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    Jury hands down death sentence in murder case

    A jury sentenced Timothy Jacoby to death Thursday after convicting him of murder the day before.

    The jury foreman indicated to the judge that the aggravating factors outweigh the mitigating and the verdict is unanimous.

    Jacoby told the judge he had nothing to say to the court before his formal sentencing.

    http://www.ydr.com/crime/ci_26695074...man-who-killed
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    Jury hands Jacoby a death sentence

    A jury that deliberated less than three hours after seven days of testimony to convict Timothy Matthew Jacoby on Wednesday of the first-degree murder of Monica Schmeyer deliberated about an hour on Thursday before returning a death sentence.

    Jacoby, as he did at trial, declined to testify in his own behalf. He also declined to call the psychiatrist who examined him as a witness.

    But Chief Deputy Prosecutor Tim Barker argued that Jacoby, a well-educated man with multiple degrees including one in criminal justice administration, had been given every opportunity in life and that there was no logical reason to spare him a death sentence.

    Barker said Jacoby already had been convicted of a botched 2006 robbery where, armed with a can of Mace, he stole six silver necklaces and a $47,650 box full of loose diamonds from a Springettsbury Township jewelry store, only to drop the loot outside as he fled the store.

    That, coupled with the fact that he callously shot Schmeyer while trying to burglarize her home and rob her of her alimony money more than outweighed any mitigating factors against the death penalty, Barker said.

    Schmeyer, 55, was found dead in her home on March 31,2010, when a police officer arrived to investigate a dead air 911 call.

    Investigators later learned the divorcee who lived alone with four cats and a dog in rural Manheim Township had been beaten about the face and then shot in the head an inch above her left ear.

    Medical testimony at Jacoby's trial, which began on Sept. 29 in the York County Judicial Center, stated the gun shot was immediately fatal.

    York County detectives and Southwestern Regional Police conducted a long and detailed investigation, according to Barker. They were eventually able to rule out the most likely suspect, Schmeyer's ex-husband.

    But that led them to investigate a theory that Jacoby, who owned a .32-caliber handgun — the same caliber that killed Schmeyer — had listened closely to Jon Schmeyer complain long and often at a local bar about having to pay his ex-wife $1,700 in cash monthly for alimony.

    Trial testimony established it was a burglary that went bad when Monica Schmeyer fought back against Jacoby and was shot.

    Ultimately, investigators were able to match markings on a shell casing found near Monica Schmeyer's body with four shell casings at Jacoby's parents' Spring Grove farm, Barker said.

    Thursday morning at Jacoby's penalty phase no one called by the defense asked that the he be spared the death penalty for any altruistic reasons on his part.

    Judge Gregory M. Snyder passed sentence on Jacoby immediately after excusing the jury. He formally sentenced Jacoby to death and a consecutive 7 1/2 to 15 years for burglary, robbery and tampering with evidence.

    Family of convicted man reserved after death sentence

    Theda Jacoby walked out of Courtroom No. 1 and stopped where the man who had just successfully prosecuted her son on a first-degree murder charge and then also successfully argued for his death was talking to reporters.

    She extended her right arm and warmly shook hands with Chief Deputy Prosecutor Tim Barker. What she said to him, if anything, could not be heard.

    Then, she turned to join her 80-year-old husband and other Jacoby family members at the elevator in the York County Judicial Center.

    Before her encounter with Barker, Theda Jacoby quietly declined to comment about her son's murder conviction and his death sentence.

    "Bless everyone," she said.

    Timothy Matthew Jacoby, 41, was convicted on Wednesday of the March 31, 2010 murder of Monica Schmeyer, a woman he only knew vicariously through her ex-husband's complaints about her. He was sentenced to death for that murder on Thursday.

    Before the sentencing, Barker stated in court that the Schmeyer family — Monica Schmeyer's ex-husband, Jon, and daughters, Elsa and Veronica — and the Laskowich family — Monica's mother, Ann, and brothers Eric and Pete — had "nothing but the greatest empathy, sympathy and respect for the Jacoby family."

    Afterward, outside the courtroom, Barker said Wayne and Theda Jacoby and their children had been "kind and courteous to us as prosecutors and investigators throughout the investigation and prosecution.

    "Our hearts will always go out to them. They have been nothing but sweet and gentle to us and we wish them well. And we know Monica's family wishes them the best."

    Some in victim's family could not support death penalty

    Long before Timothy Matthew Jacoby was brought into a courtroom in a dark suit and tie to be tried for capital murder, members of his victim's family already had made their opinions known about the death penalty.

    Monica Schmeyer's mother, Ann Laskowich, and her brothers, Pete and Eric Laskowich, were not in York County when Jacoby was sentenced to death for Schmeyer's murder.

    Chief Deputy Prosecutor Tim Barker said Thursday that their absence was not that conspicuous. Only Eric Laskowich, who was called by the defense to testify to Jon Schmeyer's "off-the-wall" behavior hours after his ex-wife's death, lives in York County, Barker said.

