Posted on 11/21/2007 7:51:17 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
TACOMA, Wash. -- Pierce County prosecutors on Tuesday filed aggravated murder charges against the man accused of killing a young couple in their Graham home. Daniel Thomas Tavares Jr. pleaded not guilty to the charges, which carry the possibility of the death penalty. He's being held without bail. Prosecutors have 30 days to decide whether to seek the death penalty. According to a statement of probable cause filed in court, Tavares admitted to detectives that he shot Brian and Beverly Mauck last weekend in their home and tried to cover up the crime. The court documents state that Tavares said he went to collect a $50 debt from Brian Mauck on Saturday morning and became upset when Mauck insulted him. Tavares, 41, said he wasn't going to put up with being called a name "after spending 20 years in prison" and shot Brian in the face with a .22-caliber handgun, according to the documents. Investigators said Beverly Mauck witnessed her husband's killing and tried to run away, but Tavares chased her down and shot her in the head. He dragged her body to where her husband was lying, placed her body over his and covered them both with a blanket because "he respected them," court papers said. Fingerprint experts found a bloody palm print from Tavares on the front door of the Mauck's home, and shoe prints that match the unique tread design of a pair of shoes owned by Tavares. Daniel Tavares initially told investigators he heard gunshots while he was in bed with his wife at their home. He also described two men and a red truck he said he saw outside. "These various statements were later acknowledged to be lies," Deputy Prosecutor Gerald T. Costello said in the charging papers. Daniel Tavares is also charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. He was forbidden to have a gun as a condition of his parole. He served 16 years in Massachusetts for manslaughter in the 1991 stabbing death of his mother. Taveres' wife, Jennifer Tavares, was arrested for allegedly helping cover up the crime. Court documents indicate she told detectives that her husband was with her at the time the Maucks were killed, but later admitted to investigators that her husband was gone for about 20 minutes and he told her what he'd done. She also told detectives that her husband threw the murder weapon off a cliff. Jennifer Tavares was charged Tuesday with rendering criminal assistance, a gross misdemeanor. She pleaded not guilty and posted $5,000 bail. Brian Mauck worked for an Auburn air conditioning company and Beverly Mauck had a job as a clerk at a car dealership in McKenna. "They're great people, they have a lot of friends, they have strong family ties. A lot of people we asked, they can't find a bad thing to say about them," said sheriff spokesman Ed Troyer. Troyer said they had "the unfortunate luck of having this guy land next to them." The Maucks were found dead on the morning of Nov. 17, in the living room of their home, with three close-range gunshot wounds to each of their heads, court papers said. In court Tuesday, family and friends said they wanted Brian and Beverly remembered for how they lived. "They both have a smile that resonates throughout the world," said Brian's sister Jennifer Heilbrun. "They have lived more in their short lives than most people live in their entire life," added Bev's mother, Karen Slater. A public memorial service for the Maucks will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the new Federal Way Community Center. The families of ask that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to Violent Crime Victims Services at 1501 Pacific Avenue, Suite 201, Tacoma, WA 98402.
Related thread.Another liberal Mass. judge strikes again
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928826/posts
The judge unfortunately was a Romney appointment. Details here: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1046148
More bad news here...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928826/posts
But shouldn’t we feel bad for this guy? After all, he lost his mother at a young age. Isn’t that punishment enough? /sarc
But shouldn’t we feel bad for this guy? After all, he lost his mother at a young age. Isn’t that punishment enough? /sarc.....I know, It’s hard to believe some people/judges believe it.
I am in agreement with you on this. I just can't get into my head how a manslaughter conviction could be appropriate in a stabbing death. The idea doesn't compute that he meant to stab his Mother but didn't mean to kill her (necessary conclusion for a manslaughter conviction). What a tragedy for his Washington State neighbors. I wonder what sort of a plea deal he will get this time?
What's that? Oh... never mind...
