Southern Humboldt resident Ryan Anthony Tanner has been scheduled for a May jury trial on 13 charges ranging from murder to domestic violence.
Defense attorney Russ Clanton entered not gully pleas on Tanner’s behalf this morning during an arraignment before Judge John Feeney.
Tanner, 33, was held to answer after a lengthy preliminary hearing last month. The jury trial is set to begin May 17, with a trial confirmation on May 3. Clanton, appearing via Zoom, said he has a full trial schedule but will try to work around the date scheduled.
Tanner is accused of shooting 26-year-old Jason Todd Garrett to death with an assault rifle on Feb. 13. He also is charged with kidnapping Garrett and setting fire to the truck he had been riding in. The sole eyewitness, Christopher Champagne, testified he saw Tanner force Garrett into a bathtub and shoot him in the head. Champagne admitted to helping bury the body on Tanner’s property on Crooked Prairie Road in the Ettersburg area. The body was exhumed after Champagne went to law enforcement, and Tanner was arrested shortly afterward.
The domestic violence charge relates to an alleged attack on Champagne’s mother, who was Tanner’s girlfriend at the time.
This morning Deputy District Attorney Jessica Acosta appeared for the People. Acosta and Deputy District Attorney Whitney Timm are prosecuting the case.
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- HOMICIDE IN ETTERSBURG: Sheriff’s Office Arrests One After SWAT Operation Yesterday
- Investigators Locate Ettersburg Suspected Homicide Victim’s Remains
- Ettersburg Murder Suspect Enters Not Guilty Plea; Also Charged With Assaulting Two Other Men With AK-47
- Suspect in Homicide Near Ettersburg is Sane Enough to Face Charges, Judge Rules
- Witness Describes Execution-Style Murder of a Man and Dog in a Bathtub During Ryan Tanner Prelim Hearing
- Main Prosecution Witness Garbles Testimony
- Witness Provides Gruesome, Hallucinatory Testimony in Ettersburg Murder Trial
- Girlfriend of the Accused Testifies That He Abused Her and Threatened Her With Death
- Another Neighbor Testifies That the Accused Had Been on a Paranoid, Violent Rampage for Weeks Before the Killing
- Police Investigators Testify to the Discovery of the Body and Possible Murder Weapons
- Defense Attorney Grills Lead Detective, Attempts to Cast Doubt on Witnesses, Evidence, Investigation
- ETTERSBURG MURDER CASE: Judge Rules That Ryan Tanner Must Stand Trial For Murder
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