    Barker said the Laskowichs' devoutly Roman Catholic faith prohibited them from supporting the capital murder prosecution of Jacoby.

    Barker said he spoke with the family and understood their position.

    But, Barker said, "We are bound by the evidence and law and what is appropriate" in considering seeking the death penalty for a defendant.

    "They have their religious conviction," Barker said. "But we represent all of society."

    Barker said the Schmeyer family — Monica Schmeyer's ex-husband, Jon Schmeyer, and daughters, Elsa and Veronica Schmeyer — limited their input to the prosecution about the death penalty to -- "Do what you need to under the law."

    Paraphrasing an impact statement from Veronica Schmeyer that he read in court, Barker said she had written, "We have truth, we have justice, but never in the end will we have why."

    Speaking for himself, Barker said of Jacoby, "That's true. He caused pain to Monica's family and he caused pain to his own family.

    "And on the remorselessness scale, he tops the list."

    Timeline of the case:

    Day 1: Capital murder trial begins in death of Manheim Township woman

    Day 2: Murder trial testimony continues in York

    Day 3: At dead end, homicide investigators looked at boyfriend of alibi witness

    Day 4: Police find no evidence to support murder-for-hire theory in Manheim Township case

    Day 5: Shell casings compared, ex-husband of victim to testify Monday as Manheim Township murder trial continues

    Day 6: Ex-husband hoped Manheim Twp. murder was 'horrible April Fool's joke'

    Day 7: York jury to get Jacoby case

    Day 8: Jacoby convicted of first-degree murder, faces death penalty hearing

    http://www.ydr.com/crime/ci_26695074...man-who-killed

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    Midstate killer's death sentence upheld by Pa. Supreme Court

    The state Supreme Court has refused to overturn the death sentence for a York County man who killed the ex-wife of a friend.

    That decision, contained in a majority opinion Justice David Wecht issued this week, came three years after a county jury decided Timothy Matthew Jacoby should be executed for the March 2010 murder of Monica Schmeyer.

    Jacoby was arrested for the murder after a lengthy investigation by police. Investigators said he committed the murder while burglarizing Schmeyer's home.

    Prosecutors said Jacoby, now 44, targeted Schmeyer because her ex-husband had complained about how much money he was paying her in alimony. The ex-husband also told Jacoby and others that Schmeyer kept cash in her home, police said.

    That information was imparted during meetings of the Orange Shorts Society, an informal group that met at a Hooters restaurant to which both Jacoby and the ex-husband belonged.

    The Supreme Court's review of Jacoby's death sentence was mandatory since all death penalty verdicts automatically must go to the court for examination.

    Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor filed a dissenting opinion, citing Jacoby's challenge to the reliability of DNA testing investigators employed. Justice Christine Donahue also expressed qualms about that testing and the trial judge's denial of Jacoby's request for a pretrial hearing on the admissibility of that evidence.

    http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/09...h_sentenc.html

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    On October 16, 2018, Jacoby filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/pe...cv02000/118347
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    Death warrant signed for York County murderer

    By Liz Evans Scolforo
    The York Dispatch

    The state Department of Corrections secretary has signed a notice of execution for Timothy Matthew Jacoby, convicted of murdering 55-year-old Monica Schmeyer during a home-invasion robbery.

    Jacoby, 45, formerly of West Manchester Township, is at SCI Greene, a state prison in Greene County, according to Susan McNaughton, communications director for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

    DOC Secretary John Wetzel signed Jacoby's death warrant Monday, Feb. 4, according to McNaughton.

    The execution date has been set for Friday, March 8, she said.

    Gov. Tom Wolf has issued what he calls a moratorium on death sentences in Pennsylvania, and has issued temporary reprieves to inmates scheduled for execution.

    Wolf has said he will not sign death warrants, which is why Wetzel now signs them.

    "The law provides that when the governor does not sign a warrant of execution within the specified time period, the secretary of Corrections has 30 days to issue a notice of execution," McNaughton wrote in a news release.

    Three people have been executed in Pennsylvania since 1976, when the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty. All three had given up their appeal rights.

    Prior to Wolf taking office, death-row inmates' executions in Pennsylvania were stayed by appellate courts, primarily by the federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

    The murder: It took a York County jury an hour to sentence Jacoby to death for the March 31, 2010, first-degree murder of Schmeyer inside her Trone Road home in Manheim Township.

    He shot her in the head while robbing her, police said.

    Jacoby's trial and penalty-phase hearing were held in September and October 2014.

    Trial testimony revealed Jacoby and the victim didn't know each other, but that Jacoby heard her ex-husband talk about paying Schmeyer $1,700 a month in alimony, in cash.

    Dr. Jon Schmeyer had told his group of friends, who met regularly at a former Hooters restaurant in York, that his ex-wife kept the cash hidden in her home because she didn't trust banks, according to trial testimony.

    https://yorkdispatch.com/story/news/...er/2782480002/

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