Judge Sends Wife Killer to Prison for Life

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: rights. State is victim rights compliant. State is ready to proceed to sentencing. There are eight family members that wish to speak but three of those do have written statements that they've asked me to read on their behalf. And, Teresa Howie, [00:00:18] Speaker 2: is there anybody who wants to speak on your client's behalf, obviously, other than you? No, Your Honor. All right. We'll hear from, as is my policy, we'll hear from all of the individuals who want to give some kind of statement to the court. After we hear them, then we will proceed to argument. [00:00:40] Speaker 1: All right. So the first is from April Lacrosse. That's A-P-R-I-L. Last name L-A-C... Sorry, it's Lacoste, not Lacoste. L-A-C-O-S-S-E. And this is Crystal's sister. And I am reading a statement on her behalf. The statement is, "I stand here today to speak for my beautiful sister Crystal with words brave-spoken and who was a walking piece of heaven on earth. The ultimate creator, designer of grace, and who holds her true story. Crystal's spirit did not die. She lives on. It is her sweet, beautiful soul at rest, alive within the spirit, eternally safe and blessed. Echoing Crystal's beautiful love that comfort may through her beautiful eyes, her favorite color blue and eternal blue of heaven. Flowing her precious memories to us to see her smile. Beautiful her upon our hearts. God's heavenly secret garden holds all of her memories to carry us all alongside her with the Holy Spirit to see her one day in his heavenly kingdom. Catching my breath for the tears to comfort, the breath of spirit through crystals, cells flow through me to remind us of God's love for her. We are worth more than life to her. Hear my tears that flow from my heart, barely breathing, heart stopped. Catching my breath, breathing this to comfort. You're with me through love. Breathe me through this. God gave her to show us his love. Beautiful soul, beautiful her, beautiful of life, full of her. I reached for the air where her hands used to be, but remember the light in her blue eyes, as blue as the heavens and open clear skies. Those blue eyes were a reminder of peace and of grace. I missed how she would say, I miss you. How are you and everyone doing? Ask me questions and sharing pictures. My heavenly sister Crystal, I love with her touch and smile, is just on the side of wait for a while. Till the day I am with you again, within every moment. You're with her now to see her then. We were never separated from her nature of love. We are nature in her love. Her roots are wrapped around the Creator. She lives for an eternity. Her soul is deep in the soil of Heavenly Father's family. We're nowhere where no earthly just no earthly just no earthly violence can ever touch her again. This is my ultimate shield separating the tragedy from the divine. To know the peace she has in Christ gives me peace to my soul. The time with my sister is a blessing. I am thankful for God's love to know her as my sister. Trauma does not have the final say over me. God did not design the sickness nor did he hand me this heavy pain. It was your wicked free will brought this destruction rain, destructive rain. Her life and voice were violently, maliciously stolen from us. Crystal was a living temple of the Holy Spirit, formed of dust and living grace, possessing a price of endless worth. On June 11, 2024, her physical temple was broken, not just a cold crime. It was an act of first-degree intentional homicide of a hand carried out with absolute malice. The defendant, Zachariah Roche, did not just take her life. He sought to erase her very existence by burning her body and hiding her remains deep in the quiet clay, hoping she would never be found. He thought he could steal her voice, cover his steps with lies, and live within a loophole of his own making. But he forgot that no wall can block the vision of the one who watches all. The Holy Spirit saw his deeds that night, acting like a fly on the wall. As it is written in Luke 12:2, "There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known." He thought that the secret belonged to him alone, but the scriptures hold true. Everything done in his dark corner has been shouted from the heavenly throne. The defendant did not just take her life. He reached in and tore apart our entire family tree by its very roots. He stole a devoted, loving mother from five beautiful children. He stole a daughter, a sister, aunt, a friend, a sister in Christ, and a precious light from this world. We are left with a shattered, empty space that can never be filled, but with inner hope through faith. We do not have her physically here to smile at us, to hug us, or to watch over her babies. The grief of losing her, combined with the sudden, violent collapse of our family's foundation, has brought a crushing, agonizing weight to our everyday lives. To the defendant, I say this: You thought you could commit this monstrous evil in secret. You thought by burning her to the point of ash, trying to make her completely disappear, you could erase your crime. You wanted her to be so utterly destroyed that no one could look at what was left and say, "This is she." But you forgot about Almighty God. The Bible says in Genesis 4:10 that innocent blood cries out from the ground. You could not burn away her memory, and you could not hide from the Holy Spirit. Her blood cries out to the heavens today for vengeance. Nahum 1:3 fiercely declares that the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished. Evil stops here, and the victim's inheritance is protected eternally. You might have turned her physical body to ash, but God saw exactly what you did in the dark, and he has brought your sin into the burning light of this courtroom. Your sin caved deep wounds into my physical temple and my writing trauma and writing trauma to my nervous system, shaking my body in great grief and pain. My cells bore the weight of your horrific choices and hate. God is the one who kept my cells alive along with those who helped me, carrying my body straight through the dark, for the Lord is rebuilding me up, rebuilding my health and washing my scars away. By taking my sister, you violently shattered the lives of her five children. As written in Job 19:10, you broke them down on every side and uprooted their hope like a tree. You tore away their mama and forced them into the reality of Lamentations 5:3, becoming completely fatherless and motherless overnight. You brought a heavy generational curse upon your own head for shedding innocent blood. Scripture warns in Psalm 109 that a violent man's own family will face the consequences of the ruin and destruction you created. But hear this today: you do not have the final say over their lives. You tried to destroy them, but our Heavenly Father has officially taken up their case. The Bible promises in Psalm 68:6 that God sets the lonely in families. You left them abandoned, but God immediately put His sovereign rescue plan into motion. In accordance with Ephesians 1:5, Heavenly Father handpicked, appointed, and predestined loving adopted parents to step in. These parents were chosen by God Himself to be His hands and feet to protect, love, and raise my sister's five children with all the care and assistance they need. You tried to wither their futures, but through these chosen parents, God is replanting them and save holy and fertile soil. We stand on the promise of Jeremiah 24:6, where God the Lord declares, "My eyes will watch over them for their good. I will rebuild them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not uproot them." The jury has spoken. The verdict of guilty has been delivered in June 2026 and today the warrior shield of divine justice has descended to lock this gate forever. There are no loopholes left in this architecture. Though you destroyed her earthly house of flesh and bone, you could never touch the blueprint of her spirit. Crystal is a piece of heaven now completely out of reach of your malice. She is running and not growing weary. She is walking and not faint. Her soul has returned to the Creator who gave it and she is resting safely by the crystal