Frank Moseley, a 34-year-old Iraq War veteran and a resident of Anaheim, was convicted this week of voluntary manslaughter after jurors rejected a murder charge.
Moseley fatally stabbed his girlfriend in 2017, Janessa Smith, 25, with a chef’s knife in the living room of an Anaheim apartment after she told him she was having an affair and may have been impregnated by her other lover.
Moseley was 27 at the time of the killing. He said that he “lost it” after hearing about the affair and “saw red” before picking up the knife and stabbing Smith more than a dozen times. He also admitted to setting small fires in the apartment to kill himself through smoke inhalation, but later told investigators that he changed his mind after hearing the cries of the couple’s toddler.
Moseley then got in his car, with his toddler and drove toward the Anaheim Police Department. On the way however he spotted a police officer in a patrol car. Moseley crossed over the median, cut the patrol car off and jumped from his vehicle while holding his child. Moseley then begged the officer to shoot him, which was captured on the officer’s body-worn camera footage. That video footage also showed the toddler crouched at Moseley’s feet.
The police officer told Moseley that he would not shoot him in front of his child. Moseley sobbed and screamed as he was handcuffed. He then told the officer “I can’t believe what I just did!” He added that “I lost it, I couldn’t keep control.”
Moseley then provided the police officers with the address of his Anaheim apartment.
As it turned out Smith was not pregnant, as revealed during her autopsy. She had broken up with Moseley months earlier, but they reconciled, and then agreed to marry. Smith however was having second thoughts, according to the police department.
The OCDA pursued manslaughter charges against Moseley rather than first-degree murder, which requires premeditation as the slaying occurred in the heat of passion.
David Hammond, an O.C. Public Defender who served as Moseley’s defense attorney, told the O.C. Superior Court jurors that Moseley suffered from PTSD, which stemmed from a traumatic childhood and a tour in Iraq where Moseley, a Navy medic, was attached to a Marine unit that went on 250-plus patrols.
Hammond also alleged that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doctors determined that Moseley suffered from combat-related dreams and daily panic attacks triggered by stress.
Moseley was going to nursing school when he killed Smith.
Moseley will be sentenced on May 12.
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Frank Moseley, a 34-year-old Iraq War veteran and a resident of Anaheim, was convicted this week of voluntary manslaughter after jurors rejected a murder charge.
HE WAS NOT A WAR VETERN. HE NEVER WENT TO WAR.
Moseley fatally stabbed his girlfriend in 2017, Janessa Smith, 25, with a chef’s knife in the living room of an Anaheim apartment after she told him she was having an affair and may have been impregnated by her other lover.
THEY WERE NOT TOGETHER, HAVENT BEEN TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME. MOSELEY POST PICTURES OF HIS GIRL ON INSTRAGRAM, WHICH WAS NOT HER, AND NO TRACES OF HIM COULD BE FOUND ON HER FACEBOOK. THEY HAD A MUTUAL AGREEMENT, HE WAS ALLOWED TO STAY IN HER HOME IF HE WATCHED HER KIDS WHEN SHE WORKED. HE DID FATALLY STAB HER, OVER 14 TIMES, SHE HAD DEFENSE WOUNDS BETWEEN HER FINGERS AND HE STABBED HER IN THE FEET.
Moseley was 27 at the time of the killing. He said that he “lost it” after hearing about the affair and “saw red” before picking up the knife and stabbing Smith more than a dozen times.
AGAIN, NO AFFAIR, THEY WERE NOT TOGETHER AND EVERYONE KNEW IT.
He also admitted to setting small fires in the apartment to kill himself through smoke inhalation, but later told investigators that he changed his mind after hearing the cries of the couple’s toddler. LIES! HE TURNED THE STOVE 4 BURNERS ON HIGH AND PUT WRAPPING PAPER ACROSS IT IN EFFORT TO BURN THE HER HOME DOWN, AND TO COVER WHAT HE HAD DID. MOSELEY EVEN TOOK A SHOWER LEAVING THE HER BLOOD ALL OVER THE TUB.
Moseley then got in his car, with his toddler and drove toward the Anaheim Police Department. MOSELEY DOESNT OWN ANY VECHILES. HE STOLE THE KEYS TO HER SISTER CAR BEFORE SHE LEFT FOR WORK (PRE-METIDATED) AND DROVE LIKE A MANIAC IN THE CAR HE STOLE WITH THERE INFANT DAUGHTER UNTIL HE SAW POLICE.
