May 8, 2025

Bones: Angola’s Hearse Driver

Show Notes
Transcript

This episode of Bloody Angola examines Lloyd "Bones" Bone, the hearse driver at Angola prison, exploring his journey through violence, family estrangement, and the generational cycle of incarceration while navigating dignity amid despair.

Chapters
01:39 The Hearse
11:53 Lloyd Bone's Family Legacy
12:41 The Crimes of Eric Bone
30:24 Generational Shadows in Angola

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H a wall street line, shackle change, Oh someome girdy,

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it's calling my name. There is nu mercy and it's

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been a tentery juice as the huge stream game wrangle

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the three.

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I'm here, be.

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By me to die inside these walls, inside the wild.

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Han't went more girls.

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I Hey everyone, and welcome back to Bloody Angola, A

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podcast one and forty two years and the making the

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complete story of America's Bloody is Prison. I'm Jim Chapman,

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and today I'm going to bring you what is probably

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one of the most requested stories that have ever gotten

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on this show. And it's taken a little while to

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put this one together because there's just not a whole

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lot of information out there surprisingly on this individual. But

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I find I finally got enough to tell you the

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story of Lloyd Bone's Bone, who is really globally known

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as the hearst driver of Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Now,

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way back in nineteen seventy one, Bone was convicted and

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sentenced to life in prison when no parole after getting

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in a knife fight with a man in Algier's Louisiana,

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which is near New Orleans, and he killed that man.

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Sadly.

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In an interview, he was actually quoted as saying his family,

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which at the time he was married with three children,

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but went looking for this guy despite his family they

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told him to please, don't leave. And he was quoted

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as saying, I went after the guy and never made.

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It back home.

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And you hear me a lot saying, your one decision

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away from ruining your life, all of us at any

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given time, one decision away. And he zigged instead of zagged,

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and he ended up with life inside of bloody Angola

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because of it, and Bone is a little bit of

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a mystery. He was known for his solemn role as

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the driver of Angola's horse drawn funeral hearse. Now this

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hearse is a black carriage built by inmates in nineteen

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ninety eight, and it was made to resemble nineteenth century designs.

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It's pulled by two per charrin horses named Diamond and Laddie,

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who are actually descendants of Warden Burrocane's Legit championship horses.

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And what Bone did with driving that hearse, it's a

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vital part of those funeral processions at Angola. It's really

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known as a somber tradition. That those inmates that die

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in prison, they make their way to what's known as

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Point Lookout Cemetery. Point Lookout Cemetery I via that horse

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drawn carriage with Bone driving it. Now, as I've told

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you in the past, ninety percent of the inmates of

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Louisiana State Penitentiary, they're gonna die inside the wire. If

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your sentenced, there's a good chance you're going to be

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buried there if you don't have family on the outside

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that have a funeral plot for you. Now, Bone was

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originally put in that role by Burl Cain himself, and

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it wasn't coincidental. Cain was looking for someone who really

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fit that role. They needed to be respected in the prison,

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they needed to be dedicated to what they were doing,

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and most importantly, they needed to know and recognize the

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importance of that role.

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And Bone fit the bill.

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Not only that, but quite honestly, he looked the part, skinny, tall,

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and when he put on that tuxedo and top hat,

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he looked just like what you would picture in your

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mind as the driver of a hearse that was pulled

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by horses. And he took the role seriously. He was

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once quoted as saying, I never forget what I am carrying.