river of life. As a family, we seal this painful chapter with our covenant prayer from Jeremiah 17:14. "Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed. Save me and I will be saved. For you are the one I praise." Beyond Healing is arriving at a place of supernatural strength and absolute victory, where Zachariah Rosh fails to steal our destiny, overcoming an abundance in one's time of life. "You meant to completely wipe out Crystal's existence and shatter our families and those she knew. Instead, through the Holy Spirit, her story and our fierce stance for justice will expose darkness and break the power of abusers everywhere." Isaiah 54:17. "No weapon forged against you will prevail and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me, declares the Lord. The weapon you forged failed to destroy our family's eternal victory. This sentencing is the beginning of God's public vindication for my sister." Romans 8:31. "What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" "A defiant statement of final triumph: evil loses, the fire did not win, and God's sovereign authority stands unshaken over my sister's soul and our future." Romans 8:37. "No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. We are not just survivors of tragedy, we are more than conquerors, standing in total victory over the worst evil hell can throw at our families. What comes after beyond healing is dominion. It is the ultimate, final stage where I no longer look back at tragedy to see if I am recovered. I step into complete spiritual authority, reigning over the darkness, receiving crown level glory, and entering the realm of power, where you're permanently beneath your feet. It is the transition from being sustained by God to ruling with God over the very valley of the shadow of death." 1 Corinthians 15:54-55. "Then the saying that it is written will come to pass: death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" It declares that the murderer's ultimate weapon, death and destruction, turned out to be completely useless. "Our victory was entirely swallowed up, leaving him with absolutely nothing." Romans 16:20. "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet." This is not recovery, it is absolute dominance. God does not just protect our families from you. He places you directly under our feet to be crushed. The abuser and the demonic spirit behind you are completely trampled." 2 Timothy 4:8. "Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. My sister Crystal has stepped out of the courtroom of earth and into her coronation in heaven. She wears the crown of righteousness that no fire could ever melt, and I walk in the same royal heritage today." Echoing Crystal's beautiful love that comfort many through her blue eyes, her favorite color blue, the eternal blue of heaven, flowing her precious memories to see us, to see her smile, beautiful her upon our hearts. God's heavenly secret garden holds all of her memories to carry us all alongside of her with the Holy Spirit, to see her one day in his heavenly kingdom. Catching my breath for the tears to comfort the breath of the Spirit through crystal cells flow through me, to remind us of God's love for her. We are worth more than life to her. Hear my tears that flow from my heart, barely breathing, heart stopped. Catching my breath, breathing this to comfort. You're with me through love. Breathe me through this. God gave her to show us his love. Beautiful soul, beautiful her, full of life, full of her. We're with with her now to see her then. I'll wait for a while to know the peace she has in Christ. Gives me peace to my soul. The time with my sister is a blessing. I am thankful for God's love to know her as my sister. Your Honor, the defendant chose a path of absolute intentional destruction. He showed no mercy to the temple that was Crystal's life. Therefore, I ask the court to hand down the maximum sentence allowed by human law with absolutely no opportunity for release. Let the sentence be as airtight and permanent as the justice of God. Let the loops be completely closed so that our families and those who knew her can finally begin to heal in spirit and in truth. We ask that Zachariah be locked away forever to ensure that he can never unleash this kind of evil on another soul. But to the defendant, your ultimate sentence will come from a higher throne. You face this earthly judge today, but the books in heaven are wide open and your name is recorded next to the atrocity you committed. Hebrews 12:29 reminds us that our God is a consuming fire and Deuteronomy 32:43 promises that he will avenge the blood of his servants. You used fire to destroy my sister, but God's holy fire of justice will expose your soul for eternity. My sister's body is gone from this earth, but she is whole in heaven. Her five children will not be ruined by you. They will grow, they will flourish, they will bear beautiful fruit in the house of the Lord. May the Holy Spirit convict your heart today because heaven remembers exactly what you did and God's justice will prevail. Crystal and her children are loved by the adopted family, everyone our families and those who know her. My family and I like to thank everyone who helped in this case to bring justice for our families and those who knew Crystal. Sincerely, April Lee Lacoste. Thank you. Counsel, I would ask that you [00:18:54] Speaker 2: to submit that statement so that if later it needs to be transcribed, that it would be a lot easier. [00:19:04] Speaker 1: Next witness please. Then the next will be Chris Free, F-R-E-E. And again, he has asked me to read on his behalf. So it said, your honor, I would like, uh, so he's asking me to read, um, uh, some lyrics written by April Lacoste. Uh, she made the lyrics into a poem song. Uh, so I'm reading these. They're, it's called the "The Keeper of the Touch and the Rising Sea." The House holds a silence that carries a weight like a garden left lonely behind a locked gate. I reach for the air where you and your hand used to be and the fading feels like a dark rising sea. But then I remember the light in your eyes as blue as the heavens and open clear skies. Those eyes were a mirror of peace and grace reflecting the sky and a world weary place. I thank my God and all my remembrance of you. For the spark in that blue was honest and true. Like the sapphire stones beneath God's own feet, your memory crystal is holy and sweet. I miss how you'd ask, how are you doing today? Call me, text me, and your voice. The plans that we made, see your smiles, talking about how much you love your children, and the words you would say. I love you and miss you. We'd whisper, a gift to each heart. A physical bond that no distance can part. He calls them by their names with care. And your voice, crystal, echoes in every prayer. The father is watching. He hears every tear. He knows that I, everyone misses having her so near. He hears, I'm sorry, he heals the heart broken and binds up their wounds in the quietest depths where our sorrow is tuned. Through the feeling may drift like a leaf on the breeze. He's guarded the warmth of my hand through the trees. For death is a short pause and a wait. Not a permanent end. The body of Christ is the hope of a friend. Behold, touch and see was the cry of the king. Proving flesh is eternal and death has no sting. The sister I love with her touch and her smile is just on the side of a wait for a while. So I'll walk through this valley, though the vision is dim, knowing crystal is safe and is resting with him. He will wipe every tear with a hand of his own. And a kingdom where parting is never more known. The touch isn't gone. It's a promise kept true. Until the day, crystal, I'm standing with you. The blue sky honor. Whenever you see a clear blue sky, I say I love you allowed to crystal. The crystal check in honor her by saying a family member or anyone. How are you doing today? And making a plan together just as she did. Heavenly father, I thank you for crystals beautiful blue eyes. And the I love yous we shared. We trust that her voice is preserved in your presence and that her touch is waiting for us. Comfort our family and everyone in the silence and let her legacy of love guide our steps