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We're a nonprofit (so it's tax-deductible), and reader support makes up about two-thirds of our budget. When Espree was 16, he fatally shot an innocent bystander during a drug turf war near Detroit. He told her when his father would be sleeping in a chair and gave her the keys to the apartment. Younger inmates are more likely to commit disciplinary infractions while in prison as a result of their general feelings of hopelessness and not having the opportunity to mature in a normal environment, he wrote later in an affidavit supporting Esprees resentencing. At the time of the rulings, more than 70 percent of juvenile lifers were people of color, and 60 percent were African American. The ruling drew from a flurry of new research into brain development showing that teens are more impulsive than adults and more influenced by peer pressure. Ive had no substance abuse issues. The first big decision came in 2005, when the justices outlawed the death penalty for teen offenders, making the United States one of the last countries in the world to do so. They married in 1975, and their son, Kevin Jr., was born in 1977. Julie said she lied about Lynns alibi. Kevin Jr., on the other hand was struggling. But at the same time, I dont know where you say that theres been enough retribution, because a human being is dead. If it doesnt happen, he says, well, Im used to the world of prison. On February 21, his birthday, I accompany him on a stroll past the library and students tossing a Frisbee on the lawn. After the funeral, Lynn never came up there, little Kevin never came up there, to the burial site. His lawyers countered that he hadn't been given much of a. So Montgomery, now 72 years old, was denied. Nor did Miller help the 600 people serving discretionary life sentences with no chance of parole for crimes they committed as kids. His parents divorced when he was 12, and he had a stormy relationship with both of them. Join Jen and Cam on this episode of 'Our True Crime Podcast' entitled Smotherly Love: Kevin Boyd. It's been more than two decades since. In what turned into a very bizarre case, Harris then stole Giless identity. Once a persons brain matures in the mid-20s, their likelihood of committing a crime diminishes. In 1994, at Lake Orion in Michigan, Kevin Boyd Sr. was savagely murdered in his home. Bailey says Espree was the only family member who didnt seem to judge him: Thats part of the reason he always felt like a brother to me.. They separated in 1988. And he worked hard to develop a reputation for being tough. We are headed north to Lake Orion, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. . Those people are incredibly rare and unusual, says Marsha Levick, deputy director of the Juvenile Law Centre, a non-profit that advocates for youth offenders. Kevin told the police that Kevin Sr., was abusive and controlling. The rulings, which took place between 2010 and 2016, have banned mandatory life-without-parole sentences for teenagers, giving thousands of juvenile lifers around the country a shot at release.Barbara Davidson. Your support means the world to us! Investigation Discoverys Diabolical: Sins of a Mother is an episode that explores a small-town murder in Michigan that ended up rocking the entire state. Both Tyler Hadley and Kevin Boyd Jr. were sentenced to Life without Parole for their parricide offenses. I hope Lynn rots in prison forever, and I hope Kevin does prove that he can change. Antonio Espree hugs Tasha Finley, who is newly released after spending more than two decades in prison for a murder she committed as a teen, outside the halfway house where she lives. After Kevin saw the gun, he started crying. With the number of wounds we saw there, it appeared it was definitely a crime of violence and passion, former Oakland County Sheriffs Detective Sergeant Patrick Miles told producers. So now, if youre curious to know all the details about this baffling 1994 case, weve got you covered. He felt entitled to the freedom, money, and control that his dad seemed to have. The police looked through Kevins wallet, and there was no piece of paper in it. Copyright 2023 Mother Jones and the Foundation for National Progress. Its real; theres still shit I dont know.. . About an hour and a half from where Espree was incarcerated, Judge Jessica R. Cooper sentenced some of Oakland Countys juvenile lifers decades ago. Today shes the local prosecutor. Stab wounds were found on his face, stomach, and back. A puzzle posted on Reddit from a Sydney pub trivia night has confounded tens of thousands of users on social media. Kevin Jr. said he and his mother had plotted the murder together and waited outside his fathers apartment building until they thought he had fallen asleep. Save big on a full year of investigations, ideas, and insights. Theres dramatic inconsistency in how states have treated their cases. Tyler Hadley murdered both of his parents and Kevin Boyd murdered his father (his mother was a Parental Predator in the murder). You start thinking, What am I going to do with my life? And you dont know.. Kevin