WI v. Chandler Halderson Trial Day 8 - Andrew Smith - Defendant's Friend
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- Live Coverage: WI v. Chandler Halderson - Dismembered Parents Trial
Happening In Court:
Andrew Smith - Defendant's Friend
Det Clint Seltzner - Dane County Sheriff's Ofc
Alex Gravatt - Defendant's Friend/Frmr Roommate
Dakotah Brown - Defendant's Ex-Girlfriend
Paige Valenta - Assist. Chief Madison PD
Brian Schun- Lead Detectve
CHARGES:
Victim Bart Halderson:
COUNT 1: First-degree Intentional Homicide
COUNT 2: False Info on Kidnapped or Missing Persons
COUNT 3: Mutilating a corpse
COUNT 4: Hiding a Corpse
Victim Krista Halderson:
COUNT 5: First-degree Intentional Homicide
COUNT 6: False Info on Kidnapped or Missing Persons
COUNT 7: Mutilating a corpse
COUNT 8: Hiding a Corpse
BREAK
Jessica Crawford - Firearms Examiner
Laura Matson - Lantent Print Examiner
A Wisconsin man stands trial for allegedly murdering and dismembering his parents without remorse, and providing false information on their disappearances. Chandler Michael Halderson, 23, faces charges including first-degree intentional homicide. Remains from his father Bart Halderson, 50, and mother Krista Halderson, 53, were found days apart, authorities said.
Defendant Halderson reported his parents missing July 7th, claiming they left their home in the Village of Windsor days before on the 1st. He told WISC-TV at the time that they were going to the village of White Lake, Wisconsin.
“My last message I got from them, they were going to White Lake for the Fourth of July,” he told “There are some festivities that go around there. Better drink prices at the bars. Stuff like that.”
He said that to his knowledge, they were then going to their cabin in Langlade County.
“Along the way, they could’ve stopped many places,” he said. “I wouldn’t know all of them.”
He was allegedly just feeding everyone lies.
Bart’s torso was found in rural Dane County, while remains from Krista were found in Sauk County and property run by the Department of Natural Resources, according to court documents obtained by The Wisconsin State Journal.
Their son had been searching Google for terms like “Body found Wisconsin,” “Woman’s body found in Wisconsin,” “Wisconsin dismembered body found,” and “Dead body found in Wisconsin,” authorities said. Investigators suggested Chandler Halderson used to a visit to property belonging to the partner of his girlfriend’s mother as cover to hide his father’s torso nearby. He had shot Bart Halderson at least once before dismembering him, officials said.
According to investigators, Halderson said after his arrest that “you don’t know the whole story,” and that he “didn’t feel bad about what I did.”
[Booking photo of defendant Halderson, and picture of Bart and Krista Halderson via Dane County Sheriff’s Office]
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Referred here for entertaining questioning as suggested by dreading. Said dude was worth watching. Thank you for making it available ❤🎉🎉🎉
Same here! 🧡
Same. Smith is one of the all time best witnesses.
SAME!🙋🏻♀️
Same
He seems like it is a total waste of time to go there and testify anything about this monster
Imagine giving someone a gun as a gift and then that person uses it to annihilate his parents.
Bet he's glad he documented the handover or he'd be looked at as an accessory or even framed by the defendant.
Sheer horror
@@potterj09chilling position to be in
Better than a chainsaw.. I mean they both suck but... how would he know his friend really needed a lead enima instead..
It's horrible but had it not been for the gun, he would have used something else anyway sadly.
"That's none of you're business, frankly"
Defense : Okay ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I laughed out loud at that - hilarious reply!!
That was amazing 😅
I was looking for this comment specifically. Very funny.
I’m screaming laughing at this
I love this dude. Best answer!
This Judge seems to be one of the most pleasant and nicest judge you would ever want presiding over a case!
I agree what the heck?
Wait till you see judge of wi v jensen mark!! They are both such jewels!! 😆
Averave Wisconsin judge
Respectful of everyone AND the trial.
That’s how people from Wisconsin are. Especially smaller towns up north.
The defense strategy was a very risky one. It's rarely used, and consists of the hope of a giant asteroid striking the courtroom without any warning, thus making the trial impossible to continue.
Bahahaha
😂😂
Hahahaha
ha... yes..thank you, I was eagerly awaiting some meaning behind their questions.
My conclusion exactly
In a weird way, Andrew Smith's casual, blunt, unorthodox persona actually makes him a more credible witness.
Nobody could accuse him of being coached or reciting fake lines.
And he was not about to take the fall from what CH did.
I agree he was a credible witness. What you see is what you get.
Yeah he seems like he’s on the spectrum but I think it could be the TBI. Either way, he seems forthright. What you see is what you get.
@@Saylor_On_Shore nah just a normal Army guy haha
Very true. Although I did find him to be a bit full of himself but at the same time I respect his bluntness and not trying or caring about coming across as "likeable" and instead just being himself on the stand.
Rumor has it that detective is still opening the evidence box.
😅🤣 right???
😂
Andrew's facial expressions of impatient frustration are hilarious.
The world may never know.
😅
He literally used everyone in his life that genuinely cared for him to carry out this murder. Smith, Cat, Cat’s family. What a sick kid!
I bet he don't make it 10 years, mark my words, we will hear about a bedsheet necktie, or an overdose of stashed meds, or something similar, he knows he's not leaving that place ever, unless he's in a body bag.
Sociopath.
He cares only about one person, and I think we all know who that is. Doesn't give a sh about anyone else. He's a total full blown psychopath.
