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WELCOME TO THE HOME PAGE OF THE WEBSITE DEDICATED TO TRUTH, AND JUSTICE FOR CHAD EVANS, WHO WAS WRONGLY CONVICTED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN 2001 OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER OF 21 MONTH-OLD KASSIDY BORTNER. Also, see Chad's SUPPORT GROUP FACEBOOK PAGE and FOLLOW him on two Twitter Accts: ChadEvans2 and ChristineGagne1 On this Page: New material on site Introduction to the case - key documents Mission, Goals, Methods and Beliefs & Assumptions New material on site: 15 January 2012. New photos of Chad, Aliza and Nicole at the Who IS Chad Evans - Sentence and Prison Life section. 8 January 2012. Pew Research Center poll on the Death Penalty. Of those who oppose it, 27% oppose it because of the risk of executing an innocent, wrongly convicted person. See Links to Articles - Wrongful Convictions, National (Can an innocent person be convicted of murder in New Hampshire? Yes.) 29 December 2011. The national Innocent Network released its report of 21 exonerees for 2011. See Links to Articles - Wrongful Convictions, National 29 December 2011 (posting) WBUR (Boston) radio two-part series on false confessions. See how a 16 year old girl confessed to murdering her own child - which she didn't do. See Links to Articles - Wrongful Convictions, National 28 December 2011. Keene Sentinel editorial against the Death Penalty, and Chad Evans Wrongly Convicted Committee "Comment" on the possibility of executing the innocent. See Links to Articles - Chad Evans, post 2002 27 December 2011. Visitors to this website are now able contribute online to the Chad Evans Wrongly Convicted Committee through PayPal and credit cards. Go to "Fundraising/Catalog Page" 27 December 2011. USA Today article about false confessions See Links to Articles - Wrongful Convictions, National 21 December 2011. Posting of December 6 Washington Post article about Virginia man who was exonerated by a Virginia Appeals court with the support the VA Attorney General. See Links to Articles - Wrongful Convictions, National 20 December 2011. Posting of 2007 Readers Digest article about the "living nightmare" of Alice and Miguel Velasquez whose daughter had a chronic condition and the doctors and social workers assumed abuse. See Links to Articles - Wrongful Convictions, National 13 December 2011. Mother Jones article about innocent people in prison. See Links to Articles - Wrongful Convictions, National 7 December 2011. The book, EYE CONTACT - The Mysterious Death in 2000 of Kassidy Bortner and the Wrongful Convictions of Chad Evans and Amanda Bortner is now available in bookstores in Maine and New Hampshire, as well as on www.amazon.com in paperback or Kindle. See section Books about Chad Evans case and other cases 25 November 2011. Bob Arnold, of Rochester, writes Letter to the Editor of Foster's Daily Democrat in opposition to Chad Evans request for re-investigation of his case. See Links to Articles - Chad Evans, post 2002 16 November 2011. Texas former prosecutor apologizes to wrongly convicted man. See Links to Articles - Wrongful Convictions, National
16 November 2011. New York Times article about prosecutors resisting DNA evidence. See Links to Articles - Wrongful Convictions, National 15 November 2011. The book EYE CONTACT is now available on Amazon.com in a Kindle ecopy edition or hard copy. See the Amazon page for the book. Also, see "Latest News." 9 November 2011. On this 11th anniversary of the death of Kassidy Bortner, the paperback Edition of EYE CONTACT is published. See "Latest News."
