Convicted killer fails to uphold his end of plea bargain (Albuquerque) Detective Michael Fox hardly seemed surprised. “I expected this, quite honestly.” Fox was referring to what seemed to play out as a charade inside the confines of a locked jury room on the seventh floor of State District Court in Albuquerque Tuesday. But there …
Surprise appearance results in sudden turn in case (Albuquerque) 36-year-old Diazien Hossencofft has taken the first step toward keeping his end of a bargain. A plea bargain, that is. By pleading guilty to his estranged wife’s murder and a dozen other crimes this afternoon, Hossencofft set the wheels into motion for a deal cut with …
July 17, 2001 (photos to be added: dh1001a.jpg hengface1.jpg) Diazien Hossencofft: OPEN COUNT OF MURDER; OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE: FIRST DEGREE MURDER (FELONY MURDER); CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FIRST DEGREE MURDER; KIDNAPPING (VICTIM NOT FREED IN A SAFE PLACE AND GREAT BODILY HARM INFLICTED); CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT KIDNAPPING, CRIMINAL SOLICITATION (THREE COUNTS); TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE …
…and an exclusive interview with Diazien Hossencofft October 4, 2000 (photos go here: dhossen1.jpg hornerhoss1.jpg hengface1.jpg) (Albuquerque) Diazien Hossencofft told District Court Judge Richard Knowles Tuesday that–with his attorney Ron Koch in poor health–he plans to represent himself (pro se). A bit later, Hossencofft shared part of his lawyering strategy with this reporter in an …
New insights regarding missing tape and bloody gun July 17, 2000 (photos in this post: padmiller.jpg Attorney Timothy Padilla (left) with client Bill Miller hossente.jpg Diazien Hossencofft hengexit.jpg Linda Henning millerpad.jpg Bill Miller (left) and his attorney Timothy Padilla leaving court hosselev.jpg Diazien Hossencofft) (Albuquerque) It is likely the first time the “Big Three” have …
July 5, 2000 (Albuquerque) The attorney for murder suspect Diazien Hossencofft told a judge Wednesday that Girly Hossencofft was seen alive five days after she disappeared. The statement came as Hossencofft was sentenced to a year behind bars for violating the restraining order filed by Ms. Hossencofft on January 25, 1999. As for the alleged …