Lauren Giddings Murder Case

McDaniel attorneys request more time to file pre-trial motions

Attorneys for Stephen McDaniel have requested that a judge grant them a 30-day extension on Tuesday’s deadline to complete pre-trial motions.

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Giddings’ mother vows to fight ‘tooth and nail’ as case goes to trial

The mother of slain Mercer University law school graduate Lauren Giddings says make no mistake, she thinks her daughter’s alleged killer is a “coward” and that he should suffer.
LAUREN GIDDINGS MURDER CASE

Giddings family agrees to drop death penalty

Stephen McDaniel’s mother says ‘it’s wonderful’ her son won’t face death if convicted
LAUREN GIDDINGS MURDER CASE

Statement from Bibb DA on Giddings case

Statement released by Bibb County District Attorney David Cooke regarding the plans to drop the death penalty option against Stephen McDaniel in the Lauren Giddings murder case
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Civil case settled in Giddings killing

The apartment complex where Mercer University law school graduate Lauren Giddings was slain has avoided a looming lawsuit.
LAUREN GIDDINGS MURDER CASE

McDaniel defense team says it’s missing disclosure items from prosecutors

Lawyers for accused killer Stephen McDaniel requested more time Monday to draft pretrial motions, in part because prosecutors have yet to hand over “a number of missing items” of discovery, they say.
LAUREN GIDDINGS MURDER CASE

Search and read motions filed in Stephen McDaniel case

Lawyers for accused killer Stephen McDaniel on Friday filed more than two dozen motions, their first of many to come on behalf their client who has been charged in the 2011 slaying of Mercer University law school graduate Lauren Giddings.
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Search warrants give insight into Giddings murder case

Macon police obtained several warrants to search Stephen McDaniel’s apartment, car and body between June 30 and Aug. 11, 2011.
LAUREN GIDDINGS MURDER CASE

Documents in Giddings slaying chronicle case’s early hours

For more than 17 months, in the wake of the slaying of a Mercer University law graduate and the jailing of the classmate accused of killing and dismembering her, a number of details about the case and the lives of those altered by it have emerged.
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Lawyers want McDaniel’s ‘perfect murder’ discussions kept out of court

If Stephen McDaniel’s lawyers have their way, the murder case against him will not include testimony from his former college roommate and friend about how McDaniel used to claim he could pull off “the perfect murder” and get away with it.
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Defense attorneys: DNA on saw may not belong to McDaniel

Long, brown hairs found on Lauren Giddings’ torso, court filings in Stephen McDaniel case say