During the entire trial 😂😂😂

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"I know that the state has put together a very tight case. Buy consider this - what if they're wrong? I rest my case." -the defense

And when they do say something, there's a lot of random nonsense before they get to the point, if there even is one. Like around @30:00 talking about the login times, the way she phrased the question about how login times are generated, how many applications need passwords, the confusion around when passwords are required (log on vs log off). It took her waaay to long to get to the point that _somebody_ logged in around 4PM, after Bart was presumably dead. That's like the strongest piece of doubt in this case, you think they'd be on top of it.

I have never followed a similar trail. He should plead guilty.

I think his dad was a tyrant (to Chas, but not to his older brother), and Chas hated his dad. He became desperate and disillusioned a long time ago. But ya, he could've tried to approach his dad about all of this.

I think they just wanted him to please guilty, rather than waste peoples time.

Yes, prosecution did say, at end of opening statement, that it would be thorough and repetitive to ensure the job was done properly.

And zero chance for appeal.

The length and process here is typical of all major cases specifically homicide. Nothing unusual about this. It prevents any appeal years down the line and while he sits in gladiator school with no hope of release

What in that you have seen would indicate that this young man could care less about something other than himself?

You are 100% RIGHT!!

Exactly

I can not believe his dad didn't even question that immediately!

@Rebecca Shenk I don't blame rhe dad at all. Who would think everything was a lie? He eventually started to see something wasn't right, obviously.

I can, don't put anything past a psycho!!!!🙄

Not everybody

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I don't understand the point of all of it. He's so cocky going to trial. He sits there half asleep with his squishy, sausage fingers playing with his pen. Totally unphased by everything around him. Unaware, or uncaring that he destroyed many lives. Completely without empathy. I can't help but wonder if the point of this is just to get out of jail for a few days and take his chances. The only time he's ever shown feelings is when it's in relation to himself getting into trouble/getting caught. He doesn't care about anyone or anything else. People are pawns to him. He's exactly where he belongs. My heart goes out to his family and loved ones.

He’s a psychopath! He had his girlfriend fooled for months after his parents bodies were found. Find the KZfaq videos called chandler halderson jail calls. She stayed by his side was too long. Even after his dads torso was found on her mom’s girlfriend property. If you haven’t seen cat’s police interviews(2) watch them first. Then listen to the jail cells months later. She was nuts to stand by him.

Casey Anthony

The house was renovated and sold recently. I saw it online. SO many pictures of the fireplace

They should've razed that house. Who could stand to live there?

characters from the Sims family have more emotion than that murdering freak

probably feels relief not having to live lies

He’ll still lie. It’s pathological w him

Lack of remorse, lack of empathy , lack of emotion, lack of guilt, void of any feelings of compassion , pathological lier are some of the characteristics of an pchicopath.

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Exactly !

They are getting paid to defend an unwinnable case, why try?

All the defense has is a reasonable doubt as no one actually saw him commit the murders. That is why the prosection is so lengthy and thorough.

Lol!

lmfao

This never should have gone to trial! Take the plea and hope you're able to play video games again

lmfaoo ikr. I'm weak!

@Anita Fowler Just check in the description and it has the layout of who's up next.. 😊

Why didnt the parents realize this when he NEVER had homework! Always playing video games AND by the second "missed" pay-cycle i would be calling this so-called company he worked for and spoke with his "boss".. true signs of a total psychopath! I'm sure as well his parents had no clue about that gun either,he hid it in the stack of logs, bc that right there is a sure sign he is a straight lunatic!

Even though it seems incredible over so much time, parents often choose to hope their intuition is wrong, to excuse their child, to pray that the adolescent will realise mistakes and get back on track. It delusion and hope and love...sadly makes parents wear blinkers sometimes.

Being a parent of at home adult kids, you definitely shift from parenting to trying to stay out of their business, and let them handle their adult problems on their own. It's a tough shft. We have several kids, and with some I helicoptered too much, with the others, I disappeared too much. No handbook on how to live as a parent with adult kids in the house. You need to let them navigate on their own and fail on their own and not step in to rescue right away. Tough calls. Such great parents he had.

