Patten chooses his two attorneys to represent him

Another update on Kody Patten, the 18 year old, who allegedly murdered Micaela Costanzo with a shovel and buried her body in a shallow grave. He has Chosen his 2 Attorneys to represent him in court: John Ohlson from Reno and Jeff Kump from Elko. He has a preliminary hearing set for May 5th and 6th coming up.



*Update from March 23, 2011: Patten now has an attorney.

*Update from March 16, 2011: Stop the Violence in NV.

*Original story from March 11, 2011: Tragedy in West Wendover.

Kody Patten now has an Attorney

According to the news article from Coyote-TV, Kody Patten now has a court appointed attorney working for him named Robert Ohlson. The death penalty is still out on the table in this case. "Ignoring his claim of accident and panic, Patten’s statement to police could put him on death row by itself." So we will see how this case is handled and what the future holds for Kody Patten.



*Update from March 16, 2011: Stop the Violence in NV.

*Original story from March 11, 2011: Tragedy in West Wendover.

NV Looking to Stop the Violence

ElkoDaily.com mentioned that Nevada is now looking into the issue of domestic violence and stalking among teen relationships. Unfortunately, it is too late to save one girl's life by putting more effort into Stopping the Violence in Nevada. They are merely trying to avoid this from happening to someone else in the future.

This is a follow-up to the original story about the Tragedy in West Wendover involving Kody Patten (alleged murderer) and Micaela Costanzo (the victim).

Tragedy in West Wendover

Last week, an 18 year old boy allegedly murdered an ex-girlfriend of his who was 16 years old and named Micaela Costanzo. They both attended the Junior/Senior High school there in West Wendover, NV.

Here is the very first story about the girl when she went missing: 16 year old girl missing. The 2nd story where the Community mourns death of teen, the 3rd story where the Murderer explains the details of the event involving a shovel, and the 4th story where the District Attorney is still considering the death penalty for Kody Patten.

The Pattens are a family that Butch is related to. He is cousins with Kody's father and he is very familiar with their family. He stayed with them for the entire 3 months he was out there for his ambulance driver job. Kody hung around with Butch a lot during that time, which was 2 summers ago.

In summary, both Butch and I feel very sad and somber for both families involved and hope that justice will be brought forward and the real truth will be revealed. Such a tragedy!!