Gregory Ramos Teen Killer Murders Mother

Gregory Ramos Teen Killer

Gregory Ramos was fifteen years old when he was accused of killing his mother. Apparently Ramos and his mother were involved in an argument over a bad grade and Ramos would strangle the woman causing her death. Gregory then had two friends help him dispose of his mothers body. This teen killer has confessed to police however has pleaded not guilty

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DC Number:050965
Name:RAMOS, GREGORY L
Race:WHITE
Sex:MALE
Birth Date:06/14/2003
Initial Receipt Date:01/28/2021
Current Facility:SUWANNEE C.I
Current Custody:CLOSE
Current Release Date:08/15/2063

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Gregory Ramos, who is being charged as an adult in the killing of his mother, Gail Cleavenger, 46, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, abuse of a dead human body and tampering with physical evidence.

Cleavenger’s body was found buried under a fire pit at River City Church on Highbanks Road last month after Ramos confessed to killing her, sheriff’s officials said.

According to investigators, Gregorysaid that it took 30 minutes to strangle his mother a couple days earlier at the family’s home on Alicante Road in DeBary. Sheriff Mike Chitwood said Ramos was motivated by rage after the two got into a dispute about Ramos’ school grades.

Deputies said Gregory used a wheelbarrow to load her body into a van and buried her body at the church.

Ramos told detectives he enlisted the help of two friends to bury his mother’s body and stage a burglary scene at the Alicante Road house. The friends, Dylan Ceglarek and Brian Porras, both of whom are 17, face charges of acting as accessories to a first-degree murder. They will also be charged as adults.

Deputies said Gregory Ramos reported that he returned home from school and discovered that the house had been burglarized, his mother was missing and her van was running in the driveway. He then made a 911 call to report the alleged burglary.

According to officials, Ramos later confessed to killing his mother. Chitwood said the teenager’s confession was “cold and calculated” and lacked emotion.

“He is a soulless individual who thought he was going to outsmart everyone in the room,” Chitwood said.

Gregory Ramos will not face the death penalty, but he could receive life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors said if he pleads to or is convicted fo a lesser charge, it will be up to a judge to decide if he should be sentenced as a juvenile.

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Brogan Rafferty Teen Killer 3 Murders

Brogan Rafferty Teen Killer

Brogan Rafferty was sentenced to life in prison for his role in three separate murders in Ohio. According to court documents Brogan Rafferty and Richard Beasley lured three men with the promise of a job on the website Craigslist. When the men arrived they would be brutally murdered by the pair. Brogan Rafferty lawyers tried to say the teen killer was scared of Richard Beasley and was worried if he did not go along that Beasley would kill him. Richard Beasley was sentenced to death

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Number A633123

DOB 12/24/1994

Gender Male

Race White

Admission Date 11/13/2012

Institution Ohio State Penitentiary

Status INCARCERATED

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A teenager was sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole Friday for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work with phony Craigslist job offers.

Judge Lynne Callahan sentenced 17-year-old Brogan Rafferty, who had been convicted on Oct. 30 of aggravated murder and attempted murder in the deaths of three men and wounding of a fourth.

The sentencing was delayed from Monday amid talks on a deal for leniency in return for Rafferty’s testimony against the alleged triggerman. Rafferty was looking to avoid a life sentence without hope of parole.

The jury rejected the defense claim that Rafferty feared for himself and his family if he didn’t cooperate with his co-defendant, Richard Beasley of Akron.

The 53-year-old Beasley, described as the teen’s spiritual mentor, has pleaded not guilty and faces a Jan. 7 trial.

Prosecutors say the victims, all down in their luck and with few family ties that might highlight their disappearance, were lured with phony offers of farmhand jobs on Craigslist last year.

One man was killed near Akron and the others were shot at a southeast Ohio farm during bogus job interviews.

Prosecutors say robbery was the motive.

Rafferty, a high school student from Stow, was tried as an adult but didn’t face a possible death penalty because he is a juvenile.

Beasley, an ex-convict and self-styled street minister from Akron, could face the death penalty if convicted.