Exactly, the guy was a managing director at a well respected tax firm, but didnt ask any probing questions about why these are personal emails, contain no contact information, and why it would take over a year to get an appointment at a local community college… This guy is a tax expert, but yet is not questioning why they are not receiving any tax documents from the college…the guy is paid to find loopholes and the minutiae of tax law, but his kid can send a hundred emails riddled with spelling errors from personal email accounts and he doesnt probe any further. Or how about you sit in on one of his “work” calls…working from home it would be incredibly easy. Where were his textbooks? Homework, etc… How about you demand a printout of his bank statement to see his paychecks being “deposited”. Just so foolish Could have nipped these lies in the bud day 1, but allowed them to spiral out of control.

@@Maxi7442 do you mean "blinders"?

My thoughts as well. I figure he loves this attention.

@@babetx7660 Agree. He's getting plenty of it, negative as it is.

He chose to go to trial probably because 1) Wisconsin does not have the death penalty and 2) The prosecution has such overwhelming evidence to convict that they declined to offer him a plea deal...so Chandler and his defense decided to roll the dice.

@@arthursmith6854 I think you are right, and it tells you everything about this guy. Not only is he a killer, he has no problem making everyone he knows go through a trial at the expense of the community.

@@pumibel1720 Not to mention the emotional toll this must be on his brother and Uncle. Everyone close to the family really.

Just about the only class he ever passed, too!

A combination of the actor and movie director, I guess

Imagine if he actually applied himself

The real Tom Selznick is like WTF!!

It's hard to present an effective defense when the defendant made so many mistakes and left so many clues. Plus the prosecution and law enforcement took a "no expense spared" attitude in gathering evidence and getting witnesses.

I agree. It seems the only words the defense uses are "no thank you".

Lovely Judge indeed

They obviously have something up their sleeve but I can't for the life of me think what it is

They are doing the only thing they can do, make sure that his rights aren't violated as he meets justice. Maybe hope that the prosecution screws up somewhere they can capitalize on, and preserve any objections for a possible appeals trial... but this case is pretty much a forgone conclusion, only thing to do is make the prosecution does their job by the numbers. I mean their opening strategy was "my client didn't do it, reasonable doubt is a thing, thank you for your time." Short of a signed confession this is about as slam dunk as they come. The only reason to not take a plea deal here is that there is literally no downside. Prosecution wouldn't offer one and there is no value in him accepting one, his only hopes are a rouge jury, a process error or the second coming... in short, he's pretty much hosed.

I would love to be able to stand in front of him, point and give the old Nelson Muntz "Ha Ha". He's truly earned it.

Yeah, now the whole world knows

Sociopaths or psychopaths have no sympathy or empathy, so he would have no feelings.

That's why he was exhausted all the time 🙄

Domino's pizza delivery

"No thank you"

Monica: I was thinking the same thing! It will be the states 10 plus days of overwhelming evidence vs the defenses one hour (if that?) of what? I’m guessing they will just try to point out that it is somehow possible (In a fantasy land) that someone tried to frame him?? And that the jury must not have reasonable doubt? Can’t wait lol

Let's take a look at the mailman.

@@joanfrellburg4901 I think it was the workman who came to give the estimate.

Stick figures, oh wait, just sticks. 😂😂😂

No, thank you.

Wow there is no explanation as to who logged into Barts computer at 4:13 pm. I thought he had that meeting with Chandler at 3pm. Prosecution case here does not add up

I do too. He's the best combo of professioinal and friendly.

Glad it had a positive outcome !! That's how it should be ,work it out instead of this kind of tragedy!!

Good thing that your nephew was mentally stable, had a father who was able to forgive serious long term lying and who also didn't have an SKS rifle on hand!

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This is major or mental. If you think this is funny your mental.

My nephew was and is not mentally stable. Nor is his father. It didn't end well. But not in murder. My point was denial is not just a river in Egypt. The kid continues to be a serial, pathological liar. Dad is still in FuFu land. Just sure the son will turn over a new leaf tomorrow.

