A California appeals court has upheld the involuntary manslaughter conviction of a woman who fatally stabbed William S. Hart High School graduate Chad O’Melia in 2018 after what a trial judge found was a cannabis-induced psychotic episode. In a June 16 opinion, a three-judge panel of California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected Bryn Spejcher’s arguments that her conviction should ...

Five years ago, a beloved young man was taken from his family in a violent attack inside his own home. Today, his family was betrayed once again by an astonishingly light sentence by a Ventura County Judge that they claim had a “clear bias” against the prosecution and the victim. In the years since Hart High School graduate Chad O’Melia’s ...

A 32-year-old woman convicted of killing a Hart High School graduate was sentenced Tuesday to serve less than an hour of community service for every stab wound she inflicted. Bryn Spejcher was sentenced in Ventura County court Tuesday for the May 28, 2018 killing of 26-year-old Chad O’Melia, a graduate of William S. Hart High School. Spejcher claimed the death ...

Physical evidence, witnesses, and even a confession from the accused are all readily available, but half a decade after his brutal murder, Hart High School graduate Chad O’Melia’s killer remains free. On May 28, 2018, O’Melia was stabbed to death by a woman he had known for less than a month. Law enforcement found her with a knife in her ...