The surviving victim, 49-year-old Scott Davis of South Carolina, testified as the prosecution’s star witness. He identified Rafferty as Beasley’s accomplice and told the jury a harrowing story.

Davis, who was looking to move close to his family in the Canton area, said he was walking across what turned out to be a bogus job site when he heard a gun cock and turned and found himself face to face with a handgun. He said he pushed the weapon aside, was shot in the arm and fled through the woods.

During Rafferty’s trial, defense attorney John Alexander painted Beasley as the mastermind and said that the first killing came without warning for Rafferty.

The three murdered men were Ralph Geiger, 56, of Akron; David Pauley, 51, of Norfolk, Va.; and Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon. Authorities say they were targeted because they were older, single, out-of-work men with backgrounds that made it unlikely their disappearances would be noticed right away.

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Haydn Sainsbury Teen Killer Murders Man In Oklahoma

Haydn Sainsbury Teen Killer

Hadyn Sainsbury was seventeen years old when he fatally shot his mothers on again off again boyfriend in Oklahoma. According to court documents Hadyn Sainsbury was driving in a vehicle when he passed the victim. Haydn Sainsbury would jump out of the vehicle at the gun and fired five or six times at the victim causing his death.

This teen killer tried to tell the jury that he just wanted to scare the victim to stay away from his mother however prosecutors allege the seventeen year old was only six feet away from the victim and knew what he was doing. Haydn Sainsbury was sentenced to thirty four years in prison and must serve eighty five percent before being eligible for parole.

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Gender: Male

Race: White

Height: 5 ft 8 in

Weight: 180 lbs

Hair Color: Brown

Eye Color: Hazel



OK DOC#: 847118

Birth Date: 1/30/2001


Current Facility: LEXINGTON CORRECTIONAL CENTER, LEXIN

Reception Date: 12/6/2019

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A jury on Thursday recommended that an Owasso 18-year-old spend 34 years in prison after finding that he committed first-degree manslaughter when he shot his mother’s on-and-off boyfriend in what a prosecutor called “vigilante justice.”

Hadyn Lee Sainsbury faced a first-degree murder charge for the Aug. 8, 2018, shooting of Roy Cobb, but jurors deliberated for about three hours before convicting the teen of a lesser-included offense of first-degree manslaughter in the heat of passion.

Cobb, 37, was riding his bicycle on Mingo Road near 36th Street North when Sainsbury spotted him, got out of his Jeep Cherokee and shot at him five times with a handgun. Hadyn Sainsbury was en route to Owasso from the Keystone Lake area when he saw Cobb and his bicycle.

District Judge William LaFortune will sentence Sainsbury on Oct. 21. Haydn Sainsbury will be required to serve at least 85% of the sentence LaFortune imposes before he is eligible for parole consideration.

“I’ve been waiting a long time to be able to heal from this disaster in our lives,” Cobb’s mother, Vicki Clem, said after the trial. “I know it’s still not the best outcome in the world. The best outcome in the world would be if my son was still alive, but we couldn’t ask for any better.”

Sainsbury’s mother had called him on the evening of the homicide and said Cobb, who had been convicted previously of burglary and aggravated assault and battery, had physically abused her that day. Assistant Public Defender Stuart Southerland told the jury Cobb was an abusive presence in Sainsbury’s life, as well as for his mother and siblings, and that when he ran into Cobb that night he was “thinking about all the times this has happened before.”

However, Tulsa police detectives said they saw a home surveillance video of the altercation Sainsbury’s mother referenced. Hadyn Sainsbury, who testified in his own defense, admitted Thursday that he deleted the video before police could take it as evidence because “I thought that there was no reason to keep it.”

Assistant District Attorney Kevin Gray said during his opening statement that the footage showed Cobb and Sainsbury’s mother physically attacking each other before Cobb rode his bicycle away from the residence.

Haydn Sainsbury told Southerland he simply wanted Cobb to stop hurting his mother and was not trying to kill anyone. But under cross-examination from Gray, he conceded that he shot at Cobb, striking him twice, after Cobb — who was unarmed — tried to flee. Cobb died early Aug. 9, 2018, at a Tulsa hospital.

