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Oct 21, 2015 · Seventeen-year-old Christopher Leonard was hospitalized for days and his 19-year-old brother, Lucas, died after what authorities have described as hours of pummeling by their parents, sister...
Apr 30, 2024 · CHADWICKS, N.Y. -- The father convicted in connection with the beatings of his teenage sons, which resulted in the death of one at Word of Life Church almost ten years ago, is scheduled to be released from prison on Thursday. Bruce Leonard has been incarcerated since 2017.
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Jun 30, 2016 · This week, witnesses and experts have been testifying in the murder trial of Sarah Ferguson, the 33-year-old half-sister of Christopher and Lucas Leonard, the teen brothers who were allegedly...
Christopher Leonard suffered several injuries including blows to the lower back which required hospitalization and supervised medical care for several days. Nine members of the small church were indicted in late 2015 and through court proceedings all were either found guilty or took plea agreements.
- Christopher Mccowen
- Tony Jackett
- Tim Arnold
- Christopher Mason
- Robert George
- Robert Welsh III
- Gary Nickerson
- Peter Manso
- Michael O'Keefe
In November 2006, Christopher McCowen was convicted of the murder of Christa Worthington. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and is currently incarcerated at the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater. He has consistently professed his innocence over the years, though various motions and appeals about the ve...
Tony Jackett, who fathered Christa Worthington's child, Ava,during a brief affair, is currently the Truro harbormaster and shellfish constable. He was recently involved in the dayslong effort to dislodge the New Bedford-based fishing trawler Carrabassett, after it grounded at Longnook Beach in Truro. In 2015, Jackett was interviewed for an ABC podc...
Tim Arnold dated Christa Worthingtonfor about a year before the relationship ended. He remained in touch with Worthington, however. At the time of the murder, Arnold's father lived on property that was near Worthington's house. Arnold discovered the crime scene when he returned to Worthington's house with a borrowed flashlight. While it appears tha...
As a state police detective,Christopher Masoninvestigated the murder of Christa Worthington and interviewed Christopher McCowen after his 2005 arrest. His unflappable testimony at the subsequent trial may have been instrumental in McCowen's conviction. During his time as a detective on the Cape and Islands, Mason was promoted to sergeant, then lieu...
It's been a bit of a bumpy ride for Christopher McCowen's defense attorney Robert George. In 2012,George was sentenced to 3½ years in prisonafter he was convicted in 2012 in U.S. District Court in Boston for helping a client launder hundreds of thousands of dollars in criminal proceeds. He was subsequently disbarred. George's license to practice la...
Robert Welsh III, who successfully prosecuted Christopher McCowen as an assistant district attorney in the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office, was nominated in 2006 by then-Gov. Mitt Romneyto be a district court circuit judge. Later that year, he was approved by the Governor's Council. He is currently First Justice of the Orleans District ...
Barnstable Superior Court Judge Gary Nickerson,who presided over the murder trial of Christopher McCowen in 2006, retired from the bench in 2018. Regarding the McCowen case, Nickerson said he felt the pressure to meet the demands of the public, through the media, while guaranteeing the defendant a fair trial in a case that had captivated the nation...
Famed author Peter Manso, who attended the McCowen trialand subsequently wrote the book "Reasonable Doubt: The Fashion Writer, and the Trial of Chris McCowen," died at his Truro home in April 2021 at the age of 80. He was also known for his sprawling, extensively researched biographies of Norman Mailer and Marlon Brando. Earlier Coverage:Cape Cod a...
Michael O'Keefe, who was first assistant district attorneyfor the Cape and Islands at the time of Christa Worthington's murder, was elected district attorney in November 2002. He has held that post ever since. Election 2022:Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe will not seek sixth term
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Nov 25, 2015 · Seven people have been charged with second-degree murder after Lucas Leonard was allegedly beaten to death at a church counselling session. The 19-year-old was fatally assaulted in October over...
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Dec 21, 2016 · The pastor of an Upstate New York church was sentenced to 12 years behind bars after allegedly calling a counseling session during which two brothers were savagely beaten, ultimately causing the...