@@snickerinmuttley1204 Or her angers somebody so much that he ends his life.
The Judge is like a cross between FDR and Bob Ross. A lovely man. Respect.
I think he's more of cross between Abe Lincoln and tom holland
Anyone else raise an eyebrow that Andrew had a head injury as well. Then Chandler seems to replicate the same injury and symptoms.
This is the famous “character trait acquisition” you see in many narcissistic people. They absorb and pick up from people everywhere.
Yes, truly a slight of the hand trick. Why they didn’t ask Andrew his symptoms from his head wound to compare them to Chandlers is beyond me.
I couldn’t believe it when he stated that he had suffered a head injury!! I knew Chandler was jealous of his brothers Diabetes diagnosis and that was one of the reasons he “fell” down the stairs. Chandler needed something to “ prevent “ him from going to Florida for his “job” at SpaceX …..Chandler decided to use this kids “ head injury 🤕 “ because he had probably listened to everything that had happened……this kid left the service because of his injury and Chandler jumped on the bandwagon! How convenient that these 2 had the same injury!
Except I have no doubt Chandler’s is fake.
ALWAYS jealous & copying, I'm surprised that after the last time his girlfriend couldn't go swimming he didn't "get his period".
The judge is a gentleman and a scholar.
..and i would add a little bit of a gangster too lol (with his ears pierced and all)
@@prettybabyface7313it's the bow tie come on 🎀👌
I loved his parting statement to Chandler, just brilliant. “You will only leave Prison to have the burial you denied your parents.”
As for Chandlers statement I’m speechless.
@@lisasmith767 very mindful… very demure 🤣🤣
😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
Smith’s look of disgust when it was time to transition to Chandler’s defense team.. He already didn’t seem happy to be there but he definitely didn’t mind just adding cherries on top to how guilty Chandler is.
"I'm just here, sir."
Same, Andrew. Same.
If Chandler put as much effort that he did with his pathological lying into doing something positive in life he, would have been very successful.
That's called "batshit crazy."
I can't believe anyone believed him for a second! I accidentally stumbled upon his interrogation before I knew anything about this case or what had occured and it was obvious he was bs'ing on SO MANY ISSUES that just didn't make any sense.
Did they find the gun?
If he put in HALF the effort he did into his lies he would have lived a better life… sheesh this guy is a joke
People are giving the defense a hard time, but really, what can they do? The evidence is OVERWHELMING! They have an obligation to help this murdering a$$, but he certainly didn't give them much to work with.
Yeah, and it's really best for them to do as little cross-examination as possible on the actual experts. I can see exactly the kind of case they're building with their questions, which will be laid out at the end of the trial. They'll be trying to invoke reasonable doubt by showing that the prosecution has only proved that Chandler *could have* done it, not that he is the *only one* who could have.
They actually did a decent job with Andrew Smith here. They got him to say that the gun is very loud and that a silencer can't be attached to the gun, which is important because no neighbors heard any gunshots. They got him to admit that he gives away guns, including Chandler's gun, without actually following legal protocol to change ownership. And finally, they ended the questioning as soon as he made himself look bad and defensive by unnecessarily snapping at the defense.
I know...there really isn't much to say now, is there?
Casey Anthony’s lawyer was able to introduce enough chaos to get her off….I think that’s what Chandler was also hoping for.
True!
Every other person in his life that they could have called as a witness was made up. Imagine asking chandler as his lawyers. I wonder if he was like “there’s joe johnson, my boss at x job.” And then the lawyers asked if he could testify and then Chandler gave some bs answer as to why they couldn’t. Or if he was like “that person doesn’t actually exist. Maybe when they asked him, he just said no, he doesn’t have anyone he knows to be a witness for him.
I get why he would lie to his parents about a fake college degree they are paying for, but telling the same lie to the online friend you meet on a videogame chat? That's a lot of pride for someone who's accomplished nothing
asked and answered
Look at how conceited his friend is... this was not a desperate young man trapped in lies of success...this was guy who believedhe could absolutelyget away with murder. I suspect his pal will be violent due to his ego too.
he believed his own lies , liers feel good about them selfs, when they lie they have a dopamin rush the other reason they dont tell the truth is power !
@@bluecube7247how do we know he has an ego too??
To keep up with the lies you must become the lies and believe they are true.
I just do not understand how anyone could commit such horrific acts . How frightening to know their "little boy" was a hollow shell the entire time ...
This case is a lot like Joel Guy Jr, both killed and dismembered their parents and are completely empty inside. These people exist sadly.
Yep, just watched parts of the Joel Guy trial too, sooo messed up. I feel like there’s so many millennials (I’m technically one but don’t fit the traits thankfully) that don’t want to leave the house, cut the cord and get a job, and then just decide murdering their parents is the best idea?? Jennifer Pan also. And they all seem to think they will get away with this, and don’t think the detectives will investigate their many lies (even before the murders, like their fake jobs and schools, etc)
How would they know that about their "little boy"? He took them surprise.
@@cortneyrens I really don't think murdering parents and faking jobs is a major issue amongst millennials lol A case like this is off the charts uncommon
He is deeply ill. This is a mental disease. It's a pathology. If we keep judging these behaviors as " evil" we will never find a remedy. How can you cure evil? But if instead we see these cases as pathological, then we can treat them and perhaps even prevent them.
I sometimes wonder if Bart, after learning that Chandler was lying would have thought for a moment that his son was deeply ill- and instead of judging him as a liar, would have sought out psychiatric help for his son perhaps he would be alive now.