Jr. ran from the apartment, desperate to get some help. Prison was made up of predator and prey, he says. Kevin Sr. is positioned on his stomach on the floor with a pillow over the back of his head. They both claimed their innocence, despite confessing to it a few years earlier. I didnt want to do this, but, but she wanted to do it, Lynn is heard saying in recordings of her police interview obtained by Snapped. Then Julie stabbed him right in the stomach.. Kevin Boyd with his father, Kevin Sr., and his mother, Lynn. Julie Grain basically said that she had lied and that Lynn had in fact left her house the night of the murder and was gone for several hours, between approximately 10 at night to 3 in the morning, Bilkovic told Snapped.. He was ruled out. Its like I cant miss it. Lynn Boyd and Kevin Boyd Jr. were tried separately for the murder of Kevin Boyd Sr. in 1996. Their bedroom has little space for anything but their mattresses which are about an arms distance apart. He said these items were not in his car at 11am, when he got the bar. Kevins tool rental business was very successful, but their marriage wasnt. The police ruled Jeff out, there were several witness from the bar that said he was there from 11pm-3am, which the police also guessed was the timeline of the murder. https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/kevin-boyd-sr-murdered-by-his-own-son-and-wife-lynn-boyd, https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/true-crime/lynn-boyd-persuaded-her-16-year-old-son-kevin-boyd-jr-to-help-her-murder-his-father/, https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/should-a-man-in-prison-for-his-dads-murder-get-another-chance/news-story/42e171b15995fd75d53b40146cc76f29, https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/copscourts/a-killers-second-chance-oakland-county-whittling-away-at-cases-of-juveniles-sentenced-to-life/article_6439de54-20f5-11ea-a162-43b513aae931.html. When Clemmie Hooper, a midwife, unmasked herself as an online troll, many called for an official misconduct hearing. The two of them walked inside, and sure enough Kevin was dead. Will you sit down and listen so we can fix it? If I get natural life again, its because they wouldnt listen. I believe Tony is genuinely sorry for the suffering he has causedI encouraged Tony to call or write to me, so that we both can continue to heal., When Shinetta forgave me, says Espree, it was a feeling beyond anything. Improbably, Kevin Sr. got to his feet, so she hit him again and again until he stayed down. It was a steady business. According to court documents, Kevin Boyd Jr., who had found his fathers body, had spent the night at his girlfriends place after a fight with the adult about his behavior. But in Michigan, where 363 juvenile lifers were serving mandatory sentences in 2016, there is no such requirement, and prosecutors have argued that nearly two-thirds of juvenile lifers are those rarest offenders who should be kept in prison for good. The next morning he came home and discovered the body. Later that day, a witness named Jeff Drome, called the police. Shes like a baby all over again, Espree tells the caller. Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The incident happened about 6:20 p.m. Friday at the One-Stop Liquor Store in the . The man was Kevin Boyd, and his body was discovered by his son, Kevin, Jr. What the 16-year-old would encounter would be the absolute worst scenario. The blood spatter on the wall let him know it was no accident. Lawsuits are pending in Michigan to do just that. The man was Kevin Boyd, and his body was discovered by his son, Kevin, Jr. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-mied-2_04-cv-74462/pdf/USCOURTS-mied-2_04-cv-74462-0.pdf, https://www.newsbreak.com/news/1542720394185/lynn-boyd-persuaded-her-teen-son-kevin-boyd-jr-to-help-murder-his-father-diabolical-investigates, https://www.aclumich.org/en/news/fight-save-children-life-behind-bars, https://thecinemaholic.com/kevin-boyd-sr-murder/, https://www.facebook.com/NBC2News/posts/kevin-boyd-was-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-without-parole-for-killing-his-father/10155454204916225/, https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2018/01/should-a-man-in-prison-for-dads-murder-get-another-chance/, https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/true-crime/lynn-boyd-persuaded-her-16-year-old-son-kevin-boyd-jr-to-help-her-murder-his-father/, https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/kevin-boyd-sr-murdered-by-his-own-son-and-wife-lynn-boyd, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V3_UaxN8Zw, https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2017/12/31/should-man-prison-dads-murder-get-another-chance/993458001/, https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2018/11/schuette-attorney-general-lifers-kevin-boyd-bosie-smith-tom-leaonard-dana-nessel/, http://hanskahler.com/dfezfcm/kevin-boyd-jr-released-2020, http://www.theperipherymag.com/essay-the-atrocity-of-sunsets, https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/kevin-boyd/. Mother and son were tried separately, but