Tag: charged as an adult

Judge orders Dyleski to stand trial in Vitale murder:

A judge has ruled that there is a sufficient amount of evidence to reasonably try Scott Dyleski for the murder of Pam Vitale, and he will be tried as an adult…

During the first three days of testimony Contra Costa County prosecutor Harold Jewett presented evidence painting Dyleski as a disturbed young man.

He showed Dyleski’s drawings, that included a figure holding a bloody knife who was wearing a ski mask and a trench coat. Jewett pointed out that some of the clothes found by detectives during their investigation included a bloody ski mask and a trench coat that he believes Dyleski wore during the killing.

Jewett also presented drawings and printed examples of symbols found in Dyleski’s bedroom that were similar, but not identical, to the mark found on Vitale’s back. Defense attorney Ellen Leonida of the public defender’s office argued against allowing Dyleski’s artwork in, saying a lot of artwork is disturbing and is not evidence of murder. But the judge disagreed, and will allow certain of Dyleski’s drawings to be used by prosecutors in a trial.

Witnesses who lived with Dyleski at his home about a mile down Hunsaker Canyon Road from Vitale and Horowitz testified that on the morning of Oct. 15, Dyleski came home with scratches or “gouge-like” marks on his face.

Witnesses also testified that Dyleski became paranoid on the day before his arrest on Oct. 19, and began talking about his fear that his DNA might be found on Vitale’s body. He told a story of a woman who pulled over in a car and grabbed his arm while he was on a walk in the neighborhood as the reason for his concern.

All that even after Dyleski’s mom destroyed evidence…

After Dyleski’s Oct. 19 arrest, authorities arrested Fielding as an accessory to murder after the fact for destroying a red writing journal of her son’s, a box of disposable gloves and a written list of the names and credit card information for a number of her and her son’s neighbors. The charges were dropped after Fielding agreed to testify for prosecutors against Dyleski.

Not only that but Pam Vitale’s DNA was found on Scott Dyleski’s belongings…

Prosecutors concluded the hearings Friday with testimony from David Stockwell, a DNA expert who said Vitale’s DNA was found on the boy’s duffel bag, with a statistical probability that 1 in 13 quadrillion other Caucasians would share the same profile.

Detectives discovered the duffel, which was affixed with Dyleski’s nametag, during a search of the property where the teen lived with 11 other individuals.

The bag contained bloody clothes that prosecutors believe Dyleski wore when he allegedly killed Vitale, and a mixture of both their DNA was found on a ski mask, shoes, and the bag itself.

Dyleski is ineligible for the death penalty because he was under 18 at the time of the murder.

Dyleskis ex-roommate finds disturbing checklist:

I get a lot of comments from people who say that Scott Dyleski is a great kid and couldn’t possibly be capable of killing Pam Vitale. Oh yeah? Well, what do you have to say about this?

It was in late January that David Curiel — who lived with Dyleski and two other families in a Hunsaker Canyon home about a mile down the road from Vitales — found a number of index cards that included detailed personal and financial information about other Hunsaker Canyon residents who were victims of credit card fraud. The handwritten cards included the dates of birth, frequent flier numbers and passwords to eBay and Amazon.com accounts.

And prosecutors say one of the cards included this checklist:

– Knock out/kidnap

– Question

– Keep captive to confirm PINS (personal identification numbers)

– Dirty work

– Dispose of evidence

– Cut up and bury

Things that make you go hmmm?

Friend casts suspicion on Dyleski:

It turns out that it was Scott Dyleski’s close friend and partner in the alleged credit card fraud/marijuana growing scheme that tipped off investigators to Dyleski in the brutal slaying of Pam Vitale…

According to sources close to the case, a teenage friend of Dyleski saw him hours after the killing with scratches on his face. Dyleski told his friend he got scratched while walking in the woods.

A few days later, as the case attracted media attention, Dyleski told his friend he was worried investigators might find his own DNA on Vitale. He told his friend that Vitale saw him in the woods and grabbed him.

The story made the friend suspicious about Dyleski. He also was worried because he and Dyleski were involved in a scheme to use fraudulent credit cards to purchase marijuana-growing lights and have them sent to the homes of neighbors.

Originally, it was thought that Dyleski killed Pam Vitale because he was caught having the marijuana growing equipment sent to Vitale’s house, but that has since been abandoned since no evidence has been found substantiating that.

The friend will testify against Dyleski in exchange for credit card fraud charges being dropped.

Dyleski pleads not guilty: (Log in info)

Nearly four weeks after his arrest, Scott Dyleski pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder in the killing of Pamela Vitale, a former high-tech executive and the wife of a well-known local defense attorney.

The 17-year-old, who has been charged as an adult in the crime, entered his plea as he stood in “the cage,” a metal and glass structure that is reserved for defendants in custody.