It's impossible to accept that these parents had no clue about any of his lies ever. Chandler did not start lying" when he became a freshman or a sophomore. Actually these aren't lies, these are complexed fantasies - a world that his brain created and it became his reality and identity. This is a desease that started when he was a young child. A lie is when you tell your teacher my dog ate my homework, or when you tell your mom that you took a shower when you didn't or when you say something looks good when it doesn't. His parents saw something was wrong with him and ignored it.
I never seen a case where the prosecution had such a flawless case. No witness had a creditable problem. Theres nothing the defense could do.
I mean look at the evidence and during the interrogation process he pretty much admitted to everything. Dont get why this even went to trial? Maybe they didn't want to offer him a plea bargain of life in prison and probably just want to get the death penalty.
So True. 'The defense has made ABSOLUTELY no points. Is the defense gonna show up for him. Certainly - they have a strategy & some alt ideas of who did it.
Please tell me where the proof is that links Chandler to the murder? Put your emotions aside and think facts. Yes all the weapons show DNA of the victims, but how will the State be able to prove Chandler committed the murderous act? A lot of people are using their emotions to render a verdict - use your facts please. Im pretty sure Chandler did it, and he is a monster, BUT the state has to prove he murdered them and I have yet to see them do that.
@@STTDB1990 What interrogation video did you watch where he admitted to the crime? Please show me. He did NOT admit to anything. He called for his lawyer. Even any indirect comments he may have made is not enough to convict. Now go look at the Chris Watts case....that's a confession!
@@GavStaR79 I expect the jury will disagree with you on that.
I’m watching live today, and no one has ever worked so hard at not working as Chandler appears to do. And he takes “talking to himself” to a whole new level with his invented employers.
If only he channeled that energy for good!!
Hahah
This guy should have never given him a gun. And he would not have bought one because he was a bum and did not work
@@leahcasell1487 I have a feeling he would have just used a different weapon. I hate to think of what it might have been, but just about anything is possible, including medicine. The gun made things easier, but other ways would have been less messy. I hate to even say that, but it's true. 🤮
I once saw an episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares with a guy called Dino. This guy was co-owner of a restaurant his parents built, but he was a lazy bum who watched TV in his office all day. He had pictures of him cleaning the restaurant taken, and he showed them to Gordon to prove he was doing work.
Best opening statement from prosecution in a case in a loooong time. He hit every single point and the visuals, the way his voice sounds, & the passion!!! It’s like a movie
Yes. The prosecutor is outstanding. He didn't miss not one detail. The facts of the case were recited by him professionally. He was truly born for his title. Exceptional.
Concordo com você.
This is not the opening statement . Objection relevance
Except that the stars are Krista and Bart.
@@joysynmonds9082 Thank you for this. Everyone in the comments seems to forget that, and it's a real shame.
I've never heard the word "sir" so many times in such a short period of time, and I come from a military family!!!!
This is a formal setting and he is testifying to facts of the case
You aren't from the south lol
Prosecutor William Brown is exquisite: efficient, well-spoken, knowledgeable, sharp as a tack.
Agreed, the prosecutor is a very impressive guy. Chandler the inadequate, parent-murdering dope and pathological liar could only watch him and weep!
When do you think they'll be arresting the cat?
@@stepheneurosailor1623 Huh?
He's all those things and brilliant. The only issue I had with Brown that forced me to stop watching his opening statement was that he repeatedly sniffed back mucous, perhaps from a bad cold. (I have a weak stomach and I kept gagging 🤢
@@stepheneurosailor1623you are ridiculous. And so so wrong. But continue blaming the woman. That will serve you well in life.
I like this DA. He seems to make it a point that the people acting as witnesses had nothing to do with it. Not just because it's the right thing to do (because the jury might possibly think otherwise), it will hurt the defense, as their main strategy seems to be instilling the idea Chandler wasn't the ONLY one who might have killed his parents.
Exactly this
Imagine just having a casual gaming pal and you get wrapped up in this mess. He looks rightfully irritated.
They really brought every single person he used in his lies. Surprised they left out the dog since he also involved it saying the dog broke the fireplace glass
😂😂😂
The dogs like, dude seriously!
"Hi. My name is --- Alpha, Nintendo, Druid, Romeo, Echo, Worcestershire. But you can call me, Alpha, Nintendo, Delta, Yankee."
Worcestershire 🤣
Dudes an Alpha Sierra Sierra HOLE
🤣😂
😆🤣😅
😄😄😄😄
Am I the only person who adores this judge?
I ADORE his bowties and jerry curls 😍
Regarding your compliment, “IT IS RECEIVED” -the judge, probably lol
He’s professional, empathetic and respectful.
It’s Jane from the uk 🇬🇧 I really adore this judge love his kiss curl in the middle of his forehead xx
Nope. I think he's amazing , his voice too could be used in so many productions
That defense attorney just made his dreams come true by letting him explain his preference in a firearm and mechanics.
It reminded me of Ralphie in Christmas Story.. it’s an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!”
@@katet3327 Yes! And with a little slur in his speech too! 😄
I feel like people are reading Andrew wrong. He’s not being disrespectful in essence to the people of the court he is clearly disgusted with the fact he gifted a gun to someone he deemed a friend who then killed his parents. He clearly did not want something like this in his life.
I liked him. I thought he was respectful and authentic.
That's why he told the cross examiner, that it is "not her business", if he sold more guns. A respectful person would say "I prefer not to tell you" for example. And English is not even my native language, so...
