WV WV - Aliayah Lunsford, 3, Lewis Co., 24 Sep 2011 #14 *Guilty*

[Tortoise]

[FONT=&quot]Testimony was given Tuesday morning by two relatives, the sisters' adoptive father, Craig Cole, and three police officers.[/FONT][FONT=&amp]

Vickie Bowen, Lena's aunt, told the jury that Lunsford Conaway didn't show her own daughter mercy in life and in death.[/FONT]
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"She killed her. I promised Lena's mom, my sister, to see this through until the end. Aliayah was a hero to at least nine other children and Aliayah's sisters are heroes for what they did for her," Bowen said.[/FONT]
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Lunsford Conaway's half sister, Tina Smith, said she didn't get to meet any of the kids although she tried. She told the jury Lunsford Conaway refused help from her, she said sobbing during testimony.[/FONT]
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Cole told the jury that Lunsford Conaway showed no mercy to Aliayah or her other children.

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[FONT=&amp]Lewis Sheriff’s Cpl. E.E. Carpenter, FBI Special Agent Fred Aldridge and State Police Sgt. Shannon Loudin also recommended no mercy.[/FONT]
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Loudin broke down on the stand talking about the emotions of the case and how Lunsford Conaway needs to apologize and tell everyone where the body is.

more to read at link https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/...cle_5e5d749f-8813-5c4f-91fb-78894b8f4faa.html[/FONT]

 

[Tortoise]

https://twitter.com/AllanTaylorWVU

[FONT=&amp]Judge Jacob Reger schedules sentencing for Lena Lunsford on June 28 at 9 a.m. Four convictions ranging from murder to child abuse to concealment of a deceased body in case of missing 3-year-old daughter Aliayah.[/FONT]

 

[Jewels53]

Thanks Tortoise for the tweets and updates today!

:tyou:

 

[AFTM]

Whatever it takes so there are no appellate issues!


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You know there will still be appeals but that doesn't mean she will win them...

May she rot in prison...

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[AFTM]

https://twitter.com/AllanTaylorWVU

[FONT=&quot]Harmon-Schamberger tells jury that Lena Lunsford — via sexual abuse and string of violent relationships — has "never had one day in her life without fear and violence. She's damaged. ... You may give her the only genuine, meaningful kindness any one has ever shown her."

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Harmon-Schamberger weeps to jury about granting Lena Lunsford mercy from life in prison: “She’s not a monster. She is a victim and a statistic, just like her children.”


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I hate when the defending attorney weeps..
What a show...a performance. I am glad jury seen through it and gave her what she deserved...

Shame on him for that performance that's taking it a little far...

Where are the mothers tears for the child she abused and killed.??



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[Jewels53]

Community members say justice was done in Lunsford verdicts

People in Lewis County Monday were satisfied with the Lena Lunsford Conaway verdicts — guilty on all four felony counts involving the murder of her 3-year-old daughter — and believed that justice has been served.

Conaway was convicted of murder of a child by parent by failure to provide necessities, which carries a life sentence; death of a child by parent by child abuse.

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Brandi Nesbitt of Buckhannon was heavily involved in the search for Aliayah Lunsford, Conaway’s 3-year-old daughter.

“Those with the family are so thankful we have finally gotten justice for Aliayah. Those girls (the sisters who testified) are heroes for what they did for their sister,” Nesbitt said. “We’ve been waiting seven long years for this. We had to wait for the timing to be right.”

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/...cle_4fdc1b8b-c715-52cf-914b-89484c0d02df.html

 

[AFTM]

Community members say justice was done in Lunsford verdicts

People in Lewis County Monday were satisfied with the Lena Lunsford Conaway verdicts — guilty on all four felony counts involving the murder of her 3-year-old daughter — and believed that justice has been served.

Conaway was convicted of murder of a child by parent by failure to provide necessities, which carries a life sentence; death of a child by parent by child abuse.

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Brandi Nesbitt of Buckhannon was heavily involved in the search for Aliayah Lunsford, Conaway’s 3-year-old daughter.

“Those with the family are so thankful we have finally gotten justice for Aliayah. Those girls (the sisters who testified) are heroes for what they did for their sister,” Nesbitt said. “We’ve been waiting seven long years for this. We had to wait for the timing to be right.”

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/...cle_4fdc1b8b-c715-52cf-914b-89484c0d02df.html

May this be the future for the other child killers out there right now. Look out their coming for you too.

You didn't get away with it just because they didn't find a body..



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[Jewels53]

Leslie Rubin Retweeted
Allan Taylor
@AllanTaylorWVU
Defense attorney Tom Dyer after Lena Lunsford's murder conviction: “We haven’t identified the issues yet that we’ll take up on appeal, but certainly there is one planned.”

https://twitter.com/LeslieRubinWCHS

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

I've been catching up as fast as I can on the Case Archive.