When asked why he had a weapon with him, Sainsbury said he obtained one previously “to do whatever I could for my family.” He also said attempts to break ties with Cobb had failed.

“I’m the man of the house,” Hadyn Sainsbury said. “I tried the law. Law has not done (anything) for me.” He and Southerland also alluded to the stress of his long-term battle with leukemia, although LaFortune limited direct references to Sainsbury’s health status during the trial.

Two women who were driving in the area that night testified that they saw a vehicle parked along Mingo Road and that the driver later made a U-turn before driving back toward Owasso. Sainsbury testified that he cut Cobb off on the road after seeing him on his bicycle, then got out of his car and fired.

The women said they later realized a man was injured but initially thought he was the victim of a hit-and-run.

Haydn Sainsbury told police in an interview that “it wasn’t the right thing” to shoot Cobb but said “it was just out of instinct.” Tulsa Police Detective Mark Kennedy told Sainsbury, “We can’t be vigilantes out here,” to which Sainsbury eventually said, “I’m 100% guilty.”

”We knew that he was guilty,” Clem said out of court. “We’ve known all along. And the worst part of it was they had been so smug, like it didn’t matter, but there’s a life gone.”

In his testimony on Thursday, Haydn Sainsbury told Gray he was about 6 to 7 feet from Cobb when he started shooting. However, he maintained that he was not necessarily aiming to kill Cobb but rather wanted to scare him.

”When you’re standing this close to somebody, I mean, come on,” Gray said of the comment during his closing argument.

Southerland said Sainsbury’s actions did not meet the criteria for first-degree murder, which he said is “the worst of the worst a person can do.” He said there was clear proof that Cobb was a negative influence and asked the jury to give Haydn Sainsbury, who was 17 at the time, a chance to improve someday.

But Gray said Haydn Sainsbury was wrong to kill Cobb in an act of “vigilante justice” instead of reporting him to authorities.

Prosecutors most recently filed a felony domestic abuse case against Cobb on July 13, 2018, based on an April 2018 incident in Owasso. The charge was pending at the time of his death.

“You may really hate Roy Cobb,” Gray told the jury. “I don’t care. He didn’t deserve to die in the street.”

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Haydn Sainsbury of being involved in the murder of Roy Cobb.

Roy Cobb was shot and killed Wednesday, August 9th near Tulsa’s American Airlines maintenance facility.

Sainsbury was arrested after Tulsa and Owasso Police recovered evidence at Sainsbury’s home.

08/08/18 Related Story: Police Say Bicyclist Found Shot On Tulsa’s North Mingo Road Dies

Detectives say Cobb would live at Sainsbury’s Owasso home from time to time and there were allegations Cobb was abusing Sainsbury’s mother.

Police say they had actually been to Sainsbury’s house Wednesday night for an argument but didn’t know it was connected to the shooting. More video evidence helped detectives develop a unique suspect vehicle that they found at Sainsbury’s home earlier Friday.

The murder weapon has not yet been recovered and police say the investigation is ongoing. Hayden was arrested on a first-degree murder complaint in the death of Roy Cobb.

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Eldon Samuel Teen Killer Murders Father & Brother

Eldon Samuel Teen Killer

Eldon Samuel was fourteen years old when he murdered his father and his younger brother. According to court documents Eldon home life was a complete disaster with his father preparing his sons for the zombie apocalypse and his mother fighting drug addiction. On the day of the murder Eldon would fatally shoot his father before attacking his thirteen year old brother with a machete stabbing him to death. At trial Eldon was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with a possibility of parole. This teen killer first shot at parole will be in 2038 according to the Idaho Department Of Corrections

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The father of Coeur d’Alene teenager Eldon Samuel III showed the boy how to use weapons from a young age and also trained him to prepare for a “zombie apocalypse,” Samuel’s mother said in court Wednesday.

Samuel’s public defender asked Tina Samuel to explain what her husband trained her son to do to zombies.

“To shoot them in the head and chop off their head,” she testified. “That’s the only way to kill a zombie.”

Eldon Samuel, 16, is on trial for murder in the March 2014 killing of his father and his 13-year-old brother. The Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney’s office concluded its case Tuesday, and lawyers for Samuel began calling their witnesses from a list of more than 200 names.

