Man Was Convicted of Raping R.I. Grandma, 66, Then Putting Her in a Bathtub With a Hairdryer. Now He Wants New Trial
Jeremy Motyka, who is serving life without parole for the 1999 rape and murder of Angela Spence-Shaw, is asking a judge for a new trial, alleging police planted DNA evidence and that his defense was ineffective.
Jeremy Motyka, now 50, was convicted in 2001 of first-degree murder and first-degree sexual assault in the killing of 66-year-old Angela Spence-Shaw, whose battered body was found in her bathtub at her Little Compton home over Memorial Day weekend, WPRI, the Providence Journal and EastBayRI reported.