He's being held without bail. Prosecutors have 30 days to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
According to a statement of probable cause filed in court, Tavares admitted to detectives that he shot Brian and Beverly Mauck last weekend in their home and tried to cover up the crime. The court documents state that Tavares said he went to collect a $50 debt from Brian Mauck on Saturday morning and became upset when Mauck insulted him. Tavares, 41, said he wasn't going to put up with being called a name "after spending 20 years in prison" and shot Brian in the face with a .22-caliber handgun, according to the documents.
Investigators said Beverly Mauck witnessed her husband's killing and tried to run away, but Tavares chased her down and shot her in the head. He dragged her body to where her husband was lying, placed her body over his and covered them both with a blanket because "he respected them," court papers said. Fingerprint experts found a bloody palm print from Tavares on the front door of the Mauck's home, and shoe prints that match the unique tread design of a pair of shoes owned by Tavares. Daniel Tavares initially told investigators he heard gunshots while he was in bed with his wife at their home.
He also described two men and a red truck he said he saw outside. "These various statements were later acknowledged to be lies," Deputy Prosecutor Gerald T. Costello said in the charging papers. Daniel Tavares is also charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. He was forbidden to have a gun as a condition of his parole. He served 16 years in Massachusetts for manslaughter in the 1991 stabbing death of his mother. Taveres' wife, Jennifer Tavares, was arrested for allegedly helping cover up the crime. Court documents indicate she told detectives that her husband was with her at the time the Maucks were killed, but later admitted to investigators that her husband was gone for about 20 minutes and he told her what he'd done. She also told detectives that her husband threw the murder weapon off a cliff.
Jennifer Tavares was charged Tuesday with rendering criminal assistance, a gross misdemeanor. She pleaded not guilty and posted $5,000 bail. Brian Mauck worked for an Auburn air conditioning company and Beverly Mauck had a job as a clerk at a car dealership in McKenna. "They're great people, they have a lot of friends, they have strong family ties. A lot of people we asked, they can't find a bad thing to say about them," said sheriff spokesman Ed Troyer. Troyer said they had "the unfortunate luck of having this guy land next to them." The Maucks were found dead on the morning of Nov. 17, in the living room of their home, with three close-range gunshot wounds to each of their heads, court papers said. In court Tuesday, family and friends said they wanted Brian and Beverly remembered for how they lived.
"They both have a smile that resonates throughout the world," said Brian's sister Jennifer Heilbrun. "They have lived more in their short lives than most people live in their entire life," added Bev's mother, Karen Slater. A public memorial service for the Maucks will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the new Federal Way Community Center. The families of ask that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to Violent Crime Victims Services at 1501 Pacific Avenue, Suite 201, Tacoma, WA 98402.
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TACOMA, Wash. — Pierce County prosecutors on Tuesday filed aggravated murder charges against the man accused of killing a young couple in their Graham home.
Daniel Thomas Tavares Jr. pleaded not guilty to the charges, which carry the possibility of the death penalty. He’s being held without bail. Prosecutors have 30 days to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
According to a statement of probable cause filed in court, Tavares admitted to detectives that he shot Brian and Beverly Mauck last weekend in their home and tried to cover up the crime. The court documents state that Tavares said he went to collect a $50 debt from Brian Mauck on Saturday morning and became upset when Mauck insulted him. Tavares, 41, said he wasn’t going to put up with being called a name “after spending 20 years in prison” and shot Brian in the face with a .22-caliber handgun, according to the documents. Investigators said Beverly Mauck witnessed her husband’s killing and tried to run away, but Tavares chased her down and shot her in the head. He dragged her body to where her husband was lying, placed her body over his and covered them both with a blanket because “he respected them,” court papers said.
Fingerprint experts found a bloody palm print from Tavares on the front door of the Mauck’s home, and shoe prints that match the unique tread design of a pair of shoes owned by Tavares. Daniel Tavares initially told investigators he heard gunshots while he was in bed with his wife at their home. He also described two men and a red truck he said he saw outside. “These various statements were later acknowledged to be lies,” Deputy Prosecutor Gerald T. Costello said in the charging papers.
Daniel Tavares is also charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. He was forbidden to have a gun as a condition of his parole. He served 16 years in Massachusetts for manslaughter in the 1991 stabbing death of his mother.
