A suspect, Chanel Lewis, was arrested and charged with her murder in February 2017 after being linked by DNA evidence. [2] Lewis' trial began on November 5, 2018, and ended in a mistrial on November 21, 2018.

Jul 11, 2023 · To convict him of murder, the NYPD unlawfully used a secretive DNA lab. Now incarcerated, Lewis was reportedly confined to his cell where his toilet wasn’t functioning. New York Police Department...

Apr 11, 2019 · Chanel Lewis was convicted in March for the murder of Karina Vetrano in August 2016. His first trial, in November 2018, ended in a hung jury. Vetrano, 30, returned to her Howard Beach home from work and decided to go for a run on Aug. 2, 2016.

Jul 15, 2023 · Lewis reported attacking the victim as she jogged in his direction, unleashing his rage due to an unrelated incident at home, as seen in a videotaped interrogation published by New York Homicide. “And then, ‘cause of a past situation, I got angry,” Lewis told Queens County Assistant District Attorney Peter McCormick.

Jul 13, 2021 · Lewis was sentenced to life in prison in 2019, for the murder of Karina Vetrano while she was jogging in Howard Beach. Advocacy groups want the case reopened over allegations...

Mar 31, 2019 · NY jogger killed by 'jacked up white guys': Letter Lawyers for suspect Chanel Lewis are expected to file a motion on Monday.

Aug 23, 2023 · Civil rights attorney Ronald Kuby maintains his client, 27-year-old Chanel Lewis, should have his 2019 murder conviction overturned because the Queens District Attorney’s Office relied on DNA...

Nov 28, 2022 · The name of the man Russo ID’d is Chanel (pronounced “Tcha-nel”) Lewis. At Lewis’s trial Russo testified that on Memorial Day, about two months before Vetrano’s murder, he was off-duty ...

Apr 23, 2019 · Chanel Lewis, 22, was found guilty this month after a second trial. His first trial ended in a hung jury. Justice Michael B. Aloise told Mr. Lewis that if he ever planned to...

Apr 23, 2019 · Chanel Lewis was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of the 2016 murder of Karina Vetrano, a woman out for a run in New York City.