until we meet again. The scripture foundation. And then there's quotations in your presence from scripture. Psalm 147:3, healing for the heartbroken. Psalm 147:4, God knows every soul by name. Philippians 1:3, gratitude for every memory. Luke 24:39, the promise of physical tactile reunion. Revelation 24:4, the end of all pain and physical touch of God. Thank you. And then I will also be submitting that one. And the last is from, if I didn't state, Christ free is crystal's brother. The last one is from Brenda Acosta. And that last name is acosta. And this is from crystal's mother. This is also a poem that was written by April. This one is called the comforter crushed to find dust and the heart's healing home. If it wasn't for God's saving hand, if it wasn't for the spirit's breath, he would never have walked the sacred land or found a love that conquers death. He would never have known. We would never have known each other's hearts. My beloved daughter, Christal, or seen how mercy starts. For he is the vine, and we are the branches. And John 15:5, never to be apart. Apart from him, our lives would wander, lost and far away. But through his grace, he brought us home to find this love today. Crystal is closer than my very breathing, living on through those who she knew, myself, our families, through the unity we share with the beautiful, loving, adopted family God chose to adopt them. God is who hears the voice of the innocent blood. You are the one who collects the pieces when the spirit is crushed to find dust. Through his grace, he brought us home to love today, within every moment. We asked the comforter to flow through ourselves and hearts. We take why and how, all different emotions, that cold anger and unanswered pain, I lay it at the feet of the only one who can carry the heavenly weight and help through the earthly weight of justice. Zachariah, slay and take in my beloved dear daughter's physical temple body from me. The Holy Spirit within is imperishable and holy, that breath-flowing strength and healing to my cells. In through the hope and crystal's love. When I hug her, I hug the face of heavenly father. Then I remember the baby blue light of her radiant, beautiful love through her eyes, safe in God's palm and the sacred holy garden and peace. The earth is not in the final home. Breath of heaven is in God's kingdom. The Holy Spirit's love never fails. I am in unity for eternity rooted in crystal's heart, deep as the roots of a tree, wide and open like the blue sky and deep as a ocean. No one, no power can separate crystal's love for us away. The earth is a weight, great heaven is eternity. I ask and hope Zachariah Ross receives maximum sentence this earthly law can give him. I like to say thank you for everyone's help, care, support, and justice. Sincerely, Brenda Acosta. Thank you. All right and then the next speaker will be Heather Doherty. [00:27:36] Speaker 2: Is there a microphone? Yes. All right. Please make sure that you use that. [00:27:56] Speaker 3: If you just state your name and spell your last name please. Heather Doherty, D-O-H-E-R-T-Y. Go ahead. I'm standing here today as the adoptive mother of five children who have lost their mother. But the truth is I'm also standing here as a person who now has to help five children survive something no child should ever have to survive. You did not simply take the life of your soon-to-be ex-wife. You took their mother. You took the person they should have been able to call for the rest of their lives. You took away the woman who should have been there to comfort them when their hearts were broken. To celebrate their successes. To help them through their failures. To answer their late night phone calls. And to tell them that everything was going to be okay. You took away the person they should have been able to turn to when life became difficult. And life will be difficult for them because of you. There are birthdays where they look for her. There are holidays where her absence is impossible to ignore. There will be high school graduations where they will look into the crowd and wish that they could see her face. There will be weddings, accomplishments, celebrations, heartbreaks, and ordinary days when something happens and their first thought will be I wish I could tell my mom. And then they will they will remember that they can't. They will never hear her voice again. They will never receive another hug from her. They will never get another phone call, another piece of advice, another I love you. There will be no more memories. That is something you can never give back to them. Their mothers should have watched them grow up. They should have watched them become adults. She should have seen their accomplishments and celebrated their milestones. She should have been there for their wedding. She should have been able to meet their children. Instead, her children will grow up with memories of her that can never be added to. And the hardest part is that they already had been losing pieces of their mother long before you took her life. Throughout your marriage, you physically and emotionally abused her. You caused her pain, fear, and suffering. You took the person she was and made her live through things no one should ever have to endure from the person who promised to love them. She deserved safety. She deserved peace. She deserved to be loved without fear. She deserved to grow old. And her children deserved to have their mother. You took all that from them. What makes this even harder is... What makes this even harder to accept is a complete lack of accountability. Accountability matters. The truth matters. The choices we make matter. And the way we are raised matter. You are not raised to take accountability for your actions. You had a mother who instead of holding you accountable for your choices that you made, helped you hide them and cover them up. You had a mother who could chase Crystal's children down at the school and tell them to lie about the abuse that they were enduring at home. When a parent loves a child, they should teach that child that actions have consequences. They should teach them to face the truth, admit when they are wrong, and take responsibility for the harm they cause. You are not taught that. You are not taught that. But these children will be. They will not be raised to believe that love means making excuses for someone who hurts others. They will not be taught that protecting someone means helping them hide the damage that they have done. They will not be taught to blame other people for their choices. They will be taught that real love means accountability. They will be taught that when they are wrong, they must say that they are wrong. When they hurt someone, they must acknowledge it. When they cause harm, they must face the consequences. They will be taught that anger is never an excuse for violence. They will be taught that love is never supposed to feel like fear. They will be taught that control is not love. They will be taught that intimidation is not love. They will be taught that abuse is not love. And they will be taught that no matter how angry, hurt, jealous, or upset they are, they never have the right to hurt another person. I cannot change the way that you were raised. I cannot change the choices you made. I cannot change what you did to their mother. And I cannot give their mother back to them. But I can make sure her children are raised differently. I can make sure they know that their mother mattered. I can make sure that they know she was loved. I can make sure they know that what happened to her was not her fault. I can make sure they understand that no one deserves to be physically or emotionally tortured by the person who claims to love them. And I can make sure that the five children you left behind do not become defined by what you did. You changed their lives forever. You took their mother. But you do not get to take their future. We will be there for the moment she should have been there for. We will continue to hold them through the holidays when they miss her. We will answer the questions you left. We will teach them that they deserve relationships built on kindness, respect, honesty, and safety. We will teach them