Watching the babysitter trial#
The contemplated exam attempted to determine Runau’s fitness to proceed toward trial (e.g., whether she was legally competent to face the charges) and whether or not she was mentally able to be held criminally responsible (e.g., to bolster the mental disease or defect defense), according to a Septemorder signed by Judge John Putman. A notice of intent to rely on a defense of mental disease or defect was filed on Sept. The court processes that transpired in the younger Runau sister’s case involving the stabbing death of the babysitter included multiple discussions, documents, and hearings about the defendant’s mental competency, according to the court docket in that matter. The older Runau, now 25, reportedly pleaded “no contest to charges she lured a Salem man to Lake Norfork where she is reported to have stabbed him seven times.” She and her accomplice “planned to steal the man’s truck and drive to Indiana,” KTLO indicated, citing authorities. Anna Renae Runau is herself in prison for an attempted murder involving an alleged “juvenile accomplice,” the radio station noted. The older sister has faced her own serious brushes with the law. However, local news reports from Mountain Home, Arkansas radio station KTLO say the killing occurred when Runau “became upset when she could not ‘fix’ a picture frame and took her anger out on the victim.”Īdler was described by the radio station as a “long time family friend” and babysitter to both the defendant and the defendant’s older sister. Officers simply noted that Runau was booked into the Baxter County Jail on an initial charge of first-degree murder and that bail was set at $1 million. No additional details were immediately provided as to the admitted activity afoot. Runau described her stabbing of the victim and her further action in watching the eyes as the victim died,” the affidavit states.Īmber Lea Runau’s original booking photo from 2020. Runau to the Gassville Police Department, she was given Miranda Rights, and then described her actions in a very matter of fact manner,” the affidavit continues. Adler for signs of life, none were found, the Coroner was requested at that time.”
“For Officer safety, we cleared the house then checked Mrs. Adler sitting in her recliner with a large kitchen knife protruding from her upper left chest area,” a captain wrote in the affidavit. “e entered the residence and discovered Mrs. The officers put Runau in the back of a squad car and went inside the home. Runau did, according to the affidavit, and immediately admitted to the officers that she had stabbed Adler when they arrived. The responding officers told the dispatcher to keep Runau on the line and to tell her to meet them in the driveway. Law enforcement officers responded to 601 Elm Street in Gassville - a red and brick 1960s-style ranch with a two-car garage that is typical of small-town residential construction in central Arkansas. 17, 2020, and told a dispatcher “that she had just stabbed. A plea agreement contemplated a more serious penalty for second-degree murder while allowing the defendant to avoid the possibility of a life sentence for the original charge of first-degree murder, according to the paperwork.Ī law enforcement affidavit said Runau called 911 on Aug. The presumptive sentencing range for Runau was between 15 and 25 years, according to sentencing papers. Gassville is in Baxter County, which borders Missouri in the north-central part of the Natural State. Both crimes involved knives.Īmber Lea Runau, now 22, of Gassville, Arkansas, admitted on Monday to the second-degree murder of Sharon Adler, the case file indicates. Ironically, her older sister is already in prison for an unconnected attempted murder that occurred several years prior. (Image via the Baxter County, Arkansas Jail.)Īn Arkansas woman who pleaded guilty to murdering her onetime babysitter has been sentenced to spend the next 30 years in prison, according to court documents obtained by Law&Crime.
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