BRENTWOOD — Jackson Mwangi, 29, was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison at about 3 p.m. today for the murder of his estranged girlfriend, Randi Huntley of Danville, June 1, 2010.
In a plea deal, Mwangi pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for that sentence. He faced a first-degree murder charge, which carries a potential sentence of life in prison.
Mwangi had moved out of the home he shared with Huntley and their 4-year-old son earlier in the spring of 2010.
He took their young son with him on a shopping trip to buy a BB gun, hunting knife and zip ties. The child was present when Mwangi stabbed Huntley, then bludgeoned her with a sledgehammer after she fought back, according to court documents.
Tearful testimony in Burlington Thursday-- as the state's star witness took the stand at the trial for the Essex shooting rampage suspect.
Christopher Williams' ex-girlfriend testified about her relationship with the man who went gunning for her when it ended, but wound up killing two people including her mother.
"I had tried to call my mom, my sister and my mom's neighbor," Andrea Lambesis testified.
"And were you able to reach any of them?" asked Chittenden Deputy Prosecutor Justin Jiron.
"No," Lambesis said, crying.
Andrea Lambesis fought back tears as she told the jury how she desperately tried to reach her mother fearing her ex-boyfriend Christopher Williams had harmed her.
Lambesis-- a teacher-- made the call from the Essex Elementary School as it was in a lock down due to a report of a gunman in the building.
She feared the gunman was Williams and that he was on a rampage because she had ended their troubled 2 1/2 year relationship the night before and he was angry again.
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee County District Attorney has charged a man from Milwaukee with the murder of an MPS teacher.
Benedict Savage, 37, faces a charge of first degree intentional homicide in the daylight stabbing death of Rebecca Manzke.
He also faces a sentence of up to life in prison if he is convicted.
According to the criminal complaint, a witness said that Savage and Manzke got into an argument at the door of Manske's apartment on the 7300 block of West Burdick Avenue on June 29th.
The witness then saw Savage go back to his car, go into Manzke's house, then heard a scream from Manzke, and saw Savage return into the car and leave.
He went into Manzke's home, saw Manzke stabbed and called police.
Offender Name: BENEDICT LAWRENCE R SAVAGE
Offender ID: 500481
Date of Birth: 03/04/1974
Age: 37
Race: African American
Gender: Male
Custody Status: In Custody Location of Offender: Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- The prosecution's case in a Pottawattamie County murder trial became too much for the victim's mother to bear Friday morning, and she ran from the courtroom in tears.
Stan Tribble faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of his wife, Tracy Gostomski-Tribble.
Mary Gostomski ran from the courtroom as prosecutors called police to the stand to talk about the day they found a body in the river.
Earlier, the victim's father, John Gostomski, said Friday morning in court that he objected to the marriage between Tribble and his daughter. He said Tribble had gotten another woman pregnant a year before.
"I told Stan to his face, if he's so set on marrying someone, why not marry the mother of his daughter and not my daughter? Stan said, 'I love Tracy so much.' I told Tracy about my objection to their marriage, talked to Tracy about it, primarily because he just got another woman pregnant, now he wanted to marry my daughter. She didn't take it well. We didn't communicate for a while, then we made up," Gostomski testified.
He said she had severe blunt-force trauma to her head, and explained how serious those injuries were.
"If she had survived and gone to a hospital, she would have needed major reconstructive surgery and probably would have resulted in disfigurement," Klein said.
Klein said the body had bruises on the legs and torso. He said two teeth were missing from her upper jaw.
It was a very emotional morning as the prosecution called their witnesses to the stand Friday at 8:30 a.m. Testimony began with Jennifer Doyle, Ulmer's best friend. She said Ulmer was the best friend a person could ask for and trusted everyone to do the right thing
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"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
