Save big on a full year of investigations, ideas, and insights. Cousins Antonio Espree and Marlon Bailey grew up on the west side of Detroit. Kevin wasnt ruled out, but they let him leave. Investigators spoke to Lynn Boyd, who claimed she had a good relationship with her ex-husband. If it doesnt happen, he says, well, Im used to the world of prison. Richmond, VA. Died: October 24, 2018 (aged 47) Born: August 27, 1971 . . Detectives had always suspected that Lynn didnt act alone but Grain had already passed a polygraph test. KEVIN Boyd was in his mid-20s when he first grasped what it meant to be serving life without parole. I hope Lynn rots in prison forever, and I hope Kevin does prove that he can change. In Michigan, prosecutors have applied that definition to nearly two-thirds of its juvenile lifers about 235 inmates according to Deb LaBelle, a lawyer who is among many who believe that flouts the high courts ruling. However, Lynn kept referring to Julie as a he. The police believed that Kevin Jr., had really helped Lynn, and they were trying to frame Julie. He went to a restaurant to order French toast and reflected on how strange it was to cut with a fork and a knife after decades of using a prison spork. Hegave Lynn the house and moved into an apartment. Sometimes Espree would show up in the middle of the night at Baileys house in his pajamas, looking for a place to sleep. The justices agreed. As Boyd waits for a decision in his case, he tries to keep himself calm by lifting weights and jogging, which he liked to do as a kid. The police asked Kevin if he knew of anyone whod want to hurt his dad. The wallet belonged to Kevin Boyd Sr. They waited until he was asleep, went to the apartment and started beating him. said Paul Walton, an assistant Oakland County prosecutor, Kwaneta Harris from Garland, Texas, murdered her boyfriend, Donald Spice murdered his girlfriend Lori Marie Vargis. Join Jen and Cam on this episode of 'Our True Crime Podcast' entitled Smotherly Love: Kevin Boyd. However, its believed that they killed him over money and for ownership of the business. Smotherly Love: Kevin Boyd Tuesday, March 22, 2022 157. The incident happened about 6:20 p.m. Friday at the One-Stop Liquor Store in the . Nationally, black teens are much more likely than white teens to receive these sentences. With the latter ruse, Harris hoped to gain access to his bank accounts. Their bedroom has little space for anything but their mattresses, so Espree slips quietly out and heads up to the roof to watch the sunrise. His killers had hoped to collect on a $500,000 life insurance policy. The gang was based in Detroit, but they had gone to Ypsilanti to sell cocaine. On August 6, 1994, around 10am, a handyman noticed a teenager outside crying. Donald Spice murdered his girlfriend Lori Marie Vargis, a mother of two children from Michigan, with a hammer in 2015. View the profiles of people named Kevin Boyd Jr. Join Facebook to connect with Kevin Boyd Jr. and others you may know. KALEIDOSCOPE: Broadcaster: BBC Radio 3: TX date : 28 May 2021: Credits: Presenters: Sean Rafferty and Katie Derham: Notes: BBC Synopsis: "Tom Poster and Elena Urioste's Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective perform live in the studio ahead of their concert at London's Wigmore Hall, and Sean speaks to folk legends Eliza and Martin Carthy as they prepare to perform at the Brighton Festival." She said that on the night of the murder she had been home watching movies with her girlfriend, Julie Grain, whoconfirmed Lynn's alibi. On August 6, 1994, a man was discovered on his apartment floor. Found the resolution to each, I know who really killed Chanin, her husband did not, I have so many questions about this story. During this time, the family moved to Lake Orion, a former resort town, where Kevin opened up a tool rental company. He also said his father owned several guns which were missing from the apartment. We're a nonprofit (so it's tax-deductible), and reader support makes up about two-thirds of our budget. The police wanted to verify Kevins alibi, so they called Kevins girlfriend and her mom. He was sentenced to 25 60 years, and he has a parole hearing this year. Since the murder, their relationship had deteriorated and Grain now worried she would be implicated in Kevin Sr.s murder. . Kevin Jr., on the other hand was struggling. He literally wouldnt have known what hit him. The next morning he came home and discovered the body. Boyd was born in 1951 and grew up in Berkeley, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. At one point, she also persuaded her current boyfriend to cover himself in bandages and pretend to be an injured Giles. So far, the state has released more than 150 juvenile lifers, many under the jurisdiction of Philadelphias District Attorney Larry Krasner, who campaigned last year on a platform of reducing mass incarceration. Stab wounds were found on his face, stomach, and back. He drank and smoked, tried to commit suicide, and went through 10 different schools before dropping out, according to the Detroit Free Press. Donald Lucarelli, one of Kevin Sr.'s employees, was briefly considered a person of interestbut was cleared after passing a polygraph test. The man had fought furiously to escape his killer, as demonstrated by all the injuries on h. Its not just about their age. His body is surrounded by blood. https://www.patreon.com/parricidepodcast. An