that they should never have to live in fear of the person they love. And we will teach them to never become the kind of person who causes another human being to live in fear. You have taken their mother from this world, but you will not take away the love she gave them. You will not take away the memories they have of her. You will not take away the parts of her that live inside each of them. And you will not take away their future. They will grow up. They will heal. They will love. And they will succeed. They will become good, kind, accountable human beings. And every time they do, their mother will live on through them. You took a mother from five children, but you did not destroy them. We will raise them. We will love them. And we will teach them. And we will make sure they become everything their mother would have wanted them to be. That is the legacy she deserved. And that is the legacy we will protect. I hope that your other two children, who I'm sure are hurting as well, are able to see the kind of person you really are. I hope they see through your lies. I hope they won't listen when your mother tries to deny the facts of this case. I hope they can somehow heal from this. And most importantly, I hope that they are able to find a positive male role model, one that will help them, guide them the right way, and how to navigate life in a healthy and safe way. I gave Crystal's children a choice of being here today or writing something for me to read to the court. Two of them decided to come. Two of them decided not to say anything, as the reminder of what you did is just too heartbreaking. But her fourth child wanted me to say, I am sad that I can't see my mom and that she cannot see me or call me anymore. This is the same child that when I explained to him two years ago that his mother was no longer with us and that she was in heaven, would look up at the sky and ask why she couldn't call. Did heaven take her phone away? The same child who went outside to breathe after the heavy news of his mother's murder and it was raining, we cried and danced in the rain. His mom made it rain to help wash away the tears, so now he loves it when it rains because it reminds him of his mom. I asked the court to remember that this crime did not end with one life being taken. It created five children who will spend the rest of their lives missing their mother. Five children who will grow up with milestones she will never see. Five children who will carry questions, grief, in an empty space that can never try. Five children who will truly be filled in every one of those moments is a part of the impact of what you did, Zach. Thank you. [00:37:01] Speaker 2: Thank you. [00:37:04] Speaker 4: Now I think that we'll hear from one of Crystal's children, Bryson. [00:37:12] Speaker 1: Do you want me to do it? [00:37:33] Speaker 3: Zach, what you did to my mom makes me sad and mad. I hope you go to jail for the rest of your life. [00:37:49] Speaker 1: And then next we will hear from another child of Crystal's, Haley, her oldest child. [00:38:06] Speaker 5: All right. I said, dear mom, Crystal, I'm really sad and mad that you had to go. For all the stuff with the kids, his dad, and everything that happened. I came home one day from work and sat on the couch and waited for my parents, Heather and Tyler, to say something to me. And my siblings. I heard some very, very hurtful and wrong words that I never know about that was going to ever happen in my whole entire life. I heard that the kids' dad murdered my mom. I was very emotional and crying. I couldn't stop. I hope to have a bunch of people and family come over the next day because I was so upset and very emotional. I couldn't really say anything or explain my words. That's how hard and upset I was. I'm very mad that I had to hear this about my mom. This should have never happened and I really hope for the best and only the kids' dad rots in prison for the rest of his life because my mom never deserved this in her life and should never have. Because she would really love spending time with all of us and we meant a lot to her every day and all day. No matter what, no matter where we were or where my siblings were, I really mean all of this. I really wish that she was still with all of my family and her friends and her kids. It really hurt my whole body when I heard that Zach murdered my mom, but it also made my whole family cry. And everyone was really sad that my mom was murdered. And me, big time, I couldn't really do anything at all. Hope for the best to never ever to see Zach again and never hear about him again. I hope you rot in prison for the rest of your life and I hate you because of how you treated my mom and what you did to my siblings and my mother. You're such a bad person and you have been for your whole life. Nobody cares about you. I only care for my mother and I will always and forever miss you, mom. And I love you. And so does your family and other relatives. [00:40:24] Speaker 2: Thank you. [00:40:30] Speaker 4: Now we'll hear from Denise Free, your crystal's aunt. Your crystal's aunt, correct? [00:40:45] Speaker 6: Good afternoon, Your Honor. I'm Denise Free, F-R-E-E, otherwise known as Auntie Denise. I'm living a nightmare. I can't, I can't get out of this nightmare. I cannot wrap my head around what was done to my niece. It is just, it's horrifying. How can somebody take a life of someone so beautiful, so thoughtful? She had such a big heart, the biggest hugs. The last time I saw her was Easter 2024. She pulled me aside in my brother and sister-in-law's kitchen. And she says, Auntie Denise, I'm going to finally get that divorce. I am so happy. I'm going to be able to spend all this time with my kids. I'm going to take them to the park. I got a whole bunch of stuff saved up to give them when I see them. And she gave me the biggest, biggest hug. And I said, congratulations, Crystal. At one, at one, she was just so happy that day. One other time, she came over to my place. I don't know if they brought something over, her and her dad. But she saw my front yard, which is a pond with stones and trees. And from the road, it just looks like a yard. But you can sit on the porch and listen to the birds and hear the bubbling water in the pond. And she goes, oh, Denise, do you mind if I come here sometime and just sit here and enjoy the sounds of nature? I said, any time, dear, any time you want to. Well, that never happened, Your Honor. The last time I heard from her was my birthday, June 7, 2024. She sent me a Facebook message wishing me a happy, happy birthday. She used to write me every other day. And something just didn't seem right. I mean, how come I'm not hearing from Crystal? What's going on? Well, on June 23, I found out she was missing. Oh, the knot in my stomach. And when we found out what had happened to her, it was awful. The nightmare has not ended. I want her to finally rest in peace. We got her justice. She needs justice. He needs to be put away forever so he never, ever hurts anybody ever again. And what he did to her after he murdered her, tack on a little extra. Thank you. [00:44:12] Speaker 2: Thank you. [00:44:17] Speaker 7: I spent the last two years writing this statement. And I sat down last night to polish it up. And all I saw was page after page of hatred towards Zachary. He took the sweetest, most thoughtful, loving person, and he treated her worse than a dog. After Crystal was gone, I had to go and help my husband with the estate and the house. And when I walked in the door and walked upstairs, there was a bedroom to the left. And I walked through that door and the entire room, and it's probably a 12 by 12 room, is full of gifts that she has been saving for the kids. Every Christmas, every birthday, every 4th of July, there was just stacks, and a maze, and eight feet tall. I'll just wait for mom to be reunited with the kids, because, you know, the way the system works, she could only give them one toy. So she just saved everything else. And then I saw their clothes, and their toys, tatters, rags, junk. And then we get to Zach's toys, thousands and thousands of dollars worth of RC cars, and hot wheels, and pool tables, and tools, and everything that he wanted. Crystal was