Guilty verdicts. A jury only takes a few hours to find carl barrett junior guilty for the shooting death of fiveyearold laylah peterson. Fox sixs Justin Williams is live tonight outside the milwaukee courthouse with more. Three days of testimony. Three hours of deliberation. And, today, four, guilty verdicts, in shooting of fiveyearold laylah peterson. One. We, the jury, find the defendant, carl barrett, guilty. Two, we, the jury, find the defendant, carl barrett, guilty. Three, we, the jury, find the find the defendant, carl barrett, guilty. Following three days of testimony, a jury takes just about three hours to render four, guilty verdicts in the trial of 21yearold carl barrett, junior, one of three men accused in the 2014 shooting death of fiveyearold laylah peterson. Barrett is said to be responsible for multiple shots being fired into home, after the group mistakes the house for someone elses residence. His attorney maintains reasonable doubt exists. If you can reconcile evidenc
We do have reaction from one member of Laylah Petersens family. The little girls aunt spoke to us about how difficult it was for the family and how relieved this part of the trial is over. Fox6s Myra Sanchick is in the newsroom. Laylahs aunt on her fathers side, tells me she was not at the trial because she did not want to look at carl barrett and did not want to relive the day her niece was shot. However, Catherine Petersen says the family is helping each other through this time. It would hav september 23rd. The aunt says she keeps a picture of laylah in her car wherever she goes. Now there is some justice. It feels like a weight is lifted but at the same time its still very heavy in your heart. Its so many mixed emotions going on at once, youre happy, youre sad its a big ball of emotion for all of Catherine Petersen is laylahs paternal aunt. She says there is a lesson for all, that this is the terrible tragedy that could happen for those who turn to violence. In the newsroom, Myra Sa
And large amounts floating in the toilets. Officers arrested the homeowners 27yearold daughter. The daughter wouldnt answer the door this afternoon, but her mom came to the door. I wonder what you can tell us about the marijuana bust . She mouthed i know nothing about it and disappeared. The 27yearold was released to her mother. She faces a felony drug charge the District Attorney is currently reviewing the case toya reviewing the case. Where following breaking news. A judge threw out his conviction in a highprofile murder case, but tonight, theres a setback in the effort to free Brendan Dassey. Nick bohr is live in the newsroom. Nick, the attorney general is stepping in to fight his release. This motion was just filed this afternoon at the federal Appeals Court in madison. In short, it argues a federal judge here in milwaukee last month was flat out wrong when he said Brendan Dassey was coerced into confessing and deserves a new trial. The 26yearold dassey and his uncle steven avery w
6 children after a structure fire near 29th and lisbon. No word yet as to what may have started that fire or if anyone was injured. Stay with fox 6 and fox 6 now dot com for the latest updates. Happening tonight the first president ial debate will kick off at 8. Angelica duria has the latest from the newsroom. A New Washington post poll Shows Hillary clinton and donald trump are virtually tied. At roughly 46 percent support for clinton. 44 for trump. Seen the gap between the two candidates close in recent weeks. Such as pennsylvania. Where polls show clinton at 40 percent and trump at 38. And here in wisconsin. A Marquette Law School poll Shows Hillary clintons leading donald trump by just two percent in wisconsin. The Washington Post reports 8 in 10 voters say they plan to watch the debate. With as many as 100million total preparing to watch. The debate begins at 8 tonight at Hofstra University in long president ial debate stick with fox6 our coverage starts tonight at 8 oclock. Votin
Reporter for those who have watched making a murderer you will know exactly what theyre talking about. When he says dna testing could change everything for steven avery. I dont know. I really dont. Reporter days after a federal judge orders to overturn the case, the ruling is halted by wisconsin state attorney general. The two cases are intertwined just in terms of their culture context. Reporter steven a rises former attorney is unsure whether the ruling that Brendan Dassey was coerced into confessing would help his uncles case. That case was coming to a head when she disappeared within a week or eight days, steven avery was charged with her murder. Reporter he explained how serving 18 years for a crime he didnt commit. What could exonerate avery this time . He believes its admitting new dna testing. He says new testing could determine whether the blood found in teresa halbachs car was old dna from a blood county at the Sheriffs Office for the murder avery had been cleared of. There c