"I feel bad for Ms. Please enter valid email address to continue. We are a small family-owned operation. The woman, Kalila Taylor, 35, was sentenced on Thursday in Suffolk County Court. You have to go back to your classroom and tell your teacher to lock the door. She said that her daughters teacher had no idea what was going on. The eyewitness is unreliable and tainted," defense attorney John Loturco said. If convicted, she faces 25 years to life in prison. Anyone can read what you share. A confrontation among teenagers in Calverton left a 15-year-old dead Wednesday, according to Suffolk County police. Originally convicted in 1999 of second-degree murder, Taylor's case was later thrown out after a judge allegedly gave the jury incorrect instructions during the initial trial. Taylor stabbed Morning, 17, more than 90 times, according to prosecutors, who said the attack was provoked by Taylors belief that her boyfriend, the father of her child, showed a romantic interest in Morning. Please offer your thoughts in the comments section below First published on August 23, 2012 / 5:16 PM. You rely on us to stay informed, and we depend on you to make our work possible. The survival of local journalism depends on your support. "Justice has been served, that's all I can say. I want her to suffer the way Curtisha suffered, for every stab wound Curtisha got, she has got to suffer. Denis, who immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 12 years old, had studied nursing while in high school and at the time of his death, was working at a rehabilitation center for the elderly. Romantic Rival Is Arrested in 1996 Death of a Teen-Ager, https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/11/nyregion/romantic-rival-is-arrested-in-1996-death-of-a-teen-ager.html. Denis was known to everyone as the friend they could call on when anyone needed help. I just want justice for Curtisha.". Regan, 48, a husband and father of two, was promoted from assistant principal to principal at Riverhead High School in 2013. The victim's family brimmed with emotion over the re-trial. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. The 16 years since her 17-year-old daughter Curtisha Morning was found . District Attorney James M. Catterson Jr. said the suspect, Kalila Taylor, 20, was driven to kill by jealousy over a boyfriend the two young women had shared, Carl Brown, who left Miss Taylor for Miss Morning. Beyrer said. Mattituck, NY 11952. "I can't it's just too much, too much right now," said Viola Morning, the mother of the victim. "I am in emotional turmoil right now," she said Monday evening. On Monday, the classmate convicted of the shocking stabbing went on trial for a second time. Eighteen-year old Denis Ruano came home around midnight after visiting his girlfriend, looking "completely normal," his father Melvin . Site made in collaboration with CMYK An aunt of the suspect told McLogan, "I am here for Kalila Taylor's side, and it's in Jesus' name.". We are a small family-owned operation. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including investigative reporting and writer of the year awards from the N.Y. Press Association. The victim, Curtisha Morning, was stabbed more than 90 times in February 1996 near Riverhead High School, on eastern Long Island. "There's a hole inside of me. Police Respond To Three 'Medical/Drug' Incidents At High School In Ms. Parsons said she received the first text from her daughter at 1:25 p.m., and received a recorded message from the school alerting parents to the incident at 2:44 p.m. She said she immediately drove to the school after receiving her daughters text, where she met other parents gathered outside the front door who were equally upset and insisting they be let in to retrieve their children. RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- It's been more than 16 years since a Riverhead High School homecoming queen was killed in a frenzied rage. Hours after a Suffolk Countyof killing Curtisha Morning 16 years ago, the weeks preceding the verdict were filled with the pain of having to relive her daughter's horrific last moments. Upon further investigation, police determined that a family member legally owns a .22 caliber rifle, which was properly secured and never in the possession of the teenager. The attack was provoked by Taylors belief that her boyfriend, the father of her child, showed a romantic interest in Morning. It is our hope this second conviction will provide the Morning family with some measure of peace and closure, Spota said. But the verdict brought some measure of closure. You rely on us to stay informed, and we depend on you to make our work possible. On Thursday, Feb. 17, Riverhead Police officers responded to Riverhead Middle School at 600 Harrison Ave., to assist with a school investigation into students ingesting a commercially made THC candy the day before while at school. With many big projects about to seek agency benefits, the answer is critical. RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- It's been more than 16 years since a Riverhead High School homecoming queen was killed in a frenzied rage. Kalila Taylor was convicted for a second time last month of stabbing Morning in a fit of jealously inFebruary 1996. Riverhead school board authorizes new hires for pupil services staff Get great local stories like this delivered right to your inbox or smartphone everyday with our free newsletter. Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the shooting and ask anyone with information to contact detectives at 631-852- 6392 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. When a second student, 14, turned in a matching bullet that he said was given to him by another 14-year old student, administrators contacted a Riverhead police officer on campus. Riverhead immortalizes local veterans with wall of honor State Supreme Court Justice William Condon today sentenced Kalila Taylor to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of Riverhead High School student Curtisha Morning in 1996. She maintains it today," defense attorney John Loturco said. 3 Students Threaten to Shoot Up 2 East End Schools in 2 Days I feel in my heart she's innocent. Curtisha Morning's family quietly sobbed in court Thursday, when her convicted killer was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. In a call to district families Wednesday, Mr. Tornatore confirmed that Preston was a high school student. 2022 Times Review Media Group. ''This is a very difficult kind of case to bring home when you don't have actual eyewitnesses who observed the event,'' Mr. Catterson said. CBS 2's Jennifer McLogan first covered the murder in 1996 and returned to court Monday. Police charge woman with murder in March 2020 shooting death of This is a very active investigation, he said. The family is inviting everyone who knew Denis to join them for a service at St. Johns Roman Catholic Church in Riverhead on Monday at 6 p.m.. Denis is survived by his parents and two brothers, ages 8 and 4. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. ", Her eyes filled with tears, Morning said rehashing the details of her daughter's murder has made the pain fresh, 16 years later. Support RiverheadLOCAL today. Darla Hagemeyer was hired to serve as assistant director of PPS effective April 21, replacing Maureen Martin. "Some things will never change. Riverhead High School Sep 16, 2022, 4:49 pm. A 15-year-old Riverhead High School student was fatally shot yesterday afternoon in Calverton. Suffolk County Police said Preston Gamble was involved in an altercation between two groups of teenagers and young adults on Hill Circle in Calverton when a male shot him at 3:55 p.m. Long Island High School Principal Reassigned After Being - CBS News Later that same year, she slashed another woman in the face. "There is not murder weapon recovered from the scene. The AP participation rate at Riverheads High School is 18% . Body of Girl Is Discovered Near School - The New York Times She is a founder, owner and co-publisher of this website. Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said Kalila Taylor faces a sentence of 25 years to life. Det. In a stunning twist that capped a fast-moving scandal involving a member of the Riverhead Central School District Board this week, board vice president Laurie Downs resigned her position Tuesday in the wake of outrage over comments she made disparaging Brentwood as the home of dangerous Latino gangs. Lt. Kevin Beyrer, head of the homicide squad, said a fist fight broke out among two groups believed to be teenagers or people in their early twenties. High school students to 'plant' 200 ceramic poppies at Riverhead's She said that as several parents stood outside the schools front door, one parent slipped by a security guard, got into the school, and exited with her child a few minutes later. The community has been heartbroken with grief after hearing of John's death. "I know my cousin and she is innocent," she said. No sales tax increase for clean water initiative: government must find another way, Holidays open the floodgates of family memories, March is an awareness month that hits home. We are a small family-owned operation. The survival of local journalism depends on your support. The victim was a 17-year-old homecoming queen. New Sentence in '96 Death of Homecoming Queen - New York Times She was convicted again in July. McCrae's poem was first published that . She thankedSuffolk County Assistant