Among some rationalists, this fear is obvious, as news of the violence surrounding Lasota has spread. “I never want Ziz to think of me,” said a person involved in the Bay Area rationalist community in an interview in 2023.
That June, Justice Capelli ruled against the withdrawal of the charges, but reduced Rasota’s bail to $10,000, unsecured – meaning that Rasota could sign a payment commitment and go out. McGarrigle informed the court that Lasota’s mother flew around from Alaska, “She will take him home and make sure he returns to all court dates.” The prosecutor seemed skeptical. “The focus of the Commonwealth is flying,” he told the judge. “The connection to the community is actually zero.” On the next court date in late August, what odds will appear in Lasota?
At about the same time, Michelle Zajko called her Aunt Rosanne. They have not spoken since they provided a cemetery for Michelle’s parents in January. She did not show up in the memorial masses in memory of the Mass, where Rosanne praised Rita and Rick. But now Michelle calls a message: “She tells me she’s irresponsible for the murder,” Rosaen said. “But she said she knew who was.” She told her aunt that “Les Vaughan did it” and that she was “targeted.”
Not long after, Michelle sold the trust fund that owned the home in Coventry, Vermont, where Alice lived on Monday. Both Michelle and Blank left the previous winter. When real estate agents came to inspect the property, they found that the house was not wintering, causing the pipe to break. Meanwhile, a Blank family member submitted a report of missing persons nationwide, noting that he had seen last time in Pennsylvania, wearing thick glasses and one eye did not follow the other.
When Lasota appeared in court, on the morning of August 21, 2023, the court gallery was filled with defendants waiting for the request of the day. Shortly after the courthouse orgy, a gray-haired old woman pushed her wheelchair into the back of the courtroom. Inside, Rasota fell to one side, wearing a black outfit. Her hair is also very dark now, and she looks even more dressed than she was when she was in jail. She was wearing what looked like an industrial N95 respirator mask with valves on both sides. McGarrigle seemed surprised to approach his client behind the courtroom. “What’s going on?” he said, tilting. “I mean, how are your health?”
When summoning Lasota’s case, the woman I later learned was Lasota’s mother pushing her in front, where she sat in a chair, staring blankly at the floor.
A new prosecutor replaced the old prosecutor and asked to continue to grasp all the facts. The judge agreed to push the trial to December. “I just hope the record reflects the defendant here and we are ready,” McGaryagle said.
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Two months later, I went to Sonoma County, home to Westminster Forest, and the protests seemed to have begun this huge outbreak. I met Sergeant Brian Park at local Starbucks. After hearing his record of the original arrest, I asked him why – Open Felony Order – his department did not show up once she was arrested in Pennsylvania. “Currently, if I were to look at the system, there could be 75 felony substitutes,” Parks said. “We don’t have the luxury of trying to serve them,” he said. “We’re understaffed right now.”
I told him what I heard from sources near the case where authorities contacted Sonoma County. “I heard there was some communication between us and Pennsylvania agencies,” Parks said. “I don’t know what extent, so I really don’t want to comment on it.”