Exclusive First Look At The Case Of Lynn Boyd, Jury Took Days To Deliberate In Lynn Boyds Trial, He was a little redhead with freckles. He also prepared dogs for adoption at the prison. He had even attempted suicide after his parents divorced. Bullets started flying, and one of Esprees hit 23-year-old Emanuel Billups, who had been standing by the drug dealer. If I wonwhen I winIll be in a position to help folks, he says. Kevin and Lynn were tried separately in 1996. The next morning he came home and discovered the body. In the kitchen later, after he pours himself a bowl of cereal, his phone rings. On the morning of his 47th birthday, his first outside prison in three decades, Antonio Espree wakes up around 5 a.m. Its a cool February day in Phoenix, still dark outside, and his cousin Marlon Bailey is asleep on a bed about an arms reach away. Prisoners like Montgomery must be given the opportunity to show their crime did not reflect irreparable corruption, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority. Kevin Boyd distracts himself these days by running 10Ks around the track. He said these items were not in his car at 11am, when he got the bar. 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. Lynn hit him over and over with the bat, and then he went crazy with the knife. I struggle with that a lot.. Their presence angered a local dealer, who had threatened to shoot their leader. All times AEDT (GMT +11). 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. His apartment showed no signs of a break-in, but it did look like someone had gone through the apartment. When his mother and her girlfriend found out, they told Boyd they wanted revenge and asked for the keys to his dads apartment. Listen on Apple Podcasts. The state sent him to die in prison. According to Detroit Free Press, after his parents divorce, Kevin Jr. began drinking and smoking, attempted suicide, and attended a total of ten different schools before deciding to drop out entirely. We are headed north to Lake Orion, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He said Lynn was destroying the business that Kevin built, and was stealing money from the safe. When the courses opened up, he was deemed ineligible to complete his GED. For more on this case and others like it, watch "Snapped" airing on Sundays at 6/5c on Oxygen or stream episodes any time at Oxygen.com. But at the same time, I dont know where you say that theres been enough retribution, because a human being is dead. Detectives subsequently retrieved one of Kevin Sr.s guns, which his son had asked an associate to dispose of for him. Justice in this country is largely based on where you live, says Jody Kent Lavy, director of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, an advocacy group. And she had a plan that would give her what she wanted. They alsospoke to Kevin Jrs girlfriend, who admitted that on the night of the murder she had driven with him to a Burger King where he had met with his mother, according to court documents. It didnt take this long. In their absence, Lake Orion Rental shut down and all its equipment was auctioned off in March 1995. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. Kevin Sr. is positioned on his stomach on the floor with a pillow over the back of his head. There was a paint transfer from an object that was used to hit him in the head, where they hit him so hard, they split his skin open and there was black paint that was found embedded in his skull, Bilkovic told producers. According to Boyds lawyer, the jury never determined whether he participated in the stabbings. Kevin said he didnt know, but there were several guns missing from the house, and some mint coins that his dad collected. Your support means the world to us! 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. Kevin Boyd Jr. On Aug. 6, 1994, a maintenance worker found 16-year-old Kevin Jr. distraught in the parking lot of the apartment complex where he lived, saying his father was dead. Kevin Jr. told investigators that he had spent the previous night at his girlfriends after a fight with his dad, according to court documents. Kevin Boyd Sr., was born on September 27, 1951. Our listener discretion is by the smooth-talking Edward October of @octoberpodVHS. The more educated I became, the more positive I became, Espree says. Esprees cousin Bailey, a 49-year-old gender studies professor at Arizona State University, comes out of the bedroom and heats up some coffee on his way to work. It wasnt clear on the episode who called 911, but when the police arrived, they noticed there was no forced entry, but the house had been ransacked. Listen to "Our True Crime Podcast" on Spreaker. The detective asked him what type of person would do this to somebody like your father and he just put his head down and said, Youre looking at him,'" Bilkovic told producers. Theres dramatic inconsistency in how states have treated their cases. Improbably, Kevin Sr. got to his feet, so she hit him again and again until he stayed down. Most experts would tell you its an undefinable concept but for the sociopath, like Charles Manson. Kevin Sr. and Lynn were moving on, they were both in new relationships. Boyd maintains he wasnt at the crime scene, but he knew his mothers plans, told her when his father would be sleeping in a chair and gave her keys to get into his apartment. After Kevin saw the gun, he started crying. The police noticed one more strange thing. (Ill say) Heres where you got it wrong. While he was initially defiant, he finally confessed after being presented with the gun he had stolen from his father at the time of the murder. Boyd handed them over, and the next day his dad was dead with more than 20 stab wounds. Mandatory life-without-parole sentences, like the one Espree had received, were unconstitutional. They are still getting used to living together in a space meant for one. It was premeditated, calculated and cold. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. No matter what Kevins role in the death of his father, he was acting at the behest of his mother, his lawyer David OBrien argued last year after Cooper asked a court to resentence him to prison for life. After Espree was released, he moved to Phoenix and enrolled in college. According to police records, he had been sleeping in a chair when he was attacked beaten with a baseball bat and stabbed over 20 times. His body is surrounded by blood. We were outgrowing the location we were in, thats how busy we were, former employee Donald Lucarelli told producers. The T-shirt belonged to KevinJr. and the knife matched the wounds on his fathers body,the Associated Pressreported at the time. If it did not, their hope for some years of life outside prison walls must be restored. He told states to review the prison terms of incarcerated lifers, noting that sentences without parole should be reserved for only the rarest of juvenile offenders, those whose crimes reflect permanent incorrigibility.. A local musician then contacted police to say that he had found Kevin Sr.s walletin the back of his pickup truck after a gig at a local bar. According to the Michigan Department of Correction records, the 43-year-old is currently on parole under the Macomb County Probation Office and would be discharged of supervision in January 2022. Kevin Jr., was brought in. We are headed north to Lake Orion, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He was in disbelief, says Meagan Dreher, a paralegal who had come to meet him. So far, only about 1 in 7 of the juvenile lifers locked up in 2016 have been freed. As the last item, an air compressor, was being removed, a knife wrapped in a T-shirt fell out from behind it. The police said that the evidence showed that Kevin was asleep on the recliner chair and fell when he was hit. Dylan Eason and Isaiah Churchwell were convicted of murdering Cynthia William "Patrick" Alexander remains in prison for murder. The police also received a call from Andrea, Kevins girlfriend. Despite that, though, as abetting a killing, such as providing keys or cover-up, can result in a murder charge under Michigans law, Kevin Jr. was indicted on the same. Nor did Miller help the 600 people serving discretionary life sentences with no chance of parole for crimes they committed as kids. 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. 16-year-old Kevin Boyd Jr. want it all. His apartment showed no signs of a break-in, but it did look like someone had gone through the apartment. Kevin Jr. ran from the apartment, desperate to get some help. A lot of people, when they go down young and theyve been down for more than a decade or two decades, they tend to lose touch with most family members, Mexica says. On May 15, 2019, Kevin was instead resentenced to a term of 25-60 years. Shes like a baby all over again, Espree tells the caller. Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? James Garbarino, a psychologist and expert witness in murder trials who focuses on adolescent development, notes in his book Millers Children that many juvenile lifers come from rough backgrounds79 percent saw violence at home and half were physically abused, according to a survey by the Sentencing Project. Detectives later visited Espree in the hospital, where he had been brought in critical condition with his own gunshot wounds. 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. I watched the latest episode of Snapped on Oxygen for this case, its season 28 episode 22. We are headed north to Lake Orion, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He was a little redhead with freckles. The Supreme Court decisions were a chance for states to offer a reprieve to inmates who never thought theyd get one. College. Kevin said he stayed over at his girlfriends house. Inexpensive, too! 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. I try to rest my mind, like I close my eyes, but theres so much going on, he says. But in April 2017, he was paroled thanks to a series of Supreme Court decisions arguing that because their brains were not fully developed at the time of their crimes, kids should face more lenient sentences than adult perpetrators. 158. Boyd says he now knows he could have prevented a tragedy. Kwaneta Harris from Garland, Texas, murdered her boyfriend, military veteran Michael Giles, and had him buried in the backyard. I think Kevin and Lynn both are greedy, disgusting people. At the heart of those cases lies one central question: Who is and is not irredeemable? It really started to dawn on me: Youre looking at a black hole and theres no way out of it, Boyd says from Thumb Correctional Facility in eastern Michigan. On February 21, his birthday, I accompany him on a stroll past the library and students tossing a Frisbee on the lawn. A puzzle posted on Reddit from a Sydney pub trivia night has confounded tens of thousands of users on social media. Grain said Lynn had been with her son on the night of the murder and asked her to lie to police. Nurses wouldnt let the detectives talk to their patient, a minor, without his parents there, so Espree says he didnt find out that his bullet killed a man until a later court hearing. 