The District Attorney’s Office has charged Dyleski with murder and assault with a deadly weapon. He faces up to 26 years to life in prison if convicted.

Outside the courtroom Wednesday, three friends of Dyleski said they had showed up to support him. Immediately surrounded by cameras and reporters, they described him as kind and said they were shocked when they heard about his arrest.

I’m technically still on vacation, but I’m on some downtime right now, so I thought I’d post updates on the Scott Dyleski situation. One report states that Scott Dyleski went to his girlfriend’s to have sex after the murder. So if he did commit the murder of Pam Vitale that would go a long way in showing his callousness towards the crime.

Then Scott Dyleski’s mother, Esther Fielding, was arrested on accessory to murder charges. Then the charges were dropped after Fielding agreed to testify against her son. Which leads me to believe that there must be something to the charges against Dyleski, since his own mother has agreed to truthfully testify against him.

Another report states that one of Esther Fielding’s acquaintances, Kim Curiel, says that Scott Dyleski committed the murder because Dyleski’s 13-year-old border collie was struck and killed by a driver in the area and that Dyleski may have mistaken Pam Vitale for the driver that killed his dog. Even if that is true, that’s even worse than the marijuana equipment/stolen credit card allegations prosecutors are using. A mistaken identity revenge killing over a dog makes him an even more mentally disturbed and dangerous individual than the original accusation.

MORE DETAILS RELEASED IN VITALE CASE:

I know I’m supposed to be on vacation, but I thought this was important…

Detectives found a blood-stained glove in a vehicle parked in front of the home of Scott Dyleski, the 16-year-old charged with murder, court documents say.

The county crime lab determined Oct. 17 that Vitale was stabbed and bludgeoned by somebody wearing gloves. Investigators found the glove after Dyleski’s arrest Oct. 19.

The warrants say investigators also found clothes soaked in “red-tinted” water in the home of a neighbor, Gerald Wheeler. He and another neighbor, Joseph Lynch, gave investigators samples of their hair.

I have some questions in regard to Scott Dyleski…

1. For those of you who say I’m condemning Scott Dyleski because he’s “different” then why are you defending him just because he’s “different”?
2. More than one angst-ridden teen killer that I’ve discussed (Esmie Tseng, Jeff Weise, etc.) have had LiveJournals. I know that there was a fake MySpace attributed to Scott Dyleski, but I wonder if he had a LiveJournal. If anyone knows whether he did, please let me know. I wouldn’t mind the URL to the fake MySpace either.

The other day I briefly touched on Scott Dyleski’s upbringing and family life.

I had speculated that it sounded like he lived on some kind of commune with few rules or boundaries. I also mentioned that local media were saying that Scott Dyleski’s mom was “a long-distance healer who believes that DNA strands can be activated to alleviate disease”.

If you wondered what that means, wonder no more. Steve Huff was kind enough to send me the link to Scott Dyleski’s mom’s commercial website. It may give somewhat of an insight into the family life of Scott Dyleski. Let me give you some choice quotes from the website…

Activating the ten latent strands of DNA opens the door to self-healing and self-actualization. Core beliefs can come from many sources. Statements that we heard as children can stay with us for years. You’re lazy, selfish, useless, a failure. Beliefs held by our parents, grandparents back seven generations. Women must be subservient, money is bad, being overweight is safer, non-threatening and people will like me better. Core beliefs can be changed on four levels; programs can be rewritten. Emotional Gene Replacement enables us to actually replace genes that hold fears we have not only developed in our lifetime but, inherited from our ancestors. Gene Replacement occurs both through the Core belief work as well as through separate replacement for eliminating inherited conditions or diseases.

Fears, blocks, programs, negative self-images can act as bars on a cage to keep us from fulfilling our full potential and living our dreams. Fears and blocks can numb our brain so that we can’t even see the bars. Negative programs can make us believe that we only deserve pain and illness, we aren’t worthy of health, joy, or love.

It doesn’t say how DNA activation is achieved, but I wonder how they view the treatment of depression. I wonder if “long-distance healing” was used locally instead of legitimate professional help.

16-Year-Old Charged As Adult In Vitale Murder Case:

A 16-year-old boy facing charges as an adult in the alleged murder of Pamela Vitale, the wife of prominent defense attorney Daniel Horowitz, was held in lieu of $1 million bail Friday.

Scott Dyleski appeared briefly in a Contra Costa County courthouse for the first time since his arrest for allegedly beating Vitale to death in the hilltop estate where the couple were building their dream home in the wealthy suburb of Lafayette, about 20 miles east of San Francisco.

If Dyleski is convicted of murder, he would face up to life in prison. He’s too young to face a possible death penalty.