Seven suspects, together with six youngsters, pleaded not responsible this week to the kidnapping and killing of a 16-year-old Arizona boy who was brutally overwhelmed in October, allegedly over a gold necklace.
Dominic Turner, 20, Taylor Reagan Sherman, 19, Treston John Billey, 18, William Owen Hines, 18, Jacob Ryan Meisner, 17, Talan Renner, 17, and Talyn Ray Vigil, 17, have been all charged as adults with first-degree homicide and kidnapping in reference to the loss of life of 16-year-old Preston Lord, in line with an announcement by the Queen Creek Police Division in Arizona and courtroom data reviewed by JHB.
Turner and Meisner additionally face an extra cost of aggravated theft, in line with courtroom data.
Police in Queen Creek, a Phoenix suburb, responded to an non-emergency report on Oct. 28 of a “juvenile disturbance,” in line with a information launch. When officers arrived, they reported discovering no criminal activity and have been then despatched on one other name of a possible crime.
Virtually an hour later, police acquired a name about an assault on the similar location and located a badly overwhelmed teenage boy, later recognized as Lord, on the street and administered lifesaving measures earlier than he was taken to the hospital, in line with the information launch.
In keeping with native information outlet AZ Household, the incident passed off following a Halloween occasion. The proprietor of the house the place the occasion passed off informed AZ Household that “it was simply imagined to be” her daughter’s associates in attendance, however it “turned out to be lots of people that weren’t invited who ended up exhibiting as much as the occasion.”
On the night time of the assault, Lord’s aunt, on a GoFundMe web page she’d launched, mentioned he was in crucial situation on the hospital with a extreme mind harm. He died two days later.
The investigation continued for months with out an arrest or fees being filed however with greater than 200 suggestions submitted to police and greater than 50 warrants served. However on March 7, officers introduced {that a} grand jury had indicted seven suspects within the case.
Courtroom paperwork cited by AZ Household mentioned that Lord didn’t know the suspects and alleged that the assault started when a gold chain belonging to one of many sufferer’s associates was stolen.
In keeping with the paperwork, Lord and his associates tried to get the chain again, however the confrontation grew violent.
The paperwork additionally allege that Talan Renner had been “taken out of the realm” following the incident and famous that his household had “monetary means to assist in fleeing to Mexico.”
When AZ Household questioned Talan Renner’s father, Travis Renner, in regards to the declare that his son had been taken out of the realm, the household’s lawyer responded that “the web is stuffed with misinformation.”