The defence's job is to break down the prosecution's evidence to show that there is some reasonable doubt. But there is just so much incontrovertible evidence against their client.

They were assigned to him as public defenders. I don't think they can do anything but sit through the evidence until the end. I was wondering/hoping they have appealed to him to plead guilty and put an end to this, but he doesn't seem to care.

I think they're mostly there to ensure a fair trial, and they did a good job at that. If chandler had wanted to be found innocent it would have been smart for him to not commit these crimes or at the very least hide them better

😬😆This is a trial that needs a bit of comedic relief.

Army doesn’t allow lying weak idiots in their ranks . A worm has a bigger backbone than Chazzdazzl . Basically , a loser wimp

There was in the Kwik store across from her workplace. You must have missed it.

I didn’t see it either, but I wasn’t following this trial too closely. I wonder if he’s cold enough to have actually drank the last soda his mom got him

There were texts, so maybe video was unnecessarily, but good point.

I never knew this so thank you for explaining! It actually makes a lot of sense.

He probably was getting the refund for his tuition.

He didn’t waste it. He NEVER ATTENDED. 😂🎉

No, they were public defenders appointed at no cost. And their lack of what appears to be serious defense is likely because they were well aware his guilt was overwhelming. I don't blame them, public defenders are an important part of the justice system and sometimes they simply have nothing to work with.

They are doing nothing because they have nothing

Not trying to be rude but the female attorneys on both sides have very obnoxious voices

I agree with you there. Interesting analysis by your husband - it may have been a good defense strategy. A more competent defense attorney might also have looked into the possibility of Chandler being affected by the meds he was taking for his fake injury. I wonder if he was taking the drugs the day of the murder and whether it would have lowered his inhibitions just enough that he was able to go through with the murder of his parents.

That could be, but to thos extent, something is wrong with him besides not being good enough

She was assigned to him as a public defender. I don't think she has anythinng she can honestly object to. Did you watch her opening statement? She didn't say the defense would prove anything during the case, she just said everyone is innocent until proven guillty and to please keep an open mind. I feel she is hamstrung by this defendent. I can't imagine what she'll be able to say during closing arguments.

@@momohmom2 Yeah, I’ve never watched a trial so closely as I have with this one. But, she cannot dispute the facts, and there are plenty of them. I do remember that she reserved her right to cross examine Cat at a later date instead of the days that the prosecution had her on the stand. And, I mean, you can tell she’s a public defender, but at the same time, she could have been an extremely well paid attorney, and there would be nothing they could really say. He screwed himself. He basically handed them all the information that they needed to know when trying to establish his week long story. He deserves to die a slow and painful death for what he’s done. But, that’s just my opinion.

He probably didn’t see it. He had to clean so many things he overlooked details like that.

Yes. I don’t remember exactly how many were found, but I know one was found on some yellow duct tape that was also found in the trash bin. This trash bin contained a tarp with dna evidence from both parents.

I audibly wtf'd when they showed that picture. It was so incredibly obvious, positioned on top of the log almost balancing there, obviously no way to know for sure that it was intentional, but I'm having a hard time coming up with a set of circumstances that would lead to one small piece of bone to be left on the very top of the wood logs like that, while most everything else was in the trap. Strange little detail that will drive me mad lol.

@@ThankYouScienc3 Lots of killers like to keep trophies of their deeds. It also could be a big f u to law enforcement.

@@ThankYouScienc3 exactly! Then I was thinking, would the police do this? It just was very morbidly odd that he cleaned that entire fireplace, put new logs in as well and left a small facial bone right on top for everyone to see. It's not hidden, it's in plain sight. It's eating away at me weeks later now why and who do it! He was covering his tracks, so he thought, but this is definitely a nail bitter for me!

lmaoo yes!

Oh cool, I will thank for the info 😀

Joel Guy too 😬

@@kencopeland3471 good one.. forgot about her

And Christopher Porco

He went through the bone, I don’t think he cared where they were

But I agree with you

No death penalty in WI, although this is definitely a case to reinstate it.

Love his hair. He at least has a lot of it. Lucky him.

Sometimes a little curl hangs down I think he tries to comb it to where you can't see the curls I like this judge very much

He's a sexy beast!!!!

