Are expected to gather here behind me for a vigil tonight starting at 8 00. Reporting live, rob nelson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Justice tonight decades in the making for a young man wrongly convicted of raping a teenager. 28 years ago. His name was cleared today after new dna testing of evidence. But not before he served several years in prison and a long time on the sex offender registry. Eyewitness News Reporter aj ross with the story. After enduring the unthinkable for nearly 28 years, deon harrell walked out of the courthouse with gratitude for his attorneys who believed he was innocent all along. Reporter mere words cant describe the seemingly insurmountable obstacles hes faced the better part of his life. Just 22 years old, he was teenaged girl in long branch in 1988. He always maintained his innocence but spent four years in prison and nearly the next 20 on the sex offender registry before new dna results completely exonerated him. The fact hes here today is a testament to hi
News. Channel 7 Eyewitness News. Murdered, now mourned. The devastated family of a jogger gathers to pay respects as detectives find new clues they hope will point them in the direction of her killer. Sideswiped. A pickup truck slams into a man in a bronx supermarket parking lot and keeps on going. Good evening, im sade bederinwa. And im david nevaro in for bill ritter. Tonight for the one day wait. The joggers body discovered tuesday night in howard beach. Police found her sneaker and earphones about 60 feet away from her body. They are testing the items for dna and fingerprints. Eyewitness news reporter, carolina lead with more. Reporter in addition to all that new evidence, there is details leading towards karinas killer. Friends, family, and complete strangers gathered at this funeral home for the wake of 30 yearold, karina verano. A gam et of emotions and heartbreak. I think she was a beautiful person. Beautiful. To devastation and anger. Who wants to come, but you have no choice,
Reporting live from jfk, jim dolan, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Now to the murders in queens. Oscar morel right now held without bail for what prosecutors say was an assassination of an imam and his associate in queens. Morel this afternoon arraigned on several charges, including first degree murder. The imam and his friend were shot in the friend after they left Prayers Services saturday crime is so heinous, so offensive, that queens d. A. Richard brown added the charge of first degree murder. The maximum he could face is life in prison without the possibility of parole. But he insists he didnt do it. The victims families are infuriated. I want justice. Reporter relatives of the victim say the pain is unbearable. Guilty. His relatives watched from the spectators gallery, seemingly in shock. One woman with her head in her hands. Theyre upset and they dont believe they cant understand how he could be involved in this. Reporter they later gathered outside the courtroom in a huddle with th
Loved public service. He loved helping people. Reporter martelas fianci shelby walked away with only cuts and bruises. The childhood sweethearts were set to be married in april. He was a very special person. Big smile and a big heart. At least three people remain hospitalized this evening, including a 3yearold girl. That stretch of the l. I. E. Its in manorville. There are steel plates there and some people are concerned that maybe the steel plates helped propel pinales car over the median. The state d. O. T. Says they are working with law enforcement. Were live in west hampton beach, im kristin thorne, channel 7 Eyewitness News. An xray technician now facing charges of sexually assaulting two women. It happened inside kings county hospital. The alleged assaults happened on 57yearold woman and 83yearold woman were in the hospital to receive xrays when they were assaulted. The technician, a 65yearold man named larry jones. He was arraigned yesterday. The hospital released a statement to
Baby thrown to rescuers below. Tonight theyre all safe thanks in part to a brave and quick thinking young girl. Eyewitness News Reporter josh einiger is in sayreville tonight with their amazing escape. Its a long way down from that second floor of this building for these young kids to jump to escape these flames but tonight their family is crediting the first responding Police Officer with catching them and saving their lives. Smoke and towering flames i tried to get up the stairway but it was fully engulfed. Reporter sayreville Police Officer brian gay knew there would be no time. Family members trapped upstairs started to jump. I looked up in the air and she was already jumping. As she was on her way down i caught her. Reporter the fire broke out around 2 00 this afternoon on jacobsen street. Gay was the first on scene but might never have made it in time through your mind . That i was going to die. Reporter the 12yearold lived in the house and was there with her cousins and aunt whe