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And the whole goal of this was to give even

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those who have spent their life in prison a dignified farewell,

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a way of saying, you now have served your sentence

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and you're free. And it can be emotional. Even correctional

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officers who attend these funerals and passed wardens who attend

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these funerals, they've gotten tearyot at these funerals. And Bone

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stayed busy. Over forty inmates on average die annually at

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Bloody Angola, and that figure's really held steady for the

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past twenty years. Now, let's talk about the process for

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a minute. And Bone he would go through this kind

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of checklist before these funerals. First, he would make sure

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that the hearse is in working order, that the wooden

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wheels are oiled, that it's totally clean, that the glass

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on the sides of this hearse are clean. Everything had

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to be perfect. He had to make sure that the

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horses were well taken care of, and that the procession

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itself was conducted with the utmost respect. And all of

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the inmates that are buried at Lookout Point are buried

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in wooden coffins crafted by fellow inmates and some of

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the most beautiful coffins anywhere in the world. Now, Boone

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Diddot start out his life and Angola driving the inmates

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to their final resting spots. As a matter of fact,

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in nineteen seventy one, when he got sentenced to life

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inside the wire, there was no system like this, and

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he moved through Angola like everybody else, started out in

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the fields and the intensive heat for years before warden

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Burrollcane took note of him and offered him that job. Now,

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prior to driving the hearse, Bone was a carpenter and

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very skilled at his job. He would produce a wide

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variety of items, including cabinets, dressers, potato bens, etc. But

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it was this craftsmanship, along with two assistants who built coffins,

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that really set him apart. As a matter of fact,

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it was Bone who had the honor of building a

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coffin for the Reverend Billy Graham, and Bone took pride

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in his work. He was once quoted as saying, if

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you've seen what they were buried in before, you would understand.

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And he would say one time that people did not

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realize how demanding the role of building coffins were. He

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said he often worked long hours to meet the state

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requirement that in who died of natural causes be very

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quickly buried because they didn't embond them. On one occasion,

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he actually worked thirty six hours straight to complete a

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coffin for an oversized inmate. He said his most challenging task, however,

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was building a tiny two foot casket for a still

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born child of a prison employee. He would reflect on

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that later in life, and he would discuss the emotional

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toll that particular project took on him, saying the child

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didn't have a chance to live, and while doing all

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of these things kept Bone's mind busy, maybe even helped

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him to forget where he was at for a little while.

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He did say the monotony of prison takes a psychological

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toll on him, and he expressed regret for his crime

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at one point, saying, quote, it's something that weighs on

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your mind constantly, and I have a lot of regrets now.

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Over time, Bone lost touch with most of his family.

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The only relative he could locate was his son, who

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was serving a twenty year sentence in Texas, which, of course,

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he didn't want to see. His son in prison, but

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to complicate it, they couldn't visit each other because they

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were both in separate prisons two states apart. Now, before

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I move on, I want to say that I can't

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find anywhere whether Lloyd.

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Bone is still alive.

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I did see some inaccurate information online that said he

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passed away in twenty thirteen, which I know is not

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true because their interviews with him as early as twenty seventeen.

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So if anybody can find out whether he is still alive,

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let me know, shoot me a message. I don't see

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anything on his death, but I don't see anything on

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him being alive either. After twenty seventeen. He just kind

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of disappeared years as far as articles, and if he's

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still alive, he would be very old in his eighties now,

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So let me know if you know anything about that.

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And speaking of him surfacing in twenty seventeen, here's a

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short clup. It's a rare interview with Boom where he

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discusses what herst driving means to him.

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Listen to this.

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I read it on my mother and shout shot thing

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out there. She passed for me, Johnny, cain't that up

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and doing? I'll go to church I don't fear no scoop,

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and I come out of you. I've been driving the

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horse for sixteen years. We were sitting in the kitchen

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right here, and I come in to add the trash hank,

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and it was drawing strolls. And I asked two fifty,

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I said, what that is y'all are doing? Said, now,

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I ain't driving no horse. I said, let me see

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him trouble, give me the troullers. I told them in

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the garbage can, I say, I take dinner and and

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I've been driving every since.

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Hm.

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And I'm you know, if I'm really dedicated to it,

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cause UH never know. If I die, nobody come get me.

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Somebody got to drive me. I respect to day, I

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respect the dead.

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Just back to living.

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And when we have a funerals m I talk while

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an army around. I smoked cigarettes when I climb up

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and got down, talk to more with some focus, hiding

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on the Bible, focus on my house, and some drives.

