Man Found Guilty in Retrial of Killing of Queens Runner Karina Vetrano

By GNNLiberia On Apr 2, 2019 99

By Spectrum News Staff |

A man was found guilty on all charges Monday night in his retrial in the killing of a runner in a Queens park in 2016.

Chanel Lewis was accused of strangling and sexually assaulting Karina Vetrano while she was out for a run near her Howard Beach home in August 2016.

The first trial ended in a hung jury in November.

Prosecutors had contended that Lewis confessed to the killing, but defense attorneys have always maintained he was coerced by police.

The NYPD said DNA evidence led them to Lewis.

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.

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