The Ludington Torch
The Trail of Baby Kate
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Officially Eight Years Old: Baby Kate Missing
Early in the afternoon of June 29, 2011, Ludington's Katherine Phillips (aka Baby Kate) was reported missing by her mother, Ariel Courtland. The four month old girl would never be seen again. …
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Sean Phillips Loses Appeal of Murder Charge in Michigan Supreme Court
It looks like Baby Kate's father will have at least 14 more years in prison without any more days in court. The grounds of his appeal to reverse the decision had four prongs: 1) That Det. Posma's interview was prejudicial rather than probative. 2) That the evidence did not show elements of 2nd…
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Seven Years Missing: Katherine Shelbie-Elizabeth Phillips, aka Baby Kate
Baby Kate was just four months old on June 29, 2011 when she disappeared off the face of the earth, with only two people having seen her that day, her mother, Ariel Courtland, and father, Sean Phillips. Her mother said that the father took off with Kate shortly after he had went to take a…
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Court Officials Called Out for Stalling Production of Six Year Old Records
Back in 2012, I had called for the release of several non-exempt records concerning…
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A Trail Littered with Lies: FOIA Lawsuit for Baby Kate Police Report, Polygraph
On Friday May 5th, 2017, Cinquo de Mayo became Sinkhole de FOIA in Ludington as I filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) appeal to the 51st Circuit Court based on the facts behind the…
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The Baby Kate FOIA Blockade
The agenda for the meeting of the Ludington City Council on March 20, 2017 showed very little of critical importance. The three local news agencies chose to report only on aspects of the…
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Detection of Lies Six Years Later
As the City of Ludington Daily News (COLDNews) reprints editorials all week from other real newspapers celebrating Sunshine Week and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), they remain totally…
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The Day of Reckoning for the Second Degree Murder of Baby Kate
December Ninth, 2016-- a day that will be remembered in Mason County as the day that Sean Phillips was sentenced by Judge Peter Wadel to a sentence of 19-45 years for his part in the disappearance of Baby Kate, which resulted in a jury convicting him of second-degree murder.The 19-45 year clock…
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Those Who Were Subpoenaed But Never Testified at the Sean Phillips Murder Trial: An Overview
In reviewing the court records for the open murder trial of Sean Phillips, in which he was found guilty of second degree murder on October 14th, there were several witnesses for both the prosecution and defense that were subpoenaed to testify but never did. While it is impossible to know exactly…
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Jury Deliberating on Day 13th of Sean Phillips Murder Trial After Closing Arguments
After three days of jury selection, and nine days of open trial, Day 13 looked to be the last, at least before the jury deliberates. Yesterday, in a surprise gesture, the defense waived any witnesses, before making a request to the Honorable Judge Peter Wadel to make a directed verdict. After…
A group whose main purpose is to publicly coordinate facts and investigatory records about Baby Kate (Kathryn Phillips), an infant missing since June 29, 2011, and analyze that information so that the public can help in this investigation. The Trail of Baby Kate will also be pushing for all investigatory records of the Baby Kate case to be made public. The investigatory agencies have been silent long enough-- let's get on the Trail to find Baby Kate