Introduction to the case - key documents Several key documents for understanding the case are presented and linked below are recommended, and for a quick introduction to Chad Evans' case. 1. Summary of the Chad Evans case (based on what was formerly the "under construction" page) (2 pages) (Rev. 10/11). See also Chad's FOUR-PAGE APPLICATION for assistance to Centurion Ministries for a summary of his case. 2. How Chad Evans was wrongly convicted (2 pages) (Rev. 10/11) 3. The REPORT of the Voice Stress Analysis lie detector test. The report concluded, "After analyzing all of the circumstances and the test results, it was concluded that Mr. Evans was a cooperative, sincere individual who eagerly submitted to VSA testing which revealed No Deception Indicated (NDI) on his part." See Chad's QUESTIONS AND CHAD'S ACTUAL ANSWERS "No" to the examiner's questions. See also PROPOSED QUESTIONS which Chad brought to the examination, in case the examiner needed additional questions. 4. Nearly all the "Physical Contact between Chad Evans and Kassidy Bortner" between Chad and Kassidy were playful and nurturing, which is not what the jury heard. (Rev. 20 July 2011) (5 pages) 5. Chad Evans and the tragic death of Kassidy Bortner (2 pages) (Rev. 10/11) 6. Indictments, Verdicts and Sentences In chronological order of alleged offenses, are presented 11 charges. Chad Evans was found guilty of 8 and not guilty of 3. (4 pages) 7. Spreadsheet: Who was alone with Kassidy Bortner during her last 24 Hours? (This document shows that Amanda Bortner was alone with Kassidy for 2 hours 40 minutes, and Jeff Marshall for 5 hours 50 minutes and Chad Evans for 30 minutes.) 8. In his police interview on 9 November, Chad Evans described the incident the previous evening where he tossed a "hard rubber ball" or "starter baseball" to his son, Kyle, who hit it into the left eye of Kassidy Bortner. During the investigation and Chad Evans and Amanda Bortner trials of the case, the references to this "ball" were varied and uncertain. See INVESTIGATION REFERENCES TO BALL and TRIAL REFERENCES TO BALL. 9. In June 2010, Chad Evans reviewed the transcript of his 9 November 2000 interrogation and he added comments and explanations. ANNOTATED INTERROGATION TRANSCRIPT See (REV. 6/14/10) The video of his interrogation is linked in the "Investigations" section at the "Maine State Police" paragraph for 7:10 p.m. 10. Physical contact between Chad Evans and Amanda Bortner. Their love and relationship was full of physical contact, which puts the allegations of "assault" by Chad into perspective. See PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH AMANDA. 11. "Letters from New Hampshire State Prison." This document contains the letters sent, beginning in January 2010, by Chad Evans to Morrison Bonpasse, his friend, advocate and private investigator. The 657 pages of will be linked. To see the photos, click on the link, or open a different window and go to the "Who IS Chad Evans?" Section and then click on "Photographs from 'LETTERS FROM NH PRISON' " for each of the numbered photos. 12. The foundation for the Arrest Warrant for Chad Evans and for the Search Warrant to search his home were the Affidavits of Sgt. White of 10 November 2000 and 11 November 2000, respectively. In 2010, Chad Evans annotated Sgt. White's 11 November affidavit with his understanding of the facts. See Chad-Annotated Sgt. White Affidavit. 13. Documents and information not available to the jury at the Trial of Chad Evans a. 22 March 2001 DNA Test of the blood underneath Kassidy's ten fingernails. b. Six Page Report of pediatric medical exam of Kassidy on 10 August 2000. c. Report of orthopedic surgeon examination of Kassidy on 11 September 2000. d. Photograph of Kassidy and Amanda Bortner on Friday, 20 October 2000. e. 5 November 2000 Date (previously not specified) of family gathering with Chad and Kassidy at home of his sister, Nicole in Belmont, NH for most of the day, Sunday. 14. Analysis of the accuracy of the State's closing statement in Chad's trial. For Chad's analysis of the closing statement see his ANNOTATIONS of True, False and T/F with each statement. 15. Jeff Marshall was asked to write a Statement on November 9 for the police. Presented here are his Handwritten statement and a Rekeyed WORD copy of that statement. Also here are Chad's November 2000, LETTER TO HIS ATTORNEYS, written shortly after his release on bail, and Amanda's "My Life Story" which she wrote in the late Winter/Early Spring of 2000. 16. "Kassidy Photo Album June-Oct 2000" Photos of Kassidy from June to October, 2000. There are no known photographs of her in November. 17. "Reasons for a New Trial and Re-Investigation of Chad Evans case" This document lists in summary form the reasons why Chad's case should be re-investigated, and why the first trial was sufficiently flawed to warrant a new trial. 18. EYE CONTACT - The Mysterious Death in 2000 in Maine of Kassidy Bortner and the Wrongful Conviction of Chad Evans in New Hampshire revised as of 25 September 2011. The Chad Evans Wrongly Convicted Committee is dedicated to the truth, and justice for Chad Evans. To find and present to the people and government of New Hampshire the truth about Chad Evans. That truth will lead reasonable people to see that he was wrongly convicted of murdering Kassidy Bortner. We will find and present the several possible alternate causes of Kassidy Bortner's tragic death. GOALS. To achieve one or more of the following: - The judicial exoneration of Chad Evans, and restoration of his reputation. - The withdrawal by the Attorney General of New Hampshire of the charges against Chad Evans - The reinvestigation of the death of Kassidy Bortner and, if applicable, the prosecution of the person or persons responsible. METHODS. To achieve the Mission and Goals above, the Committee will use as many methods of communication and persuasion as possible. Such methods will include: - Working with attorneys in the state and Federal Courts to overturn the conviction. - Building a website, www.chadevanswronglyconvicted.org - Writing a comprehensive book about the case. - Writing letters to, and meeting with, elected and appointed government officials. - Letter writing to the media.