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And I done told uh the ministers some of the

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press to ask me, uh what I feel when I

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be driving? I say, when I get on the horse,

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my I'm focus all my jobs, tryna get the lot

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of children Wh'm come for the rest of guys. God

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been fired fired around me. H. I told my sister, MM,

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we got a family plot. But if all y'all gone

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and I'm not out and I have to pass away

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and nobody can't take him, you know, find the papers

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or nothing on it, That's where I view it. So

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if they passed it on to my grandchildren and ain't

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you know, but if I die, you got a family plan.

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But if not, I'm embarrassed you. It could be changed

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me a lot. I made a commitment m Rider as

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long as I'm ind you know, I was saying them,

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but it change I made. Look like this is my

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destiny all the out being my head that I'm waiting

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talking long, I'm doing what you want to do.

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And since we're on the topic of Lloyd's family, let's

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talk about his grandson, Eric Bone, who sadly also ended

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up in Angola.

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This was in two.

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Thousand and eleven, and I'm going to tell you first

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about the crime. I have the details on that and

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what led him into Angola, as well as some details

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on the first time he had ever met his grandfather

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Lloyd Bone. So I'm gonna read directly from his appeal,

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which list the facts of the crime. All right, so

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it reads. The victim, Demetrius Jackson, was shot and killed

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outside of Caesar's Nightclub in the early morning hours of

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July twenty fifth, two thousand and nine. Kyron Jackson, the

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victim's brother and member of the Calliope Gang, arrived at

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Caesar's Nightclub with a group of friends between twelve thirty

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and one on July twenty fifth of two thousand and nine.

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Members of the Girt Town Gang, included defendant also known

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as Heavy, and co defendant Sean Floot, subsequently arrived at

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the club and confronted the Calliope Gang. Kiren testified that

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the members of the Calliope Gang had been fussing and

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throwing money up at the Girt Town Gang members. He

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further stated that one of the members of the Calliope

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Gang spit in Seawan's face, leading to a quote big

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old confrontation. Kyen testified the actions of the Calliope Gang

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prompted Sean to tell Kyron quote, I'm going to kill

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you when we get out of the club. At some

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point during this verbal confrontation and unrelated physical altercation took

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place among some other patrons of the club and the

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Girt Town and Calliope members left the club. Kiren testified

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that while he, the victim, and another Calliope gang member

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known as Stink, began walking to the car, a vehicle

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driven by the defendant and occupied by other Girt Town

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members pulled up on the roadway and stopped. Kyen testified

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that co defendant Shawn Flott exited the vehicle and began shooting.

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Kyron ran toward the back of the club, but noticed

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the defendant's car circled the block to apparently see if

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anyone was shot before fleeing the scene. Kiren followed the

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ambulance to the hospital to see his brother, but did

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not provide any information to investigating authorities that night. Officer

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Jacob Tapley testified he was working a detail at Caesar's

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Nightclub on July twenty fifth of two thousand and nine

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when that shooting occurred. Officer Tapley was outside the club

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approximately three hundred feet away when he heard gunshots. Tapley

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testified that he did not witness the shooting, but did

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notice a silver four door vehicle driven away from the

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scene at a high rate of speed. He radioed the

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description of the vehicle into headquarters and ran to the

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victim to render as On cross examination, Tappily testified that

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he never saw anyone getting out of the vehicle and

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never saw any doors open or closed. Further, he testified

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that he never observed the vehicle circled the block or

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returned near the scene. Officer Alton Savage testified that he

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was working in detail a few blocks away from the shooting.

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Savage testified he received the description of an Infinity vehicle

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involved in a shooting over his radio, and within seconds

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noticed a vehicle matching the given description traveling at a

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high rate of speed. Savage activated his emergency lights and

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attempted to stop the Infinity. He further noted the vehicle's

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license plate number and testified that the vehicle appeared to

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contain four occupants. Savage testified the vehicle's driver refused to

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stop at a high rate of speed and continued to

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the interstate, where Savage lost sight of the vehicle near

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the it in slide l exit. A vehicle that matched

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the license plate and description given after the shooting was recovered,

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burned and abandoned.

