By Hallie Woods • For Loveland Connection • May 5, 2009
The two young children of a Loveland man accused of killing a process server testified that their father said he would “get them out of here” minutes before he stabbed his daughter twice and strangled both children.
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James Whitler’s son, 11, and daughter, 13, whose names Loveland Connection is withholding, avoided making eye contact with their father Monday as they gave their accounts of what happened the day process server Stephen Allen was beaten to death.
Whitler is accused of fatally beating Allen with a baseball bat May 28, 2008, after Allen and Lisa Whitler served Whitler with divorce papers and a restraining order.
Whitler allegedly then turned on his two children.
Both children said their father had “planted in their mind” that their mother was a terrible person who was ruining their family...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Whitler told cops: 'I kind of just snapped'
Nate Taylor - Fort Collins Coloradoan - May 6, 2009
FORT COLLINS - Jurors in James Whitler's murder trial saw a video recording Tuesday of Whitler telling authorities he began beating Stephen Allen, the man he's accused of murdering, after he came to view the process server as the object of his marriage's lost hope.
Whitler also told investigators he was praying to God to take care of his two children while he strangled them after beating Allen.
If sheriff's deputies hadn't stopped him, he said he probably would have killed his children and then himself.
It was Allen and Whitler's wife, Lisa, who delivered divorce papers and a restraining order to James Whitler on May 28, 2008, prompting the Loveland man to go into what he described on the video as "blind rage."
Whitler told investigators during his interview hours after his arrest on May 28 he probably hit Allen 15 or 20 times during a struggle that left Allen battered and spattered blood on furniture, walls, floors and ceilings throughout the Whitler home in west Loveland.
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Whitler told cops: 'I kind of just snapped'
FORT COLLINS - Jurors in James Whitler's murder trial saw a video recording Tuesday of Whitler telling authorities he began beating Stephen Allen, the man he's accused of murdering, after he came to view the process server as the object of his marriage's lost hope.
Whitler also told investigators he was praying to God to take care of his two children while he strangled them after beating Allen.
If sheriff's deputies hadn't stopped him, he said he probably would have killed his children and then himself.
It was Allen and Whitler's wife, Lisa, who delivered divorce papers and a restraining order to James Whitler on May 28, 2008, prompting the Loveland man to go into what he described on the video as "blind rage."
Whitler told investigators during his interview hours after his arrest on May 28 he probably hit Allen 15 or 20 times during a struggle that left Allen battered and spattered blood on furniture, walls, floors and ceilings throughout the Whitler home in west Loveland.
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Daughter finishes testimony in process server murder trial
BY NATE TAYLOR • Loveland Connection, CO • May 5, 2009
The 13-year-old daughter of a Loveland man accused of trying to kill her and her 11-year-old brother says she now sees her father as the "bad guy" after thinking he was the "good guy" during the days immediately after the father killed process server Stephen Allen.
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James Whitler's daughter finished her testimony this morning during his first-degree murder trial. Whitler is accused of strangling his two children after he beat process server Stephen Allen to death with a baseball bat in the moments after receiving documents from his wife for a divorce and a restraining order.
The girl finished her testimony today after recounting for jurors on Monday the details of how her father beat Allen and then turned his rage toward her and her brother by strangling them after telling them he wanted to "make them forget" what they'd just seen.
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The 13-year-old daughter of a Loveland man accused of trying to kill her and her 11-year-old brother says she now sees her father as the "bad guy" after thinking he was the "good guy" during the days immediately after the father killed process server Stephen Allen.
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James Whitler's daughter finished her testimony this morning during his first-degree murder trial. Whitler is accused of strangling his two children after he beat process server Stephen Allen to death with a baseball bat in the moments after receiving documents from his wife for a divorce and a restraining order.
The girl finished her testimony today after recounting for jurors on Monday the details of how her father beat Allen and then turned his rage toward her and her brother by strangling them after telling them he wanted to "make them forget" what they'd just seen.
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Ex-wife: Whitler calmly read papers before attacking process server
BY NATE TAYLOR • NateTaylor@coloradoan.com • May 2, 2009
James Whitler's ex-wife confronted him in court Friday afternoon, describing to jurors how tension in her family grew leading to the day she filed for divorce and her husband is accused of beating process server Stephen Allen to death with a baseball bat.
