Mortimer Hearing Pushed Back Due to Illness

Thomas Mortimer, IV, was due back in court on Thursday for a pre-trial conference, but according to Jessica Pastore in the District Attorney’s office, that date was pushed back until at least next week.

Mortimer’s defense attorney, Denise Regan, requested the date change because Mortimer was ill and was unable to make it to the courthouse. The hearing was originally scheduled for March 9, but Regan requested the date be moved to Thursday, April 14.

Mortimer hasn’t been in court since a to resolve his financial situation.

Mortimer's financial history came into question during a when Judge Julia Kern learned that Mortimer had more than the $2,000 he had previously told the court.

Judge Kern found out that Mortimer informed the probation officer of a joint account he had with his wife, Laura Stone Mortimer for $11,000. He also owns two cars, one of which is a Toyota Highlander and has his children's college savings account worth $25,000.

The court ruled that Mortimer is partially indigent and should be able to pay some money to the state.

Mortimer had those two checks mailed to his parents in Connecticut totaling about $12,000 from Millennium Trust.

Mortimer is on trial for murdering his wife, 41-year-old Laura Stone Mortimer, her two children, 2-year-old Charlotte Mortimer and 4-year-old Thomas Mortimer V, and Laura's mother, 64-year-old Ragna Ellen Stone, change.