The jury in the Isabel Serris murder case failed to reach a unanimous verdict Friday, leaving the charges against Christopher Clements stalled in Tucson Superior Court. requested
Eleven years after Isabel’s disappearance rocked a city in southern Arizona, Clements is on trial for multiple charges related to her death. The charges against Clements, 41, included first-degree murder, kidnapping of a minor under the age of 15, and robbery.
Isabelle disappeared from her bedroom overnight in April 2012. Five years later, Clements took authorities to the remote desert area of Marana, north of Tucson, where the bones were later found to be those of a young girl.
The attorney made his final statement to the jury on Wednesday.
In an earlier trial that ended on September 30, Clements was found guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping of 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez. Maribel Gonzalez disappeared one evening in June 2014 while walking to her friend’s house in Tucson.
Her body was found near West Avra Road and Toriko Road. In addition to her life sentence, Clements is sentenced to 17 years in prison for kidnapping her teenage victim, followed by her life sentence.
Clements was serving a maximum sentence of 35 years in prison for a Maricopa County robbery in 2017, according to the Associated Press.
Clements is now facing charges of manufacturing or possessing a weapon, in this case a sharpened pencil, in connection with the Feb. 7 incident, according to information provided by the Pima County Superior Court on Tuesday. .