I totally disagree. He was callous and disrespectful both on the stand and when he "gifted" such destructive equipment to his "friend". Since when do men give each other expensive presents?? Boy I just really don't get people like that. He knew the parents didn't want guns in their home yet he gave him that gun and over 400 rounds. For what??? There's a new breed of psychopaths loose in this country
@@keishapuryear8180 The only person to blame is Chandler. This guy may be arrogant but he didn't commit murder and Chandler didn't tell him that he will use the gun to murder his parents.
@@Mira20153 He doesn't prefer not to say. He has a constitutional right not to say, and he wants her to know he knows it.
At this point chandler is already buried in evidence showing he’s guilty. Now they’re building a building on top of him lol
It’s a very tight case
Chandler was buried even before the trial started. Should have pled guilty at least we wouldn’t have know about his sick, twisted mind. There is no capital punishment in Wisconsin I heard so either way it’s life in prison
Wow, I was rather shocked when he told the defense attorney, That’s none of your business”. I guess I just haven’t heard a witness saying that while on the stand before
But was he wrong? Yeah it wasn’t professional but was he wrong?
I mean… it’s none of her business or the courts business. His selling of guns isn’t on trial.
Because normal ppl just respond they want to invoke the 5th amendment I'm sure they are told they can do that while being on the stand, he was extremely rude that was so wrong but also being a clown and talking like he did.
@@Skkyyyyyyyyyyy True
He's not on trial.
And it is none of her business.
is that a note from his Mom?! how sweet telling him Good Morning and to be outgoing in the interview...so heartbreaking
I know I saw that, it says something like be “outgoing for your interview”. So sad!
I was watching uncivil law when they read the text from the mom saying she'd be home soon and he replied to please pick up some soda. Her last text was something like 'sure sweetie, see you soon'. I thought the dude was going to cry.
@@jcadult101 right?!? That broke my heart. He said to pick up soda, she replied “K I can :)”
Heartbreaking.
@@hannahfischer4983 Dunno about anyone else but when I read that text I instantly thought of my own mother. Can't imagine killing someone that obviously cares about you like Chandler's mom did, let alone not even giving them a dignified burial.
@@hannahfischer4983 You know the worst crime of all? SHE NEVER ENDED UP PICKING UP POP!!!
*_This kid sounds like a career military guy. He sure did soak up a whole lot of habits in 14 months._*
THANK YOU😂 I WAS CRYING "BOOOOOT" THE WHOLE TIME 😂
He has a brain injury ..... Grow up
Probably an army brat/ROTC. Way he carries himself ge would have been career if not for medical discharge
Anyone else here because of Dreading?
Incredible to think the only time he’s shown any emotion (if you can call it that) is when his former friend, ex girl friend and police were asked about his non existent scuba diving job with the police. Not concerned at all that people know of his disgusting actions against his parents, the people who raised him and the woman who birthed him. No, he’s more worried that everyone knows he’s a bullish!t artist.
You’re very astute ❣️Did you also notice that it was the 1 & only time he put his glasses on. Wonder why. Human behavior is so interesting 🤔
What was the emotion he had shown I must have missed that. I noticed he was wearing glasses what was that about?
Definitely. All his lies, imo, were clearly to manipulate people into thinking he wasn't a nobody. What he did to his parents means nothing to him, just how he's perceived.
Now that he's been caught his obsession with that doesn't seem to matter much to him now. After all, he was getting everything he wanted before pretending to be special.
His "accidental tumble" down the stairs is bs imo. No one witnessed it just the aftermath. I think he purposely tripped and fell at the very bottom then positioned his body in a certain way to get attention.
@@in_vino_veritas7938 yes I believe that also especially after he watched his brother & all the fuss he got when in hospital with diabetes😐
@@vanguardsupreme2787 He didn't do it for attention. He did it so he'd have an excuse as to why he couldn't go to Florida for the new job he made up.
Other than the victims themselves I feel bad for the public defender. This really was an indefensible case and she really did just resign herself to representing him as a matter of legal formality than actually presenting a defence.
Dude we get it. You were in the military.
Love "The Smith"..."as to how many weapons I have sold, that's none of your business, frankly."
Way to put it to her. This isn't about Smith, it's about Chandler; and No Way is Smith going to let that lawyer spin this in Smith's direction. Keepin' it real, and on track. EXCELLENT.
I love the judge so much. He's so objective and conscientious. No one can say he didn't put on a fair trial. The prosecution was methodical, thorough, and honest. The truth really comes out despite Chandler's lies.
he's a movie star judge!! i loved him, AND the DA and the lawyer for the state - AND EVERYONE. this whole thing made me so proud of being from Wisconsin - so many smart, well-behaved, cooperative, conscientious, hard-working people.
Chandler Halderson lied to every single person important to him, including his childhood friend, his brother and his girlfriend. He is a stranger to the truth.
I'll never understand how someone could gift a guy from the Internet you've never met in the flesh of a gun. Chandler must have some sort of charisma about him.
22 year old vets are not the smartest demographic.
I feel like it’s strange for someone to gift such valuable things like that, too. I also think that this guy might laugh about what Chandler did.
This is 'murica. It would be weirder if he DIDN'T gift a gun to a random internet stranger.
@@RamsayDesigns literally they spoke for hours every day. He seems like a weird dude, but not a dangerous one. Being a socially awkward smartass isn't a crime. Not paying taxes on gun sales, maybe, but he would be foolish to not keep his own records (as proven here)
Bizarre right! But I think poor Mr Smith is desperately trying to be something he thinks is cool.
I don’t understand how Chandler just sits there expressionless. What a cold and evil man! Everything about this screams BEWARE!!!
Just like Shawn Grate, serial killer. Same mannerism.