on Social Security, and she didn't go for that until she was later. Because, you know, I was raised, you take care of your own. We took care of our kids. All of the kids had disabilities. We never went to the government and said, hand us money. There are kids, there are responsibilities. We loved them. We took care of them. But when Crystal got older, she needed that home. So she got it, and it took a while. And they gave her a large, large sum of money, because they went all the way back to when she was 18. And she took some of that money, and she put it away for her kids. At that time, she only had the two. She only had the two older. But she made sure she put money away for them, so that, you know, for their future, something for them. He found it, took a bit, spent it, because everything was always about him and what he wanted. And if she ever dared to question him or say, you know, no, it was fists. He threw her down the stairs, he beat her head against the stairs, and then his mother and father showed up at my house, telling me to control my child, that she's lying. He didn't do anything. She went and got help. She went to pay. They hid her. He found her. Dragged her back. She filed for divorce. She ran to Michigan to hide. To hide with her kids. He found her and dragged her back. I washed her blood off of the walls in that living room, because I know what the spatter of a slap across the face looks like when it's on the side of a wall. Every freaking wall in that house had blood. And I know it was hers, because she would never raise a hand to anybody. Crystal was loved. She was light. She would give you this shirt off your back if you were cold, and it meant she had to be naked. He wouldn't allow her to have friends. He wouldn't allow her to see family. I was there when he got married. He could say, I wasn't at that reception, but I was there when he gave me that condescending hug and leaned forward and whispered in my ear, she belongs to me now. Those words burned in my brain. And six months, you know, he drove us all away, because that's what narcissistic, excuse me, assholes do. He drove away the family, our tires flattened on our vehicles, windows broken, etc. No, I can't say that he did it, but it happened. We stepped away, because we stepped away, and all of that stopped. Every bit of it. And we stepped back because, I don't know why, I let them get in my head. And that's something I have to live with for the rest of my days. But when we found our way back to her in 2023, and she was excited to get going and get her divorce, and move on with her life, we were excited for her. Grandpa got, Dale, my husband, got the chance to spend some time with the kids. Every Monday, once a month, or excuse me, once a month, he would get to go hang out with the kids at McDonald's. Grandpa always bought the chocolate shakes. You know, and I didn't get to go, because I was only the stepmom. But that's okay. As long as Grandpa was getting his time, I could stand in the back. And then things just started to change. Her windows smashed out of her car while she's at the county shop, or at the county having a visit with the kids. He pulls up, smashes the windows out of her car. But he always knew just where to stand, just how to stand, just where the cameras were, just how far he could go before he crossed that line. For years, and years, and years, he tormented her. She was completely terrified, and at Christmas time, because of the things that were going on, he broke into her house. He broke into her garage. He took a screwdriver, and carved whore, and slut, and bitch, in the hood of her car. Because it made him feel powerful. It made him feel like he was the one in control. He was going to force her to come back, like he forced her to come back twice before. He was going to scare her back. But this time, he wasn't counting on one thing. Us. We had her back. I talked with Crystal, because she was terrified. She was terrified. And I talked to her about trying to protect her. We talked about a firearm. I said, I'll buy it. I'll train you. I'll take you to someone and get you trained if that makes you feel more comfortable. Whatever we need to do. She said, no. Uh-uh. And I know that you don't put a gun in the hand of someone who isn't comfortable with it, because then it will be taken away from them and used against them. So I said, okay, what can we do next? Well, you can't get a taser in Wisconsin. I tried. Hell, I called friends out of state and asked them if I could have one sent to them, and they could send it to me. But, you know, the best I could do for her was some pepper spray. The police were called over and over. Sheriff Schmidt and his officers were called over and over and over. But he always knew just how to stop. Just how to make sure. Well, you know, he's got his hood up. And he's wearing sunglasses. And you park the car in such a way that you can't see the license plate. Do you know how many, you know, cars like his there are? And I can't blame the police for that. Their hands are tied by laws. They can only do what they can do. But in the meantime, she just suffered and suffered. And he knew that we were going out of town. Here's the thing. Crystal just wanted everybody to get along. She wanted to get a divorce from Zach. And she wanted us to, you know, not be mad and worried and hurt and all the things that we were feeling for her. So, he got in her head. Because he knows how to do that. Come on, Crystal. Come up north for Memorial Day weekend. The whole family will be there. You love Aunt so-and-so. Come on, you're right. Let's get this divorce. It's over. So, she let down her guard. And she went there with him. And she had a good time. Because there are family members of Zach's who she really did like. And then, because he got in there, you know, she trusted him again a little bit. We're going to get divorced. We're going to, I, you know, in my mind, I can tell you exactly what happened. They went. They had their weekend. There was no, no trip down to see lawyers and all of that kind of crap. He was looking for some place to kill her, is what he was looking for. And I don't doubt that she didn't die down in the valley, down in Milwaukee. I'm from Milwaukee. I know that area. There's nothing there but destitution and death. So, what a perfect place to end her life. And then to bring her home and drive her home and do the things, the disrespect. This was the woman he promised to love and to cherish and to care for and to do the things that he did to her with complete disregard for anything other than himself. And probably another twisted pleasure. Because I tell you, I cleaned out his bedroom and the things, the porn, the disgusting tools he had in that place. I can about imagine that he probably got off by watching her work. Dear Honor, last week, at this particular time, I was in the ICU. I almost died. And what killed me almost was this and him and the stress and all of the hatred that I have so deep inside me for him, for what he did to Crystal, for what he did to his children. Those beautiful children didn't deserve this. They just wanted to be loved by their dad, loved by their mom. But what they got was a man who abused him physically, mentally, left him unclothed in dirty diapers and doesn't care. And he doesn't care. Because why? It's not about him. He is the only thing that matters. He is the only thing that is important. And everything else, be damned. You're the only guy who can help me, Your Honor. You're the only guy who can help me put this weight down. Who's a little simple and maybe a little naive. Because I know he'll do it again and again and again and again to anybody he can. Because all that matters is what he wants. I need you to lock him up and throw away that key. I need you to give him life without parole and I need to add more time on after that so that just in case he dies and comes back from the dead, he can't get out. I need to protect my family, your family, everyone's family from this evil scourge. I guess that's about all I have to say other than I would like to thank you now for everything that you have given to Dodge County and all of us, your time, your patience, your big goods. But I