DaniceDay http://www.daniceday.com/ en Copyright 2012 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:27:22 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Disappeared on Discovery ID Re-broadcast of Disappeared on Discovery ID (sometimes just called ID), on Sunday, February 12 at 6pm ET. It is really a nice program, I encourage people to watch to see Danice's story. Listed as Daddy's Girl.

http://investigation.discovery.com/videos/disappeared-danice-day-the-end-of-happiness.html

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2012/02/disappeared_on_discovery_id.html http://www.daniceday.com/2012/02/disappeared_on_discovery_id.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:27:22 -0500 The End of Happiness to Air February 6th Investigation Discovery (ID Channel) will air Disappeared: The End of Happiness February 6th at 9pm (EST).

http://investigation.discovery.com/videos/disappeared-danice-day-the-end-of-happiness.html

This episode will highlight Danice's story and how law enforcement solved the case.

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2012/01/the_end_of_happiness_to_air_fe.html http://www.daniceday.com/2012/01/the_end_of_happiness_to_air_fe.html Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:44:09 -0500 Braun Bound Over on Perjury Charges Posted: Friday, Oct 14th, 2011
Perjury suspect Vernon Braun
DEL NORTE — Perjury charges against Vernon Braun will be tried in district court.
The six perjury charges stem from Braun’s 2005 testimony about the Jan. 9, 2002 disappearance of Danice Day.
Vernon is the father of Victor Braun, who was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Day, then 19.
Victor was allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter and to have several theft charges dropped in exchange for the location of Day's remains.
He is serving a 12-year sentence at the Buena Vista Minimal Center.
Under the plea agreement, Victor gave authorities information that not only led to the recovery of Day’s remains, but also led to perjury charges against his father.
In June 2009, seven-and-a-half years after her disappearance, divers recovered Day’s remains from the lake at Lyman Lake State Park, Ariz.
Dr. Leon Kelly, a forensic pathologist from the El Paso County Coroner’s Office, described the remains found in the barrel as “charred small pieces of bones, oil, glass, skeletal muscles, a femur.” He said there was very little soft tissue left, and not enough left of the body to determine how the young woman died.
She was identified by mitochondrial DNA provided by her mother.
Victor Braun told authorities how he took a barrel, cut the top off, put the body in it, then soldered it back together.
He said he then put the barrel in a boat, took it out into a lake, pushed it overboard and waited for it to sink.
The statements upon which prosecutors based perjury charges against Vernon Braun include:
“I was going to Cortez. But if I couldn’t find the car, then I was going to go into Gallup and see a friend over there that had a couple of cars. And he wasn’t home, so then we come back to Navajo and got the boat.”
“Hard to say, probably maybe — maybe a hundred miles, more or less.....maybe we went 40 or 50 miles south of Cortez, and east......to the Navajo.”
Vernon Braun is scheduled to appear before District Judge Martin Gonzales at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17.

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2011/10/braun_bound_over_on_perjury_ch.html http://www.daniceday.com/2011/10/braun_bound_over_on_perjury_ch.html Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:10:34 -0500 Discovery ID Disappeared-Danice Day Danice's story will be on the new season beginning October 24th. There is a preview available now:

http://investigation.discovery.com/videos/disappeared-danice-day-the-end-of-happiness.html

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2011/10/discovery_id_disappeareddanice.html http://www.daniceday.com/2011/10/discovery_id_disappeareddanice.html Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:20:45 -0500 Father charged with perjury By MATT HILDNER | matth@chieftain.com
DEL NORTE — Prosecutors have filed six counts of perjury against a father whose son was convicted in the 2002 death of a Monte Vista woman.
Vernon Braun, 71, made statements in 2005 under oath that he had not helped dispose the body of Danice Day.
He also said he had no knowledge of how her body had been disposed.
Prosecutors allege Braun knew those statements were false along with four others that had to do with his whereabouts, according to his June charging documents.
Day was 19 when she went missing after her shift at a Monte Vista restaurant.
Her burned and mutilated remains were found in June 2009 in a barrel at the bottom of Lyman Lake, roughly 170 miles northeast of Phoenix.
Victor Braun, who had fathered a child with Day, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in December 2009 for reckless manslaughter in connection with her death.
Vernon Braun is due back in court Oct. 4.

