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The household of a Louisiana grandmother who died in a violent carjacking which noticed her arm torn off within the horrific ordeal has issued a scathing message to her killer.
John Honore, 18, was sentenced to life in jail with the potential for parole after 25 years on Friday for the homicide of Linda Frickey, 73, on March 21, 2022.
He and a gang of teenagers ripped open the aged lady’s automotive door and dragged her out of the car. They sped away along with her nonetheless within the automotive, trapped by her seatbelt, till the drive severed certainly one of her arms. She died of her accidents shortly afterwards.
Linda’s sister-in-law Kathy Richard issued an emotional message to Honore from the witness stand, based on the New Orleans Instances-Picayune.
She instructed him: ‘If you take your final breath, could the one factor you hear be the hellhounds coming for you, to tug your a– again all the way down to the place you belong.’
The household of a Louisiana grandmother who died in a violent carjacking which noticed her arm torn off has issued a scathing message to her killer
John Honore, 18, was sentenced to life in jail with the potential for parole after 25 years on Friday for the homicide of Linda Frickey, 73, on March 21, 2022
Linda Frickey, 73, was killed in March 2022 when 4 teenagers sped away along with her nonetheless within the automotive. She was trapped by her seatbelt and the drive severed certainly one of her arms
Prosecutors refused to present Honore a plea deal and it took a jury lower than 4 hours to convict him of second diploma homicide on November 27.
‘Personally, I hope you don’t make it out of there [prison], and that these hellhounds come after you fast,’ Richard stated in courtroom on Friday.
Linda’s sister Jinnylynn Griffin supplied a press release outdoors of courtroom following the sentencing.
‘We acquired justice. He acquired what he deserved,’ she stated. ‘He is just a little punk, okay.
‘He deserves to go the place he’s going. He’s a demon and God noticed that demon that day. Linda’s arm acquired severed and God let her die with good individuals who cherished her.
‘We’re put away the demons now and the longer term demons they higher look out as a result of the DA’s workplace will not be taking part in anymore.’
When Linda was attacked final yr, stunning surveillance footage captured the second 4 youths zeroed in on her automotive, ripping open the door and tearing her out of the car.
After police shared surveillance footage from the day of the assault in a seek for info, one of many ladies’ moms acknowledged her and marched her to the police station.
Attorneys for Hodges tried to plead his case, claiming he was an idiotic adolescent who did not have the flexibility to make choices realizing the load of their penalties.
In a letter to Frickey’s household, he begged for mercy.
Linda’s sister Jinnylynn Griffin supplied a press release outdoors of courtroom following the sentencing. ‘We acquired justice. He acquired what he deserved,’ she stated. ‘He is just a little punk, okay’
The grandmother screamed for her assailants to let her go earlier than her arm was severed and garments had been torn off
‘To the household of Ms. Linda Frickey, I’m John and I’m so sorry I apologize for you having to undergo what you’re going by. No particular person’s household ought to should undergo that kind of damage.
‘I made the most important mistake of my life that day. I take into consideration what you and the household could also be going by daily. I say the ‘our father’ prayer daily and night time.
‘I express regret on a regular basis. I’ve wished to write down you all a letter for a very long time however I did not know what to say and I nonetheless do not know what to say.
‘I simply need you to know sincerely I’m sorry.
‘I do know phrases could change how you’re feeling however I would like you to know that I am conscious of how severe that is and I feel I’m doing the proper factor.’
His accomplices had been all given plea offers for manslaughter and had been jailed for 20 years.
They’re Briniyah Baker, 17, Lenyra Theophile, 16, and Mar’Qel Curtis. All 4 had been arrested in 2022 after police shared surveillance footage of them on the day of the assault.
Briniyah Baker, 17, Lenyra Theophile, 16, and Mar’Qel Curtis (pictured) pleaded responsible to tried manslaughter earlier than Honore’s conviction
Honore wrote a letter to Frickey’s household to beg for mercy
At a vigil for the grandmother final yr, Rickey Frickey paid a heartbreaking tribute to his late spouse after her life was ended so abruptly.
‘I like her and I miss her very a lot,’ he instructed WDSU. ‘It is simply laborious occurring with out her, she did the whole lot.’
Talking beside her headstone, he continued: ‘I come right here each Sunday morning to see her… typically I do not imagine it.’
Rickey is suing the mother and father of 4 youngsters who dismembered his spouse by viciously dragging her alongside behind her personal SUV.
He launched a lawsuit to carry the mother and father ‘accountable’, his legal professional stated, holding them partly responsible for her dying in a newly filed go well with, searching for a minimum of $50,000 in damages.
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