THE DARK SIDE OF NEBRASKA
Andrew Casterline
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photo courtesy NDCS
Full Name: Andrew Casterline
DOB: March 30, 1990
Charge: 1st degree murder
County: Webster
City: Guide Rock
Current Status: Diagnostic & Evaluation Center
Partners in Crime: Shelley Casterline
Date of Crime: October 4, 2013
Victim: Virginia Barone
DOB: March 30, 1990
Charge: 1st degree murder
County: Webster
City: Guide Rock
Current Status: Diagnostic & Evaluation Center
Partners in Crime: Shelley Casterline
Date of Crime: October 4, 2013
Victim: Virginia Barone
A woman and her son have been charged with the first-degree murder of a 68-year old Guide Rock woman, found on October 5, 2013, stabbed to death in her home, her body partially covered by boards.
Investigators suspect Shelley Casterline, 41, and 23-year old Andrew Casterline killed Virgina Barone a day earlier, stabbing her 22 times, then taking off in her car. Virginia's son was Shelley's live-in boyfriend. The Casterlines were arrested the next day in Newton, Iowa, after allegedly mugging a woman in a Wal-Mart parking lot.
Deputies went to Virginia's home after her friend reported that she wasn't answering her phone. The friend had found her door open, her car missing and her telephone and other possessions lying in the driveway. When deputies went inside, they found a blood trail that led to her body, which had been partially covered by boards.
An autopsy showed that Virginia had been stabbed 22 times, twice in the back and 20 times in the chest and stomach.
Virginia's son, Ronald Jamilowski, told him he'd last seen his mother early on October 4, when she had driven him and the Casterlines to Guide Rock from Hastings. When he woke up on October 5, his girlfriend and her son were gone. Turns out, Andrew Casterline had spent the night in a Cass County jail.
At about 7:30 PM on October 4, another state trooper stopped him driving Virginia's white Pontiac Grand Prox on Interstate 80 near Ashland, allegedly under the influence of drugs. The car was towed and his mother, who had been with him in the car, posted his bond the next morning. They allegedly stole another vehicle, a Jeep.
By the time Iowa law enforcement personnel nabbed them that afternoon in connection to an armed robbery in a Wal-Mart parking lot, they were wanted in connection to Virginia's death.
Investigator Phinney said they found two of Virginia's bank cards in Andrew's possession when he was arrested. They came to suspect he and Shelley killed her the morning of October 4, when Shelley became enraged during an argument with her and then stabbed her. He said they found a knife in the glove box and bloody clothes in the stolen Jeep.
Iowa investigators also turned up a pawn receipt for a 51-inch TV, X-Box 360 and games stolen on October 4 in a burglary in a house a block from Virginia's home.
Investigators suspect Shelley Casterline, 41, and 23-year old Andrew Casterline killed Virgina Barone a day earlier, stabbing her 22 times, then taking off in her car. Virginia's son was Shelley's live-in boyfriend. The Casterlines were arrested the next day in Newton, Iowa, after allegedly mugging a woman in a Wal-Mart parking lot.
Deputies went to Virginia's home after her friend reported that she wasn't answering her phone. The friend had found her door open, her car missing and her telephone and other possessions lying in the driveway. When deputies went inside, they found a blood trail that led to her body, which had been partially covered by boards.
An autopsy showed that Virginia had been stabbed 22 times, twice in the back and 20 times in the chest and stomach.
Virginia's son, Ronald Jamilowski, told him he'd last seen his mother early on October 4, when she had driven him and the Casterlines to Guide Rock from Hastings. When he woke up on October 5, his girlfriend and her son were gone. Turns out, Andrew Casterline had spent the night in a Cass County jail.
At about 7:30 PM on October 4, another state trooper stopped him driving Virginia's white Pontiac Grand Prox on Interstate 80 near Ashland, allegedly under the influence of drugs. The car was towed and his mother, who had been with him in the car, posted his bond the next morning. They allegedly stole another vehicle, a Jeep.
By the time Iowa law enforcement personnel nabbed them that afternoon in connection to an armed robbery in a Wal-Mart parking lot, they were wanted in connection to Virginia's death.
Investigator Phinney said they found two of Virginia's bank cards in Andrew's possession when he was arrested. They came to suspect he and Shelley killed her the morning of October 4, when Shelley became enraged during an argument with her and then stabbed her. He said they found a knife in the glove box and bloody clothes in the stolen Jeep.
Iowa investigators also turned up a pawn receipt for a 51-inch TV, X-Box 360 and games stolen on October 4 in a burglary in a house a block from Virginia's home.