Lisa Whitler said - in the week leading up to May 28, 2008, when she filed for divorce and got a court-issued restraining order protecting herself and her children from James Whitler - her children on more than one occasion sent electronic "hate messages" to her.
The voice and text messages were sent while the 10- and 12-year-old children were living with James Whitler, who moved back into the family home after living at an apartment for six months while the couple was separated, according to Lisa Whitler's testimony.
Her testimony concluded proceedings in James Whitler's murder trial Friday, day two of the prosecution's presentation of evidence.
Whitler is charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder.
The Whitlers' 10-year-old son is scheduled to testify when proceedings continue Monday.
Lisa Whitler said one text message she received said, "DIE DIE DIE." And prosecutors played a voice message for jurors during which her son is heard saying, "Dad has a hearing on Monday so we don't have to see you anymore."
It was that message from her son that convinced Lisa Whitler to deliver the divorce papers and restraining order to her husband the same day she filed for divorce, instead of the next day as she'd planned.
Lisa Whitler said her attorney arranged for Stephen Allen to meet her to serve the documents to James Whitler. She said Allen gave her the option to come with him, arrange for a police officer to help or for him to serve the papers on his own.
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James Whitler's ex-wife confronted him in court Friday afternoon, describing to jurors how tension in her family grew leading to the day she filed for divorce and her husband is accused of beating process server Stephen Allen to death with a baseball bat.
Lisa Whitler said - in the week leading up to May 28, 2008, when she filed for divorce and got a court-issued restraining order protecting herself and her children from James Whitler - her children on more than one occasion sent electronic "hate messages" to her.
The voice and text messages were sent while the 10- and 12-year-old children were living with James Whitler, who moved back into the family home after living at an apartment for six months while the couple was separated, according to Lisa Whitler's testimony.
Her testimony concluded proceedings in James Whitler's murder trial Friday, day two of the prosecution's presentation of evidence.
Whitler is charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder.
The Whitlers' 10-year-old son is scheduled to testify when proceedings continue Monday.
Lisa Whitler said one text message she received said, "DIE DIE DIE." And prosecutors played a voice message for jurors during which her son is heard saying, "Dad has a hearing on Monday so we don't have to see you anymore."
It was that message from her son that convinced Lisa Whitler to deliver the divorce papers and restraining order to her husband the same day she filed for divorce, instead of the next day as she'd planned.
Lisa Whitler said her attorney arranged for Stephen Allen to meet her to serve the documents to James Whitler. She said Allen gave her the option to come with him, arrange for a police officer to help or for him to serve the papers on his own.
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Judge reverses order about news updates from process server murder trial
Loveland Connection staff • May 1, 2009
District Court Judge Daniel J. Kaup has changed his decision limiting the dissemination of information to the public during the murder trial of James Whitler.
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After deciding Thursday that media outlets covering the trial could not report about courtroom proceedings until after court had adjourned for the day, Kaup changed his ruling this morning saying news updates could be filed throughout the day from outside the courtroom.
Kaup said he changed his mind after reflecting on his original decision and made the new ruling official after prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed with his inclination to allow updates outside the courtroom.
"I have reason to pause whether this court has the authority to tell someone they can't update a Web site," Kaup said. "There still can be no transmissions of any kind leaving the courtroom while court is in session."
Whitler is on trial for for first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.
He is accused of beating process server Stephen Allen to death with a baseball bat at his west Loveland home in May 2008 and then turning his rage on his two children trying to choke them to death after he was served divorce papers and a restraining order.
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District Court Judge Daniel J. Kaup has changed his decision limiting the dissemination of information to the public during the murder trial of James Whitler.
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After deciding Thursday that media outlets covering the trial could not report about courtroom proceedings until after court had adjourned for the day, Kaup changed his ruling this morning saying news updates could be filed throughout the day from outside the courtroom.
Kaup said he changed his mind after reflecting on his original decision and made the new ruling official after prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed with his inclination to allow updates outside the courtroom.
"I have reason to pause whether this court has the authority to tell someone they can't update a Web site," Kaup said. "There still can be no transmissions of any kind leaving the courtroom while court is in session."
Whitler is on trial for for first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.
He is accused of beating process server Stephen Allen to death with a baseball bat at his west Loveland home in May 2008 and then turning his rage on his two children trying to choke them to death after he was served divorce papers and a restraining order.
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Judge reverses order about news updates from process server murder trial
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