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2011/09/father_charged_with_perjury_1.html http://www.daniceday.com/2011/09/father_charged_with_perjury_1.html Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:47:44 -0500 Latest News-Braun Gets Twelve Years Kenytv.com
Local Television Interview with Sheriff Brian Norton and Undersheriff Chuck Chick, please go to the following link:

http://www.kenytv.com/video/victor-braun-sentenced-manslaughter-danice-day

Victor Braun is sentenced for the manslaughter of Danice Day
Long version interviews of Rod Day and Sheriff Brian Norton regarding the sentencing to 12 years in prison for the death of Danice Day in 2002.


Alamosa Valley Courier
12 years for Braun for Day killing
Victim impact statements heard
By JULIA WILSON

DEL NORTE — On Thursday, Judge Martin Gonzales sentenced Victor Braun to 12 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for the death of Danice Day.

“Nothing I do here will bring her back,” Gonzales told the family, as he sentenced Braun to the DOC, gave him a $1,000 fine and two years mandatory parole. Gonzales also ordered over $7,000 in restitution in the two burglary cases that were dropped as part of his plea bargain. “But if I sentenced him to anything other than what I am going to sentence him I don’t believe I would be sending the proper message.”

More of this story at Alamosa Valley Courier:

http://www.alamosanews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=15094

Pueblo Chieftain:

Braun given 12-year sentence in Day case
Judge hands down maximum sentence in case of mother whose case went unsolved for more than seven years.
By MATT HILDNER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN

DEL NORTE - The man who pleaded guilty in connection to the 2002 death of Danice Day was given a 12-year prison sentence Thursday.

District Court Judge Martin Gonzales gave Victor Braun, 33, the maximum sentence allowable for reckless manslaughter and pointed to Braun's long criminal history and the seven-and-a-half years of anguish he caused Day's family by not coming forward sooner.

"It's 2,851 days her children did not have her," Gonzales said. "Each day, each hour, each second of that time - her family has suffered for."

For more on this story please go the Pueblo Chieftain:
http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2009/12/11/news/local/doc4b2200b700705025102258.txt

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2009/12/latest_newsbraun_gets_twelve_y.html http://www.daniceday.com/2009/12/latest_newsbraun_gets_twelve_y.html Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:44:08 -0500 Thank You Thank you to everyone who was able to brave the Wyoming weather to get to the Memorial on Friday night in Laramie. It was a special time to share memories and celebrate Danice's life.
I am sorry to those of you that had the best intentions, but were unable to make it.
Everyone's support has been remarkable and my family and I are very grateful.
Thanks again!

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2009/11/thank_you_1.html http://www.daniceday.com/2009/11/thank_you_1.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:13:41 -0500 Latest News-Braun Pleads Guilty Victor Braun pleads to Day death
Posted: Thursday, Nov 5th, 2009

Sentencing set for December
By RUTH HEIDE

DEL NORTE — The same day Danice Day’s family decided to bring closure to her death with an obituary, the man responsible for her death pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Victor Anthony Braun, 33, Day’s boyfriend and father to one of her two children, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in front of District Judge Martin Gonzales on Tuesday, the day his victim’s family submitted an obituary “attempting to establish closure since the discovery of her body in June of 2009.”

Follow this link for full story...

http://www.alamosanews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14726

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2009/11/latest_newsbraun_pleads_guilty.html http://www.daniceday.com/2009/11/latest_newsbraun_pleads_guilty.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:38:17 -0500 Danice Day Memorial Memorial for Danice in Laramie:

Laramie, Wyoming
Date: Friday, November 13th, 2009
Place: Alice Hardie Stevens Center
Address: 603 E. Ivinson Avenue
Time: 6:30 pm

Details: We will gather around 6:30pm and give people time to get here. We won't begin the actual ceremony until around 7pm. Please contact me with questions. All are welcome to remember Danice. We would like this to be a celebration of her life. If you are interested in sharing stories, anecdotes about how you remember Danice, please let me know. Thanks to everyone for your support.