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That same day.

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In New Orleans, Detective Ashing Gibbs testified that he reported

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to the shooting scene at approximately three o'clock am to

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investigate the homicide, but that the bar patrons were either

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uncooperative or stated they did not witness the shooting. The

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only lead provided to Detective Gibbs was the vehicle's license

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plate number, which he learned was registered to an Erica Bone.

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Detective Gibbs and another officer went to Erica Bone's home.

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She told the officers that her mother and defendant her

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brother were the primary drivers of the vehicle. Erica Bone

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provided her mother's address, where the defendant also lived. Detective

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Gibbs subsequently went to the defendant's mother's home. Sandra Bone

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told detective Gibbs she did not know where her son was.

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Detective Gibbs testified that Sandra Bone later contacted him and

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told him that she wanted the defendant to meet with him,

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disclosing that he was at Caesar's Nightclub on July twenty

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fifth of two thousand nine, but declined to provide any

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further details without an attorney. Approximately one week after the shooting,

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detective Gibbs met with Kyraon Jackson, who identified the defendant

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in a photographic lineup as the driver of the vehicle

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involved in the shooting. Detective Gibbs testified that Kyraen went

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back and forth as to the identity of the shooter,

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but ultimately identified co defendant Sean Flott as the shooter

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based upon the information developed during the investigations, officers arrested

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the defendant and co defendant Shawn Flott, and executed search

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warrants of their home. From defendant's bedroom, detective seas photographs

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depicting defendant Shawn Flott and a Darren Jones together, as

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well as a T shirt depicting members of the girt

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Town Gang. They also were covered an Infinity ignition key

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documentation related to the vehicle, a Samsung cell phone with

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a contact number four quote Sean A Holster in two magazines.

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Detectives additionally seized handwritten lyrics to a rap song containing

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the phrase quote I stumped my ass off black Block

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with my forty unquote, which Detective Gibbs testified made reference

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to the Girktown Gang and the idea of killing as

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a hobby. From Shawn Flood's residence, Detective Gibbs recovered a

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forty caliber block handgun in a nine millimeter handgun detectives

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also recovered a second handgun from a vehicle belonging to

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Sean Floyd's father. The weapons seized were tested and none

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of the weapons were consistent with the shellcasings found at

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the scene. Detective Gibbs also testified that Erica Bone provided

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him with the defendant cell phone number. Detective Gibbs gave

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that cell phone number to a supervisor to obtain a

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subpoena for the defendant cell phone records. After the detectives

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received record from Sprint Nextel, they learned the number was

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registered to the defendant's mother, Miss Sandra Bone, and that

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many of the text messages received through the subpoena made

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reference to the shooting at Caesar's on July twenty fifth,

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two thousand and nine. Detective Gibbs testified that the text

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messages made reference to a victim known as Little d

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and also referred to the vehicle being quote long gone.

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Through the defendant cell phone records, Detective Gibbs identified individuals

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who communicated with the defendant following the murder as Sandra Bone,

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Erica Bone, Shai Kivia Bone, and Jasmine Dixon, who all

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testified at the trial. Joseph Trowiki, a records custodium for

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Sprint Nextel, testified the company received a subpoena for records

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related to the phone number and provided documentation reflecting the

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subscriber information a called detail log in a printout of

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text messages sent and received from the data requi t

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WestEd July twenty fifth, two thousand and nine. The records

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demonstrate that the subscriber or owner of the phone is

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defendant's mother, Sandraw Bone. The call detail log reflects incoming

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and out going calls, many of them in the hours

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following the murder. Trowiki testified that Sprint next Tells subpoena

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compliance department produced records of subscriber information and called detailed

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record logs related to additional phone numbers subscribed to various individuals,

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including Shaikiva Bone, Lucilia mclab, Erica Bone, Sandra Bone, and

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Jasmine Dixon. Subsequently, Sprint Nextel Compliance department also produced printouts

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of text messages sent and received on those numbers. The

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defendant's friend, will Kena mcleb testified that she was with

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the defendant on the night of the shooting and the

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defendant dropped her off in his Infinity at approximately one am.