do have one request from you, sir. I sat and listened to that recipe for that carrot cake for a week and I didn't even get a morsel of it. So I cannot allow you to retire until you pass on that recipe. Alright, thank you very much. [01:00:07] Speaker 1: Judge, the state did submit two restitution requests. The one comes from April Lacasa's husband, so Crystal's brother-in-law, for lost wages for coming to the trial and for hotel, so a total cost of $1,200. The other is for just costs related to the prosecution. One is for witness costs from the state. We had one out-of-state witness, so that was Tyler Anderson, who came from Missouri. The total cost for his testimony was $1,079.97. The other cost is not a usual investigation fee. It was a sewage pumping that was done on the Roche household as part of the search. And so $592 for that, so a total of $1,671.97 for cost. So those are the only requests being made by the state from a cost and restitution standpoint. With respect to sentencing recommendation, the state is on count one requesting that this court sentence Mr. Roche is attached to a sentence of life without the possibility of parole on count two, the mutilation of a corpse. The state is asking for the maximum sentence, which would be seven and a half years of initial confinement, followed by five and a half years of extended supervision to run consecutive. And I know that's in some ways a symbolic sentence if the court follows the state's recommendation on count one, but I think that it's necessary on this case. When sentencing the defendant, the court should look at the character of the defendant, the nature of the crime, the protection of the community, and rehabilitation. When looking at the nature of the crime, obviously we're dealing with the most serious crime in the state of Wisconsin, first-degree intentional homicide. We have an individual who killed his wife while going through a divorce. Unfortunately, probably in this state and across the nation and likely across the world, not an unusual circumstance for first-degree intentional homicide. Domestic violence is all too common. In this power and control where a husband, as I think April puts very adequately, tries to erase his wife, tries to eliminate his wife and cause the total disappearance of his wife and that this comes from her not doing essentially what he wants to do. There's no other real cause here. This is not an overly contentious divorce where there's some big argument over assets or some big argument over child support or anything like that. It's simply he, as far as the state could see from the analysis of the evidence, that he wanted her to choose him over her children, and that is something she simply would not do. And when she would not do that, he asserted that ultimate power over her and took her life. And if that's what we were talking about, that would be life without the possibility of parole. But he went one step further and not just took her life, but then tried to destroy her body in a way that potentially could have caused her family to never have closure in this case. He tried to burn her body and destroy her body with sulfuric acid. And he, there was, I mean, the court heard the testimony. There were only a small amount of bone fragments that were found in this case. And frankly, if he would have had a few more days to continue to work the body and process the bone in this case, it's possible that we would have found very, very little of Crystal remaining. He robbed the family of the ability to give her a proper burial. At some point, they'll get some of her, of Crystal's remains back, but they don't get to do an actual burial like everybody else does of their loved one where they get to put the body in a casket and bury it in the ground. And he robbed the family of all of those things. And so this is not just a first-degree intentional homicide. This is a heinous act of brutality for someone that he was supposed to love, someone who fathered his children. And I think that that act alone justifies that consecutive sentence of seven and a half years. The defendant does have a prior criminal record. He has shown that he has a pattern of domestic violence. He has a disorderly conduct starting in 2005. Then in 2006, he had a domestic case that was read in, a disorderly conduct domestic that was read into that 2005 case. He got 10 days jail. Then he had a series of operating after revocation cases. Then again, in 2007, he had a bail jumping where resisting an officer was dismissed and read in. In 2008, he had a disorderly conduct domestic abuse where he got probation. Then he had a disorderly conduct, then he had a disorderly conduct domestic abuse where a criminal damage to property was dismissed and read in. In 2008, he had a disorderly conduct, then he had a disorderly conducts, then he had a disorderly conduct, and then he had a disorderly conduct. In 2018, he had a—knowingly violating a domestic abuse order injunction where he received a fine. He also had cases referred into our office that were never prosecuted, and I know typically we don't discuss these at sentencing, but I think that in this case, it is relevant the court can consider all factors when going through and sentencing an individual. And the state did review these cases prior to—well, prior to the sentencing, but prior to going forward in the trial, opted not to file any type of other acts motion, but frankly, the state had—I've been the district attorney at the time, that these cases came in, they likely would have been filed by my office. There was a first-degree sexual assault of a child, and then a false imprisonment and strangulation. Not to say that those would necessarily be resolved in those manners, but there were—there's certainly a pattern of conduct by the defendant leading up to this incident that shows that this is not an isolated act by him, and it goes directly to his character. Then, of course, we have his statement to law enforcement that I think is very insightful, and to his character and the amount of deception that he displayed to law enforcement. And then the defendant has the absolute right to testify, but in this case, he exercised that right to testify. And I think based on the evidence that was presented, the concrete evidence and the information in his original statement, there were—there was information contained in his testimony that showed that even during his testimony under oath, there were some things that he did not tell the truth about when he was under oath. I think, again, goes to his character. I'm not going to go into great detail about those things, but all of those go to the defendant's character that I think that the court can take into consideration when sentencing the defendant. And I think all of—when factoring all of those things together, that life without the possibility of parole and a consecutive sentence on count two are justified in this case. I have nothing further. Thank you. [01:09:15] Speaker 2: Thank you. I don't know which one of you intends to speak. Mr. Jassy, are you intending to deliver the— [01:09:24] Speaker 8: Mr. Jassy will address the restitution request first. [01:09:28] Speaker 9: Just in terms of the restitution request, we don't have an objection to the costs that were submitted. According to statute, it seems those items are reimbursable. Just in terms of the request for restitution, the statute itself is 950.02 sub 3, which defines what family members have expenses that would be qualifying as reimbursable. And it doesn't appear that brother-in-law is a category of relative that is covered by chapter 950 for restitution. [01:10:11] Speaker 1: The state's position on that is that he did serve as a support person for April LaCrosse, who— or April LaCrosse, sorry—who is Crystal's sister. So he did come by way of a support person for her. And she did stay in that hotel with him, so the hotel expense at the very least is something that April also shared as a family. [01:10:40] Speaker 2: The hotel expense would be in. Is there additional expense? [01:10:48] Speaker 1: So I don't know that there's—I don't know that April is requesting mileage, or I don't have any of that. All I have is the lost wages in the hotel. My only other argument is I don't know if he's the only individual who has an income in that family, but certainly they are married. And if that's the only income in that family, then that would also be lost wages for April, who was the sister of Crystal. [01:11:16] Speaker 2: The hotel rooms in appears to be a expense of a person who can, under statute, claim restitution, the balance will be excluded. [01:11:30] Speaker 1: Thank you. [01:11:33] Speaker 2: Your Honor. Attorney Zahawie. [01:11:36] Speaker 8: Yes, thank you, Your Honor. As Your Honor is well aware, we did submit a sentencing memorandum, along with two character letters, and a psychological summary. And so we'd like the court to consider those in its decision today. We have no further argument to make. We did calculate its custody credits at—and I conferred with the District Attorney Will at 756 days. [01:12:01] Speaker 1: That is correct. [01:12:04] Speaker 2: That will be found. