Summary

DOUG VEST TRIAL CONTINUES.... HE IS ACCUSED IN THE CONSPIRACY TO KILL RUBEN BORCHARDT. DIANE BORCHARDT, A TEACHER'S ASSISTANT ALLEGEDLY HIRED VEST AND TWO OTHER TEENS TO KILL RUBEN. VEST TOOK THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE THIS AFTERNOON. VEST ORIGINALLY HAD DECIDED TO PLEAD GUILTY BUT CHANGED HIS MIND. IN JANUARY, 17-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA YANKE WAS SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON ON A SECOND DEGREE INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE CHARGE. YANKE PLEADED NO CONTEST EARLIER IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS COOPERATION WITH INVESTIGATORS. ONE OTHER BOY AND THE VICTIM'S WIFE, DIANE, ARE ALSO CHARGED WITH PARTICIPATING IN THE HOMICIDE.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 69886
Story Slug VEST TRIAL (3/1/1995)
Location JEFFERSON COUNTY, WISCONSIN
Format PKG no tag
Date 03/01/1995
Archive Time 28:28
TRT 2:05
Supers JEFFERSON COUNTY, WI DOUG VEST, DEFENDANT
Video Description SOT, SHOT OF VEST ON STAND, SHOT OF BORCHARDT HOME, QUICK SHOT OF DIANE BORCHARDT, PHOTO OF VICTIM, MORE OF VEST ON STAND
Description DOUG VEST TRIAL CONTINUES.... HE IS ACCUSED IN THE CONSPIRACY TO KILL RUBEN BORCHARDT. DIANE BORCHARDT, A TEACHER'S ASSISTANT ALLEGEDLY HIRED VEST AND TWO OTHER TEENS TO KILL RUBEN. VEST TOOK THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE THIS AFTERNOON. VEST ORIGINALLY HAD DECIDED TO PLEAD GUILTY BUT CHANGED HIS MIND. IN JANUARY, 17-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA YANKE WAS SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON ON A SECOND DEGREE INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE CHARGE. YANKE PLEADED NO CONTEST EARLIER IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS COOPERATION WITH INVESTIGATORS. ONE OTHER BOY AND THE VICTIM'S WIFE, DIANE, ARE ALSO CHARGED WITH PARTICIPATING IN THE HOMICIDE.
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Keywords

MURDER FOR HIRE
RUBEN BORCHARDT
DIANE BORCHARDT
TEENS
CONSPIRACY
DOUG VEST
TRIAL
TEACHER
TEEN STUDENTS
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