On the way however he spotted a police officer in a patrol car. Moseley crossed over the median, cut the patrol car off and jumped from his vehicle while holding his child. Moseley then begged the officer to shoot him, which was captured on the officer’s body-worn camera footage. That video footage also showed the toddler crouched at Moseley’s feet.
The police officer told Moseley that he would not shoot him in front of his child. Moseley sobbed and screamed as he was handcuffed. He then told the officer “I can’t believe what I just did!” He added that “I lost it, I couldn’t keep control.” HE PLANNED IT ALL, ALL EVDIENCE SAYS SO.
Moseley then provided the police officers with the address of his Anaheim apartment. MOSELEY HAS NO APARTMENT, HE LIVED WITH HER, AND FOLLOWEDTO ANY PLACE SHE MOVED TO, AS A LOYAL BABYSITTER/FRIEND. THERE WAS NO RELATIONSHIP.
Janessa Smith
As it turned out Smith was not pregnant, as revealed during her autopsy. She had broken up with Moseley months earlier, but they reconciled, and then agreed to marry. Smith however was having second thoughts, according to the police department. SHE BROKEN UP WITH MOSELEY YEARS EARLIER, HE WANTED TO RECONCILED AFTER JANESSA SAID SHE WANTS TO TRY AND LIVE ON HER OWN. HE VERBALLY ASKED HER TO MARRY HIM (NO RING) IN THE DAYS BEFORE, AND SHE REPLIED NO. THERE WAS NO SECOND THOUGHTS, SMITH SAID SHE WOULD NEVER KEEP THEIR CHILD FROM HIM.
The OCDA pursued manslaughter charges against Moseley rather than first-degree murder, which requires premeditation as the slaying occurred in the heat of passion. IT WAS PRE-MEDITAITED, AND IT WAS COLD BLOODED MURDER. THE OCDA WAS JUST THE LAZY AS NORMAL. IT TOOK OVER 6 YEARS BEFORE THEY EVEN STARTED TRAIL.
David Hammond, an O.C. Public Defender who served as Moseley’s defense attorney, told the O.C. Superior Court jurors that Moseley suffered from PTSD, which stemmed from a traumatic childhood and a tour in Iraq where Moseley, a Navy medic, was attached to a Marine unit that went on 250-plus patrols. MOSELEY DOES NOT HAVE PTSD. MOSELEY HAS SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER, ALSO KNOWN AS SOCIAL PHOBIA, (A long-term and overwhelming fear of social situations. It is a common mental health condition characterized by intense and persistent fear of being watched or judged by others. People with social anxiety disorder don’t necessarily fear the social situation itself, but rather the potential embarrassment, rejection, or criticism they might face.)
Hammond also alleged that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doctors determined that Moseley suffered from combat-related dreams and daily panic attacks triggered by stress. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERNS AFFAIRS NEVER GAVE ANY INFO ON MOSELEY,THIS IS ALL MADE UP BY THE O.C. PUBLIC DEFENDER AND THE INFOMATION FROM HIS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL SAYING HIS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS HELP DUE TO HIS NEED TO FIT IN WAS NEVER TALKED ABOUT.
Moseley was going to nursing school when he killed Smith. NO HE WASNT. MOSELEY DIDNT GO TO NURSING SCHOOL. HE SIGHED UP FOR LVN SCHOOL BUT NEVER WENT. HE DID HOWEVER WHERE THE UNIFORM EVERY OTHER DAY WHILE ANNOUNCING HE WAS AN RN.
Moseley will be sentenced on May 12.
HE WAS SENTENCED.
VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
(WHICH MEANS AN INTENTIONAL KILLING WITHOUT MALICE)
HOW DO YOU STAB SOMEONE 14 TIMES WITHOUT MALICE?
HOW IS FORCEFULLY, STABBING, A SMALL NON COMBATIVE FEMALE 14 TIMES WITHOUT MALICE.
THIS WAS A MURDER OF A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG FEMALE BY A MENTAL ILL MALE THAT OCDA JUST DIDNT WANT TO FIGHT.
We rely on the OCDA press releases. It wouldn’t be the first time Spitzer has bent the truth.