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2009/10/danice_day_memorial.html http://www.daniceday.com/2009/10/danice_day_memorial.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:30:50 -0500 Danice Day Memorial Fund Danice_Day_Memorial_Fund.gif

Thanks to everyone who has already given. You are under no obligation to give, but please see the below information if you are interested:

Danice Day Memorial Fund
Attn: Leslie Johnson
Uniwyo Federal Credit union
1610 E. Reynolds Street
Laramie, WY 82072
Checks can be made payable to the Danice Day Memorial Fund. If you are sending cash, please include a note saying the money is for the Danice Day Memorial Fund. You don't have to include your name, but it would be greatly appreciated so I can thank you. You can also donate from this site using your PayPal account.

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2009/10/danice_day_memorial_fund_1.html http://www.daniceday.com/2009/10/danice_day_memorial_fund_1.html Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:26:51 -0500 Letters to the Judge Hi Everyone,
Please write your letters/concerns to the following judge in Del Norte. The sheriff said that paper is probably the best option, not email:

Martin A. Gonzales
12th Judicial District Judge
925 6th Street
Room #204
Del Norte, CO 81132

Here is the link to his information:

http://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/County/Contact.cfm/County_ID/36

Thanks a lot for all your support and pass this on to anyone else who might want to write a letter.

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2009/09/letters_to_the_judge.html http://www.daniceday.com/2009/09/letters_to_the_judge.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:44:40 -0500 Remains Confirmed Latest stories can be found in the press by following these links:
http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2009/10/09/news/doc4ad00b60d6f53952961428.txt

http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2009/09/22/news/doc4ab9a6be238e2281127957.txt

http://www.alamosanews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14276

http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20090923/COMMUNITY_NEWS/909239997/1007/NONE&parentprofile=1059

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21086804/detail.html

http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=353924

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_13401959

http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1982

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20090923/NEWS/909239993/-1/RSS10

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2009/09/remains_confirmed.html http://www.daniceday.com/2009/09/remains_confirmed.html Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:44:24 -0500 No Confirmation Yet We do not yet have confirmation that the remains found in Lyman Lake were Danice. I think, we all hoped for a quicker turnaround, but I suppose these things take time. We are waiting patiently as we have for seven years. We know that we are closer to an answer.
Thanks to everyone for their outpouring of support in the last month. The response from people who knew Danice at some point in her life or just feel some connection to this case has been greatly appreciated and everyone's comments and prayers mean a lot to my family and me. We get closer to answers every day.
Although there may be closure to this part of the case, as in, we might be closer to long awaited answers, my heart still feels a very open wound. I am still missing Danice and having a hard time believing she is gone. It is cliche, but time is supposed to heal wounds. I am not ready to accept that yet. The fact that she is unable to see her children grow is something I am not ready to accept either. Somehow it seems very unfair, but I will continue to take time each day to just be quiet, sometimes pray, and sometimes just remember a special memory of her.

The latest story to be published on the case is a short update. Please follow the link:

http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=75&story_id=13680

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2009/07/no_confirmation_yet.html http://www.daniceday.com/2009/07/no_confirmation_yet.html Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:38:47 -0500 Some More Links The news media has been covering this case for the past few days. Please follow these links:
9KUSA
http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=118502&catid=346

The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12705865

The Valley Courier:
http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=13406

The Laramie Daily Boomerang:
http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2009/07/01/news/doc4a4c2adbacccf756563261.txt

Monte Vista Journal:
http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=1874&page=72

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2009/06/some_more_links.html http://www.daniceday.com/2009/06/some_more_links.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:30:09 -0500 Possible Closure This story was published in the local paper in the San Luis Valley in Colorado. These are the latest developments in the story re: Danice's disappearance.
http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=13406

]]> http://www.daniceday.com/2009/06/possible_closure.html http://www.daniceday.com/2009/06/possible_closure.html Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:33:39 -0500