GUILTY NJ - Michael Hawkins, 23, & Mariah Huff, 18, murdered, Camden, 22 Feb 2010

[Filly]

Darryl Pierre aged 20 of Merchantville plead guilty to two counts of aggravated manslaughter in the killings of Muriah Huff and Michael Hawkins.




http://www.philly.com/philly/news/119458804.html

 

[Columbo]

Fiesty Ru aka Shatara Carter was sentenced yesterday for her role in Muriah Huff's death. Muriah was beaten, stabbed, strangled and suffocated.

No one came to say goodbye to 14 year old Carter until her mother fresh out of jail for allegedly beating anoher daughter with an ashtray hurried into court.

"Mommy!" Carter sobbed as she cranned her neck to see her mother. "That's my mommy"



http://www.philly.com/dailynews/loc...s_in_slayings__Camden_teen_wants__mommy_.html

If Shatara's mother is beating her children with ashtrays, it might have a lot to do with why the girl turned out the way she did.

 

[Ada]

Good grief. Shatara's mother was at the house when this happened? She had these hoodlums hanging out at her house?? Never mind the bit about beating her kid with an ashtray.

The story says that when she protested they locked her in a bedroom, but, she may have helped with cleaning up afterward.

It's hard to understand this kind of crazy.

 

[Filly]

Good grief. Shatara's mother was at the house when this happened? She had these hoodlums hanging out at her house?? Never mind the bit about beating her kid with an ashtray.

The story says that when she protested they locked her in a bedroom, but, she may have helped with cleaning up afterward.

It's hard to understand this kind of crazy.

Growing up and living in Camden that's not crazy. That's survival. Of course not to say that every citizen in Camden has suffered being smacked in the head with an ashtray or has no concept of what is so demented it's only something other people see in a movie. However, it is rough in Camden.

You're right Ada. The ashtray is the least of the worries for the victims of course, but also the young people that decided to torture and murder them.

 

[Linda7NJ]

Growing up and living in Camden that's not crazy. That's survival. Of course not to say that every citizen in Camden has suffered being smacked in the head with an ashtray or has no concept of what is so demented it's only something other people see in a movie. However, it is rough in Camden.

You're right Ada. The ashtray is the least of the worries for the victims of course, but also the young people that decided to torture and murder them.

I used to work for DYFS and Camden was my "area" ......... scary as hell imo. I didn't last long, too great a need, too few resources, very dangerous, twisted kinda crazy.

 

[JoeFromLB]

http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2011/08/camden_man_admits_role_in_tort.html

Camden man admits role in torture murders of gang member and girlfriend

August 24, 2011

CAMDEN — One of the central figures in the 2010 torture slayings of a reported gang member and his girlfriend inside a Camden home pleaded guilty to two counts of murder.

Kuasheim Powell, 25, of Berkley Street in Camden, admitted before Superior Court Judge Irvin Snyder that he took part in the killings of Muriah Huff, 18, of Cinnaminson Township and Michael Hawkins, 23, of Mount Holly Township on Feb. 22, 2010. Powell also pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder for shooting and injuring two brothers in an unrelated incident in Pennsauken on Feb. 21, 2010.

Powell is expected to be sentenced to two terms of 30 years in state prison for the murder charges and two terms of 20 years for the attempted murder charges. The sentences are expected to be served concurrently. Sentencing is set for Oct. 14.

 

[JoeFromLB]

http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2011/08/deptford_woman_admits_guilt_in.html

Deptford woman admits guilt in 2010 torture murders in Camden

August 29, 2011

CAMDEN — A Deptford Township woman admitted today that she took part in the torture-murder of a Cinnaminson Township teenager in February 2010 inside a Camden home so she would not identify those who shot her boyfriend to death.

Shaniqua Pierre, 20, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter before Superior Court Judge Samuel Natal.. She is expected to be sentenced on Oct. 21 to a term of 25 years in a state prison. She must serve 85 percent of her sentence before she is eligible for parole. Pierre is the fifth to plead guilty of 10 people charged in the murders of Muriah Huff, 18, and alleged gang member Michael Hawkins, 23, of Mount Holly Township.

 

[UdbCrzy2]

Bloods gang leader gets 30 years for torture and murder of couple

CAMDEN — A Bloods gang leader who participated in and ordered the torture and murder of two Burlington County residents in a Camden row house last year was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/loc...cle_3a7292ea-87fc-59f6-b4fb-2fe1aea4de9b.html

 

[JoeFromLB]

Another guilty verdict:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/n..._man_guilty_of_killing_girl_in_gang_case.html

They strangled poor Muriah with a jump rope! She was a witness and they killed her for that. Her boyfriend was beaten so badly that every bone in his face was broken. Then he was shot to death.

On top of all this, the defendants get relatively light sentences. Where's the justice?!