Tom Loewy

6 days ago | bnd.com | Tom Loewy

Deanna Gott spent the better part of the last month in the Scott County Courthouse. When jury selection started on May 5 for Adriana Blake's trial for her role in the 2024 shooting deaths of Brian Goodwin and Amy Smith, Gott was in the courthouse for both days. When trial testimony started on May 7, she was in the courtroom. Gott was there for every minute of every hour of every day of proceedings for 19 days. Gott was the person who took on the role of mother for Goodwin during his troubled youth.

1 week ago | qctimes.com | Tom Loewy

Adriana Blake’s fate is in the hands of 12 people who listened to 15 days of evidence and two days of closing arguments during her trial for the 2024 shooting deaths of Brian Goodwin and Amy Smith. The jury is considering two counts of first-degree murder and 12 other charges against the 28-year-old Blake for her participation in the Jan. 15, 2024, shooting deaths of Goodwin and Smith. Devon Braet also is charged with the killings and is scheduled to be tried separately in June.

1 week ago | qctimes.com | Tom Loewy

Adriana Blake wanted money and drugs. That's what Scott County Attorney Kelly Cunningham told a jury Thursday as she laid out the motivations for the 2024 shooting deaths of Brian Goodwin and Amy Smith. Cunningham made her two-hour closing argument to the 12 primary and four alternate jurors after 15 days of witness and expert testimony ended Wednesday. Twelve of those jurors will decide if the 28-year-old Blake is guilty of first-degree murder and 14 other charges for her participation in the Jan.

1 week ago | qconline.com | Tom Loewy

Adriana Blake started to cry once during her just over two hours of testimony Tuesday in a Scott County courtroom. The tears came after the 28-year-old Blake took the witness stand in her own defense and described who Brian Goodwin was to her and what he did for her in the months before Goodwin and Amy Smith were killed. "He let me move in. He was a really good person. He was my best friend," Blake told jurors. This was the 14th day of testimony in her trial for her role in Jan.

1 week ago | qctimes.com | Tom Loewy

Adriana Blake started to cry once during her just over two hours of testimony Tuesday in a Scott County courtroom. The tears came after the 28-year-old Blake took the witness stand in her own defense and described who Brian Goodwin was to her and what he did for her in the months before Goodwin and Amy Smith were killed. "He let me move in. He was a really good person. He was my best friend," Blake told jurors. This was the 14th day of testimony in her trial for her role in Jan.