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Sir, anything that you'd like to say to the court before the court decides what the appropriate sentence is? No. Whatever the court fashions the appropriate sentence, the court does need to consider the protection of the community, punishment, rehabilitation, and deterrence. Those are supposed to be the objectives of any sentence. And when this court starts this inquiry into how this sentence will best meet those objectives, the court is instructed to look at various factors. The jumping-off point is the gravity and seriousness of the offense—in this case, offenses. The statements of the defense of the family are just, frankly, all of the evidence this court needs as to the seriousness of these offenses. The seriousness of the offenses is that we lost a mother, we lost a daughter, we lost a sister, and we lost a friend. Irreplaceable. Irreplaceable. Irreplaceable. And attorney Will says, well, you know, they lost the ability to have a burial, a proper burial at a time in close proximity to Crystal's passing. That's absolutely true. But when I heard the statements, what was most impressive, honestly, most impressive, was the fact that they rest with comfort knowing where Crystal is. In the sky, she's in the sky, she's in the sky, and in their words, with the Lord. And that, I believe, will give them more comfort, quite frankly, than a burial. They have that going for them, and that's fantastic. There is no way, there is no way for this court to fashion any kind of sentence that somehow or another will replace the loss. Can't do it. The legislature has given the court a lot of tools, but they haven't given the court the tools to replace somebody who will be dearly, dearly. And we described, it was described as a knot that you can't get rid of. A knot that you can't get rid of. That's extremely sad. The, interesting, you know, the court listened to the statements that were made. And, and there was just this theme. And the theme is, we lost somebody who is beautiful. And we lost somebody whose smile is irreplaceable. We lost somebody that, and I describe it as a lot of, I'd say, childlike characteristics. That optimism, that smile, that, and the court watched the video. And you may recall during the course of the testimony, there was a video that was presented from the Goodwill store, I believe. And the video that was presented really, really just punctuates, really does emphasize what all of these family members have said. You see, because the state wanted me to somehow or another allow them to say this is a dead man walking and some kind of drama to the presentation. I didn't allow it, but I watched it. And what I watched was an amazing young lady who goes to a Goodwill store, finds a, I think it was a T-shirt, that she thought was, was, whatever, a good deal or, or something that she, and the youthful, the youthful exuberance, the excitement, this is, she goes out of the store, and ends up putting the thing on, couldn't wait till she got home, she's in a public area, couldn't wait till she got home, why, that's the spirit, and it was talked about in some of the statements that were made, the spirit, the youthful spirit, the, the, the bright, the optimism, that is something that all of you will be able to hold in your hearts, which is not, believe me, I understand, that is not a replacement, that's not a replacement for this, this young lady, it isn't. But it's something that you can carry with you. One of the, one of the very sad statements, and really, this, you know, when you talk about consequence, the consequence of the actions, obviously the loss, but there was, there was another thing that was pointed out for me. It was the inability to add to the memories. The family shared with me a lot of beautiful memories, but the memories won't, there won't be any more memories. New ones, new ones, new ones, new ones created. They have the memories of all of the great times, and celebrations that they shared, the Easter holiday, and things that were pointed out here. But they won't have any new memories. And that's the tragedy. And that's the tragedies for the family. That's the tragedy for the children. That's the, and there was just nothing, there's nothing I can do to replace that. And it is, but the beauty of this whole process is that what you shared with me is that when you look up in the sky, you see blue, and you see crystal. So you'll have that, you'll have that, and hopefully the kids will have that, the rain pouring, just those beautiful memories that sadly won't be added to. So I can't bring her back. I can't bring her back. And frankly, I'm extremely confident that no punishment the court could hand out would somehow or another fully bring closure. It is only you, the family, that can bring closure. It is only you that can bring comfort to each other, especially, and no doubt, especially as you get to the next holiday and the times that you are going to miss. So the sadness and the grief is really a punctuation of the gravity of the offense. The gravity of this particular offense, though, it's on a different level. It's on a different level because of not only, not only was Crystal taken, but then she was ultimately mutilated and was treated with such amazing disrespect that it is unbelievable. And if the theory, you know, the theory that came forward was she shot herself and that she, then he felt that he was going to somehow or another be held responsible for it. And then ultimately just decided to bring her home to his mother's home and throw her out like trash. It's unfathomable. It defies understanding. Even if that was, if that is what you think happened, which of course, as we all know, was soundly rejected, absolutely soundly rejected by the jury. And frankly, it wasn't, it wasn't something that even held any kind of water in this case. It's just, it defies common sense. The issue, one of the questions, I guess, that this court has, and frankly, Attorney Will has surmised, but I fully don't understand what brought this to this point. What brought you to the point where you would take a life? It is the, the circumstance, even as we watched going in and out of the store, it didn't appear that there was a fight, didn't appear that there was any kind of issue or problem. Uh, I think your attorney pointed out, you know, he engaged his chivalry. He, uh, stood in front, uh, of her while she changed into that t-shirt that she was so excited that she bought. How does this get there? How do we get here? And, you know, there, there's, there was a lot of, uh, conjecture about, well, perhaps, uh, you know, this was part of control. I don't know, but it clearly was something that was brewing, brewing the Internet searches that we all were privy to. And the real concern about these Internet searches is that at least one of them attempted to veil the question to put on the Internet or the search that was conducted. It said something about, will a 9mm kill an animal? Sir, this is your wife. This is a person that you made a commitment to at some point or another. And to even put in a question that she's an animal. It is, there's no explanation. There's no explanation for, you know, do I understand there was a divorce going on? Yes, I