April 13, 2026: Defamation Lawsuit: Edward filed his Objection's to the Magistrate's R&R, which now go to the federal judge for de novo (fresh eyes) review.

 

March 31, 2026: Edward's public defender has not communication to him and he has missed two docket calls for the indictment that is supposed to be dismissed.  He had no choice but to file another pro se motion to set a ruling for it due to construction denial of counsel. His parole vote is happening any day and this indictment could affect that, even though the truth is the indictment does not allege an actual offense and is missing the predicate element that is required.

 

March 14, 2026:  We know for a fact Becca gave false information to the police to protect Geoff from legal exposure. This was never looked into by defense counsel and never disclosed by the State. We have tried to find the police report since November. After requesting any and all police records where Becca and Geoff are named, interviewed, witnesses, etc -- the Attorney General ruled that they are exempt from the Public Information Act because it is considered "compiling a criminal history". The only way to see which case matches the incident Edward witnessed Becca give false information to the police in 2019 is if the trial court judge reviews the records she subpoenaed in December.  However, in the end, it is supplementary to the Habeas grounds already on record with the TCCA. We believe the record provides enough grounds for relief as it is. 

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March 10, 2026:  We recently obtained this police report involving Becca from Sept. 30, 2025.  Important notes:

1. She called the police because shots were fired in her home, where she lives with her boyfriend, Shane.

2. Police say Becca's story changed twice and she was too intoxicated to write a sworn statement. (*she also couldn't write her sworn statement in Edward's case*.)

3. Shane's best friend, Leigh, was also at the house. He told police that Becca punched him in the eye and then fired the shots in anger.

4. Police detained Becca and asked if Leigh wanted to press charges for assault. Leigh declines because Shane is his best friend.

5. Police interview Shane and he says he has no idea why Becca called the police and that Becca often exaggerates things.

 

Feb 25, 2026: Edward's public defender called him and said the State is dropping the Failure to Appear charge because they cannot prove he failed to appear by not complying with the terms of his release. As this website has said since the publishing of the defamatory article, Edward never failed to appear anywhere, nor did he ever evade anyone attempting to contact him.  There are two legally defective parts to this indictment. Not only were there no longer bond terms to comply with on July 8 (as it says), there was no required court appearance or notice.  This is what Edward tried to tell her in the beginning and why he filed the Motions to Set Aside. Most of all, this is why the State is dropping those charges.

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Feb 24, 2026: Edward had a 9am hearing on both new charges; this was his chance to address the court about his pro se Motions to Set Aside the Indictments. He was transported to the court at 7am, but his public defender never showed. The hearing was cancelled. 

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Feb 19, 2026: Edward had another docket call for the Motions to Set Aside the Indictment on both new charges; his public defender did not contact him, and he was not transported to the court.​

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Jan 22, 2026: Edward had docket call for both new charges; his public defender didn't contact him and he was not transported to the court.

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January 17, 2026:  The DA invented new charges and indicted Edward in late November.  Both charges fail to allege an offense. His public defender did not want to fight the DA.  As a result, Edward filed a pro se Motion to Set Aside The Indictment on both of them. The hearing on Jan 22 is a status call for this.

January 12, 2026: KDFA News10 Amarillo filed a Motion to Dismiss the Defamation Lawsuit -- see Edward's Response to Motion to Dismiss. We are confident his case will survive past the "Motion to Dismiss" hurdle because the proof of falsity is clear.

December 25, 2025: Merry Christmas -- On Dec 19, the trial court forwarded the Habeas to the TCCA for final fact-finding. The State gave boilerplate responses to Edward's writ and it's signed by the judge; however, the court did not participate in reviewing or commenting on the grounds for relief. Also, the trial court had not yet received the records subpoenaed on Dec. 12 to confirm records involving Kailey and Geoff were suppressed. Edward filed a written Objection to The Trial Court's Findings with the TCCA.  

Update December 12, 2025: We know that Becca gave false information to the police in 2019 that his defense counsel never looked into and the State did not disclose. Edward filed a Motion to Subpoena the APD, Randall, and Potter County DA Offices for records involving Becca and Geoff.  The judge granted the motion and issued the subpoenas.

Update: December 2, 2025: Edward filed a Supplement to his Petition for New Trial strengthening his Brady and Strickland claims:
         1. Becca was definitely interviewed by police and the DA in some shooting incident with Geoff Jackson (the alternate suspect) in 2019. Under the Michael Morton Act, the State was required to disclose this to the defense. It did not. 
       2. We located a 2023 email from Edward’s attorney to the prosecutor showing extreme, inappropriate deference. In it, counsel promises that he would “never accuse the State of withholding anything,” effectively abandoning his duty to challenge the prosecution. This is a complete collapse of adversarial testing, violates the Sixth Amendment, and satisfies Strickland’s deficiency prong for vacating the conviction.

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Update 11/25/2025:  After no response or corrections from KDFA News 10, Edward has filed a $15M Defamation Lawsuit against them.
Click here for the Verified Complaint and Exhibits.

 

Update 11/20/2025:  *NEW* supplement to New Trial Petition:  We discovered three requests (not one) to the State over the course of 4 years to turn over all evidence. This is a major issue in the State’s Discovery Notice:
        1.   On 11/25/2020, the State acknowledges received a Discovery 39.14 request from defense. 
        2.  On 9/3/2022, the State acknowledges a second Discovery 39.14 request from defense.
        3.  On 3/23/2023, the State acknowledges a third Discovery 39.14 request form defense.

        This means the State was placed on formal 39.14 notice as early as 2020, nearly four years before trial and had multiple opportunities—to provide the evidence required by law but instead withheld digital materials from 2020 until six days before trial in what some call "ambush" disclosure. That timeline, combined with the missing discovery motions, is extremely telling.

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Update 11/12/2025: Edward's wife asked KDFA for correction or retraction on the false and misleading statements made by KDFA. The requested evidence of falsity, which she then provided. A further response from KDFA is pending.

Update 11/10/2025:  Defamatory article and news story published by News10 Amarillo KDFA -- the story contained false and misleading information. 1. He did NOT "avoid many attempts by law enforcement" to serve the arrest warrant. He was never contacted or approached by law enforcement prior to his voluntary surrender to the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office on July 24, 2025, and there is no record of to support that falsehood.

2. He did NOT refuse to serve his prison sentence; he voluntarily surrendered when the appellate mandate was issued -- which begins the sentence -- fully complying with Texas law.

3. He was not on the run for five months as a "fugitive" and he did not "get caught"...he was always at home in New Jersey, where the trial court judge allowed him to be on bond.  Texts with the bondman in May and June prove this. 

4. Most importantly, the article quotes this website about Edward drinking in 2020 and places it in the context of 2025 "throughout his time on bond."  This intentional context-stripping ignores the rest of the same section where Edward achieved sobriety in early 2021, became a sobriety counselor, and has been sober 5 years.  This website team requested a correction of the reporter's inaccuracies (see Defamation Exhibits link)

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Update 11/8/2025:  After 3 months in Ocean County, Edward's extradition hearing took place on October 22, 2025. Edward had already decided to waive extradition and continue the fight in Texas. After Edward signed the waiver for extradition, he was transported on October 31, 2025. The Habeas Corpus has been filed in Potter County District Court, pending trial court review in December. The trial court then sends it to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, who does the final fact-finding of the grounds for relief.  The Habeas Corpus outlines it explicitly.

Currently, he is in Potter County jail waiting for the TCCA to announce their decision.