I understand he’s getting better, better because he’s on medication,’’ Karp said.
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