I think it’s very stylish and nice. And so are his bow ties. I love this judge.

Wow, bodyshaming at its best

Human Defense!!

It also showed how idiotic his parents were by letting him get away with his filthy lies for so long. I mean every college email ends in . Edu. Maybe just maybe, they would be alive today had they stopped him sooner and not have played into his web of lies.

I believe Chandler successfully did exactly what he set out to do: remove his loving, supportive and yes, codependent parents, from his life and from every person or pets on planet Earth, and after their ghastly murders, dismemberments and disbursements around the area they lived & enjoyed life, insured their humiliation by having his perverted behaviors itemized and displayed in a court of law. In his utterly ill mind, his parents got their comeuppance, AND HE WON. Utterly diabolical. Kudos to all the investigators & prosecuting attorneys for their At efforts to map this case out so a phenomenally.

You do know they had more than one son and he was very successful in life. Just because they were murdered doesn't mean they did anything wrong. They truly believed everything their son told them they had no reason to doubt him. Even when I think about it it baffles my mind that this kid told so many lies for so long. It makes me wonder how long he had been thinking about killing his parents. The farce had to end sometime and how he planned to do that may have always been this way.

@@Sunstar441 There have been a few similar murders in recent years, in which a spoiled, twenty-something man-child still living with parents and financially dependent on them, kills them when he fears his free ride is coming to an end and he might have to - shock, horror - live like an adult. The murders committed by Grant Amato and Joel Guy Jnr, among others, have obvious parallels with the Chandler Halderson case. They are intriguing stories, on many levels. Obviously for a non-killer, it's impossible to fathom how a person could brutally kill any human being, least of all the humans who birthed, raised and nurtured you all your life. As a journalist for many years, my default position is nosiness - I want to know how and why bizarre, unexpected things like this happen. Particularly if reaching a better understanding of it, could potentially prevent future tragedies. The reasons are obviously complex, even if you are the killer, it's doubtful you'll ever fully understand it. But the similarities between this and other parental murders by entitled sons are striking, and surely provide some significant clues. In all three murder cases I referenced (and others I did not), the killer's mom and dad's parenting styles were the polar opposite of each other - with mom playing 'good cop' and dad as 'bad cop'. In every case the mom was over indulgent, a helicopter mom too invested in her adult son, as though he were still a child, too generous and too tolerant with him, delighted he was still living at home, despite being an adult. Picking up after him, not expecting him to do any housework or chores - failing to show him boundaries or expectations of good behaviour. In all cases, there was a sense the son disrespected/despised his indulgent mother. Krista once sent Chandler a text thanking him for waving at her that morning as she left for work, saying it had 'made her day'. She expected so little from him, and was pathetically grateful for the least little show of affection! The mom will generally be a walking ATM machine, forever giving or 'loaning' him pocket money that's never re-paid, funding vacations and other treats, picking up his favourite snacks/candy/drinks for him while she's at the shops, cooking his favourite meals etc. She's also typically in daily contact with her son via cellphone, sending texts throughout the day and making sure he knows where she is and what she's doing at all times. The father in these cases, is very different to her, but is also very much a traditional male just as she's a traditional female. He is generally a rock solid, reliable and dependable breadwinner in a good career, who worked hard all his life to keep his wife and kids (an example his son did not follow). With workaholic tendencies he was physically absent from the home for long periods, doing overtime and putting in extra hours. But in addition to being physically absent, the father was emotionally absent. Where mom was very hands on and affectionate with their kids - sometimes to the point of clingy - dad was a little stand-offish. He'd get home from work shattered, and the mom would pamper him, take his jacket and get his dinner. As head of the house, he expected to switch off, sit there and relax in front of the TV ,without paying the children much attention. Where the mom is over tolerant and generous with their adult son, dad isn't - he is the one challenging him about why he isn't working, paying rent, tidying his bedroom, doing better things with his life, etc. The son generally stays out of his dad's way as much as possible to avoid conflict. In every case I've followed, the parents' murders followed a confrontation between father and son about his