District Attorney Janet Albertson. Looking to comment on this article? The survival of local journalism depends on your support. Despite the grief, during the past 16 years, Morning has tried to, somehow, "get on with my life." The survival of local journalism depends on your support. After the verdict, Morning was filled with gratitude. The shaken community, frantic that a sexual killer was on the loose, was stunned when Curtisha Morning's female classmate, Kalila Taylor, also 17 years old, was arrested and convicted in the vicious violent murder. Riverheads High School in Staunton, VA - US News Best High Schools A 15-year-old Riverhead High School student was fatally shot yesterday afternoon in Calverton. June 11, 2012 / 6:31 PM Last June, Harvard College rescinded its admission of Kyle Kashuv, a graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 people were killed in a 2018 shooting. After several attempts to save his life, the young man was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center for further treatment. In July 1994, he said, Miss Taylor stabbed a third woman, which resulted in an assault conviction and a sentence of one year's probation, which she violated when she failed a drug test and failed to pay restitution. It is our hope this second conviction will provide the Morning family with some measure of peace and closure, District Attorney Thomas Spota said. State Supreme Court Justice William Condon will sentence the defendant. As of tomorrow, were in April, she said. "She's been saying she's innocent since day one. The superintendent said counselors will be available Thursday for all students, faculty and staff districtwide and additional support measures will be assessed as needed. A Riverhead High School student threatened students and faculty on Wednesday, police say. Denise Civiletti. Ms. Parsons said she observed students exiting the side of the building without a security guard present while the lockdown was still in place, and asserted that it appeared that anyone could have entered the school at that point. ', Long Island Siblings Saved By Heart Transplants Beat COVID. Is the Riverhead IDA serving the publics interest? 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Romantic Rival Is Arrested in 1996 Death of a Teen-Ager We are a small family-owned operation. In 1996 she had it all -- youth, beauty, smarts. You rely on us to stay informed, and we depend on you to make our work possible. New Sentence in 96 Death of Homecoming Queen, https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/nyregion/new-sentence-in-1996-killing-of-homecoming-queen-curtisha-morning.html, Curtisha Morning, was stabbed more than 90 times. Back in 1996, Curtisha Morning, a college-bound nursing student, high school senior and homecoming queen, mysteriously vanished. 16 years after Riverhead High School student Curtisha Morning was brutally murdered, families on both sides speak out. During the past weeks, Morning, who now lives in North Carolina butfor the retrial with her daughter Trina Morning, likened the experience to "being on a tremendous roller coaster.". Taylor is now 35 years old. Judge Pitts ordered that she be held without bail and return to court on June 30. In August 2021, a scourge of overdoses traced to fentanyl-laced cocaine led to six deaths in Southold Town and Southampton Town police arrested a 25-year-old from Flanders Sunday after he reportedly threatened someone with a box cutter in A former Suffolk County police sergeant who has given trainings at hundreds of schools, businesses and houses of worship Riverhead Town initiated a second attempt to complete its comprehensive plan update Saturday during a workshop at The Suffolk. A publication of Times Review Media Group, 7555 Main Road Send us a letter to the editor instead. Kyle Underhill murder trial opens in Riverhead - Newsday Mr. Catterson said jealousy then drove Miss Taylor to stalk Miss Morning as she walked across the playing field to an early-morning nursing class, approach her from behind and repeatedly stab her in the back. Ms. Hagemeyer's contract runs through. An assistant Suffolk County district attorney, Christopher Powers, who has been handling the case from its beginning, said that Miss Taylor had a history of violent behavior. An appeals court overturned the first conviction, ruling that the jury in her 1999 trial received incorrect instructions regarding DNA evidence. L.I. Woman Gets 25-To-Life For 1996 Killing Of Riverhead H.S Though it came 16 years later, Morning's family said it's better than never. They said DNA tests on various samples were delayed by the demands on the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's office and the police crime lab caused by the crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 and the need to identify crash victims. "My daughter's spirit can rest," Morning said. A Riverhead High School student was also recently arrested after he brought more than a dozen bullets, but no firearm to the school on March 31. Mr. Catterson said the slaying, which occurred 120 feet from where the body was hidden, left a trail of forensic evidence that police investigators carefully collected. Send her an email: juliana@tuprensalocal.com. Officers could be seen escorting residents of Hill Rise who lived past a police blockade to their homes. My sister's not here, and she's not gonna be back," Patrina Morning said. Kalila Taylor will get credit for time already served, so she'll be eligible for parole in eight years. Published April 3, 2023 at 9:08 AM EDT. The victim was a 17-year-old homecoming queen.. Prosecutors said Ms. Taylor believed that her boyfriend, the father of her child, had shown a romantic interest in Ms. The doctor came and said that he was very sorry, but that his heart had stopped working, that they were treating him, but if nothing happened, they were going to have to disconnect him from all the machines, Ruano said. The trial is expected to take up to three weeks. Woman Convicted Twice For Riverhead Murder Sentenced Thursday The student who brought the bullets to school told authorities that he found them on a shelf at his brothers business, police said in a press release. Mom Of Teen Who Apparently Took His Own Life: 'Our Hearts Are Totally In August 2021, a scourge of overdoses traced to fentanyl-laced cocaine led to six deaths in Southold Town and Southampton Town police arrested a 25-year-old from Flanders Sunday after he reportedly threatened someone with a box cutter in A former Suffolk County police sergeant who has given trainings at hundreds of schools, businesses and houses of worship Riverhead Town initiated a second attempt to complete its comprehensive plan update Saturday during a workshop at The Suffolk. A publication of Times Review Media Group, 7555 Main Road Email Chris Francescani and Melissa Azofeifa, Historic Young Observatory reopens at Riverhead High School, Swastikas found on desks at Shoreham-Wading River High School, Editorial: Fentanyl-related arrests hark back to local horrors, Blotters: Flanders man charged with menacing after threatening someone with a box cutter, At mass shooter survival training at Riverhead theater, expert urges Run, hide, defend strategy, Public weighs in as town resumes completion of Riverhead master plan update. By Chris Francescani and Melissa Azofeifa. August 23, 2012 / 5:16 PM In 2004, an appellate court overturned her first conviction, ruling the judge in the 1999 trial incorrectly instructed the jury to treat DNA evidence as direct evidence instead of circumstantial evidence. The family has started a GoFundMe fundraising campaign to cover funeral expenses and the repatriation of the body. Police: 15-year-old threatened to 'shoot up' Riverhead High School She faces two counts of second-degree murder -- one count for inflicting fatal wounds and another count for stabbing Miss Morning to death. The victim, Curtisha Morning, was stabbed more than 90 times in February 1996 near Riverhead High School, on. Rehashing the details of the tragedy have made the pain fresh, Morning said. After that, she said, parents were allowed into the building after having their IDs scanned by security. Two separate school shooting threats last year led to the arrests of Riverhead High School students. Riverhead senior's college admission, athletic scholarship rescinded A 15-year-old male student yelled into a classroom, "I'm gonna shoot up the school." The student was . UNTIL three weeks ago, Karen and Robert Pace had been eagerly looking forward to the graduation of their son, Robert D. Pace, from Riverhead High School. Riverhead High School student arrested, accused of making threat at school The 15-year-old, identified in a police press release as Preston Gamble, was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead by family members, where he was pronounced dead, Det. Just a few dollars can help us continue to bring this important service to our community. Morning but my cousin didn't do it. Support RiverheadLOCAL today. One of the last people to see a Riverhead High School homecoming queen alive 16 years ago testified Thursday about seeing her in an "animated discussion" with a shorter girl before turning and . Police: Student arrested for bringing bullets to Riverhead High School Prosecutors said she was stabbed dozens of times in a jealous rage. Riverhead High School student, 15, fatally shot during fight in
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