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She further testified that her friend t who was also

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with them at that club that night, used her phone

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to exchange text messages with the defendant after the shooting. Specifically,

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the text messages state all right, love, but don't kick

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that to nobody what I told you not even dared,

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to which Tiya responded what and the defendant stated the

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shit at caesar The defendant's cousin, shaikivah Bone, also testified

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and confirmed that defendant is part of the Girt Town

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Hounds and that defendant was at Caesar's on the night

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of the shooting. Shaikiva called the defendant after the shooting

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because a friend from high school at the club, whose

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name she could not recall, told her that someone had

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shot the defendant. She confirmed that she spoke with the

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defendant at approximately four point forty three a m. And

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that he told her that he had quote a shootout

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and to watch the news and see if his car

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was on it unquote. Shaikiva further admitted that she texted

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a friend after the shooting quote that was heavy and

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dim shooting, to which one of her friends replied who

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said that, to which Shaikivia responded heavy just called me.

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Shaikivya also testified after speaking with the defendant, she texted

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Erickabone and instructed her that he meaning the defendant said,

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if they come back to you say you don't know

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where my car is. My auntie didn't know he had

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the car. Erica Bone, defendant's sister, also testified that the

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Infinity is registered to her name, but that her mother,

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Sandra Bone, and defendant are the primary vehicle drivers. Erica

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testified she learned of the murder at approximately three am,

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when police arrived at her own looking for the Infinity

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and threatened her to provide information about.

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Her brother's whereabouts.

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She testified that she did not speak to the defendant

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following the shooting, but admitted that phone records reflect that

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she spoke to the defendant at full four twenty seven

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am for a duration of four hundred and forty one seconds.

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She further testified that she did not recall speaking with

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or texting Shaikivia about the Infinity, but then admitted to

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text messages from Shaikivia's phone and that they reflect that

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she did exchange text messages with Shaikivia concerning the whereabouts

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of the Infinity following the shitting. Sandra Bone, the defendant's mother,

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also testified at trial. Miss Bone testified that she drove

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the Infinity to work at six am and returned after

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eight pm on July twenty fourth of two.

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Thousand and nine.

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She stated she did not know whether the defendant drove

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the Infinity the night after she got home. Miss Bone

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first learned of the murders between three point thirty and

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four am from her daughter, Erica Bone. Miss Bone stated

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she attempted to call her son quote two hundred times

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following the shooting, but did not speak to the defendant

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until two days later. During her conversation with the defendant,

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he told her, quote, Mama, don't worry about it. I

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just need a lawyer because they're saying certain things about

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me and I'm on the news. Miss Bone further confirmed

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that the defendant had been shot on two separate occasions

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in April and June of two thousand and nine, but

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that the Infinity was never struck by any bullets. Nina Jackson,

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the victim's mother, also testified. She stated that she and

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her sons relocated to Kentucky following Hurricane Katrina and had

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just moved back to New Orleans, two weeks before her

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son's murder. Miss Jackson testified that her son Kyron called

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her immediately after the shooting and told her that quote

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the man had just shot d. Miss Jackson testified that Sadiki,

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her son's cousin, called her on the other line, crying

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that they had just shot d. Miss Jackson further confirmed

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that approximately two weeks after Kiren spoke with the detectives

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concerning the murder, he was gunned down by the Daker

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shop and was in the hospital for we Forensic pathologists

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performed the autopsy on the victim and testified that the

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victims sustained several gunshot wounds, two of which were fatal

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and located in the victim's right back. On cross examination,

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doctor Mackenzie testified that the victim also sustained a gunshot

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wound to the temple area, which contained a quote burn

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like or stippling area around it, which would indicate the

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gun was fired in close proximity to the victim. However,

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on redirect examination, doctor mackenzie testified that due to the

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depth of the bullet's penetration, it's more likely the stippling

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