Man who killed Wisconsin mother, her 2 daughters gets life July 16, 2021 at 4:15 pm
MILWAUKEE (AP) A man who pleaded guilty to killing a Wisconsin mother and her two young daughters was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to online court records.
Arzel Ivery, 27, admitted in April that he killed 26-year-old Amarah “Jerica” Banks, 5-year-old Zaniya Ivery and 4-year-old Camaria Banks at their Milwaukee home on Feb. 8, 2020.
According to a criminal complaint, Ivery told police that he had fought with Banks because she was upset over his decision to go to work as a security guard so soon after the Feb. 7, 2020, funeral of their son. One-year-old Arzel Ivery Jr. died in January 2020 from respiratory problems, according to an autopsy report.
A 26-year-old Milwaukee man pleaded guilty Friday to killing his former girlfriend and her two daughters last year, less than a day after they attended the funeral of the couple s toddler son.
Arzel Ivery faces mandatory life in prison for the three counts of first-degree intentional homicide at his sentencing July 16.
He was charged with strangling Amarah Jerica Banks, 26, hours after they had attended their son s funeral on Feb. 8, 2020. Arzel Ivery Jr., 21 months, had died from bronchitis.
Banks neighbor saw her running, bleeding and screaming Don t kill me as Ivery dragged her back into their apartment building in the 5900 block of North Sherman Boulevard early on Feb. 8, 2020. Police responded to a 911 call about the incident but found no one.