Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss
INNOCENCE PROJECT nigger Texan declared innocent in slaying now arrested in another
1 view
Skip to first unread message
hamilton
Apr 10, 2023, 6:30:03 AM4/10/23
to
Police say a Houston man declared innocent in 2021 after being
convicted in a fatal stabbing and serving seven years in prison
has been charged with murder
HOUSTON -- A Houston man declared innocent in 2021 after being
convicted in a fatal stabbing and serving seven years in prison
has been charged with murder in the shooting a fellow motorist,
police said.
Lydell Grant, 46, is accused of killing Edwin Arevalo, 33,
following a minor traffic collision Thursday night, Houston
police said. Police said Grant got out of his vehicle, shot
Arevalo and then fled.
Grant was the taken into custody Friday after a warrant was
issued for his arrest, police said. He remained jailed Sunday on
$1 million bond. The attorney for Grant listed in court records
in this case could not immediately be reached on Sunday.
In 2012, Grant was convicted of killing 28-year-old Aaron
Scheerhoorn, who was stabbed outside a Houston bar in 2010. Six
eyewitnesses to the stabbing had testified against Grant at
trial.
But Grant was was declared innocent in May 2021 by the Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals after a new analysis of DNA found on
the victim’s fingernails pointed to Grant’s innocence. He had
served seven years of a life sentence when he was freed on bond
in 2019 to await the appeals court’s decision.
In 2019, police arrested Jermarico Carter for Scheerhoorn’s
killing. Carter, who was tracked down in Atlanta, confessed to
the killing. He pleaded guilty to murder in 2022 and was sent to
prison.
The Innocence Project of Texas, which had worked to get Grant
exonerated, said in a statement that it couldn't comment on the
specifics of the incident on Thursday, which the group noted is
an ongoing investigation. The group said its “thoughts and and
sympathies go out to the victim’s family.”
<https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texan-declared-innocent-
slaying-now-arrested-98461419>
convicted in a fatal stabbing and serving seven years in prison
has been charged with murder
HOUSTON -- A Houston man declared innocent in 2021 after being
convicted in a fatal stabbing and serving seven years in prison
has been charged with murder in the shooting a fellow motorist,
police said.
Lydell Grant, 46, is accused of killing Edwin Arevalo, 33,
following a minor traffic collision Thursday night, Houston
police said. Police said Grant got out of his vehicle, shot
Arevalo and then fled.
Grant was the taken into custody Friday after a warrant was
issued for his arrest, police said. He remained jailed Sunday on
$1 million bond. The attorney for Grant listed in court records
in this case could not immediately be reached on Sunday.
In 2012, Grant was convicted of killing 28-year-old Aaron
Scheerhoorn, who was stabbed outside a Houston bar in 2010. Six
eyewitnesses to the stabbing had testified against Grant at
trial.
But Grant was was declared innocent in May 2021 by the Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals after a new analysis of DNA found on
the victim’s fingernails pointed to Grant’s innocence. He had
served seven years of a life sentence when he was freed on bond
in 2019 to await the appeals court’s decision.
In 2019, police arrested Jermarico Carter for Scheerhoorn’s
killing. Carter, who was tracked down in Atlanta, confessed to
the killing. He pleaded guilty to murder in 2022 and was sent to
prison.
The Innocence Project of Texas, which had worked to get Grant
exonerated, said in a statement that it couldn't comment on the
specifics of the incident on Thursday, which the group noted is
an ongoing investigation. The group said its “thoughts and and
sympathies go out to the victim’s family.”
<https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texan-declared-innocent-
slaying-now-arrested-98461419>
0 new messages