Taveres’ wife, Jennifer Tavares, was arrested for allegedly helping cover up the crime. Court documents indicate she told detectives that her husband was with her at the time the Maucks were killed, but later admitted to investigators that her husband was gone for about 20 minutes and he told her what he’d done. She also told detectives that her husband threw the murder weapon off a cliff. Jennifer Tavares was charged Tuesday with rendering criminal assistance, a gross misdemeanor. She pleaded not guilty and posted $5,000 bail.
Brian Mauck worked for an Auburn air conditioning company and Beverly Mauck had a job as a clerk at a car dealership in McKenna. “They’re great people, they have a lot of friends, they have strong family ties. A lot of people we asked, they can’t find a bad thing to say about them,” said sheriff spokesman Ed Troyer. Troyer said they had “the unfortunate luck of having this guy land next to them.”
The Maucks were found dead on the morning of Nov. 17, in the living room of their home, with three close-range gunshot wounds to each of their heads, court papers said. In court Tuesday, family and friends said they wanted Brian and Beverly remembered for how they lived. “They both have a smile that resonates throughout the world,” said Brian’s sister Jennifer Heilbrun. “They have lived more in their short lives than most people live in their entire life,” added Bev’s mother, Karen Slater.
A public memorial service for the Maucks will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the new Federal Way Community Center. The families of ask that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to Violent Crime Victims Services at 1501 Pacific Avenue, Suite 201, Tacoma, WA 98402.
“I wonder what sort of a plea deal he will get this time?”...It’s beyond rediculous that we have to put up with this from these judges. The killer obviously has a major life malfunction. Why the hell do these jackass judges put all of us at risk by dropping them back into society?
“donations be sent to Violent Crime Victims Services at 1501 Pacific Avenue, Suite 201, Tacoma, WA 98402”
Gee....I wonder how much Mitt is sending?
• July 1991: After being kicked out of a drug rehabilitation center in Florida, Daniel Tavares Jr. returns home to Massachusetts and stabs his mother, Ann Tavares, 46, to death with a carving knife in their Somerset home. Another man, Richard Pires, is stabbed multiple times when he tries to intervene.
Tavares subsequently pleads guilty to manslaughter and is sentenced to 15 to 20 years in state prison, where he becomes a notorious troublemaker.
• April 2005: In a report on computer access behind bars, the Herald reveals Tavares’ creepy online personal ad, stating he is a “6-foot, 235-pound Albino with over 40 real nice tattoos,” and asking,“Can I get a lil’ bit of love from a lonely female?”
• Dec. 1, 2005: Correction officer Michael Kasprzak reports that Tavares struck him in the right cheek with his left hand, which was in a cast, as Kasprzak tried to remove Tavares’ restraints and waist chains.
• Feb. 27, 2006: Another prison guard, Matthew Atter, was trying to give Tavares his food tray when, according to court papers, Tavares “aggressively reached his hands out of the food slot and began flailing them around while stating, “I’m going to (expletive) kill you (expletive). Come closer you (expletive) I’ll break your (expletive) arms off.”
• June 11, 2007: Tavares pleads not guilty to the assault charges; Clinton District Court Judge Martha Brennan sets $50,000 bail. Tavares finishs serving his manslaughter sentence around that time and petitions for the bail on the assault charges to be overturned.
• July 16: Superior Court Judge Kathe M. Tuttman grants the petition and sets Tavares free.
Tavares moves to Washington to marry his wife, Jennifer.
• Nov. 17: The bodies of Brian Mauck, 30, and his wife, Beverly, 28, are found in their home near rural Graham, Wash.
• Nov. 20: Tavares is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The Maucks were shot “execution style” three times each in the head, according to prosecutors.
Children must be protected from convicted child molesters, I guess the rest of us are on our own from convicted killers.....
I’m not quite willing to pin this one on Romney, but it does raise serious questions about the type of judges he would appoint to the bench.
“Superior Court Judge Kathe M. Tuttman grants the petition and sets Tavares free.”......Two murders right in the lap of this judge....Nice job judgie Tuttman!
You mean sometimes people get a warning first?
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