A judge granted a motion to produce any communications between Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling and law enforcement related to the murder case against two women accused of a 2006 murder in Christian County.
Lashanda Bell and her attorney, Doug Moore, along with co-defendant Annastaja Hathaway and her attorney, Brandi Jones appeared before Circuit Court Judge Andrew Self for a pretrial conference Wednesday afternoon. Jones told Judge Self she had filed a motion earlier in the day seeking to preserve any emails, etc. in this case until another hearing can be scheduled.
click to download audioJones stated she needed more time to prepare and draft that motion but her concern is that any communication may be gone when Boling leaves office at the end of the month.
click to download audioJones explained the motion she plans to file pertains to Boling knowing that she was appointed as the public defender to represent Hathaway when she was arrested and her client’s rights at that time.
click to download audioJudge Self asked if Boling could have a response to the motion ready within two weeks, to which he replied, “Absolutely.”
Judge Self then granted Jones’ motion and set a deadline for the response to be filed with the court.
click to download audioJones also said she was going to file a motion for Hathaway’s bond to be reduced because her family is struggling to come up with 10% cash required.
click to download audioJudge Self set another pretrial conference for Hathaway and Bell on March 8th.
Hathaway and Bell are accused in the death of 84-year old Roscoe Mayes who was found dead in a Greenville Road home in April 2006.
Person was arrested in Union County in May of 2022 and Hathaway was taken into custody in Houston, Texas in June of 2022.
A third person arrested in the cold case, Regina Vause, saw her murder charge dropped in July of 2022 at the request of detectives with the Christian County Sheriff’s Office and Boling. Her case was dismissed without prejudice, meaning if the Commonwealth were to discover any new evidence that implicates Vause in connection with the crime, she could be re-indicted.
