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Murder trial jury gets second look at wrapped hatchet found in dumpster
It is an unusual court exhibit at a trial about an unusual homicide. When investigators found it, it was wrapped in three layers of plastic and tucked into an old pillowcase. On Wednesday, the Superior Court jury at Ashley Bourget’s first-degree murder trial got a second look at a hatchet found in a homemade backyard […]
Bush party killer tells court: ‘This was never what I intended’
When it came time for convicted murderer Carlos Guerra Guerra to address the court, he said he wanted the world to know that “I’m not a bad person.” “I’m also not a cold-blooded killer as has been suggested,” he said, reading from his handwritten notes from the prisoner’s box. “I do take full responsibility for […]
Drug-dealer murder trial: Cop recalls seeing baseball bat, possible blood
Even in the clutter of Ashley Bourget’s small Adelaide Street apartment, the black baseball bat was hard to miss.
Witness emotional during replay of 911 call at murder trial
Gilbert Kechego was visibly shaken. He gratefully accepted a tissue and wiped his eyes after hearing his voice on a frantic 911 call he made after he and his brother Robert John discovered Shaniqua Henry unresponsive in a puddle on the dirt driveway of Mathew Riley’s home. “She’s overdosing,” Kechego told the dispatcher. “She’s not […]
Drug dealer’s body was nearly swept off by Thames River, murder trial hears
If it hadn’t been for the trees, Grant Norton’s body might have been lost in the Forest City.