lazy lifestyle, involving some kind of deadline or ultimatum about him getting a job/moving out/becoming more independent. The son instead chose to kill both parents, believing it would provide a solution that would extend his dependant status. With Chandler, the father-son showdown was about him dropping out of college and covering it up with an elaborate web of forged emails and hoax phone calls. Once that secret was out, all his other lies about jobs and disability would surely have quickly unravelled. Grant Amato's parents were understandably angry after discovering he'd spent their $200k retirement fund on a Bulgarian 'cam girl' he chatted to online but would never even meet. After that discovery, Grant's father let him continue living with them at home, but made him obey a long, written list of rules - including never to contact the girl again. If he broke the rules, he was told he would be thrown out. His dad caught him reaching out to the woman on Twitter, and was furious. Enraged at this intrusion into his private life, Grant shot both parents in the back of the head, execution style, waited for his elder brother to return home and did the same to him. You probably know the Joel Guy Jnr case, a parental murder by a 27 year old son who had never earned a cent in his life, because his Mom Lisa literally worked full time to give her entire salary to him. He'd been a student his whole life, supposedly training to become a plastic surgeon. But in his late twenties, there was no sign he was any closer to achieving that prestigious career. When his mom and dad told him they couldn't continue bankrolling him, as they'd decided to retire and would no longer have the income, he was silently seething. He set about secretly plotting their murders, buying the equipment to kill and dismember them, using his mother's cash. The murders and disposal of the bodies in this case was particularly horrific, and points to huge anger. One lunchtime, during a Thanksgiving visit, Joel Jnr viciously stabbed dad Joel Snr to death as he was exercising on a step machine in a bedroom. Then he awaited his mom Lisa's return from Walmart, called her upstairs and launched a similarly frenzied and bloody attack. After cutting the clothes from their dead bodies, he set about dismembering them. He dissolved their torsos in two plastic tubs he'd filled with corrosive drain cleaner. He 'snapped' his mother's head from her shoulders with his bare hands, carried it, dripping blood, downstairs to the kitchen, and boiled it in a large saucepan on the stove. They were yet another couple whose devotion to their adult son was rewarded with horrific violence. He didn't love them back - quite the opposite, he hated them! Another similarity in these three cases, is that despite the mountain of evidence against them, every killer pleaded Not Guilty. This forced a full jury trial, at which the victims' loved ones had to give evidence, and endure all the terrible details of their last moments. Why did they want those full trials? They must have known they hadn't a hope of getting away with their murders - unsurprisingly, none of the defendants elected to take the stand and speak in their own defence! I think they were proud of what they had done, and the televised murder trial was their last hurrah, a final farewell and Eff You to the world. You pointed out Chandler's brother Mitchell was a 'normal' guy, and the other murders I've mentioned also feature apparently harmless, decent siblings. Obviously in 99% of cases this kind of parenting won't play any role in a son becoming a family annihilator. I was clear in my original post that Bart and Krista did nothing to deserve their murders - nor did the other cruelly annihilated family members. But I think it would be dishonest to suggest their parenting styles played no role whatsoever in the tragedies that ensued. It has to have been a factor, and one piece of the jigsaw among many others, that created the perfect storm for parental murder. There are too many similarities in the family dynamics in which these homicides occurred, for it to be mere coincidence. I want experts to study people like Chandler Halderson and Joel Guy Jr while they're costing the taxpayer money living out their days in prison. I say, study them like lab rats, whether they like it or not! If it prevents even one more murder like these by an entitled man-child, it will be effort well spent.

Why do you bring up weight? The defense has little to object to and they get their own time to present their defense case in the manner best to defend the monster. And if you haven't noticed, none of the attorneys AND the judge are of average weight. What is it that people get out of being ANONYMOUSLY mean??

Weight plays no role. 🙄 only someone with low self esteem would bring that up.

@Caesar your no physical prize of a specimen I wouldn't criticize others appearance.

She's probably taking notes.

So what about the “luggage they packed they packed the night before they left “… according to chandler, “he helped them pack”… right? Where did this stuff end up? In the mystery car? He must have thrown it in the Wisconsin River or something…