Court Calendar
Three court dates are confirmed. Lindsay Clancy returns to Plymouth County Superior Court on July 13 for a pretrial hearing, and her trial begins July 20 with jury selection. Dianne Curry Peck is due back in Bristol County Superior Court on August 31. Nestor Hernandez Melgar is sentenced July 22.
Last verified: July 11, 2026. Court dates move. Every entry below is checked against the public record, and each one carries its source. Confirm with the court before you travel.
Everything currently on a calendar, in date order.
Pretrial hearing
Plymouth County Superior Court, Brockton, MA
Status Pleaded not guilty; charged with three counts of first-degree murder after prosecutors dropped duplicative strangulation counts.
The court is expected to take up a disputed blood-pattern demonstration and finalize the juror questionnaire before trial.
Source The Boston Globe, court reporting (July 10, 2026) Court reporting
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Trial begins (jury selection)
Plymouth County Superior Court, Brockton, MA
Status Pleaded not guilty; charged with three counts of first-degree murder after prosecutors dropped duplicative strangulation counts.
Jury selection opens the trial. She is presumed innocent unless and until a jury says otherwise.
Source Boston.com, reporting the court’s scheduling order Court reporting
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Sentencing
Snohomish County Superior Court, Everett, WA
Status Convicted by jury of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, and violation of a court order.
This is a sentencing hearing, not a trial. The jury returned its verdict on June 22, 2026.
Source The Everett Herald, courtroom reporting (June 22, 2026) Court reporting
Read our explainer on the Hernandez Melgar trial → Victim & Reader Resources
Pretrial hearing
Bristol County Superior Court, Fall River, MA
Status Pleaded not guilty; released on conditions. No trial date set.
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Source The Boston Globe, arraignment reporting (June 30, 2026) Court reporting
Trial begins (jury selection)
· Plymouth County Superior Court, Brockton, MA
Pleaded not guilty; charged with three counts of first-degree murder after prosecutors dropped duplicative strangulation counts.
Read our Lindsay Clancy case primer → Victim & Reader Resources
Pretrial hearing
· Plymouth County Superior Court, Brockton, MA
Pleaded not guilty; charged with three counts of first-degree murder after prosecutors dropped duplicative strangulation counts.
Read our Lindsay Clancy case primer → Victim & Reader Resources
Pretrial hearing
· Bristol County Superior Court, Fall River, MA
Pleaded not guilty; released on conditions. No trial date set.
Sentencing
· Snohomish County Superior Court, Everett, WA
Convicted by jury of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, and violation of a court order.
Read our explainer on the Hernandez Melgar trial → Victim & Reader Resources
Post-conviction motions
No hearing date publicly confirmed · Collin County, Texas
Convicted and sentenced June 2026; new-trial and recusal motions filed July 7; no hearing date publicly confirmed.
A recusal motion is referred to a regional administrative judge before any hearing is set, so no date exists to publish yet.
Read our coverage of the verdict and what it left unresolved → Victim & Reader Resources
These cases are active, but no date is on a public calendar. We do not publish a date until we can point to where it came from.
No date set
United Arab Emirates
Detained pending proceedings. No publicly verified court date.
Details of the allegation come from an advocacy organization, not from UAE authorities or any court. No charge has been confirmed on the public record, and she is presumed innocent.
Our case file on this is in progress. Victim & Reader Resources
No date set
Texas
Direct appeal exhausted; case is in habeas review. No dated proceeding and no execution date.
Habeas review moves without a public calendar. There is nothing to attend.
Read our analysis of the forensic evidence → Victim & Reader Resources
No date set
New York
Conviction reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 22, 2026, and the case remanded to the Second Circuit. No dated proceeding.
A remand does not put a hearing on a public calendar. Nothing is currently scheduled.
Read what the Supreme Court actually decided → Victim & Reader Resources
Concluded
Suffolk County, New York
Case concluded by guilty plea (April 2026) and sentencing (June 2026).
There is no upcoming court date in this case. He waived his right to appeal as part of the plea.
Read what the plea established — and what it did not → Victim & Reader Resources
| Case | Proceeding | Date | Court | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Clancy | Pretrial hearing | Plymouth County Superior Court, Brockton, MA | Pleaded not guilty; charged with three counts of first-degree murder after prosecutors dropped duplicative strangulation counts. | |
| Lindsay Clancy | Trial begins (jury selection) | Plymouth County Superior Court, Brockton, MA | Pleaded not guilty; charged with three counts of first-degree murder after prosecutors dropped duplicative strangulation counts. | |
| Nestor Hernandez Melgar | Sentencing | Snohomish County Superior Court, Everett, WA | Convicted by jury of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, and violation of a court order. | |
| Dianne Curry Peck | Pretrial hearing | Bristol County Superior Court, Fall River, MA | Pleaded not guilty; released on conditions. No trial date set. | |
| Karmelo Anthony | Post-conviction motions | No date set | Collin County, Texas | Convicted and sentenced June 2026; new-trial and recusal motions filed July 7; no hearing date publicly confirmed. |
| Brooke George | — | No date set | United Arab Emirates | Detained pending proceedings. No publicly verified court date. |
| Taylor Parker | — | No date set | Texas | Direct appeal exhausted; case is in habeas review. No dated proceeding and no execution date. |
| Pedro Hernandez (Etan Patz) | — | No date set | New York | Conviction reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 22, 2026, and the case remanded to the Second Circuit. No dated proceeding. |
| Rex Heuermann | Concluded | No upcoming date | Suffolk County, New York | Case concluded by guilty plea (April 2026) and sentencing (June 2026). |
Last verified: July 11, 2026. All dates are subject to change by the court.
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Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday, July 20, 2026, in Plymouth County Superior Court. A pretrial hearing is set for July 13. She has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent.
August 31, 2026, in Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River. She pleaded not guilty and was released on conditions. No trial date has been set.
No. There is no publicly verified court date. She is reported to be detained pending proceedings, but the details of the allegation come from an advocacy group rather than from UAE authorities or any court, and no charge has been confirmed on the public record.
Not one that has been publicly scheduled. He was convicted and sentenced in June 2026, and new-trial and recusal motions were filed on July 7. No hearing date on those motions has been confirmed.
No. That case is over. It concluded with a guilty plea in April 2026 and sentencing in June 2026. There is no upcoming court date.
Yes, and they often do. Hearings get continued, trials get pushed, and courts reschedule with little notice. Treat every date here as the best current information, not a promise.
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