Tina Samuel spoke of her relationship with the boy’s father, Eldon Samuel Jr., as well as his habits and demeanor when the family lived together in the Modesto, California, area. She said JR, as she called her husband, was high on prescription medication much of the time, and she admitted she was as well, “off and on.”

JR also often played violent video games, she said. “It would be zombie video games – just killing zombies,” she said. He also played “Call of Duty,” a first-person shooter game, she recalled.

JR began playing these games with his son Eldon when the boy was as young as 4 or 5, Tina Samuel said.

The family moved frequently, usually because of eviction. “JR wouldn’t pay the rent and bills,” she said.

JR worked part of the time as a mechanic and had injured himself at work a couple of times. He began taking medication for a shoulder injury and never stopped, she said.

“He was moody. He was high a lot, controlling, physically and mentally abusive,” Tina Samuel testified, adding that the behavior grew worse over time. JR owned a 9 mm handgun, which he kept tucked in the back of his waistband, she said.

The family sometimes went camping in a trailer in secluded spots high in the California mountains, she testified. JR would bring guns and knives on those trips and show his boys how to use the weapons, including cutting the head and tail off a rattlesnake, she said.

At night they’d watch zombie movies in the trailer, she said.

By the time Eldon was in middle school he was missing days, in part because he was bullied by other kids at school, the mother said. The boy stayed at home with his father watching “bad” movies and playing “bad” video games, she said.

The family also prepared to flee a zombie outbreak at a moment’s notice, she said. That plan entailed packing the camp trailer with “guns, knives – as many as possible,” plus water, canned food and clothing, Tina Samuel testified. Then they would “go up high in the mountains where we could hide from the zombies,” she said. “Because it’s secluded and the zombies wouldn’t get us.”

As for young Eldon, “I observed he listened to his dad and he was trained to be ready when the zombies came,” she said.

Tina Samuel said she left her husband scores of times but always returned “for my boys.” The couple separated in May 2012 after 14 years of marriage, and Eldon Samuel Jr. moved to Coeur d’Alene with his sons the following year. His father, Eldon Samuel Sr., also lives in Coeur d’Alene.

The jury on Wednesday also heard from two of Samuel’s teachers at Lakes Magnet Middle School, where he was struggling with his grades and frequently was absent. Jurors also heard testimony from a local pediatrician who examined Samuel and spoke with him about headaches and various pains he reported having, and from a local dentist who has been treating Samuel for cavities and other dental problems.

A woman who works at a military surplus store described how Samuel’s father bought him a trench knife with a blade 8 to 10 inches long for the boy’s birthday. A local Game Stop store manager listed the titles of video games Eldon Samuel Jr. had purchased, including violent games rated for older players as well as some titles approved for all ages.

Samuel is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his father, who died from a gunshot wound to his upper abdomen. Samuel shot his father three more times, in the cheek and head, after he was dead, investigators say.

He is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jonathan Samuel, his autistic brother who was 11 months younger than he. Jonathan was shot 10 times by a shotgun and .45 semi-automatic handgun, then stabbed with a knife and hacked with a machete dozens of times. He bled to death from numerous wounds, according to an autopsy, and was found sprawled across the lap of his father’s body.

Eldon Samuel, then 14, admitted during police questioning that he had killed both of them the evening of March 24, 2014. He said his father had been talking that night about zombies and how they needed to pack up and leave. He also told detectives his father had fired one shot from the .45 outside the house that evening.

Several witnesses have testified hearing a gunshot, and a couple who lived across the street from the Samuels’ house said they saw the father outside that evening, pacing and looking upset.