I expect he's medicated.
My gut is that this witness being discharged was no bad thing. Not your usual professional conduct of a professional member of the armed force. Great trial,
The way Andrew sat down like he didn’t wanna be there, I felt that 😂😂
Andrew seems like the type of guy that serves for a couple of years, complains the entire time about the Army life until they got out, then act as if they were super high speed, highly committed soldier.
He didn't do anything while in. A brief stint in Germany and then a "head injury" from a humvee wreck. Some of us get blown up in a humvee without even a concussion. He b*tch babied out of the army real quick when it got too hard 😂 and now still uses rad code to spell things 😂
🎯🎯🎯
Yeah, as a vet myself he was pretty cringe lol guy really thinks he's a badass.
He seems to me to be the kind of guy who joined the military because "Deh Guns and Shooting and Violence!!"....and then finds most of the military time is spent hanging around and doing mundane boring stuff....
I am a former navy seal and top gun pilot and this guy is a typical low iq ammo carrying grunt. His head would be down on the floor while the real soldiers are doing the fighting. Studies show as little as 10% of soldiers actually do the fighting in a battle while the rest are focused on surviving 😂
This boy is done. Shouldn't take the jury no more than 2 hours to debate.
I would vote not guilty on all charges. Why? Because the jury system fails too much. It needs a complete redo. Let a machine decide the case. How many times in the Chauvin case did we hear, "How did that make you feel"
I agree! This is so sad! His poor parents!😞🥺
@@mas5867 a "machine"? What does that even mean?
Depends on if there’s a lunch, then 2.5 hours.
That was a great guess
The Judge is rubbing off on me. My daughters bring me their laundry this week.. me.. it is received 🤦🏻♀️🤣
For a matter so serious I actually lol'd at your comment.
😂
Unfortunate friend for Mr Smith….Prime example of ‘no good deed goes unpunished’.
Waiting for him to say, " You can't handle the truth"
@@mysid1111 🤣🤣🤣
@workworkwork 🙌🙌🤣🤣
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Or “If I told you, I’d have to kill you.”
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Saw this earlier, straight to the comments I go lol. Has anyone ever heard a witness say ‘none of your business’ and shut an attorney down like that?
He was great!
Drop the time 😏
@workworkwork time stamp?
@@maryasdfghjklbeth not sure of the timestamp but it was almost at the end of his testimony!
I believe that was the last question I asked of him by the defense.
@@maryasdfghjklbeth 36.26 about
I think in was more than a head injury that got him released from the army!
Absolutely unfit for duty... his arrogant attitude 😒 would be a deadly risk to any service member depending on him to follow orders, work as a team or put mission above himself. This pal of the killer has all the marker of being driven to committing violence in order to protect his ego 😳
@@bluecube7247 He was incredibly immature. Thinking of a guy like this being sent into combat, makes me wince.
Dude couldn't hack it, would rather talk about it constantly to civilians than actually play the part.
@@dragonsky799 at least he didn’t kill his parents??
I've got to feel for this public defender. I can't imagine what she thought when she was assigned to this case! Talk about hopeless. I bet she gets up every morning and thinks, "Oh no. It's morning. I have to go to court and try to free a monster." Probably considering retirement when this case is over! The state has presented a flawless case with extensive evidence presented.
I highly doubt she thinks she's trying to free a monster. Almost certainly she believes her client is guilty. Her role is to make sure the state proves its case beyond a reasonable doubt and that his constitutional rights to a fair trial are upheld.
There is so little she can really do here, I agree. The state's evidence is overewhelming.
@@theforeverpuddle8754 Excellent points. I agree with you. It's her job to do what she does. My late husband was a criminal defense attorney (he was a public defender first five years out of law school and hated it because he didn't want to defend every client he was assigned but he had to do so) and then when he opened his own practice he could pick and choose his clientele. He turned down quite a few cases over the years.
@@kkheflin3 🕊Good for your late husband - he definitely sounds like he had good morals in that regard🙃👌🏽
I love this judge. He’s like a game show host 😄
I love him
He was! In another life! 😂
RIGHT HAHAHAHA DIDNT LINK THE CONNECTION BUT THATS HILARIOUS HE DOES REMIND ME OF ONE LMAO REPLACE STEVE HARVEY FOR A NIGHT BOY LOL
I wish he was my Dad I love him and his kindly ways
THEY ALL ARE!
My opinion Mr Smith was totally disgusted with Chandler and probably upset that he let him into his life, he definitely wasn't going to let Chandler bring him into it ,good on you
yes. It was delightful to see. Good on him for spraypainting numbers on his ammo cans and taking picture of ID with serial number of the gun.
I’m guessing he probably also considers himself lucky to have not been a victim too. Can you imagine looking back and seeing that you went to sleep with psycho in the next room. Or swam with him near where he dumped his mothers legs.
@@Sunshine-n1n wow that last sentence hits hard! “Swam with him where he dumped his mother’s legs” the thought of that alone is hard to process - makes the actions of Chandler even more horrifically mind blowing 😰 the act of a total monster.
@@lolly5453 yes indeed! I pray God never ever ever allows someone so deranged cross my path. I’m sure Mr Smith had no reason to assume Chandler was lying about EVERYTHING!! He thought he was meeting up with some he could be friends with. Someone with goals and a drive to have a good life. Not the real live Norman Baits!
Doesn’t it seem strange at all tho, that Smith, who testified to having tight finances would give away a $1,000 weapon and 500 rounds of ammo to a person he had never met? 🤔
I agree with his friend. It is none of her business. He's not on trial. What he does concerns no one but himself unless he breaks the law.