both were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Kevins body was taken in for an autopsy. Boyds lawyer, Dave OBrien, tells a different story: He says there was no physical evidence Boyd was at the murder scene. The justices agreed. Disgraced mummy bloggers real job at risk. Kevin Boyd, 24, of Cleveland, died in the shooting, according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's office. This helped investigators narrow down the time of the murder to between 11 p.m, when the musician arrived at his gig, and 3 a.m., when he left. After the Supreme Court decisions, she requested renewed life-without-parole sentences for 44 of 49 of them. Join Jen and Cam on this episode of 'Our True Crime Podcast' entitled Smotherly Love: Kevin Boyd. With Baileys help, Espree enrolled as a justice studies major at Arizona State and applied for financial aid. Bailey, a tenured professor, helped him enroll at Arizona State University and let him share his bedroom and even some of his clothes. One Tuesday night in 1987, a couple of days before New Years Eve, Espree, then a 16-year-old high school dropout, was hanging out with some older friends from a gang called Pony Down. Kevin Jr. had suffered a difficult upbringing, dealing with alcoholic parents and physical abuse. Kevin wasnt ruled out, but they let him leave. The Goodpods app is a great way to follow the shows and even listen to a curated playlist of their most talked about episodes!Links: www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com Goodpods: https://t.co/u1bHrjRCKPOur listener discretion is by the smooth-talking Edward October of @octoberpodVHS. https://insideeko.com/kevin-boyd-jr-obituary-has-died-kevi/ insideeko.com Kevin Boyd Jr Obituary - Has Died: Kevin Boyd Death - Inside Eko As a result, Kevin Boyd Jr. was resentenced in 2019 to 25 years in prison, making him immediately eligible for parole. OBrien also says Lynn Boyd, who is serving life without parole, testified at her sons trial that she committed the murder with her girlfriend, who was not charged. An autopsy would reveal Kevin Sr. had been struck repeatedly in the head with a blunt object and stabbed over 20 times, according to the Detroit Free Press. Instead of gratitude, his ex-wife and son rewarded him with betrayal and bloodshed. Now 40, Boyd is one of the juvenile lifers Michigan prosecutors say should never walk free again. He then tried to cover his tracks by staging a car crash to conceal how she died. David Corn, Noah Lanard, and Dan Friedman. After Espree was released, he moved to Phoenix and enrolled in college. Dylan Eason and Isaiah Churchwell were convicted of murdering Cynthia William "Patrick" Alexander remains in prison for murder. The police had received a call from the person who sold it, and they found it in a backyard of a house in Flint. As a 2012 Supreme Court ruling vacated the LWOP sentences of juvenile offenders, Kevin Boyd Jr. was resentenced to 25-60 years behind bars in 2019, making him immediately eligible for parole. Mandatory life-without-parole sentences, like the one Espree had received, were unconstitutional. Hell have to wait a year to reapply. KEVIN Boyd was in his mid-20s when he first grasped what it meant to be serving life without parole. The man was Kevin Boyd, and his body was discovered by his son, Kevin, Jr. What the 16-year-old would encounter would be the absolute worst scenario. Kevin Boyd Sr., was born on September 27, 1951. Of the roughly 2,800 juvenile lifers serving time in 2016, only about 400 have been freed. https://www.patreon.com/parricidepodcast. . As a result of these decisions, the number of states banning life without parole for children in all cases, not just in mandatory sentencing schemes, has more than quadrupled to 21 since 2012. On August 6, 1994, around 10am, a handyman noticed a teenager outside crying. The case revolved around Henry Montgomery, a black man from Louisiana who was 17 when he killed a white sheriffs deputy in 1963. We'd love to get to know you better! I fully admit that. Oakland County prosecutor Jessica Cooper says a dysfunctional childhood is no excuse for committing murder and notes that many teens have terrible upbringings but dont resort to crime. In Pennsylvania, home to one of the nations biggest juvenile lifer populations, prosecutors are required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant can never be rehabilitated if they want to deny the option of parole during resentencing; otherwise, the presumption is he should be given a second chance. I am not even a reflection of who I used to be. But does a clean record warrant freedom? Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. Kevin met Lynn in the 1970s, they fell in love and got married in 1975. Now its happening. In Oakland County, north of Detroit, Boyd is among 44 of 49 juvenile lifers whom prosecutors are seeking to keep locked up. said Paul Walton, an assistant Oakland County prosecutor, Kwaneta Harris from Garland, Texas, murdered her boyfriend, Donald Spice murdered his girlfriend Lori Marie Vargis. 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