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Adrian Sawyer Teen Killer Murders Best Friend

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Adrian Sawyer was sixteen when he murdered his best friend in New York State. According to court documents Adrian Sawyer was at the home of the murder victim, Maverick Bowman, and when the fifteen year old fell asleep Adrian Sawyer would place a machete beside his head and take a photo which he sent to a friend. Sawyer would then stab the sleeping teen causing his death. After the murder this teen killer would pour gas over the victim and set him on fire. Adrian Sawyer would be sentenced to life in prison without parole for twenty years

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DIN (Department Identification Number)19D0014  
Inmate NameSAWYER, ADRIAN J  
SexMALE  
Date of Birth05/15/2002  
Race / EthnicityWHITE  
Custody StatusIN CUSTODY  
Housing / Releasing FacilityHUDSON  
Date Received (Original)02/27/2019  
Date Received (Current)02/27/2019  
Admission TypeNEW COMMITMENT  
County of CommitmentWASHINGTON  

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A Ticonderoga teen who killed his friend last summer was sentenced to up to life in state prison Friday as he heard the victim’s mother describe how the murder had devastated her and her family.

The defendant, Adrian J. Sawyer, 16, angered Judge Kelly McKeighan during the proceeding when his response when asked if he had a statement about the killing of 15-year-old Maverick Bowman was, “I’m alright.” That prompted the judge to tell him that was the wrong thing to say.

McKeighan went on to lambaste Sawyer for his seeming lack of remorse, saying that his communication with others before and after the murder and attempts to deflect blame to Bowman “defies logic.”

He said Sawyer seemed to want to make his actions a social media event by sending at least one friend a video and pictures of him holding a machete next to a sleeping Bowman’s neck before the killing. He said Sawyer seemed to be trying to blame Bowman for hard feelings over a girl, showing intent and a lack of sorrow.

After the killing, Sawyer called friends for a ride home, and comments he made led police to check the Bowman home, where they found the dead teen.

“You planned this, you thought about it, you wanted the world to know,” McKeighan said.

The judge’s comments came after a sobbing Amber Pelerin, Bowman’s mother, told McKeighan and Sawyer about the devastating effects of Bowman’s death. Maverick’s younger brother has not been able to move on and enjoy any of the things he used to do with his older brother, like play football, while she frequently has nightmares.

She said her son Maverick had a bright future, with a very high IQ as a child, and loved to be outdoors and help his family and friends whenever needed.

She asked that Sawyer never be released from prison.

“Because of what Adrian did, we will never get to see Maverick again, hear him laugh or see what amazing things he could have done,” she said.

“He took my son’s life, and pretty much mine and my family’s,” she added.

The two teens were among a group that had been hanging out at the home, partying and working on vehicles, in the days and hours before the July 26 killing.

They were the last two at the home on county Route 2, Putnam, that is owned by Bowman’s family when Bowman went to sleep and Sawyer became homicidal for reasons that are unclear. The two were described as best friends and were classmates at Ticonderoga High School.

Pelerin and Washington County District Attorney Tony Jordan revealed information that hadn’t been previously released by police, including that Sawyer texted pictures to friends of him holding a machete.

After the killing, Sawyer poured fuel on Bowman’s body and started a small fire, “desecrating” the body, the judge pointed out.

Authorities have said the motive is unknown, although Sawyer had been upset about a conversation with a former girlfriend earlier in the night. Jordan said he believed Sawyer “created” the issue himself as an attempt at some sort of justification for what occurred, and that Sawyer’s “portrayal of this incident has not been accurate.”

Sawyer said the two teens smoked marijuana before the killing, but a drug test showed Bowman had not used the drug, Jordan noted.

“What he did was destroy two families with one incredibly horrific act,” Jordan said.

Jordan said Sawyer was close to Bowman’s family, and he had concerns that Sawyer showed no remorse for what he did. He said he showed no emotion the day of his arrest or at any court appearances.

“Maverick was asleep and completely defenseless,” Jordan said.

Sawyer’s lawyer, Marc Zuckerman, said Sawyer has been remorseful and was “very nervous and scared,” so he could not speak in court. His statement that he was “alright” simply meant that he had no desire to speak, not that he was actually alright under the circumstances, Zuckerman explained.

He said his client has a 61 IQ and a long documented history of mental illness, including post-traumatic stress disorder.

Zuckerman said the defense had a “viable” argument against the charges that Sawyer was under the influence of an “extreme emotional disturbance” at the time of the killing, but his client wanted to accept responsibility for what he did.

