The man accused of killing jogger Karina Vetrano was found guilty on all charges Monday night. Chanel Lewis, 21, was convicted of murder and sexual abuse and faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Justice has been served,' the victim's father, Phil Vetrano, said as he
The man accused of killing jogger Karina Vetrano was found guilty on all charges Monday night.
Both sides delivered closing arguments Monday, with the jury getting the case for deliberations that afternoon. A verdict was rendered a few hours later."Our client did not receive a fair trial. We will appeal immediately to a court that can afford Mr. Lewis the fair review he has thus far been denied," the Legal Aid Society, which represented Lewis, said in a statement after the verdict.
"I felt that I was getting heat from other jurors to make a decision," he told ABC News."I thought we were going to continue tomorrow, but after they brought up different points of view I changed my mind." Vetrano, 30, was killed while jogging alone in Spring Creek Park -- adjacent to Howard Beach, New York -- on Aug. 2, 2016. It was a run she often made with her father.
Vetrano was severely beaten, face-down in 8-foot reeds, with her front tooth knocked out, her pants pulled down and her socks wet, said Robert Boyce, NYPD's then-chief of detectives and now an ABC News contributor."My thoughts were ... she was dragged through [a puddle of] water and then dragged off the path into the high reeds," Boyce added.Story continuesPolice recovered DNA from one unknown person on her cell phone, the back of her neck and her fingernails, he said.
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