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. If you like our shows and have some loose pennies in your pocket, please consider making a tax deductible donation to our show. In some states, resentencing has moved slowly, and prosecutors have argued juvenile lifers deserve to stay in prison for good. Antonio Espree(R) shares a one bedroom apartment with his cousin, tenured Professor Marlon Bailey, (L) In Phoenix, Arizona. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. After the funeral, Lynn never came up there, little Kevin never came up there, to the burial site. The only child of alcoholic parents, he was physically abused, tried to commit suicide and bounced around in 10 different schools before dropping out as a sophomore, according to court records. The police looked through Kevins wallet, and there was no piece of paper in it. 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. Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. Kevin Jr. revealed that he and his mother conspired to kill his father and that he gave her the keys to his apartment. Born in 1951, Kevin Boyd Sr. grew up in suburban Detroit, Michigan, where he always stood out from his six siblings because of his personality. Bailey, a tenured professor, helped him enroll at Arizona State University and let him share his bedroom and even some of his clothes. . Don was interviewed in this episode. Can you solve it? "The prosecutor in Oakland County sought to resentence Kevin Boyd, a named class representative, to life without parole. We are going to the True Crime Podcast Festival in Dallas this year. Snapped Kevin Boyd, Jr. . Kevin had many stab wounds to various parts of his body, and obvious blunt force trauma injuries. Both Tyler Hadley and Kevin Boyd Jr. were sentenced to Life without Parole for their parricide offenses. But because of his previous actions and difficult upbringing, he was still considered a person of interest. Kevin Boyd, Jr. 2020/I Courtside . Your notes? Espree asks as his cousin disappears out the door. Unfortunately, Kevins world started falling apart when Lynn told him that she wanted a divorce in 1988. Come see us along with many of your other favorite podcasters.The festival is being held in Dallas, Texas - from August 26th through the 28th. Bet hes just a punk!, Is anyone feeling that the mom has strong narcissistic vibes, I worked on both cases. Will you sit down and listen so we can fix it? If I get natural life again, its because they wouldnt listen. It happened when a couple of longtime inmates who'd mentored him died of old age in prison . WHEN Kevin was 16 years old, he helped plot the murder of his father at the hands of his mother. They also. I was just wild, he remembers. OBrien also challenges the prosecutors characterisation of Boyd. spoke to Kevin Jrs girlfriend, who admitted that on the night of the murder she had driven with him to a Burger King where he had met with his mother, according to court documents. 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. Left: Espree in his Northwest Drill Team uniform, 1982; Right: Espree with his family, 1983. If you want to look at culpability, it was his mother who recruited him, OBrien says. Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Join Jen and Cam on this episode of 'Our True Crime Podcast' entitled Smotherly Love: Kevin Boyd. Hes still lying too right? He told her when his father would be sleeping in a chair and gave her the keys to the apartment. Join Jen and Cam on this episode of 'Our True Crime Podcast' entitled Smotherly Love: Kevin Boyd. On Dec. 18, 1994, Lynncalled the Oakland County Sheriffs Department and said she was responsible for her husbands murder. Its not even an armed robbery. The two grew up together in Detroit, and Bailey took him in when he was paroled. The adoption never happened, but when his mom turned to drugs and kicked Espree out of the house, he stayed with Baileys family temporarily. Kevin Sr. is positioned on his stomach on the floor with a pillow over the back of his head. Civil Engineering. When he went to prison in 1988, Espree was only reading at a middle school level. She was convicted in a separate trial. It was a steady business. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! In Boyds case, the prosecution contends his crime was so heinous, the planning so detailed and the motive so cruel he and his mother hoped to collect on a $500,000 life insurance policy that it clearly fits the category of rare cases. 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.. The next day, he stopped at a Catholic high school, where he wanted to thank a group of students who had written a legal brief on his behalf. The man had fought furiously to escape his killer, as demonstrated by all the injuries on his face and body. Hell buy his cousin a new car, launch a nonprofit for at-risk youths, pay rent for Finleyso she can get her own placeand send his attorney on a trip around the world. Nearly a year after leaving prison, he still struggles to fall asleep most nights. 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