- Encouraging articles in the press and radio and television. - Continuing the investigation of the case and relentlessly pursuing the truth. - Circulating a public petition. - Polling the public. - Holding public and private meetings for communication and persuasion. - Developing multi-media means of telling the truth about the case, including music and video. BELIEFS AND ASSUMPTIONS - The truth shall set wrongly convicted people free. - Through honest discussion, with respect for all parties and viewpoints, the truth can emerge. - Everyone in New Hampshire wants justice. - Everyone can help in the pursuit of truth and justice in the Chad Evans Case - The men and women in New Hampshire law enforcement are strongly motivated to seek justice. - No one in New Hampshire wants an innocent person to be imprisoned for a crime s/he did not commit. - If there is a person, or persons, responsible for intentional or criminally negligent acts which caused the death of Kassidy Bortner, s/he or they should be prosecuted and punished. To assist all those who are considering the problem of Truth and Justice for Chad Evans, the following rating scale of percent/belief is presented: Percent (%) of certainty of non-involvement. 100---99.9---99---90---80---70---60---50---40---30---20---10---1---.1---0 |-------------------NOT GUILTY-----------------------------------------| |-GLTY-| Below are explanations of the percentages: Chad Evans..... 100% - did not kill Kassidy Bortner, absolutely not, with total certainty. NOT GUILTY 99.9% - did not kill Kassidy Bortner, with much certainty. NOT GUILTY 99% - did not kill Kassidy Bortner, with some certainty. NOT GUILTY 90% - very likely did not kill Kassidy Bortner. NOT GUILTY 80% - probably did not kill Kassidy Bortner. NOT GUILTY 70% - might not have killed Kassidy Bortner. NOT GUILTY 60% - possibly did not kill Kassidy Bortner. NOT GUILTY 50% - Undecided. Don't have an opinion. NOT GUILTY 40% - possibly did kill Kassidy Bortner. NOT GUILTY 30% - might have killed Kassidy Bortner. NOT GUILTY 20% - probably did kill Kassidy Bortner. NOT GUILTY 10% - very likely did kill Kassidy Bortner. NOT GUILTY 1% - did kill Kassidy Bortner, with some certainty. NOT GUILTY .1% - did kill Kassidy Bortner, beyond a reasonable doubt. GUILTY 0% - did kill Kassidy Bortner, absolutely, with total certainty. GUILTY QUESTION: Where are YOU on this chart? It's expected that the more people learn about the case, the further up/or left on the scale they come. The Committee is working to get the facts of the case into the hands and minds of as many people as possible, especially people in the media and the Government of the State of New Hampshire. It is seeking to get the story of Chad evans told throughout New Hampshire and the country by creating this web site and distributing the information through other national and local media.Errors, mistakes? Please let us know.As we are committed to the truth and to justice, we do our best to present the truth. If there are any errors on the website, please let us know, by email to Chad Evans Wrongly Convicted Committee This is especially true if you believe there are any errors or mistakes in any statements or representations by Chad Evans. To our knowledge, there are none - as he is an innocent man.Funds and Contributions In addition for funds to do that work, funds are needed for the next series of legal efforts. Please send contributions to help the campaign for justice for Chad Evans to the following address: Chad Evans Wrongly Convicted Committee 71 Sullivan Street Keene, NH 03431 Petition for Investigation Help us with the campaign to circulate a Petition for a Re-Investigation of the Chad Evans case. To see a draft (as of February 2010 of the Petition, click on Petition (or, to enter your name online, go to Petition for Investigation) Also available is a two-page (summary of the facts) showing that Chad Evans did not kill Kassidy Bortner in November, 2000. Count of visits to this site since 28 April 2010.
For feedback or questions about the website or about the case in general please contact Morrison Bonpasse by phone at 207-586-6078 or EMAIL Photos from left to right: 1. Chad Evans and his son Kyle at a Little League game where his half-brother, Brent, was playing. (See "Chronology" for 10 June 2000. Photo was taken by Chad's mother, Pam.) 2. Chad Evans' son, Kyle, and Kassidy Bortner and Amanda Bortner, on 22 June 2000, at York Wild Animal Kingdom. Chad Evans took the photo. (The prairie dog was in another photo. See PHOTO) (See "Chronology" for 22 June 2000.) 4. Kassidy Caitlyn Bortner in the kitchen at home approximately in October 2000, about 4-6 weeks before she died. See the full photo in the "Amanda and Kassidy" subsection of the 'Who IS Chad Evans?' section. Either Amanda or Chad took the photo. |
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