The Prosecutor Who Fought for Victims VS. Karen McDonald — Who Fought for Neil Rockind’s Campaign Donations
- Linda Thom
- Nov 23, 2025
- 4 min read
The People’s Prosecutor Who Saw the Truth And Fights for Victims Like a Wolf
Before Karen McDonald twisted my son’s case into a political game…Before Marc Keast became her obedient puppet…
There was one incredible prosecutor who treated justice like a living thing —and fought for my son as if he were her own. Her name was Beth M. Hand.
And in a courthouse where too many people whisper, she walked in with a folder full of evidence and the kind of fire only a real prosecutor carries. She didn’t come for politics.
She didn’t come to bargain. She came to fight for victims.
The Motion That Warned Every Liar in the Court Room
On February 19, 2020, she filed a motion that cut through every excuse, every distortion, every attempt to rewrite what happened to Denis. It wasn’t just a legal document — it was a warning shot:
Filed by: Jessica R. Cooper, Prosecuting Attorney. Signed By Beth M. Hand, Assistant Prosecutor
This was the work of someone who still believed that victims deserve a voice and that a mother deserves the truth. Someone who hunted the truth relentlessly, stood guard over the vulnerable, and fought with evidence — not Neil Rockind’s campaign donation.
She Saw the Crime for What It Was
APA Beth Hand didn’t sugarcoat. She didn’t sidestep. She began with the charge that defined everything: “Delivery of a controlled substance causing death.” Then she wrote, with no hesitation: The drug was MDMA — Molly, Ecstasy Remington delivered that drug. Remington filmed Denis’s reaction. He filmed until Denis became unresponsive. Denis died exactly where he was last filmed. The videos were posted on Snapchat
Beth didn’t blink.
She didn’t pretend it was an accident.
She didn’t soften what the evidence screamed:
This was a crime — and she could prove it.
One Prosecutor Followed Evidence.
The Next Followed $7,150 in Campaign Money.
But when Karen McDonald took office, she didn’t follow justice —she followed Neil Rockind’s $7,150 campaign donations. And she taught Marc Keast exactly how to bury the truth and all the evidence about my son.
The Snapchat Search Warrant That Exposed a Predator
The search warrant on Remington’s Snapchat account revealed a pattern —a method — a signature written in his own words and videos.
This wasn’t the first time he slipped drugs to someone.
It wasn’t the first time he recorded another student falling apart.
It wasn’t the first time he laughed while someone suffered.
Beth stood in court and told the truth that others later tried to erase: “A comparable plan, scheme, or system is clearly demonstrated by these other videos.”
And she had the receipts.
Remington bragged: “My friend makes it. And I can order so much for insane… I’m still the plug.”
He told strangers on Snapchat: “I’m remyboyz — the plug.”
He marketed himself. He recorded victims. He repeated the pattern. APA Hand connected the dots everyone else pretended not to see.
She Brought the Past Into the Light
Wolves don’t fear the dark.Beth walked straight into it. She uncovered what others ignored:
Dec 5, 2017 — Remington possessed MDMA
2017 — He offered meth for sale
He bragged: “They robbed me but didn’t get my drugs.”
He showed a witness a bag of pills
His digital history showed drug trading, dealing, supplying
APA Hand didn’t hide that evidence. She didn’t bury it. She didn’t bend to politics.
She put it before the court so Denis’s death could be understood for what it was:
Not a misunderstanding. Not a tragic accident. But the predictable climax of a repeated pattern.
A pattern only a wolf-prosecutor could see clearly.
She Proved What Karen McDonald Tried to Erase
Beth showed the court why the evidence mattered:
Identity
Intent
Knowledge
Absence of mistake
Pattern, scheme, and method
She wrote the sentence that the next prosecutors tried to bury:
“The similar scheme, plan, or system… is clearly evidenced by the other videos.”
With that, she built a legal fortress:
MRE 404(b)
MRE 402
MRE 403
People v. VanderVliet
People v. Crawford
She followed the law —not the money.
She signed her name with conviction: Beth M. Hand Assistant Prosecuting Attorney February 19, 2020 A signature that meant something.
She Was Everything a Victim Could Hope For
Beth Hand wasn’t just doing a job. She was:
The protector
The fighter
The voice
The backbone
The wolf at the gate
She saw Denis. She saw the evidence. She saw the truth.
And she fought for all of it with the precision of a lawyer, the empathy of a mother, and the courage of someone who refuses to let victims be forgotten.
For one brief moment — before corrupt Karen McDonald slithered in —justice had a champion.
The People had a prosecutor. The victims had a protector. Denis had a warrior.
Her name was Beth M. Hand.
Linda Preka Thom Denis Mom.
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