I agree too, but it sort of spoilt his nice polite demeanour.
So satisfying when Andrew goes "it's none of your business frankly"
The look the ex girlfriend gave him just before she got off the stand was everything! Lol
Yes! If looks could kill. Wish the camera stayed on her for 2 more seconds. I bet she hates chandler more than pretty much anybody
I would venture a guess that some enterprising author will eventually write a book based on this crime. Just imagine all the interesting characters, circumstances, and whatever happens in the future! You just can’t make this stuff up!
FPS = First Person Shooter. Much easier explanation. Plus I’m enjoying the consistent “Sir” and “Ma’am”.
Andrew is ultimately disrespectful and cocky
@@stevengallant6363 Somebody that is a dork can't be cocky in my reality. Who would think people would relish him in any capacity?
@@mas5867 maybe a naive kid his age like Chandler
Chandler’s lawyers were completely ineffective. It’s like they didn’t even want to defend him. They should’ve convinced him to plead guilty.
@@SlickArmor Ensure.
What defence did they have???
There are quite some cases where people lie to their family for years, some pretending being a medical doctor and actually never having worked When the moment comes they’re about to be found out they kill their family. Very sick.
yea there are lots of cases like that. Young people pretending to go to college and kill their family when they are supposed to graduate. And people killing their wife and kids when they have pretending to go to work for years and the house is about to ve repossesed.
Jennifer Pan comes to mind
37:18 oh snap! This witness was very aware that those defense attorneys were not above implying that he could have some input or influence in the commision of these murders. He was ahead of their game.
Sounds like he was avoiding answering because he was selling many guns and especially as an army guy he knew it is dodgy af
That was perfect for the defense.
@@gracie1312well he’s not wrong. It’s none of their business. He’s not on trial here
This whole case is exactly what I predicted would happen 25 years ago when people started naming their babies after Chandler Bing.
Omg
Lololol !!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Honestly suprised that Chandler didn't kill his parents either.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Who is chandler Bing?
Well, Andrew Smith was surprisingly entertaining
I don't think Chaz knows how to tell the truth about ANYTHING!!!!!!!
I love this judge. I wonder how he would have dealt with Darrell Brooks in his courtroom!
IMO Darrell wouldn’t act up if he had a male judge in the first place
Thats where Chandler got the ideal of a head injury
People lie on the internet
The defendant has had more “reaction” to this testimony that to any other so far. The eye blinking when the witness told about where CH put the weapon “temporarily” until his move to Florida to work at Space X was quite a tell. This made him uncomfortable and/or nervous.
THE CRAZINESS ALWAYS ENDS UP IN FLORIDA! THAT MUST BE THE MENTALLY CHALLENGED STATE...
@@lindanorris2455 actually I think Wisconsin might be the mentally challenged state!! just saying... that's where Jeffrey Dahmer's from as well
@@rdv217 …and, of course, Ed Gein was from Wi, too.
@@lindanorris2455 First sign of mentally challenged craziness? Leaving the caps lock on! 🤣
@@glamdolly30 lol
I'm honestly starting to wonder if Chandler purposely threw himself down the stairs. I know that sounds crazy but it's something that I've been wondering now for a little bit.
There is no certainty that he actually suffered any injury. The doctor who examined him was unable to document with x-rays or MRE any injury. The doctor relied on Chandler's statements to the doctor in the exam room to diagnose "a mild concussion". He may have been lying in this just as in everything else.
He didn’t even fall. He just said he did. He lies about everything.
We all know he did. He copied Andrew's head injury.
He probably didn’t want to really hurt himself so he just said he fell or sort of threw himself down the stairs but carefully
I wondered if it ever even happened. I think he got the idea from what happened to soldier friend Andrew Smith - just knowing what happened to him, not because Mr Smith had anything to do with any of it! He was clear on that point and I believed him
Q:What made you think the room was chandler’s bedroom?
A: Ummm…the bed fort?
The stench of spoiled food and dried up tissues everywhere.
I think you mean "couch fort"😂
42:15 prosecutor calls Chaz’s possessions in his room drawer “general debris”. Lol. He gets some great digs in.
It was probably 3 pairs of socks and a bunch of old Happy Meal toys.
The Prosecutor is obviously disgusted with the defendant….everyone is….I absolutely love the disdain that he shows throughout the trial concerning Chandler.
@@joycemarie9702 same. He deserved it.
@@waypay1 dirty socks as well. Mommy wasn't alive anymore to wash them for him.
He's beyond disturbing.
Shortest military stints = the most inflated egos.
Lol. I know right. He made me cringe a few times
Just slightly larger than those who had longer stints lol
And often a "medical" discharge that's definitely not meant to cover up a dishonourable one because you're showing all the red flags.
I've learned to be wary of young veterans, especially those who got out on a medical.
When Call Of Duty breaks the pee sized 🧠 u were born with!!
This guy is something else!!
I wish he would stop cussing. I don’t care normally and I cuss like a sailor but there’s a time and place and a murder trial is not one of them
@@MsTrsForensicsInvestig8r I’ve heard the prosecutor cuss once or twice. Relax… The court even laughs when he cussed. You guys are ridiculous
😂 I ain’t mad at this lol. Andrew is there on HIS behalf! He’s being honest and not going to be held accountable for Chandler’s actions! I’m not going to judge him on being a gun fan or on his personality, cause that’s his BUSINESS! 😅 It is what it is. I was entertained.
I thought it was hilarious 😂 him saying that. She was probably trying to say that it could of been another gun.