understand. But the indication is that the two of you were still seeing each other. You were still having a relationship. And do I know there was a previous divorce that was terminated? Yes. So you're still seeing each other with some kind of optimism that potentially this relationship will endure. And then we go from that point to you ultimately killing her. You ultimately taking her life. And not just taking her life, but then disposing of her like rubbish. It's just, it's unfathomable. I don't know where that comes from. And I heard the testimony. And we have talked a lot about the nature of the offense. But much of this goes to your character. I heard the testimony. And I have heard thousands, literally thousands of hours of testimony. I've been involved with the criminal justice system since 1988. I've never, ever heard testimony given from this or any other witness stand in any other county, anywhere in the state that was so lack of, it was completely devoid of any emotion. None. None. Even if you hated her with a passion, if you truly wished her dead, one would expect some kind of human, natural human reaction out of it. We got none. Stone-faced, repeating a story that was outside the realm of reality. That's what we got. And that, you know, if you want to see one of the things that weighs heavily on this court, when I assess character, that's it. That's it. The stone-cold delivery that this court saw and my ability to witness you on the stand. Attorney Will is correct. You have the absolute right, absolute constitutional right to have a trial. And the court in no way would ever, ever punish anyone for exercising their constitutional right. But when you subject yourself to the witness stand and giving this foreign testimony, the court certainly has the ability to hear that testimony and to make some assessments about it. And the assessments that I made were not positive in any way, shape, or form. Not by the content. The content, as I said, was unfathomable, but the delivery was just beyond what I've ever heard. The court looks, in addition, the court needs to consider your past record. We've heard your record. It is not, frankly, it's not indicative of this level of violence. So, certainly, it is something that the court does consider. There is, of course, a substantial amount of time that you've been incarcerated. Your education, I realize you started, or you stopped school at the 10th grade. I understand that. I understand that, though, you went out and started working at that point. As a positive, it appears that you have regularly held employment. It does appear that you've gone, you've had a lot of jobs, different industries, but it does appear that you have been working. Mental health, the court, and your attorney indicated, please take a look at the doctor's report. Certainly, it does present some concern. And I understand that there is clearly some issues with respect to mental health, but nothing that would be indicative, quite frankly, of what ultimately unraveled or what ultimately occurred here. I read, with interest, and your mom's statement, it was very motherly. And I've always said this, no matter who, mothers can find it in their heart to say positive things, as your mother did. She said a lot of positive things about you. I read your son's statement. Again, it was very positive. There's a statement in there that's a little bit troubling to the court, is the father leads by example. I'm pretty hopeful, or I am hopeful, that the leading by example ended before this particular set of circumstance. Court understands that you are 44 years old. The court has observed your demeanor. I had the opportunity to observe your demeanor in the courtroom, as opposed to on the witness stand, but you have not created any kind of problems, issues. You've been very respectful. And so that is a positive. Remorse, repentance, cooperativeness. Cooperativeness, in the grand scheme of things, I guess is a positive. But remorse, repentance is of very serious concern. Rehabilitation is something that the court is always hopeful of, and rehabilitation in this particular case, though, is extremely difficult. But there was some note of things in the doctor's report that you should be working on, things that you should be dealing with. The court can't help but note that in the pretrial motions, motions, there was a request to suppress the statement. And the court heard it's very, very long and have already commented about it. But what's interesting is that you come across in that statement as a very intelligent person. Just the way you interacted with the officers during the course of that questioning. And then I hear that you are really planning this, planning this. And you engaged in searches that really were designed to avoid detection. It really does appear that this was a situation for reasons wholly, completely, and unknown to this court that you wanted this lady dead. And you accomplished that, you killed her. The depravity that is shown by the actions subsequent is probably the most troubling of things that they have done. that this court has seen or heard in the entire time that I've been on the bench. The absolute depravity. I can't imagine mutilating, mutilating somebody, burning them and using, using the drain cleaner to destroy the evidence, to destroy the bones. It's just absolutely impossible for this court to understand. It absolutely is. Certainly there is a need to protect the community and there is a absolute fear. Absolute fear. Absolute. And very often, very often, victims, families come before the court and are, I guess, somewhat melodramatic about, you know, what's going to happen into the future. What if this individual gets out? This court's assessment of things, as I heard the testimony, your testimony, and as I heard the evidence, is that that fear is well founded. That fear is well founded. It's not hyper vigilance. It's not, you know, making a mountain out of a mohill. It is absolutely real and absolutely understandable. It's a real fear that someone would hold given the way that you have acted. It is a real fear. Fear. A justifiable fear. It is the fear of you repeating this offense, this type of offense, this depravity in dealing with the human body. It is absolutely that fear that tells this court that confinement is necessary to protect the public. That to do anything but to confine would unduly depreciate the seriousness of this offense. The court will, at this time, sentence you to life in prison. The court will not make you eligible to see parole board. The court will, as to count two, the court will order six years of initial confinement, followed by five years of extended supervision, that to run consecutive. And as the district attorney astutely pointed out, that is perfunctory. But I do believe that a separate and distinct punishment is in order simply because of the nature of the offense. The court needs to advise you of several things. First of all, the court needs to advise you that because you are a convicted felon, you cannot vote in any election until such times your civil rights are restored. Do you understand that? Yes. Also, the court needs to advise you that you cannot possess a firearm. Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is a separate and distinct felony in the state of Wisconsin. Do you understand that as well? Yes. The court will provide you with a written explanation of the determinant sentence. Please review that with your attorney. [01:38:32] Speaker ?: Yes. [01:38:33] Speaker 2: You do have a right to appeal the sentence of the court. If you wish to file an appeal, you need to do so within the next 20 days or lose your right to appeal. Your attorney will review with you your appellate rights. Pre-sentence credit is found at? Council will take it. 756, Your Honor. 756 days as part of the sentence. The court is ordering the payment of restitution as found by this court. Anything further? No, thank you. No, thank you, Your Honor. This hearing is ended. He is remanded to the care and custody of the Dodge County Sheriff for immediate transportation to the Wisconsin State Prison. We are done. [01:39:45] Speaker ?: Thank you. Thank you. We are done. Thank you. Thank you.