Tag: murder
Victim’s family talk of dashed hopes at killer’s sentencing hearing
Devon Cherrey-Rooke’s family never doubted how much he loved them and they loved him back. Sometime before his death on Aug. 7, 2022, he sent them a letter saying he was ready to move past the tough life he was living. “I’m done doing drugs. I miss my family, making good money, being trusted and […]
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 […]