I was shocked at first during live feed, then entertained after watching it again.
Agreed! He's a bit weird, but I sorta like him 😁
ABSOLUTELY!!!
Made me giggle a little!
Chandler realized that shooting someone in real life is considerably different than video games, and cutting them up is much more difficult when you don't have a light saber.
I wonder if his immersion in the video game world influenced his grip on reality?
It has to. I hit undo a lot while working with MSOffice. I actually have thought about undoing stuff in real life before.
His psychopathy influenced him far more than any video game.
My son played video games - first person shooter games included - for decades and you couldn't find a more peaceful kind person.
You don’t dismember and burn human bodies in video games.
>Are video games to blame for mass shootings?
This is an amazing Judge. A bright part of this trial, if any.
I cannot stop watching this trial.
Same 2 days almost caught up
I was like when is it coming back.. I was fiending!!
Me too, this is the most interesting trial I have seen yet!
I’m here in the end of march and I binge watch the whole thing 😂
Fascinating trial I agree! Some of the testimonies don't add up for me... I think Chandler is guilty as can be but there's something missing...
Andrew told her that because it isn’t any of her business , he’s not on trial chandler is so what he does is irrelevant to this case , good on him 😂
🙌🙌🙌
True he could have communicated it differently and just said I would prefer not to say or it's irrelevant. He's a doofus
Correct, Andrew didn’t do anything illegal.
@@tmp1111 not a doofus as he had sense enough to photograph the sale/gift.
IDK if I were Andrew Smith I would feel a little bad for giving a high-powered rifle and tons of ammo to a psychopath. Not insisting that he follow basic safety protocol like locking it up. Walking away realizing that Chaz has *no* experience handling that type of weapon irl and after they'd just played around with it like some kind of toy. That's why I think he's defensive.
With this whole case and trial you can really tell Chandler just killed his parents with little to no thought. Like he just did it and tried to cover it up. Didn't do any research. Didn't know what lies to tell or even how to cover it up. Like imagine just killing your parents with no reason or regard. He really truly cared for no one but himself
🎯💯💯
He's lazy
Yep he literally gave up entirely annihilating them too. Makes you sick.
If I'm defending my family from a home invasion, I would not be to concerned about the kick. a 12 gauge shot gun has major kick
Smug little punk, very unprofessional for an Army Veteran.
Judges should have called him out for his language on the stand. A bit ridiculous.
Ah yes more censorship based on arbitrary nonsense.
@@calypsovega420 Your comment is nonsense. 🤐🤡
Came here from Dreading
Prosecutor: "I move exhibit 123 into evidence." Defense attorney: "No objections." Judge: "It is received." Wittness: "No sh1t."
💀🤡
Best witness yet!!
Didnt he say that when the attorney said it is a long drive till the city he had to go to? 🤔
Not a boring guy, for sure 😀
@@AnonymusLeConnu you are right
There had to of been people who were sketched out by Chandler prior to the tragic events that unfolded. The guy literally claimed to have gotten a job alongside rocket scientists at SpaceX yet he played video games all day. You have to be the definition of naive to believe that tale having known just a shred of his daily habits. Also just to add, he wasn't even finishing his bachelors, he was just getting his associates. I'm sure Carnegie Mellon graduates have a tough time getting a SpaceX job let alone someone with an Associates Degree.
I don't even believe he finished 4th grade
Seems some young people must have known he was a liar but we all grow up with people like that and they don't kill their parents. With so many people having classes and work online/remotely. (unexpected consequences of the pandemic) may have allowed him to spin his stories with more ease just due to the fragmentation/chaos as everybody had to adjust to this new way of life. He just slept, ate, played video games, saw his gf, told lies to continue his life of less. His parents did the heavy lifting.
Actually, Elon Musk will hire someone without even a college degree if they are smart and driven enough. It's well-known. If Chandler had only put as much work into trying to get a job at SpaceX as he did with all the lies and trying to cover up the slaughter of his parents, he may have had a chance at SpaceX.
The guy _clearly_ did _not_ get a job offer from SpaceX, but there are a lot of different jobs at SpaceX, just like there are at Tesla. Lots of folks with lots of different skills are employed by Musk's companies. Like for instance, QA and testing, HR, DevOps, assembly teams, team leads, supervisors, etc.... A lot of jobs don't require four year college degrees. Obviously some do require advance degrees, which should go without saying but this is the internet. Not everyone SpaceX employees is a literal rocket scientist.
For a military man, he appears unprofessional, undisciplined and disrespectful of the court process. He thinks it's okay to use profanity in the court.
He is just loving the attention. Narcissist much
I thought the same thing.. and to give away a $500 gun and other supplies. That is odd. I don't think he had any connection to the actual crime, but it is just strange that he didn't try to sell the gun instead of giving it away.
Not all military men are gentleman, alot of these guys are really young, and you are seeing immaturity and insecurity. Embarrassing, my husband is an Army vet and we were stationed in KS where he lives🤦🏻♀️
It says alot about this young man to be playing video games all day with another man while trying to be a father and husband. For his wife's sake I hope he grows up a bit over the next few years.
@@lisalister8002 this happens all of the time with military guys. It's a normal occurance.
Army kid has a lot of attitude! I've never heard a witness on the stand tell a questioning attorney, "That's none of your business." LOL
I lol when he told the defense that.🤣
I loved it! it's no one's business how many guns he gifts or sells
@@Chrissy8707. he's actually 22. Or so he stated, at the very beginning of his testimony.
He’s not the one on trial! He didn’t have to answer.