“He wanted to do that because he did not want to fight this case, deny his guilt in any way,” he said. “It was Adrian’s decision all along to not have a trial, not make the family of the victim go through an emotional trial.”

Bowman died from a knife wound to his neck that severed his jugular vein and carotid artery. Police initially believed the machete had been used to kill Bowman, but a review of the injuries by a forensic pathologist led to the conclusion that a serrated knife appeared to be the murder weapon.

Sawyer will have to serve at least 20 years before becoming eligible for parole. He will be housed in designated state prison units for teens until he turns 18.

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A 16-year-old who killed his 15-year-old best friend by slicing his neck with a machete and then setting him on fire to cover it up was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in state prison.

Adrian J. Sawyer did not have much to say for himself in Washington County Court when Judge Kelly McKeighan declared his sentence

The mother of Maverick R. Bowman, Sawyer’s victim, said the January plea deal in which Sawyer pleaded guilty to second-degree murder is not enough for the teen who turned her life “upside down.”

“My son, for absolutely no reason, was brutally murdered while he was asleep,” said Bowman’s mother, Amber Pellerin, speaking between sobs. “My son was a loving, caring person who would have never done anything to Adrian. If you were having a bad day, my son would have done anything to make you laugh or smile.”

Judge McKeighan asked Sawyer if he would like to say anything to the family. Sawyer replied, “I’m alright,” angering McKeighan.

“That is the most incorrect statement I have ever heard,” McKeighan said. “It’s inexplicable, it defies logic.”

Bowman was killed on the early morning of July 26 in a second home owned by his family in Putnam. According to Washington County District Attorney Tony Jordan, the two Ticonderoga teens were hanging out in the garage there, tinkering with vehicles. At about 1 a.m., Bowman fell asleep in a chair in the house. While Bowman slept, Sawyer took Bowman’s cell phone and watched videos. At 3:35 a.m. when he sent a Snapchat video detailing what he planned to do with a machete. After that, Jordan said, Sawyer went to the garage, got some gasoline and ignited Bowman. At 3:55 a.m., he called someone to come and pick him up at the scene of the crime.

Sawyer was arrested later that day and was charged with second-degree murder and arson.

Bowman’s mother said her son was five days away from his 16th birthday and was looking forward to driving. But since his death, she can’t sleep, is plagued by nightmares and lost her job.

“Adrian is a selfish and disgusting excuse for a human being,” she said in her victim impact statement. “Why should he ever get out?”

District Attorney Jordan said there is not a sentence that is appropriate for the crime. He also said he found Sawyer’s demeanor disturbing.

“It was a deliberate act,” Jordan said. “And through the whole time, we have spent countless hours with Adrian, not once did he show remorse. On the day of his arrest, Ticonderoga police said he sat expressionless. That continues through to this day. He’s a danger to himself and others.”

Jordan told the judge that Sawyer should never be released. Still, McKeighan abided by the plea deal of a 20 years-to-life sentence, which included dropping the arson charge. Jordan also told Sawyer his crime was “unforgivable” and said he was troubled that Sawyer made it a “social media event.”

Sawyer’s attorney, Marc Zuckerman, said that Adrian Sawyer is remorseful. But with a recorded IQ of 61, he does not have the words to express himself. Zuckerman also said that Sawyer suffers from “extreme emotional distress” and is an “internal and shy person” who is nervous and scared.

“Actions speak louder than words,” Zuckerman said. “Adrian made the ultimate decision to waive his constitutional rights to a trial and instead plead guilty. He took full responsibility and wants to do that because he does not want to fight the case. He didn’t want to put the family through it.”

Zuckerman said he had a viable defense with two psychologists lined up to testify on behalf of Sawyer, who his attorney emphasized is only 16.

Jordan said the whole ordeal has devastated both the Sawyer and Bowman families.

“Usually, there is some feeling of satisfaction at the end of a case. We took a person who did something horrible and held them accountable,” Jordan said. “What struck all of us with this case, there is no good result. We are never going to know why he did what he did. We do know he destroyed two families with one incredibly horrific act. That alone keeps it from having any sense of satisfaction. It’s truly a sad day.”

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