Connection between Tucson’s Celis, Gonzalez cases
This series of episodes explores the many details of the disappearance and death of 6-year-old Isabel Celis in 2012 and the kidnapping and murder of 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez in 2014. will be contacted by Arizona Daily Star Reporter Kaitlyn Schmidt. First, she returns on April 25, 2012, shortly after Isabel first went missing. In this […]
Retrial in killing of 6-year-old Isabel Celis set for later this year
New trial date set to retrial convicted killer charged with kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Isabel Celis who disappeared from her bedroom in Tucson 11 years ago It was When is the trial? A retrial for 41-year-old Christopher Clements is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Sept. 12 in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, the court said […]
Bias claim dropped against Tucson judge in Isabel Celis murder trial
TUCSON — A lawyer defending a man who was declared suspicious in the 2014 Tucson murder of 6-year-old Isabel Celis in the death of a teenage girl says the judge was biased against him bottom. A motion filed by attorneys to change the judge was rejected in Pima County Superior Court on Wednesday. Christopher Clements, […]
Jury deadlocks in Isabel Celis murder case in Tucson; mistrial declared
After two days of deliberation, a jury in the Isabel Celis murder case failed to reach a unanimous verdict on Friday, leaving it deadlocked on the murder charges against Christopher Clements in Tucson Superior Court. Requested a miscarriage of justice after 4:00 p.m. Eleven years after Isabel’s disappearance, the city of southern Arizona is shaken. […]
Jury deadlocks in Isabel Celis murder case in Tucson; mistrial called
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 […]
Clements said he was alone hours the night Isabel Celis disappeared
The man accused of kidnapping and murdering Isabel Serris told police in an interview weeks after she disappeared that he spent several hours alone the night she disappeared. Pima County prosecutors played jurors a recording of a police interview with Christopher M. Clements, 41, who is on trial in the case. Isabel was found missing […]
Murderer on trial in 2012 death of 6-year-old Isabel Celis of Tucson
TUCSON — In April 2012, the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl made headlines for days after her family reported her disappearance from her bedroom overnight. Nearly 11 years later, a man accused of kidnapping and murdering Isabel Celis is on trial. Christopher Clements, 41, began his opening statement on Tuesday, facing counts of first-degree murder, […]