But he's 100% correct
The way Andrew Smith finishes every answer with “sir” gives me the same anxiety as when you thank the person at Chick Fil A too many times and you’re uncomfortable because it’s forcing them to say “my pleasure”.
You can tell he was in the military
@@SounderMom31 It seems like he's trying to force that on everyone with the constant "sir". I want to say, "we get it, you're the military."
@@giuseppinasanger6410 It was so extra - Roger this, tango that, alpha Sir... I've personally never seen anyone who served/serves go so hard. Actually, I probably have now that I really think back lol
Maybe that is his total identity particularly since he can't serve anymore and can't mentally switch back to civilian life, probably🧐
Big POG Energy.
Romeo Alpha Delta Six Niner Romeo.
@@ingrid_inthesky personally the way he spelled his name out was badass
My goodness! The constant yes sir, no sir is getting on my nerves.🗣 STAND DOWN SOILDIER!
So annoying!
Soil-dier is exactly right. What a loser this guy is. Playing vid games with a newborn baby having just been born. Seemingly no other job prospects, I am thinking. So off to the military.
@@mysid1111 he definitely thinks he’s impressive.
Hahaha right!?! Gamer dudes and army dudes are weird in their own right but to be both......
@@mysid1111 exactly
The guy used two swear words during his testimony, one he apologized for and another being part of a saying that soldiers use.
Big deal. It actually made his testimony more believable.
Based on psychology studies, they say people who naturally cuss while talking with others are generally more honest and authentic. (Not referring to a rant of cussing, though many do that)
Look at "Jacob Cayer trial", he curses for 3 hours in every sentence, so after a vit they stop reprimanded him & let it go... but this guy is a soldier, Jacob is a lunatic double murderer with delusions
Yes sir. Affirmative sir. Over and out sir, uh I mean ma'am.
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Andrew, anyone, please ask Chandler why he just couldn’t own up to the truth and confess to his dad and mom. I also want to know why Bart and Krista believed his lies. Why didn’t Bart confront his son instead of confronting the college, chandler wasn’t attending? Was it fear? Or something else? I doubt the parents would have killed their son if he told them the truth.
It's called love. Bart and Krista loved there son and thus trusted him regardless of logic inconsistencies
Andrew Smith gave a mesmerizing testimony! He came across as someone with nothing to prove, nothing to hide, disgusted with the situation, but resolved to do his duty and then forget he ever met these people. I don't think I have ever heard a response like, "That's none of your business" before.
I liked it a lot! His chuckle when the officer clanked the weapon. Everything.
@@bumblebaa2327 Oh I had missed that! Thank you. 25:33
Well it is going to be their business after this. And for good reason. He clearly has very poor judgement.
Comes across very arrogant and annoying af to me.
@@dt998 he doesn’t appear remorseful to me at all… the whole relationship is concerning… I’m wondering if anyone went missing when he was in town honestly…. They are both off to me… something in my gut feels like he’s a cold individual who has a lot in common with a sociopath.. idk
I wonder if these mueders would have happened if chandler never received that gun, or if he would've just used something else. I feel like wouldn't have because he was kind of caught off guard by his dad figuring out his lies. Not that this guy is at fault, it's just more so one of the many places things could have went different.
So he killed his parents bc they caught him in a huge lie? Does that sum it up?
Yep
“did you get hurt in Germany”? Haha sounded like it was 1914 😂
lol
"These d4mn Krauts bashed my head in and now I am not the sharpest glass in the business, sir."
Sounds like he was doing the wrong thing and upon investigation they determined he was at fault. I think he would have been a lifer if that didn’t happen.
"It is non of you bussiness evidenIty"
I didn't know you can keep any information from court.
Sometimes they get into a witness's personal bussines that has nothing to do with the crime. It is nice to be able to keep irreleavant things from being asked.
Yup. It told it's own story, didn't it? 'Smith' was dodgy as heck, but a different story
It depends on a few things. In theory you're supposed to answer any and all questions. The defense should have told the judge he was nonresponsive.
However, the prosecution probably could have objected on grounds of relevance (Might be overruled on credibility grounds.) and of course if he committed a crime or thought he did, then he could have plead the fifth, which would have also allowed him not to answer.
The defense was not really asking a relevant question, but she still did drop the ball by not asserting his answer as nonresponsive and either forcing him to answer or prompting the court to do its job.
Disclaimer of course: I'm not a lawyer.
He's not on trial here. What he does with guns, apart from selling the murder weapon to Chandler, is not relevant to the case.
He might be a questionable dude, but it is nothing to do with whether Chandler killed his parents.
It's really annoying when people take the stand & try to be a comedian the entire time. Two people were murdered with a gun that you provided.. to a stranger. It's not the time or place "sir".
He’s clearly loving his 15 minutes of “fame” with no regard for the family, the gravity of the crime or the solemnity of the courtroom. Very immature. I’m sure he’ll rewatch his testimony over and over.
I’m just beyond fascinated by all the ppl surrounding the Haldersons but geeeeez Louise! Mr Smith was FAR more than I ever could have dreamt of!
In what way?
@@vickyguillen3650 to summarize: a bunch of NPCs are in shock at the way he answers question
@@bassmentier 🤣😂
@@vickyguillen3650 Lol!
In its opening statement, the Prosecutor warned us about Mr. Smith, but I didn’t expect this!
I don't know why Andrew gives next shooter vibes. I'm sorry but who gives a riffle to someone, drives so far to meet up with a dude he's only played with online? Kind of weird/ odd/concerning.
Detective Shunk & Detective Sims are the 2 Detectives I’d want working on my case if I “disappeared.”