Phillip chism. Guilty of premeditated murder. Wearing colleens favorite color pink, they say there is there is a painful absence. We will try to do the good in every day. The trial and its graphic painful testimony ended this guilty. After ritters was raped and killed. In addition to murder, the 8 men and four women found him guilty of aggravated rape and armed robbery. Christina hagger was in the courtroom for the verdict and joins us from salem. Reporter it took jurors nine hours to come to this verdict after deliberating and when they did, there were two mothers on opposite sides of the courtroom, both of the these jurors have given this case everything they have. Tears. Guilty premeditation. Soon after she wiped the tears she left the room after she sat through a months worth of unimaginable last moments and surprisingly optimistic words. Speaking publicly into we will carry on and do our best to find the good every day. About an hour after chism stood in front of her guilty of mur
Windchill, but again, middecember when youre having windchill maps in the 30s, youre doing all right. So through the day, its actually a pleasant december day with a mix of clouds and sunshine, low 40s this morning. 2 00 p. M. , middle 40s, and barely any wind out there. Thats huge this time of year. 7 00 this evening, going to begin or end your christmas shopping. Looks dry out on those roadways. Temps this evening cooling off, upper 30s. Sarah time now for fast track traffic with Danielle Gersh. Danielle thanks, sarah. Its pleasant on the roads this morning, as well. Zakim bridge and leverett connector looking good. Lets go to the map. A lot of green out there. 93 southbound, youre fine, all the way back up to 495. Route 1 looking good, as well. The pike wide open, all green boston. South of town, route 24, route 3 all looking fine so far this morning. The expressway, the braintree split into boston just nine minutes. Lets take a look at those drive times if youre getting ready to th
Colleens mother sat and cried. This guilty verdict is certainly no cause for celebration. The ritzer family not even getting a chance to process the weeks of yarveg testimony they sat through. First thing wednesday, chism was back inside another courtroom. This one in boston where he is facing attempted murder charges, accused of attacking a department of Youth Services worker while he was in custody. We will honor her legacy and be her voice during the continued judicial process. That process is likely to see lengthy appeals and because chism was only 14 years old, when he killed his math teacher, the judge has to follow new sentencing guidelines. That means he cant get life without parole. Meaning there is a chance he could be paroleeligible before he is 40 years old. The ritzers know whats ahead for them. But gh this moment, they want to focus on their daughter and her Lasting Impact on those who knew her. One of colleens favorite quotes is there is something good in every day. To c