Instead of trying to look up every website, go here. This is the Case Archive- "Justice for Aliayah" section.

http://s296.photobucket.com/user/cr...sford -WV-/Justice for Aliayah?sort=2&page=1

This site is free (except for me) and I do not make money from it. (just saying that because I was asked)

 

[Jewels53]

I've been catching up as fast as I can on the Case Archive.

Instead of trying to look up every website, go here. This is the Case Archive- "Justice for Aliayah" section.

http://s296.photobucket.com/user/cr...sford -WV-/Justice for Aliayah?sort=2&page=1

This site is free (except for me) and I do not make money from it. (just saying that because I was asked)

Thanks for all you keep track of Amanda! You have followed this case and many others from the beginning!

:tyou:



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[coeurfragile]

So glad that the jury declined to give her the opportunity for parole. Lena doesn’t deserve it.

Now tell us where Aliayah is, please! You have nothing left to lose.


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[pukasonqo2]

this little girl has such a sad expression on her face, it really breaks your heart even before you read what she endured...


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[Paulette]

Leslie Rubin Retweeted
Allan Taylor
@AllanTaylorWVU
Defense attorney Tom Dyer after Lena Lunsford's murder conviction: “We haven’t identified the issues yet that we’ll take up on appeal, but certainly there is one planned.”

https://twitter.com/LeslieRubinWCHS

Haven't identified the issues for an appeal. Search high and low, but I doubt you'll find any issues for an appeal. I doubt there will be an appeal, not only is it very expensive, but who would be willing to do the work on it, when defendant's daughters testified against her?

 

[Spellbound]

I've been catching up as fast as I can on the Case Archive.

Instead of trying to look up every website, go here. This is the Case Archive- "Justice for Aliayah" section.

http://s296.photobucket.com/user/cr...sford -WV-/Justice for Aliayah?sort=2&page=1

This site is free (except for me) and I do not make money from it. (just saying that because I was asked)

Well goodness gracious the things I learn here. I never saw that page before, but you have so many of our cases with info! Bless your heart, dear one. I knew you always contributed a lot, but never did I understand the depth of your work. And I learned who crankycrankerson. :wink: I’ll be darned.

thank you, thank you :tyou:

 

[Cubby]

https://twitter.com/AllanTaylorWVU

[FONT=&amp]Harmon-Schamberger tells jury that Lena Lunsford — via sexual abuse and string of violent relationships — has "never had one day in her life without fear and violence. She's damaged. ... You may give her the only genuine, meaningful kindness any one has ever shown her."

[/FONT][FONT=&amp]Harmon-Schamberger weeps to jury about granting Lena Lunsford mercy from life in prison: “She’s not a monster. She is a victim and a statistic, just like her children.”


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:boohoo:

Lots of people are abused as children and don't end up murdering their kid. I'm quite certain she was given opportunities for treatment, she just didn't want to put the work into recovery.

 

[Cubby]

https://twitter.com/AllanTaylorWVU

[FONT=&amp]Def attny Tom Dyer: Mercy from jury would give Lena Lunsford's teen daughters — who testified against her — a chance to forgive her at future parole hearings, while life sentence prevents that possibility.[/FONT]

Riiiight, someone give that defense attorney the definition of forgiveness. Her daughters can forgive her and still choose to never have contact again.

Perhaps Lena should have offered up Aliayah's remains in exchange for mercy.

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Riiiight, someone give that defense attorney the definition of forgiveness. Her daughters can forgive her and still choose to never have contact again.

Perhaps Lena should have offered up Aliayah's remains in exchange for mercy.

A bit late to the show and thank-you for posting my feelings about those daughters.

It also struck me that we have forgotten that Aliyah was the child who Lena treated the worst. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the other children she raised were also mistreated. I'm sure they still remember what she did to them as well as their deceased sister.

The only children not subjected to her abuse were the twins, who she never had the chance to abuse. They were taken from her at birth while in jail.

Forgiveness is a tough thing to give a person. If at all, it can take years and years. IMHO, forgiveness means that you say "I forgive you" as a way to forever put that person out of your mind and move forward with a well-lived life unfettered by the hate you feel towards the person. Forgiveness does not mean you have to establish a connection with the person.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Something i have not seen addressed, may have missed it...

Thank God for the adoptive parents who took in Aliayah's siblings. If not for the supportive and loving care that the Cole's gave them, the girls may never have come forward.

Many heroes in that family.

 

[No Stone Unturned]

I just logged in to see the headline with the lovely *GUILTY*

I have to admit, I squealed with delight. Heck ya! May she never see the outside of a prison for as long as she lives.

 

[MountainLover]

https://twitter.com/MattHarvey81/status/989167242456813569
Some really interesting stuff on the prosecution team.